Wasabi

Updated February 20, 2006 12:20 PM

MacGregor Village, 107 Edinburgh South Drive, Cary

Cuisine: Japanese, Thai.

Rating: ***

Prices: entrees $11 to $16 (main menu); entrees $17 to $25 (Four Seasons menu).

Atmosphere: cosmopolitan.

Service: well-trained.

Recommended: sushi, dynamite mussels, Thai spicy basil beef, Thai curries.

Open: Lunch Monday-Saturday, dinner nightly.

Reservations: recommended on weekends.

Other: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover; full bar; smoking permitted after midnight only in the bar; kid-tolerant.

The N&O's critic dines anonymously; the newspaper pays for all meals. We rank restaurants in four categories:

**** Among the Triangle's very best.

*** Rewarding experience.

** Generally acceptable.

* Hit-or-miss.

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This story was originally published November 14, 2003 at 3:30 AM with the headline "Wasabi."