Nigori Gourmet Sushi - Castle Hayne

First visit in a couple of months and it's definitely changed. I was not as excited with the taste of the food. We were told they had new cooks.Food: 3/5

Never had a bad experience here, love this place! Really consider the their customers and the food is so good. sushi is priced well and best cream cheese wontons in townFood: 5/5

Atmosphere:When you first walk in, you are greeted with a weird smell, however the ambiance and decor was very beautiful.Service:We were seated promptly and besides the sauce missing from one of the dishes, the service was ok.Food:The best thing there are the soups that come with your meals. There are 3 options: hot and sour, egg drop, and miso. My husband had the Mongolian beef lunch (not pictured) and it was suppose to be spicy according to the menu but instead there was a thick dark sauce that was overbearing and it had minimal beef slices. I had the lunch special sushi with 2 basic rolls. Both basic in taste. Rice was not sushi grade, there were hard parts of the sushi rice which leads me to believe it had been sitting out for a while. Weird considering we got there at 11 when they opened. I also ordered the tuna supreme or tuna tornado (I don’t remember the name) specialty roll and it was suppose to have tempura tuna with tuna on top and a few other things. The tempura tuna tasted like canned tuna. My sister ordered the crab Rangoon which was ok. More cream cheese than crab (but it was still tasted good). She also got the scorpion King roll which was suppose to have tempura inside it but obviously that tempura was made in advance because it was not even warm. My pet peeve with sushi is when the parts of the sushi are not made fresh to order. Old rice, old tempura, canned fish. Hamachi Kama was also ordered and it came without the ponzu sauce. Hamachi Kama is traditionally grilled or broiled but this was pan fried. I really wanted to like this place but unfortunately I won’t be going back. However there many customers who really liked it from what I saw.

Was missing a side of noodles. Drive all the way back and the staff tried to say I didn't order it. They showed me the receipt and I showed them where it was on there. They apologized and then tried to charge me $2 for it, saying they didn't charge me correctly the first time. I paid it but it's kind of ridiculous to have to waste gas and time and then for them to be worried about 2 bucks.

Absolutely delicious sushi, fast service and good service. Delicious shrimp and chicken hibachi and amazing miso soup. Every meal I have here is perfect every time.Food: 5/5