This is a hidden gem. Very cozy, friendly staff and the owner Yuki is serving and engaging with the community. I loved the chive dumplings. They were crispy on the outside and just the right texture on the inside. The best part is that if you don't have company like me you can watch them cook up your food from the bar. read more

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I will give them two stars instead of one star for one simple reason, our server. She was new and really did not understand the menu enough to explain each dish but she tried. However, everything else, just no! Let me explain... The overall the ambiance was zero, I mean zero. Cold and harsh AND no background music, just the sounds coming from the open kitchen, fryers, pots and pans. We sat at the corner of the bar which gave us a perfect view of the kitchen, wow what a show. EVERYTHING ITEM WE ORDERED CAN OUT OF A FREEZER AND WAS DUMPED INYO A FRYER! Can you imagine an Asian restaurant not making their own dumplings and Spring Rolls. Even the sauces can straight out of a bottle or jug. Heck, I can go to the grocery store and buy the exact same items and cook at home and have better service and ambience (at least at home I've got music playing). The food quality was horrible, flat out awful. The Spicy Dumplings were so gummy they stuck to my chop sticks. The Spring Rolls were still cold in the middle too. Once we realized all the food was as frozen / convenience food we elected to go elsewhere. Also well over priced, approximately $75.00 for two apps and two beers apiece. Needless to say, we hade two trips in one, our first and our last. read more

Really good Asian food. Great dumplings. The general tso chicken. It's really good and you can order it with less heat in spice if you want. A winner is the pineapple rice served in a half of a carved out pineapple. Everything that we tasted was really good here. One of our favorites in Asheville. The service was great... The waite staff were kind and very accommodating and helpful. We ordered four or five things and shared with the table. read more

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My wife and I went here when they opened and I had the stir fried beef with scallions, kinda like Mongolian beef, a little less sweet. We enjoyed the food and the restaurant on that visit but recently we went back and I ordered the same thing. This time there was so much cumin in the dish I couldn't eat it. Some people taste soap when they eat cilantro, I eat cumin and it's a bitter/sour citrus taste. It makes me question why is a spice that originated in the Middle East in a Chinese dish? Maybe it is a part of Chinese cooking but it turned their stir fried beef into fajitas without tortillas. Definitely won't be going back. read more

Fantastic food, great value, and wonderful service. Highly recommend Bento box for lunch, so perfect. Great location and vibes!

A downtown hidden gem for sure! I had a great lunch here, I suggest the bento box special to get a taste of everything - spring roll, 2 dumplings, hot & sour soup, rice, and an entree for $17. What a deal! Everything was delicious, and the atmosphere is wonderful, quiet and good music. Plus the service was wonderful. Thank you! read more

Me and my sister went and had a great time! We had a server named Andrea and she was very nice, the music was also AMAZING. The food is good and the prices are reasonable, we tried the fried squid and the pork soup dumplings and they were delicious! If you're downtown and looking for something to eat, I'd definitely check it out! read more

Stopped in for a quick lunch break, got the chicken and broccoli recommended by the server. It was delicious!! Super fresh, tender chicken, crunchy broccoli. Server was polite, attentive and food was fast. Ambiance was intimate and cute. read more

Sadly, the food has changed dramatically, and so has the ambience and a sense of anything. It's generic beyond tolerance. The soup dumplings have suffered. And they are what we go in for. read more

Asian Bistro - Asian Fusion Near Me - Asheville, North Carolina

We fortuitously ended up at Asian Bistro after the place we'd originally headed to was closed. The karaage chicken was very tasty, crispy on the outside and hot and moist inside. I had the stir fried beef with scallions. The beef was extremely tender and the sauce it was cooked in was very flavorful. My friend had the pork soup dumplings which are delicious, but make sure you request a spoon if you don't get one as they were easy to accidentally pop. The service was awesome. Our server (it says Abigail on the receipt) was very friendly and made some great suggestions to assist our selection. If I lived near here this would easily become my regular Asian place. As an extra bonus the pricing was much more palatable than many of the restaurants in the area. read more

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I had an extremely disappointing experience at Asian Bistro. The food quality was unacceptable--one of the meat dishes was served raw, which is a serious food safety concern. We brought it to the staff's attention, and while they removed that single item from the bill, there was little effort to make the overall situation right. The service was just as disappointing. Staff members were rude, disrespectful, and even used profanity while interacting with us, which was completely unprofessional and made the experience even worse. Between the raw food, poor customer service, and lack of accountability, I won't be returning. There are plenty of other restaurants that value their customers and take food safety seriously. I cannot recommend this place. read more

Had Bento Box lunch and was very pleased. Everything was cooked fresh, seasoned well, and served quickly and hot. The restaurant is very clean and nicely decorated. Their service was very attentive and accommodating. If you want Asian food and not a NY style Chinese take-out I recommend giving this place a try! read more

I was a huge fan of Shanghai Dumpling House, and crushed when it closed. So imagine my thrill that they reopened under a new name. We decided to give it a go and see how things compared. The restaurant itself has not changed much, minor decor changes. And the menu is slightly trimmed down, which also made it easier to choose. We went appetizers for dinner and an entree to go. The karaage is still really good, just paired down on the serving. The sauce that came with that was fabulous. All of the dumplings were tasty and good portion sized; We did the pork dumplings, the chive dumplings, the pork shao mai and the spring rolls. The spring rolls were fine but were small and only 2, I would pass on those. The shao mai were the very traditional and the chive dumplings very green but super creative. We took home the Hong Kong Noodles and Kung Pao chicken for later lunches, great portion sizes! Service was awesome, Andrea did a great job and was attentive. We had wine with the meal, I did miss the martinis from the previous incarnation. Overall, still a good Asian business choice, we will be back. Support local! read more

I got take out from here tonight and wow was it good! The soup dumplings were amazing! The Karaage chicken was great (just a little salty) and the sautéed green beans were crisp, fresh and flavorful. Very nice owners too. I'll definitely be read more

over priced for what you get. dumplings were gummy. handful of dumplings and fried rice