The vegan appetizers at this restaurant include seaweed salad, edamame, and shishito peppers, which are pretty standard options. None of the entrees or rolls are labeled as vegan on the menu, but the Haru roll can be made vegan by substituting the soy paper for nori due to the soy paper containing egg. Despite confirming twice with the server, my Haru roll still came out in soy paper, though they did remake it. Having non-vegans dining with me helped prevent the other roll from going to waste. Overall, I found the experience to be lacking in vegan options and confidence in ordering vegan food. Additionally, adding lettuce to a $14 veggie roll seemed like an odd choice to me. None of the dess...
What can I say? This is definitely a top place for sushi in Raleigh. Going on a date or celebrate a special moment, or just love sushi.. this is your spot. First off, parking is simple, if you have no room in front there is a parking lot next door. Restaurant is beautiful, very high end, dress up! Service was wonderful, very attentive staff knows their menu. Food wise, the most important... sushi was amazing, worth the price (its pricey) but worth it. Definitely a great experience to share with friends. Yes, I will be coming back and recommending.
We have been to 3 Oku locations so far and Raleigh?s location has been the disappointment. We weren?t greeted then they couldn?t find our reservation and although I showed them my open table reservation they keep wanting to check it on my phone over and over. Once they saw my frustration they said they will find a table. We ordered the spicy aioli shrimp for appetizer it was ok nothing special they were tad over cooked. We ordered 2 specialty rolls but the rice on both was
Overall experience quite good. We enjoyed our food and the ambience. Server was fine, but I was hoping for a little more expertise and confidence from waitstaff in an upscale sushi place. More menu training might be helpful. Breakdown of what we ordered: -Seaweed salad: tasty and refreshing. -BBQ pork buns: heavenly. -Curry noodle: rich, complex broth. Enjoyed. -Angry salmon: other rolls were purchased at the table, but this was the favorite. Good heat and flavor. I can
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A couple and a dog walk into a bar...but this was no joke. My wife and I wanted a nice, classy night out last night and chose O Ku as we have been several times and like it. It's expensive but an upscale place or so we thought. We were at the bar, waiting on our food when a couple walks in with a dog. Yes, a dog...and not a service dog, which we'd have no problem with. They sat at the bar right next to us and held the dog in their laps. The dog's paw or tail hit me
Came here for a end of the work week date night. We are big fans of sushi and this place does not disappoint. From ambience to service this place has it all. Our server had great recommendations from sushi rolls to sake. We recommend the roll with Squid ink rice as it?s something you will need to experience. Also the salmon and lemon roll had an amazing amount of flavor. I highly recommend going here they even have omakase if you want to ball out like jay z.
The lychee cosmo was amazing. My husband had his first tartare experience and fell in love. The sauce in the pork buns were to die for. The salmon was very flavorful and I had mochi icecream to top off the night. Everything was delicious, our waitress was great and I loved the decor! Would definitely come back again.
Hands down one of my go to spots for sushi in downtown. Great atmosphere, great food and great service. Love to bring everyone that visits to this spot. For more recommendations follow @raleighunlocked on Instagram.
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Wow wow wow, so good!!! Our server was incredible, the food all came out super fast but they never rushed us in our meal. Everything was so fresh. Definitely make sure to get the donut holes for dessert!
Really tasty food and great drinks! Super fresh and I do like the option to get real crab in your sushi, elevate the experience!
