Pacific Pagoda is our go-to for Chinese food in the Asheville area. The food is consistently good. The hot and sour soup is my husband's favorite and he has been to many Chinese restaurants all over the country. The service is friendly and quick. The prices are very appropriate for what you receive. The restaurant is clean and has nice ambiance. read more

We've gone here several times in the last year. Never disappointed with the food or cocktails. Only restaurant near Hendersonville with a menu similar to those of New York's Chinese restaurants. read more

I've been there several times and usually when there's not a lot of people there . And by not a lot of people I mean, maybe a party or two there but that's probably it. I came in today Sunday around 1:30 30 and there were a few more people already seated. The sushi chef was not behind the bar. Hmm What was going on here? I kept on asking where was he, and the waitress kept saying he'll be out in a minute. I waited for probably 15 minutes. I was starving so I ordered my usual from him, and I got the food and I knew it looked different but I was SO hungry. I ate it anyway. There was NO seafood in this roll. I said something to him about the roll, He didn't even look up he could care less. I said something to the waitress and she could care less. I want to go to places where people do care about the quality of what they serve their customers and so I wouldn't go there again read more

Amazing sushi and hibachi!!! Andy is super sweet and great to talk with and as well as the servers!! Pretty quiet spot and nice interior cool ambiance. But man the sushi is gasssss you can tell this stuff is fresh and the rolls and pretty unique! read more

Let's just say we were not impressed. we picked this place because the reviews sounded good.. But someone isn't telling the truth. Our evening had already started off bad when we walked in and saw that their health code score was a 93.something. thats a red flag and honestly scary. The food was sub par wasnt a finish the whole plate kind of meal, and the waitress barely spoke English and was super rude, she didn't even give us what we ordered and tried to argue with us about what WE know we ordered. She was rushing us through our meal the whole time. the ambiance was a little cold considering how cold it is outside and it was pretty dark, probably hiding the dirty. Sadly we were let down and will 100% chose a different sushi spot next time. read more

The food from this place used to be better. We had a big family takeout order and literally threw away the bbq pork entree because it tasted like an ingredient had gone rancid. The general tso's chicken and egg drop wonton soup were both passable for a 4 star review. The other 3 entrees were all mid. Lacking flavor yet goopy from being oversauced, and overcooked everything. As we muddled through dinner we guessed how new the chef was to a kitchen, and what got left out of the recipe book. read more

The server was so nice. We had a large party and he handled it well. The menu is vast. I had the dinner bento box with teriyaki steak. Cooked to perfection. The portions were huge. The food was delicious. We will be back. read more

Delicious Everything was awesome. Tuna belly and sweet shrimp were great. Will be back. read more

Pacific Pagoda - So good and eaten too quick for photos. - Chinese Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

Five star service all around. There for a great sister friends birthday celebration. Food was delicious service was great, bathroom and restaurant clean. Great place to get delicious fresh sushi! I enjoyed my pineapple fried rice it was something new for me and what a great choice. read more

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Really good tempura, California roll. Miso soup okay, friend rice not great (dried out) but value for all of that is $13?! Amazing!

The service was hands down the best thing here. Our server was delightful! Sweet and extremely attentive. The ambiance was also quite nice; the room can seat quite a few people. I just would not return for the sushi. I'm sorry to say that although it wasn't bad per se, the nigiri were too thickly cut and the rolls... well the comment at the table was how similar the rolls were to packaged grocery sushi. Next time I come I will try the other items and hope the sushi was a one-off. Genuinely nice people working here, so I hope next time is an improvement. read more

We are repeat customers but will not be returning. Elderly Asian manager treats staff and customers rudely and is overtly, visibly racist and genuinely hateful to attractive, non asian women . I have heard about problematic behaviors before and witnessed it twice recently. One time I was willing to give the benefit of the doubt but the next time confirmed rumors. Good food, it's a shame. read more

I have been on the search for decent Chinese food for a while. I was pleasantly surprised to find really good Chinese food! Crab rangoons, general tso and orange chicken, hot and sour soup all 5/5! Egg roll was 4/5. It was super clean everywhere including the bathroom. Our server was polite and attentive. Fair prices. Will definitely return!!! read more

If I could give 0 stars I would. Can't order a kids meal Togo? Customer service was awful. I'm spending upwards of $50 on food from there and I'm still being treated like I'm not a human being. Do not recommend going here. read more

Great place! Go there all the time. The food is fabulous. Great place! Go there all the time. The food is fabulous. read more

Excellent food and service! The restaurant ambiance is geared for quiet conversation. Their Asian to Go, take away is great too! I recommend this restaurant highly! read more

Let me tell you the absolute best crab rangoons I've ever had. The crab stuffed jumbo shrimp came with a huge portion, in a delicious sauce. I think it was real crab meat and not imitation as well. Lots of veggies and crispy rice too. The American dream roll was great. Our server was so sweet and attentive. Excellent service and an excellent dinner. read more

I really wanted to like this place bc we don't have any good old fashioned Chinese restaurants in south AVL, Fletcher or Fairview . But, this place is just another weird Pan-Asian-Fusion joint and another bad attempt at that. (Side note: I don't understand this trend where Chinese, Japanese, Thai restaurants, etc try to cover all of Asia! All these cuisines are so different and require different cooking techniques and traditions. Lumping them together is usually a sign that the restaurant is just trying to be everything to everyone and it's usually a red flag! Case in point!) Their online ordering is so discombobulated: the proteins, the veg, the sizes, the sauces, it's all listed separately and it's confusing and inefficient. Ended up ordering a couple of basic things to see if it passed muster: spring rolls, sesame chicken and hibachi steak and vegetables. Pretty easy right? Apparently not. (I am no expert on all asian foods but have tried some very non-Americanized dishes especially in some of the big city china towns and abroad- and I certainly don't expect authenticity so the bar wasn't set high here.) The spring rolls were "fine", albeit a bit on the overly salty side. They were crisp and filled with plenty of veg- so ok. The chicken looked "fine"; glossy and somewhat saucy with sesame seeds on top- but the chicken was very overcooked. The pieces were all sizes from tiny to quite large- and the sauce, which I was expecting to be very sweet (because it looked like it would be) was actually the best part, even a little on the bland side. The dish was hard to eat and very chewy. Last but not least - Hibachi steak which I thought would be safe as the sauce is on the side and it's basically just grilled on a flat griddle with veg. But... steak was cubed and hard as a rock. It wasn't as much overcooked (and under-seasoned) as it was just a very cheap cut of beef that hadn't even been velveted or tenderized in any way. The broccoli was almost raw and the carrots looked as though they had been separately steamed, not grilled- and were so sweet- def sugar was added there. But Why??? I don't understand! We ended up throwing most of the hibachi dish away because it was inedible. Don't waste your money. Super disappointing. read more

A surprise find close to home. We've lived here for 4 years and never noticed this neighborhood gem. The food was great as was the service. Despite being in a strip mall, the ambiance once you enter belongs in stand alone restaurant. Very nice read more

Very very good. Very fresh fish very good service. Nothing not to like! I particularly love the old school atmosphere :-)

I was blown away by this hidden gem. It's in a blah strip mall shopping center and I've passed it no less than 953 times and never thought twice. Mostly Asheville has the saddest excuse for Asian cuisine but this place blew my mind especially since it's Asian fusion. I've been back nearly a half dozen times and not ordered the same thing twice (except soups which are superbly delicious). Everything is so good and so fresh. This is my favorite restaurant in Asheville now! read more

First on line, whoops we were the line 15 min till, we were given a table, 20 minutes later we left. They were not that busy weve been there before they must be hiring. Food is normally pretty good. But in the future if its busy at all Im out. The way I see it, they owe me a glass of water. Left before that ever happened. read more

Try the Singapore Street Noodles, I ask for extra spicy , chow mei fun curry ! I crave it it's so good!

The service right when you go into the restaurant is superb, you are always welcomed with a smiling face and a fresh meal! The owners and servers actually care about getting to know the recurring customers. The price is lower than the quality and that is what everyone likes. If the owners are reading this I suggest spending a little more time perfecting the takeout food so that it is just as great looking as the food served in the restaurant... then I see an award coming your way. read more

The atmosphere of the place is great and the service was great. The menu offers a lot of choices. The food itself was better than the average Chinese takeout but I wouldn't say it was great. read more

Rudest waitress I ever had. She got our orders wrong and then got mad at us for speaking up about it! The miso soup was cold and had a fishy taste to it. Most of the staff can barely speak English, so trying to explain what you want to them is an exercise in futility. Sushi appeared to have made and frozen ahead of time. We won't be going back. read more

This is phenomenal. All the sushi is terrific . I've eaten here many times and have never been disappointed. Tonight we split the Wasabi Roll - don't let it scare you, it's not super hot. The " wasabi" part is honey wasabi. The lobster salad and advacado on top really makr it delicious.. we also had the classics - spicey tuna, Boston roll and a crab roll. Spicy tuna and Boston rolls were awesome. The crab roll is still a 4/5... best to say it was our least favorite. Crab Rangoon was perfectly done and the sweet sauce was great. Green tea ice cream for dessert may not be everyone's " cup of tea" , but I love it. Almost hated to write this review... I don't share well with others read more

Me and my wife have been going to Pacific Pagoda to eat for more than 20 times, and I have to say not many places beat the price for what you get. The food is absolutely tasty. Pacific Pagoda will always have my business. read more

Highly recommend this gem. Staff is amazing and always so kind. Orders come out fast. Best miso soup i've ever had!! Sushi rolls are cheap and a great size! Portions are great here. So much food for your money. This is for sure my favorite sushi spot in asheville read more

We just went there and truly wonder why this place doesn't have much higher rating. We liked everything we got. Seaweed salad was excellent. Miso soup was very good. Hibachi scallops were perfect. Lo mein fun with curry sauce. It was great. Highly recommend if you like NY style Chinese food. We have been to most of the Chinese restaurants in Asheville. This is among the best. read more

A hidden gem! Fabulous service and outstanding Thai food. Everything I have tried has been authentic in flavor and appearance. It is favorite of our family read more

I really like this place. It's unique in that it's one business with two names- "Asian On The Go" and "Pacific Pagoda". Pacific Pagoda refers to the sit-down restaurant and sushi bar part. It's cute inside. The booths are built with little roofs that make them feel like little individual rooms. It's intimate and different. The menu is extremely extensive. It's often difficult to choose a meal because there are so many options. I like most of the food there. They have really fun cocktails that were presented beautifully with fruits and cute glasses. One thing I'm not in love with is their interpretation of Tom Yum Soup. They make it thick similar to an egg drop soup, which is not something I am used to. Overall I really enjoy the excellent service and delicious food. It's also very close to home, so you can't beat that! read more

the service is good there not super friendly but they do there job well i always go for the lunch special the only chicken i like is the orange chicken it is a large portion of chicken and lots of fried rice super cheap read more

Hands down the BEST chinese and Japanese food in the area!! Staff are amazing!! We visit frequently and it remains one our favorites.

My father and I came here for dinner last night and we had quite possibly the worst service you could ever imagine. First to start whenever I asked our server questions about the menu she couldn't answer any of my questions because she didn't know the answers. Second she also never came to check on us or refill our drinks or even ask how we were doing. I asked if the green tea was oolong or the gross powder and she had no clue--she said it was in a bag and then brought me the gross powder green tea. There was also a crack in my water glass but I couldn't tell our server because she never came back to our table for 45 minutes. Next thing I'd like to add was even though we were one of the first of the Valentine's Day rush to be seated, we gave her our sushi order immediately and after 45 minutes of waiting she brought us our entrees and apologized and said that the sushi bar was backed up because well, oops I guess everyone wanted sushi. After being done with our meals and the sushi still hadn't come (while watching the tables near us getting their sushi delivered when we ordered before them) we asked her to take it off our check. When I talked to whoever the "manager" looking woman was there about why there was a lack of staff, her response was..."I think it's a culture thing." Seriously? That's what you want your management telling your customers? It's a culture thing? I tried to have sympathy since I've worked in the industry before (for 15 years) and even worked at an Asian Fusion Sushi joint that was always slammed for 4 years after college but the excuses and the lack of communication and knowledge at this place was so ridiculous that even though our entrees were decent...it didn't make up for the poor experience we had. read more

I used to love this restaurant and a couple of months ago I would have given it 5 stars but the last two takeouts have been awful. Most recent order was chicken with broccoli and it was mostly broccoli. I always thought the first product in the name was the most but guess not! Very little chicken, mostly broccoli and hardly any sauce. In the end it was tasteless. I might give one more chance as I'm not sure what happened but they went from great to yuck. read more

I never expected amazing Asian food from a place in a strip mall. Pacific Pagoda offers simple, traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Thai fare made with super-fresh ingredients. Try the Mei Fun noodles with still-crispy sautéed veggies and a protein of your choice ~ yummy, slightly smoky, and just barely sweet! Request to-order Teppanyaki dishes ~ expertly seasoned and never over-cooked. So many great options for both meat eaters and vegetarians! Service is fast and pleasant. Atmosphere is a cozy, club feel with private high-backed booths and gentle lighting. And it's all very clean. We have yet to explore the sushi bar; but a quick stroll-by promises good things. We'll be back soon to find out! ***Just had the sushi. Exceptionally good! (8/29/14) read more

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Great late night sushi spot. We got out of a late movie and needed dinner and thankfully this gem was open. Some of the better sushi we've had in this area. read more

Eaten here several times, both eat in and take out . As a take out Chinese food restaurant, it's miles ahead anything anywhere nearby. The fried appetizers are great, the egg rolls thick and hearty and the crab Rangoons come 10 for 5 or something like that. The special sushi rolls are OK, the nigiri and sashimi I've had was really great though. When I got the Happy Family meal the pork and beef were very overdone and dry. So I suggest sticking to seafood and chicken or tofu. Oh and the Tom Yum soup is the best I've ever had. Really cute decoration if you decide to eat in read more

Have made our way to Pacific Pagoda twice now in the last couple of weeks. Hubby and I sampled several menu items on our first visit. Started with some fresh sushi - Yellowtail, Salmon & Red Snapper and a California Roll. Both fresh and tasty. Also had a Spring Roll served with dipping sauce. Then we made our way to the entrees. Hard to find decent sweet and sour dinners so that's what I tried on our first visit. Hubby had the Shrimp and Vegetables Tempura. We walked out with To Go boxes as the meals were plentiful and exceeded our expectations. Popped in for another visit with daughter and her boyfriend. Went straight for more sushi. Tried the Pad Thai this time and was not disappointed. Great flavor--detected a hint of ginger and a nice kick. They both had the Hibachi dinners, one went with Chicken and the other Steak. Service was outstanding both times. The first was on a Saturday Night late and most recently was Friday night in the middle of their rush. It was busy and we still had excellent service by Peter on both occasions. Location is convenient, space is clean and can't wait to go back and sit and watch Andy, the owner, prepare the sushi at the sushi bar! read more