Takara Restaurant Japonais - Montréal

The sushi at this restaurant is fresh and unique, and I have been coming here for over ten years. It remains one of my top and favorite sushi places in Montreal. I am eagerly anticipating the reopening so I can enjoy more of their delicious sushi.

The food was mediocre, but the service was terrible. My wife, child, and I entered the restaurant to find only one server and one person eating, so the place was practically empty. When we inquired about soup options, we were met with eye rolls, no helpful information, and expressions of disdain. Our questions were treated as nuisances, and even our presence seemed unwelcome. To top it off, the server insisted on a 15% tip for subpar service and mediocre sushi. Save yourself the trouble and avoid this place!

Wanted to try a different Japanese restaurant from our usual place. Was surprised at how quite it was for a Friday dinner; there was only 1 other person besides us throughout our time there. Service was alright; cleanliness of their dishes is patchy, but they will replace it if they bring you dirty ones.We didn’t feel that that they food was tasty. It could be fresh, but it was lacking in flavour for the sashimi (and sushi). Tempura was well fried, bad did not have much flavour.

Honestly one of the best sushi restaurants in the east coast. Very delicious, definitely a go to spot.

Unfortunately I had a bad experience with this place. I came here at 5:30pm on Monday for my partner's birthday. We found Takara to have good reviews and my partner wanted good sushi for his birthday. When we arrived the place was dark and the door was locked. Nobody was inside. The hours online state that they should have been open from 5pm 8:30pm on Monday. On the door their hours are listed as 5:30pm 11pm (different from Google their hours on Google! . Still we were within the window. I gave them a couple phone calls and no answer. We were so disappointed and are still left confused as nowhere was it posted that they were closed. You would think if they had to close unexpectedly they would leave a sign on their door, but there was nothing. This really ruined our plans for the evening. I hope this doesn't happen to the next person.