Ki Modern Japanese + Bar

It’s an alright sushi place in downtown but there’s better. When you walk in, it’s very dimly lit and has a romantic date night feel. The front staff are very helpful and nice.
Now the food is ok. The Sushi has a more westernized taste. Fish is fresh but the menu is overpriced for what it is. The yuzu crème Brulee dessert we had was pretty good. Almost tasted like key lime pie. Overall a decent place but there’s definitely better places for cheaper.

Excellent sushi. Fairly expensive and simple menu but tremendous food and service. A real treat.

The dishes were amazing and even the plating was beautiful. I call this place the Nobu of Calgary. The service was delight too! Lots of suggestions. He bought out everything in the perfect order that paid compliment to the food (we let him decide). They have a huge Saki list and he chose the perfect bottle of cold saki to go with it! I had brought a friend from out of town and it made for the perfect night out!

Great atmosphere, awesome Sushi, outstanding service… We ordered different types of Sushi, Flat Iron Steak, Soups and Cream Caramel, all were great, tasty, fresh, prepared to perfection. The waiter was very professional and friendly, he was all over the table at all times with lots of recommendations and also brought us some food and dessert samples. We will definitely go back. Thanks Ki team.

Over priced average sashimi + annoying waitress that comes over every 5 mins to ask if i want to order anything else makes for a crappy experience. Starting to understand why this place is 5% full at peak dinner time.

My wife and I decided to celebrate our wedding anniversary at Ki. To our delight, this place well exceeded our expectations.
We were recommended by our server (Diana) a tasting menu, which she diligently crafted to our needs (i.e. she asked about any allergies, preferences, etc. beforehand). We had the opportunity to try several dishes, all of which were both beautiful looking and tasty. It included pieces of different sashimis, kiwi rolls, and some of their original creations. Without exception, all of them were excellent. Also, Diana made a great job suggesting a delicious sake to accompany our dinner, which complimented perfectly the flavours of our dishes.
Our excellent server also arranged for us a dessert for our anniversary, which was a flan-​tasting custard beautifully decorated and flavourful. As if that was not enough, we also received two pieces of chocolate crafted in house!
In all, both the food and the service were outstanding and some of the best we have experienced in Calgary. I highly recommend Ki for special occasions or just to try it out. We will definitely be back again and again!

Meh is the best I can describe this place. Strangest seaweed salad I’ve ever had, so-​so chicken teriyaki. The caramel dessert was excellent, but not enough to make me want to head back. Terrible service, took 25 minutes for the waiter to bring us our bill, and that was only after one of us went to look for him.

Delish sushi and japanese-​ish food. The miso chowder is awesome. I would give it 5 stars alone. The rolls, sashimi and other are great — with new and interesting flavours without the same olé kinda sushi varieties. Non sushi eaters can have the sirloin roll and sweet potato wedges which are devine. or the tempura veggies. The eggplant tempura is particularly interesting and yummy. Overall great. Dark and quiet atmosphere. Nice place for a meeting or a work lunch.

Excellent high end sushi that’s catered for business and special occasions. The venue is a spectacular setting that will impress your guests. They have a great lounge with happy hour specials to balance the economic downturn. Their staff is well trained but their night time manager who had been there my last two trips is more focused on chatting with the female employees than the clientele.
I love the menu and atmosphere at Ki but prefer Sukiyaki House on 9^th for Japanese given it’s more intimate, equally great for business, has higher quality fish, half the price and it’s more professional Management team.

Fancy Smancy. Love the dark atmosphere and service. Food portions were generous. Dislike elevator music…

This is a beautiful restaurant. Clean, modern and very chic, so be prepared to drop some cash here.
We were a large group and had a private dining area. Our waiter was a tall Eastern European fellow who was efficient and very patient with questions and suggestions.
The menu is extensive, it boasts several selections for the sushi enthusiasts as well as the not so enthusiastic sushi newbies.
We started off with several appetizers ranging from tempura veg, Cali rolls, yakitori chicken skewers, bistro shrimp, sweet potato wedges, shrimp and scallop skewers to my personal fav, the saki aburi — it was delightful, I could eat this all day erryday.
The mains don’t come with sides unless it’s a special, so most got either a rice or seaweed salad to accompany their mains; both were very good. Mains were all pretty good across the board but the lamb was supposedly superb, I’m not a fan but I will take my pickey dining companions word on it :) I had the boneless rib special, the waiter highly suggested it so I took the plunge and went for the 12 oz of honking meat (of course I shared that monstrosity with the table!)
It was good but not my thing, although it was a rib and supposed to be fatty, all I could taste was fat and the glaze was a bit too sweet for my liking, the purée and picked goodies that accompanied it were spot on to cut some of the grease. I ate about half and donated the rest to my companions.
I agree that the cocktails were below average, that is why they lose a star.
Other than that I think KI is a pretty classy place for a date you would want to impress or even a good choice to take business associates because of the privacy booths.
Would I come back? Yes, that saki aburi was so fresh and delish, it’s a nice little show the waiter puts on when he sets the saki afire!!!

I recently had lunch at Ki with a group of nine colleagues. We decided to let the restaurant decide on some appetizers, sashimi and sushi to share. We were presented with a plethora of delicious choices, and there was something for everyone. At around $ 40 per person, including non alcoholic drinks and tip, I think Ki was a good deal for the quality of food!
The pork belly appetizer skewers were crisp and perfectly done. The sashimi platters featured the most tender tuna, salmon and butterfish. The sushi was presented artfully, and had a nice variety.
Service was efficient, and we were in and out within the hour. Will definitely return!

Yum! Oh my this place is sooooo good. I love my lunch times here the sushi is just sooo delightful. I’ve been here for business lunches and I have to say that the atmosphere is very classy which makes it easy to bring clients to. The food is delicious and the service is fast which is great when you’ll, y have an hour or so over the lunch hour. This place is a little pricy so if you are looking for frugal eats this is not your go to place. All in all though I really like this place and I will definitely be back.

Amazing experience! Beautiful Restaurant. Delicious food but pricey and portions are small, still worth it! Perfect service, I highly recommend. Don’t miss this place.

Attentive service and delicious food, can’t ask for much more. My parents are notoriously hard to impress and they both loved our big taste dinner at Ki. Can’t say enough good things about the service we received that night and all the courses we had were very enjoyable, albeit not the biggest portions. Have to single out the flat iron steak and the truffle chocolate cake and Yuku semi Fredo. Wonderfully balanced flavours and memorable.

Dining room and décor: this place is much larger than the exterior suggests and there are several dining areas in the restaurant as well as 2 bars. I was seated at the sushi bar which had these wierd chairs. (Comfortable to sit on but hard to pull forward.)
Food: I ordered a dynamite roll and a beef steak bento box. The sushi was nice and the toasted seasame seeds were a flavour plus. My steak was soft and just-​right but I couldn’t eat the fancy coleslaw that came with the box. The bento box was boring and uninspiring for all of $ 28.
Service was cordial but not fast for a lunch hour in Calgary.
So I finished my $ 38 lunch and left the restaurant making big plans for my 3:00 snack because I was still so hungry. I doubt I’ll be back unless I have a business associate I really want to impress with expensive OK food.

I think I’ve found my favorite restaurant in all of Calgary. From the moment I walked in the hostess was so nice and accommodating and helped me find a lovely table to study at with a plug (my MCATs tomorrow).
I love the atmosphere and décor here and the service is great. Everyone is really friendly and the food is good too. The seaweed salad was light but large and a wonderful end to my spa day.
They also brought me out cute little treats which is definitely appreciated during my last few hours.
Definitely recommend this place to study or come for drinks with friends! (Plus it’s the best Japanese restaurant in Calgary)

I’ve been here 4 times now. I’m feeling like I need to be honest and say that I have mixed emotions.
The food has always been good bordering on really tasty — sometimes there are misses. Cocktails are ok and not out of this world expensive.
I’m surprised that it’s such a lunch place, but Calgary really has no big city vibe…
I don’t eat meat, so all I can tell you is that anything on the menu that isn’t meat, is good. I think it’s also a great place to bring people who are not quite comfortable trying new foods or anything ethnic. Good break in spot.
Good location and clean place, nice style… that’s about it.
Not over the moon with it, but as far as Calgary goes, it’s a good spot.
The patio is ok in the summer too!

If you are on a first date, and are ready to spend enough to impress, make a reservation and go here.
It’s probably the best Japanese food you can get in Alberta! The chef clearly takes a lot of pride in what they do.
If you are a regular, you will get your own «wine file», they will keep track of your taste and will suggest exquisite selections to pair with your food the next time.
The food was excellent and the service deserves a 5 star rating.

I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that Ki is mostly catered towards the downtown executive class and guests that are staying at the Westin (which is right beside it). I can totally picture contracts being signed here, or tourists coming in after a day trip in Banff and a strong craving for sushi. So I’m going to have to give my review with that assumption firmly rooted at the back of my mind.
This is a fantastic restaurant. The service is impeccable; the presentation and atmosphere even more so. Looking like we were ready to order but with our waiter nowhere to be seen, the host came up to us to confirm if we were ready so he could call our waiter.
As the other reviews state, there are hot water towels; they do pour the gluten-​free, low-​sodium soya sauce and the water often — but non-​intrusively. They give out complimentary samples of sushi/​sashimi. They have thick and soft disposable wipes in the bathroom inscribed with their logo. It’s a pretty fancy place.
The most important part, however, is how their food delivers. For a group of four, we shared four makimono rolls (six pieces each) and the chicken teriyaki (which is also a small plate). Their specialty is Japanese fusion, so the kiwi tuna roll for example, had a hint of mango and spicy salsa to it. An enjoyable mix of sweet, sour and spicy. The futomaki (with unagi and spinach) tasted incredible as well.
These are not huge portions, true; but they are just enough (we went in there famished, but still walked away satisfied albeit not overly full).
I quite enjoyed my dinner here. In the end, the bill wasn’t even that bad for our group of four (we didn’t have appetizers, drinks or desserts).
If I went on a date where somebody else is paying (and I was craving sushi), this would definitely be on top of my list.