Nomé Izakaya - North York

Visited this restaurant on a early evening with my wife and my 4 year old daughter. We heard about this restaurant from a friend and decided to try it out.We didn’t make reservations but was promptly seated but advised that we needed to give out table up by 7pm. We arrived at about 5:10pm and and 7pm request was fine.Upon entering we were graced with a modern atmosphere and friendly and helpful hostesses and waitresses throughout our time dining.We heard about the Japa Burgers and ordered that, this was a wonderful flight of 3 sliders that were crafted beautifully and tasted good. I particularly enjoyed the garlic mayo that they used on these sliders. These sliders are larger then most other slider that one may be used to so just be aware of that.The next item we ordered was the Bulgogi Tacos, these were also portioned well and we enjoyed these as it has the same garlic mayo as the Japa Burgers.Our next item was the Nome Fried Chicken, it was nicely prepared, served hot and had a nice spice to it that provided a nice kick. A range of sauces is available with each order. We chose the sweet chilli sauce.We ordered the 21 piece sashimi (Moriawase) and enjoyed the fresh pieces of fish and excellent presentation of the items. We did try to order the 30 piece but they didn’t have that available, most likely due to not having any other varieties of fish available. That’s fine for our meal this evening.The next item was the Lobster Fantasy roll, we enjoyed this, but found it to be kind of normal tasting. They described this as a deep fried lobster tail roll. To be honest it could have been shrimp or deep fried crab and it would have been hard to taste the difference with all the other items on the roll.We also ordered the Crispy Pork Belly. This item was exactly as described, crispy pork belly! It was served with seaweed paste, fresh ginger and green onions.Our last item was the Yam Fries. This was delicious, generous portion and a hit with our 4 year old daughter.All in all, we enjoyed the dining experience and will return. They have a wide selection of items on their menu and I can’t wait to try more. My daughter actually wanted to try the Mac and Cheese item but they didn’t have it available for our dining that evening.Plenty of parking available at the Shops at Don Mills both covered and outdoor parking options. Thank you Nome Izakaya for the wonderful evening!

The food was fine, but if I’m being blunt the food was a bit underwhelming. The service was a little slow as well.

Don't dine here expecting an authentic Izakaya experience.My friend and I got the rice bowls (Cali donburi and aburi salmon donburi).Both our dishes were more like poke bowls, and had waaay too much dressing on them to the point it was soggy.We sat on the patio but there were no umbrellas or shade so my eyes were hurting fro dining here.Service was good, they refilled my water.

We ordered the Japa burger sliders, unagi risotto, Nome fried chicken and takoyaki. Was surprisingly quiet for a Friday night so service was very quick and attentive. All the food was good albeit a tad pricey.

It pains me to leave this review because normally I love this place. Their tapas, oysters and drinks are very good. The service is top tier and their atmosphere/vibe is so chill. My most recent visit almost turned me off the restaurant completely. First, pros: Service was excellent, server was attentive, seats and table were clean and readily available as i had made reservations prior. The food and oysters we ordered came quickly. Cons: Oysters were small sized and every single oyster had sand or shell in it (ive experienced it with a couple oysters before but EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS LIKE THIS ew), the hot food under or over seasoned, over cooked chicken kaarage made the dark meat tough (this hasnt happened before), same with the shrimp, I had chewy shrimp??When i attempted to order westcoast oysters from the menu, the server advisedbecause it was a tuesday oyster night that they didnt carry anything but those small sandy malpeques. We were so put off, we ended up leaving dinner early and heading to Dianas for Oysters instead. I recommend going to the Nome at the Northyork flagship location. I found my experience there MUCH better than this one by far.