Sono Sushi

This place has great food - I've always enjoyed the sushi and the ramen. The tonkatsu was amazing, I could have drank all the broth. I wanted to comment on the kindness of the waitstaff and management. This is the second time I've come with my (very loud, very tired) toddler and preschooler. They've always treated us so well. Our server today was very kind (extra plates for the kids to split plates, helped me serve me the kids so we could all eat) and the manager added some extra special touches- she had our sushi cut into smaller pieces for them to eat and brought trainer chopsticks over.When I go to a restaurant, especially an upper scale one in a downtown , I'm just happy to be treated like my kids are ok to sit there. But sono sushi always makes me feel like my kids are guests too, and more than welcome. So thank you.

Stumbled upon this place for an impromptu Friday night date night! Well not really "stumbled"... we pass it all the time heading to events downtown but didn't know this was the place we were heading! We called ahead for a reservation and when we arrived, we were seated immediately! We came here knowing we wanted ramen so we ordered as soon as the water was brought out. The QR codes make viewing the menu quick and easy! I typically double the noodles in my ramen because other places are stingy. The waitress advised me to wait and see after my bowl comes. I'm glad I listened to her-- it was the perfect amount of food! The KALE NOODLES were DELICIOUS!My partner ordered the pork ramen. He said the broth was amazing and he loved the texture of his pork! The edamame was also amazing! Freshly steamed and a large serving; we split it! I recommend adding the garlic chili sauce. Not spicy at all... just flavorful!We wanted something fresh and the seaweed salad was a perfect appetizer! Not a lot of food but just enough.We loved Sono! The next time we come, we'll try the sushi since almost every table had some! But that night, we wanted something warm and filling but not too heavy. We made the right decision!!!!

Made a reservation through the website. Easy and painless. The place is modern and very clean. Love the fact the the background music is that, background music. Food was good.

It's been wayyyy too long since we've been to this gem in downtown Raleigh. Popped in on Saturday night without reservations, but had no problem getting our choice of bar seats or a high top in that area. We chose the bar and settled in for great service and fantastic food.I had a refreshing Battle Royale. This beer/whiskey drink went well with our food. Two of us shared a California Roll with Blue Crab along with one of their specialty rolls, the Umi Kazan. We loved them both and followed them up with a shared order of Pork Dumplings. Excellent dumplings. Even the dipping sauce was on another level.Loved our bartender as well. And for the quality, prices were very reasonable!

I never raise my expectations when trying new sushi places but this definitely raised the bar on what I've had in the triangle. This is one of the best sushi places in this area, with their high quality seafood, innovative recipes and creative presentation. The place can be a bit loud but it does have a cozy ambiance to it. Service was a bit slow but it was super busy that night. All the fish were quality and very fresh. The Sono Choice Nigiri featured unique flavor combinations with more expensive cuts such as toro, ama ebi, ikura & uni. Honestly some of the flavor combos overwhelmed the delicate flavor of the fish but it was still excellent! This is also one of the few places that had fresh wasabi root! Everything we had was well made and high quality. This will be our new go-to sushi place for that special occasion!

This was a good restaurant to visit in the downtown area of Raleigh. We didn't try the sushi, so we can't comment on it, but the ramen was very tasty and spicy. The drinks were also good.

I was hungry and try ordered veggies ramen . The taste was good but the noddle too hard , soup was warm not hot enough for nodlde soup . I did not enjoy the soup at all ..feel disappointed ..

How gorgeous is this platter?! We ventured here for a celebratory lunch. It was empty which was a little surprising. The staff were attentive and friendly.They even let us sample a new sushi creation. The ambience was fine. They played a lot of top 100 pop songs. We got three different rolls: Sandwich, tuna on tuna and a rainbow. The Sandwich roll was very unique; I loved the creative direction. They were all really good! We enjoyed our time here and will definitely be coming back.

It was a long day and I needed a good ramen fix. Thank god I came to Sono Sushi because they served me one of the best Ramen I have ever had in NC. The flavor of the broth and the crispy pork belly was so full of flavor that happy tears literally rolled down my cheeks (it wasn't because of the chili sauce ) The service was great and the restaurant is filled with really cool Japanese murals. Overall, a def great place to get your sushi and ramen!

Made reservations for 6:30 pm. When we arrived, we were seated promptly. The server was kind although you could tell she had various tables, so was quite busy. We ordered the sono shrimp and edamame with Thai chili peppers as an appetizer. The sono shrimp was very similar to the bang bang shrimp. Edamame was very spicy, but good and a generous portion. For main courses we ordered Chicken Ramen and umi Kazan sushi. Definitely recommend for a date night or happy hour with friends! Parking can be a little bit tricky since it's a heart of downtown.