Shiki Japanese - Charlotte

This place is beautiful, clean and delicious. The server was attentive, the food was absolutely perfect and tasty. The decor is beautiful and service was fast. I WILL be coming back!

My favorite place to eat in Matthews besides Thai Taste. it no longer exists but it was a good place while it lasted

The parking is kinda odd to have only options to park from the shopping center or at the back of the restaurants/stores. There's a side door mostly used for takeout curbside. The restaurant looked nice inside with tall ceilings. I liked the entrance. It usually pretty quiet inside. The staff was attentive and the manager was sweet. The hibachi places are priced fairly. There's daily specials on entrees. Tuesday's sushi special is buy one get one free. Thursday's is buy two sushi rolls and get one free. I've eaten inside and ordered about a total of 6 times. Sometimes the food is good and sometimes it could use more seasoning/sauce even for the sushi. It can taste like plain white rice with some light tasting toppings inside not to be distinguished from each other. Such a good deal on the sushi but not always flavorful.

Let's talk about the hidden gem that is Shiki. Ok, maybe not hidden for some but for a girl who lives on the outskirts of Uptown-this is definitely hidden! I would have never known about this place if it weren't for Living Social and their kick a deal of $25 worth of sushi and other food. I went with another Yelper tonight and taken aback by this place. You would never expect a nice place like this in the Wal-Mart shopping center. High ceilings with lots of booths on the side and tables in the middle. This place had quite a crowd for a Friday night. Right when we sat, our server greeted us and got our drink orders. Lets talk drinks. Beers for $2.25 and $3 and glasses of wine for $3.95. And they are verrrrrry generous with the wine pours. Get I get a hallelujah??!! I figured with the hooch being cheap they would mark up the price of their sushi but oh no, this is cheap sushi haven! None of the rolls are over $10 and a majority of them are $5 or $6 with a generous portion.They also have traditional Japanese hibachi dishes but I really didn't even look too much into that since when there is sushi, I'm a girl on a mission. Let's talk sushi. We got the Volcano Roll, California Crunchy, Spicy Tuna and another roll -the name escapes me and hello beautiful, bountiful sushi! Everything was fresh and bursting with flavor and again, generous with the portions. I was definitely not expecting that!! Four rolls came out to about $26-not too shabby at all! I originally thought it would take a half hour to get to Shiki since I'm so used to my neighborhood and love the convenience of it. But it took less than 10 minutes to get to so if you're in Uptown, it's definitely a short trip! Also, they have awesome mints-just strong enough to wipe out the taste of wasabi. I would much rather go to Shiki and pay for sushi than go somewhere that's overpriced where you're paying more for the atmosphere than the sush.

Cheap, delicious food! I prefer the hibachi chicken with real breast meat and not those flat chicken noodles at other places. Try the udon noodles! They are to die for!!