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Kinjo Sushi & Grill

3.7 (54 reviews)
ModerateJapanese, Sushi Bars
Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Casual
Moderate noise
Good for kids
Good for groups

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Salmon sashimi

Average sushi place. Nothing great, nothing bad. The Sashimi was good- nice big pieces- the sushi was ... meh. The service was actually really good and the servers were friendly.

Benihana, Mango and Benihana

This place is not what it used to be. The food was pretty good, but not as good as it was. Our server was kind and friendly. The restaurant has definitely gone down hill. We used to come here often when we lived here. Now we come each time we visit. This has been the most disappointing visit to date. It used to be so classy and now it's gone fast-food, poster-pushing trashy. Everywhere you look you are overwhelmed with advertising for their own products. Things you'd normally see only at the table in the small acrylic frames are now taped up everywhere! Also, coloring pages are taped to the walls. The bathroom signs warding people away from their back employee section are printed in laminated signs every few feet. Clearly, finding the washroom has become a chore for guests to find so they had to resort to cheap signage. Let's get down to the food. First thing they did was offer regular soy sauce. We had to request their house sweet soy sauce. Their sweet soy sauce is one of the main components that sets them apart from other sushi restaurants. Second the Tabikko. They are scaled back noticeably, like 70-80% from what they used to provide. Their portions of other things like their sauces have also gone down. We did wait 20 min for one of our rolls which apparently got forgotten. We reminded them it hadn't made it to us and they quickly got it back in line to be made. Lastly, what happened to leaving with a nice box of pocky? It's the little things that make all the difference. The food was good, but the environment, experience, and personal touch has seemed to disappear.

Jessica B.

Very family/Kid friendly, but also an extremely busy Kinjo location. Probably wont be a favorite place to come for sushi. Sushi was rushed and very mediocre. Their fried rice was also so-so. We waited 20 minutes for the first few sushi rolls to come and another 40 minutes for the rest. Again, we came here on valentines for the first time and gave them a 2nd chance a week later. Again, food came late and sushi was again mediocre. They also missed one of our orders and the whole restaurant was not busy at all. Service is also okay, but lacks any sort of effort or friendliness. Forgot our pocky and we had to remind the waiter after waiting another 15 minutes after paying the bill. Sad to say we might not come back. Might come visit again, if this was the closest and the only option for sushi in the area.

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Darren J.

First time to the newest Kinjo in Calgary. Overall very lively atmosphere as you are greeted loudly by staff as all Kinjos. Staff are very friendly and super fast. Dining area is large with many booths and small steps to different levels of sitting. Decor is very clean and there are televisions throughout. Menu is same which is very large and pricing is decent. Of course the manager is around asking how food is and carry pokey candy for kids and females (adult males out of luck ) Overall a new fav sushi for SE Calgary and very family friendly too.

Spicy hand cone
Diana H.

First time here since they opened. Our server Jisun was very friendly and food service was quick. We came on a rainy Saturday evening and there were lots of empty tables. The restaurant it self is quite large and modern. The menu has a wide selection of sushi, rolls and cooked food to please any person. My favourite was the spicy salmon hand cone which was fresh and had a good ratio of salmon to rice. The tiger roll was good, I really like the crunchy topping. The only dish we didn't like was the beef tataki there wasn't enough ponzu sauce it taste bland. Overall it was a nice experience; casual dining with decent sushi.

Some of our shrimp - look close at the burnt and sad looking breaded things
Carey M.

What has happened!?! I've been eating at Kinjo since Peter was there regularly with his Samurai sword and there was only one Kinjo! So I have an allergy and it's a pain and makes picking restaurants and then menu items pretty important. During COVID we haven't gone out a lot - it's three meals a day every day that I cook. Exhausting! Today I thought I'd try some take out at old reliable Kinjo. I kept with what I know - or thought I did. What I wound up with - accidentally - was 10 servings of "grilled" prawns covered in a batter I couldn't eat. I'll accept that we needed to check the darn order better (online got stuck - wifi? Half way through so we hadn't realized it had added every time we tried to "add" though it hadn't originally told us). I don't blame Kinjo for our negligence. It would have been nice if someone noticed our error and we didn't get a receipt so my partner who picked it up so my partner couldn't check it against a receipt. He picked it up and the gentleman who provided it said "you are the gluten free" and pointed out that one of the sauces had gluten. We had also asked for one of our items not to be breaded because that's the way we order it in house because we know it had breading. Now I've had the replan shrimp before - many times - and maybe they know my face and recognize that EVERY item we are ordering is sans flour but we had no idea that we would wind up with 10(!!) servings of a breaded shrimp. I called and asked them to help me out ($90 later). I was given excuses and although they apologized for my error (yes only I made an error here) they would not be doing anything about it. This company may have gotten too big to care about the average customer but I'm not too small to complain. I won't be recommending this location to anyone else. PS: the one tray of shrimp were burnt and the avocado on one of our sushi was brown and the Ika looked like someone had split it in two and then pushed it around the dish so it looked like more than it was. Five restaurants now. Five because the popularity and word of mouth and social media. What a disappointment.

Belinda J.

My boyfriend and I had Kinjo Sushi & Grill again last night. We went to the one located on 7 Mahogany Heights SE Unit 200, Calgary, which is 10 minutes drive from our place. It's a brand new location on South East side of Calgary. It was our 2nd time been to this location. We didn't have a great experience on our first time try. But, we had a great experience this time. Environment: We got the restaurant when it just opened. There were no too many people there yet. Inside the restaurant was nice and clean. We got the table very fast. As we sat down, our server brought the menu to the table and began to serve the drink. Service: Our table server is an Asian guy. He was very nice and friendly. He took the order very fast and also brought a teapot for us for the extra water. Food: We have ordered three special rolls, such as Golden Dragon Roll (8pcs), Jay-Mak Roll (8pcs), and spicy crunch rolls (8pcs). Besides that, we also ordered Ikayaki and special tataki 6pcs. Our food came out kitchen very fast. They were all fresh and well-cooked. We did a great job to order those special rolls. The spicy crunch roll is 8 pcs, which made by tobiko, cucumber, squid legs, spicy crisp, and volcano sauce. The Jay-Mak Roll is one of my favourite rolls. It made by spicy salmon, lettuce, avocado, crispy wonton, and unagi sauce. Unagi Sauce is super tasty. I love it. Golden Dragon Roll has shrimp tempura, unagi, cucumber, cream cheese, spicy crisp, unagi sauce, and hot sauce. Although all the special rolls have hot and spicy sauce on, the taste of the rolls are not spicy at all. They were all tasty. We loved the food so much. Prices: The prices of the rolls and dishes at Kinjo are a little bit of expensive. I believe it was totally worth the prices. In summary, we enjoyed our 2nd-time experiences at Kinjo. We should definitely come back to this location again.

Grilled rack of lamb!
Janet R.

My husband and I love this location! To start the food is amazing!!! Try the grilled rack or lamb,magic steak, tempura shrimp and the meso black cod! Also if you are wanting to have something refreshing to drink you have to try the fruit bubble tea. Now the food is amazing, but what makes this place so fantastic is the owner. The owner is personable, kind and extremely attentive with patrons. On numerous locations he personally welcomed some colleagues and myself to the restaurant and gave us a free bubble tea on an extremely hot day, on another occasion he gave my toddler a treat of poky cookies while we waited for a table, and tonight he spoiled my husband and myself and personally made us meso fish and gifted us that as well as a rack of lamb. We felt appreciated the kind gesture and always look forward to the experience of dinning out here!

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Luke S.

My first time coming to this restaurant and overall I was impressed. The aesthetics of the place is modern yet very calming and comfortable. The customer service was absolutely amazing considering every employee asked if we needed something often. The restaurant is clean and the kitchen is out in the open so you can the cooks working away on the orders. The food was decent quality with a lot of options to choose from. The sushi was fresh and of great quality. When I was leaving to pay for the check, the General manager introduces himself and was very concerned how our experience was. In return for being a first timer, he let us choose a free food item from their mini store they have inside the place. I have to say the customer service here is incredible and we will be returning!

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8 days ago

The food comes out fast, the staff is plenty, but the sushi is fine. It's not the best nor the worse consider it fast food sushi

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Awesome! It was busy but they got us in fast. Food was super good, everything we had was good.

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4 years ago

Used to be great but quality and portion sizes have gone downhill last 2 years. Also got sick from one of their ramen bowls

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Allowed many other people in the restaurant to purchase items while they continued to unkindly tell us to wait outside.

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