Tasu Asian Bistro, Sushi - Cary

This was my go to sushi place for over a decade. I took a pause for a bit, due to living out of the area. The staff is still phenomenal. Very friendly and quick. Orders come out great too. That being said, the elimination of the BOGO on the full sushi menu really pushes me away. The simple list they kept for BOGO is very underwhelming and I can’t fathom paying $35-40 for two rolls of sushi. It disappoints me they went in this direction with their menu.

We stopped in for lunch on a Wednesday. Just wanted a couple of drinks and a couple of rolls. We should have left as soon as we were shown to our table. The floors were oddly sticky. They were out of Chardonnay and several beers. My partner ordered a gin and tonic (double), got a watered down single. Sushi was fine. This place reeks of a failing restaurant. If you aren’t fully stocked in the middle of the week and your restaurant is dirty, odds are it’s already in the death spiral.

Went last night with my dad for an early Father’s Day dinner. I’ve been here 3 times in 3 months and the food has been consistently excellent. That’s the reason I’ve been back, despite it being so poorly managed. As others have commented, the lack of servers is uncomfortably apparent as 2 waitresses scurried around for the 2 hours we were there trying to wait on the inside and outside tables. Our waitress was very attentive as we were taking our time to order and enjoying the weather and outdoor seating. I also wholeheartedly agree with previous comments that the indoor environment is way too warm to the point of sweating during dinner- issues? . We ordered a poke bowl and hibachi which took awhile to get but enjoyed our wine while we waited. Then I asked for another round of wine. The waitress came back with one partial glass of wine and explained that they ran out. No Chardonnay in the entire restaurant at 7:30 on a Tuesday night. So dad ordered a gin tonic. 10 minutes later he received a gin soda which he sent back and explained he wanted tonic. She took the drink back and the manager/bartender/server he was filling many roles and none of them well came out to tell us they ran out of tonic. Dad settled on a beer. While disappointing, we were more concerned with how upset our poor waitress was over the confusion and having to come back repeatedly to apologize. We assured her we were not upset, and definitely not upset with her, and I left her a nice tip.We won’t be going back any time soon and my guess is they won’t be in business at that location much longer if they don’t get it together. Very unfortunate.

Food was decent and it was very convenient to sit next to the playground (where the kids could play as we waited for our order). Service was great our server Gretchen ran after us when we forgot our takeout order. Thanks for going above and beyond!

Highly recommended by others for house rice but I came for the Sushi. My waiter Alexa was nice and very engaging by asking if it was my first time. It was late Friday evening right before closing. I had the calamari and shrimp tempura roll. The sushi was fresh and delicious. I loved the calamari roll. So good!I can 't wait to return to have it again. The service was excellent. My waiter also suggested sushi options and even accommodated my allergies by ensuring there was no avocado and suggesting the BOGO. Great experience. I look forward to coming back here and trying the other locations.