Sushi and Asian restaurants in Birmingham: Pizitz, Southside, Summit

Last checked 2026-10-17. Refreshed every three months.

The densest cluster is the Pizitz Food Hall downtown, where five Asian stalls share one dining room. The Southside has Surin West, China Master, Panda Express, Current Charcoal Grill and Wasabi Juan’s, and The Summit area off U.S. 280 has P.F. Chang’s, Ono Poke and Surin 280.

How we made this list. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Birmingham’s city limits, the same data behind our local directory, checked against each place’s own website on Oct. 17, 2026. We added the Pizitz stalls from the Pizitz Food Hall directory and Ono Poke’s Summit restaurant from its own site. We left out two Chinese restaurants with no website we could confirm, and Bamboo on 2nd, whose site does not give a street address. 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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The places

China Master is a Chinese restaurant on Fourth Avenue South near UAB. Its menu includes a noodle section, and it is closed Sunday.

Current Charcoal Grill calls itself an Asian-American restaurant. It serves dinner Tuesday to Saturday and takes reservations through Resy.

Great Wall Chinese Restaurant on Valley Avenue describes a Chinese menu with a range of traditional and lighter dishes. Its site gives the address and phone but no hours.

Ono Poke serves poke bowls, raw fish and imported seaweed over rice or greens, in a mix of Japanese and Hawaiian cooking. Its Summit restaurant is on Summit Boulevard, and its stall in the Pizitz keeps the food hall’s hours.

P.F. Chang’s at The Summit is a location of the Asian restaurant chain. Its page lists patio dining, a happy hour and online ordering.

Panda Express on 20th Street South is a location of the Chinese fast-food chain near UAB, with online ordering.

Pho Pho is a Vietnamese stall in the Pizitz with pho, ramen bowls, bibimbap and Korean dishes.

Road to Burma serves the food of Myanmar, which the Pizitz describes as a mix of Indian, Chinese, Thai and local traditions.

Shu Shop is in the Theatre District on Third Avenue North. It is 21 and over at all times, seats parties of six or fewer, and offers takeout from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.

Silver Kati serves hand-held street food from Kolkata, India, such as kati rolls and tikki masala, in the Pizitz.

Surin 280 and Surin West are the Thai restaurant group’s two restaurants inside the city: Surin West in Five Points South and Surin 280 on Perimeter Park South. Both serve lunch and dinner with a break between.

Thai Esane is a family-run Isan Thai stall in the Pizitz, from the Sayasack family.

Wasabi Juan’s at The Battery calls itself the home of the South’s sushi burritos. Its menu lists raw and cooked burritos, plus miso soup and nachos.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I get sushi in Birmingham?

Ono Poke serves raw-fish poke bowls at The Summit and in the Pizitz Food Hall, and Wasabi Juan’s at The Battery on Second Avenue South serves sushi burritos.

Where can I get Thai food in Birmingham?

Surin West, 1918 11th Ave. S., and Surin 280, 16 Perimeter Park South, are Thai restaurants inside the city limits. Thai Esane, an Isan-style stall, is in the Pizitz Food Hall.

Which Asian restaurants are in the Pizitz Food Hall?

Five stalls: Ono Poke, Pho Pho (Vietnamese), Road to Burma (Burmese), Silver Kati (Kolkata street food) and Thai Esane. The hall is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Which Birmingham Asian restaurants are open late?

Shu Shop, 1830 Third Ave. N., is open until 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday and until 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; it is 21 and over. P.F. Chang’s at The Summit is open to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.