El's Japanese Fusion - Calgary

We were meaning to go to another Japanese place but their hours were inaccurate and so therefore closed on our trip through. This was highly aggravating, and I won't lie, it was going to affect my visit to the next place that I go to. Or so I thought.<br/ <br/ As we were driving down the street to leave the area we stopped to see El's Japanese restuarant. We went inside and sat down and we were the only table but hey it was a Sunday night.<br/ <br/ The location was clean but not a lot of reading material up in terms of advertising or featured stuff except for one chalkboard that had stuff on it. <br/ <br/ The menu had a lot of items and as with most Japanese places there is word soup when you try to pick items out of the menu. We ended up having seaweed salad miso soup and a few rolls.<br/ <br/ The portions were very good, we had enough to have leftovers for later. The Miso soup was fresh and one of the big highlights was the seaweed salad. Normally there is a lot of fishy aftertaste or small portions of which this particular location had neither. Their seaweed salad was on point. <br/ <br/ I ordered a roll that had unagi and three cheese types in it. It was awesome, it was hot crispy, and filling. <br/ <br/ One thing I noticed was that all of their roles were well packed with fish and not rice so you can tell the quality and love they put into their preparation. <br/ <br/ Definitely coming back.

So far, tastiest sushi in calgary. I like coming in to their place for some good sushi! It's a small sushi joint in SW. I like sushi so much and I recommend this place. <br/

My go-to Japanese in marda loop! Place is small, I usually take out. Specialty rolls are awesome! Way better than the Globefish across the street...

Small authentic Japanese restaurant. They have a great selection of rolls. Service is a bit slow as it seems to be a family run restaurant. <br/ <br/ The menu was a bit confusing but they have lots and lots of rolls to pick from. My gf and I had the volcano roll and superstar maki (this was really good and perfectly crunched). The rolls were decently portioned. The toro sashimi melted in my mouth. Oddly enough the tea is the thing I'll complain about as it was super light like water. I will definitely be back to try their other rolls!

I haven't found a better sushi restaurant in Calgary than Els. I'm not just talking about the ambiance, but the actual quality and taste of the food. I've tried other places but always find myself returning to Els, whether it's for dining in or taking out. They typically have orders ready in 15-20 minutes. The only downside is the parking situation - it can get pretty tight in the back lot, so make sure you're not driving something too big.