Sushi and Asian restaurants in Asheville: downtown and Haywood Road

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. Refreshed every three months.

Most of Asheville’s Asian restaurants that we could confirm are downtown and in the South Slope: Red Ginger on Patton Avenue, Suwana’s Thai Orchid on Broadway, Itto Ramen on Biltmore Avenue, Chai Pani on Banks Avenue and Ben’s Tune Up on Hilliard Avenue. Haywood Road in West Asheville has a second Itto Ramen and Thai Pearl, and Green Tea is off Patton Avenue at Regent Park.

How we made this list. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Asheville’s city limits, the same data behind our local directory, checked against each place’s own website on Oct. 12, 2026. We added Ben’s Tune Up and Chai Pani from their own sites. Many listings in the map data had no website, or a website that no longer works, and we could not confirm them on a site of their own, including Mikado, Maguro, Asaka, Mr. Sushi, Asheville Sushi and Hibachi, Stone Bowl Korean and Gan Shan Station; Panda Express’s location page would not load for us. Itto Ramen’s third restaurant is in Arden. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. Run one of these places? Write to us to correct your entry.

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Ben’s Tune Up is a former South Slope auto shop that now houses an American sake brewery, an Asian fusion restaurant and a beer garden, its site says. It serves weekend brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and welcomes dogs.

Chai Pani, the Indian restaurant, lists its Asheville home at 32 Banks Ave. in the South Slope. Its site showed an 11 a.m. opening when we checked but does not list full weekly hours.

Green Tea Japanese Restaurant is at Regent Park Boulevard, off Patton Avenue in West Asheville. Its menu lists sushi and Japanese dishes, with online ordering. (Its site prints two of these times with the wrong a.m. or p.m.; we give the obvious reading.)

Itto Ramen Bar & Japanese Tapas has two Asheville restaurants, at 3 Biltmore Ave. downtown and at 630 Haywood Road, with menus posted for each.

Red Ginger Dimsum & Tapas on Patton Avenue is a Chinese dim sum and tapas bar, its site says. The menu runs from pan-fried dumplings and buns to fried rice, noodles and sushi rolls.

Suwana’s Thai Orchid is on Broadway downtown. Its site showed an 11:30 a.m. opening when we checked but does not list full weekly hours.

Thai Pearl on Haywood Road in West Asheville opened in March 2020, its site says. It caters events and is open every day.

The Madness on Merrimon Avenue serves sushi and other Asian dishes alongside burgers, its site says, and caters parties.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I get sushi in Asheville?

Green Tea Japanese Restaurant at 2 Regent Park Blvd. and The Madness at 1020 Merrimon Ave. both list sushi. Itto Ramen Bar on Biltmore Avenue and Haywood Road serves ramen and Japanese tapas.

Where can I get Thai food in Asheville?

Suwana’s Thai Orchid is at 11 Broadway St. downtown, and Thai Pearl is at 747 Haywood Road in West Asheville, open noon to 9 p.m. daily.

Which Asheville Asian restaurants are open late?

Itto Ramen’s downtown restaurant at 3 Biltmore Ave. is open until 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and Ben’s Tune Up on Hilliard Avenue lists hours to 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Where can I get dim sum in Asheville?

Red Ginger Dimsum & Tapas is at 82 Patton Ave. downtown. It serves lunch and dinner every day, with a break between 3 and 5 p.m. on weekdays.