Sushi Gen

This has been our ‘Go to’ restaurant for a few years now. Most of our Birthdays and Anniversaries are spent here, and we love it. We are able to come as a large group, and everyone leaves satisfied, if not deliciously stuffed.
The service is always quick and courteous, and the decore is simple but comfortable. We we tend to opt for the booths if possible unless we’re with a large group then the second dining room is opened for us.
They offer such a variety in the All You Can Eat menu, it feels like a free for all off their menu. My personal favourite is the sashimi. The butter fish and salmon especially are nice and thick tasting juicy and tender. My husband and most of my kids adore the steak takaki as well as many of the items off the kitchen menu. The Sushi Gen roll, is a must to try and my son swears by the Sushi Pizzas they serve.
The ending of every meal always ends with a scoop of ice cream. It is always a refreshing coolness to ease a sushi filled tummy and their ice cream seems to always be so creamy. My favourite is the green tea ice cream when they have it, my daughter loves the red bean and one son loves the vanilla.
We love it here and will return soon@

It was good for AYCE sushi not a disappointing dish. Cool tables to sit at which were built into the floor

All-​you-​can-​eat sushi is like a dream come true for a starving group of people fresh from a pool tournament. Sushi Gen offers a large selection of rolls, appetizers, sashimi, and other items (such as pad Thai) on their menu.
We immediately began checking off random items… Classic favorites like dynamite roll, yam roll, avocado roll and tempura… Things we had no clue what they were like gold dragon roll and inari hand roll… And stepping out of the box with an order of pad Thai.
The end result? Well… It was a bit of hit or miss. Some of the not so favourites were the items we took an adventure with…
The inari hand roll was awkward to eat. The gold dragon roll had a mysterious type of fish/​seafood that we couldn’t identify (the menu did not provide a description). The sauce on the pad Thai did not taste freshly made.
However, we did enjoy the more popular, classic items like the miso soup, tempura, smoked salmon roll, dynamite roll, avocado roll, dumplings and others.
It would be helpful for the menu to be more descriptive with their items as not everyone is familiar with the ingredients of each roll.
In the end? We definitely ate all-​we-​could-​eat! And really… Half the fun of sushi (besides gorging on it) is being adventurous with it!

I love all you can eat places and Sushi Gen is one of my new favorites. (my wife on the other hand is not a fan of either).
I’m also not a sushi snob, so I can’t tell between great sushi and average sushi, but I do love value and selection and this place has both. They offer both raw and cooked items. The Katsu was great as well as the tempura, especially the shrimp.
The décor from what I remember was ok and the service was average, didn’t really pay attention as I was busy scarfing down roll after roll for $ 15.

Typical all-​you-​can-​eat Winnipeg sushi restaurant. Mostly low grade, limited selection sushi for just below average price. Plain décor and decent-​to-​average service. Go on the weekend during lunch time for faster service and better food.
I went out for the «all you can eat» lunch with my family on the weekend. The price is $ 1 lower on Sat and Sun, so it came to $ 13.99 per adult, and there was a $ 2 charge for all kids under three (silly, I know). First thing that annoyed me was the lack of sashimi in the lunch line up, despite a large sign on the window stating that «all you can eat includes sashimi». Our server did offer us an option to upgrade to dinner version which indeed includes sashimi, but costs $ 21.99 per person ($ 22.99 on weekdays).
The maki rolls were just as expected — very heavy on densly packed rice. Roll selection was quite limited, mostly involving spicy, non-​spicy and crunchy variations of the same few rolls. Since the menu does not contain any description of the food you’re getting, here a quick legend: crunchy = with tempura flakes; spicy = drenched in mixture of mayo and hot sauce. I think hand rolls would make a better choice if you are not sure which rolls to order, since they have more balanced ingredient ratio, i.e. less rice. The ingredients were limited and of lower grade: farm salmon, cheapest nori and rice-​green tea, pretty much what you’d get at majority of Winnipeg sushi places, but definitely fresh.
Fortunately, besides rolls and lack of sashimi there was quite a large selection of appetizers and cooked items. Unfortunately, most were quite simple and rather unimpressive. Deep fried tofu and a tofu salad were the blandest thing ever. Even miso soup tasted unusual. Chicken Katsu and Teriyaki beef were OK, but that’s about it. The only thing that pleasantly stood out was their tempura, particularly shrimp.
To summarize: quantity, not quality. Just average, though you *could* do much worse. Good for people with large appetites and limited budget, though still not that cheap. I am highly unlikely to be back, unless I am in a group of starving friends.

I don’t dine at all you can eat places for a reason… they’re usually not very good. Went here for the dinner buffet at $ 22.99 M-​F ($ 14.99 for lunch), it’s a dollar cheaper on the weekend. It included tea/​pop and ice cream as well.
The place is right across from the U of W. It’s a rather large space filled with traditional tables and regular tables and booths. The décor is nice, similar to many other sushi places.
They give you a laminated list to check off your choices. There were lots of cooked dishes as well as the usual raw stuff. There were appys, sashimi, maki rolls, hand rolls, udon noodles, sushi pizzas etc.
One thing that annoyed me about this place was how the menu didn’t describe the rolls. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sushi menu that only lists the name of the roll but doesn’t mention the items in the rolls. Like what is in a «Toronto Roll» or an «Alaska»?? Other places serve those rolls too but it’s not necessarily made the same way everywhere. The best part is when the server brings you the rolls, they don’t even tell you which one is which! It really didn’t matter anyways because all the rolls we ordered tasted the same (and we ordered a lot). I’d normally mention my favourite roll in the review but really, I wasn’t sure what I ate — it was fine, kinda like the stuff you’d pick up at a grocery store.
Oh, and anything listed as a spicy roll here means that it will be covered in this Sriracha/​mayo mixture — it just made the roll taste goopy.
The chicken udon noodle was not that good, very salty broth, it looked like diluted soy sauce.
The best part of this place was their salmon sashimi. It was probably the best item there so if you like sashimi — just order that one. There were about 5 sashimi choices — no tuna though. The butterfish was pretty decent until I had one that tasted off. Oh, and unfortunately a few sashimi pieces tasted really cold (like it hadn’t been taken out of the freezer long enough).
Shrimp and yam tempuras were good — light and crispy, not greasy at all. The green tea was delicious. And the vanilla ice cream was yum.
Service was nice but a little aloof. It took a few tries to get their attention for more tea and to re-​order. There is a two hour dining limit and a potential «penalty» for leftover food; these are common rules at all you can eat sushi places. We had a few pieces left over here and there but no surcharge.