Akai Hana
sushi
Independent
Seaweed Salad
4.95
Agedashi Tofu
6.95
Vegetable Gyoza
6.95
Potato Croquette
6.95
Spring Rolls Flash-fried Vegetable Spring Rolls
5.50
with Chili Sweet sauce
Shiitake Mushroom Tempura Golden-fried Shiitake Mushrooms
7.95
served with tempura sauce
Meat Appetizers Gyoza Pan-fried Pork Dumplings
7.95
served with Ponzu sauce
Yakitori Grilled Chicken Teriyaki
7.95
and scallions served on two Skewers
Chicken Tempura Golden-fried Chicken
7.95
served with Katsu sauce
Soft-Shell Crab Whole Golden-fried Crab
9.95
served with Tempura sauce
Fried Oysters Golden-fried Oysters
8.95
served with Katsu sauce
Broiled Green Mussels* Served with Smelt Roe, Japanese Mayo and Ponzu sauce
8.95
Featured Sunomono* Octopus Sashimi & Crabstick over Cucumber Salad with Ponzu sauce
10.95
Ika Geso Flash-fried Squid Tentacles
7.95
over sliced Cucumbers with Ponzu sauce
Ika Sansai Marinated Squid
7.95
over sliced Cucumbers with Ponzu sauce
Shrimp Tempura Golden-fried Black Tiger Shrimp
14.95
with Tempura sauce
Mixed Tempura Golden-fried Shrimp
12.95
and Vegetables with Tempura sauce
Hamachi Kama Yellowtail Cheek
17.95
marinated and grilled with spicy Ponzu sauce
Baby Octopus Broiled & served cold over Cucumbers with Ponzu sauce
7.95
Additional Items Miso Soup
3.95
Rice
3.95
Unagi Don Broiled Eel (8 pcs) over a bed of Rice w/ Eel Sauce
29.95
Featured Tekka Don* Tuna Sashimi (10 pcs) over Sushi Rice
29.95
Featured Salmon Don* Salmon Sashimi (10 pcs) with Salmon Roe over Sushi Rice
29.95
Full 19.95
Mt. Fuji Tempura Sweet Potato, Avocado, Inari, Pickled Daikon, and Japanese Mayo Half
10.95
Full 18.95; Full 18.95; Full 19.95; Full 15.95; Full 21.95; Full 19.95; Full 21.95; Full 20.95
Royal Lobster Lobster, Salmon, Masago, Crabstick, Avocado, Cucumber and Japanese Mayo Half
12.95
Full 22.95; Full 19.95
Featured Steak Teriyaki Grilled Sirloin
15.95
served with Teriyaki Sauce and Steamed Vegetables
Shrimp Tempura Jumbo Shrimp
19.95
lightly battered and golden-fried served with Tempura Sauce
Pork Cutlet Breaded Pork Loin
15.95
flash-fried & served with Katsu 18.95 Sauce
Chicken Cutlet Breaded Chicken
15.95
flash fried and served with katsu sauce
Yakisoba Stir-fried Egg Noodles
14.95
and Vegetables (Served with Miso Soup) Chicken
Steak
14.95
Shrimp
14.95
Vegetables
12.95
Featured Steak Teriyaki Bento*
19.95
Featured Salmon Teriyaki Bento*
19.95
Featured Chicken Cutlet Bento*
18.95
Soups Kitsune Udon Sweet Tofu, Spinach and Mushrooms in a Fish broth with flour noodles
13.95
Tempura Udon Shrimp Tempura, Spinach & a Mushrooms in a Fish broth with flour noodles
14.95
Tempura Soba Shrimp Tempura, Spinach & Mushrooms in a Fish broth with buckwheat noodles
14.95
Desserts Ice Cream (Green Tea or Ginger)
6.95
Mochi Ice Cream (Pick 2 flavors: Green Tea, Mango, Strawberry, Red Bean, Chocolate)
6.95
Sakura Mochi (Sweet Red Bean rice pastry & cherry leaf)
4
Beverages Green Tea
3.50
Iced Tea
3.50
Soft Drinks (Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Sunkist, Sierra Mist, Ginger Ale)
4
Cranberry Juice
4
Pellegrino Mineral Water
4.50
Menu as captured Sep 1, 2026 · source ↗
We hold 17 venues in Carrboro, NC and could score 3 of them. This one is not among them, so it has no position — not a low one.
There is no score breakdown to show: nothing we read about this venue earned points in any of the four categories, so a bar chart of zeroes would look like a verdict on the kitchen rather than on what it publishes. What we did read is below.
v1.7.4 0.0/100 = sourcing 0.0/50 (named-farm 0 distinct, named-region 0 distinct, attribute 0 distinct, buzzword 0 distinct) + farm partners 0.0/20 (none scored) + registry 0.0/12 (none listed) + press 0.0/18 (capped at 35% of the 0.0-point evidence base).
Buzzwords only. This venue uses sourcing language ("farm-fresh", "locally sourced") but names no farms, regions, or verifiable attributes.
See the week▾
| Sunday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | lunch 11:30am – 2pm · dinner 5pm – 9pm |
| Wednesday | lunch 11:30am – 2pm · dinner 5pm – 9pm |
| Thursday | lunch 11:30am – 2pm · dinner 5pm – 9pm |
| Friday | lunch 11:30am – 2pm · dinner 4:30pm – 9pm |
| Saturday | 4:30pm – 9pm |
Page carried 2 separate day/time blocks; the highest-scoring one was used. Days not named in it are 'unknown', not 'closed'.
Hours checked Aug 30, 2026 · source ↗ · these hours were read from the page text rather than published schedule data, so we show the week instead of calling it open or closed · Always worth confirming with the restaurant.
Call (919) 942-6848No online booking — reservations by phone.
Coverage
- Visit Carrboro (Carrboro Eats) restaurant guide entry: Akai Hana ↗
Visit Carrboro (Carrboro Eats)
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