Still our favourite Sushi spot in St. Albert! But beware they are closed on Tuesdays ;-)…read more They now make bubble tea and do a great job - kiddo loved the mango green tea boba! We always love the rolls and avocado appetizer here. Their housemade ginger salad dressing continues to be my FAVE and can always be found in our fridge. Sooo good over salmon, too! I sure hope Ohana Ya is around for a long, long time to come!

I ordered the tempura (13 pieces) & curry katsu don. The…read morecurry was very East Indian, and not at all what I expected. The tempura was very overpriced in my opinion. The tempura shrimp were very gritty when bit into. I checked what was gritty and it was the poop vein of the shrimp was intact. They weren't cleaned. So gross!

staff:always friendly and pleasant. We have had this same waitress a few times. She is lovely!…read more service: they take our order relatively quickly once our party guests arrived. Food comes or fresh sporadically - whatever is made first comes out first. We went for my son's birthday and they gave him courtesy birthday ice cream! (Gratuity automatically included for groups larger than 7) establishment: great little hidden gem in the NORTHSIDE!! Una small strip mall area! Parking options outside in lot! Inside is a little Japanese paradise. Great decor - nice ambiance! Food: amazing. Great variety? Generous portions. Fish is fresh tasting and great quality.

Fresh food and excellent service!…read more Went with a large group of people and we tried many dishes off of the menu (some not pictured below). Dishes that I would definitely recommend are the nabe udon, cream udon (not pictured), their yam avocado roll, and their volcano roll. I think everything for the most part was good, only complaint would be that their chicken karaage was a little dry. Other than that, I think my overall experience was quite good and I hope to come back and try other items!

This place always hits the spot everytime. Premium food…read more Service is quick, as always and place was clean.

Went here with my friends and we were satisfied with all the food we ordered. The tuna and salmon…read moresashimi seemed fresh than other sushi places i had been too. Price wise i think is reasonable. We had a hard time parking though in front of it and needs to pay. We waited 45 mins to get a table on a weekend afternoon!

This was one of the highlights of our year! We came here for our anniversary…read more The atmosphere was sophisticated. The staff were friendly and attentive. And the food was absolutely amazing. I ordered the farro salad with chicken, it was hands down the best salad I have ever had! Every bite was different and you would think that too many items would make it confusing but it all worked together. Clearly an expert chef put that one together. Hubs had the black cod spaghetti with curry cream sauce, it was also amazing. It was definitely Asian fusion but it really worked! Our desserts were delicious, the butter cake was delicious and I'm not really a fan of cake. My creme brule was also good, standard vanilla, nothing exceptional but still good. All together a really wonderful experience and I would come back here in a heartbeat.

Ever wanted to feel like a prisoner? You know a place to get bad food? Maybe have some undeserved…read moreshame thrown at you and be held under duress?? Well, there is need to break the law! Just make your way to XIX. We went in on a Thursday evening and were seated in the lounge. The salad we ordered to share as an appie was good. Drinks were delicious. We ordered the Coconut Atlantic Salmon and the Tenderloin Steak medium rare. The salmon was good, but the steak was cooked beyond well done - so much so that it was chewy. I asked to have the steak sent back and ordered the Harvest Salad instead. After a little while, my partner was almost done their meal and my salad had not arrived, so I asked to have the order cancelled. The server said she would cancel it, then came back 5-10 minutes later to say that it was almost ready and asked if I still wanted it. By this point my partner was almost done with their meal. I said I'd still like it cancelled and ordered a dessert to take home. The server arrived after about another 5 minutes with a box. Thinking it was the dessert, I was about to ask for the bill, but she said it was the salad and I could take it or leave it. I told her I did not want it, she said she would leave it, and repeated that I could leave it if I wanted. The dessert came soon after along with the bill. The salad was still on the bill. I asked to have it removed and the server said she could not. She called over the manager who said they were not going to take it off the bill because I took too long to cancel it. I explained that I cancelled it, at least 5 minutes passed before it was "almost ready," and then it arrived another 5-10 minutes after that, so I did not want it, nor did I want to pay for it. She said they had already "comped" the steak so I had to pay for the salad. I told her there was nothing to "comp." The steak was inedible (I had one bite out of it and returned it), so not something to comp. It was an awful meal that no one should have to pay for. I had asked for the salad to be canceled, so again, I was not asking to have anything for free. My night was ruined, I was upset, and just wanted to leave. At this point, I didn't even care anymore, I told her I'd pay for the salad and wanted to go home. The manager said she'd ask the chef if he would take it off the bill. Again, I said no and asked for the bill with the salad so I could just leave, but she left anyway. What felt like at least another 10 minutes passed before she came back. This time she said the chef had taken the drinks off, but I had to pay for the salad. The whole experience was terrible, but the last bit felt like I was being held hostage. I wanted to pay and leave, but couldn't because they wouldn't give me the bill. We took our boxes and left. I still don't know what the point of all this was. Sure they don't want to loose money. Then why offer a steak you don't know how to cook? And, comp? Do they know what that means? There is nothing complementary about having inedible food you cannot eat taken off your bill. I ordered the salad and cancelled. I don't know how their kitchen works, even if I had taken too long to cancel, I did not deserve to be kept there after I agreed to pay for it. They took the drinks off and not the salad? I think the difference what $8. Does the $8 matter that much to them? Was it some deranged power move?? ... like a "haha, we won't let you have your way!" Oookay, you guys win! Guess I shouldn't argue with a guy who can't cook a steak. He must know better than me.

This is my second time to Sushi Toshi, the all-you-can-eat sushi (and other foods) Japanese…read morerestaurant. I have ordered sushi rolls, nagiri, sashimi, maki and a temaki (cone). I ordres an assortment of them - red snapper, tuna and salmon for the sushi, California and Alberta rolls, and tempura shrimp cone. This time around I ordered the beef tataki, stir fried udon with chicken, miso soup and the 6 oz steak (for this one, a hot stone is brought to your table and you sear the steak on it; sauce are also available for this dish). I had green tea to drink and had green tea ice cream for desert. Service was very good and rapid, and very attentive and polite. The restaurant's ambiance is busy and popular, but it's quite easy to relax and enjoy the food and restaurant while there.

In all my years of eating sushi, I've never went to an AYCE sushi place until now. So this was my…read morefirst AYCE experience here. And after our dinner, this place will be pretty difficult to beat. We came here for our anniversary dinner. My boyfriend put in a reservation earlier, and once we arrived we were seated pretty quickly. It was a Monday night but I was so surprised at how packed the place was. This was our first time here so the server explained how ordering on the slip works. Wait time wasn't terrible. And like I mentioned before, this place was so packed and full of people. All the servers that night were weaving through aisles, delivering food, and taking orders. They were all hustling. Food was delicious. We started off with a couple of rolls like California Rolls, Avocado, Tuna, Salmon, and Tamago. The sushi rolls were pretty small, but I didn't have a problem with it. Since it's AYCE, I knew that we'd have much more food coming. I was very impressed by the quality of fish. It tasted very fresh. Also we ordered the seared Beef Nigiri and that was delicious. We ended up ordering more of that later. For the next round, we ordered Edamame, Beef (? it was like a beef galbi cut but I forgot the name of it on the menu), Chicken Skewers, Green Onion Cake, and Tempura. For our Tempura veggies we chose pumpkin, yam, and eggplant. I loved the tempura. It was definitely a highlight of the night. The batter was very crispy, light, and all the tempura came out hot. It was wonderful. We ended up getting more after the first round of tempura because it was too good. The Chicken Skewers were phenomenal. My boyfriend and I were saying that if we had the Chicken Skewers with rice, that would just be enough. The flavor of the sauce was great: savory, slightly sweet, it was reminiscent of a teriyaki flavor for me. And lastly, we had the BC Roll, Alberta Roll, Crunchy Roll, Philadelphia Roll, the seared Beef Nigiri again, and a few other rolls. At this point of the dinner we barely had any steam left but somehow we managed. Every single we thing we ate was just amazing. I wasn't disappointed by anything we ordered actually it was just great. I will say the Crunchy Roll had this smokiness that scratched my brain in the best way possible and I was so impressed by that bite. This was such an unforgettable experience and the best place we've spent our anniversary haha. 10/10, take my money. To Sushi Toshi, I'll be thinking about you.

The mysterious Sushi Niwa appeared in the Scotia Place food court late in 2015 and I have finally…read morehad the chance to sample the food. The menu on the boards is laid out very nice and easy to read and they also have sushi rolls prepared and ready to take out. Walking up it was the sushi that caught my eye- it looked very fresh and the portions were huge. I went with a katsu bento box with the dynamite rolls. I was surprised when they said the meal included either a free pop, water or miso soup. I opted for the drink and my whole meal came to just over $12. I thought this was fair and THEN I saw the portions they dished out. Holy man they are not stingy! I got a huge piece of pork cutlet with broccoli and rice. Then there was 4 different pieces of tempura (one of which is prawn which you NEVER get in a bento box unless its at a premium). The dynamite rolls were unreal. They were stuffed with goodness and topped with delicious sauces- the presentation was fantastic for the rolls. It also came with the traditional side of salad and the dressing was amazing. I seriously couldn't believe that I only paid 12 bucks for this amount of food. I took my meal back to my office and I had literally 5 people walk through the lunchroom probing at where I got my food from. Sushi Niwa, welcome to the neighborhood. I hope you stick around for a really long time and you already have a bunch of new customers coming for you tomorrow!