Akashi Sushi — Restaurant in Durham

Ordered: Shrimp shumai (fried dumplings) and 6 different rolls

Not good value for the money.

The Good: the food tasted good generally speaking. the dumplings were good and the sushi was adeqaute if not exciting or unique in any way.

the service was freindly and welcoming

The Bad: firstly dont be fooled by the “1/2 price” special that is offered everyday for anyone buying two or more sushi rolls. the rolls are fairly small as well as the appetizer of shumai. portions are just small all around. definitely did not get $60 worth of sushi (although thats what we spent)

also, the amount of fish in the rolls is not necessarily generous or abundant.

while service was friendly, it was really slow. it took so long to get our rolls. both times. (we had to order twice bc the rolls were so small). it just took way too long to get our food especially considering we were 1 of 3 tables in the restaurant at prime dinner time on a saturday night.

In general, there has got to be better sushi places around. I wouldnt say for sure dont ever go here, i would just say weigh your option. was not impressed and will try a different restaurant next time...

We decided to step out of our comfort zone to try a new place that had high reviews for Japanese food and Sushi. When we ordered the food, 2 rolls of sushi, Udon, and house fried rice which came with a side salad, the hostess mentioned they are behind on sushi and should take 20-25 mins. We were hungry already but decided this was going to be worth the wait. 30 mins later, I went back in and was informed the wait would be 5 more mins. We were upset, but we had already paid for the food and had no choice, so we waited. Order was placed at 6:42PM, we did not get our food until 7:25. That was twice the amount of time we were expecting to wait for, what I thought was, a simple order.

Nevertheless, we got home and upon taking out the food, realized our food was not complete. We had everything except for the salad. This was a disappointment, not only because the food was not complete, but because we had waited 43 mins for the food just to be not accurate. (they did provide the ginger dressing for the salad though...)

Overall, we will not be trying...

I've been going to Akashi since the place originally opened, while I was sad each time the management of Akashi's has changed (three times now), because I had to say bye to people that I had gotten to know. But I am happy to say that each time the new management has continued the great food and excellent service. The current management is no exception, they are very friendly and if you go for dinner, you can strike up a pleasant conversation with them (don't try it at lunch time, which is usually a very busy time for them).

I think the new streamlined menu is nicer and easier to find things. But if asked they are more than willing to do something from the old menu if they have the ingredients on hand. Or even bring an item back if they get enough requests for the item, example the Stoplight - yum!

Recently I was diagnosed with a number of food sensitives (including soy), and our waitress was so great in helping me avoid items with my food...