{"id":3513,"date":"2026-07-20T13:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=3513"},"modified":"2026-07-20T13:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T13:06:20","slug":"this-charlotte-japanese-restaurant-is-among-the-best-in-the-us-yelp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=3513","title":{"rendered":"This Charlotte Japanese restaurant is among the best in the US, Yelp says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Charlotte restaurant has earned another national accolade, landing among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/collection\/_nGQnUQ97IEcxhYxV1H97w\/Top-50-Japanese-restaurants-to-add-to-your-foodie-bucket-list\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">top 50 Japanese restaurants<\/a> to add to your foodie bucket list.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=3511\">Foes of Ballantyne YMCA sale consider legal options, plan new Charlotte protest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>South End\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/charlottefive\/c5-food-drink\/article259454959.html\"><u>Yunta Nikkei<\/u><\/a> ranked No. 38 on Yelp\u2019s latest list of the country\u2019s best Japanese restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYunta Nikkei highlights the vibrant fusion of Japanese and Peruvian flavors, offering dishes that mix raw bar favorites, ceviches, and Japanese comfort food,\u201d Yelp wrote. \u201cMust-try items include tiraditos with yuzu kosho, miso-marinated fish, and inventive sushi rolls spiced up with Peruvian aji amarillo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recognition follows another recent honor for the restaurant. Earlier this year, Yunta Nikkei placed No. 80 on Yelp\u2019s Top 100 U.S. Restaurants list, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/charlottefive\/c5-food-drink\/article314426758.html\"><u>CharlotteFive reported<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=3509\">Pizzeria staff and patrons \u2018fought\u2019 robbery suspect armed with hoe, NC police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yunta specializes in Nikkei cuisine, a culinary tradition that blends Japanese techniques with Peruvian ingredients and flavors. The menu includes a variety of ceviches alongside noodle dishes, stir-fries and grilled meat skewers.<\/p>\n<p>Guests looking to end the meal on a sweet note can order the chocolate lucuma dessert, which pairs rich dark chocolate with lucuma, a tropical fruit native to the Andean valleys of South America.<\/p>\n<p>The drink menu features a range of beer and wine selections, but cocktails take center stage. Many are built around pisco, Peru\u2019s signature grape spirit, including the classic pisco sour. Other cocktail options include the chilcano, made with pisco, Fever Tree ginger ale and fresh lime, and the pisco punch, served with pisco, lemon, lime, passion fruit and Prosecco.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=3507\">This NC travel destination ranks as a fan favorite to visit \u2014 again<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Location: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?q=2201+South+Blvd,+Suite+130,+Charlotte,+NC+28203&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiW48_x_Mr2AhXCdN8KHbqZBr4Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw\"><u>2201 South Blvd., Suite 140, Charlotte, NC 28203<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yuntanikkei.com\/charlotte-south-end-yunta-nikkei-food-menu\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">Menu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cuisine: Nikkei<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/yuntanikkei\/?hl=en\"><u>@yuntanikkei<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yunta Nikkei at 2201 South Blvd in Charlotte earned No. 38 on Yelp\u2019s list, praised for Nikkei dishes, ceviches, miso-marinated fish and unique pisco cocktails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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