Odaki Japanese Restaurant

1836 Sainte-Catherine West
(514) 846-1268

Buffet
Lunch: 16.99$
Dinner: (Sunday-Thursday) 22.99$
(Friday & Saturday) ~26.99$

My first review will be on Odaki on St-Cath's near Concordia (NOT to be confused with Odaki on Saint-Laurent!) because that's the latest place i've been to..hence it is the freshest in my memory and palate! Also, because when i tried searching for reviews about this place, i could not find any decent ones. I've been a Kanda-shipper for a long time and was very hesitant when my good friend proposed we tried it and i must say i did not regret going somewhere else for once!

Ambience
Very modern and slick decor.
Good for all types of people (i.e.: business, family, students, date..)
The little conveyer belt gives a nice "japanese" feel which i like!
Now when we think about conveyer belt, we imagine sitting on stools and the conveyer passes in front of us...unfortunately that is not the case.
However, I was happy to actually be able to pick food up from it haha.
If there are still available tables, you can choose to sit "beside" the contraption.

Food
The food was very delicious!
Yet, some will agree and some won't.
If you are looking for a place to eat a variety of sushi, this is not the place.
Odaki indeed offers sushi but it specializes more into side dishes.
There are the traditionally famous sushis you will find at any sushi place and there are a wide variety of asian cuisine. Japanese, chinese, thai, vietnamese, you name it! it's probably there!
(I'm not sure about korean though..maybe in the main menu)
Now the pro about this concept is that if you want to bring someone but don't know if they like sushi or not, they should still be able to enjoy the odaki experience with the dishes.
That's why i can finally bring my mom who doesn't like sushi haha.
I was very happy to have been able to eat somen (cold soba) and sweet omelette!
However, i was sad that they didn't offer kanda's BBQ eel =C

Must try
- Somen (conveyer belt)
- Sweet omelette
- Spicy roll
- Garlic shrimp
- Fried scallops

Price
I found the price very decent for a rapport qualité/prix. It is close to Kanda's.
***I previously said they didn't charge if you left any pieces..well i went back today (29/07/09) and it read at the bottom of the page that they charged 1$ per piece.
=/

OVERALL RATING

7.5/10

I look forward to coming back a second time and maybe add some more info about Odaki!
I was indeed impressed by this restaurant but then again, i'm a sucker for anything that is visually well-presented.
***UPDATE 29/07/09
This second time around, there were more people therefore no more seats next to the conveyer belt which really dissapointed me because i wanted my sister to try it out.
very dissapointing because if you aren't next to the conveyer belt, you can't pick up the stuff you see. Since i knew already, i was able to ask the waitress who was kind enough to bring us a flavoured somen, sesame mochi and some fruits.
In consequence, i lowered my rating down.