Sushi Sho

 

Located at 2213 Cloverdale Avenue in Winston-Salem, Sushi Sho offers sushi and Japanese cuisine for lunch and dinner daily. Online ordering and all-you-can-eat are available.

Now that High Point and Greensboro have multiple AYCE sushi options, it was only a matter of time before Winston-Salem got in on the act. The more, the merrier, and Sushi Sho clearly serves a need. That said, if you aren’t coming here specifically for flat-rate fish and rice consumption, there are better options.

Sushi Sho is reasonably spacious, which is a plus given how busy they keep. I stopped by for lunch around 12:30 on a Monday, and there was a fairly steady stream of customers before and after me. They seemed understaffed given the volume, but both the front-of-house staff and sushi chefs were hustling at a commendable rate. Tiffany (I think?) provided good service despite doing what looked like the work of at least two people.

Not wanting to commit to an AYCE experience just yet, I opted for a regular menu and took a seat at the bar. Pricing is another point in Sushi Sho’s favor. AYCE runs under $20 for lunch and under $30 for dinner. I went with the sushi roll lunch, which also proved plenty affordable: any two classic rolls with miso or salad for about $12. Even with the specialty rolls removed from the equation, there were plenty of appealing options. I ended up picking an Alaska roll and a spicy yellowtail roll.

 

Unfortunately, the food here was merely OK. The salad was mostly lettuce though the requisite ginger dressing didn’t disappoint. Typically, an Alaska roll is an “inside out” (fish on top) concoction, but not here. Composition aside, the salmon and avocado left no reason for complaint. However, the same cannot be said for the yellowtail roll. Dry rice, an absence of spice, and an abundance of crunch in the middle made this roll one I would avoid in the future.

If you have time and patience to spare, you can find a good value here, but on food alone, Sushi Sho is only so-so.