@movernie
Maguro House replaces the old Guirei Sushi under new owner and new management. It’s pretty much one Japanese resto replacing another Japanese resto. Quite honestly, I miss Guirei a lot more coz of its good portion size and competitive pricing.
The new Maguro is renovated mainly at the entrance, the sushi counter and the kitchen, otherwise, the rest of the dining room is pretty much like before, yet, the new management jacked up the price quite substantially for lunch and dinner choices and I don’t see the value of the increased pricing either.
Gone are the good ol’ days of Guirei offering lunch special at $13.00 to $17.00 CDN LOL
Maguro House is very typical restaurant service, decor yet prices are higher up in a neighbourhood area.
Anyhow, I ordered the Lunch Aki bento at $18.95 CDN that comes with teriyaki: choice of chicken, beef or shrimp on rice tempura: shrimp & vegetable assortment maki sushi: avocado roll (3), california roll (3).
Pros of my bento:
– Like how they give you salad dressing choices between ginger or sesame. I chose sesame and I like it.
– Only give you 1 tempura shrimp, however, it’s a gigantic shrimp which I like. Other restos give you 2 smaller tempura shrimps
– Tempura is nicely battered and pipping hot which I prefer
– I like how they offer teriyaki shrimps coz most other restos usually offer teriyaki beef or chicken
Cons of my bento:
– Veggie tempura assortment came with 2 pieces of yam and 2 pieces of eggplants. I would prefer them to provide 1 piece of each with more variety. Other restos give you tempura beans or asparagus, or mushroom or broccoli. If you don’t like yam or eggplants, you are screwed with 2 piece each
– They only give you 2 small pieces of teriyaki shrimps which I prefer at least 3 pieces, coz 2 shrimps is too little to eat the rice that comes with it
Overall, this place is clean, welcoming, modern, it’s bit on the pricey side, while providing typical food quality and service. It does its job but nothing spectacular.
In this area, I still amazed to see how there are 2 Japanese restaurants that offer the same type of food options located across each other and survive. Meanwhile, this area need a pizza place, burger place or fried chicken places to provide more options.
Maguro House – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website
Address: 600 Queens Quay W, Toronto, ON M5V 3M3
Phone: (416) 977-6111
Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XmvomUmxr9NmYpne6
