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| - Dark and dingy, in need of MAJOR cleaning. While the sushi prep area is clean and looked sparkling, the rest of the restaurant was LITERALLY held together with duct-tape.
The vents/ductwork was covered in a layer of dust, and the walls and pillars (painted in white) are more or less grey with hand-prints and grime.
The upholstery on the chairs was thread-bare.
The bathroom was out of toilet paper with none to be found. (that was an interesting McGuyver moment let me tell you!)
While I'm no snob when it comes to dècor and cleanliness, as usually the best food is found in hole-in-the-wall dingy little places, this place is NOT saved by it's food quality.
And really - if you're charging the prices these guys are - the food AND the decor and atmosphere and EVERYTHING better be top-notch.
I had been jonesing for Japanese curry, so ordered that. The rice was not fresh, the curry was most certainly boil-in-the-bag. (I ate enough of them in Japan, so I know the telltale flavours) and it was SOOOO salty! The salad that we got with our meal was simply a bagged salad (purchased from a grocery store) COVERED in 1000 island dressing...yuck.
My wife ordered some sort of roll, some sashimi and a few nigiri. While the fish was fresh, the cuts were strange, and the nigiri was cut so thin that the rice to fish ratio was way off...she said that the rice was not seasoned very well. And frankly the pieces of fish were so thin that they were falling apart. (not the best presentation).
Overall - for the money, there are FAR superior places to eat sushi in Calgary.
MANY better places to eat Japanese curry, and frankly places that I would much rather spend my time in considering the dark, dank and grimy atmosphere of the restaurant.
Service was adequate, somewhat curt and not particularly friendly. NOT poor, just not outstanding.
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