Lantern Menu Prices

Asian fare made with locally sourced ingredients served in a modern storefront space.

PLEASE HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE FOR ALL UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION. From 6-9PM Thursday, Friday and Saturday, we will now be open for outdoor dining on the patio and sidewalk. Walk-ins only.

Dine-in orders will be placed here at Lantern with QR codes at tables. The bar and dining room are not yet open for service.

NEW PICKUP WINDOW FOR TAKEOUT:

Our takeout order pickup window has changed and is now pre-order only! Pre-order online to pick up a to-go order between 5 and 6 PM on Thursday, Friday or Saturday.

  4.5 – 370 reviews  $$$ • Asian fusion restaurant

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Menu

Dinner
Small
Chilled Japanese-Style Heirloom Tomato Soup
fresh wasabi
$9.00
Local Green Salad
Ume plum dressing
$9.00
Heirloom Tomato Salad
Japanese shiso, shallots, garlic mayonnaise
$10.00
Warm Green Bean Salad
golden sesame garlic, heirloom tomatoes, roasted pine nuts, slow cooked farm egg
$10.00
NC Tuna Tartar
fresh wasabi, cucumbers, rice crackers
$13.00
NC Crab & Pork Spring Roll
jumbo lump crab, pasture-raised pork, fresh mint, lettuce, chile lime sauce
$14.00
Korean Fried Local Cauliflower
chiles, garlic, pickled radish
$12.00
Salt and Pepper Shrimp
Fried jalapeños, coriander
$15.00
Bento Box
Sake and tea-cured bristol bay sockeye salmon, house pickled ginger, red cabbage, fresh wasabi, miso-mayonnaise, sticky rice, nori
$17.00
Large
Local Tomato and Vegetable Stew
chickpeas, saffron, Chapel Hill Creamery paneer, basmati rice, chutneys
$25.00
Tea and Spice Smoked Chicken
yang chow pork and shrimp fried rice, local green and wax beans, housemade XO
$28.00
Crispy Catfish Chả Cá Lã Vong
wild catfish, hot chile, fresh turmeric, dill, fried shallots, roasted peanuts, spicy heirloom carrot salad, jasmine rice
$29.00
Lemongrass Grilled Local Pork Chop
fried farm egg, spicy green papaya-carrot salad, roasted peanuts, jasmine rice
$30.00
Dumplings / Snacks
Pea Shoot & Scallion Dumplings
Sesame, miso
$9.00
Pork & Chive Dumplings
Whey fed pork, garlic chives
$9.00
Desserts
Hot Chocolate Cake
mint chip ice cream
$10.00
Cherry Stone Panna Cotta
Blue Ridge Mountain cherries, almond-sesame candy
$10.00
Fresh Coconut Cake
hibiscus-rose syrup, candied coconut, candied pistachios
$12.00
Lime & Mint Sorbet $9.00
Late Night Dinner
Daily Late Night Dim Sum Menu
Local Greens
Ume plum dressing
Bento Box
Sake and tea cured bristol bay sockeye salmon, house pickled ginger, red cabbage, fresh wasabi, miso-mayonnaise, sticky rice, nori
Pork and Chive Dumplings
Whey fed pork, garlic chives
Pea Shoot and Scallion Dumplings
Sesame, miso
Crispy Vegetable Spring Rolls
Shiitake and oyster mushrooms, egg, hot chile, lemon
Salt & Pepper Shrimp
Fried jalapeños, coriander
Drink Menu
Cocktails
Moshi Moshi
Blanco tequila, Homare Junmai Yuzu Shu, Dolin dry vermouth, lemon
$11.00
Junebug
Pimm’s, fresh ginger-lemon soda, cucumber
$12.00
Sin Invierno
bourbon, local honey, Assam tea, lemon
$10.00
Edgewood
Gin, Cocchi vermouth di Americano, Cynar, grapefruit, salt
$10.00
Hurricane Lantern
Flor de Caňa 4yr rum, passion fruit, pineapple, lime
$12.00
A Deed Without a Name
Laphroaig 10yr Islay scotch, blended scotch, almond, lemon, egg white
$15.00
Sparkling
Cava, Mas Codina, Brut Reserva, Penedes, Spain NV $8.50
Whites & Rosé
Syrah / Grenache / Cinsault (Rosé), Cuvée des Annibals, Var, France ’18 $10.50
Reisling Kabinett, Hofgut Falkenstein, Mosel, Germany ’18 $12.00
Chardonnay, Pennautier, Pay d’Oc, France ’18 $10.00
Sauvignon Blanc, Domaine Michel Girard et Fils, Sancerre, France ’18 $12.50
Gruner Veltliner, Steininger, Kamptal, Austria ’18 $11.00
Reds
Zweigelt, Paul D., Wagram, Austria ’17 $8.00
Piccola Nera, Nicolini, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy ’17 $11.00
Cabernet Sauvignon, Camp Wines, Sonoma County, CA ’18 $12.00
Dolcetto, Elio Altare, La Morra, Italy ’18 $12.00
Draft Beer
Mother Earth Brewing Co., Endless River Kolsch, NC $7.00
Wicked Weed Brewing, Pernicious IPA, NC $7.00
Haw River Farmhouse Ales, Mille Fleur Rustic Saison, NC $7.00
Boulevard Brewing Co., Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale, MO $7.00
Bottled and Canned
Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Cherry Gose, CA $5.00
Highland Brewing Co., Oatmeal Porter, NC $5.00
Hitachino Nest, IPA, Japan $8.00
Mikkeller Brewing, ‘Passion Pool’, Gose w/ Passionfruit, Sea Salt, CA $6.00
Modelo Especial Lager, Mexico $3.00
Singha, Lager, Thailand $4.50
Lao Brewery Company, Beerlao Lager, Laos $5.00
Cider
Appalachian Mountain Cidery, Dry-Hopped Cider with Orange, NC $6.00
James Creek Cider House, Mighty Hunter, Semi-Dry Cider $12.00
Vodka
Grey Goose $12.00
Ketel One $10.50
Tito’s $10.00
Luksusowa $9.00
Citron $9.00
Gin
Sapphire $10.00
Plymouth $14.00
Conniption Navy Strength $14.00
Hendrick’s $13.00
Beefeater $9.00
Tanqueray $10.00
Scotch Whisky
Dewar’s, Scotland $9.00
Glenilivet 12 Yr, Scotland $15.00
Compass Box “Peat Monster”, Scotland $15.00
Macallan 12 Yr, Speyside $18.50
Laphroaig 10 Yr, Islay $16.00
Oban 14 Yr, Highland $21.50
Whiskey
Old Overholt Rye, Kentucky $9.00
Redemption Rye, Indiana $10.00
Bulleit Rye, Kentucky $11.50
Jack Daniel’s, Tennessee $10.00
Jameson, Ireland $11.00
Suntory Toki, Japan $11.00
Nikka Coffey Grain, Japan $21.00
Crown Royal, Canada $11.00
Bourbon
Basil Hayden’s $16.00
Bulleit $11.00
Maker’s Mark $12.00
Knob Creek $13.50
Rum
Gosling’s Black Seal $9.00
Flor de Cana 4 Yr $9.00
El Dorado 12 Yr $14.50
Tequila
Lunazul Blanco $9.00
Sauza Blanco $9.00
Corralejo Reposado $11.00
Don Julio Añejo $19.00
Del Maguey Vida Organic Mezcal $13.50
Chilled Artisan Sake
Hitachino, Sparkling Junmai, “Awashizuku” $28.00
Tentaka, Tokubetsu Junmai, “Hawk in the Heavens” $38.00
Rihaku, Junmai Ginjo, “Wandering Poet” $39.00
Beverages
Soda
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite
$2.50
Homemade Ginger Ale or Tonic Water $4.00
Blenheim Spicy Ginger Ale $3.50
Filtered, House-Carbonated Water $2.00
Dessert
Dessert
Hot Chocolate Cake
Pecan brittle ice cream
$10.00
Roasted Banana Ice Cream Sundae
Caramel, soft cream, NC peanut brittle
$10.00
Chestnut Crème Caramel
Poached pears, sorghum snaps
$10.00
Warm Spiced Gingerbread
Local ginger ice cream
$10.00
Plum Sorbet
Black sesame fortune
$9.00

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Order and Reservations

Reservations: opentable.com

Contact Lantern

Address: 423 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Phone: (919) 969-8846

Website: http://www.lanternrestaurant.com/

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Hours

Saturday 5–10PM
Sunday Closed
Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 5–9PM
Thursday 5–9PM
Friday 5–10PM

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