New ownership new name the quality of the fish is outstanding. Even the wasabi is next level not the stuff that comes out of a tube could not be more thrilled with our experience. The service was exceptional. The staff was super friendly. The overall vibe of the restaurant was welcoming and just a great place to hang out. Listen to good music and eat amazing food. I will definitely be going back. read more

Wasabi - Sashimi platter - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

We came here on a game day when everywhere else had a two-hour wait, but we were seated right away. The service was quick and friendly, and it ended up being the perfect low-stress option in the middle of all the chaos. My roll was yummy and fresh and the salad is good too! Good vibe inside to this always reliable place read more

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The place was clean and we went for a late lunch on a Saturday during Moms weekend. I had the Bento box lunch with chicken fried rice, Cali roll and miso soup. The roll was good. The rice was just so so. I ordered a Dr Pepper and the first one was not good. The syrup ratio was off. Waiter made the correction and didn't charge us for the drink. He was very attentive. Other people in the party ordered fried spring rolls that they said were greasy and didn't have enough veggies. They did like the crab Rangoon though. Said the filling was delicious and so was the dripping sauce. The miso soup was very good with plenty of tofu. read more

Wasabi - Bento box lunch special - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

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This restaurant has the best sushi in the entire area. All of the seafood tastes consistently fresh, and every roll that I've tried (about 10-11) has been delicious. I order takeout from this restaurant all the time too! If you're in the area looking for some good sushi, Wasabi is your place. (Picture is of my most recent order!) read more

Wasabi - Spider roll, Tempura shrimp roll - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

I had a very disappointing experience at Wasabi Restaurant. When we arrived, there were only four tables occupied, yet it took about 10 minutes for our server to even acknowledge us and over 15 minutes just to get water. After finally placing our order (four drinks, an appetizer, and four entrées that include soup or salad), we waited another 25+ minutes before receiving drinks and water. When I asked if the meals came with salad, the server responded, "I believe so," which didn't inspire much confidence. We chose salad, which came out fairly quickly--but our appetizer was still nowhere to be found. To make matters worse, our sushi entrées arrived before the appetizer, completely out of order. We noticed other tables who arrived after us receiving their appetizers (like potstickers and calamari) well before we did. It ultimately took over 45 minutes to get our appetizer--by that point, we were nearly finished with our meals. Overall, the service was extremely slow, disorganized, and inattentive. Based on this experience, I would not recommend Wasabi if you expect to receive drinks and appetizers before finishing your main course. read more

Such a great find tonight in downtown Fayetteville. Cool vibe to the area and this sushi joint did not disappoint. What a gorgeous and decadent tower of spicy tuna and crab on a bed of rice, piled high with a spring mix and an assortment of tobiko and avocado. This Ahi tower was drizzled with a spicy mayo and honey wasabi that added a great brightness of color and a nice punch of heat that hits the back of the palette. read more

Wasabi - Ahi tower - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

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Amazing service, very welcoming and hospitable staff, Crab rangoon don't miss. All the sushi options for all types of sushi lovers. This is a great stop on Dixon. read more

Food, staff, service, prices and location were amazing. 10/10 Ambiance was great! I'm a beginner trying sushi and I loveddd itttt. read more

Wasabi - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

Such a good vibe to this place. This is the best restraint on Dickson St. Exceptional service and cooking. This is a place you want to come back to. read more

Wasabi - Pineapple Chicken Karaage - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

Sushi & service was amazing, definitely will be trying again! Honorable mention for the spring rolls though, I loved them!! read more

Wasabi - Spring roll appetizer - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

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Sat down at the bar and immediately felt nauseous. The smell was absolutely disgusting. The bar smells and looks like it hasn't been cleaned in years. There was a layer of grime on everything behind the bar. The menus even had a layer of filth on them. There were flies everywhere and a few landed on me in the 3 minutes I was sitting there. I cannot rate the food because I couldn't imagine eating raw fish at a place where the staff has no regard for cleanliness and health. This restaurant should be shut down and deep cleaned. read more

The host seems very laid back which is great, but not when you're hungry. The food was okay, but the service was awful. As a server myself I was unimpressed to say the least. We ordered, we saw the sushi chef had made our food and we stared at it for 10 minutes. The restaurant was slow and our server was slower. We had to get another server to get our server to get the food we had been staring at. read more

Wasabi - Spicy edamame, hurricane roll - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

great food good taste and came out timely. Was presented beautifully, is pricey for a college student budget but worth it. read more

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If I could give them 0 stars I would. I came here on a very slow day only one other table was there. We were a group of four service was fine not great but could've been worse. We all ordered a bento box and water. We ALL got food poisoning for two days straight... from both ends if you know what I mean. Right after we payed the bill and left we all got this sunken feeling in our stomachs and had to rush home to use the restroom. We were not together at all during the past days, just met up for a lunch. It was awful and I cannot believe the cleanliness of the restaurant as well. The table was sticky, the bar was sticky, the restroom was absolutely trashed. DISGUSTING. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt... but after the food poisoning I decided this is a NO GO restaurant unless you really need your bowels cleared. read more

Wasabi is THE sushi place in Fayetteville! I've been coming here since 2011 and it hasn't disappointed me yet! Their menu has changed a little bit, but flavor hasn't! A new addition to the menu is the bulgogi fries! Wow; What a dish! Shelby is the best waitress and is quick to give suggestions; from sake bombs to sushi recs! If you're looking for sushi, you've found your place! read more

Wasabi - Bang bang roll - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

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I really have mixed feelings about this place... My baby girl wanted sushi and suggested this place. It is kind of a college kid sushi restaurant/sports bar/could be up scale place but it really is caught in the middle. Baby girl had the Sam's roll which comes out on fire which is kinda cool but kind of gimmicky - the fire is not finishing the cooking process or anything like that. The Sam's roll was good but not great. I had the habatchi steak which was really good the veggies were cooked just right. The fried rice was good. the salad was ok. The main part if the restaurant is really nice. The bathrooms are super sketchy. Wait staff was ok not upscale service. The cleaning around the restaurant was not good ( the sides of our table were super sticky) so this is where my mixed feelings come from... The upkeep is like a college bar (just gross) but the place looks nice, lots of tvs like a sports bar but the food is good. It is worth a try just have the proper expectations... read more

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Spicy edamame and Crystal Summer Roll. Edamame was INTENSE! You can zoom in and see the craziness. I would order again but ask for 1/2 the spice. Crystal Roll was a bartender suggestion and delightful. Nice and light and the greens and fish went together really well. Probably not what I would normally want from dinner sushi but perfect for tonight. read more

Wasabi - Spicy edamame & Crystal Summer Roll. - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

It was good food. A bit pricey but good. The staff was exceptional and made the food better. Not a top 10 but worth the experience. read more

Wasabi - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

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The best sushi in Fayetteville! While the service is sometimes slow (just like everywhere nowadays), the food is always spot on. Our go to rolls are the Sam's, the Bluepoint and Tempura Shrimp. We also always start with the edamame. When we come for lunch we always catch their awesome Bento box lunch deal! Make sure to check it out. read more

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We have visited here at least 1-2 times a year for years. This visit may be our last. We sat at the bar waiting for our table. The bar surface was sticky, maybe needs resurfaced. The floors were sticky and need to be properly cleaned. The bartender was rude and condescending regarding our questions about local wines and beers. We owned a bar and and fine dining restaurant for years so don't get rude dude. Anyway when we moved to our table he also waited on us. When I went to the restroom it was filthy, graffiti everywhere, no paper towels, smelled like... ya know? The service experience was dive bar quality. The sushi rolls were good, but not great. For 4 people $160 I would expect a more positive experience. Not going back. read more

Decent sushi. We get our fix here with the live entertainment. Hard to find a decent sushi place in a landlocked state. So 3 stars for portion size and effort on delivering solid sushi but the inside smells like cigars so we can only come here when it's warm out Our cup of tea in the summer. read more

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Good service, good food. We went in late on a Saturday evening. Not much hope in getting anything fast but to our surprise all was good

my boyfriend and I came like 45 minutes before close and the waiter for our section didn't see our table. Because we waited so long to finally have a server they very kindly gave us a round on the house and discounted our food. Food was delicious and staff was very kind. Love this place read more

Food was great and good tasting. Wasabi was the real spice not like other restaurants use. Service was courteous and responsive to our needs. I would recommend to my family and friends. read more

I've been to Wasabi a couple times in the past couple years and wasn't super impressed to be honest, but after a long day I thought why not, as all the other go to sushi spots in town were closed. I decided to sit down at the bar and have a drink and decided to start with a squid salad and some escolar sashimi but I was torn on a roll to get. My server, Cannon recommended me the Spicy Crunch roll based on what I liked and I loved it! Great service, and great food although I will say there is a strong smell of cigarette smoke but other than that I have no complaints and I'll definitely be back. read more

Amazing food and our go-to place for sushi and their Tofu Dol-Sot-Bop. On a cold day, the Dol-Sot-Bop is the perfect warm amazingness of rice loaded with veggies/tofu and mixed with a spicy sauce. Their Crab Rangoons are also great, it comes with 6 pieces with lots of filling. The atmosphere is okay. It's a shared space with some nightclubs that are behind the restaurant so the bathroom area REEKS of cigarettes and is not very clean. The food always outweighs the atmosphere and the staff is great! read more

The wasabi isn't even real, it's white horse radish dyed green. Also don't order the Godzilla roll, it is far too large of a roll for the average man to eat in one bite. read more

Sushi was pretty good, maybe a little expensive. Place smells pretty badly of cigarette smoke but the patio is fine. Server kept rushing us, literally set down our plates and immediately handed us our check, which was annoying. Overall good. read more

Wasabi has been this COLLEGE town staple's sushi restaurant for more than a decade and my go-to on many occasions. I emphasize college because it does impact the ambiance of the restaurant if you're wanting more of the "low light smooth jazz high class" experience. However, it's never impacted the quality of food or drink that I've personally devoured there over many years, and honestly I can't even think of a high quality & high class sushi place in Northwest Arkansas. Wasabi is in a beautiful historic building with a fantastic patio, right on the main college bar strip. In fact they do share the building, and therefor bathrooms, with one of the last smoking allowed inside bars on Dickson street. On a busy night with not a lot of air flow, I'm sure the smell seeps into the shared hallway of bathrooms. Wasabi is almost always busy and staffs many kids through their college experience; so you very well might get a kid who's not gotten any sleep, taking tests all day, and is working their first serving gig. Again, it's literally half a mile from campus and it's not advertised as a high class experience. I've found that the pricing is standard for sushi, etc. and the serving sizes have always been quite generous. I've had to send a wrong order back one time, about 5 years ago, and it was remade immediately. Their lunch specials and happy hours are fantastic...so much so they do occasionally run out of certain spirits if wind if a great drink for cheap makes its way to campus. All to say - you could multiply this 5 star review 50 times and that might begin to cover the amount of great meals I've had at Wasabi, including one tonight. It's a college town sushi place close to campus on the main bar strip. read more

Underwhelming and expensive, but friendly and quick staff. It's hard for me to justify eating at a sushi place that charges $5 for edamame and $3 for miso soup when so many sushi restaurants give it to you for free. The sushi was not amazing and it was quite expensive. The restaurant also smelled pretty strongly of cigarette smoke and weed. Our waiter, Leo, was very friendly and fast though. read more

This place has it going on for sure! Wasabi for me ! Sushi house with a lot to offer Dixon st. The staff here are all delightfully nice. Which is nice. All of the sushi is fresh and made to order. The sushi bar is a cool place to sit if you can get a seat. They have a nice Sake menu too. all pretty tasty stuff on there. This is a fun place to start the night out on the town. read more

Wasabi - It's Sake time!! - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

DO NOT JUDGE THIS PLACE BY THE OUTSIDE OR RIGHT WHEN YOU WALK IN!!! We are from the Dallas area and we are total sushi snobs. This place was amazing! Got the Spicy Sam's roll and the Eddy. I'd put the Spicy Sam's roll up against any roll I've had in DFW. It's a fantastic place! Do NOT miss out!! read more

It's nice having a Japanese restaurant on Dickson. They have a fair selection on the menu and there is a good sushi menu. The prices don't quite suit the quality but there isn't much competition on Dickson for sushi. They have a nice patio area for enjoying nice weather. The interior has nice character but the bathrooms need attention for numerous reasons. The food isn't exactly the best quality for the cost but they get the job done. read more

Not impressed and won't be back. When you are used to the top notch service in Bentonville at sushi house, Wasabi doesn't come close. They took forever to bring out drinks, refilled my water ONCE in the 2 HOURS that we were there and said the wait time was because a lot of people came in all at the same time.... well it's a restaurant so I'd assume that happens a lot there... read more

I had a lot of fun here but they are busy, as is anything on Dickson. We got drinks that were delicious and the food was awesome.

The appetizers were great, the gyoza's, eggrolls, edamame and the spring rolls were excellent. They each came with a dipping sauce and up until then, I enjoyed myself. For my entree, I ordered the Dragon roll and the salmon nigiri, both of which were just ok, I had to take off the eel because it was unedabIe. But the salmon was so so. My friend ordered the Dol-Sot-Bop which came in a hot stone bowl on a wooden platter. The wood smoked on our table for a good 2-3 min and had an obvious odor of something burning. The dish has rice and the bowl being hot is suppose to make the rice crispy, but the bowl was so hot that the rice was immediately burnt. The restaurant is nice, however going into the men's bathroom made me question the quality of the food right off the bat. Nothing like a disgusting bathroom to spoil an appetite. Secondly, when we got our food, the AC vent was dripping on my friend and on her plate. Also doesn't help the appetite. With limited options I suppose you pick your battles, but with so much good food around, I left disappointed. read more

Wasabi - Dragon roll with salmon nigiri (so so) - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

We use to love coming here but really had a pretty bad experience last night. First of all the bartender was just rude. Really had a bad attitude when we asked a few questions regarding the tap beer. We felt like we were bothering him. I order a peach martini. Not even served cold when I got it and cloying sweet. Not good! Also bar was literally sticky and so dirty as were floors. My sandals were sticking to the floors when walking in. Never a good sign. Bathroom was absolutely disgustingly filthy. No soap no paper towels. Gross! Sushi menu is very heavy on Salmon selections which my family doesn't care for. It's also really expensive so you are expecting upscale rolls and service. Food is mediocre! Server also was the snarky bartender so that sucked. I'm mostly mad because we took our kids out for a nice dinner we spent $140.00 and the place was filthy dirty the service was rude and the prices were high. Over all extremely dissatisfied and disappointed. read more

I randomly found myself on a day trip to Fayetteville with my boyfriend, and I am hoping this was just an anomaly situation given it was the Arkansas vs. LSU weekend. Because of that, I think it is only fair to break out the review into parts: 2.5 for service and 4 for food. The wait for two people on this particular Friday night was well over 45 minutes. Jonas and I waited at the bar and got drinks to pass the time, but I could not believe how busy it was. Once we were finally seated, we quickly made our decision so we could get our orders in and hopefully get the food before dawn. Our rolls, in order from favorite to least favorite were: Elvis, Razorback and Oh Baby. The Oh Baby was mediocre at best in my opinion, but the Elvis roll more than made up for it. Again, I'm not sure if this restaurant is always that insane, but I hope not for the sake of local sushi fans. read more

Wasabi - Elvis, Razorback, Oh Baby and a miscellaneous roll. - Japanese Near Me - Fayetteville, Arkansas

Smelled like smoke. Was too cold. Out of every liquor we ordered. Tempura hurricane roll cold. Other two rolls ok. Service was average. Atmosphere and decor faded and sad. Won't be back. read more

Sushi was great. I don't remember what I had but we all got about 5 rolls. All were good. Def swing by if you're in Fayetteville