Roku Japanese - Calgary

The food at this restaurant is tasty, the service is friendly and the ambiance is laid-back. They offer excellent lunch specials. This is my top choice for sushi in Calgary.

I had a lunch set at Roku today. Their food never disappoints me. The fish in the chirashi is good quality, it seems small but it is actually filling. I especially love the pork cutlet in the set, crispy but it's not dry inside. To compensate myself for eating the not very much fresh of hamachi (yellow tail) sushi at Sushi boat last night, I treated myself with two pieces of hamachi sushi at Roku. You can see how shiny the fish is in the pictures, the fish is supposed to look shiny if it's fresh.

This place is a gem, by far the best sushi and japanese food I have ever had!They have a large menu so obviously I couldnt try everything but I will definitely be back again to try more of their items. They have such an authentic feel to their restaurant and I spoke with their manager for a while and found out this is a family run restaurant who are all Japanese, NO WONDER ITS SO GOOD!! Even with the weather yesterday this place was packed, I guess everyone knows where to get amazing sushi! Will be back soon Roku!!

This place is SO good best sushi in yyc!They are very busy, but it’s definitely worth the wait. We got there last night, we were greeted by a hostess Atsuko, who turns out is also an Olympian! how cool is that!? She told us about 15-20min wait as when we got in it was already a fullhouse, but we heard such good things about this place we wanted to try it out so we waited and WOW!!! SOOOO DELICIOUS!!! and the staff here are so friendly and attentive, I dont think they work in section like most restaurants do so every waitress is there to help you. The food, the ambiance, the service everything was so amazing definitely coming back soon.

Sat down and realized the menu was similar to another favorite spot in town...Zipang in Bridgeland! Their rolls and sashimi didn't disappoint huge rolls full of fresh fish and their tempura battered unagi roll was light and crunchy. I appreciated the unagi sauce being on the side so that you can control the amount in every bite. Negitoro was really good because you can really taste the onion flavor against the chilled fresh fish. Rolls can use less rice however you didn't feel like they did it on purpose because they didn't skimp on the amount of fish. The Ika karaage was light and flavorful and the ramen salad was a unique dish. Very fresh and good portion. Beef tataki was a nice thick cut with minced radish garnish and was presented beautifully. Would definitely come back for more!