August 8

What Reddit says

Known as an all-you-can-eat buffet with sushi and dim sum, and more recently Brazilian BBQ. Opinions are split, with some praising the value and others calling it subpar. One commenter makes a serious allegation about labour practices.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 6.7
  Sushi14 Redditors
  Worth trying
• 4.3
  All You Can Eat23 Redditors
  Worth trying
• Dim Sum5 Redditors
• Barbecue3 Redditors
• Ice Cream & Gelato1 Redditor

In their words

Short excerpts, each linked to the full comment on Reddit.

• “August 8 (Japanese & sushi) is good. The Spadina location is right in the middle of the city and the mango ice cream was great”

• “August 8 is a solid option for sushi/dim sum and they even have Brazilian bbq now.”

• “Wok Theory, Dim Sum King, Mom's Pan Fried Buns, August 8, Rosewood are great alternatives to Rol San.”

• “I was really ticked off one Sunday dinner I went and they didn’t have the Brazilian bbq.”

• “August 8 is human trafficking, please avoid there”

• “Randomly went to August 8 on Spadina instead. Blew my mind as to how much better it was for the same price.”

• “my only experience was at the Scarborough location and all of the sushi was just terrible (freezer burned fish and old rice)”

• “dimsum - rosewood, august8 (also has sushi, not my pref option but nice to have both options)”

• “Spring Sushi no question”

• “I love ayce as much as the next person but this is like picking Mandarin for best Chinese”

• “august 8 (amazing ayce buffet)”

• “I've done August 8 in Chinatown and Ichiban at North York Centre and enjoyed both”