Came here for dinner , interior is nothing fancy but food was really good and our order came our pretty quick. They were friendly and have a lot of options on the menu. It wasn't too busy during dinner time, pretty quiet place easy to talk. Chicken skewers were cooked perfectly, udon was really soft. read more

Arashi Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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Decided to try out Arashi Sushi in Royal Oak. It's in the complex where the Services Canada Bldg is. We tried the dinner there. We ordered: - Grilled Octopus - Oyako Don - Chicken, Onion and Egg on rice - Tempura Shrimp Soba - Lobster Roll - Caterpillar Roll - Berkshire (Pork) Don - comes with a raw egg - just stir it in and eat it up! All turned out pretty good. I asked the waitress is they had Hamachi Kama and she said yes, and not on the menu. We have to come back for our Hamachi Kama. read more

Arashi Sushi - Lobster Roll & Caterpillar Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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I ordered The fried Cajun daimaki sushi roll and it was so delicious. Silky smooth is the best way I can describe just how smooth and flavorful every piece was. I'm ordering two next tine! Unfortunately I also ordered soup, and it was not great. The miso tasted watered down and tasteless. The egg drop soup was the same. read more

I've been there three times in the past couple month. The chef is from Japan. I like their Tokyo style wagyu beef Sukiyaki, and their Sushi were authentic as well. They also have shabu shabu which is a Japanese style of hotpot. I've posted my experience and review on my Instagram. @eat.with.viki Overall I like the food there, it may be my top three Japanese restaurant in Calgary so far. read more

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Been here a few times now to pick up some lunch and it's always to go! You will notice I eat lunch on the go on a daily basis. You are always greeted and the ladies at this location are always so friendly and sweet! Every time I have ordered lunch to go, the ladies automatically bring green tea while I wait! I am not a big fan of tea but it's such a nice touch that they do this. I have ordered everything from sushi, beef bowls to the tempura! I like something different each time. All have been great. Super tasty, fresh and the service is top notch. The prices are affordable and they have an excellent selection of items. I have uploaded a few photos of the food I have picked up from this place. The place is small and cozy and I am hoping to be able to have a sit down meal here one day. Will be back. read more

Arashi Sushi - Shrimp and veggie tempura - Sushi Bars Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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Amazing takeout sushi location. I haven't dined in and the takeout does usually end up being a wait but absolutely outstanding. Would recommend! read more

Come here often because it's open later than a lot of the other sushi restaurants near by. I get the three cone deal because of its cheap price (buy 3 get 1 free), and my total comes to 10 dollars every time. They taste wonderful and are greatly crafted, been to other places where the cones fall apart after just one bite. The ramen here is great as well, but the flavour is drastically different from normal ramen. A bit on the sweeter side, with a satay pho taste. It's a bit small and weirdly decorated, so the place can get really cramped when it's busy. The servers are nice and the chef has served me himself on multiple occasions. Sometimes they seem a little disoriented and don't know what they're doing but it's an overall nice experience and good food. Edit: Food can take a LONG time to make even if there's only one other table in the restaurant. read more

We noticed Irasshai had replaced Opa the other day and gave it a go. The place is solid and made an effort for me as a non-fish eater that I don't normally see. They made miso without dashi for me. They put a couple yam tempura on the plate of shrimp tempura so I could have some. These were nice gestures as I've grown to accept I just don't get miso around home anymore so I now have an option. Irasshai has some tough sushi competition across the street but I liked that they have a special roll for me here when my selection is a little low elsewhere. I find the sushi here to be fairly middle of the road in general though. They have some items I don't recall on local competition menus like yakitori but nothing I can eat or comment on. What Irasshai has going for them is that they are solid and reasonably priced. My former sushi place in this category has jacked the prices isn't good enough for that new bracket so I'm looking for some place new. I'll have to return to see if Irasshai could be that place but it's in the running for that vacancy. read more

Opening up a sushi restaurant in the vicinity of another great one is a courageous endeavour. Unfortunately for Irasshai that endeavour falls short - very short of their neighbouring competition. We ordered a number of items including: salmon sashimi; special scallop, Cajun prawn, unagi, tobiko and shitaki nigiri; house special, crunchy spicy tuna, California and shake skin rolls; grilled squid, spinach gomae, beef tataki, deep fried prawn and chicken udon. The prawn was slightly over battered but the sauce wasn't bad. The squid could use more charring on the outside to give it more crunch and depth (it was too rubbery and raw). Spinach was good. Udon was probably the best item with loads of veggies (although asparagus was raw). Salmon sashimi was very average quality. Beef tataki was under seasoned and chewy. The nigiri's were decent but nothing to write home about. The crunchy spicy tuna was flavoured slightly like kimchi topped with full pieces of cornflakes and just felt confused. Salmon skin rolls were topped with pieces of salmon which I've never seen before and definitely could have skipped. Overall we paid $160 including tax for the above. The service was great which accounts for the two stars but is really the only saving grace of this restaurant. Maybe it's opening pains but it also took close to 1.5 hours for the food to come out. We left this restaurant with 90% of our food in boxes because we were going to a movie. The food was so abysmal we ended up throwing most of it out. Very disappointed. read more

Do not recommend. This restaurant has been in Royal Oak for years and I never had the desire to check them out for some reason - wish I stayed with that decision. My friend ordered takeout from recently and said it was pretty good, plus it is a mom and pop restaurant so I finally decided to try them out. Popped in on a Sunday evening with no reservation but we were seated quickly. We came in the middle of a rush but as far as I can tell most people have already got their food. Tables started leaving, and a few other new ones trickled in. Yet explain to me why these tables keep getting their food before us? We ordered a salad, two miso soups, wagyu yakiniku don, the chef's choice nigiri, three kinds of sashimi plate, three California rolls and three pieces of chopped scallop nigiri. The salad took 20 min to arrive. Then we began waiting. I see the table after us got their deluxe sashimi and shabu shabu. Then our soups came. Another 10-15 min later the table behind me (I didn't realize they haven't gotten all of their food) received their plate of sushi. The donburi came. I was getting pretty annoyed at this point because shouldn't the three kinds of sashimi come before the deluxe sashimi? Then my assorted sushi came, which is funny because our waitress told us that would take the longest time as they're busy in the kitchen. At this point my son asked where his sushi was. No idea bud. After I finished my sushi which was maybe another 20 min the California rolls and the chopped scallop nigiri came. The latest table that arrived then got their salad, donburi and yakisoba. We've been at the restaurant for an hour and 15 min and we're still waiting for said sashimi. At this point we just cancelled it because we were tired of waiting. Something that simple should not take this long. The kitchen is so slow and disorganized for no reason. Why are you serving tables randomly? Why not just give me all of my food at once? It's not like the food is anything to write home about so overall there is no saving grace. Go to Roku or Tata instead if you're in the area. Also, this couple came in and this is what they were told by the waitress: there's a bit of a wait. These five tables here still hasn't gotten all of their food. Yeah, they left. read more

Great little restaurant. They only opened a few weeks ago, but their food quality was very good. The best was the sukiyaki. We hadn't had sukiyaki anywhere in a long time, and theirs was really good. Excellent flavor and presentation. The egg drop soup has crab in it, which was a surprise to us. The tempura was also very good. It had a nice, light, crispy batter and was cooked to perfection. Their service needs a little work, but with it being so new I would expect that it will only get better as they find their rhythm. Overall we quite enjoyed the experience and will go back for sure. read more

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Ambience (2/5) - This is a slightly remodelled Opa location. Things seem out of place. Otherwise it's clean and acceptable. Service (4/5) - Fairly attentive, but not particularly friendly or welcoming. Food (2.5/5) - Passable sashimi, nigiri, and rolls, but there are some obvious cut corners. Some rolls had abnormally high amounts of lettuce. The cuts of fish in the rolls were clearly bad end pieces. Sashimi seems run of the mill, on the thin and small side. Value (2/5) - Given the relatively low quality, small portions, and high prices, it's hard to say I feel I got my money's worth. Overall (2/5) - Go to Roku across the street, which is in every aspect better. read more

This is a place where my girlfriend and I usually meet up for lunch as it is very quiet and cozy. They have quite the selection Japanese food including sushi, sashimi, udon and various appetizers. Prices are very reasonable and service quick. We also did a take out on party platter and were happy with assortment and quality of sushi we got. Definitely worth a try!!! read more

Incredible food , so quiet in there tho, give them business they have unreal sushi and ramen !!!!! Highly recommend

Amazing staff and delicious food. People who complain about the service there obviously have never worked in the food industry as when we went we were taken very good care of even when we constantly ordered more delicious food. Definitely try the skewers and the ramen! read more

Seriously really fantastic sushi. Kind of slow when I was there and the waitress was really hovering. But very nice and welcoming. Definitely ordering here more often. read more

Not bad with the Ramen, the soup is a little bit salty but tasty though! Might have put in MSG. The skewers are tasty, worth trying

Whenever I'm craving Sushi this is the first place that comes to mind! I order delivery from them quite often and they never fail to please me. Totally would recommend, the quality is great for the price so you'll always get great tasting food! read more

Stay Far Far away!!! Food is not good at all!!! Ordered chicken teriyaki and got mostly chicken skin and fat!! Salmon Sushi cut over thick, smells bad in the restaurant as well. read more

It's our 2nd time dining in here, for me I like the standard sushi they have with average price! They have larger and Verity sushi roll I find out most people compared Roku with Irasshai, Ruko is good restaurants for sure, and you pay for it. For my suggestion, if you really like Ruko, handing on there. Irasshai sushi is totally different, she is not 5 stars sushi restaurant, just for middle class family. Good luck! read more

Solid place for sushi. Been here several times and the Chirashi Don is one of my favourite items. It's better than Roku which is a complete rip off. The quality of sushi at Irasshai is top notch. Highly recommend. read more

I have had some really good Sushi in Calgary, but this was not one of those cases. We came in with two young kids to try the place since it was so close to our house and because they advertised a kids play area. We ordered miso soup, edamame, cucumber roll, the house special roll and a mango roll. All fairly simple. They served us water (which they never refilled) in paper coffee cups. It took 15min for our cucumber roll to come out, and 30min for our miso soup and edamame to come out, and only after I had to ask for it again. None of the soups had any tofu and the edamame looked like it had freezer burn. The house roll came out at 45min and was okay but at that point we still had not received our final roll. The waitress apologised and said they were busy that night. I looked around at the nearly empty restaurant and couldn't believe that 4 tables, including ours, was considered busy. I guess if you come here, be prepared to wait for simple sushi because it is prepared last. Will not return. read more

Sushi lovers STAY AWAY!! Fish quality was sub par, not fresh, sashimi was pretty much mush. A $10 dollar roll had 4 pieces where any decent sushi restaurant would have 6-7. Taste was embarrassingly bad, imagine food court quality sushi. Save yourself the time and money. There's 4-5 great sushi restaurants within 15 minute drive from this place. Roku sushi is pretty much right across the street and way better and authentic. Will not be coming back ever. read more

Worst sushi ever! Took an hour to get our food. The fish was gross (especially the tuna). and if a sushi restaurant can't get the miso soup right, you know something is wrong...even the salad was bad. Will most likely never go back. read more

Nice little place but decorated really randomly. I was hoping this place would be good because roku in the next plaza is always fully booked and its hard to get a table most nights. But i left disappointed. Service is slow and the food is extremely over priced for the quality of sushi you get. I don't mind paying the price if service and food is good. But my rolls were hard and falling apart and service was non existent. We had to flag the waitress down all evening. Their sushi is comparable to sakana grill. And if you know sushi you know that's junk. We will not be returning to this restaurant. read more