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    Sushi By The zoo

    4.3 (8 reviews)
    Closed 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, 4:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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    Megan S.

    Fantastic experience! The staff are hard working and kind! Food was fantastic, I am so happy we now have local sushi. There is a posted notice about the art of sushi taking some time, be sure to keep that in mind when you eat here. Overall phenomenal food and will absolutely be back!:)

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    4.8(23 reviews)
    1.6 mi

    It takes a while. And you're sitting in basically an old living room close to other patrons with no…read moremusic or anything like that. It reminded me of one of those awkward family meals you have to go to as a kid with your friends parents and their friends. The food was really, really good. The jerk chicken had awesome texture and fantastic sweet kick! Mac n cheese was whoa so good. Overall definitely worth the trip as a foodie. Just plan for the wait.

    It's located about 15 mins from the NC Zoo, so we decided to check out their lunch after seeing…read moretheir diverse menu in our searches. It's definitely in an older house; parking is easy and you seat yourself. The house is definitely older and needs some work. We felt like we were eating in a quiet living room as there was no music or background noise other than other tables. There were definitely only two people working the day we went-one front of house and one back. There are several signs stating food takes time to prepare and it will come out as it's ready. They're not kidding. We ordered jerk chicken which was pretty spicy. The Mac was incredible as were the cheesy jalapeño hush puppies. It took about 50 mins for it to come out. The spicy roll was definitely spicy, and the baked roll had a nice flavor. We waited on those for a little over an hour. Definitely not a kid friendly place due to the wait times. Also no changing stations. It's a really nice concept and diverse menu!

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    Jade Express - Ginger and jalapeño chicken with lo mein

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    3.8(15 reviews)
    1.7 mi

    I don't leave reviews often. I either like places enough to come back or displeased enough to not…read more I'd first like to start out and say that I had weight loss surgery over a year ago. It's hard sometimes to order food that's worth having left overs and also the kids menu options at most places just aren't that great, nor healthy. Or they just won't allow me to order from the kids menu. I went up to the counter and asked if it was possible to get a small order of one side and one meat. I, of course, explained the situation. They were super nice and told me that it was fine. One of the guys even offered me a ginger ale since it's good for the stomach lol and I thought that was super kind. Either way. The service was great, the food was fresh, and I was in and out in 2 min. I don't eat here often, but when I do, I'm never unsatisfied.

    Went for lunch around 3:20 on a week day, staff was friendly and sushi was made to order but it…read morelacked flavor and was overly warm for my liking. I got the Shrimp Tempura which was just mushy and lacked any texture variation within it from what I normally get which is cool & firm avocado, crunchy and warm fried shrimp with cool rice. I also got a pork/ vegetable egg roll which also lacked flavor and was pulled from the warmer tray where it was likely put after being made hours ago. Overall if I'm craving sushi again I'll be going elsewhere. We both had a piece but weren't impressed, may try their hot bar next time before completely giving up.

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