Review: happy hour.
One of the few Japanese restaurants in Calgary that serves happy hour, we wanted test how happy the hour truely is at this place.
Bottomline: average Japanese food at a cheap price. Good place to fill up on sushi without costing your mortgage.
Atmosphere: generally speaking, the decor is modern and ambience is decent. However, they paid much less attention to the details. I.e. there were old decor visibly tucked away high up on the shelf that seemed to have collected dust over the last century. The kitchen door to the outside faced the parking lot and was opened so you could see all the garbage and old dirty racks and boxes stacked up against the restaurant. Service was good.
Food: mediocre Japanese food. They offer two different sushi boats during happy hour and we tried both. The sushi was heavy on rice and some rolls fell apart when I picked them up. But at least they tasted good and the fish was fresh. The tempura was battered well and the gyoza were also tasty. Chicken teriyaki was nothing special and tasted like homemade.
Value: pretty good price for the portions of food you are getting. Don't expect high quality Japanese food though.