Comments on: Todai (aka the buffet formerly known as Minado)

By: diana

diana — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:00:37 +0000

This place is amazing in new york i loved it….. sushi buffet great and than they had my favorite desserts i loved it… i am going again and again…great place but go to a todai restaurant in NYC by empire state building

By: Papageorgio

Papageorgio — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:07:52 +0000

Hahaha excellent review! I always saw todai pictures on Flickr and though the food looked pretty good! I’ve only had sea urchin at one buffet in Toronto, and it was limited to ONCE peice. And I’ve been to every sushi buffet in Toronto, and the surrounding area.. Here sushi buffet dinners range from 17-26 dollars.. 26 really being the only ones that are decent…

By: who

who — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:39:47 +0000

Pls come back??!!

Of course, when i broke,because this place is so cheap.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:15:46 +0000

Tried going to Todai around 1:30 p.m. and stood at the front counter for about 5 minutes while the hosts darted around and herded customers waiting for a seat into the main dining room like cattle. When they finally asked how many people in my party, I asked about how long the wait was and they were off again to another task without so much as answering. I walked out. Didn’t look too crowded but in a city with so many great dining options, rude staff will definitely hurt a restaurant. Been to the Minado in Glen Cove and it is a much better experience/value. FYI Todai has raised its weekday lunch price by $2 to $15.95.

By: mel

mel — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:29:00 +0000

This is just a 2 star restaurant out of Manhattan standard but they are too pricy, espeacially their drinks menu is a total bullshit, a low quality red wine at $24++ ?? which is $6 item at grocery shop!!

Another funny thing is they make you pay $2 for a cup of green tea ( suppose to be a complimentry free drink at asian restaurant ) but frankly speaking the “Todai” green tea is famous for its good taste and quality, so i don’t mind to pay $2 for that, well, unfortunately, during my recent visit they replace today green tea with some cheap local brand and i still have to pay $2 for this junk?!

I really hope this place regain its glory, because they are much better when thay called MINADO, as a New Yorker i really not interested to pay big bucks for junk food at a “to die” restaurant

By: wanda

wanda — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:18:48 +0000

Two week ago i went there for lunch, it was a “disaster”, after i got a bowl of soup from the buffet, i need a spoon for that, so i was look around for help and then a korean manager appoached so i told him what i need, at the same time my waiter come back with full tray of beverage, guess what the korean manager shout at the waiter:

” where the Fxxx do you go, go and get the fxxking spoon for the customer……”

everyone in the dining room was shocked, offended and felt bad for the poor waiter, all i want is a spoon and this is what i get??

i definately never go back to this ” giant seafood buffet” again after i talked to some of the servers, they told bout their boss has a serious anger problems, again everyday he get drunk and smoke in the restaurant.

Anger + Drunk + Smoking, so kinds of sushi and food do you think you can get ??

By: edgie

edgie — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:12:46 +0000

No, I’ve been here a few times when it was Minado and one or two times as Todai. It’s definitely a lot more disgusting now than it was before.

By: annie

annie — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:48:46 +0000

I was surprised after reading this article. Each and everyone of my experiences at Minado and Todai have been nothing less than wonderful. I am sorry the lines bothered you so much- but even on a saturday afternoon I have not found a problem. For the next group of diners for Todai, this article is misleading.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:08:33 +0000

Minado was the best sushi buffet I’d found in the area. I was VERY disappointed when the NYC location was sold to Todai. After the one had been closed in White Plains, this particular Todia is probably the worst one. I have been to another Todai in Portland, OR and in Schwamberg, IL. Those were much better managed and the food was better.

Minado’s sushi was fresh, clean, decently sized and portioned. All of these were compromised once Todai took over. The fish pieces on the sushi were cut super thin. They were also slow to replenish the “more expensive sushi” plates during the lunch hour. I felt like I was being gypped.

Todai on 32nd St gets 1/2 STAR OUT OF FIVE.

By: jan

jan — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:51:08 +0000

I’m looking for an Indian Buffet Restaurant that we discovered on a visit to NYC about 7 years ago. Ok, I have a poor sense of direction. It was near the Theatre district probably on 7th or 8th, maybe between 40 -50th? You walk in and go DOWN stairs and it was bright, open, clean and there was a big screen tv playing loops of Bollywood movies. The homemade kher was fab. Do you know the name, if it still exists, and where exactly I’ll find it? Thanks!