City Market Sushi — Restaurant in Raleigh

Was Downton Raleigh for a meeting at the City Club and was in the mood for sushi... been to a few in the area but havent been to city market sushi.. so decided to give it a try .. and definitely glad I did.

City Market Sushi has a cool dark cozy intimate vibe to it and not like a typical sushi restaurant so that was good ...

Menu is smaller than other places which isnt bad ..

So to start dinner off I ordered garlic edamame roasted in a garlic soy with garlic chips.. comes out delicious and warm.. right amount of saltiness and a lil heat but not much .. very good started and one of the best edamame dishes I've had.

Next up was the Mad salmon which is a spicy tuna, avocado wrapped in soy paper... with spicy salmon, wasabi aioli, jalapeno on top.

Very delicious and refreshing ..

Next up was the kamikaze.. it was tuna, salmon, crab, avocado rolled and tempura fried topped with sriracha aioli, tobiko, eel sauce.

Wasnt bad but wasnt the best version I have had .. the tempura almost gave it a toast taste ..

The ultimate rainbow  which has snow crab, avocado, cucumber wrapped in soy paper and each portion was topped with either tuna, salmon, yellowtail, red snapper, scallop, or shrimp, and topped with wasabi yuzu.. probably my favorite roll out of the 3 options I had .. the best part was that since each portion was topped with a different seafood .. it made it feel like 6 different types of sushi .. definitely would order this again .

To finish it off was the green tea crème brûlée.. this was a perfect dessert.. not to sweet with subtle green tea taste and the creaminess of the creme and the crunch of the brulee top.

So bonus points for City Market Sushi because they use real fresh wasabi unlike other places which uses the powdered paste in a tube.. you can definitely tell the difference..

So definitely would recommend this place for a nice cozy...

Not a lot of gluten free vegan options to be had here. However, the manager and her staff were all phenomenally knowledgeable about their offerings.

They were able to make the garlic edamame appetizer gluten free for us but swapping Tamari for the soy sauce. My husband and I both agreed that this was, by far, the best edamame appetizer we've ever had.

The Green sushi roll was made gluten free for me as well by swapping out the sauce the tofu is usually tossed in for a side of Tamari to dip the sushi in. I love that the tofu pieces were rolled in cornstarch for a light crunch and served on top of the sushi with some delicious microgreens.

We've been having a difficult time finding some good sushi/Asian food that can be made both gluten free and vegan and this place certainly hit the mark. Definitely one of the best well hidden gems in the area we have yet to find!

Only wish they would offer one or 2 more things gluten free and vegan ah that I could have a bit more of a choice. That would give...

Food: food for the price point was mediocre at best. We ordered the Shrimp Tempura, Miso Soup, Squid Salad, and for the entrees, unagi dragon roll and the Scallop Roll.

The Tempura was super greasy and my first bite was an explosion of grease. Unfortunately this was prevalent in all 6 pieces. The squid salad had good texture but the flavor was pretty bland. The miso was the best thing we ordered as it was everything you wanted in the soup.

The rolls was a pretty major disappointment. The texture of the interior roll was all mush while the eel on the unagi roll was slimy/gritty. The scallop on the scallop roll was pretty much just fried.

Service: Service was pretty quick and efficient. We were in and our in around 30 minutes. No complaints here.

Atmosphere: Pretty tiny but did have some nice decorations. Pretty cramped as I could easily touch the other table. Otherwise, wasn't much to...