Red Ginger is a trendy Japanese restaurant in Uptown Charlotte. There is a sushi bar, hibachi grills and regular menu featuring bento options and other Japanese specialties.
My party sat in the bar area which is right inside the door. I didn't understand the 3 seater bar tables. Isn't 3 considered a crowd? You'd think 4 would be more acceptable. Also the music was way too loud.
For food, I started out with the Rock Shrimp which was actually quite good. The sauce was a combo of sweet and spicy and it came with several shrimp. For a meal I went with the Maki B sushi combo which came with spicy tuna, salmon and eel. It also came with miso soup and a salad. The soup and salad were quite Meh. The soup was so salty and it wasn't even a soup, it was more of a broth with 2 pieces of miso and tiny slices of scallion. The salad wasn't much better - iceberg lettuce, a grape tomato, slice of cucumber and a ginger dressing that tasted more like thousand island.
The sushi was decent but I thought it was overpriced. For bar selections, they do have a few craft beer draft selections but nothing local. Too bad.
Service wise, we were served by the bartender who we had to call over each time we needed something. Other than that, food came out quickly.
I don't know if this is worth my time for a repeat visit. I think there are better sushi places in Charlotte. But perhaps, I'll try them sometime for the hibachi grill.