M Tempura
Phone: (919) 748-3874
M Tempura, one of only a handful of true tempura restaurants on the East Coast, was named by Bon Appetit as one of the top 50 best new restaurants in the country in 2019. From Chef Mike Lee, who also owns M Sushi, M Pocha and M Kokko downtown, M Tempura is also home to Chef Savannah Miller, one of the 'chef-testants' on season 21 of Bravo's Top Chef.
Cuisines
- Casual Dining
- Japanese/Sushi/Korean
Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 5:00 – 9:30 PM
Wednesday: 5:00 – 9:30 PM
Thursday: 5:00 – 9:30 PM
Friday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
Saturday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
Sunday: Closed
Tuesday: 5:00 – 9:30 PM
Wednesday: 5:00 – 9:30 PM
Thursday: 5:00 – 9:30 PM
Friday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
Saturday: 5:00 – 10:00 PM
Sunday: Closed
Map
Google Rating
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Amazing flavors and variety on the menu. Service is very attentive and the dishes are well timed, so you’re not waiting around.
For the money spent, the decor and tables could be a little bit more upscale but it’s just a minor detail. -
Wonderful experience for dinner, cannot wait to come back for the full omakase, this time we did the tempura tasting.
Also highly recommend requesting the Carolina moon with truffle!
Chef Savannah and the staff are so kind and welcoming. -
A great higher-end restaurant. Only omakase style meals, where you are brought various courses. The tempura dishes themselves were delicious, especially the prawns, scallop, and lobster. Overall it as surprisingly a good deal for the price. Great service and cozy atmosphere. An obvious contender for date night or special occasion outing.
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The kaiseki omakase experience was great. I sat at the bar and got to watch the chefs make some of the dishes which was really cool to watch. The food on the other hand was JUST good. I am spoiled by the other restaurants in the “M” series and the food here didn’t wow me in the same way and it was a similar price point. I definitely recommend trying it once for something different and to taste their obviously top notch ingredients.
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We went partially because we’re Top Chef fans, but we were also intrigued by a Japanese brunch. We sat at the bar so we could watch the cooking which was really fun to engage. Please be aware there is no Omakase at brunch, but there’s a whole bunch of intriguing choices and we quite enjoyed it. It is meant to be shared the only challenge we had was picking which dishes to order. We thought the omelette was incredible and I think that was the biggest surprise The only disappointment at least for brunch it doesn’t seem you can trust the online system if there’s space or not. We were driving home so we thought we’d chance to see if we could get in for brunch even though it looked like it might be filled.
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