Review: Macleod Sushi & Bbq Inc.
Went there yesterday. It's a new AYCE sushi place. (the old Boyd's seafood restaurant, next to the Transcanada xxx video store, and the hobby shop there)
5211 Macleod Trail SW. Calgary, AB
It's only their 3-4th day in business... you can taste the freshness of the new reno. (i.e. fresh cut pine panels, etc... it's an aqquired taste)
Completely transformed from the old Boyd's (i.e. not one of those cheap reno's where they splash some paint, new $100 counter laminate top, change a mirror in the bathroom and call it brand new)
Pretty much entire restaurant has the booth style feel as every table was divided by those pile board panels like in most Japanese restaurants... Seating is quite tight if you're over 6' as each table has these huge korean style bbq on the bottom.
Food was clean, fresh, fills your stomach for AYCE. Service was very welcoming, friendly staff that comes check up on your next order, it's still new so IMHO, I don't think it'll play those AYCE games for another 10-16 months. (i.e. takes forever, don't give you new order sheet hoping you'd just stop eating, etc...)
The only thing that they'll guilt you on (and I don't eat AYCE in Calgary that much) is that for the sashmi, they have 3 choices: Salmon, Tune, Spicy seafood... well, every person is only allowed to order ONE choice per turn (each 'turn" has 3 pieces of the same style)... so it's not like you'll make like 5 turns of only ordering sashmi (does anyone do that???)
Price: AYCE: $23.95+ drinks+tax
Service: I'd say go try them out quick while they're still gung-ho being brand new, running on investors capital (*disclaimer: I don't know how they're funded)
Menu: Not as much as what I've experienced in Richmond, BC... or Richmich Hill, ON (Ontario ones being full blown buffet with AYCE ordering; for the same price)... I'd say menu size/stuff comparable to Sushi Ichiban few blocks North down the street... But these guys have Korean (style) bbq stuff on the menu too.
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