Neko Thai & Sushi — Restaurant in Pinehurst

I brought the family here for dinner on the recommendation of a friend. It's in the location of the old Ten Ma restaurant at 70 Market Square. First, the food was excellent. We had the Katsu chicken and it was actually quite similar to the Katsu that members of the family experienced for many years in Japan. The coconut soup with added vegetables was also delicious as was the mochi green tea and strawberry ice cream we had for dessert. One thing that sets this restaurant apart from many in the area is the apparent availability of vegetables with dinner entrees. Many places at this price point will only include 1-2 very small pieces of vegetable, those compromising less that 2% of the overall volume of food. As a relatively educated family that makes significant efforts to eat healthy, we struggle to find establishments that will provide vegetables in the correct proportion and so appreciate that Neko does. In fact, the Katsu dan had more vegetables than rice and the vegetables were cooked correctly. For that reason alone we would return here. The only negative we experienced was that our server appeared to be rushing us to order, eat, and leave (going so far as to take menus away before we were done browsing). That put a bit of a damper on the experience and prevented us from ordering additional items. I'm not sure why this happened as the restaurant was not particularly crowded nor was it near closing time. I hope that this is something that management will take under...

If you know nothing about Thai or sushi, there is an opportunity to enjoy Neko Thai & Sushi.

The flavors of Thai are beautiful and the meal, despite being poor, generally from a flavor perspective, embodied the Thai flavor. Rice was a major miss for the meal with sushi rice mushy and melted (see photo) and the incorrect rice being used with the spicy basil chicken.

Spicy basil chicken sauce was too thin and didn't stick to the wrong rice. Thom Kah Gai was bland, the coconut milk was a little thinner for my preference but nearly unseasoned or spiced. Thai beef salad was nice and the best part of the meal. The crab fried rice was also ordered and was good but one needs to understand that the crab is only added to flavor the rice, not as a protein for a meal. We waited about 20 minutes between finishing our appetizers before receiving our main course.

The restaurant was poorly decorated and the lighting was both too bright and exposed bulbs were blinding.

In summary; food was poor. Service was poor and the restaurant was uncomfortable. I would say I was disappointed but I was unable to imagine a Thai/Japanese menu ever...

I should know better by now not to get sushi at aThai restaurant. I always start with a spicy Tuna and salmon skin roll bc they are basic and easy soo if you can’t get those right I’m not trying any other rolls . I ordered the sauces on the side. The kimchee sauce was really good so was the eel sauce. Hardly any salmon skin in my roll and the spicy tuna came in chunks instead of a nicely mashed combination. The tuna wasn’t fresh tasting but wasn’t that bad but you could tell it wasn’t good quality. The masago sashimi was sparce but nicely presented. I would never order sushi from here ever again. However, I think they specialize in Thai. I saw some other plates coming out that looked great. I’m not too familiar with Thai food but I have a feeling that this would be the spot for Thai food. I would definitely come back and try that if I ever make it back to town. Service was good and food come out exactly as I requested. I did eat everything soo it wasn’t too terrible, just not the...