Akai Hana Japanese Restaurant

Food was decent. Tempura was cooked perfectly, the sushi rolls were great. Miso soup made was good and strong. The ginger dressing was awesome on the salad. The teriyaki sauce was good tasting but way too watery. Used to a thicker sauce for teriyaki. Broccoli and carrots was a disappointment. Seemed there was a better opportunity for a Japanese vegetable dish, maybe with bean sprouts in a soy sauce and vinegar... Hint hint. Even orange slices would of been better. Tempura sauce was good too.I am a little harder on Japanese restaurants because I was raised on Japanese food, wish they had saba....😔 Would I go back ..Yes. Parking is very limited. And being that most Japanese restaurants in North Carolina aren't that great this one is good and it gets crowded fast. Staff is great here. Pri

Phenomenal dining experience at Akai Hana! The sashimi/sushi we ordered exhibited incredible presentation and quality. Our dinner was complemented with delicious sake and topped off with a homemade dessert from a partner bakery. One of the best Japanese restaurants in the triangle.

The wait was around 20-30 min which was fine. I got teriyaki steak. My partner got sushi. My meal was not good. The steak was ok at best. The only positive thing I have to say about it is that it was cooked to the temperature I requested. The vegetables were steamed. The carrots were too hard to eat. The only alcoholic drink options are beer, wine, sake. My partner stated their sushi was equivalent to grocery store. There was a long wait for the food which the wait staff apologized for. I wasn’t upset about that. I’m just disappointed in the quality of the food. With that being said the wait staff was nice. And attentive. But I wouldn’t go here again.

I have only had one item from here and it was take out, but it saved me. I was on a clear liquids only diet for medical procedure and on the fourth day, someone suggested their miso soup. I ordered a lot of it and it literally saved me. I hadn’t had anything good to eat in days. I can say for a fact that the miso is excellent and hearty, and I didn’t get tried of it.

The meal and decor presentation looked good, and I was excited. But this burrito with sweetness tasted terrible. Don't order burritos if you like rolls with Norri and classic rolls. The salmon was pretty good, and the steak was also all right. The ginger sauce for the salad was not flavorful, and what I usually get at all, it tasted like a mistake sauce. I recommend that the team go around and try some ginger sauces in the area and try a better recipe. For example, in Burlington, the good one is at Passion Fusion Grill. In Hillsboro, there is incredible ginger sauce at the Asian dine-in next to Social Services of Orange County, and the Suchi place next to TJ Max in Burlington has yummy ginger sauce. Please do it better, guys, so we don't have to drive so far to have a perfect experience.