[Not really racist!]

Sushi Garden on Lougheed

Food - 8 / 10
Service - 5 / 10
Value - 9 / 10

Jeez Christ that place was mad packed! Went at around 12:50 and there was a huge ass lineup for a place that small. The waiting area is freaking small and add on that there are last least 20 ppl there, it got really hot. When I was finally seated and was ready to order, I tried flagging down somebody multiple times and of course no answer.

Then, when I asked for tea (they brought water first), the waiter's hand slipped while she was placing the tray onto our table. The hot tea & tempura sauce spilled all over the table and over the tray, almost pouring it straight onto my shorts, that wouldn't have been pretty. The girl felt really bad about it and then kept apologizing which I felt was fine cause I wasn't burned or anything. I ordered and then about 20 mins later she drops a couple plates onto the floor and the whole restaurant goes quiet for about 5 mins while the boss just stares at her. Obviously it wasn't her day.

She cleans it up and she basically looks depressed the whole shift. The area to the entrance to the kitchen / cashier / washrooms was WAY too small. They had deliveries going through, a cart for dirty plates, waiter's grabbing food, people going to the washroom, AND a line up to the cashier for paying and getting seats right beside it (almost a line up the whole damn time i was there). Jeez Christ, it was like a disaster as I was sitting like RIGHT there and I was expecting multiple accidents. The delivery people had carts of shit that covered like 90% of the lane.

On a good note, the food was great. I had the Salmon and Tuna Sashimi which was cut into very very thick slices and the Udon Tempura was terrific as well although the portion was small this time. I also had a medium party tray which had almost everything. The California Roll, Scallop Roll (?) were okay but I didn't really like the Dynamite Roll or the Salmon Roll (?) that much. I also ordered a Salmon Cone but I didn't eat that. The total came to about 50$ with tip included (4 ppl)

Maybe my expectations were a bit high and the hot weather made me more picky?

COLES NOTES: shitty service, good food
almost got hot water spilled on me
small waiting area
small lane area in the back to the washrooms