Y’all told me I got finessed last time I posted so I got sushi from Gatineau side (vs Ottawa) this time. 40$ CAD + tax. Thoughts?

2 comments

1. Good deal

2. Let’s circle back to your last post. I believe you said that was $36 CAD before tax, or basically $26 USD. To get 16 pieces of nigiri for $26 USD equivalent – to me that’s super affordable, *especially if you ordered it a la carte.*

   For reference, I put together a spreadsheet rating sushi places both in my area and elsewhere I’ve traveled through the US. That includes tracking prices, and $1.63 per piece of nigiri, a la carte, would be *by far the least expensive* of the ~35 places I’ve cataloged so far. The stuff in your last post didn’t look particularly amazing – just kinda average – but commensurate to the price point.

   If it’s a “chef’s choice” selection that’s a little harder to gauge depending on the place and what they choose to include.

   For what it’s worth, the cost metric I use that can be applied almost universally – how much does it cost pre-tax to order two pieces each, a la carte, of tuna salmon and yellowtail. On the low end for my area, I’ve seen that come in around $13.50 USD ($18.70 CAD), and on the high end $40 USD ($55.42 CAD). That’s between two restaurants less than 20 miles apart 🙂

   As for this tray here… at $28.86 USD for 12 pieces of sashimi (admittedly sliced on the thin side), 12 pieces of nigiri, and three rolls? Pretty reasonable deal to me.

   With that said, overall quality just eyeballing it… this looks like a step down from the last place you went to. Nigiri looks disproportionately heavy on the rice and sloppy knifework with the toppings. Salmon doesn’t look particularly great. Below average; I’d give it a 4/10.