tasu asian bistro sushi & bar

i was just there last week may 4, 2018. the food was good, but the service was off. the person who brought the salads (who wasn't our waitress) for two of our guests picked up the bowls to place them on the table with her finger inside the bowl. she had long nails and that creeped me out, as her thumbs were all the way down in the bowl touching the salad. it also took a while to get refills on drinks as well.

good restaurant plagued by consumer ignorance. this restaurant has awesome food. bottom line.

i am shocked at the pure ignorance of all of the bad review on here. obviously none of you have never worked in the restaurant business, or been many public places, for that matter. of course the free item is the cheapest one. have you never gone shopping at a drug store or grocery store??? if you purchase mascara for 12.99 and there is a bogo deal with lipstick for 6.99, why on earth would they give you the mascara for free?????? its common knowledge people.

and the no splitting of checks makes perfect sense too. you are getting things for free, the restaurant is already giving you food for free- of course they don't want you to call the shots and decide how to finagle your way into getting away with the cheapest bill possible.

if you were straying from this restaurant because of the morons that don't use common sense, think again and give it a try.

sushi was definitely subpar to many sushi restaurants in raleigh such as sushi blues. rolls were bland, poorly rolled and expensive. would not recommend people coming here. drive the extra 20 minutes to a place that's worth your money.

good food...very bad management. we went here for a birthday party. 5 couples attended, but but restaurant policy cannot split checks, so we asked if we can just pay for what we ordered. problem is the sushi is buy one get one free, which is good; however, higher priced items are charged, while lower priced items are free. this is a problem when multiple separate parties order different kinds of items. our bill was a nightmare to separate and management did not understand that we only wanted to be charged for what we ordered. i was charged for the entire bill..."accidentally" and a void added, but my bank account is hit for the whole amount...plus my regular bill. i was told a refund will take 3-5 business days. bastards are sneaky here, be careful and watch your bill.

bad service. we had sushi and soup and dumplings for our lunch, the dumplings came the same time with the soup
i hate that because by the time we done with the soup the dumplings are cold, the service is very poor,
back to warajis on duraleigh rd, this is by far the best sushi money can buy.

when it's good, it's real good. when it's bad... ehh.. there is no such thing as a consistant experience here. some days, you get amazing sushi with amazing service. others, you get a server who has no idea how to open a bottle of wine or sushi not wrapped tight enough with mounds of extra rice falling everywhere.

worth the chance to hit it right. . .

had to eat here again after our great first experience at tasu yesterday. however tonight's service was terrible! our server jonathan was inattentive to say the least. ordered the hibachi chicken which did not have bean sprouts as the menu stated and it took a literally 5 minutes to get soy sauce dishes before we could dig in to our sushi. had to get up and ask management for drink refills. so i guess hit or miss service. tan tan noodles are excellent i just wish service could be improved.

we use to love this restaurant but their sanitation rating is now simply too low for us to feel comfortable.  a 93 is low for a sushi bar.  we've been checking back with them for over a year and it hasn't improved.  i give up on this location.

sadly, tasu is going downhill. we've been going to tasu at least once a month since they opened. we occasionally dine in, and frequently order take-out. while the sushi is good, it's only affordable when you dine in. and the bogo sounds like a great deal, but if you go in a group, they won't split checks and if you order , for example, a 14.95 roll, a 15.95 roll, a 6.95 roll and a 8.95 roll, the two you get free are the least expensive. therefore, it's only a good deal if you order rolls that cost about the same amount. bogo is available when you dine in only.

we have always had our favorite dishes, which we order frequently. the past 2 years, the portion sizes have gotten significantly smaller. there is a very small amount of meat -- you sometimes have to dig to find the chicken. it typically tastes good, but it's probably half of what it was several years ago.

overall, tasu has become a bit of a disapointment and we are taking our business elsewhere more and more often.

must eat here!!!!. i love pf changs and i love good thai food! this place has both. my husband and i have gone here twice in two weeks and we can't get enough. don't listen to the other reviewers and try this place for yourself!

tasu's no longer the place it use to be - save your money and go somewhere else!. i have been going to tasu's for several years now, and the last couple of visits just haven't been the same. service was horrendous, waited 20 minutes for our drink, bathrooms were dirty, and worst of all management can't resolve a customer issue regarding overcharging gratuity. we were a party of 6 and when we got the bill, there was an automatic gratuity added -which the waiter never mentioned was included. i just assumed it was correct and paid the bill. it was only when i got home that i tool a closer look and realized that it was a 22% tip.
here's the catch........good luck in trying to figure out how they calculate the gratuity. when i called francisco -the manager- he said, that the gratuity should be 18% and that he would like into it and get right back to me.

well, a month has passed, several calls later, three conversation with francisco "oh yes, i will look into it right away and get back to you"...... and still no response. needless to say, the service, management have all gone down hill. save your money and go somewhere else.

worst restaurant in raleigh!!! do not eat at this place. the sushi was terrible (rice was very cold, fish had a strange consistency like it had obviously been frozen..very gross tasting). my wife got the hibachi, it had about 3 tiny pieces of meat and the vegetables were raw! on top of it, we had an issue with our bill and the manager, francisco bolivar, could not have been any more rude and patronizing to both myself and my wife. they charged us the wrong amount, and he refused to fix the bill. so, in summation, bad food and bad management. why would anyone eat here??

if you haven't been here in a few months, try them again!. i had tried tasu again earlier this year and had previously agreed with some of the negative reviews. the food quality had definitely gone down (both sushi and the thai dishes). however, i recently tried them two times in the past few weeks and am pleased to see a new manager in there. the former manager that i spoke with seemed to not really be on the ball. service was definitely better and the sushi quality was back up to previous standards. even their wake county health rating posted by the door had gone up from what it was earlier this year.

try them again! you won't be dissappointed! to the new manager - keep up the good work! your efforts have definitely improved the place.

best hot and sour soup ever. 2 for 1 sushi rolls and a great menu. quick lunch time service and friendly staff. 9 beers on tap

pissed. do not go here. want to spend over an hour paying your bill? or would you prefer to wait 40 mins for sushi, only to have your order come without two rolls and then wait another 40 for your missed roll. are you kidding me? oh and on top of that, want to go out with friends? planning on getting sushi? the 2 for 1 deal means that you pay for the most expensive sushi you and your friends get. let me clarify. friend a get a $12 roll and a $10 dollar roll, friend b gets a $6 dollar roll and a $7 dollar roll, friend c gets a $14 dollar roll and a $25 dollar roll. of this 6 rolls, you pay for the 12, 14, and 25 dollar roll, not for your own choices. so, unless you have friends that order the same thing as you, you front the cash of everyone's choices. yeah, and good luck trying to figure that out.

will not be going back.