tasu asian bistro sushi & bar

i was just there last week may 4, 2018. thefoodwas 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 youfoodfor 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.

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, badfoodand 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. thefoodquality 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.

this place is getting slow and the quality offoodnot good anymore. i will not spend any money there anymore

no longer a fan. thefoodhere used to be good with decent service, but the last two times i've visited have proven for me to be a big mistake. both of my last visits resulted infoodthat wasn't prepared per order and needed to be sent back; and, poor service where my servers were void for the first 10 min after being seated, with not even a drink order being taken.

even worse is that after visiting the last time, our server informed us that the restaurant's policy is to no longer split checks. there were only 3 people in our party with ideally two checks to pay. what casual eatery doesn't split checks??!

tasu no longer holds any incentive to welcome me back: the food's poorly prepared, the service isn't welcoming or consistent, and the restaurant doesn't cater to groups. i'll never return or recommend tasu again.

service leaves a bit to be desired. thefoodhowever was very good. factor in the bogo on all sushi and for the money...you can't go wrong. try the bonzai roll!

very disappointed. my husband and i love this place. it is always wonderfulfoodand we love the bogo. naturally for his college graduation that is where we wanted to eat dinner with our guests visiting. i read the reviews and saw many negative comments about the customer service. the manager said they wouldn't take our party of 17 at 6pm on a friday because they cannot close a room off. if we wanted to have our party there it would cost $2,000. i said i didn't need a closed room and what if we came at 5:30. still nothing. the manager was very negative and not willing to work with me. i am extremely disappointed with tasu and sad to say we will not be returning there anymore.

greatfood- bar service awful and mean. my wife, work colleagues and my clients often come here for early evening dinner or weekend dinner because it is fun, easy going, casual dining but good asian cuisine. however, tonight, september 15th was an exception. our waitress for thefoodkaren was amazing, terrific, she was kind and fun - she actually rescued our night.

the reason, the bar man. did not get his name but i would have fired him - a dark curly haired chap in his late 30's or early 40's. i was drinking a nice scotch, and after having sampled it, and enjoying my saturday night after a hard week, i wanted another before dinner. so i put my glass down, and waited, and waited, and waited. so, i tried to get his attention - nothing. looked at him and waved my hand (not too obviously), still, nothing. this dude i knew was going to be an issue. so he came my way, and i placed my glass down on the hard surface - clunk ! i wanted to be served. still nothing. not sure what i did, but my wife and i were angered by this.

take home message, go to tazoo, thefoodand ambience is great. the bar? give it a miss. the barman thinks he's in new york, and even if you leave a decent tip (i did), forget being served as you would like, even in a quietish bar. avoid tazoo if you;re there for barfoodand a few drinks. could be a long night. this idiot should be fired.

bad service, server was too slow and did not ask how was everything , we had to wait almost 40 minutes for ourfoodand no forks to eat, we had to ask twice for it! will never come back.

horrible service, rude manager. my husband i have been loyal tasu customers for years. we have always been happy with the food, however the rude reception i got from the manager as i asked to be seated today will mean that we will never go back. the man was not only rude to me, but he was openly aggressive to the 2 hostesses, who literally cowered with fear when he snapped at them. i left , disgusted.
when i called back later to give feedback as to why i had left, i unfortunately got the same guy, who hung up on me midsentence as i politely asked to speak to the owner . i called back in case it was a bad line and he did the same thing again. what a jerk and what a shame as thefoodwas great !

greatfood/staff. this is a great place to go. the sushi is good and fresh i did not have all the issues and my waiter was very nice.

bingo same thing happened to us! the staff was extremely reude when we asked why they overcharged us!!!! never ever going there.


-----11 jun, 2011-----

extremly bad service. the waiter as well as the manager were very rude. overcharged us for thefoodand shamless staff didn't even bother to recheck their error on the top showed attitude. i found staff extremly racist. thefoodwas bad and the service sucks big time. never going there again. badddddd food

seriously? this place rocks. so good!. i love this place. i hit it for lunch when i'm at work, and my husband and i love it for dinner several times a month. my 4 yr old loves it too. bogo issues? seriously, it's always the cheapest, even if you split the bill. too bad. it's not sneaky, it's the way it is everywhere. they are very clear about not splitting checks. can ya'll not add?!?! been here lots for girls' nights. just split the check evenly between everyone. don't you get something more/less expensive than others sometimes???
anyway,foodawesome, service great, can't wait to go back.

very goodfoodand service! i highly recommend this restaurant. we had four different types of rolls and all were amazing. the hot and sour soup is wonderful!