AKA-ONI Ramen&Izakaya(Richmond Hill)

A bit pricey but worth trying!
They offer a large variety of food and alcohol options. The food quality is certainly higher than any regular sushi restaurants. Highly recommend the black diamond maki (Eel & foie gras).
The only downside is lack of vegetarian options available.

This is the third time I went to this restaurant, and it was also the last time.
The first time I went there a year ago, I thought the food was good, so I tried it a second time. However, I already felt numb the second time. I thought it was due to supply issues, so I took the opportunity to eat raw fish this time. Foods other than food are obviously harmful.
I ordered a mackerel set meal, but the white rice was not pearl rice. All in all, the rice was soggy and hard to eat. The fish was fried in oil, and butter paper was not used as a base to absorb the oil. The fish skin was not fragrant or crispy at all, and it was completely insincere. Speaking of yusheng, O-toro only has Mexican products, so I tried them all, and they were quite fishy. Fortunately, there was Hokkaido sea urchin, but it was placed on top of some soggy rice, which overshadowed the sea urchin. Finally, in order to fill my stomach, I ordered some skewers. The beef ribs and steak were cooked to the point of being stoned. I had no idea what they meant.
I think this time should no longer be called a red ghost, but should be renamed a ghost.

The environment and service are nice, but the food is ok to be honest. They use a lot of fancy ingredients such as urchin, wagyu, goose liver, cavier to make their sushi, rolls, and onigiri is creative and it is rare in Toronto. This might sound fancy to ordinary customers but they taste just like the ingredients themselves without meaningful treatments to make them taste the best. The oysters sushi roll was a little fishy and wagyu was frozen. Unadon tastes really good, but as good as a lot if other places, so it doesn't worth the price. The dishes plating are phenomenal, very fancy and instagramable.

Reallly great place! Highly recommend. The staff was really nice and attentive and the decor was really unique. They had table dividers like they do in Japan. The food was spectacular, we have the udon, a steak rice bowl and sushi and everything item was impressive. Price is on the higher end but Will definitely go back.

Great Japanese cuisine with amazing aura and food quality. Service is great with very respectful staff. Definitely will go back and recommend it to any ramen lovers!

Biggest scam ever!

The vast majority of things are absurdly, ridiculously priced. Every sushi serving was only one piece and often cost double figures. And the food in general is nothing but underwhelming. Would strongly advise against ever going. HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT

Love Aka Oni. The quality of the fish is incredible. Try the aburi sushi. It's fantastic.

A must go. Fresh seafood. Good service. Recommend you to make an appointment beforehand, since it is quite busy.

Amazing place to eat. A bit pricey but worth every penny. We had the unagi don and Hokkaido crab ramen. The ramen broth was unforgettable, with a brilliant depth of flavor and a wonderfully delicate lingering taste.

Ramen was delicious but disappointed by the service. Greeter was extremely rude and grabbed my hand as I tried to walk in even though my group had a reservation and was already seated. Do better.

Absolutely THE WORST service attitude on this planet, particularly that Cantonese server, being extremely arrogant and unfriendly.
We walked in cuz there were like 3 empty tables, but that server ejected us to the front door and told us no tables available within 2 hours.
FK OFF

The food was great, but holy cow, the greeter at the door was absolutely horrible. I had a reservation and was told to wait outside which was totally fine but was done so by her practically pushing me out the door (not exaggerating) - so rude! I would like to give more stars as I liked the food, but the greeter really left a bitter taste. Please get a better greeter. My friend in the same party came in a couple minutes later and was also pushed/grabbed by the same greeter to go outside. Horrible.

Had a nice time here with my friend. We ate two bowls of ramen, chicken thigh skewers and the Black Diamond maki with foie gras, caviar and unagi. I liked the skewers, but for me the Black Diamond was far too rich. Ramen wasnt bad - a little too much noodles, but the pork belly was very good. Drinks were well made. The servers were surprisingly friendly and they even checked up on us throughout the meal. Good service!

The sashimi was fresh. The beer was cold. Lots of food selection for those that don't like sushi or sashimi.

Aside from the sashimi, I also had a ramen which I should have asked them to bring it when I had finished the sashimi. I didn't want the ramen to overpower the sashimi but the ramen sat and was cold by the time I got to it.

It was a bit weird that the TVs around the restaurant were showing sumo matches.

Place is kinda small so you prob need to reserve, but I tried the third ramen from the menu and the broth and the meat was very delicious and flavorful

Couldn’t say enough good things about this place! Service is fantastic. Accommodated my 6-month old. Food is delicious and melt in the mouth.

Service - didn’t really interact much with server, which is fine. They were still timely and polite.

Food - was great portions and everything tasted good.

Atmosphere - felt a bit crowded inside but atmosphere is aight nothing great and nothing bad.

We had a great first experience here. We came for late lunch on a weekend, there was a short wait for a table. We didn’t have a reservation, but they put us in the list and called when the table was ready. Everything was delicious, particularly liked the squid. First time having lobster tempura, was good. We will come back to try some more items, we couldn’t try much with just two of us.

Hello from San Francisco! Really digging these plazas within walking distance from each other. There are a lot of options here for food and milk tea. Anyway, giving Aka-Oni a try and I’d say it was a solid 4/5 experience.

We were told getting items with uni will cost us $20-40 more. I’m not from Canada, but I’m assuming this is some supply chain issue? I didn’t have trouble with this in Vancouver though but could be a different time of the year.

The grilled fugu, or blowfish, gave us these grilled squid flavors. Fugu is supposed to be poisonous right? I’m not quite sure if this was legit fugu.

The ramen noodles were really soft. The texture was close to instant noodles. I think it was my fault for ordering ramen, but I believe this is a good feedback. Hope y’all incorporate it!

Overall, the food wasn’t terrible. There were small stuff we could nitpick about. The restaurant was lively and bustling so this place is definitely popular. I also appreciate the free yuzu ice cream at the end. Helps with the heatwave y’all are going through. I will definitely come back after that uni situation is resolved.

Unfriendly service right at the door. Told the server our family was waiting inside and he insisted on holding us at the door until we could find a name and number of people. Waitress was impatient when receiving our order and none of the wait staff smiled even once during our visit. You could spend hundreds of dollars here and they'll still treat you like garbage and seem like they're mad you're here. Restaurant is very cramped and not good for elderly patrons.