Guu Izakaya

What Reddit says

Izakaya on Queen West in Parkdale, with consistently positive comments. Redditors single out the duck and takoyaki, and one calls it just as good as a comparable dish elsewhere.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 8.8
  Izakaya Plates#3 for izakaya plates in Toronto
  Top pick
• Duck1 Redditor
• Katsu1 Redditor
• Oysters1 Redditor
• Takoyaki1 Redditor

In their words

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

• “always amazing atmosphere, always super loud greetings, always amazing delicious food and always a good time”

• “Guu Izakaya does their own version that is equally as good IMO.”

• “The fried Brie was also a must!! Good times.”

• “felt like it was completely different restaurant! Smaller and quieter.”

• “It was just lightning in a bottle.”

• “was left disappointed as we were trying to compare it to the original”

• “its not as cool as guu was”

• “Not nearly as big as the the other locations but still a nice place.”

• “I maintain the ketchup sauced squid is an all time dish in the city.”

• “Guu on Church was literally the spot that made me fall in love with izakaya dining, nothing has hit the same way since”

• “That place was crazy awesome when it first opened.”

• “still can’t replace the old guu”