Sushi Ste-Catherine offers a generous all you can eat sushi experience with a wide variety and strong value for lunch, drawing praise for fast service and many fresh flavors. Food is described as fresh and flavorful with highlights like salmon and a broad selection of rolls, tempura and other dishes, though a few visits note inconsistent preparation and some items arriving cold or in small portions. Service quality is mixed, ranging from friendly, quick, and accommodating staff to slower, busier times where attentiveness suffers or management comes off as brusque. The atmosphere is often lively and busy, sometimes crowded or cramped during peak hours, and a few reviews mention chilly or uncomfortable indoor conditions or noise levels. While gluten free options can be limited and ordering experiences vary, the restaurant remains a frequent Montreal all you can eat sushi choice for many who value variety and price, with several calling it among the better options in the city despite occasional service and consistency drawbacks.
This review is for takeaway. We have ordered twice at Sushi Ste-Catherine. Overall, the quality of the sushis is decent. We ordered here due to the competitive price-point, but you really do get what you pay for. The rolls were pretty sloppily-made on both occasions. The salmon quality is just ok, not as fresh as it can be in the taste, quality & appearance. We likely will not return even for the competitive price-point.
This has been our go to spot if my family wants an AYCE lunch.
*Pax: 3
*Price: for 3 pax I usually pay around $105 including taxes & tips for lunch AYCE.
*Reservation: none - we never needed to make reservations for all of our lunch visits here.
*Date: We often go here, but the latest was January 11, 2026
*Service: lunch time
There is a wide variety of choices for lunch even though it is priced at around $26 including ice cream & drinks. You really get the most for your money.
Food: we love the sushies. There is a good proportion between the fillings & rice. Disclaimer though that we only eat cooked sushi because I have a very sensitive stomach. We also love tempuras, beef teriyaki, ramens etc. There's just too many options. The salmon teriyaki was really good too! We never had a bad experience with the food so it is definitely 5 stars.
Service: Staff were nice, quick & professional. Very few of them may not smile at all but I don't expect them too since they, like us gets tired so I am okay with it. Sometimes the service is not quick if there are a lot of customers which of course is understandable. 5 stars for the service.
Price: We always get our money's worth whenever we dine here especially for the lunch AYCE. There is just a lot of choices for everyone.
Atmosphere: It can get too crowded or feel like the space is cramped during lunch rush hence the 4 stars but still worth the price for us.
Female washroom: Clean! I always include this in my reviews because I think it is necessary. Their washroom is clean & without foul smell. I don't know about the men's washroom truly but my husband said it is'okay'.
Overall, I stand by 5 star across 2 aspects & 4 stars for atmosphere since it is what my family & I experienced for the last 3 recent visits (Dec 2025 & Jan 2026) we made to the restaurant. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants an AYCE sushi + asian food. Mind you that this is a less than $30 AYCE (lunch) so manage your expectations well. Also, in our group we always come in with all of us dining AYCE as it less complicates things.
Again this rating is based on 3 pax only. From what I understand, you can only use one phone - maybe 2 max when placing an order via your phone thru a qr code. So that maybe for a large group.
The service is good but the food is horrible beside some dishes, the rice is dry, the food cold & all the sushi are basically the sames, I recommande going to takumi sushi for the same price
We went there because I found this restaurant on the top 10 all you can eat sushi in Montreal & seriously I was very disappointed. The presentation of the food is pityful, nothing to do with the picture you see on the ordering app, its not bad but its not really good either, for the price you pay as an all you can eat, you are supposed to want to order more & more, but the dishes kept on being more & more disappointing & we just decided it was not worth keep on ordering just to get the value of what we paid. One of the server was completely absent .just dropped the dishes without even looking at us. Overall very disappointing, I do not recommend to go there for lunch, it might be better for dinner 🤷?♀?
Update Feb 2025:
Had to change from 5 stars to 4 stars:
There green salad ridiculously no more have tomato 🍅 or cucumber 🥒. Only some tasteless lattice.
After going almost every week, I've decided to try these other guys for all you can eat midi/lunch, as they are from the same chain (menu & prices).
Everything was OK, per my expectations. The same diverse menu to choose'all you can eat' from.
They do offer senior price.
I believe that that they open on noon time (even though google says 11:30 AM).
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To be improved:
* the lunch scanned menu did not work (could not order from) when I came. I had to ask server help, who has'fixed' this (see below).
* apparently, the server opened the dinner menu WITHOUT DISCLOSING THIS TO ME, so I found myself, being unaware, ordering from the dinner menu.
* Later the manager on duty(?) came over, mentioning to me that I was ordering from the dinner menu. Instead of taking full responsibility for both above errors, he gave me a choice to either pay the dinner price, or to take the items off. No one has apologized for these error, which is problematic.
Moreover, there was another client without a phone, who was also offered the dinner menu (at around 12:30 PM) by the same manger on duty(?). I don't think that this is appropriate
* unlike ST. Dennis, the bill does not come with a candy.
If I could I would have given it 4.5 points, because of the above.
I'm looking forward to see what the business is going to do about this, now that I've publicly shared this.
We were a group of 4. Price per person including taxes & tips $50. Half of the things we ordered did not come. They always find an excuse not to serve everything you order. Staff not talkative. Not a good experience. Wont go back.
Dec 30, 2024
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Awesome all-you-can-eat buffet. The quality of the food is great & the staff is nice. I barely had to wait for my food to get ready each time I ordered, they are really quick! The only downside is the price, which is pretty high for a buffet, but it is absolutely worth it!
Fabulous place. We are on a Friday at dinner. App was easy to order. Portions made sense. Food was delicious. I loved the sashimi. Everyone really loved everything they ordered & it was a great price.
All you can eat sushi, decent quality, at a good price. I think the people complaining about not being able to pay with debit card are old reviews, because they have an ATM on site now.
Aug 19, 2024
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Food & service 31/2 stars. The waitresses are not too friendly. The waiter & manager were better. It's all you can eat & soda, ice cream. Alcohol is extra. It says reservations required but we walked in & were seated right away. The price is pretty good for AYCE.
I really liked, the buffet service has a good price, very fair, at least for me that I ate 3 services. I never missed water in my glass, the servers are fast to refill, I appreciate that. What I didn't liked it's the tiny sticks I had to eat, they are square on the top & smaller than my hand, I got some adaptation before to start eating. The food is good however I would like to have more flavors & more salt. I would like to come back here & I recommend to go, if you are patient & eat slowly, this is your place. Thanks.
Small, charming spot. Food was okay, nothing special, but fresh enough. However they didn't mention it was all you can eat, & the host tapped through the online menu so I couldn't tell, & after we received our small portions they mentioned it was all you can eat & we only had 15 minutes left to order more. The food took about 15-20 minutes to come out so we couldn't try more. For the price of $80 for two people it really wasn't worth it at all.
The food was ok, less good than other sushi places in my opinion but it wasn't bad. As for the price, it was slightly expensive. I wouldn't necessarily recommend this place.
