Banzai Restaurant

Fast and friendly service, but awful sushi. Rice tastes fatty, I’ve never had this experience before. I got spicy tuna and banzai roll, both were horrid with too much rice.

The sauce rice and salad is AAA. Japanese village sauces. Sushi is pretty good too. SAUCE!!! I’ve been addicted since I was a small boy. Im sorry but the meat w the rice bowls is not good. quit precooking your meat like edo. nobody likes pre-​cooked beef — and if they do they dont know any better. COOK IT FRESH TO ORDER!!! still ginger sauce and sesame are beyond killer. i pick up steaks at safeway and rice sauce and salad from Banzai. Killer taste.

It is a small location, and often busy, but for cheap rice and meat bowls it is hard to beat.
I LOVE their Bento Boxes, as you can get tempura or sushi along with chicken or beef with rice AND soup and salad. I’ve often asked for double salad instead of soup and its no problem.
The thing that makes Bonzai so addictive is their Sesame Sauce — same as Japanese Village’s. We sometimes order a bottle of it to add to our steaks at home, and man is it tasty.
One frustrating thing is when we DO order a bottle of sauce we have to wait in their queue system, so you might wait 10+ minutes for a bottle of sauce until it is your turn for them to fill the order. Would be quicker to just have a bunch pre-​made that day in the bottles to give to customers a la carte.

This is a great little place. The food you get for the price is quite filling, especially if you have the rice bowls. Very tasty food.
The area to eat in isn’t overly huge, but it’s decently spaced. Our food was ready quite quickly. I’d ordered the Sesame Beef bowl, and couldn’t finish it. So filling, and so very good.
Definitely recommended, and it’s somewhere I suspect I’ll be returning to

Surprisingly good for a takeout place. If you can’t make the time to sit down for Sushi, this is a nice backup.

Although I don’t live near Banzai anymore, so I only tend to visit a few times a year, I love the food & if I’m in the area around meal time I’ll make sure to carve out some time to visit.
I usually do take-​out (it’s been years since I dined in). They have a large seating area for those waiting for food, as well as tables for those staying to eat. I usually get the spicy chicken rice bowl — highly recommended. Got a good kick to it but not too spicy.
The staff is always friendly & the price is comparable to other locations in Calgary.
Highly recommend a visit if you’re in the area!

Banzai wa, kakkoi desu.
Like Thomas, I’ve been going to Banzai for at least four years. Clean environment, friendly service and prompt!
And the food? Oishi desu! I’ve tried nearly all of the bento box combinations and about half of the rice bowls listed on the menu. Every experience is delicious.
If you get a Banzai card, every sixth meal is free. Yes, you can get a bento box with that free meal
My family and friends are now also hooked on the food.

I first started coming here about 4 years ago, and now I try to hit it up at least once a month. The counter staff is always friendly, and there is a nice amount of seating available. If you are a fan of weird art, you can enjoy the 6 foot mural of some sushi rolls made out of torn magazines. If this isn’t your cup of tea (shame on you), you can get your food to go as well. There is enough variety on the menu that even a picky eater like myself can have multiple favourites.
Banzai does rice bowls (I can’t get enough of the Chicken Teryiaki), soups, Bento boxes (a combo where you choose two mains to go with your rice, salad, and spring rolls), and tons of assorted sushi (I especially like the veggie rolls, and they even do Alberta rolls here). Everything is reasonably priced as well — the rice bowls range from $ 6.50 to $ 7.50, and the Bento boxes are around $ 9. More importantly, they have forks available for those of us who clumsily skewer our food when forced to use chopsticks.
They make all the food fresh, yet I have never waited more than 10 minutes for my order, and that was during the dinner rush. Give this place a try — you won’t be disappointed.

One of my favorite sushi places in Calgary (albeit fast food sushi). I love the bento boxes and have them almost every time.