Sushi Nikko

After moving to North Carolina from Boston (where I was spoiled by an abundance of fresh seafood), I had begun to despair that I would have to drive all the way to Raleigh to find something that would satiate my spoiled appetite for sushi. And then I found Sushi Nikko. Sure, it’s in a strip mall, and one ought to be skeptical of raw fish establishments in strip malls, but having read the reviews on Unilocal,I decided to give it a chance. From cooked appetizers to sashimi plates, to a wide variety of roll offerings, this place is all-​around quality. Although I trend toward the sashimi over the rolls, I have successfully tried a number of rolls. Favorites include the Monkey Brain, Oishi, Salmon Crunch, and Nikko rolls. As far as the sashimi and nigiri goes, the only real critique I have is that the cut they get of the Toro is not ideal, but otherwise, all-​thumbs up from me. The free miso soup is real and yummy. The prices are reasonable, but like with any good sushi place, it is VERY easy to over-​order. The service is great, youthful and friendly. I now go here fairly regularly and continue to have a quality experience.

This is easily my favorite sushi place in the triangle area. I live south of durham and there are a bunch of sushi places closeby, but i prefer to drive to this place for my sushi cravings.
They dont do the buy one get one free deal, but their pricing is very fair for the rolls they dish out.
Each roll is prepared with care, and i have had a lot of their sushi rolls at many different times with quality consistently.
My favorites are the hungry roll, #33, #29, the ultimate albacore, the aloha.
They also give you the best miso served absolutely free.

This place was decent but not great. The atmosphere was alright but totally offset by the intrusive j-​pop blaring through the speakers. The sushi was mediocre, the ideas were exciting but some of the rolls we got had too many flavors. Go here if you’re craving sushi in the area, but if there are other options, give Nikko Sushi a pass.

Food was great, The location is a little out of the way. I was in the shopping center looking and the sign outside is N Sushi, Sushi Nikko is printed on the door in small letters. But the food is great. I will be returning. The Hawaii roll will be had again soon.

First time here and was very happy. Complimentary miso was fantastic and the waitress was extremely friendly. Will be back!

Make no mistake, this is thoroughly average sushi. Some rolls are better than others and most are bland. The spicy tuna is not spicy and they use some kind of crab salad in all their rolls instead of crab stick. The fish is not fresh, but tastes fine, and you get generous pieces. Eating here can really add up because they don’t do BOGO, but the prices are reasonable.
That being said, there is a huge variety and service is amazing. The owners are so sweet and make dining in enjoyable. The complimentary miso soup is average at best, powdery and sparse, but it is complimentary and you can have as many as you want! (This A+ service earns that fourth star).
A lot of reviewers must never have had great sushi before, but Sushi Nikko delivers a satisfactory meal at an okay price with great service. I come here really often for takeout because it’s nearby, but I would not go out of my way to come here.

Not impressed. Too expensive and generic. Sashimi was good, but the rolls were overdone and over cooked. Waitress was very sweet, but I’ll not go back.

We had a great meal here tonight! Everything was very fresh and tasty. My favorite was the Albacore Special with the fried onions, and my friends liked the New Orleans roll and the Aloha roll. Definitely will come back when I’m in Carrboro next time!

While it may look unappealing from the outside, it is worth trying. The waitress was extremely knowledgeable about all the rolls and had some great suggestions based on our tastes and preferences. The complimentary Mido soup is a nice touch. The sushi was fresh and tasted delicious. The chef even came out to check on us. Very reasonably priced as well. I would definitely go back and recommend for others.

My favorite place for Unagi Don (Unagi Bowl)! For appetizer I always choose Dynamite, there are some seafood, cheese, vegetables and sweets sauce in inside. A great mix!
Unagi Don comes with seaweed. Sushi rice topped with well-​cooked eel. Oh and there is always complimentary miso soup. Love that!

The owners are so kind. The fish is always fresh. It’s waaayyy cheaper than the, ahem, other sushi restaurant in town too.

Best sushi I’ve had in the Chapel Hill/​Carrboro area. Good prices. Helpful staff. Highly recommend the Aloha roll. Definitely will be back.

This place makes great sushi. The storefront and inside may have you skeptical, but everything we ordered was the best we’ve had in the area. There is an extensive menu of rolls with some really interesting combinations that we hadn’t seen before. We ate in, but the take out appears to be really popular based on the number of people stopping by to pick up while we were there. Do yourself a favor and check this place out next time you’re in the mood for sushi.

This is a nice sushi restaurant. They don’t have a buy one get one special like most do. I ordered the dragon rolls which came in only 8 pieces. It’s took longer as well to prepare but it was delicious. They give a complimentary miso soup which is good and surprised me. I came here on my lunch break and was still able to relax and enjoy myself with that hour. I’ll be back again for more. Very nice.

Wow! Some of the best sushi I’ve ever had! From out of town and saw the reviews, so glad I stopped here.

Greatly exceeded my expectations for a sushi place in a stripmall. We go almost once a week. Authentic dishes and rolls mixed with some interesting Americanized creations. Excellent service. Very affordable. The music is kind of annoying, except for the time there was a Japanese cover of «Man in the mirror», which was just funny.
Also good for take out.

I must say, I had low expectations for this new sushi restaurant in the Carrboro plaza and am glad to say I was wrong! The unassuming exterior is balanced by the simple but modern interior, with theses comfy looking leather seats for the bar.
I believe complimentary miso soup is offered here with your meal. My boyfriend and I split the imperial sashimi ($ 50) which is basically an assortment of 7 different fish, plus cooked eel, about 4 pieces of each fish. There were also several pieces of imitation crab thrown in which we didn’t care for. The presentation was pretty nice and came out on the classic wooden sushi boat! The sashimi was surprisingly fresh and cut just right (not too thin or thick). We really enjoyed it! Would definitely eat the sashimi here again.
Now for the cons: This dish did not come with any sushi rice which was a big WTF for me. How can you not offer rice with your sashimi dish?! Every other restaurant I’ve ever been to has included rice.
Secondly, management needs to train their servers better. Our waitress was not well trained regarding the menu… she didn’t even know what the imperial sashimi was! She asked someone about it and when she got back to us she gave us the wrong answer (she said it came with rice and a salad which it doesn’t)! We asked for a salad anyway and she never even brought it out!
The service here was definitely sub-​par but the food is good enough for me to overlook this aspect. Hopefully they improve in this area.

My friends have been telling me to go check out Sushi Nikko for a month or two now, and I finally made it out for dinner this evening.
I was greeted immediately after walking in the door and then seated promptly at a comfortable booth. I was brought my drink order right away and the waitress, Sydney, had wonderful menu suggestions, and was very knowledgeable about all of the menu items and ingredients.
I ordered a $ 12 roll at her suggestion, as well as an order of Edamame. The appetizer was brought out just as I was finishing my complimentary Miso soup (REAL Miso soup, not chicken broth with tofu) The roll came out almost the second I finished my appetizer and holy goodness gracious, it was LARGE!
I know several people have said that they are disappointed that Sushi Nikko does not do the popular BOGO discount like many sushi places do, but if my dinner tonight was any indication, there is no need to worry that I will always get more than my money’s worth here. The roll was at least 50% larger than any other roll I have ordered at Shiki Sushi, or Akai Hana, and the fish to rice ratio was significantly larger than I am used to, and the fish was delicious. it tasted very fresh, and had a lovely texture; not tough, or «fishy» tasting at all. When I remarked to the server how delicious it was, she assured me that the get fresh sushi fish in every other day and never keep any fish for more than 48 hours.
I finished my roll, and my server asked if I was interested in dessert. Now, usually I am not a big fan of desserts at sushi restaurants because they try to go for popular American desserts, like vanilla ice cream, chocolate cake, or crème brûlée, and I just usually don’t have an appetite for mediocre dessert, but when I asked her to tell me about their dessert options she listed several very appetizing options such as Tempura Ice Cream or Mochi ice cream. I ended up ordering the green tea mochi ice cream, and I was not dissappointed.
The ice cream was a perfect consistency, and there was just the perfect amount for one person. I had never seen mochi ice cream listed as a dessert option, even at other sushi restaurants, and was pleased to find a refreshing, exciting dessert that I had never tried before.
Finally to top off a perfect sushi dinner, my waitress brought the bill, and had made a tiny paper crane as a lovely little surprise! It was just the sort of personal customer service I love to see!
If you love excellent customer service and amazingly fresh sushi, I would highly recommend going to try Sushi Nikko. I will definitely be dropping some BIG hints about where my husband should take us for our next date night!

I was very excited to see a new sushi restaurant in Carrboro nearby the house. I wasn’t expecting much, but was blown away by the delicious options. There were so many good rolls! I had the monkey brains roll along with the Louisiana roll. Really great. I used to go out to Peony (In Durham), but this sushi is much better.

I have been so excited for this place to open as it is super close to my apartment and I love sushi! So what could be better than a sushi restaurant a few minutes away? Turns out the answer is a restaurant with fresher ingredients and management.
If you want the short version, scroll down!
Longer version: From the looks of the restaurant, it appears that the restaurant is up and running and fully functional; however, this was not my experience. My roommate and I went to check them out on Tuesday and as soon as we walked in, we were completely confused. No one was at the front to greet us and all we saw were a few patrons sitting down, a sushi chef behind the sushi bar and two servers. We continued to stand around and wait for someone to let us know what to do but no one did and after a few minutes we sat ourselves. Just an FYI, there’s no sign to seat yourself so that’s why we were so confused. We sat at a table (in view from the back/​kitchen area) on purpose so the servers wouldn’t forget that we were waiting and finally someone came about five minutes later. Now, after waiting for awhile, we’d expect to be greeted nicely and with menus but this wasn’t the case. The server just came up and asked if we were ready. Hmmm. well considering we don’t have menus and only had (what looked like to us) take-​out menus to bring back home with us, no we aren’t ready. Honestly, I was surprised by the poor customer service. We asked for menus and he came back with one. We asked for water and a few minutes to look over the one menu we both had to look at and he promptly came back with water and just lingered at our table which was uncomfortable for me. We finally ordered under the pressure and was glad to just be done with that awkwardness.
Once our food came out, I thought everything would be better but sadly, it wasn’t. The miso soup we started off with tasted like it came from a bag in powder form… definitely not good. Then our sushi came out and our server said that one of each of our rolls were on the same plate while the other two rolls were being made (we each ordered two rolls). Well… it turns out that the server was wrong and my two rolls were on the first plate and my roommate’s sushi rolls were on the other separate plates. Little things like this bother me and show me that the servers obviously aren’t trained enough to tell which rolls are which. Maybe I’m being too harsh but I’ve worked in sushi restaurants before so I understand its a bit confusing but this is more of a critique to management who clearly hasn’t trained their staff.
The food was meh. I ordered the crunch dragon roll and eel special roll and I would describe the taste and quality between spicy 9 (which is decent sushi) and grocery store sushi. Firstly, the spicy tuna in each of the rolls I ordered was not spicy. Also, the fish in the rolls didn’t look or taste particularly fresh either. Lastly, the taste of each roll was pretty bland considering they should have big flavors with the spicy tuna, eel, crab and other items in each roll. I just felt that it was a rip off to pay as much as I did for their sushi as they don’t do a BOGO special. Sadly, the highlight of the sushi was the crunchies on top of the crunch dragon roll… which is not a good thing considering its just fried pieces.
After we finished our sushi, our original server was no where to be found and the other server told us she’d take care of us as he had to clock out. I found this really weird considering servers don’t just clock out mid-​shift but went with it as I found the other server to give better customer service. She was more knowledgable about the menu items and advised us to try the mochi green tea ice cream which was really good! She definitely helped Sushi Nikko go from one star to two as she was attentive, polite and patient with us and our needs. The mochi green tea ice cream helped as well.
***Short version: I did learn that they just opened on Monday so I understand the rocky service but being ignored when we walk in and talked to in an impatient manner is ridiculous. I’ll most likely try them out again (definitely not anytime soon) as they’re so close by and the sushi isn’t horrible but I’ll most likely order take-​out instead of dining in. So, if you are a big fan of sushi I’d be hesitant to try this place as their sushi rolls are pretty bland in flavor and the ingredients aren’t as fresh as other restaurants. I’m hoping that their customer service and quality of food will get better as they work out the kinks.
*Disclaimer: I was pretty excited about this restaurant and was hoping it would be my new sushi spot, so needless to say, I had high expectations which is a bit unfair to Sushi Nikko but some things aren’t excusable.