O-Sho Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Lethbridge

Update 08/04/24: service was great, the food tasted delicious. They have a large menu with lunch specials.

Original :I have been coming here for years and there are things at O-sho that I love. I have to give 4 stars because I decided to try out their new poke bowl and I was really disappointed. They put the food into a ridiculously small bowl! It looks pretty and very impressive but completely impractical. Then they put a huge layer of lettuce and cabbage under all the food stuff which I made a huge mess taking most of it out and then I had a side plate of salad. So what looked like a huge amount of food was actually salad.... Very disappointing. The overall quality of the food items in the bowl was good - tuna, seaweed salad, edamame, carrot, mango, kale, and rice. Put it into a bigger bowl with less lettuce and cabbage and I would order this again. 5 start service. My son loves coming here. Edit: May 17, 2022. So delicious, excellent service. I'm changing my rating to 5 star, I love...

You walk in, and immediately it looks like the place hasn't been updated this millenia. But they have a huge, well cared for saltwater aquarium, so we'll let that slide. You get the menu, and everything is on the expensive side. I order a boat, because I like the variety and usually they're a good deal. But what shows up is far less than I expected. The menu said something like "Assorted Sashimi; Tuna, Salmon, and Crab Sushi," which I understood as a few Sashimi with 6pcs each of Tuna, Salmon, and Crab Sushi rolls, a pretty standard boat. No, we get about 5 pieces of Nigiri, 5 pieces of Sashimi, with a small bowl of rice for $23. Which is rather disappointing because I prefer rolled sushi. And it really didn't taste any better than Fusion, or any of the other cheaper Sushi places. Didn't taste fresher. That being said, the service was good, but I think that's because there appeared to be only one other table occupied. That combined with the horrid parking situation, I really can't...

unique experience where servers wear kimono.. resto is spacious and servers are friendly. For food, we ordered tempura udon, pork ramen and sushi roll to share. I dont think any food menu here is yelling "Authenthic Japanease Food". Maybe Japanease style is the write words. Sushi rolls: I dont know about this town's sushi roll, its wayyy too much rice, I could hardly taste the fish. Ah, I ordered spicy scallop roll ... I think they forgot what spicy meant. I did not taste a thing. Udon noodle soup: you cannot really mess this up, was good, but broth flavour was shallow and I doubt it was made japanease style. Same for the Ramen. I feel like this resto is ok to visit if you are looking for family friendly environment with nice service but not personally for the flavours for this price point. For parking, its just in front of court house, seems like free on evenings and weekend but otherwise appear to be...