Samurai Sushi Bar And Restaurant

This is as authentic of a sushi place as you can get in Banff. Absolutely great selection of fresh seafood, and the sushi masters are legitimate. The food was fresh and the sushi rice was one of the best I've ever had both in taste and texture. The servers are attentive and I didn't have an empty plate just idling in front of me.

Excellent Japanese restaurant found inside the majestic Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Very authentic.

Below average. Surprising for the Fairmont to offer such a sub-par quality of food. Simply wasn’t tasty.

Unreal experience at this restaurant. Really superb service and amazing top notch food. Sushi Boat was my favorite. such fresh ingredients will blow your mind. authentic Japanese feel.

The sushi at samurai is quite good. The problem is that I expected the sushi to be excellent at this price point. Of course one should not look for value inside a Fairmont hotel but I guess I was expecting more. In addition to this, the servers couldn't pronounce the menu items properly and when they brought the sushi, our server pointed to them with a pair of chopsticks to try and identify the individual pieces. This practice is considered rude in Japan so I was surprised that nobody told the server, considering the number of potential clients from Japan.