Zen Japanese Restaurant

What Reddit says

Zen is a Markham Japanese restaurant with omakase, listed in the Michelin guide. Redditors say it is well regarded and a training ground for other chefs. Some find the fish repetitive and prefer Kaji, and note Mizu is cheaper.

Paraphrased from the comments below.

What to order

• 7.5
  Sushi5 Redditors
  Worth trying
• 7.4
  Omakase#20 for omakase in Toronto
  Worth trying

In their words

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

• “Only other omakase ive tried in Toronto is Yugen and Zen and Kaji is superior in every way aside from service and location.”

• “First few times at Zen sush at the old location by a strip club, though gotten bored of the same fishes now”

• “Mizu was started by a Zen alumnus for instance and is now considerably cheaper than Zen.”

• “I'd also recommend Zen Sushi on Woodbine but it's been a while since I've been.”

• “Kingyo, Yuzuki, and Zen are recommended by me”

• “Kingyo Zen (they have à la carte)”

• “Zen and Taki (run by chef Takinami, previously with restaurant Nami, I believe they have a 98CAD promo right now) are also worth considering”

• “Zen Japanese restaurant. They're well rated online and are on the Michelin guide.”

• “Zen if you have a car.”

• “he was just a junior chef at Zen prior to being spotted by Willam Cheng”

• “Zen on Woodbine, and Peter's on highway 7 east of McCowan.”

• “Zen has best price to quality ratio imo”