One of the best ways to see if a good restaurant i...

One of the best ways to see if a good restaurant is actually good is to check the lowest reviews on Google. The only 1-star and 2-star reviews for Toyoda Sushi seem to be from certain people who wanted their Applebees treatment from a service staff waiting hand and foot for customers, and people who think they know good fish but were probably just disappointed that there was no All-You-Can-Eat option. I saw one complaining that there is wasabi between the fish and rice while insinuating the chefs were hiding the bad quality of the fish, which is pretty hilarious.

Toyoda Sushi is one of the premier sushi places in Seattle. Not many restaurants will match the quality of fish and service that Toyoda provides. They have a very knowledgeable and friendly staff - their stoicism is a result of their work, not indifference to guests.

Their prices for nigiri a la carte are actually quite reasonable, and it's not hard to get a decent meal. Very personable sushi chefs that will talk to you if you have any questions. I wanted to know if they serve real wasabi at Toyoda Sushi, and the chef at the bar told me straight up that they mix it 50/50 with horseradish wasabi. And then he gave me a pat of pure real wasabi right on our sushi platter. How amazing is that?

The place is basically an institution, at this point. Don't get scared off by reviews knocking the service because those people are just unhappy someone didn't cater to their specific standards developed by overly western institutions.