Sushi was decent, but sadly what everyone says about the service is true. I got there at 7:48 didn't get a drink maybe until like 10 minutes later, i had already wrote down what i wanted so he took my order got my gyoza like 20 minutes after and my sushi got there at 8:30 never got another menu to order again and i just asked for the check given that they close at 9:30 and i didn't want to be a burden to the kitchen. Unfortunately their system was having some trouble but the host was soo nice. I for sure wont come back. read more

We came here for dinner around 6pm on a Wednesday. This place is rather new so the decor was fresh and clean. We were greeted and seated immediately. 6pm was a good time to come, because after we were seated it got really busy. Here you have the option of choosing the all you can eat menu or ordering options from the regular menu. Our drink order was taken and, we got our drinks quickly. They have the all you can eat( ayce)menus on the table for you to check off your sushi or hibachi options. It only takes a minute to check off what you want. It took 15 mins or so for the server to come back to grab our food ticket. This happened our entire visit. They make all of the orders to order, I undersrand that can take some time, it took a long time to get ourbfood each time we requested more. For me, I wanted to get my monies worth, we ended up spending 2 plus hours here because the service was so slow. All in all the sushi was good. I will come back again, but only when I have extra time. read more

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This is another AYCE sushi restaurant. I like the cleanliness of the restaurant and the open environment, compared to other AYCE sushi places. The quality of the fish is good, considering it is AYCE. The service from the staff was on point and fast. If I am in this side of town I will go here over Mr. Tokyo. read more

Magic Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Great quality sushi but definitely lacks in service. Decided to go here for lunch, sat for 20 minutes before someone came to the table to get my drink order then another 40 minutes after that to get my two sushi rolls and crab rangoon. The sushi was fresh and you can taste the high quality and the crab rangoon was flaky with a bunch of crab inside. Loved the food just not the customer service. read more

Magic Sushi - 6 Piece Crab Rangoon - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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Got served by Steven today, and from the very beginning until the end he had an attitude. I do not recommend this place due to the customer service. Please teach your employees to leave their attitudes at home. read more

I wanted to have AYCE sushi and Magic Sushi was close by. The service was good but the food was just average. The fish was definitely frozen and bland tasting. This place offers ordering individually as well. There is a grand opening sign up outside the restaurant but not sure how long ago they opened but I sure hope they make it. read more

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I gave 3 stars for the friendliness of the server. He bought us water. That was all we got here. We came in seeing they have an unlimited option and an a La carte option. I wanted AYCE and my friend wanted one thing which would've been cheaper for her outside of the unlimited menu. We went to order and were told we had to order one of the 2 options and not both. Apparently people have been taking advantage and they want to shut it down. But the menu doesn't state that and there's no door signage. So, we spoke with a manager about maybe updating policies in a visible place and we dined elsewhere. We were the only customers so would've been easy to see if we were swapping food. But to avoid argument, we just left. read more

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I frequently go to sushi restaurants and make my own nigiri + sashimi at home. Tonight was my first time trying Magic Sushi at the recommendation of my friends. I started off with a miso soup and agedashi tofu. My all time favorite thing to order is Salmon Sashimi, which are cleaned, de-boned slices of cured salmon. I ordered four. In the middle of eating the third, a very big piece of bone pierced my tongue. This is a very big choking and harmful hazard. My tongue bled for the remainder of my dinner and I was not able to enjoy it. I spoke to a manager and he seemed to be in a rush so all he did was discount my meal, but he did not take the salmon nigiri off my tab and quickly told me he would make sure next time it wont happen again. I will not be back due to the painful consequences I faced as an effect of their lack of safety and care. read more

Magic Sushi - Salmon - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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Ambiance much improved from the restaurant that previously held this space. Didn't get the all you can eat, but if you have the appetite it would likely be worth it. We got an appetizer, sushi & Bento box and everything was delicious. Service was friendly and attentive. read more

The sushi was fantastic and well priced. Our waiter was so friendly and made sure my daughter was assured that the food met her needs for her celiac disease. Once they turned the music down the atmosphere was very pleasant. My new favorite sushi place!!!!. 5 ....... read more

I had a date at magic sushi Charlotte today the food was great no complaints everything came out in a timely manner and all orders were correct however the customer service was terrible we waited 10 minuets before being approached and asked about drinks and waiting a lot time to get to go boxes we even were ignored when we tried to flag down read more

Magic Sushi - Steak Hibachi Steak Fried Rice Chicken Fried Rice Chicken Hibachichicken - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

[Grade: C+] [Worth it ($)?: 8/10 - good deal for what it is] As a sushi connoisseur, I love AYCE sushi type places! You can satiate your desire on trying a bunch of different things, usually for a fair price and decent quality. This place, like others have said, is pretty similar to Mr. Tokyo. I would dare say it pretty much is Mr. Tokyo. However, I did notice some differences that put the actual Mr. Tokyo over the top. For the sushi, the fish to me is of similar quality maybe a little less and the rice isn't as good as it could be in terms of taste and freshness. The rice seasoning could be improved and I wouldn't say the rice was old, but it wasn't that fresh. I'd pretty much say it's kinda average tasting. In terms of the menu (at least the lunch one) the variety isn't that good as my brother is allergic to shrimp and that severely limited his options. I'd definitely be interested in seeing their dinner menu though. Personally, the biggest strength this place has to me is the amount of space and tables they have. I'd say this place has quadruple the space of the original Mr. Tokyo in Pineville at least. But my next question is if this place can handle a full house. Overall, I welcome another AYCE place to Charlotte and I hope they can improve on some things to help them compete. Like I'd definitely come here if Mr. Tokyo has a long wait because I know this place can accommodate a bunch of people, especially larger groups. However I think I still prefer Mr. Tokyo for the slightly better overall quality of their food. Personally, I kinda question the originality of this place and I think they could do better in making their own AYCE style versus copying Mr. Tokyo. read more

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The Aesthetic: Hip, family-friendly sushi restaurant with the option of all-you-can-eat sushi or regular service. This used to be Blacow, and it has been rebranded as Magic Sushi. The Price: It's in line with other all-you-can-eat options around the city, and you get a bang of your buck if you have a large appetite. I didn't do well with this on my first visit because I had a fried roll, and it was hard to finish my other orders, it was massive. The Parking: They have a huge dedicated lot, and it's never packed due to the location, they're quite hidden from any main roads. My Order: I tried it all in the hopes that it was the same quality as the sushi I used to order at Blacow. I will say that if you had a favorite roll at Blacow, you're going to be heavily disappointed because they changed a lot to be able to charge less for a larger amount of sushi. I was in love with their Volcano roll, and they made it into a completely different, extra fried, barely edible roll. The avocado salad I loved was the same, just a smaller version, which was good. The ginger dressing is still great. I'd highly recommend going for rolls that are less fried and covered in sauce because I was immediately filled up in the first couple bites when I tried the new Volcano roll, it's double the size of the old one, and it tasted off. The Philly roll, smaller rolls, hand rolls, nigiri and sashimi are all good options if you want to eat a good amount of sushi and not feel disgusting after. They shouldn't charge extra for the dessert options, no other all-you-can-eat concepts do that in town. I think they're going to need to do a lot more to stay competitive since they're so hidden from everything and they seem to be lacking business with the new opening. The service is still incredibly slow, and you can easily be in there for hours eating so you can't come here if you have an agenda after. The Conclusion: It's a good all-you-can-eat concept, but it definitely needs more love in the execution. Go in with a plan, so you're not overstuffed! read more

Magic Sushi - Spicy girl roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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This place early on was not 4 stars for me, but it is easily 3-4 stars now. They were understaffed, but since have hired several people and the operation is running smoothly. I always just do the "All you can eat" sushi menu and it's worth it everytime. These rolls are HUGE! At other AYCE sushi spots the rolls are usually smaller, but not here. They're large and full of fresh fish and vegetables. I love the Summer Roll, no matter what I get, I always start with this. The Phoenix Roll is awesome as well! The nigiri is solid here too. So far, I've tried their tuna, salmon, yellowtail, tobiko and escolar. I prefer the salmon, just wish they had smoked salmon nigiri. read more

The food was pretty good! I had the Phoenix Roll & crab Rangoons (which were delicious), the chicken lo mein (which was ok, it was kind of bland. Thank goodness for their delicious yum yum sauce!), and an old fashion! The service was pretty slow at the bar for food and drinks, but the hostess warned me of that at arrival, so it was fine. I wasn't in a huge rush, so I took I'm the ambiance and people watched. No biggie! I will be back! read more

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Delicious! Hamachi was worth it! Our favorite rolls were: Thousand Island Roll Rainforest Roll Magic Roll The nigiri was also very fresh and delicious! The escolar and Salmon were our favorites! read more

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Tried this place on a whim.... Walked and seated immediately. Didn't wait long for our server to come and greet us. Ordered our drinks and food and enjoyed the ambiance. The sushi was fresh and not skimpy like most AYCE places who overdue it with rice. Dragon roll was my favorite of what I ordered. I usually don't go for fried rolls because they're overly battered but this one was really good. Loads of fresh salmon on the hand roll! Very satisfying. read more

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We stopped in Charlotte to rest at a nearby hotel and wanted to try this place. Sushi was really good. Portions were consistent and delicious. It did take some time for singular/smaller amount food item like nigiri, gyoza and chicken skewer which is why I give it a 4 star rather than a 5. Waitress was nice and attentive. Would come back again if I'm back in Charlotte:) read more

I've only been for the AYCE during lunch time. It was pretty good and the service is fast. I've never had to wait to sit because the restaurant is so big! read more

My bf and I were a bit surprised that Blacow wasn't there anymore but we gave Magic Sushi a try. Wished I took a picture of the place it was very nicely updated and their photo area was beautiful. Overall their sushi was good, (we also got their nigiri and sashimi, but forgot to take a picture. AND miso soup). Their sushi overall was good and fresh, their sashimi was especially good -salmon, tuna, and yellow tail. With them still being new their services were good, our waitress came to check up on us and was very sweet. One thing I might add is make sure to put more wet signs around, floors were extremely slippery. I almost fell coming back from the bathroom. read more

Magic Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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Went today for lunch Place was empty Had to go find a waitress myself to get our drink order Ordered first round of food Wait was super long Waitress had an attitude about how much food we ordered You can tell they don't really want you to order all you can eat (from an all you can eat place ) While waitstaff was incredibly rude ,I don't know if it was because most didn't speak English or they were just rude My partner and me both got Immediate stomach aches Save your money Go to Mr Tokyo Wish I had more hands two thumbs down read more

Magic Sushi offers all you can eat sushi/other items on the menu. For their own convenience - as they state - the entire table must order either all you can eat OR a la carte. That means if I wanted AYCE sushi my husband could not order a la carte. My husband only likes a couple different sushi rolls, but fortunately the AYCE menu offered more than just sushi, so we decided to be seated. TL;DR The restaurant charges a lot for leftover food ON TOP of the $24.99 per person for AYCE, so there was an underlying anxiety to finish every bite. Even a leftover rice ball from a piece of sushi incurs a fee. This didn't allow for us to experiment to see what we liked or try anything new because of the fear of having to eat something nasty. That kind of ruined the experience, along with poor service, and hit-or-miss food. For the price, it's a no from me. -------------------------------- Ambience: 4.5 The restaurant has a bright, open, energetic space. The volume of the music was good. It wasn't super dark and hard to see. Food prep area was visible to all. Everything was clean. Minus .5 star for the bathroom: it could use some upgrading and just *felt* dank and gross. Food: 3 We tried the miso soup, which was excellent. We also tried the steak hibachi. The steak was tender and the vegetables were phenomenal. We both really liked their pink sauce. It's almost like a glaze - hard to describe. The chicken lo mein had a meh flavor, was short on chicken, and the chicken was little tiny pieces that were hard to stab with a fork. Strangely, it was served with pink sauce. Do people really eat lo mein like that? My husband ordered chicken fried rice and it came with burned eggs that ruined the taste. He couldn't eat it. Lastly, the sushi. For a place called Magic Sushi, unfortunately the sushi wasn't that great. It was made fresh, to be sure, and I personally ordered four rolls that I always love no matter where I am. I didn't love them here, and because of the leftover charge rule, I felt obligated to choke them down. This made me resentful of "wasting" my appetite on food I don't like. The different flavors in the rolls were not balanced. My tuna roll was overwhelmingly cream cheese, for one example. My husband's Cali roll was overwhelmingly avocado. The spicy tuna roll was pretty good, to be fair. Service: 2 Our waiter took a very long time to come to the table and there weren't a lot of people dining when we arrived. After we placed our first food order, it took a while to be prepared fresh, and someone else brought it out. That's fine; expected even. But our waiter never came back to check on us or refill our drinks. We were ready to order again and waited so long that I eventually went to get another order sheet from the hostess, and he finally appeared to take our order sheet. He refilled our drinks once and brought us the check. Didn't offer dessert. Never asked if we liked our food. He was steadily busy but not slammed. As a former waitress, I wasn't impressed. read more

All you can eat menu of all kinds of greatly made sushi! We really enjoyed this place and everything we tried was delicious!

Ayce or not, the sushi is actually really great here. It's just slow to come out so make sure you order enough or while you're still eating. We even paid the extra to take some rolls home and they were still good the next day. Definitely would come back here. read more

We went here on a Friday night to try there all you eat sushi. For dinner service the price was $25 a person. There was plenty of parking. When we arrive around 6pm there wasn't a wait. We were able to be seating quickly. Our server was nice. When you order off of the all you can eat menu they give you a sheet to fill out. They have hot options like chicken lo mein and many sushi rolls to choose from. Having hot options as part of the deal was great because my boyfriend doesn't care too much for raw food so this was great. We had chicken on a stick, steak lo mein, I had 3 sushi rolls with had about 6- 7 pieces in them. We even had room for dessert we had the fried cheesecake. They also had mochi which was nice to try the flavors were mango, strawberry, and green tea. The ambiance of the place was nice they had high top tables, booths, they had tvs in there with sports on. This place is nice. We will be returning. read more

Magic Sushi - Lychee sake - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Sushi was great and our waitress was hustling, but food coming out of the kitchen was s-l-o-w. We were doing AYCE and the hibachi dishes were borderline cold. Also confusion about seaweed salad - that came like at the end of the meal. That same issue came up in another review. So, decent food but the wait is atrocious and we went on a Thursday night. Meal took over 2 hours. read more

Magic Sushi is a decent spot if you're looking for AYCE sushi. Service was quick which is a plus. Some of the rolls weren't my favorite but I'd go back to give others a shot! read more

Very very good! Great service & food! 10\10 seriously! Great clean atmosphere also!!!!!!! read more

Never a bad time here! The sushi is delicious! fair price! Decent service! Clean! Will be back! read more

Magic Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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This place has the potential to be good. The service was bad and super slow. Our server was not helpful and didn't explain how the menu works. The food took over an hour. I would not return here. read more

The food was good. I would take it go next time though. The service was not great at all!!! read more

Magic Sushi - Crab rolls - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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This is a clone of Mr. Tokyo, and a poor one at that. Service was almost non-existent, and the food came out very, very slowly. Food was at times above average, but not great. Sushi was not as fresh as it should have been for this price. There's a reason why Mr. Tokyo always has a wait and this place is 1/3 full at best. Very disappointed, most food was bland overall. We will not be back, which is a shame. We were looking forward to having great sushi, but at $25pp, this was not it. read more

Magic Sushi - a plate of food with shrimp, shrimp, and other sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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The sushi was all you can eat!!! And it was very good!! Although when the waitress gave me and my sister food we ended up having each other's orders but we shared so it was okay!! The spring rolls were good I also got the lo mein it was decent but I've had better, I did like the ambiance it was nice overall, the service was good too! read more

I probably wouldn't come back here because of the service. However the food was amazing. We ordered the Butterfly roll and the Godzilla roll. We also had hibachi chicken that came with vegetables and rice, and teriyaki chicken with vegetables and golden noodles. Both entrees were amazing. As for our waiter it was a Sunday afternoon and it was not busy, he seemed irritated and rushed off from taking out order or following up with us after our food arrived. read more

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Food was hot and tasty however, the service left a lot to be desired. When my friend complained about his food, the server questioned whether he should replace with something else or not and even went as far as to get the manager involved .... As if that wasn't a given to simply replace his order. Despite that hiccup my food was delicious! All in all great food and a pretty good restaurant. read more

Wish I could review it based on the food but the AYCE is misleading. They claim ayce is until 3 but they actually stop at 2:30 :) if you're going to have a time displayed you need to adhere to that time instead of 30 minutes before the actual time! False advertising. read more

I highly recommend Magic Sushi. It is located where Black Cow used to be. The interior has been redone and made modern. It's very pretty and comfortable. We had an excellent server/waiter Kevin, who provided a spot-on recommendation for me. My friend had a Sunrise Roll and I had theMango Roll. Both were very delicious. I plan to be back. read more

Magic Sushi - This is what's left after we devoured rolls. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Delicious, made to order, all you can eat sushi!! Magic sushi is a go to spot for our family.

We went for my daughters Birthday lunch and we did the all you can sushi and because it was a Holiday it was the dinner price. I had the Hibachi chicken it was gross no flavor on the chicken and the broccoli was cold. Waiter barely checked on us and they weren't that busy. My daughter and son had the sushi my son at like 3 pieces and was done my daughter ate hers and his but for 3 of us to eat was over 75.00 and not worth it !!! read more

Went for lunch on Friday, May 23, 2025. This was probably our 7th time eating here. There was one large party of 15, but only a few other tables were occupied. Most of our first order arrived fairly promptly, but a few items never arrived at all. After we had eaten our first "course" it took almost 30 minutes for our server to come back to give us another order form. Again, much of the order came in a reasonable amount of time, but we had ordered spring rolls and a soup, and they never came. Our server never came back to check with us. We decided to call it quits for the day, as we had spent almost two hours there. We paid our check and left. The food we were served was very good. The service, not so much. read more