Kinjo Sushi

Pure quality and absolutely delicious! Dine in, take out and delivery! I’ve eaten at a ton of sushi restaurants throughout Canada and US and this restaurant is in my top ten! Good job Kinjo! The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars because you close too early :(

Kinjo is one of those dingy sushi joints that you’d expect to be cheap, but it isn’t.
The interior is brightly lit by fluorescents, adding a certain institutional ambiance. The place is generally busy with suburban types in cleats, or lu-​lus, and it smells like mirin and stagnant water (you’ll find out once seated the water is what your food comes on).
First off, the food plainly isn’t good. The rolls are small, you can tell nothing is really made in house — mainly the tamago — and even the nigiri is served petite for the price.
They also proudly serve blue fin tuna as if it’s going out of style (oh wait, it is. It’s actually like, super endangered).
With a sushi spot that has the ambiance of a hospital waiting room, food similar to the dingy sushi joint in the strip mall, the ethical buying power of Trump himself, with the price tag of any, much better sushi places, I can’t say I would ever recommended Kinjo.
But hey, for each our own. Bonus for the green tea pokies at the end of the meal.

Fast, fresh, and simple. Plus, it comes with a free sample of four pieces.

Solid sushi, fun boats. Dinner theater for the masses.
Sushi is fresh and a nice variety of rolls and nigiri are available on the boats. Staff are friendly and attentive.
The complementary starter sushi plate is really nice when you arrive hangry.
Prices are decent, too — $ 35 for 5 plates and 3 specialty items is quite filling for two people.

Very noisy. Tiny tables. Rice used for roll has no flavor. The wasabi has corn starch or something in it to thin it out. Rolls aren’t fresh, are made ahead of time. Sashimi is fresh and fairly good. Everything cooked is extremely salty.

Food is good, service is fast. Fun environment, too! Kids eel roll was great.
Fish is fresh and I love the samples!
Will keep coming back.

Great sushi plus sushi boats plus great service and free poky means a GREAT family friendly dinner option. We go to Kinjo often since we all love it.

This is the most fun & crazy sushi joint in Alberta. In addition to the typical rotating sushi boat, the staff sing birthday songs, hand out Pocky candy & generally have. a good time. And the sushi is fresh & tasty too.

This is my go-​to place for sushi. The fish is fresh and delicious. The service is very friendly and attentive. I started to go there when Peter Kinjo (later finding out he is the owner) was the pocky man and he is honestly so genuine and charming. He always went around the restaurant and took the time to chat with everyone to make sure everything was okay and that people were enjoying themselves. It never felt intrusive and he always looked like he loved his job.
One thing I really like about the sushi is the portion and the sizes. Don’t get me wrong, I try not to discriminate against other types of sushi because I know it comes in all beautiful shapes and sizes, but I like the fact that Kinjo rolls are small enough that I can easily eat them without mentally preparing myself to chew for the next 5 minutes (we’ve all done it with one of those monster rolls before).
I’m also a big person when it comes to eating a little bit of everything and sometimes it’s tricky with other sushi places as the rolls can be a lot bigger and especially if it’s only 2 people, you can only order so many different rolls as you have a crazy bill or a lot of leftovers (which is also not a bad thing). With Kinjo, you can try many different plates as most of them come in 4 pieces. If you sit next to the sushi boat, beware. You will order from the menu and then just fill up like crazy from that damn boat. And then by the time your food actually comes out, you’ll probably be full.
My only complaint is that the tempura is pretty small and not what you’d expect it to be and same with the teriyaki chicken/​beef. They’re still good, but I wouldn’t say they’re my favourite.
Definitely give it a try!

Excellent selection. Everything so fresh. Service was phenomenal. Will be going back.

Came here today with my friends. I’ve been to two other locations, the Dalhousie and the one by the district.
I was surprised with how small this location was compared to the others. It looked old and outdated inside. And the restaurant had a sweaty smell to it. Almost like when you’re at the gym.
From where I was sitting, I could see behind the little curtain, they had trays of dirty dishes on the floor which looked very unappealing and I know that shouldn’t be on the floor. Makes me wonder what else they do that they shouldn’t be doing.
The service there was quite adequate. We had a very nice server. The food came out fast.
The size of the rolls and portions were a lot smaller compared to the other locations I’ve been to.
When we got our bill, it was close to $ 100 and I was surprised because the three of us weren’t very full.
Those are my reasons why I gave them a ³⁄₅.
I’ll probably stick to the other locations from now on.

Totally picked this placed based on the number of reviews! We weren’t disappointed! Place was busy, the food was fresh, service was fast and the prices very reasonable! Def will be back again for more.

Favourite sushi place in Calgary! I also love the millrise location but we go to this one more often because of the sushi bar.
The pocky guy is great!
The sushi is out of this world. Amazeballs! All of it! Minori roll is my favourite.
The millrise location is definitely more kid friendly and we only go to that one with our little one.

Tonight was my first visit to Kinjo. I came by with my husband and my friend. It was very loud and quite busy when we arrived but we were seated immediately. We quickly ordered and the waitress confirmed everything before leaving our table.
The food came out in stages. The first round did not include any of what I ordered and the second round was only what I ordered. This can’t be helped since they don’t know who ordered what, I just found it funny.
When we had all our food and we’re finished eating, we had to wait quite a while before a server came around. Even when they did come around, they never stopped. My husband had to interrupt someone to bring us a box. This is the only reason they did not get 5 stars. Service was good, but not consistent.
Upon paying our bill a staff member came around offering Pocky to the girls. Thus made me ridiculously happy and is just one reason I will be coming back.

The wait is kind of long especially when you’re really hungry but it is really worth the wait. When you order your food it surprising comes pretty fast and the sushi here tastes amazing & is pretty filling. And how they present their food is really nice.

Love Kinjo! Food: delicious. Atmosphere: busy, fun, interesting, exciting. Service: fast, friendly, efficient.
Their fish and meat is fresh and delicious. Rolls are expertly prepared. And they even have lots of interesting and delicious things for vegetarian sushi lovers!

There is only one thing about this place is it is noisy and very live if your expecting a quiet night the other locations are a bit quieter like the Dalhousie location.
This is in my opinion the tastiest and freshest sushi in Calgary I have tried at least 50 restaurants. Sure other restaurants have nicer tables /​interior but nobody compares to the food and service as this sushi place. Sadly I moved to Edmonton and don’t have any more kinjo. I will always stop in when back in Calgary.

My friends and I were on MacLeod a few days ago and there were four other sushi places along the trail. We tried to go to the all-​you-​can-​eat buffet one but we just happened to come during their gap closed hour. So we sat in the parking lot and looked up reviews for The One Sushi across the street (heard repeatedly that it was sticky) and decided to try out Kinjo down the road instead. I’m not a big sushi person though and have had it literally one other time in my life but I was willing to give it a shot because it seemed like a good place.
Ohhhh my god. So good. Okay, let me explain all the things that make this place so wonderful and how we’re probably gonna come back at least 1000 times before we’re seniors. Come in and we were welcomed and seated really quickly in a booth and given a plate of four rolls. Forget the other two, but that california roll and volcano roll were amazing. Totally great. Our waitress and the service were prompt and friendly. I liked the volcano rolls so much that I ordered a plate for myself. We ordered dynamite rolls, spicy tuna rolls, rainbow rolls, california rolls, deep fried shrimp. Oh, and eel. I also got fried rice for myself. The food arrived so quick and it was just delicious, we probably got our food 10 – 15 minutes after we ordered, it was that fast. The portion of fried rice I got was more than I thought it’d be, but totally worth it. Volcano rolls are a must-​get.
A really cute touch is that if you sit in a booth beside the center kitchen, there’s a conveyor belt with little boats on it that have plates of sushi on it that you can just grab and take as you please if a boat rolls by and you see something you like. We thought it was so cool. Plus you can see the cooks at work.
Everyone who works at the restaurant seems really close, and when the staff see someone they know come in (I’m guessing it was either a fellow employee or a regular customer) they shout the person’s name in a «Ayyyy my dude is here» kind of way. It’s awesome. It makes the whole atmosphere of the restaurant seem really fun. Can’t really say anything about the speed of the restaurant during busy hours because the first time we came was a Monday afternoon just as people were getting out of work and we were already at the restaurant.
Oh, and you get free Pocky after your visit!!! Who doesn’t love that? I think that’s something the customers really love — it’s a really awesome, thoughtful, unique touch. Anyways, we think this place is basically perfect and we tipped huge afterwards.
So summarized, we didn’t really see any downsides to this place.
+ Totally delicious and I’ll probably try different kinds of sushi next time now that I know I like it
+ Short wait time!
+ Friendly friendly serviceeee!
+ Fun, tight-​knit atmosphere
+ Cheap/​affordable! Our total bill between three people came to $ 69.00 (haha). When you consider how much food we ordered and how good it was, that was a great deal.
+ SUSHI. ON BOATS.
+ FREE POCKY
+ Not sticky
Believe me, this place is a ####ing gem and my crew will be back. ⁵⁄₅ would empty my wallet again.

It doesn’t matter what time you go on a weekend, this place is always packed (lunch crowds during the week… forget about it!) ~ BUT for good reason!
Peter, the owner, has really created some magic with this little gem that we have been going to for years now. The conveyor boat system floats plates of sushi towards you as you wait with anticipation, lots of menu selections and speciality rolls on the regular menu and efficient staff scurrying around to keep everything moving along. It is also very entertaining to watch the sushi chef’s create right in front of you in the center of the conveyor system.
We go to the North location as well at times and it has a totally different vibe. This one on Macleod is packed, crazy busy at all times with a sense of community as the one in the North is a sit down restaurant with an upscale décor and a much larger space.
My Hubs and I haven’t seen Peter for a while at the Macleod location where everytime we were there he made my Hubs show him all his tattoos then Peter would sing «Maria» to him. Miss that!

Glad we came here to top of our last night in Calgary! Kinjo was local for us, and us Torontonians had a craving for some sushi! When we arrived we had a choice of either sitting in a booth or sitting by the sushi bar which had had plates of various sushi dishes floating on a conveyor boats!!! yes… so essentially while you eat, these dishes float by and you can decide whether or not to take it.
The dishes are categorized by colors which determine the prices; Red– $ 3.45/ Yellow– $ 3.95/ Blue $ 4.25 with each order having 4 rolls.
By the end of it all we ordered their Volcano which had a kick of spice to it, california roll, spicy salmon, yam sushi, etc. Overall the presentation was someWHAT satisfactory, the service was exceptionally great, and the servers are personaable and knowledgable with their sushis! The place is clean, and Kinjo seems to be a popular place in the neigborhood.
What I did not like about this place was the amount of rice they used, it was not equally proportioned, as well, some of our rolls fell apart easily. WOuld I come back here, maybe, maybe not as there are other sushi places around this area.