Toronto's Japanese dining ranges from celebrity-chef rooms to suburban kaiseki and dessert counters. Akira Back sits in the Bisha Hotel on Blue Jays Way in King West, while Kaiseki Yu-zen Hashimoto pursues the formal multi-course tradition out in North York.
3 japanese places in Toronto we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Toronto · Japanese across every city.
Order The tuna pizza and the AB tacos with hamachi.
Akira Back at the Bisha Hotel is chef Akira Back's first Canadian outpost since 2017, the 2nd-floor Japanese-Korean fusion room behind the hotel lobby.
Kaiseki Yu-zen Hashimoto in North York is chef Masaki Hashimoto's eight-course kaiseki tasting room since 2009, Michelin one-star since 2022.
Order A whole jiggly cotton cheesecake, hot from the oven.
Uncle Tetsu on Bay Street is Toronto's first North American outpost of the Japanese cheesecake brand since 2015, jiggly cotton cheesecakes baked daily.
