Been there twice over the pass two months. Sushi and sashimi are passable but lacking the wow factor. Price to portion ratio is good so if you’re hungry and don’t really care much about quality this might be the place for you.
Edward L.
Classificação do local: 3 Vancouver, Canada
At great risk of dropping dead, I decided to give this place a go. Parking is ample out front. The staff(all 3 of them) are actually Japanese. Yay! Several really quirky things about this place: Maybe it’s representative of the Winnipeg market though, so maybe someone can chime in. 1) The numbering system on the menu is weird. Numbers are skipped, and duplicate numbers are there too. Took me an extra 5 minutes to order as a result. 2) Extra wasabi costs 50c?! Everyone knows they charge for lemon slices, but this was just strange. Needless to say, I had to ration my blob. 3) The restaurant really is train-themed. Gingong gingong. When I came in today, there were 2 other customers, who left soon after. The place was completely silent, except for some background music, and the sound of the waitress joking around with the cook. I had a chance to try several items. One thing to note is that the pieces here are TINY. Gyoza — 3 for $ 4. The insides were a bit mushy, but the skins were good. And they actually had the proper dipping sauce. Salmon nigiri — $ 2.99 for 2. Farmed salmon(evidenced by the white lines). Actually quite tasty. Ikura — $ 4.29 for 2. this is when one is reminded that he or she is not near an ocean. The eggs were quite small(maybe 3−4mm across), and definitely were not that fresh, as they were a bit shriveled. Spider roll — $ 7. The tastiest of all, but notice the price. Crab was fresh, and they were very generous with the avocado. I must admit I have a soft spot for sushi places such as these. It must be tough running something like this in the middle of a continent. Lastly, I lived to write this review, so you know the food is somewhat decent.
Anlina S.
Classificação do local: 2 Winnipeg, Canada
For cheap sushi, Sushi Train will do, but it’s nothing spectacular. We went there for dinner tonight and while most of the food was decent, nothing stood out, and some of it was fairly mediocre. The hokkigai nigiri was good, as was the chopped hokkigai roll. Miso soup, salmon maki, caterpillar roll and tamago nigiri all tasted decent too. The avocado maki was overripe and mushy and just didn’t have a great texture. While most of the flavours were good, presentation was somewhat lacking. A lot of the rolls were done up rather loosely and didn’t seem to be prepared by a very skilled chef. The chopped hokkigai roll and the bakudan were both excessively garnished on the outside(with fish roe and tempura flakes respectively) — you could barely see the roll under neath, there was so much stuff on top. My friends also ordered tuna and salmon nigiri(which I didn’t try) and while there were no complaints about the flavour, the fish just didn’t look all that great — it didn’t have the bright colour or consistent looking texture that I expect from raw tuna and salmon. I ordered a genmaicha which came out in a cup, no pot, and no tea leaves. The first cup I was brought was so under steeped that it had no tea flavour at all… basically a cup of hot, tea-coloured water. I asked for a stronger cup and the next one was better but still pretty under steeped. A pot with tea leaves or even a tea bag in my cup would have been really appreciated — I guess they were steeping it by the pot in the back and probably used the same tea leaves too many times. The service was okay, maybe a little apathetic but not bad or slow. All in all, it wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t great. I will probably go back at some point if we’re in the mood for some fast, cheap sushi, but I’d generally rather spend a little more for better quality and presentation.
