They have the best Hibachi in Wake County. We have gone there for years and the food is always great! My children love the Sushi, especially the eel rolls. We will continue to go. Love the staff and owners. read more

Was kind of disappointed by the higher price and option for no vegetables and more rice for the hibachi chicken and what we got :( read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Hibachi Chicken - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

Prices have gone up, quality has gone down. Not a good combo. We paid over $100 for sushi that tasted like we bought it from the neighboring grocery store. Used to really love this place- now it's disappointing to the palate and the pocketbook. read more

See all

All these years later - we still love Genki! Always excellent quality. The fish is always super fresh and delicious. The service is always warm and attentive. Love the lunch bento boxes! Pan-fried Gyoza still superb! My kids love their hibachi and fried rice. 10/10 all around! read more

A staple place for our family for years! Great service and delicious food! Best ginger dressing!

Pray to god you don't end up with the lady waitress, she is a very rude woman. Otherwise the food is delicious :3

Was craving sushi and this really hit the spot. We started with the tempura and it was really good with two of everything, which made it a great appetizer to split. I ordered the Christmas roll after seeing the Yelp reviews and it was everything I expected and more. It's not listed on the menu since it's a seasonal item but they made it for me anyways. My friend got a shrimp tempura roll with avacado and cucumber. Was a little pricey but worth it. Highly recommend trying. read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Christmas roll Shrimp tempura roll - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

See all

We love it here! We eat here very often (since the kids were preschoolers). Now that they are no longer "kids", one of them wanted to have a dinner party for her milestone teen birthday with her friends and chose Genki. There is an area beside the sushi bar to the right as you enter the restaurant that was perfect for them. They had that area all to themselves, away from the main dining area. Li was absolutely awesome!! She made it such a wonderful experience and took care of my daughter and her friends like they were family. She checked on them often and made sure they had all they needed. We sat at a booth on the other side while the dinner party was going on and had dinner ourselves. Li would come by and let us know how they were doing. You can't go wrong with their hibachi dinners - my go to order. We also order the sushi, bento boxes and appetizers. The hot food comes out piping hot and fresh and the salad is chilled & delicious. The sushi is FAR SUPERIOR to the $5 deal in the supermarket next door. It is a night and day difference. We often call in an order just for the sushi, stop by and pick it up - no more supermarket sushi! It is important and a pleasure to support local business owners like Li and Jack. They work hard to provide excellent food and customer service. Taking pride in one's business/work is very rare these days and if you want to see it in action, be sure to go by Li and Jack's Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar. Even their take out is better than anyone else's in the area. They really take care of their customers. read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Birthday dinner party on the right. - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

Decided to try this place out. I ordered the Chicken Yakisoba, and the hostess was very pleasant. Usually going to sushi places I don't expect non sushi dishes to really shine, just from other experiences, but this meal was absolutely delicious. The restaurant was very clean, nice atmosphere, and super quick (granted I was the only customer late at night lol) Will definitely be trying them again! read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Chicken Yakisoba - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

Really cool spot. We ordered to go. Sushi looks fresh, and there's a cooler spot to sit while waiting for them to prepare. The service is extremely fast and polite. read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Nice drink - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

I've been here a few times now and I've tried a few different things. I probably wouldn't have tried them again if it weren't for my husband who loves this place. I tried their teriyaki chicken and would give that two stars, it was two pieces of very bland chicken breast drenched in teriyaki sauce, with rice and frozen vegetable medley in some translucent sauce that made them even more soggy. Next up, sushi. I love sushi and love a nice tuna or salmon roll. Presentation here is a 5/5 but flavor is 1/5. This was not good sushi at all. I can't really pinpoint what was wrong with it but it was so hard to enjoy, I threw it out. The one thing I enjoy here is their hibachi lunches/dinners. The chicken is good and the steak is of a good quality. This meal is overall tasty and what I get now from here when my husband is craving it. Good, fast , friendly service! read more

See all

how can this not have 5 stars! One of the best and certainly our favorite - coming from sushi snobs that have been around a while.

I love this place and eat there about once a week. The sushi is always the freshest! Staff are so friendly.

Everything was good but customer service was bad she literally didn't come to my table at all . read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - a plate of food - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

I've been here a few times in person pre-pandemic; was a solid 4 star spot but got take out last night and wow, 5-stars on their steak! Ok, I had hibachi steak and chicken - steak cooked medium - even my wife who's not been in a steak eating kinda mood (blame pregnancy) was like, "wow, that's great steak!" Ok, that is all - of course since we didn't eat there I didn't take any pictures and didn't even think to take any until the meal was half gone - but it's the next day now and that steak has me feeling all, "man, I should get on Yelp and tell them how great a job they did." read more

We have had many meals here. Everyone good. It is one of our go to places when our family gets together.

How is this place in business? Let my start by saying no sushi is bad sushi except for this place. I got the Philly roll, Las Vegas roll, fisherman's catch and spicy sashimi maki and paid ~$42 for it.... what a huge disappointment when I got home and opened the box. Take a look at the pics. Would you pay $42 for what I got? Grocery store sushi is better than this!! Now I've never been here before but I was able to distinguish which rolls were which by order of elimination. My spicy sashimi maki was literally shrimp tempura wrapped in nori with rice on the outside and sesame seeds. What??? They got the rest of the order right I am assuming but it all tasted meh. I paid in cash and was in a rush so I didn't ask for an itemized receipt but didn't get offered a regular receipt either so I have no idea whether I was overcharged. Based on their online menu, my total shoulda came out to around $35 but whatever. Lesson learned. Presentation -1/5 Order -1/5 Price -1/5 Taste -1.5/5 Don't waste your time read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

See all

I was visiting my sister from California. She's goes to this restaurant monthly after saving lives with a platelet donation! We were greeted warmly by the staff. Lunch special included two rolls (I went with the Snow Mountain roll and the Las Vegas) and salad for $12.99. Everything was delicious and the service was great. The decor was nice and I will definitely back next time I'm visiting!! read more

We have ordered many times from Genki and enjoy to support local restaurants. How disappointing is it when we order 13 rolls for a dinner with family and they drop the ball. We ordered with specifications because we had someone with Celiac's. They made errors in the order and they also made sub par rolls. I called the manager to let her know things didn't go well with our order. She was full of excuses and explanations and did not care to hear about the errors in our order. As a restaurant manager and chef (husband) in our house, it blows my mind the customer service we received. I always give the benefit of the doubt to local restaurants and give them the opportunity to right a wrong, but they weren't interested. Hurts me to do this, but you have to stand behind what you serve. read more

See all

The food is mediocre,but the service was quick and staff was friendly, I'd give them 4 stars for that. We both felt the sushi was lacking something, the roll tasted ok. The fish was sliced pretty thin as topping. My friend's teriyaki rice was too salty, although the veggies was not flavored well and too hard for chewing, probably needed another few minutes of stir fry and get the sauce distributed more evenly. The highlight for me was the eel nigiri, and my friend said his tuna nigiri was great. read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

We usually go to a basic sushi place in Durham, but we were around the Apex Cary area and wanted to try something new with our friends there. They suggested Genki. The service was really great; the waiter was friendly and nice. She knew her sushi really well and was really helpful when we were asking about popular rolls and suggestions. We went around 7:30ish on a Saturday and it was quite busy. There were only two sushi chefs making all the sushi for the entire restaurant...which made the wait for the actual food really long. I was impressed with the sushi and extremely hungry. I truly liked all the rolls minus one. I wouldn't recommend getting a roll with fried oysters because we bit into pearls and it was a little spicy for me. Fuji Yama has to be my favorite followed by the Sweet Dragon then Super Rainbow then Fireman. The basic rolls were cheaper but still tasted delicious like the scallops roll and eel roll. read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

They are OK. Pricey, and for no good reason. Pretty sure they only charge like that bc they are located in Cary. $18 for chicken hibachi? That's crazy. read more

I came here on a Friday night and it was so busy that the wait for a table was 25minutes, which wasn't too bad since you have access to the bar. The service was good. The bartender, hostess, and waitress were nice. The food is bad. - chicken yakisoba: Panda Express makes better noodle. Also, the chicken was old and overcooked; it would crumble when you bite it. - fried spicy tuna roll: tempura was underdone so it wasn't crispy. Spicy tuna was cooked and pink, rather than red - couples platter: nigiri fish were unevenly sliced and had gristle still left on it so they were tough to eat. Spicy Tuna roll wasn't spicy and didn't taste like tuna. Again, tuna was pink and looked like it was cooked or just bad. Overall, it was a letdown for a 4 star restaurant. read more

See all

We love Genki & hate covid. GENKI made a lovely safe takeout experience for my hubby's birthday. Thanks Li, Jack & Tom! read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

Best sushi in Raleigh, hands down. Genki has essentially made all other sushi places I've eaten at taste horrible. We drive 30 minutes out of our way just to come here instead of anywhere else. Most definitely recommend. Also the only time I ever leave reviews is when I'm leaving a 1 star so trust me, the sushi is bangin. Habachi is pretty average tho. read more

Our overall experience was pretty positive. The sushi selection is wide and the fish is fresh. There was no wait and our waitress was pleasant. The house specials are unique to the place, the rice consistency was just right, and the individual pieces were also wrapped tightly...they did not fall apart when I was trying to eat it. The only issue we had was the wait time for our food. Granted it was 7pm on a Saturday night. However, there was only two sushi chef and it took us around 30 minutes to get our food. We might go again on less busy place. Now for our favorites: We LOVE the Fuji Yama. It is the best bang for your buck. It has salmon, tuna, yellowtail, masago, topped with delicious scallop. If you love raw sushi, this is the one to get. If you are looking for a cheap roll, scallop and eel are basic but solid for $5ish. I was disappointed with the the Genki Special. It had too much tempura for my taste. If you love eel and raw fish, the super rainbow roll encompasses everything. If you like a good eel roll, the sweet dragon melts in your mouth and has a generous amount of avocado! read more

See all

Was looking for a good sushi place since I moved to NC, came across Genki and I was not disappointed! Excellent service and the sashimi was outstanding! I'll be sure to be a returning patron, whenever I'm in the area! read more

Good food. Fresh sashimi and sushi. Nice lunch place during the week. Meeting friends for a quick lunch. Will get you through within the hour. read more

This place has the BEST sushi that I've had since I moved to the United States! Every piece of fish is so fresh, tasty, and authentic. My american friend who normally don't eat raw fish also had a few pieces of the white tuna and tuna, and he didn't complaint about any stomach problems afterwards.... it was a good place for him to start liking sushi! The staff was also friendly and attentive, and the dinner was yummy all around! read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

We love eating at Genki. It's a small restaurant but the staff is always attentive and professional. Always welcoming when you arrive and throughout our meal. Food is delicious. We always have sushi and haven't tried their cooked foods. We eat there mostly for lunch because I love their bento boxes. Dinner is great as well. Can be busy on weekends. They are in the Harris Teeter shopping center at Kildaire & 10-10. read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Boat for 2. Includes soup and salad for 2. Fresh and delicious - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

I'm always more inclined to order sushi when I eat Japanese, but I was really going for something more substantial. Plus, I had my mind on dumplings all day and wanted to extinguish the yearning that was penetrating the deepest parts of my very soul. Too much? Okay, I'll reel it in a bit... It was dark inside at lunch time and I was the only one there. Instead of taking my customary seat at the sushi bar, I opted for a booth and ordered the Yakisoba Chicken and pork dumplings. To the uninitiated, Yakisoba is "thin egg noodles cooked in our house soy-ginger based soba sauce. Each comes with your choice of soup or fresh tossed salad with our secret ginger dressing." I ordered the soup and it was pretty damned good for garden variety miso. And the service was obviously prompt (it was just me) and friendly. The noodles were pretty good, nothing to brag about nor trash. Just pretty good. But I was very unimpressed with their dumplings. The pork filling was fine, but the casings were flimsy and broke too easily for my tastes. I've yet to find awesome dumplings in the area, but I'm hearing that David's Dumpling and Noodle Bar is a good bet. I plan to one day try their Bento Boxes because the photos online looked great. Also, the sushi chef said they often carry Sea Urchin, which is a favorite of mine. I may end up calling ahead to check before venturing out. read more

Very fresh, great preparation Sushi - the place has to have a high turn-over - Genki does. Sushi grade fish is deep frozen at -31°F until use. So anytime you see a place with pre-cut fish (red bowl for example) you really are not getting Sushi grade fish and you run the risk ofd picking up a nasty parasite. Don't eat Sushi on a buffer (anywhere!), anyway back to the review : look at the pic I put up - it really gives you a great idea of what you get. This place has good fish, good portions, artful preparation AND good service. I only wish we could get beer from Japan again instead of all these canadian brewed Japanese crap (however ALL Sushi bars in US suffer from that - not just Genki) Recommended BSIA (Best Sushi in Apex) read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - sashimi - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

Great Friday night experience. Service was great and food was delicious! Server offered to bring kids food out as soon as it was ready, which is music to any parents ears. Sushi was delicious. We ended up getting a second Bam Bam roll, and if we weren't full would have gotten a second volcano roll. Husband said the Mary roll was amazing too. Kids got the chicken hibachi which is a great value... chicken, hibachi rice, zucchini and onions and choice of soup or salad. This is definitely our go-to for sushi! read more

One of my favorite sushi restaurants due to (in no particular order): 1. Great Sushi 2. Great Staff (Eva, Patricia, David, Tom,...) 3. Great Owners ( Li & Jack) You cannot go wrong when you dine in or take-out. read more

I lived in Japan for 5 years (and various other places across the US and Europe) and this is the BEST Sushi and most authentic Japanese food I've had outside of Japan! I first heard about this brand-new family-owned Japanese restaurant through this article: http://carolinanewswire.com/news/News.cgi?database=0001news.db&command=viewone&id=2790&op=t which explains how meticulous the chef is about choosing the freshest, most authentic ingredients and it shows! It was well worth the 20-something minutes it took us to get from Raleigh. Not only was it absolutely delicious, it was also SO much cheaper than any other Japanese restaurant in the area. I always order a Spider Roll which any place else is at least $10...here it was $7.50 and better than the expensive places. The staff was very friendly and gave such great service. It was very quick too. The ambiance is very charming with great interior decorations (that aren't tacky). Perfect for a romantic date or a friendly gathering. I can't stress it enough...if you like Sushi, you have to try Genki Sushi! read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Sushi Bar - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

See all

So glad I found this place! Especially since it is kinda hidden, but its right across from Harris Teeter in the small plaza. Off ten ten road. A hidden gem if you ask me! We went here on a Thursday night for dinner. The place was pretty empty but I wasn't complaining! We were seated in a comfy booth. It's a rather small restaurant but the place was nicely decorated with a nice sushi bar and was clean. My server was good but never mentioned any specials. That's all right though because listed on they had it on the wall. We ordered spring rolls, the sweet and sour sauce it came with was great. 3 small spring rolls for 3.99, a bit pricey, I'd say. We also ordered the sashimi appetizer with salmon, tuna, and whitefish. It was amazing!!! I loved the salmon, it had a beautiful buttery taste. I'm drooling just thinking about it. My fiancee favorite was the tuna. We both wanted seconds. For dinner we both got a roll Bam, Bam and the philly roll both. Both were fresh, new, and delicious. I cant wait to come back and try more! read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Front Door - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

Food is decent- but NOT worth the price! There was a new sushi gentleman was working and he did great and was very friendly. And sushi was tasty. But food from the kitchen was just not worth the price. Get sushi! read more

We've been eating here for a solid 10 years now. I've had sashimi all over the world and this place is honestly some of the best I've had. Fresh, served at the right temperature. Great place. read more

Wife and I ate here last night. Ordered Tuna and Salmon nigiri along with multiple cut rolls and tuna hand rolls. Fish was "fishy" smelling, color of the meat was not right (pale ...like hamburger meat that is going bad in your fridge - see attached). We have been looking for a good sushi bar close to our home in Holly Springs and this is NOT it. Best sushi we've found is on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh (Sushi Tsune). A hole in the wall but excellent quality fish. Very disappointed with Genki! read more

Genki Restaurant & Sushi Bar - Japanese Near Me - Cary, North Carolina

One of my favorite sushi places in the area. Service is always awesome and the food is amazing. Nothing bad to say about this place!