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| - How this place is ranked 5 stars is BEYOND me.
Because of the amazing reviews, we popped in here last weekend with some friends expecting to be blown away. Our friends arrived first and so they placed an order (it's an all you can eat) while we looked for parking. Upon our arrival (and before their food arrived), we asked for one of those papers you can fill in to order your sushi - the waiter wasn't happy and told us that we had to place our orders as a table so that was a nice first impression of the place. Nonetheless he made an 'exception' and gave us a sheet. Anyway, we looked at the menu and it was really extensive - we placed orders for rolls, sashimi, and some cooked items and anxiously awaited the great food as per all the positive reviews. It took quite a while for our food to arrive despite the restaurant being more than half empty but once it did we found ourselves really unimpressed.
Only a couple of the rolls were good - the rest were really unpleasant. It wasn't necessarily a matter regarding freshness of the fish, but simply the fact that the combinations in the rolls and the way items were cooked didn't work. Any rolls with mango consisted of a sweet syrupy mango concoction that was drizzled all over the rolls rendering them inedible. Rolls with sweet potato tasted like nothing. The list goes on for any 'interesting' rolls we ordered. The more common and safe rolls were fine (avocado, other 1 ingredient rolls, California etc). We also ordered some sashimi which I wasn't impressed with. Here, the salmon had no taste at all and the slices were cut very thick. The cooked kitchen items were either bland, smothered in thick sauces, or simply unappealing and non-identifiable. Several times during the night we found ourselves asking what on earth certain plates were because you couldn't make out many items. Even the ice cream was terrible and that's the one thing you can usually count on... I could keep going on and on but I think you get the idea. Food was at a 2/5 - easily the worst sushi I've had in Montreal.
But, it doesn't stop there. Couple this with the most unpleasant water I've ever had (so much so that I physically couldn't drink it past the first few sips) - not sure what they added to it but it tasted like detergent - and the fact that one of our servers didn't speak a word of English or French, and you'll see why my review sits at a 1/5.
As someone who loves sushi and has done everything from food court sushi to high end sushi experiences, I can tell you that No. 1 Sushi is really not the place to go to if you're looking for good rolls. Even sushi shops in fast food courts offer better tasting rolls than this place - I will definitely not be returning nor recommending this place.
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