wild ginger restaurant

i heard about wild ginger from friends and coworkers, mainly because it's a very upscale sushirestaurantwhere a lot of local celebrities come through... celine dion, jason aldean, luke bryan, taylor swift, even the occasional rapper.

we started with an order of tokyo gyoza, pan-seared pork and vegetable dumplings. i don't eat much seafood, so these are my asian fusion standby! they were sooooo delicious, some of the best i've had. we also got an order of their bombay calamari. i don't usually eat calamari, but when i tried these i was blown away. the batter tasted like a funnel cake, and the squid was better than i expected. the mango chili sauce that went with it was great too.

worth it. ok, so wild ginger is expensive...like in the neighborhood of $60 to $90 for drinks(alcoholic), appetizers, and two sushi rolls. if you can't stomach that, then you probably should go somewhere else. once you've made peace with that amount of cash leaving your wallet, here's the scoop in a nutshell: the sushi is a-mazing, the waiters are nice and attentive, and should you be lucky enough to go on a night when the jazz band is playing...um, yes my friends, heaven.

the hubby and i have tried (almost) every sushirestaurantin nashville and hands down have not had such tantalizing flavor combinations hit our palates in one sitting. we started with the kobe beef appetizer which was crazy expensive for an app ($35) but the hubby had never had the pleasure of being served a hot lava rock on which he could cook his own tender bite-size morsels of kobe beef tableside. it's quite the experience and created a thick layer of smoke that most assuredly annoys those around you... but what the heck, you're the one enjoying it right? after those shenanigans, we split the sunrise roll and the m2 roll. the sunrise roll is full of delicious crunchy shrimp and topped off with the most tender and fresh tasting salmon i've ever had. adding to the visual appeal, were slivers of bright orange mango and creamy green avocado peeking out of from underneath the salmon. it was all topped off with a delicate drizzle of sweet honey sauce and a beautiful mosaic of specialty house sauces bordering the outside of the plate. the m2 roll was about two notches below the sunrise roll but again, far better than we've had elsewhere.

so put your hands up in the air and wave them like you just don't care, and go have some amazing sushi!

total disappointment!!!. seriously do not go here!!! total bummer of an evening!!! my husband and i used to go to the wild ginger in seattle so when we moved to franklin and heard there was a location nearby we were really excited. oh where to start. the menu has completely changed. this is pretty much a sushirestaurantwith a few token chinese dishes. we were not craving sushi and were disappointed in the meager chinese offerings so i opted for seafood. you would think that with 90% of the menu being dedicated to all things fish that the seafood dish would be a no brainer. no way!!! i ordered grilled shrimp and scallops. my plate had one shrimp and two scallops. that's right people. and a huge lump of gnochi pasta (which they have no business making)!!! none of the flavors complimented each other and my dish was $23. seriously!!!! the scallops and shrimp were way over cooked!!! yuck!!! my husband's meal wasn't much better. he ordered the filet and was disappointed as well. what a miss. i am writing this because i love the information that urbanspoon offers and am always trying new restaurants based on the reviews on urbanspoon. unfortunately, we hired a babysitter to watch our 2 children so we could enjoy a nice dinner without kiddos. this ended up being a very expensive and disappointing evening!!! there was also live music and was crazy loud if you were so unfortunate as to be seated next to the band. i am 38 so it's not like i'm 100 and we were grateful to be sitting in the lounge with a little distance between us and the band. the music was at least nice but we wished we had eaten somewhere else....anywhere else!!!

honest opinion. as a sushi chef, i was very excited to try this place on my night out with my girlfriend. looking up some nice restaurants online we found wild ginger and looked over the menu and were eager to try it. the only problem was that we had a dog with us, so i called to check if dogs were allowed on their outdoors patio area. upon picking up the phone, the hostess sounded very annoyed when i tried to ask her about dogs being allowed. she put me on hold for well over ten minutes which i can understand since it was a busy time (right around 8 o clock). when she finally did get back to me, she told me that dogs were indeed allowed but only out on the patio area and hung up on me. content to have an answer, i drove out to wild ginger from near leiper's fork, which isn't exactly a short drive, only to arrive and find out that they do not allow dogs at all.

my complaint here is not so much that they don't allow dogs or that the hostess told me the wrong information. my problem with wild ginger is that despite my inconvenience at the unprofessionalism of one of their employees, they treated me very poorly throughout the entire process with not so much as a single apology or anything for what was obviously their mistake and in fact, acted very high and mighty as if trying to bring a dog to arestaurantwas the most lowly and awful thing to do.

i will not be back to thisrestaurantdue to their lack of professional etiquette and common courtesy.

great atmosphere and interesting food. we ate at wild ginger this saturday before we went to the jazz concert. the room is great with modern accents and great views. the circuses are amazing and worth a visit on their own. the food was very good. we had the calamari and some shanghai noodles. this is one place i really want to eat at again on my next visit to nashville.
update: we ate lunch here saturday and if anything it is even better than i mentioned above. a greatrestaurantand the best one i have eaten at in suburban nashville.