Restaurants Asian
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Ahi Hibachi & Poke
Price: $$
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489 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-543-8898
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Counter service, take-out, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Pay attention to the second half of the name and get the poke, available at a reasonable price with loads of topping choices (raw and cooked). Vegetarian options, hibachi, fried rice, noodles and basic soups and salads.
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Athens Wok
Price: $
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493 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-2695 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Take-out, delivery, beer and wine. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Informal place focusing on quick-sauteed Thai, Chinese, Korean and Japanese dishes. The Thai curries are a highlight, but everything is fast and tasty.
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BB.Q Chicken Athens
Price: $$
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230 N. Finley St. Athens, GA 30601. TBA
File Under: Asian. Features: Delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Not, in fact, a barbecue restaurant, but a Korean fried chicken chain with locations from California to New York. The "BBQ" stands for "best of the best quality." Tenders, wings, tteokbokki and sides from pickled radishes and cheese sticks to onion rings. Opening later this year.
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Bon de Paris Bánh Mì
Price: $$
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1860 Barnett Shoals Rd. Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-8289
File Under: Asian. Features: Take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Vietnamese sandwiches and various fancy beverages in this Eastside space. You can get your banh mi with the classic fillings (grilled pork, ham) or vegan on fresh baked bread. Picking a drink might be harder, with a lot of bubble teas, coffees, smoothies and slushies to select from. Also: pho and snacks.
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Bubble Café
Price: $☆ Expanded Listing!
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247 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-355-3002 View Map
File Under: Asian, Tea House, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Catering, counter service, take-out, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Bubble tea, of course, in a wide variety of flavors (almond milk for the lactose intolerant; milk teas, fruit teas, smoothies, cloud cream, matcha), but also snacks, dumplings, good soups, rice and poke bowls and more, all in an Instagrammable interior. Good vegetarian options.
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Chef Ming
Price: $$
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1720 Epps Bridge Pkwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-552-3233 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Catering, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Healthier-than-average strip-mall Chinese, focusing on Cantonese standards. Hot pot, seafood, Singapore noodles, roast duck and lunch specials. Online ordering.
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China 1
Price: $
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2026 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-7788 View Map
File Under: Asian. Features: Counter service, catering, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Mostly to-go food, available fast, but a better selection than your standard stir-fry eatery: lo mein, pancit, teriyaki, sweet and sour, moo shu and meat entrees, plus chef’s special Cantonese dishes.
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China Star Super Buffet
Price: $
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3567 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-316-3382 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Buffet, catering, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Large AYCE buffet with many Chinese, American and Japanese dishes, including crab legs sometimes. You can also order off the menu of mostly Americanized Chinese standards or get take-out priced by the pound.
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China Wok
Price: $
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2475 Jefferson Road Athens, GA 30607. 706-353-3399 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Hours: Lunch and dinner. Features: Counter service, take-out. • Americanized quick-service Chinese dishes, including chop suey, lo mein, mai fun, moo shu, et al., make up the primary order of business in this small restaurant that mostly does to-go.
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Choo Choo Japanese Korean Grill Express
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Price: $
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1055 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-543-8888 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and sake, delivery, trivia, Wi-Fi. Hours: Lunch, dinner and late night. • Quick-service Japanese and Korean food at bargain prices. You can get hibachi basics and lots of fried stuff, but also bibimbap and bulgogi.
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The Crab Hut
Price: $$$
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1860 S. Barnett Shoals Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-0762
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1011 Park Dr. Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-705-1381
File Under: Something Different. Features: Beer and wine, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Two locations of a Viet-Cajun fusion restaurant have different menus and identities. Both do tasty boil-in-bag seafood (crawfish, shrimp, mussels, crab legs and more) with plenty of spice as well as fried baskets, salmon and shrimp burgers, corn, hushpuppies, coleslaw and wings. The eastside location has a whole other menu of Vietnamese offerings: pho, bún, cóm and more.
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D92 Korean BBQ
Price: $$
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1080 Baxter St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-7990
File Under: Asian. Hours: Lunch and dinner. Features: Full bar, outside seating. • Grilled meats cooked on your table, either in pre-set portion sizes or all-you-can-eat, plus banchan (free snacks that vary frequently). It's not inexpensive, but it is good. Also: vegetarian options, Korean ramen, kimchi stew. Japanese whiskey, shōchū and other unusual selections at the bar.
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Gekko Kitchen
Price: $$
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1725 Electric Ave. Watkinsville, GA 30677. TBA
File Under: Asian. Features: Take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Atlanta business is opening a Watkinsville location at Wire Park this year with hibachi, sushi bowls and a few snacks like edamame and gyoza.
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Golden Dragon
Price: $$
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126 Alps Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-552-1688 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, delivery, catering, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Tons of standard Americanized Chinese options, including duck, seafood and some good tofu options. Dragon Dinners feature combinations of dishes for two to 10 people. Online ordering.
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Golden Sun Chinese Restaurant
Price: $$
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4375 Lexington Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-549-3388 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Countless classic options, loads of chef's specials and lunch specials. A lighter fare section offers steamed MSG-free meals low in sodium; lots of tofu choices.
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Hibachi Grill Supreme Buffet
Price: $$
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2020 Barnett Shoals Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-546-8777 View Map
File Under: Asian. Features: Buffet, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Huge Asian buffet also does hibachi cooked to order. Tofu, Chinese dishes, sushi, American food, fruit, salad and desserts spread across the room. Open most holidays.
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Inoko Express
Price: $
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3190 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-425-8828 View Map
File Under: Asian. Features: Counter service, delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Quick-service hibachi includes steak, chicken, shrimp, salmon, tofu and “Ultimate Vegetarian” with fried rice, vegetables and two sauces.
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Inoko Hibachi Express
Price: $$
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1860 S. Barnett Shoals Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-546-5662 View Map
File Under: Asian. Features: Delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Unlike its sister restaurant, this one focuses more on sushi than on hibachi, although you can get that too. Choose among nigiri, maki and specialty rolls, then accessorize with katsu, edamame, seaweed salad, etc. Teriyaki and tempura, too.
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Jinya Ramen Bar
Price: $$
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351 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-478-0880
File Under: Asian. Features: Delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days. • Highly reputed franchise does lots of ramen but also salads, tacos, rice bowls, curry, sides like crispy chickpeas, dumplings and takoyaki. Mochi ice cream and panna cotta for dessert. Kids meals, too.
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Just Pho… and More
Price: $$
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1063 Baxter St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-1420 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Outside seating, art, delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Plenty more, actually, in addition to the Vietnamese beef, chicken or vegetable broth-based noodle soup customizable with lots of additions. Other things on the menu include rice dishes with grilled meats, noodle dishes, banh mi sandwiches, goi cuon, tiramisu.
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Main Moon Restaurant
Price: $$
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2061 Experiment Station Road Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-769-8686 View Map
File Under: Asian. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Basic Chinese restaurant with pictures of the food you can order: chow mein, stir fry, fried rice, lo mein, egg foo yung, Mongolian chicken, Szechuan beef, Hunan shrimp and the like, all ready fast. Menu has a Weight Watchers section.
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Mama Ning's Thai
Price: $$
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2 S. Main St. Ste.101 Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-705-1012
File Under: Asian. Features: Take-out, catering, beer and wine, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Delicate, not oversugary Thai food in the middle of downtown Watkinsville: satay, tom yum, curries, eggplant basil, noodles, Thai tea, boba. Cake from Sweetie Pie by Savie. Kids menu. Makku rice beer.
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Mochinut
Price: $$
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1860 Barnett Shoals Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-6554
File Under: Asian, Tea Houses and Bakeries. Features: Counter service, take-out. • Donuts made with rice flour (gluten-free) in a wide variety of flavors at this franchise that also serves bubble tea and Korean corndogs coated in things like Hot Cheetos.
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Mother Pho
Price: $$
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167 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30602. 706-354-6006
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Delivery, outside seating, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Sweet covered patio is a great place to sit at this Vietnamese restaurant. It has its titular beef broth-based noodle soup, of course, but also banh mi, crepes, summer rolls, claypots and rice dishes, with a good veggie-friendly selection. Vietnamese coffee, fruit slushies, bubble tea and coconut juice to drink.
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New Red Bowl Asian Bistro
Price: $$
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1935 Barnett Shoals Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-227-7888
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Take-out, curbside pick-up, full bar. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Athens' source for authentic Chinese food. You don't have to drive to Duluth; just remember to ask for the Szechuan menu (or locate it on the website if you're ordering take-out). If that’s not your thing, there’s sesame chicken, too, plus Thai curries, sushi, steamed seafood and much more.
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Oyishi Sushi and Hibachi
Price: $$
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2061 Experiment Station Road Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-769-7088
File Under: Asian. Features: Take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Japanese restaurant with sushi (standard and specialty rolls), hibachi, ramen, fried rice, salmon tacos, soup and salad. Kids menu. Specials are a good deal.
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Paris Báhn Mì
Price: $$
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165 W. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. TBA
File Under: Asian. Features: Take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • This franchise opening fall 2023 downtown does Vietnamese baguette sandwiches with pâté, pickled veggies, hot peppers, meats and seitan, plus versions of the same on croissants and hamburger rolls. Picturesque patisserie, too, and bubble tea.
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Peking Restaurant
Price: $$
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2725 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-549-9333 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Elaborate decor and Chinese-American standards. Big menu covers all the standards, with lots of vegetarian options. Sizzling rice soup comes with many of the pre-set dinners, and soups in general are more interesting than you would expect.
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Poke Bar
Price: $$
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1791 Oconee Connector, Suite 740 Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-3410
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Take-out. Hours: Seven days. • Poke bowls, boba, ramen and desserts. -
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Ponko Chicken
Price: $$
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529 Baxter St. Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-8283
File Under: Chicken. Features: Catering, take-out, outside seating, vegetarian friendly, delivery, counter service. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Tenders fried in rice bran oil, tofu options, vegan patties, hot dogs fried and served with slaw and sides that include white or brown rice and Japanese pickles.
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Pretty Boy
Price: $$$
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615 Barber St. Athens, GA 30601. TBA
File Under: Asian. Features: Full bar. Hours: Dinner. • Chef Kenny Nguyen of The Expat should be opening his own place late 2023 in a new building on Barber Street. Judging by its pop-ups, the menu will focus on Vietnamese food, with items like stir-fried turmeric baby clams, chilled peanut noodles and pho. Cocktails of course.
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Puma Yu's
Price: $$
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355 Oneta St., Ste. D-400 Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-0709
File Under: Asian, Bars/Clubs. Hours: Dinner. Features: Full bar, outside seating, vegetarian friendly, reservations. • Little-bitty bar/restaurant with tons of personality and charm has a big covered patio with heaters in the winter and is tucked away in the Southern Mill development. Menu is "Thai drinking food" but so much more than that, with big, complex flavors, a real love of veggies and a strong sense of fun. Graze lightly or keep ordering until you're full. Cocktails change regularly but feature beautiful rums and unusual ingredients. Mocktails, too.
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Sakura Steak House
Price: $$
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3557 Atlanta Hwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-227-0001 View Map
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1225 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-850-2027
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Full bar, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Both locations serve a similar menu, from hibachi as entertainment to some of the better sushi in town to elaborately presented sashimi platters. Also: lunch specials, hot pots, yaki udon, dumplings, mochi ice cream, kids menu. Japanese beer, sake, cocktails and wine.
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Shokitini
Price: $$$
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251 W. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-353-7933 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Karaoke, full bar, outside seating, delivery. Hours: Dinner, seven days. • Party sushi bar with private karaoke rooms. Lots of rolls and sashimi as well as surf and turf, noodles, fried tofu and apps. Hot and cold sake, saketinis, wine, mostly domestic beer but a few Japanese brews.
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Siri Thai Cuisine
Price: $$
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1040 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-850-3500 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, catering, delivery, outside seating, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Noodles (available with various proteins), rice entrees, soups, salads, curries and a Thai dessert selection. Spice level can be serious. A couple of Thai beers among the domestics, sakes and a section of organic wines.
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Sushi One
Price: $$
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1430 Capital Ave. Ste. 101, 103 Watkinsville GA, 30677. 706-552-0488
File Under: Asian. Features: Delivery, take-out, full bar, vegetarian friendly. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Miss Ru San's? This new sushi place in Watkinsville is owned and operated by the same folks, with a large array of rolls, entrees, bento boxes, kids meals, poke, noodles, desserts. Sake and Japanese whisky at the bar as well as Japanese beers and other stuff. Friday and Saturday feature an omakase experience that requires reservations. Gluten-free choices and a wide variety of boba drinks.
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Tai Chi Bubble Tea
Price: $
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151 E. Broad St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-395-6483
File Under: Asian, Tea Houses. Features: Take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Bubble tea, ramen, poke bowls, sushi burritos and salad bowls. Order online and pick up.
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Taqueria Tsunami
Price: $$
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1791 Oconee Connector Athens, GA 30606. 706-353-0040
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320 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-621-7999 View Map
File Under: Asian, Mexican and South American, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Outside seating, take-out, delivery, full bar. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Small Atlanta-based chain does Asian/Latin fusion tacos: bulgogi and shiitake, teriyaki chicken with pineapple pico de gallo, tofu with sesame-soy vinaigrette and more. Apps, bowls and salads. Margaritas, cocktails, sangria and craft beers.
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Thai Spoon
Price: $$
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149 N. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-548-9222 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly. Features: Beer and wine, take-out, delivery, outside seating. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Big menu runs from fresh Thai salads to satay, spicy basil duck, lots of seafood and vegan options, plus gluten-free stuff, with lots of eggplant, basil, chilis and curry, all customizable to your taste. Kids menu. Beer and wine, Thai iced tea and Thai iced coffee.
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Tokyo Express
Price: $
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690 U.S. Hwy. 29 Athens, GA 30646. 706-543-8833
File Under: Asian. Hours: Lunch and dinner. Features: Counter service, take-out. • Quick-service hibachi and sushi, plus wings, bento box specials at lunch and dinner, hibachi, soup, edamame and some fried apps.
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Utage Athens Sushi Bar
Price: $$
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440 E. Clayton St. Athens, GA 30601. 706-227-9339 View Map
File Under: Asian, Vegetarian Friendly, Bars. Features: Full bar, delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Lunch combos have more variety than at many other restaurants. Lots of specialty rolls (the sushi part of the menu is huge), but also good udon and ramen bowls, yakitori, tonkatsu, teriyaki, fried rice and more. Hot and cold sake, Japanese (and American) beers, wine, sake bombs and martinis.
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Wok's Up
Price: $
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1791 Oconee Connector Bogart, GA 30622. 706-521-5486
File Under: Asian. Features: Counter service, take-out, delivery. Hours: Lunch and dinner. • Fast-casual made-to-order stir-fry. Pick a protein (steak, chicken, shrimp, pork, tofu), some veggies, a sauce and a base (rice, noodles, salad), and they’ll cook it for you right then and there.
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