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Spicy 9 Sushi Bar & Asian Restaurant — Restaurant in Chapel Hill

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Spicy 9 Sushi Bar & Asian Restaurant
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Chic outpost with an extensive menu of raw & cooked Asian fusion fare, plus sake & cocktails.
Nearby attractions
Ackland Art Museum
101 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Chapel Hill & Orange County Welcome Center
308 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Old Well
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Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Carolina Performing Arts
114 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Koala Craft
601 W Rosemary St UNIT 107, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, United States
Coker Arboretum
399 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Peel Gallery + Photo Lab
708 W Rosemary St, Carrboro, NC 27510
Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower
Bell Tower, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, United States
FRANK Gallery
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Buns
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Kurama Sushi & Noodle Express
105 N Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
La Residence
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Kolapasi Indian Canteen - Chapel Hill NC
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Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery
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I Love New York Pizza
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311 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
The Carolina Inn, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel
211 Pittsboro St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Hampton Inn & Suites Chapel Hill-Carrboro/Downtown
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Spicy 9 Sushi Bar & Asian Restaurant
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Spicy 9 Sushi Bar & Asian Restaurant

140 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
4.2(762)
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Chic outpost with an extensive menu of raw & cooked Asian fusion fare, plus sake & cocktails.

attractions: Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill & Orange County Welcome Center, Old Well, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, Carolina Performing Arts, Koala Craft, Coker Arboretum, Peel Gallery + Photo Lab, Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower, FRANK Gallery, restaurants: Que Chula Craft Tacos & Tequila Bar, One40 Social, Might As Well Bar & Grill, Buns, Kurama Sushi & Noodle Express, La Residence, Kolapasi Indian Canteen - Chapel Hill NC, Pantana Bob's, Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery, I Love New York Pizza
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(919) 420-3193
Website
spicy9chapelhill.com

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Nearby attractions of Spicy 9 Sushi Bar & Asian Restaurant

Ackland Art Museum

Chapel Hill & Orange County Welcome Center

Old Well

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

Carolina Performing Arts

Koala Craft

Coker Arboretum

Peel Gallery + Photo Lab

Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower

FRANK Gallery

Ackland Art Museum

Ackland Art Museum

4.7

(262)

Open until 5:00 PM
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Chapel Hill & Orange County Welcome Center

Chapel Hill & Orange County Welcome Center

4.5

(23)

Open 24 hours
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Old Well

Old Well

4.7

(318)

Open until 12:00 AM
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Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

4.4

(149)

Closed
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Jesse TravisJesse Travis
I would like to start off with, I have eaten at Spicy 9 several times, but it has been over a year. Not sure if the pandemic has caused the slide here, or just some bad business decisions. I also feel really bad for our "server" Victoria, who was working Sunday lunch- by herself. I guess I will start at the beginning of the experience. Spicy 9 no longer has wait staff that will take your order. They use some half baked system called Toast. They explain when you sit down that you order and pay by scanning a QR code at your table. Let me emphasize the word "Pay" in that last sentence. This is a sit down restaurant that expects you to pay before they will give you the food. You know, like McDonald's. They also expect you to tip, before you have had any service, and not knowing how the service will be. This cost Victoria a bit of money because I normally tip pretty big for decent service, but tipping up front does not work for me. Toast is my biggest complaint here, so on to the food. The sushi was just as good as always. That has not changed, thank God! The steamed vegetables were barely steamed, but everything else was good. Due to the way you have to order, through Toast, my wife and I's food came on the same plate, which is ridiculous. If I could get one piece of advice to the management it would be to can Toast, and go back to the way to be, which I would have given five stars to.
S HawksS Hawks
I liked it. Place was set up like a cafeteria or something not very aesthetically pleasing but clean, very white. Tables a little too close together and maybe a bit too small. Or I order too much but they should appreciate me ordering a bunch because they are kind of pricey. Other reviews say bad customer service but we had an excellent server who went above and beyond to get recipes for me. I appreciated it though I was a little disturbed to find out some of the ingredients of these special sauces aren't really that special, it didn't detract from the taste. Although we did have dinner before the rush. So maybe that helped. We ordered 4 sushi rolls with silly names, shrimp curry, and duck: 3 out of 4 rolls were good. One was very boring and honestly just tasted like rice with soy sauce. Slightly disappointed but they're buy one get one so whatever. Can't remember any of the names though except the Flamingo Roll, my fave. Yum! Shrimp in the curry was tough and "not very good" according to my son, but he kept eating it anyway so it couldn't have been that bad. Tamarind duck, itself, was awesome. The weird assortment of stuff they brought with it just didn't go together: kiwi, green beans, bell peppers, asparagus. weird. All that said, I'd eat here again
AlyssaAlyssa
I come here every Wednesday so I felt like it was finally time to review. Food is always good and well prepared, including the sushi we’ve tried, the noodles, the ramen, the poke bowls, etc. I am a big fan of their miso soup. Today I got the drunken noodles with a side of fried rice and white sauce, and my boyfriend got the Yummy yummy roll and the Rainbow roll. Everything was very enjoyable. Sometimes the restaurant can get very busy and wait time is sacrificed for quality of service. I’ve worked in the restaurant business before. Im thankful they try their best to maintain good customer service. They did bring me and my boyfriends food out 10 minutes apart, but my food was still hot by the time his came so it wasn’t too much of a big deal. It’s also important to talk about the one time that my boyfriend and I came here on a Wednesday and we were sat but not served at all. I think that’s an outlier with their service but people should be aware that it happened to me once. I don’t think it happens often or it will happen again, as the other servers we’ve had have given us as much attention as they could. Would still recommend coming here to eat with a friend or family. Just remember it’s in a college town so it can get loud and busy.
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I would like to start off with, I have eaten at Spicy 9 several times, but it has been over a year. Not sure if the pandemic has caused the slide here, or just some bad business decisions. I also feel really bad for our "server" Victoria, who was working Sunday lunch- by herself. I guess I will start at the beginning of the experience. Spicy 9 no longer has wait staff that will take your order. They use some half baked system called Toast. They explain when you sit down that you order and pay by scanning a QR code at your table. Let me emphasize the word "Pay" in that last sentence. This is a sit down restaurant that expects you to pay before they will give you the food. You know, like McDonald's. They also expect you to tip, before you have had any service, and not knowing how the service will be. This cost Victoria a bit of money because I normally tip pretty big for decent service, but tipping up front does not work for me. Toast is my biggest complaint here, so on to the food. The sushi was just as good as always. That has not changed, thank God! The steamed vegetables were barely steamed, but everything else was good. Due to the way you have to order, through Toast, my wife and I's food came on the same plate, which is ridiculous. If I could get one piece of advice to the management it would be to can Toast, and go back to the way to be, which I would have given five stars to.
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I liked it. Place was set up like a cafeteria or something not very aesthetically pleasing but clean, very white. Tables a little too close together and maybe a bit too small. Or I order too much but they should appreciate me ordering a bunch because they are kind of pricey. Other reviews say bad customer service but we had an excellent server who went above and beyond to get recipes for me. I appreciated it though I was a little disturbed to find out some of the ingredients of these special sauces aren't really that special, it didn't detract from the taste. Although we did have dinner before the rush. So maybe that helped. We ordered 4 sushi rolls with silly names, shrimp curry, and duck: 3 out of 4 rolls were good. One was very boring and honestly just tasted like rice with soy sauce. Slightly disappointed but they're buy one get one so whatever. Can't remember any of the names though except the Flamingo Roll, my fave. Yum! Shrimp in the curry was tough and "not very good" according to my son, but he kept eating it anyway so it couldn't have been that bad. Tamarind duck, itself, was awesome. The weird assortment of stuff they brought with it just didn't go together: kiwi, green beans, bell peppers, asparagus. weird. All that said, I'd eat here again
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I come here every Wednesday so I felt like it was finally time to review. Food is always good and well prepared, including the sushi we’ve tried, the noodles, the ramen, the poke bowls, etc. I am a big fan of their miso soup. Today I got the drunken noodles with a side of fried rice and white sauce, and my boyfriend got the Yummy yummy roll and the Rainbow roll. Everything was very enjoyable. Sometimes the restaurant can get very busy and wait time is sacrificed for quality of service. I’ve worked in the restaurant business before. Im thankful they try their best to maintain good customer service. They did bring me and my boyfriends food out 10 minutes apart, but my food was still hot by the time his came so it wasn’t too much of a big deal. It’s also important to talk about the one time that my boyfriend and I came here on a Wednesday and we were sat but not served at all. I think that’s an outlier with their service but people should be aware that it happened to me once. I don’t think it happens often or it will happen again, as the other servers we’ve had have given us as much attention as they could. Would still recommend coming here to eat with a friend or family. Just remember it’s in a college town so it can get loud and busy.
Alyssa

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1.0
3y

Very rude service.

I flew from Chicago and planned to have lunch with my daughter before ubering and taking my afternoon flight back. I ordered online at 11:00am, before the restaurant opens, and for a pick-up (the other choice was delivery). When I picked up my order at 12:45pm, I wanted to sit down and eat with my daughter in the restaurant. I noticed the portion was a bit small and planned to order some extra. That was the time when the shift manager, Jordan, came out and told me there is no sit-in dining for pick-up orders. That's fine, I planned to order some extra anyway. "No, you can't dine in". "Oh, I will order some extra from the menu anyway". "No, it's too late, you already ordered pick-up. You have to leave"

What? Why?

There is no mention of pickup orders are not allowed to dine in when I ordered online. (Jordan showed me a poster at the checkout counter, great, but nothing mentioned in the online ordering)

I ordered online before the restaurant open and there is no choice of dining in which I would have picked if available. I still tipped 15% in my online order anyway

The restaurant was not busy and there were only 3 parties out of maybe 30 dining tables.

I wanted to order some extra dishes, but "No, it is too late, you already ordered pickup. You have to leave"?! What does this even mean?

The whole time I was treated without courtesy and respect, made me feel like I was being kicked out like I stole something?!

Thank you for ruining my lunch with my daughter.

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1.0
35w

I placed an online order for delivery at 5:30 pm as my son wanted sushi for his birthday dinner and he had to still do online evening class at home. Expected delivery was 6:30. The online and mobile tracking only came back with repeated errors, so I couldn't see when the driver was coming and meet them outside, saving them time and effort finding my condo. At about 6:55 I get texts saying my driver cant get ahold of me so my order may be cancelled. What? All messages I received, email and text were automated responses, not human. I texted each correspondence back that I had been out front and back of my complex looking for a driver for ten minutes. The driver responded to one of the threads and said they accidentally delivered my food to a prior drop off. I said bummer, but we jokingly wished each other a better evening from there on. Things happen. I called the resturaunt and was directed to email the manager to address the issue. Now it's the next day and I've emailed twice with zero response. I've texted last night and today about a refund and all I got back was a "thank you for your feedback" message. The restaurant still charged me over $70 for my food and is not responding to me or refunding me. I have to try solving this through my bank now.

I have had takeout and dined in here before. The food has been decent and so has the service. This situation however should never happen to a customer. I say this as a former small business owner myself.

UPDATE: I got refunded and a $5...

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9y

I had the WORST service here of my life. I will never go here again and I will make sure to tell all my friends NOT to go here after my experience. First, I ordered the Salmon Crunch Appetizer and there was hair in it. I politely told the waitress, whose name is Amy, and she refused to take my plate away until SHE saw the short black hair (My hair is long and red by the way so I knew it wasn't mine). When she saw the hair she stubbornly took it away and sighed aloud. I shrugged it off and when she came back I asked for the Sashami Appetizer, which was the same price as the food I originally ordered. When she brought me this my friends gasped because it was a plate of raw fish. Nothing else. I should add that I ordered this under the SUSHI APPS menu, so I was expecting sashami sushi because that is what I ordered and is what I normally get at other Asian places. I told the waitress "I thought there would be rice or seaweed or something else" because it was supposed to be sushi and she snarkily replied "this is it." Then I asked if i could at least have some rice with it and she replied with a short "no." I proceeded to ask again and she spoke over me with another "no." My friends and I were shocked at how rude this lady was. I took a picture of my receipt to write this review and get her name. It says my server was 12. Amy. I hope the owner sees this review and does something about how poorly a customer has...

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