Cafe One 11

Came here for brunch and had a great time. The sushi on the buffet was fresh and rotated often. My daughter was able to order pancakes sent out fresh from the kitchen. Mimosas were $ 1 each. I should have ordered a double mimosa, hold the OJ. I can’t wait to get back and try the dinner one night. It needs to happen soon.

Café One 11 is one of the best restaurants in town. Charlie the owner really cares about the business and what he attracts is very loyal customers. I have been a customer for 10 years now and have gotten to know most of the staff. Charlie has a real passion for the business and truly cares about keeping the highest quality.
This review is mainly for the sushi menu but also the brunch and Thai food.
The sushi here is second to none!!! Over 10 years I have never has sushi that was not of the highest quality. I mostly have sashimi which requires the highest quality sushi. After a few years I started just letting the sushi chef make me a plate of the freshest and most interesting selections. I have shared a few of the many plates I have had in the photos I have uploaded. I would compare the quality with almost any major city. I lived in Southern California for 10 years so I know fresh /​well prepared sushi.
I recommend Café One 11 all the time. But not just for the food. The place really has a way of bringing cool people together for a meal. I almost always eat at the bar and I can’t remember a time where there were not friendly, interesting people to meet and talk to. So if you are new to town or just looking for a friendly place to eat this is it. Even if you don’t like sushi there is a full menu so something for everyone. The Tuna is excellent if you are looking for cooked fish. The place also has a great atmosphere. The bartenders are seasoned and there to make sure you get a good drink and some conversation. There are none more friendly in JC.
The Sunday brunch is something special. You cannot beat the price and selection. plenty of selection and fresh prepared foods. Something for everyone and great deserts as well. Very family and group friendly. If you have not been you owe it to yourself. you will not be disappointed.
There may have been some bad experiences and reviews like every restaurant can have a bad day but over 10 years I can say it is my favorite place in JC and there is some very good rivals.

Went here on 10/​13/​2015 for lunch and had a mixed experience. The service was fine, the place is clean and nicely decorated and would be a great place for business lunches or dinner with friends if the food was better.
I ordered Philly Rolls, Spicy Tuna Rolls, and Miso soup. Husband was really excited about the Spicy Thai Basil Chicken. Oops.
The Philly Rolls were OK — not as fresh I’d like, but still OK. I didn’t get sick so that’s in their favor, I guess. The allegedly spicy sauce on the Spicy Tuna Rolls wasn’t spicy at all, but very sweet and there was way too much of it. The Miso soup was just OK. Unlike some other restaurants around here, it was actually miso soup, was warm, and had seaweed and tofu, but it was a bit weak for my taste.
The Spicy Thai Basil Chicken my husband ordered did have chicken in it, but the rest of the title doesn’t fit. The only spice or heat in this dish was from a swirl of Sriracha sauce on one side of the plate across from what I think was a sprig of cilantro on the other side. Otherwise, no heat at all. N-​o-​n-​e. The sauce was a heavy, sticky, sweet & sour sauce and I couldn’t taste any basil. As if the sauce on this non-​Spicy, non-​Thai, non-​Basil plate wasn’t damaging enough, the chicken pieces were battered and fried. Fried chicken in Thai Basil Chicken is a new one for us. Usually, husband turns red when he’s eating the hot & spicy food he likes. This time he turned red because he was so pissed off that he received a sweet & sour chicken & veg stir-​fry instead of Thai Basil Chicken.
The atmosphere is nice. Wish the food matched up.

Visited 6−9−15. Sushi was great. It was fresh and well prepared. I also had the General Tso chicken. It was a very different take on the dish but it was good. I agree with other reviews that the lighting could be a little better. Service was excellent. My biggest complaint is that the sushi menu had no description of the dishes so I was forced to have the waitress run through them with me before making a decision. She was ready and very knowledgeable of each roll so it made that process a little less annoying. Overall, it was a very good experience. I plan to return soon

Café One 11 is a pleasant surprise. It’s located in a mall and look like a cocktail lounge from the exterior, but once you step inside, you have been catapulted into a beautiful, atmospheric Asian restaurant. Everything was perfect.
Food: 4 stars
Ambiance: 4.5 stars
Service: 4 stars

Excellent food and friendly staff. Nice beer selection. Lighting was a bit dim for my taste though. I ordered the Rainbow Roll followed by the Tempura Sea Bass which was an off menu special. The rainbow roll includes a variety of raw fish which was fresh and tasty. The vegetables in the roll were fresh and crunchy. The tempura sea bass was a generous portion, lightly breaded and partially covered by some kind of sweet glaze. The glaze was tasty but not required as the sea bass was light and flakey and flavorful. I finished it without dipping into the extra glaze. I dined at the bar and the bartender new the menu well and could make recommendations. She introduced herself and asked and remembered my name. I was delighted to find they carried Chimay Blue, one of my favorite beers but not widely available. They should turn up the lights a bit and make the place more cheerful and inviting but still a five star meal.

Excellent food and atmosphere, if a bit pricey. I would have given it four stars, but a friend of mine and I both got a very severe case of food poisoning from here many years ago. We had the sushi sampler platter and I believe it was from the salmon sashimi, which tasted a bit off. Now, I understand mistakes can happen, the restaurant was apologetic when I called them and told them about this, and I have since gone back. I am still skeptical of the sushi, but the other food is quite well done, and their bartenders are better at classic cocktails than a lot of other places in Johnson City.

When we have guests from out of town, we love to take them here for Sunday brunch. It’s amazing. Everything from fresh sushi to biscuits & gravy and Red Velvet Cake! Decent for dinner, very good for drinks, but brunch is really their flagship.

Café One 11 Johnson City, TN is a perfect place to unwind and enjoy. The atmosphere is calming and comfortable. Whether you are stopping in for a cocktail at the end of your work day, or stopping in for a business lunch mid day, you can expect excellent service and excellent food. Café One 11
Café One 11 specializes in Sushi and it is amazing! They hand roll it right there at their sushi bar and it is is fresh and delicious. You can never go wrong with their Spicy tuna roll. I love sushi and have experienced it all over the country, hands down, Café One 11 has the best Spicy tuna roll.
Café One 11 is closed on Mondays, but open everyday for lunch at 11:30am and dinner at 5:00. Sunday Brunch they open at 10:00am and close at 2:00pm for their brunch menu. Give them a visit your next trip to Johnson City TN.
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I normally only come here for Sunday brunch when I’m in town. It’s decent food with an interesting selection, but the food tends to be lukewarm and the selection of food hardly ever changes. The omelettes are pretty good though!

Good asian fusion. Fresh sushi.

Great, fresh sushi and quality Asian cuisine. Quiet, classy and dark interior. Full bar service.

In JC on business. Sat at the bar. Great martini selections and great sushi. Bartender was very nice and conversational. Also had the sprig rolls. Pretty tasty. This place is in an old strip mall. Don’t let the location fool you. It’s great!

I ordered the General Tso’s chicken. It was all white meat chicken which was good, and the texture and everything was great, but the sauce was WAY too sweet.

Excellent food and atmosphere. Quiet location for great food and drinks.

It can be a nice starter bar for young professionals. The food and atmosphere are nice. It’s worth a peek!

This was not my first time here but it is my first review for Café one 11. I come to Johnson City on business several times a year and this is my favorite restaurant. The sushi is exceptional for a town in Tennessee and the seared tuna was as good as I’ve had in much bigger cities at much higher cost. I just wish they’d get blue cheese stuffed olives for my martini!

Probably the best and freshest sushi in the Tri-​Cities. Tight rolls, clean cuts, and fresh fish. That’s my criteria for rolls.
The stir-​fry dishes are good. My wife tends to eat them more often than I do, she has never had a complaint.
The Sunday brunch is… eclectic. American traditional breakfast dishes and Asian lunch dishes. They’ve started charging $ 1 for mimosa’s which is expensive (actually it’s quite cheap), but when they were free it was better.

This is probably the most random brunch experience I’ve ever had. However, it was $ 20 for bottomless mimosas and all the breakfast, Asian, sushi and seafood I could eat, so I would say I’m a fan.
The mimosas are great — made with a drier champagne which I like as opposed to the super sugary kinds. I don’t even know how many I had, because I wasn’t driving and probably was thinking «it’s just juice!!»
The buffet is split up into a few sections — a sushi/​seafood section with several types of sushi, crab legs, shrimp, and salmon, a desserts section, a salads and vegetables/​fruit section, a traditional breakfast items section, and a section of asian options. I had a few types of the sushi and crab legs. I’ve had better in both categories, but for the price I wasn’t too bugged. I also sampled some of the stir-​fry asian options — again, not totally compelling but the price is right.
More than anything, I was just confused and eating whatever looked good to me, so having biscuits and gravy, bacon, ginger soy shrimp and vegetables, spring rolls, as well as pineapple and honeydew was a-​okay.
I wholly recommend the brunch if you love to drink mimosas, because you can have them to your heart’s content as well as eat so many random foods you won’t know what hit you — or you could play it safe and stick to one section. Everything was freshly prepared and overall pretty good, but I wouldn’t pay the price without the booze.

BEST SUSHI in Johnson City. Rolls are always good. Great Atmosphere. Locally owned. Good live music on weekends and sometimes on week nights. They also have good drink specials, that is including bottles of wine being a percentage off some nights. Give this place a shot. It’s quite good. I highly doubt you will be disappointed!