Restaurants near Holiday Inn Express Apex - Raleigh

Wife and I dined for lunch on Sunday, 12/22/24. Both of us had grilled salmon with Brussel sprouts and collard greens along with a side salad. Salads were very fresh, crisp cherry tomatoes, variety of green lettuce and spinach, very clean, crunchy and no brown or undesirable parts. Booth table was very comfortable without jackets on cold day, high of 40 degrees today. This is one of the nicest restaurants (upscale) with great food in the Cary area. We will be eating here again.

We had a great lunch there today. Between the four of us, we had a curry, a stir fry, a thai noodle dish, and the rainbow sushi lunch special with a rainbow roll and nigiri Everything was fresh and tasty. The service was good. Would recommend and will return.

Appetizers were great (burrata and fried artichokes). Dinner was ok and over priced. The burger was meh and the Moholland salad was small for the price and something I could have made at home with my chopper. The service from Autumn made up for the ‘ok’ food. She was attentive and incredibly friendly. Autumn was memorable! The dessert (banana and ice cream) was excellent and the various spritz drinks were incredible. You can’t beat the ambiance! I would eat here again and try to order something different (my friend said the lobster roll was delicious). I wish there was a different menu for lunch versus dinner though.

It was absolutely DELIGHTFUL! The service was excellent, the food was excellent, the ambiance was excellent but what was most excellent was the hospitality and thoughtfulness of the entire experience from start to finish. It was my best friend's birthday and upon arriving at the table, a cute and thoughtful gift of a book (she's a big reader) on interior design (which she loves) was in a bag for her! along with complimentary glasses of prosecco. After a lovely and delicious dinner, we were given a reflective question card for the birthday girl to answer which was SO sweet and such a fun way to close out the birthday dinner! 10/10 recommend for a birthday, anniversary or just for a lovely dinner out! We got the focaccia and caesar salad to start, then tagliatelle and rigatoni and regina colletta pizza for the main courses. Everything was delicious. If you haven't been, GO STAT!

The Tomahawk Pork Chop was excellent, and the Shrimp & Grits, to die for. What a fantastic combination of shrimp, sausage, grits and MMMM! Will definitely be back for more.