06/08/09

Our Favorite Place

by SCSC

My boyfriend and I go to S@TL at LEAST once a week for lunch..when we walk in, we have 'our' table, Jamie rattles off our usual orders, to make sure nothing has changed..and all we have to do is sit, wait a few minutes, and eat! It's definately a welcoming atmosphere, and VERY affordable with the lunch specials!! I would recommend that everyone try it! :)

08/09/07

Food Good... Atmosphere Questionable

by annandbailey

After many years of using Citysearch, I'm posting my first review... b/c of this restaurant. My husband and I just moved to the area and were looking for good, local sushi. Based on the other positive reviews, we decided to try Sushi at the Lake. We ordered endamame, salads, and sushi. Though the endamame were woefully overcooked, the rest of the meal was quite good. We eat a lot of sushi and found the sushi quality to be good, and the salads (seaweed & cucumber) were very good. The prices were moderate for sushi - by no means a great price, but also not overly expensive.

However, and I say this with strong emphasis, the atmosphere (previously described as "young" or "casual" - and we're both, by the way) was unpleasant and not at all what we would have been looking for... we very nearly left b/c of it. Sure, this is a personal preference thing... but it was blaringly loud, there were sports-filled televisions everywhere. I left with a splitting headache, and I don't mind a little music. It had the atmosphere of an extremely loud sports bar, where they happened to serve Japanese food. It was unpleasant enough for us that we definitely will *not* be going back, despite the good food. However if you like this kind of scene, Sushi on the Lake may just be your cup of tv- and noise-filled green tea.

• Pros: Food
• Cons: Atmosphere

05/27/07

sushi is always good, and the hostess Stephanie is gorgeous, Steph if u read this will u go on a date with me? haha

by renegade34nc

Place is always consistant with taste and freshness, always excellent, it dont seem as good as it was before they had the fire but probably still the best sushi in charolette, i drive from south carolina just to go here for sushi, my only concern after the fire was if Stephanie was coming back, and she did. I went to Ru-San's the other nite because it has 5 stars and let me tell u, its not even close to the quality that u get at sushi at the lake, this is the best place to get sushi probably in north carolina,

• Pros: nice looking crowd there, its upbeat, Stephanie the hostess, and the quality and taste of the food is always great
• Cons: really dont have any, i always walked away satisified