A friend and I went to Tojo's tonight looking for a delicious dining experience. I live downtown and don't often leave downtown to eat (except to go to my number one restaurant in Point Grey) but used to go to Tojo's at least once a month about five years ago. The first time I ate there, it was like a mouth orgasm and I loved it every time after that. Two weeks ago, my friend and I were in Vegas where we ate at Nobu (among other delicious restaurants) and bragged to everyone about how Vancouver has superior sushi and our palates were used to quality sushi because we had Tojo's so when we were thinking about where to eat tonight, we decided to make the trek out there. We were so excited. When we got there, we ordered the small Omakase as we just wanted a light meal. However, it was still $80 a person so we expected at least a somewhat above quality meal. Every course was disappointing. We started with a tuna tartare that was okay but nothing to write home about - very oniony. Next we had an octopus sashimi salad which was inedible - it was rubbery and had a horriblly fishy smell. We had to send it back. Next we had a cooked salmon dish - the sauce was okay but the salmon was overcooked and dry. The server was good and was trying to be helpful so she brought us a sockeye salmon salad to make up for the octopus one we didn't eat. It was bizarrely spicy and something in it made the roofs of our mouths feel numb. Again - horrible. Next we had a platter full of various rolls - a few of these were really good but two of them had tobiko on them - one of only two things we told the server at the beginning of the meal that we ddn't want. We were really liking the server before then but were disappointed with the service after that point. While three of the rolls were good, the two pieces of accompanyng sashimi were also rubbery - we felt like we were literally choking the sushi down. We declined dessert and got out of there - after which we picked up some naan from Raga to get the taste out of our mouths. I am absolutely horrified by the quality of the meal we had there. We have no problem paying for quality meals but that is the first time I have ever spent a bit of money and felt ripped off. I eat sushi normally downtown at Coast and Miku and it is vastly superior to what we had at Tojo's. It is not even close to being worth what it costs. This one night totally ruined the years of good memories I had about it. Save your money and go to one of the better sushi restaurants in the cty....