I love it. My kids love it. My grandkids love it. And even my great grandkids love it. We've eaten there for years. It's their go to birthday place too. read more

Mall location Japanese restaurant with decent enough sashimi and sushi. Although not first rate, it's good and I'd go back.

The food from the habachi grill is quite good. Depending on the chef their antics are interesting and or entertaining. Service depends on the server. The "sit at the grill" atmosphere is sterile but cozy. read more

Delighted with our Surprise Birthday Dinner for a party of Four on a Sunday! Wonderful service, Excellent food and A reasonable bill! The sushi was Delicious! read more

I go here for lunch only. I always get the lunchbox special. There are several things to choose from. It comes with soup, salad, and Edamames. The salad dressing is a ginger dressing that is hard to beat and the soup is so good. My favorite dishes to get with this is the Spicy Korean pork and shrimp tempera rolls. So flavorful! read more

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If you like hibachi style food then this is the place for you because you have the choice of booths or sitting at the grill.Service is always good.The atmosphere is very nice and it makes you want to go back again. read more

I have always had delicious sushi rolls here.I definitely give this place a 5 star rating. This will always be my first choice when going for this cuisine. The service is fantastic as well The Tiger roll is my favorite read more

Service is great, food is wonderful, I always leave with leftovers and it warms up great. Also fun to hang out in the bar, it's chill.

Great food and great service. We had the box Lunches. I had the grilled salmon & tempura. Great food.

I had the Washington roll and it was one of the best rolls I have ever had! Delish! Clean, quiet place. Nice waiter, a little pricey, but really good! read more

Wasab Steakhouse & Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

Love this place for lunch. You can't go wrong with their box lunches. They offer a variety of foods (single or paired) and they come with Miso soup, salad, steamed rice, and edamame. Always fresh and todays service was top-notch. The server was very friendly and prompt. I highly recommend giving it a shot. read more

Wasab Steakhouse & Sushi - Tempura and Chicken Teriyaki Box lunch at Wasab in Joplin MO - Sushi Bars Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

The sushi felt like it wasn't fresh and was rolled very loosely. Ordered 3 "fresh" sushi rolls: lava, rainbow and irish. They felt old, slimy and squishy. Also got a General Tso's chicken with fried rice which tasted ok at first but resulted in a stomach ache. The only part that felt fresh was the lettuce garnish. I would not recommend this place. read more

We've eaten here other times but it has seemed to gone through a different group of wait staff. We chose to eat in the restaurant as hibachi looked very busy. Our waitress was apathetic and slow. Food was mediocre at best. We will give it a rest for awhile. Other oriental places in Joplin to eat. Too bad, so sad. read more

Somehow, my last post got deleted. We have ate at Japanese Steakhouse's all over the US. This by far is the worst one. Food was terrible , Chef did not use a lot of oil and the food was burnt also did not use any spices and the Yum Yum sauce was pretty much Mayo.. Soup tasted awful. Lucky to say we will not be visiting again. read more

I like Wasab as a change to my regular Sushi places. Really good hibachi grill. Good food for the money.

Loved goin here with my niece! They were pretty good, priced ok, service good. Food yummy!

I'm going to have to start a parasite cleanse this weekend. I knew better than to take the risk of mall food, regardless of the seating & decor. Mostly ignored other than by the young Caucasian waitress, as who was eventually free enough to serve me. Aranda was the only reason that this rating isn't the lowest, & much more unpleasant. She was great. As being a first-timer, I ordered my usual cultural-culinary preference. Which also happened to be the most expensive thing on the menu. Though, before that even arrived I was handed my soup with the painted lining clearly chipping off into the soup. Hoping it wasn't lead-based. Either way, I grew up in family restaurants & have ZERO doubt this restaurant would fail a much-needed health inspection. Not to mention the owner or manager's children running around untamed & playing disgusting sounding video games loudly. The food was sub-standard & significantly short on the primary meats. It was quite pitiful. If it weren't for my server's good service, I would've walked out without even touching any of it. But, she was kind & didn't deserve to suffer the consequences of my disgust. & I was raised that if I take a bite, I finish the whole meal. So, I'll be going through quite a cleanse after this. The salmon was pitiful & minimal. Only to be shorted even more by the steak. I'm not one to leave reviews unless something is super great. So, I wish I would've taken pictures. Then they decided to close early at the last minute while customers were still eating! I hope they get shut down until they offer proper health standards & at least semi-decent serving amounts. Either way, I shall never return. Pitiful. read more

For sushi in Joplin, this place has it going on. The grill is also a fun experience, and the food is very delicious. I absolutely love the bento boxes for dinner, because it's so fun to have a variety of food choices and it's a pretty good value as well! read more

11/06/18 : Decided to give this restaurant another try since I was visiting the mall AND people were telling me it's a lot better now. Well food was better but service was H O R R I B L E. Never checked on us once. No refills. Didn't drop off check. I grabbed a to go box on my own. Had to stop the owner so I could pay the bill at the counter. Didn't complain, just paid and left. I won't take another opinion from someone else again if I didn't like it the last time. I refused to go back but I went anyway, hoping it changed. Nope. read more

I've tried nearly everything on the menu after having worked here for a bit over six months (started about a month after the opening) and it is really very good, even if a lot of it isn't very authentic. The owners/managers are Korean, and the chefs are of various Hispanic and Indonesian origins and they've all contributed to the menu, and in very good ways. You'll find Korean BBQ ribs that are the best you can get in the fourstates and the guys in back have a great proclivity to mix jalapenos in with sushi. It's usually a good experiment, and while it isn't authentic it makes for awesome "fusion." Try the Jalapeno Bomb or Firecracker (I gotta name that one lol) as an appetizer for good examples. The kitchens are respectably clean, though I personally think some of my former fellow servers should have washed their hands more often. In six months I never saw a single mouse or bug which still leaves me flabbergasted, as anyone who has worked in food service can attest to. Some servers will charge you gratuity when you eat at Hibachi, either in ignorance of how to change the computer's auto settings for tables over six or because they need the money. Make sure you check your bill. (When a server works Hibachi he or she has to split 50% of all tips with the "House." In the dining section you give up 30%. This is a common theme in sushi restaurants, even though it isn't exactly DoL approved.) Steve or Caesar are the best Hibachi chefs in my opinion, though on rare occasions Sang, one of the owners, will down the Hibachi hat and the man can cook like no one's business. If you go to Hibachi you'll be dropping money, same with most of the entrees and a full meal of the sushi specialties. I'm not saying it's over priced, because the quality is good, but if you don't want to spend a whole lot go at lunch time because the portions are only marginally smaller and much cheaper. Especially during the week it's fairly slow so you should get good service (Wasabi let go of all foodrunners and bussers so on busy nights the servers can get a bit over extended), and the lunch box specials and the lunch platters are really unbeatable in price and quality. One more thing, the fish is always fresh. I lived on sushi and noodles with white sauce while I worked there and never came close to getting tired of it. However, the redsnapper isn't redsnapper it's tilapia. Delicious, and one of my favorites, but sure as hell not redsnapper. (Though every place in Joplin does the same, honestly.) They have a terrific selection of saki that extends past the generic hot machine of it and it really is worth checking it out. They cost a little more, but some of their cold saki is really fabulous. However, the mixed drinks are shit. No way around that. No one mixing drinks ever measures so it's all pretty slap dash, they use mixes, and I never had anyone order the Lemon Drop Martini who didn't abhor it and send it back. Just order saki or a Kirin, unless girl drinks are all you can handle. In that case, go for the plum wine over the mixed drinks. Great restaurant. I'd never want to work there again (waitressing isn't really my thing) but I still enjoy eating there. Just please, please, if you have a young kid? Don't give them rice. Cleaning in a ten foot radius of your table after you eat really sucks. Seriously. Food Recomendations: Jalapeno Bomb Gyoza Firecracker Hibachi Noodles Seaweed Salad Yellowtail Roll Red Snapper (actually tilapia) BBQ Short Ribs Salmon Skin Hand Roll Tofu Teriyaki (ask them to make it extra crispy) Flying Eel Hog Eye the Hibachi Scallops Also, ask for furikaki on your white rice. Great stuff, and so addictive. read more

This is an older review (I'm merging accounts) Spent several months in the area after selling my house in Phoenix, I'm very impressed. The Sushi is as good or better than any you will find in one of the top 10 cities. For a city of 50,000 you are very lucky to have something this good. I'm currently living in a metro area of 700,000 that doesn't have anything near this good. read more

Wasabi Steakhouse and Sushi is located right at NorthPark Mall. For a place that sounds Japanese, it's more of a fusion of various cuisines, not a terrible thing at all. I went with the lunch box special, which offered several great choices. The Spicy Crab Roll and the Gyoza, were my selections and these came with a salad, edemame and rice. You can also get fried rice instead for an upcharge. The roll was very good, although the Gyozy tasted a little doughy to me. Service was pretty good. Not a bad place to go for a quick lunch. read more

They gave me a water with a dead fly in it. I only noticed after I drank a bit. I politely brought this up to my waiter and they gave me a new water. I asked if I could get a discount for drinking dead fly juice and they came back with "sorry, accidents happen." It was so sad :( read more

I've enjoyed going here as long as they've been opened, but the service has dramatically decreased and the food has too. I got a horrible stomach ache after eating here once, but figured I'd give it another chance. I had three others with me and our food wasn't hot, just warm. After arriving home later, we all felt sick in some way. They also used to serve way more food with the dinner portion, and now it seemed less than even a lunch portion. read more

Your totally right Carry! Guess it was just a bad day because I haven't been let down since!!! A great addition to the meal is the octopus salad! read more

Wasabi Steakhouse & Sushi is my favorite place to go in Joplin. I enjoy everything about the experience. I do have to say that last night, me and my spouse went to Wasabi for our anniversary and I was so very very disappointed. We arrived at 6pm, expecting a early dinner before they was packed. Everyone seemed to be rushing. There was still empty Hibachi tables, so they wasn't so busy to rush. We was served soup while still having our salads. The Hibachi chef came out, cooked our noodles and began serving while we still had our soup on our plates. The chef failed to offer the usual wows and entertainment a hibachi chef offers. He hardly spoke, no smiles, no jokes, no tricks, no flying shrimp. I ordered the veggie plate, which means more noodles and veggies. However, I did not get eaither. I normally leave with left overs for the following day but I barley had enough to be satisfied. When the chef finished cooking, he said "Thank-you" cleaned the grill and left. The server came out allready offering to-go boxes while everyone was still eating. Tickets were placed around the table and ready to be collected on. I was waiting to speak to the server and had not yet ate, because I wanted to show the server the problem. When the people came and began clearing the table and waiting on me to get up. We was seated, served, table cleared, and being pushed out the door in 50 minutes. My spouse paid our ticket and we left. I was never given the chance to say anything. I have been going to Wasabi since they opened and I don't plan to go back. If I spend $70.00 for the 2 of us to dine-out. I expect to leave smiling and not feel so rushed. I took my sushi order with me, everything happened so fast, I didn't have time to eat it. read more

Second best sushi EVER! I love the food I like the dragon rolls they are so good! Do NOT eat the green stuff (wasabi) if you can't handle spicy. I ate some (cant do spicy) and my tung had a bump on it. The service is great and the waiters are nice. I like how you can get hibachi OR Sushi. My mom and I love to have sushi Friday and we always go to Wasab every single time. The food is kinda pricey but it is SUSHI! I wouldn't take kids if the miss behave or don't like Sushi. They are in the mall parking lot. And have their own separate restaurant and t is just like a regular restaurant. read more

This is one of my most favorite places to eat my daughter and I go there at least twice a month love love love their avocado bombs

Meh. The menu was quite confusing as there were grill entrees that had no noodles, and stir fry options that had no rice. I got the yakisoba seafood stir fry and it was quite good but the seafood was over done. The noodles appeared to be like small ramen noodles. My mother got the yakiundon seafood stir fry and those noodles were HUGE. We asked about salad and miso soup with the meal and he said the meal in itself was soup.. disappointing as I LOVE miso soup. My mother's stir fry was quite soupy but mine was more dry. We also had the lucky roll and it was underwhelming. The seafood was bland and it fell apart easily. There are better Japanese in the area. read more

I've been working in Joplin sporadically for the last 2 months. First thing I did was to try and find a decent sushi place. I went to a total of 5 places and Wasabi is by far the best sushi in Joplin. It's not amazing but the fish is fresh enough and portion sizes are respectable. Update...unfortunately have to down grade this place because of customer service. I order the sashimi deluxe almost every day and about half the wait staff aren't that bright or motivated and about 50% of the time I have to remind them to give me my miso soup which is included with the meal. Very frustrating... read more

My favorite place everytime we eat here when we go to joplin from kansas!! Staff knows our order And the lobser sushi is worth the money!! All the stuff here is worth the money you pay good sized portions! read more

Visited Wasab while in town with my kids. Food was amazing (Spicy tuna and crunch roll) with very large portions. My husband and I could have shared the dinner box and been totally satisfied! Staff were awesome and attentive, especially with my kids. Would definitely go back! read more

We travel across the United States and we always have sushi but this is our favorite spot anywhere. There sushi rolls are by far the biggest anywhere and always very fresh. They have a pretty big variety of sushi rolls also. Their Hibachi Grill cooks are very good and everything is very reasonably priced. read more

I liked the place,it was cool lol the waiter girl never spoke cuz she didn't no any English but as soon as me and my friend spoke Spanish she started talking lol,very friendly Asian girl. The food was fair the california roll was ok can't remember the 2nd one I tried (probably cuz it wasn't that good) lol then I had the dragon and it was delicious, can't wait 2go back read more

Great wait staff, quality sushi, and well priced. We will definitely return! I had the Spicy Tuna Roll Lunch Box. Awesome! Nice atmosphere, too! read more

This place is EPIC. Homing was great! Loved the food.

Been here a few times, the service is absolute trash! If you want a drink it probably won't come, and if it does don't expect a refill. The food is just buttered up and does not taste too good at all. Restaurants where they cook in front of you, especially Japanese steakhouses are my favorite, but I would never recommend this place to anyone. All around a terrible place, and way too expensive for what they offer! read more

For lunch it is good but never expect good service with lunch or dinner. It sucks that this place could be better if the servers were good at their job. I have been here quite a few times and I believe in doing your job and you get paid so if you suck at your job then you shouldn't get paid and I don't remember ever tipping a waitress here and from other reviews you can see that service just sucks but if you can ignore that and be patient then the food can be worth it. This is why I started only going for lunch because one it's cheaper and two it's lunch so you don't expect great service anyways! read more

We have eaten here several times it is always fast friendly and the food is good. There aren't many sushi places around to eat but we do like this one and ichaban sushi across from Applebee's. read more

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I am visiting Joplin on Business to support the Tornado disaster. I am from Memphis and Virginia Beach. I travel quite often and am very fond of Sushi. Just speaking from for their sushi menu I would have to say this place is pricey. The fish are not fresh, their Sashimi is thin sliced, and alot of their tuna sushi are the grounded kind not a cut of tuna. I was very disappointed. I had the 911, Fiesta, Sashimi regular with Spicy Tuna, and Super Tuna. The fiesta was horible(fried tortilla mixed with some nasty creamcheese with some kind of cooked fish), the 911 was horrible (crushed tuna on top of imitation crabmeat), Sashimi with Spicey Tuna (Sashimi was thin sliced and not fresh, I expect that from a land locked area but the thin sliced sashimi is not good busines) (The Spicy Tuna was decent), the Super Tuna was decent. They didnt provide enough ginger per order (like 1 or 3 slices), you should have at least 1 slice per piece of sushi. I do not eat wasabi but typically Sushi restaurants will give you more than enough wasabi and this place gave you a very tiny portion; you would think a place called Wasabi will give you alot of Wasabi. Service was super slow, the Teppenyaki Chef was sloppy and didn't perform as good as the other chef they had there. Overall I think it was to expensive for mediocore food and slow wait times. read more