Globefish Sushi & Izakaya

Fast service with fresh sushi that never gets old with friendly staff. Never had any complaints with this restaurant and won’t have any anytime soon. Would recommend

I was not impressed today when I picked up my takeout order. They told me 40 minutes when I phoned to order. When I arrived it was not ready and it was 10 minutes after the time they told me it would be ready. As well, there were about 5 people in front of me waiting for their takeout orders. They said there was a backup in takeout orders. I recognize it was very busy but this is the second time this has happened to me. When I inquired about my order and told the guy my order was supposed to be ready 10 minutes ago he cut me off twice. I found this quite rude.
As for the food, it was ok, the salmon in the salmon rolls felt like it had been previously frozen and was almost tough and chewy. I think this is the last time I will be getting sushi here. Globefish should be aware that there are plenty of other sushi choices in Calgary, especially for me because I’m in Mardaloop and am close to the places in Mission and downtown.

I’ve been to many sushi places but always find myself making my way back to globefish. I recently went back on valentines day. They are a bit on the pricey side but it is so worth it. The sushi is delicious, the staff is attentive, and can I please mention how absolutely amazing the sushi is?!
So great. Thanks globefish for making my valentines day dinner awesome!

I’d had a craving for Japanese food for a few days and finally gave in and had some takeaway delivered. With the cold weather I specifically wanted some hot food, so I ordered the Beef Yakisoba and Chicken Teriyaki — then added on some Mexican Roll sushi because it just sounded amazing (crab meat and avocado on the inside, tuna, cilantro, jalapeño, green onion and spicy sauce on the outside).
The sushi was soooo good, and if I order from here again, I’m super keen to work my way through their list of sushi offerings. All of the combinations sound like something my belly wants, even if the 8 pieces of sushi was a bit on the pricy side at $ 14 plus tax.
The Beef Yakisoba ($ 10 plus tax) was dry and lacking any real sauce flavour… I had to add soy sauce to it. The Chicken Teriyaki ($ 16 plus tax) was literally just some chicken and rice, no veggies. This was listed under their entrée size but for the price I was expecting something much bigger, plus the chicken was a bit dry and the chicken was next to the rice rather than on top of it to soak in the teriyaki sauce goodness. In my order I requested extra veggies, and was charged $ 2 for this. When the order arrived it was a small container of separate salad (?!) which was promptly ignored (because no-one’s friends with salad), thrown in the fridge and eventually the bin a few days later.
I ordered online through their website and the food arrived about 30 minutes late (around 1.5 hours in total delivery time) and on the lukewarm side of things. If you’re ordering from here I highly recommend just getting the sushi… and also allowing a while for the delivery or going to pick it up yourself.

As much as I loved this place I cannot accept it when they bring you the bill before you’re done eating and before you ask for it !
It’s like: «pay and get out !»
Rookie waitress mistake.
But apart from that, this Globefish is in a brilliant location in the heart of Mardaloop, and if you want to order take-​out, call them in advance so when you get there your order is ready to pick up!

Yes, it’s pricey. But if you want to treat yourself. This is the best Sushi I’ve had in Calgary. This is not the place to come if your really hungry, it will cost you a lot. Just because it is so good. But for a snack or treat, it’s great. Also a great place to go for a date, provided it’s not dutch… LOL

This place is a little pricey, but you do get what you pay for. The Sushi is truly out standing. The melding of flavours and textures will have you coming back again. Expect to spend $ 80 to $ 100 for 2 people if you are hungry. $ 30 to $ 40 for snacks. Skip the wine menu, as little thought appears to have been put in to it.

Ordered edamame, gyoza and some rolls to go. Service was fast but when I got home, turns out the gyoza and edamame were undercooked.

Definitely one of my favourite places to come for sushi. The Marda Loop location is not overly loud or crowded — fast service and the food is always great. I’ve never had to wait for a table, even on a weekend, where I’ve found I’ve always had to wait at the Kensington and Chinook locations (they don’t take reservations).

Review #14 for Unilocal’s 30 Day Challenge 2012
I’ve been here twice now for dinner, we usually go before seeing a movie at Chinook. Luckily it wasn’t too busy on Tuesday night and we got a table after a 10 minute wait.
We were seated and they came to take our order shortly after. I mentioned we had a movie in an hour and the waitress said ok.
Our food came really quickly which was nice. We had seaweed salad (no tobiko, the little orange eggs), veggie tempura, vegetable fantasy roll, yam roll and my bf ordered 2 other rolls.
1 special roll is definitely enough for 1 person, I couldn’t finish my two even though the yam roll was smaller. It’s a little difficult to eat the yam roll as it’s really thick and falls apart when you bit into it. I wish they made it longer and thinner personally.
Very happy they were efficient and it was just what we were looking for. Things can get a little pricy and we usually end up paying $ 70 with tip for dinner with no drinks. But you can definitely do cheaper if you skip the fancy rolls.
We’ll be back. :)

Globefish was my first introduction to sushi, so I think I’ll always have a soft spot for the restaurant.
Their rolls are phenomenal and delicious, and the miso soup is tasty but not too salty. The atmosphere is always loud and busy, especially if you’re lucky enough to sit in the 4-​table section right next to the door. In the winter, it can let a nasty draft in, so it might be worth your while to wait for a table inside to become available.
While the food is delicious (my favourite is the Crispy California rolls), it’s definitely on the pricier side. A dinner for two, with four rolls and dessert may run you about $ 40, without appetizers or drinks. This is more of a treat restaurant than a place you’d be able to frequent (if you are as bad at cooking as I am).
It’s also always busy, so go prepared to wait for a table to become available. Servers are constantly under the rush, so it can take a little while to flag one down as well.
Overall, though, it’s a nice restaurant and the food is delicious. Weigh the pros and cons, but at least check it out once.

Sometimes… more often than not… I become completely lost in a sushi craving. Not just any sushi, either. As I live mostly in Vancouver throughout the year, I have grown accustomed to a certain standard of sushi. Globefish definitely is on-​par with the variety, freshness, and deliciousness I’m used to from living on the coast.
Although not necessarily obviously advertised, if you ask for brown rice, your wish will be granted. The service never disappoints and the food arrives sooo speedily! If you arrive famished, you will leave feeling perfectly full, as they feed you very well here. They’re licensed, too, so you can grab a Sapporo or some Sake to accompany your meal.
Our family faves include gyoza, gomae, crispy yam roll, tuna tatake sushi, among many others. These however are our staple dishes ;) This is definitely our go-​to sushi restaurant in Calgary! Whether you go to sit down or stop in to pick up some take-​out, it’s always been a great experience at Globefish.

This is the anti-​sushi review.
I’ve tried, and tried and tried and tried to like sushi. I’ve gone to many different Sushi joints in cities allover the country, each time thinking «maybe I’ll like it this time…». Maybe I did something wrong before? Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for it…9 times before.
There’s something about white rice that I don’t get. It’s disgustingly terrible for you… I don’t understand why people eat rice. It doesn’t even taste good, if it has a taste at all. Maybe that’s why people think it’s healthy. It’s not. It’s an over processed grain that converts to sugar as soon as you consume it…). Pair that with a weird crunchy seaweed texture and slippery raw fish and you have me gagging as soon as I put it in my mouth. When I was a child I felt the same about eggs and about cake. Yep, I was probably one of the only kids that had Birthday Pies at his party… yep…birthday pie… mmmm birthday pie…)
That being said, I have a lot of friends that love sushi and crave it. So I get dragged to Globefish once in a while. BUT it works out for me because they have a lot of items on the menu that are NOT sushi.
The steamed edamame is delicious and piled high.
The Beef Tataki is almost like Carpaccio and I love carpaccio. Thinly sliced lightly seared Alberta beef steak served with garlic chips and green onion.
Throw in some shrimp skewers with teriyaki sauce and you’re good to go with a meal that doesn’t remind you of slippery birthday cake.
This location also has great service. The chick with the tattoo on her arm was awesome.

My favourite thing about this Sushi chain restaurant is their selection of unique rolls. THey don’t do the typical combo platters that most Sushi places feature, but have a very extensive list of rolls that have yet to let me down. Who knew Tuna, Salmon, and Avocado could make so many different dishes.
My measuring stick for a good sushi joint is always in the sashimi, and this place meets the mark. I’ve always really enjoyed it here and so that means everything else is decent.
They don’t have the best hours, only open for lunch and then dinner, nothing in between, which I think is unfortunate.
The décor is pretty plain, run of the mill. Nothing fancy here at all.
The one thing I don’t like is how close your’e sitting to the people next to you. They are honestly part of your conversation. Not my style!
For convenient yummy sushi, this place usually wins my vote.

I’ve been to Globefish in Chinook a few times, but this was my first time at the Marda Loop location. Earlier that evening, their Chinook Centre location had a line out the door My friend and I decided to make the short drive, and guess what? No line!
Their sushi is medium-​pricey. Their special rolls range from $ 12 – 16, and their California rolls are $ 5.25 (just for reference). I think this is pretty standard pricing from my experience. They also have many other non-​sushi options that also look very good. Unfortunately, they are out of octopus that night, so that sucked.
They have a ton of interesting looking special rolls, although many of them had similar ingredients. Usually you’ll find some sort of combination of prawn tempura, salmon, tuna, mango, avocado, and tobiko. Maybe there will be some unagi in one and scallop in another. But no complaints — they are usually pretty tasty. I did order some salmon nigiri, and it sort of reminded me of something I would get at a food court sushi place. I don’t think anything can compare to Haru Sushi’s salmon nigiri…
To end the meal, we ordered the green tea ice cream, and I was very disappointed. It didn’t have much green tea flavour. It came in one of those hard square packages, they unwrapped it, put it on a plate and decorated it with whipped cream. Globefish? Really? I expected more from you.
Overall, I want to give this place a 3.5. I wouldn’t say that I’m a fan, but it’s better than A-​Ok. Some of the menu items are pretty good, some were okay, some were kind of disappointing for the price. I would recommend trying it though because some people love it.
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You can’t make comparisons with sushi from Vancouver to Calgary, well, not in the same context. Globefish (surprisingly for Calgary b/​c it’s not near an ocean) creates quality sushi. There’s nothing fancy but simple and well-​crafted dishes, supplemented by excellent service. Aside from a lackluster ambiance, there are many reasons to enjoy Globefish – chiefly, the food and service is outstanding. I wasn’t expecting a high-​end (Nobu or Toshi-​like) Japanese dining experience or environment and neither should you (it’s an izakaya: a Japanese gastro-​pub). In fact, I wasn’t expecting much at all (no offense). Globefish is great for what it is – a decent sushi/​izakaya.
Order:
Gomae and spicy tuna tacos
Salmon sushimi and spicy tuna sashimi (the tuna was a too «waterlogged» maybe due to defrosting, breaking apart with a «mushy» texture, but no worries, our waiter apologized and took it off our bill).
Crunch and munch roll and Dynamite roll
A large size Kirin Ichiban (Premium) beer is essential. «genki desu!»

Appies: standard edamame (nice and warm), good miso, spicy tuna tacos which were clever and good
Dinner: a few rolls which were above average — while eating we saw this couple get what looked to be a mini mountain of ice with rolls all over the place — very jealous… obviously this was local knowledge I did not catch on Unilocal
Dessert: green tea ice cream was ok. My buddy got the pear ice cream but we needed a chainsaw to cut it open to actually get a bite it was so frozen.
Service is splendid. atmosphere is kind of weird — they should get booths that are not so tall, turn down the bright lights, and put the tv away from the center of the room to class it up a little.

Globe Fish is my go-​to sushi restaurant. (Note: I’ve never actually sat down in the restaurant, we normally order for pick-​up.) I believe that people who say they hate sushi are those who have only tried the cheap supermarket stuff or gone to a bad sushi establishment. I have made two former sushi-​haters sushi-​likers by ordering a Globe Fish meal.
I absolutely love the yam tempura rolls! They are just delicious — they are nice and big, with a generous amount of yams. Melt in your mouth, they are a favourite among myself and many others. I have thoroughly enjoyed all but one roll from Globe Fish, that was the Alberta Roll, with a beef filling. I thought it was quite flavourless & chewy. Everything else has been great & the service is efficient, if not the most bubbly in the world.
You know that sushi craving… that won’t be satisfied if I get mediocre sushi and will not be happy until I get great sushi feeling? Well, I know that when I order from Globe Fish, I will be sushi-​satisfied!

Globefish is like a pair of hot pumps. They look pretty but the fit doesn’t leave you wanting to put them on again.
The miso soup was sneakers — comfortable. Thumbs up.
The assorted tempura was 80’s pirate boot revival — looks cool on the outside but there’s just not something right (the batter was not fluffy and light as it should be but still decent-​tasting).
The salmon tataki (seared salmon nigiri) was so overwrought with roasted garlic flakes & seasoning that it was like a stiletto, nice in theory but ridiculously overdone.
The rocky mountain roll (salmon, avocado, cream cheese) were delightful lil peaked sushi… like knee-​high boots comfy boots — something for everyone to wear and enjoy.
And the Crunch & Munch Roll (tempura prawn roll wrapped in avocado & eel) were ballet flats, nice but much too sweet for everyone (the sauce really was too sweet for the eel — it should have been savoury).
The look & atmosphere is trendy & bustling but overall, like with shoes, it’s really hit & miss at Globefish. Your boots are made for walking and you should let them walk you across the street to El’s Japanese Fusion instead!

This is not going to be top of the line sushi but as a neighborhood joint, it’s pretty good. I would go so far as to say it’s better than most neighborhood sushi places in SF.
Stuff we ordered that I particularly liked:
— Isobe
— Spider Roll
— Toro Sashimi
— Soft Shell Crab Tempura Roll
— Beef Udon
— Pear (dessert)
— Mochi Ice (dessert)
I was really shocked about how fairly priced the toro was considering it’s such a rare delicacy. Then I found out that the reason it’s so cheap (in general and not specific to this restaurant) is that they «farm» the tuna. So that’s why it’s not very expensive and may not taste as special as you imagined.
Our total was only $ 240 for 5 people (including tax + tip), which included much more food than I listed above and also beer/​wine. Not bad for good sushi.