tasu asian bistro sushi & bar

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

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 orderrollsthat 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.

best hot and sour soup ever. 2 for 1 sushirollsand 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 tworollsand 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.

have read several reviews unhappy with service, i think it really depends on server and expectation. will they win service awards? no, but they also won't ruin your night. i was in on tuesday and we had a wonderful meal. the sushirollsare delicious, and the portions are generous. we have tried the tom yum soup and the miso, both delicious. my boyfriend's favorite is the beef and garlic entree. i took tan tan noodles to go and enjoyed them twice for lunch this week. anticipate a wait on weekends, and be patient with your server, then enjoy!

bad. my previous review from when they had been open about a year was favorable - "decent" sushi for the price, entrees were tasty, attentive service. i hadn't been for awhile and recently went back, despite hearing it was going downhill. the 90.5 sanitation grade almost made us walk back out but we thought it looked full so we'd give it a shot. in a nutshell:

communal bowl of salad dressing for the table to share - we had to be careful to each not take more that the others - weird,
hot and sour soup that smelled as bad as it tasted,
miso soup that needed soy sauce added to make it palatable,
pad thai that was the furthest thing from pad thai i've ever had. it was actually on the edge of gross,
sushirollsthat fell apart when you pick them up. every. single. one.
server who couldn't answer basic questions about the dishes. i think we had a bus person waiting our table?
food runners who knocked over a drink and didn't take away used plates.

when we were leaving, our headlights shone on the building and you could see damage from the fire that was never repaired, just covered up. i think they just don't care anymore.

won't be back and i cannot recommend this place to anyone.

worst customer service. in the past i had visited tasu once every 2-3 weeks, because the sushi is pretty solid. tonight, my wife visited and had the worst experience ever. her and friend visited, both ordered two separate sushi rolls. my wife order two sushirollsthat were $13+, knowing that the lowest priced sushi roll on her bill would be free. they specifically requested at the beginning that their tickets be split. the server brought one check and they requested it be split. after having to put up a fight just for that, he finally agreed to split the checks. he was then very rude and would not allow my wife to have her two sushirollson her check, rather they required them to pay for the two highest pricedrolls(although they were not both hers) and two separate checks. obviously i was very upset when she told me this so i called the restaurant and first spoke with a 'manager' whom i couldn't even understand. when she realized i was serious she sent me to a guy named richard. i called richard and he was the 'director of operations'. richard proceeded to say that they post a notice in 'green letters' at the bottom of the menu and that it is written that the buy 1/get 1 is per table. he was not helpful at all, and had a very cocky attitude. i then asked for the owners name, who is tham nguyen, and his contact information. richard refused to give me that information and said "that's just how things are". after speaking with richard i immediately called american express (who i fully recommend) and they voided the payment and are looking into the merchant.

bottom line - this is a dishonest merchant who continually shows terrible customer service. i will never go back to one of 'tham nguyen's' restaurants, he obviously has a very misleading business plan. he also owns shiki sushi in durham.

meal deal. i just came from my first dining experience at tasu, and i was pleased. who doesn't like a buy one sushi roll, get one free deal? my friend was brought one roll different than what she ordered, but was not charged for the extra roll. awesome. she ended up having threerollsfor the price of one, and the waiter took responsibility for the mix-up. i appreciated that service. ourrollswere yummy, but note to self: stick with water. the soda was $2.50. yowza!

best sushi in raleigh. the service does blow. i'll give them that. but i've found that if you just "man handle" the server, as in boss them around and spell it out for them, it's not so bad.
that being said, this is hands down the best sushi in raleigh. it is the sister restaurant to shiki in durham. i moved her from chicago and prefer that all myrollsnot be cover in 1) spicy mayo 2) eel sauce 3) both like so many other sushi joints do around here. maybe it's a southern thing. i don't know. sushi is about simplicity, subtlety, not covering everything in sauces, deep frying every roll, etc. my favorite roll is the special negero roll (no sear) any roll that comes with a sear tastes like propane from the torch they use to sear it. i don't know why they do it, i just write no sear on the ticket and it comes out just fine.

so yes, the service blows b/c it's a bunch of teenagers who don't care. and the manager is a dick. i've had to argue with him a couple of times. but i keep going back b/c it literally is the only place to get passable sushi in raleigh.

not consumer ignorance.... of course, you expect to pay for the higher cost sushi roll when it's buy one get one free. however, if you buy 2 expensiverollsof equal value and your friend buys 2 cheap rolls, you would expect that you would each pay for the higher roll you had respectively. especially considering the sign says of equal of lesser value, it doesn't seem right to charge you both for the expensive rolls. it's just a bad policy, which is a shame because it overshadows the fact that the sushi is good.

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

horrible management!. went to tasu for a girls night out last night ... the food was great ... however the management is probably the most horrible thing i've ever experienced ... including any fast food establishment i've ever been to! the bogo situation is a joke and will screw you if you aren't paying attention. there were 6 of us and collectively a $200 bill ... which in my opinion is a table and a bill that deserves good customer service! we weren't paying the bill collectively though we were paying in 6 separate checks ... only paying for what we individually ordered. then we learned that they wouldn't give us separate checks ... (stupid but i have seen it before) ... however at a closer look at the bill we realized why they didn't want to give us separate checks ... collectively we had ordered 10 sushirollsand they had taken off the 5 cheapest ones ... regardless of who ordered what ... and they refused to give us separate checks because if they had it would have been a cheaper bill collectively. i spoke with the manager and i might as well been talking to a brick wall b/c he looked at us as if we were ignorant and didn't know what we were saying ... we were calling them out on their that appreciate their scheme and he just stared at us like he wasn't even listening. after 20 min of arguing we pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down what each of us ordered on individual pieces of paper and even wrote down which sushi roll should have been free (the cheapest of the two that each individual ordered) ... it was like working with 2 year olds that didn't know how to run a tab or add things together ... then once that ran the cards there were still two cards that weren't charged correctly. one tab ended up being $4.95 ... i seriously have never delt with a more ignorant group of management in my life! i mean we wrote down what we ordered and what the prices were and one still came out as $4.95 ... i can't even explain how frustrating and unnecessary all that was ... especially at an establishment that you are paying collectively a $200 bill!

my girlfriends and i plan on contacting the management directly and will not be attending this place ever again ... i'm not a fan and will not support a place that doesn't take care of the customers and tries to screw them over on the sly as if we were stupid and wouldn't notice!

don't waste your time! there are other sushi places in the area patrons!

sat night - fast service & high quality. we just returned from dinner at tasu...the place was packed as it should be on a sat. night. we expected it to be slow service on the sushi...to our pleasant surprise, the apps came out quickly and our 4rollscame out shortly after that...our waiter was soft spoken, polite, and always seemed to show up right as you needed him...

in all..great performance tasu..we'll definitely be back to enjoy the half off again very soon....

denied. last night my wife and i were driving by tasu and saw the sign outside advertising buy one sushi roll, get one free so we thought we would give tasu a try and pick up a couple ofrollsto take home with us.

we live in the brier creek area and were really happy that there was a sushi place so close to us. if the sushi was good, we would probably stop in at least every other week.

we went into the bar area and saw another sign on the way in that said they were offering half price appetizers sunday through thursday before 6 pm.

again, this sounded like a great deal so we also put in our order for a couple of appetizers to go.

while we were waiting for our order, we discussed the possibility of reserving tasu for my wife's birthday next month. we had been looking for a place that could accomodate 40 to 50 people for this event and tasu seemed like it would be perfect.

while we waited, we heard a group of 3 arguing with the bartender because they had come in for the buy one, get one sushi, but they had split the bill.

because they had split the bill, the management was charging them full price for all of their sushirollsand not honoring the buy one, get one deal.

after waiting for about 10 minutes, the bartender we had placed our order with comes to tell us that she cannot honor any of the deals advertised because we had placed our order to go.

we were a bit shocked at first because this made absolutely no sense at all. it was a take out order meaning that no one would have to wait on us or clean up after us and they would still be making money from our purchase.

we protested a bit and were met with "i'm sorry but it's just our policy" after which we left sushiless and angry.

after wasting our time because of a very poorly thought out policy,

i truly suggest you think twice before spending your money with tasu.

they may advertise a deal or you may have a coupon but they're going to do what they can to make sure you pay full price for their food.

best sushi in the triangle!. i love shiki sushi in durham, so i was excited to find out they opened a sister restaurant closer to raleigh. it's almost exactly the same in terms of food selection, but if you're doing something as well as they are, why change it! one negative is that they usually do not split checks because of their buy-one-get-one-free sushi deal. still, they have the best selection of (gigantic) sushirollsin the triangle.