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| - It is what it is: all-you-can-eat sushi in downtown Montreal. I mean if you're from Vancouver you'll probably think its like the worst sushi experience ever but for us Eastern Canadians who just like to gorge ourselves with spicy salmon rolls it does the trick. My boyfriend and I love sushi--we're regular sushi whores--so we absolutely love AYCE just because we can order as much as we want! Our order is usually the same: two miso soups, a green salad, chicken teriyaki, 20 or so salmon roses, 3 orders of spicy salmon, a Philadelphia roll, maybe a Dynamite (if the tempura is fresh), vegetable tempura, and green tea ice cream to top it all off. We've got it down to a science--even memorizing the menu item numbers you write down on those little pieces of paper! But its definitely not the best. I would stick to the rolls here if I were you, they're dependable. I've had the actual sushi and its not bad but the quality of the fish is definitely not grade-A. The service is better here at Sushi Crescent versus Tokyo Sushi--further along Ste-Catherine towards Concordia--where it is absolutely terrible! Terrible! Here it is marginally better, but again pretty bad. You have to be very forceful, hand them you're order directly (don't wait for them to come to take it). They might try and stick you with stuff you didn't order but tell them right away you actually didn't and they'll take it back. I have a theory, they want you to pay extra for uneaten sushi! Evil they are I tell you, ha!
The location is pretty nice actually. I seem to remember that it used to be a bar or lounge and the new owners have kept much of the same interior but added a sushi-prep area both upstairs and down. You might have to wait on weekends as it does fill up fast. Also, they jacked up the price recently. Which was a real piss off. It used to be $15 each and now its like $21 after taxes but before tip. Which is quickly approaching unaffordable territory if you don't order very much.
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