Shikiji

Wonderful atmosphere with friendly staff. A good amount of food variety (even for those who don't eat raw fish). The food portions are large for rolls and if they are not, they are surely unique in flavour/taste. The rice and noodle dishes are large portioned and delicious. Highly recommend this place for everything.

It seems like a typical izakaya, but the menu is more diverse than you'd typically find. They serve ramen to sushi and lots of things in between, and they do it all very well. The sushi is fresh and the service was great. The ramen broth was excellent, though the noodles were not the classic style I was expecting from an authentic restaurant like this (ramen noodles really have to be made fresh in-house to be right, and these don't seem to be). The portion size was a happy medium, so don't be afraid to order a selection of things! If you want just one thing (ramen, etc.) in my opinion it's better to go to a specialty restaurant, but if you want a good selection of Japanese dishes this is a great choice that won't disappoint no matter what you order.

Best Chili Goma Ramen I've had in Calgary, but not the best Ramen. Noodles were good but a bit soft, and there were too many chives for my liking (I was picking them out of my spoon near the end of the bowl). Service was great, prices seem fair for great quality ingredients, and the pork was amazing! Update 2018: visited a few times and I'm still a fan of their ramen. Tried their Miso ramen for the first time today and it was excellent, noodles we're perfect. Still a few too many veggies for my liking so might ask for fewer chives/scallions next time. Also tried some sushi (hamachi, blue fin, toro) and they were all great but I felt the hamachi and toro were very very small. Service was ok but they were pretty busy.

They have some real tasty ramen here! I went with their basic soy ramen with fatty bbq pork. The broth is rich and coats the firm noodles perfectly. It doesn't overpower with the salt so it highlights the pork and bok choy. All the toppings are simply there for texture (seaweed, scallions). Lastly, the pork melts in your mouth. It's soft, fatty, and flavourful. It actually isn't heavy to eat so you don't feel weighed down afterwards. Their takoyaki is also very good (tangy, sweet but still savoury). Service is average but it's not the reason you go here. Besides, maybe it's better they don't bother you. That way, you can focus on chowing down.

Let's just say, some foods are delicious, but some are just the below average. Delicious ones are: Mini Unagi bowl Cold Soba Does not recommend: 1) Miso ramen - noodles has great texture and bite, but soup is too thick and overpowering. 2) Nigiri and possibly any raw cut fish, horribly cut, looks great but doesn't know how to cut a fish for Nigiri. The texture of the cut is stringy, and the entire fish was stuck and hanging on my teeth. Obviously the sushi chief has never tasted the food he makes. 3) As we were leaving to pay, we saw some cute Chinese canned like bottled sake as shown in the picture, was thinking of purchasing it to take home to enjoy, apparently if you put it right at the cashier counter with price, to my understanding it could be purchased to take home. If they don't want it to be sold to be taken out, then put it behind the counter, where it's unreachable, and price shown only in the restaurant's menu, to be enjoyed only within. Back in the days my Japanese friend's parents used to own this restaurant, it was amazing, I used to enjoy coming here onces ever 2 weeks. After it changed owners both service, and quality of foods downgraded tremendously. Service was slacking, and the short-haired lady that host, and as a cashier never thanked us as we were leaving, and was rude. I don't recommend this place, unless you are desperately wanting cold soba. I give them credit for making a good cold soba.

Tried this place out the other day. The menus is sushi, ramen, udon, and a few other Japanese dishes. Tried the BBQ ramen and the seafood ramen, both are excellent. The restaurant has a collection chilled out vide going due to the music. There is parking on the south side of the building in the parking lot next to the Madison apartment. Akashi beer is 6 dollars for a small, and 11 for a large. I thought this to be reasonable priced. Green tea is 1.50 a person. They make awesome takoyaki!