Girlfriend wants me to pick a place to go for my birthday dinner, and our "starting" list was something like Irregardless, Sono, Solas, Bogart's, and Gravy--haven't been to any of them.

We're sorta eliminated it down to Bogart's and Sono, though I'm still kind of open.

Any experiences between the two, good or bad? I know they're pretty drastically different eateries, but trying to decide and I'm horribly indecisive.

1/28/2010 1:03:25 PM

dick in a box.

1/28/2010 1:04:45 PM

dude

it's your birthday

why should the decision be up to our swaying

1/28/2010 1:05:12 PM

It's basically the decision between American food and Sushi.

Quote :

"TAKE YOUR PICK"

I have a feeling Sono will be a little more expensive though. Bogarts is pretty bobo, IMO. You can do better than that.

1/28/2010 1:05:35 PM

^^I just want some opinions to make my own informed decision. Getting information about it isn't exactly having someone else make my decision. TWW Opinions only tend to be useful when they come en masse and get balanced out.

1/28/2010 1:09:21 PM

ther'es a fuckton of fantastic places.
click randomly on an area inside the beltline, and make with the google.

there have been a million restaurant suggestions on tww, and plenty of threads to this effect, too.

1/28/2010 1:10:34 PM

Khanki.

End thread

1/28/2010 1:11:15 PM

Don't go to Gravy, it's average at best.

Don't go to Bogarts, it's average at best.

Consider going to Dos Taquitos Centro, but the reg. Dos Taquitos is better.

Irregardless is the tits, you should think seriously about going there. Especially if you've never been.

1/28/2010 1:11:39 PM

if you were in charlotte you can get a full 3 course meal at a wide variety of very high end resturants for $30 a pop

1/28/2010 1:11:56 PM

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"Khanki. End thread"

And olive garden for your rehearsal dinner.

1/28/2010 1:12:26 PM

Do you like Mediterranean food? If you do, you should go to Sitti.


Its owned by the same people as Neomonde and it is fantastic.

http://www.sitti-raleigh.com/

1/28/2010 1:12:50 PM

^^^ he's not in fucking charlotte

[Edited on January 28, 2010 at 1:13 PM. Reason : ^]

1/28/2010 1:13:28 PM

^^good call. That place is also the tits.

[Edited on January 28, 2010 at 1:13 PM. Reason : ^]

1/28/2010 1:13:39 PM

yeah i said if


irregardless

1/28/2010 1:16:34 PM

Irregardless RULES.

1/28/2010 1:24:52 PM

Angus Barn!

1/28/2010 1:30:37 PM

I like Sitti, but girlfriend hates Med. food, and it's not really want I want anyway.

Irregardless is back on the radar.

Khanki couldn't even slap together basic nigiri last time I was there, so I don't even have the vaguest motivation to return.

1/28/2010 2:34:08 PM

oakwood café

1/28/2010 2:37:06 PM

bavarian brathaus...if you like german food

1/28/2010 2:37:36 PM

Looks like you need to go to Irregardless.

Do it.

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Do it.

1/28/2010 2:38:58 PM

^^Uh oh, we have a fucking winner.

This whole time I've been thinking about a German place in the area. I know J. Betski's but what you mentioned doesn't immediately come to mind. Good place?

1/28/2010 3:30:19 PM

Oh gosh, the Bavarian Brathaus is phenomenal. Love. Love. Love.

Go there.

It's at the intersection of Cary Pkwy and Tryon Rd.

1/28/2010 3:30:59 PM

Margaux's in North Raleigh, or Finns are the best but out of the two, DEFINITELY sono, Bogarts is meh. same owners as hi5, michael deans, twisted fork, and red room....

1/28/2010 3:37:18 PM

^Fins is closed for the time being but will reopen soon with a new name: bu-ku

1/28/2010 3:40:16 PM

Anyone know how dressy Sono is? The Yelp page for it says "Dressy", but in their gallery they have a shot of the full dining room and there's two guys in t-shirts--but I guess those could just be wandering douchebags.

Decided the Bavarian Brathaus will be for another time, and we're going to Sono. However, we are DEFINITELY going to the Brathaus at some point or another.

1/28/2010 4:30:06 PM

they have this thing at sono called the crunchy diablo. it is deep fried. it is really yummy haha. and the other one i really liked is the piano.

i suck at sushi. i haven't liked it in the past but now that i know what i like and don't like i can find things that i do like.

if that made any sense at all!

1/28/2010 7:34:59 PM

^ i LOVE that


and my votes are sono and sitti (although i know youve ruled sitti out...but their pita bread...mmmmmmm)

[Edited on January 28, 2010 at 7:37 PM. Reason : and im pretty sure its not THAT dressy ]

1/28/2010 7:37:16 PM

ive heard gravy is pretty horrible

1/28/2010 8:59:41 PM

Sono is pretty fucking up its own ass trendy and expensive but you cant get a much wider variety of fish than anywhere else in raleigh I've been

also Bluefin Tuna Sashimi :yum:

1/28/2010 9:43:44 PM

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1/28/2010 9:50:43 PM

Decided we're going to Irregardless for a special occasion in March, but I might sneak by there before then.

1/29/2010 4:39:41 AM

I love Irregardless so much.

I'm not a big sushi fan, but the people I know who are say it's pretty damn good. With that said, I went to pick some up for a friend once and it might be more Douchebag Central than even the Busy Bee.

1/29/2010 4:47:10 AM

Not in Raleigh but the Weathervane is A++, especially for brunch

1/29/2010 4:47:37 AM

^^Ugh, I really hope not. I just want some good sushi.

1/29/2010 4:55:43 AM

Be prepared to be disappointed then clientele-wise. It's where people who "like" sushi go to prove to their friends they're cool

Oh and don't get the nigiri there. The quality isn't as good as other places in Raleigh. Their specialty rolls though are

[Edited on January 29, 2010 at 5:09 AM. Reason : /.]

1/29/2010 4:58:41 AM

RED LOBSTER

1/29/2010 7:44:53 AM

CHEESE BISCUITS

1/29/2010 10:52:21 AM

Never been there, but I have heard Sono gets its fish from some sketchy places. IMO best sushi in Raleigh is Waraji's

1/29/2010 11:14:44 AM

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"ive heard gravy is pretty horrible"

you heard right.

1/29/2010 11:17:28 AM

I love Sono

the punk rock roll, tiger eye, and screaming o are great

ok well their nigiri tastes good to me


Sushi Thai is good, too

[Edited on January 29, 2010 at 11:18 AM. Reason : maybe it's not "great" ]

1/29/2010 11:17:42 AM

^^^new user, few posts, "I heard..." with no source, dissing one place, and very handily suggesting another restaurant.

I'm sure you're completely unbiased.

[Edited on January 29, 2010 at 11:18 AM. Reason : sr]

1/29/2010 11:17:59 AM

JJs fish and chicken

1/29/2010 11:18:48 AM

and im glad busy bee isnt on your list you too must have hear how horrible there food is

[Edited on January 29, 2010 at 11:56 AM. Reason : asfdads]

1/29/2010 11:48:05 AM

MUST

HAVE

HEAR

1/29/2010 1:44:33 PM

titty bar

1/29/2010 2:36:50 PM

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"Never been there, but I have heard Sono gets its fish from some sketchy places."

I have actually heard something similar. I think they get their fresh fish in on Wednesday. I had a couple friends go there on a Thursday and they were served fish that they suspected was leftover from the old shipment. Everybody in that party got very ill. Same people went back a couple weeks later, again on a Thursday (what can I say, I guess they enjoy peeing out of their butt) and again all of them got very ill. So if you go, go maybe on a Friday. They try to cycle through their old fish before using their new shipment.



[Edited on January 29, 2010 at 2:41 PM. Reason : f]

1/29/2010 2:40:20 PM

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"new user, few posts, "I heard..." with no source, dissing one place, and very handily suggesting another restaurant. "

Ehh, I wouldn't dismiss him. I've heard the same thing and the quality of fish there isn't very good from my experience. I think that's why they focus so much on specialty rolls; it's easy to mask the fish when it's covered in a bunch of other shit.

1/29/2010 10:54:27 PM