Haru Sushi & Grill

We ordered a sushi combo, beef tataki, scallop rolls, and more. Their raw fish is not fresh and was hard to stomach. The beef tataki was a joke as the beef tasted like it was frozen and sliced not long before because the sauce tasted like thawed raw beef. They couldn’t even get their scallop rolls right because they put in some pickled veggie and have a strange miracle whip sauce loaded on top. With a bill coming close to $ 100 and food WORSE than food court quality, I suggest you go elsewhere.

With all of the great reviews before me I must have caught these guys on a bad night tonight.
My wife doesn’t do seafood so when she’s out with the ladies its sushi time! I called at approximately 7:15. The lady that answered the phone didn’t even wait for the call to pick up before she started into her «please hold» speech. All I got was «…ind if you hold please?» then a click. There’s no hold music, no beep, just dead air. It makes you think you’ve been hung up on.
When she came back to my call a minute or so later she started to ask how she could help me but then started to talk to someone in the restaurant and without notice put me on hold again for a few seconds. Finally I got my order placed and was told it would be about 20 minutes. Sounds about right for a busy Friday night.
Picking up my order was quick. The same lady that answered the phone was at the front desk. She was mildly more friendly in person than over the phone. I was in and out as fast as the debit terminal could process the payment.
I went with the deluxe sushi combo. For $ 20 the portion size was good, but unfortunately the quality was not there. Most of the individual sushi items were just okay. One of them, which I believe was snapper, was definitely not very fresh. It was a little dry and had a slight odour. the dynamite roll was equally disappointing. Each piece fell apart when I picked it up and flavour wise it was meh.
Based on this experience there are definitely many other better sushi places in the city, but this one being the closest to my house means they’ll get a second chance.

Love Haru its a great little sushi place
Just wish there hours were a little better!
All the rolls are delicious
Nice envirment too!

This place is Japanese and Korean food offered together.
Not bad, not great — will satisfy a sushi craving. Fish is actually pretty good. Found most of the sauces accompanying any grilled foods to be very sweet.
Service is awesome.

Had a Fantastic Meal here last night! Everything was so fresh and the service is quick and very friendly. The Haru platter was to die for.

How do I give it less than 1 star. Menu is vague, and service was atrocious. Left after not getting water for 15 minutes. Unilocal me out here and shut em down.

great food good prices, hard to understand sometimes makes a conversation piece. Been there 50 times always fresh and great value

My friend introduced me to the gem of a restaurant a few years ago and I’m glad she did.
We love coming here for really good food and great service.
We always get a combination of sashimi, rolls, fried stuff and appetizers and to this day everything I’ve tried has been great.
We’ve never been able to have desert yet because we always stuff our faces before…
Price wise I am happy — I’ve been to lots of other places where they charge double for some of the items.
The restaurant is always busy, I recommend making a reservation.

I frequent Haru, as it’s within blocks of my house. It’s definitely not the best, and if I wasn’t so lazy on Friday nights, I’d drive further for better. The service is always so-​so, last night it was downright terrible. The food is good, reasonably priced (as far as veggie sushi goes) and fast, but the service really ruins it for me.

Haru upon entering is a very suburban like sushi joint, as far as décor goes. It’s big, has a lot of dark wood and only an essence of Japanese design. This would typically make me think the sushi would be quite mediocre, as I’m pretty harsh when it comes to ethnic food found in the deep, new suburban areas.
I was absolutely wrong. The service was fantastic and while the menu is pretty standard fare, the quality for the price was outstanding. I don’t usually go for just sashimi, but the salmon and tuna were so tender, and light. There was no whiff of fish smell or wasabi hidden underneath with the rice to try hide a lack of quality in the food. This was melt in your mouth goodness. The spicy prawn roll was also a hilite. So much crunch and just a smattering of hot sauce to kick up the flavour a notch. My favourite part of the meal was the green tea ice cream. The presentation was well done, coming in two triangle shapes with a drizzle of light chocolate sauce and some crunchy sweet potato flakes on top, which added another level of texture. I don’t tend to venture down this far south, but it’s definitely a must for those living closer by.

Haru is a great place for lunch as it’s inexpensive but I will let you all know that dinner is Farley pricy. But the food is great and the service is amazing!

HORRIBLE
I am literally sitting in the restaurant writing this review. Who puts a dollop of mayo on sushi? Very friendly people, terrible food.

My brother is in town and we thought we’d get some sushi for something different. Sushi seems to be a little sparse in the east end, but we weren’t keen on heading downtown.
The hubs is the sushi guru in the family, so I leave the ordering up to him.
I see all these faboo reviews and all I can say is «meh». I’ve had better sushi in Calgary, so this place wouldn’t be my first choice.
The taste was ok, but it just didn’t seem to be up to the calibre of being great. For instance, one of our selections went a little bit overboard on the mayo garnish sauce.
And it’s kinda funny, I always was under the impression if you had one piece of fresh made sushi, you’ve had it all. It would seem that maybe isn’t the case.
Sorry, but «meh».

great place to go on a date, can get busy during rush hour and a little noisy. But busy is a sign that it is popular and it has something good.
A little better than Kinjo but not as trendy, and not as good as Ki Japanese restaurant and not as expensive either.
Overall a hearty recommendation.

My friend and I ordered for pick up. When we went to grab our food, the staff were so friendly! The sushi was amazing! We had spicy shrimp rolls, a calafornia roll, a spider roll, a dynamite roll, some salmon sushis and some sashimi. Oh, and some tempura. What! We were hungry!!!
Anyway, the food was beautifully prepared and awesomely fresh. the sashimi came in large delicious pieces. I was really impressed!
The restaurant itself is a tad on the simple side, but there are lots of tables and it was really clean!

Atmosphere outstanding. Friendly service and very clean restaurant.
Free parking as it’s in Mckenzie Towne. On the pricy side of sushi in Calgary but worth it.
Only thing holding it back from 5 star is the inconsistent rolling of the sushi. Not tight for the larger rolls.
Family friendly.

I love to give good reviews to the places which deserve them. I really do.
And Haru really deserves it.
Yes I live in McKenzie, but there’s no bias — just sheer luck to have a great sushi place in the neighbourhood. I’d drive long distances if needed, glad I can just walk in.
Service is the best part of the experience — these guys are genuine, attentive, polite, and just fun to deal with — always smiling, friendly, jumping in to fulfil every need you may possibly have.
Good menu. I guess I’ve eaten all of it back and forth, and would love to see more items on it, but still — good stuff, enough to choose from for a while.
Needless to say, I’ve been to Haru almost every other weekend for more than a year, and neither me nor my wife had ever encounter something that won’t be fresh and carefully prepared. We love that.
Another big plus is that Haru folks are so accommodating — when we arrive with our little one, they always help moving a stroller so it won’t bother anyone, and give us a table which allows stuffing the baby seat in.
And the most important, it’s not just about us, our family — we regularly observe the same level of respect and attention to the rest of the customers.
Good job Haru, and thanks for all the fish! ;-)
Well not yet though, as we’d surely return again and again…

November Challenge — ¹⁶⁄₃₀
Haru is a sushi place nestled in Mackenzie Towne. It’s pretty inside, very IKEA-​esque, with pleasant wait staff and food that comes out at lightning speeds.
I ordered the spinach gomae and got a ball of spinach smothered in their sesame dressing. It was like someone had started to pour the dressing on and took a phonecall mid-​pour, then realized they had to serve it, saw there was no spinach left, and decided, eff-​it; here you go! While the dressing was tasty, it was the equivalent of eating soggy spinach in cold gravy.
The veggie tempura was delicious. I appreciated that it wasn’t one giant slice of sweet potato, a bunch of undercooked onions and mushrooms, and a piece of broccoli that’s too big to eat elegantly. That’s usually the assorted veggie tempura I’ve come to expect from most sushi places in town. Haru’s assorted veggie tempura had pumpkin, asparagus, mushrooms and sweet potatoes, and it was crispy and not greasy in the least.
Their veggie tempura and avocado rolls were my favorite of everything that I had ordered. There was a decent rice to filling ratio, and the avocado was appropriately buttery. My friend ordered their takoyaki, tuna and salmon sashimi. He said that it was decent, but not the best; out of the three, the takoyaki was the the best.
The waitress was also unaware if they carried unfiltered sake or not, but I did appreciate that she brought out the warm (read: molten lava-​esque) sake wrapped in a little napkin kimono to protect his fingers. My teacup was not wrapped and was nuclear to the touch, but I liked the slightly smoky flavor of their green tea.
All in all, this is a decent mid-​range sushi restaurant in the middle of suburbia. A place for soccer moms to escape, and treat their preschoolers to something that isn’t baby carrots and kraft dinner. I know, because they were there.

Sush-​eh! Yeah, I’m a fan. I was meetin’ a friend for lunch and I wondered, «Where in the world will we go? Oh wait… I think I know a website that can help with that!»
Easy peazy. I ordered the assorted sushi lunch combo — Tuna, Salmon, EBI, TAMAGO, Snaper & California roll. Just as the name says, it was a good *assortment*!
Eat in or take out, Haru’s a solid (or mushy?) sushi choice!

This place opened 4 months ago by the same owner as Haru Sushi in Springbank and Ajisai in Cranston & Panorama but this was my first experience with any of his restaurants. Walking up to the building and not knowing what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised by the clean, modern décor inside (and having lived in LA where there are lots of Korean owned sushi restaurants, I quickly recognized this as such).
Lots of staff with great service. Came here for lunch and ordered spicy tuna sashimi app ($ 3.95), Agedashi tofu ($ 4.95), and a spicy salmon roll ($ 6.95). What I had was all very yummm. I was sooo stuffed :)
I do have to say that I found it just a tad pricey (esp since not all of their lunch specials come with miso soup (or salad?)…so I opted to order from the menu instead of the lunch special. I DO expect lunch combos to come with miso soup & salad.
Will Definitely come back for dinner sometime if I’m in the area.