The Villa
4.2/5
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Cuisine type

  • Japanese,

Dishes

  • Sushi,
  • Sashimi,
  • Maki,

Languages Spoken

  • English,
Location
C2-813 Dundas St W, Whitby, ON L1N 2N6
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  • $11 To $25,

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Restaurantica12
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Fantastic

This place continues to amaze me. The food is fantastic. if there is a down side its that the waitresses don't always speak fluent English but its no different than any sushi or Japanese i have been to. Bottom line is that this is the best Japanese restaurant within 50 miles.

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Restaurantica12
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Second time not as charming as first

We went to The Villa for the first time about two years ago (walked in because it looked interesting from the outside; didn't consult recommendations or reviews). It was a great experience: the food was fantastic, the atmosphere great, the price reasonable, and the show at the tepanyaki table highly entertaining. Since then, we've tried other sushi restos in the Durham region, and we generally love them. But for a special occasion, we somehow remembered that we hadn't been to The Villa in a long time, so we wanted to invite a friend--a real sushi connoisseur--to this. The result was mixed, but we can say that it's a firm "maybe" bordering on "no" whether we return to The Villa. First, the reservation: It being a Saturday night, I called ahead just to make sure they'd have room for five people, at 7. It was *extremely* hard to make myself understood, and to understand the employees (yes, the first woman had to pass the phone to a second woman, who was still equally hard to communicate with). I got off the phone assured that there was a table for us, a "regular table" as she said that the tepanyaki table (or what she also called the "sushi table") was "not available". When we arrived, the host seemed confused when he consulted his list, and did not seem to find our reservation. He went to the back, and then returned saying that yes, he could fit us in. We noted that it wasn't very busy, and they had plenty of room. He asked, "Regular table or tepanyaki table?" I replied, "Oh, the lady on the phone said it wasn't available. But if you have room for 5, we'd take the tepanyaki." He looked over at the table, where there were exactly 5 spots left, then said, "No, sorry, not available." So we were left wondering, "Huh? Then why did you ask us? And what's with the 5 empty spots?" My friend said that maybe it was already reserved, but there were no reserved signs anywhere. Anyway, it wasn't that important, so on to the meal. We were three adults and two kids, and ordered a large variety of dishes to share (see below). I don't know if sushi restaurants are getting better in the Durham region, or if this one just wasn't as good as the first time. For starters, the house salad's Japanese dressing was not as good as others we've tried, and the seaweed salad was especially disappointing, with more cucumber than seaweed, and certainly not a lot of seafood. The edamame came a bit on the cold side, as did the Sake. (When we asked our host to re-heat the Sake, he seemed surprised at the request, and when it came back, it was still barely above room temperature.) The sushi was just okay--nothing special. Nothing blew our socks off with the freshness and taste. On our dinner-for-two plate, we were disappointed with the large amount of crab sticks (generally considered a "cheap" seafood substitute) instead of another real crab or another fish. The House special "spicy rice" that we ordered based on someone's rave review here on this board, came really bland and hardly spicy. It certainly was no different than your basic Chinese fried rice (which might have to do with the fact that we were well aware that all the employees were Chinese). At least the kids enjoyed their Bento boxes with teriyaki chicken, veggies, and tempura items. We skipped the restaurant's dessert choices, as we had brought our own birthday cake in, to be served at the table. The host motioned me aside, to say that the cake had come in "collapsed", which meant that the icing was all smudge. I can't be sure if that was my fault or theirs, but I had transported it properly from Toronto the previous day, and it had had no problem. When our server brought the collapsed cake, my husband took a look and joked that she had tasted it, to which she laughed embarrassingly and said, "No, no, we not eat it." But later, when she brought us the forks and plates, she did let slip the following, "It's a very good cake. Good choice." Hmmmm . . . Conclusion: others are better.

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Restaurantica12
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awesome sushi

The food here is so amazing and tasted very fresh. I love their salmon sushi pizza, ikura hand roll, unagi sushi and spicy miso soup. i always order the same thing whenever i have the time to go there. It's definitely the best japanese place in whitby.

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Restaurantica12
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They have the best sushi I have ever had, very nice atmosphere, and friendly staff. If you like sushi you won't be disappointed. I have tried others places in and around Whitby and this is my favorite.

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Restaurantica12
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used to go to the Villa

i used to always go to the Villa as i am a big fan of Sushi. after finding a new place (Azian) on taunton by wilson i now know how over priced the Villa is. Azian has the same selection with more noodle dishes for those who like, same great quality food as the Villa for half the price. time to adjust your prices!!!

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