Niwatei

Cozy place to hang out. Omurice was great, but the curry was sour, not the same as the usual Japanese style curry. Shrimp tempura tasted good but wasn't the tempura batter.

The woman cashier’s service attitude is way AWFUL! She’s too impatient to explain when asking a question about the menu! The wait for the food they made was way too long!

If you expect the ramen/food to be as intricate vs.popular ramen shops in the city you got the wrong place. It's about the atmosphere and home cooked meal kept simple, tasty and satisfying. Since it's part of the grocery market, I enjoyed the convenience of getting my Japanese grocery and just hop over for a home cooked meal.

A dish came to our table. But we found out it was a pork cutlet instead of chicken, so we notified the server immediately. Then the server took it away, and his supervisor came and said "Next time, don't wave the dish over to your table". This is an act of laying the blame to the customers, but it never happened. We did not wave the dish over, it was simply a mistake by the server. We did not lay blame to the server (because human mistake is forgivable), but the supervior's behaviour was unbelieveable. We do not expect this kind of attitude and manner in a Japanese restaurant. We tried to explain this to the supervisor afterward to give her a second chance to reflect, and she continued with the poor customer tone to explain and defend, and at times cutting over my dialogue and be aggressive. I don't post review often, but this incident was a reflection of my worst restaurant experience ever. We feel sorry that we will never return to Niwatei at J-Town. We do believe that this supervisor does not represent the Japanese excellent service culture.

A no frills foodcourt style eatery serving authentic Japanese fare. The portions are good and the prices are very reasonable. Love the half & half sets so you can try more dishes at once.

Real taste of Japan ramen. Love it! The price is very reasonable, will definitely come again!

I come here for lunch whenever I go to the office, been here many times and never disappointed. I always order the sashimi set ($20+tax) which has soup, salad, tempura (shrimps and veggie), 5pcs of sashimi, and a bowl of rice. Place order at the counter and they will bring the set to your table, at the end you just bring the tray back. I like it here for their service and fast serving food, great for quick business lunch if you work in the area. Next time I will try their udon.

Been searching for coffee jelly in the GTA and finally found it The rest of the foods we tried were great too~ Staff is nice as well and it's a comfortable environment. Pots of tea are good with hot water refills

UPDATE: Visited again recently and it seems that they no longer serve coffee jelly? Food still tastes great though.

It's quite a trek for me but definitely worth the trip! Their soup is better tasting than all the other ramen shops I've been to in Toronto. It didn't make me thirsty or feel gummy afterwards. The meats were cooked to perfection too! I can't wait to go back and eat more
Their takoyaki is perfect too!

I didn't realize it's located inside the grocery store

The Soba set was delicious! The portions looked small at first, but was actually quite filling. Decor and atmosphere is very chill.