Moonga Nori

“Tried Moonga Nori's Happy Hour Menu (Mon–Sat, 4–6PM) and it's such a great deal! You can pick 3 items for only $25, and I was honestly shocked at how much food they served I went by myself and got the Chicken Karaage, Spicy Salmon Roll, and Salmon Sashimi. The karaage was nice and crispy, and the sashimi was super fresh and thick .. like, really thick cuts hahaha. It looked amazing too, especially with the dry ice smoke effect when they served it. 10/10 presentation! I didn't even finish the roll because I was already full, so I took it home. Everything was delicious and totally worth the price!!! Also, the server was really nice and attentive :) great service overall!”

“Overall not a great experience. Food was ok, service was poor. We had a party of 8. We had a reservation. We came on Wednesday and it wasn't overly busy. Food came out very sporadically over the span of 45 minutes or so. Some of us got our nigiri right away others waited 30 minutes and got it after all the other food was served. We had to ask about multiple items that were missed or forgotten. Nearly everyone had something missed. Near the end of our time slot( 1.5 hours which we didnt realize we had) the waitress came and told us we had to leave in 20 minutes. Meanwhile they had just gave 2 people at our table the last item they ordered. This left them feeling rushed and overall not a great experience. The waitress then came by 2 more times to inform us we had to leave in ten minutes and then 5 minutes. After all this the bill had an 18% auto gratuity on it. Bit of a slap on the face. When we left there was no big party waiting for the table and a few other tables open. No idea why the rush to get us out the door. Food was fine for the price, nothing exceptional but portions were good. Be aware of the happy hour menu though. You can pay more for the 3 for 25$ item deal than if you bought each item on its own. Won't be back as edmonton has many other great restaurants to go to.”

“Dinner was mid at best. We went in salmon night. I wanted to just cook the sashimi. If I was a poor student I would go here for an affordable meal. I would not go again, I would not recommend but I would not discourage anyone from going as the prices are affordable .”

“We saw on social media an influencer recommending Moonga Nori as a good spot to go to have $1 salmon nigiri. We were quite excited and have loved Moonga from their other location. The server indicated that we could order a limit of 30 pieces per person in either nigiri style (with rice), seared or sashimi style (no rice). The price would be the same whether we had rice or not. Unfortunately, we were sadly disappointed in our meal due to the quality and portion sizing. The salmon was cut quite thinly, more than I thought would be normal for a nigiri. But I'm not a sushi chef so perhaps that's how it's supposed to be? I did not feel it was worth $1 per piece especially with no rice. I also noticed that my salmon had some discolored areas and the taste was fishy. I originally ordered 20 pieces and elected not to order the additional 10 to max out as I did not feel it was worth spending an additional $10. My friends who ordered salmon nigiri also expressed dissatisfaction with the quality/taste of their salmon as well as portion size even with the rice. This meal was so surprising to me as I have previously enjoyed my other meals with this restaurant. Overall all, I give it 3.5/5 and won't return for the salmon nigiri special.”

“Came in on a Wednesday for the nigiri special, and honestly the sushi was just fine. Nothing special at least in my opinion. The wasabi was watery, the tempura was quite nice actually, but my problems were with the service. When a restaurant offers sitdown services there’s some rules for the customer experience. And none of those were really hit, it’s clear there’s a lack of connection and effort really to make a good experience, and I’d say you get more service from mcdonalds cause at least they ask “how are you doing today”. And especially for an average of a 100$ dollar bill, you’d expect the staff to at least be polite and hospitable but it was very poor. We weren’t asked if it was our first time, if we celebrating anything special, or really anything. When we had ordered I found the server to be kind of rude, almost too short with us. And when we had gotten our food, there wasn’t a two bite check back, or really any check ins after that and it was noticeable. (which is bad, since you’d think a server would want to sell more things). The worst part is that they came to the table with the bill before we were done eating and before we had even asked 💀💀💀, how awkward is it for us to be eating while being handed the bill and it was only 9:20 so we still had some time before they officially closed . First time that’s happened and I eat out quite a bit, so if you want to pull out your wallet while your still eating definitely go here. tl:dr - don’t buy into the hype online , it’s difficult to get a table (they make you put a cc on file to book a reservation 💀), and the service is a step below mcdonalds. Go across the street to damso for better service and food that’s just about on par. Pretty disappointing. D+”