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I travel all over the world and have been lucky enough to enjoy restaurants and meals that would otherwise elude me on expense. While I stay fed I'm rarely truly impressed. That said, I was actually excited to come "home" to the Westin in Calgary tonight to write this review.
Simply put, Ki is one of the best places I have been for sushi in recent memory. And, I've recently been to some good North American sushi cities (Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco). I am beyond shocked that here in Alberta, I would be so entirely pleased with my sushi and service. The ikura was quite good, and the jalapeno hamachi (yellowtail) is the kind of thing I'll think about for weeks. The omakase tako and sake dishes were winderful (underlined). All recommendations from my servers were spot on. The fact that the uni which I craved was not of sufficient quality to escape the scrutiny of the sushi chefs and make it to my plate did not go unnoticed.
There was minor drama when I checked in: my coworker fell ill (the result of a 15+ hour business meeting combined with hard living and hypoglycemia). The staff could not have been more discreet and attentive while attending to him. When he ultimately left the restaurant to return to the hotel, this same staff was very attentive to me without being overbearing or cloying.
I like to write a review that tells you exactly which and whose section you should be sitting in, and I'd like to tell you that you can't go wrong with Jessica, Simon, and Apostolo. Simon will make you smile, Jessica will make you feel right at home (in a way that I'd think of as fancy unpretension), and Apostolo (I swear we're not related or dating) has a truly special gift of hospitality, and has basically assured that I will most certainly be back whenever I am lucky enough to be in Calgary.
While I found the service here to be absolutely superlative, please also remember that the food is not too shabby. I will be back again and again.
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