I am not sure where all of the 5 and 4 star reviews are coming from in regards to New Zealand Cafe. We were told to try this restaurant by numerous people when we moved to the area, they told us it was the best sushi in Charlotte and that we would love it because we love sushi so much. We tried it two different times, on two different days to be sure of our opinion. It is not good. Definitely not the best in Charlotte, or in the area for that matter. The sushi is huge, HUGE. It is a serious challenge to eat without falling completely apart. Most of the sushi is rice, not a lot of fish going on. The salmon was good but the tuna tasted off so we didn't even finish those rolls that had tuna in them. The restaurant is tiny. We were sat no more than a foot from the people on either side of us, so their conversations were basically our conversations the entire time. We did sit outside the first time but with people waiting it was kind of awkward to have people hovering over us while trying to enjoy the over-riced-over-sized bland sushi. Other reviewers have mentioned it tastes like grocery sushi, that I agree with. Maybe the prices draw people in and that's why they think it's great. Most of the rolls are fried in some way, which is probably necessary because some of the fish simply was not fresh and we could not continue eating it. The service was not great either time we went, if they change things, perhaps we will try it again, until then, on to the much much better sushi Charlotte has to offer!
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