YoSake: Downtown Sushi Lounge and Restaurant

YoSake. Officially on my top ten list of favorite places to eat in Wilmington. This gets my vote as the best sushi in Wilmington! It's tucked away on Front Street in the heart of downtown. (Upstairs in a beautiful historic building.) It's a place where classy meets casual, sleek meets vintage, and familiar meets mysterious. If you haven't tried YoSake, make that mistake no longer!! You can even reserve a table online now!

From the drinks, the Pomegranate Ginger Mojito, to the Sushi Special, the food was exquisite! Even the appetizers, the spicy shrimp, were absolutely divine. The taste as well as presentation are sure to impress!

The menu is overflowing with wide variety of Asian cuisine and the best part being that your portions are also OVERFLOWING! You are guaranteed to be taking left overs home!

Favorite Menu Picks -

• Pomegranate Ginger Mojito
• Singha - (FAV Thai beer)
• Shanghai Firecrackers - Tempura shrimp in spicy shanghai sauce (Appetizer)
• Sushi Special (Tempura roll with asparagus, lump crab, tuna, cream cheese, and egg)
• Pad Thai Noodles, with chicken
• Red Curry

If you love the ambiance of The Little Dipper, you'll love YoSake as they are co-owned by the same people!!!

Yosake

33 South Front Street

2nd floor

Wilmington, NC 28401

(910) 763-3172

Nikki's Restaurant and Sushi Bar

Feeling adventurous and want to go out for sushi? Nikki's is your place to go! As a sushi virgin - my experience with Nikki's sushi couldn't have been better. The downtown location (Front Street) appears to be a whole in the wall, but do not be fooled! On a Tuesday night, there was a wait to be seated! There are also multiple locations scattered throughout Wilmington making Nikki's convenient. Let's say that you LOVE sushi, but the others in your party aren't so much a fan...Nikki's has quite the assortment of dishes to choose from including everything from tacos, wraps, sandwiches, and simple teriyaki chicken! The price point here is also worthy of being noted! You can easily eat under $10, sushi or not!

The Spicy Tuna with Avocado Sushi Roll was excellent with a perfect kick to it! I got suckered into the tempura banana dessert - basically a fried banana with choice of green tea or red bean ice cream...looks better than it tastes. Not nearly as sweet as I wanted it to be - not bad, just different. Last but not least, Nikki's seems to have pretty sweet drink specials. Tuesdays are 1/2 price imports...which are priced starting at $2.50 which is really not bad!