Ron Brown

I was in Chapel Hill with the family, and we decided to try this place because my daughter had a taste for sushi. Read this review understanding that I am not a frequent sushi eater. The biggest hits that everyone loved were the Pot Stickers and the Gyoza dumplings. I had the poke bowl. I got the salmon before I knew anything with a star meant served raw. I still enjoyed the bowl, but the seaweed salad taste was a bit strong for me. I tried some of the dragon and flamingo roll. I personally like the dragon roll flavor better. One tip is to watch where you sit. Condensation from the vents can fall from the ceiling at table 35. There is a high chance we will be back, especially if we feel in the mood to try a little something new.

+1

C Price (Lola)

I have drove past here 900 times and thought I should try it one day. We'll I finally did and sad I didn't sooner. Nice atmosphere, food is a bit different in coloring than some other places but don't let that fool you! I got the chicken lo mein and it was quite delicious! My son enjoyed his sushi and my mom loved her hibachi steak. Parking downtown isn't exactly a picnic but I would definitely go back.

+4

Shilpa dr

Food looked very tempting as we entered the restaurant looking for some lunch options around 3pm ish on a weekend. Lunch is till 4pm. The waitress came over quickly to take the order. She looked a lil grumpy. The Sushi is buy one get one free - both orders served in a single plate (as u can see in the pics) we ordered 2 sushi plates -flaming hot sushi & spicy tuna roll. The other order was also flaming hot and Rock n Roll spicy sushi with Tuna. We ordered the Pad Thai lunch box(chicken) which was def. bang for the buck (it comes with a salad, small regular California sushi rolls, 2 pieces of fried rolls & the pad Thai noodles. The last dish ordered was Panang curry with chicken ordered as Hot spice level with no green beans. The order was brought fairly quickly but the panang curry had a sweet taste (wasn’t to my liking at all had a very sweet taste) the dish was saucy with few basil leaves, few chic pieces and some red and green bell peppers with a small serving of sticky rice (pl see the pic). The chic pieces looked scarce in my opinion. Family liked their spicy sushi rolls and pad thai lunch box. They couldn’t finish it though as they felt it filled them up fairly fast given that they ate just abt few sushi rolls surprisingly. The lil saucer is for pouring the soy sauce for dipping your sushi roll. The food was OK in our opinion. Not one of the greatest thai foods comparatively! Also after few hours we felt like our tummies were lil upset with the afternoon lunch. Overall I would rate it a 3 as the spice level was not hot but sweet, the pad Thai taste was just tasteless (albeit looked very delicious) salad was watery and the waitress waited to see if TIP was being added which I personally thought was outright rude! Also a student discount of 10% is offered so make sure you ask because they don’t offer it readily unless you ask for it! Not super impressed with this eatery wouldn’t try it next time when I am around that area! Didn’t stand up to the taste and expectations of a good Thai restaurant unfortunately !

V

We came here for the first time in like 5 years and were very disappointed... Quality has gone down a LOT. Even though everything came out quickly, somehow it was all over cooked. The edamame shells were so squishy that they ripped when we tried the get the beans out. Some of my noodles were burnt. And on top of that.... the toilet didn't flush.

Kevin Nguyen

Table of 5. Likely was accepted fast because we didn’t realize there was a mandatory gratuity charge. Otherwise, food was great, but unfortunately the drinks (Nigiri breeze and I forgot what the other drink was) tasted like laundry detergent and dish soap. Ordered salmon poke bowl w sushi rice and thought it was nice.

spicy 9 has somehow messed up my order or given me bad food almost everytime. the only reason i come back is the location and the fact that my friends like the prices. also THIS IS NOT LO MEIN. even the crappiest asian restaurant would make lo mein better than this. extremely disappointed.

Sarah McLendon

I hadn't been to spicy 9 in over 5 years, and from my prior memories the food was good. My recent visit not only left me with an empty belly, but also a bad taste in my mouth. I traveled over 45 minutes to get my mother dinner for her birthday. We ordered out, and I got the food as soon as it was given to us. I tried the bulgogi beef, which is normally my favorite and between the lack of seasoning and preparation it was beyond mid. But I pressed on. I tried the hibachi next, beyond disgusted... the meats texture was questionable and it was cooked TO THE POINT OF HOCKEY PUCKS. Incredibly hard with lack luster beyond belief. It's a shame when streamed onions is the best thing on the plate. One guest couldn't continue with the meal due to the texture and threw away 78% of it.....Despite my dishes being nothing to write home about, i only hoped my mother's sesame chicken was decent as this was her only birthday request. She, being a woman with no complaining bone in her body- was turned off. She stated "it's a bit dry". I offered my "extra" hibachi sauce to possibly remedy the issue. Again, hockey pucks that ended up in the trash as the meat was "too hard to chew". $70+ down the trash. Do your self a favor and drive down the road a bit further for a decent meal.

Arianna Mull

Worst ‘teriyaki chicken’ I’ve ever had. The knife they provided couldn’t even cut through it.

Envy Oclith

Good atmosphere, good service. Unfortunately awful food. I had the tempura bowl. I got two tempura shrimp, a 1/4 slab of almost raw carrot, and a mushroom slathered in so much thick, greasy tempura batter — more corn dog than tempura, really — I couldn’t eat it. It came with two deep-fried gyoza that spurted grease when I bit into them. The California roll it came with was fine, so I ate that and my rice. It also came with a small salad—iceberg lettuce and a large slab of cucumber about 1/2 and inch thick with no utensils to cut it, all slathered in so much dressing I had to scrape it off. The dressing was poorly made and chunky. I ate about 1/3 of the food before I had to call it quits, all for the price of nearly $25 with tax and tip. Do not recommend.

Madison Plesser

This is my first time eating here. Ordered through Uber eats. I ordered the app spicy 9 sampler and bowl of the hill. Sampler: first, I opened the plate and opened the sauce. I noticed a hair immediately in the sauce. At this point, I would usually not eat any of the food because it grosses me out, but I unfortunately am in the hospital with my dad and just spent $42 to have two things delivered here. (Here all day) so I gave the food a chance. The crab ragoons are very interesting. I’m sure with the sauce they would have been better, but the inside was different than any other crab ragoon I have had before. Not bad but not good either. The entire sampler was pretty neutral. It wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t good either. (Again, we were down a sauce. And sauce can definitely change the game) The bowl: the bowl at first glance came with a lot of food. First bite was way tastier than the sampler. Great amount of tuna. The avocado was brown. The spring mix seemed wilted. The sauce is good and sushi rice consistency was great. I gave it a 2/5 due to the hair, wilted ingredients, and lack of flavor in the platter. I may or may not try this place again(I’d get different items)

Waited 30 minutes after being seated, not a single worker came by to offer water, to take our order or to even say hi. Multiple times did I notice a server casually standing at the end of the sushi bar just on their phone and talking with other coworkers. I’ve been to this restaurant before. Wasn’t impressed with the food the first time but this was the dagger.

I've been a fan of Spicy9 for years and have been many times. Today I informed my server I has a severe avocado allergy. I did not order or consume anything with avocado, but within an hour began having an allergic reaction. I do not blame the server, he was nice and I believe he made note of it. But please, take allergies seriously.

Holland B

I usually enjoy Spicy 9, but I wanted to share a serious warning so others can be cautious. Last spring, I ordered the Tar Eel Roll and ended up getting Norovirus, which completely knocked me out for days. I can’t say for certain what happened in the kitchen, but the timing and symptoms made it very clear that it came from that meal. I know food issues can happen anywhere, but when it comes to raw or lightly cooked seafood, freshness and handling matter a lot. My experience left me really wary of ordering eel or any high-risk items here again. Just sharing this so others can be careful with what they choose from the menu. I hope Spicy 9 takes extra steps to monitor food safety because no one should have to go through that.

Joel Greenberg

I ordered general tso's chicken w/ extra chicken. Most of the chicken was overcooked and dry to the point that its consistency was closer to a jerky. I'm not a particularly picky eater, especially given I walked 2 miles round trip from Davis library to get this and was starving, but I had to throw most of it out (see picture below). I don't like beating on restaurants because I know it's a tough business, but I cannot substantiate paying $20 for something of this quality. My hope is that this was a fluke and out of the ordinary for this restaurant.