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    Wasabi

    3.8 (45 reviews)
    ModerateJapanese
    Open 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    Where's the shrimp tempura????
    Elaine L.

    This restaurant is so picky about confirming orders and minimum orders, but they don't even make sure customers get what they order. I ordered multiple items, including shrimp tempura. Instead of shrimp tempura, I'm not sure what I got (the end pieces with my rainbow roll). On the website, the shrimp tempura looks entirely different from what I got. The entire roll is fried in the tempura batter, not just a piece of shrimp that is cut up, fried, and then rolled in with the other ingredients. It's deceptive advertising, and what I got was not what I wanted. I could barely taste the tempura batter! Please see the pictures!

    Nasty chicken and frozen shrimp hibachi that is literally Chinese takeout not Japanese whatsoever. Garbage.
    Livy S.

    I used to love coming to this place years and years ago, but now it's absolutely horrible. I got the chicken and shrimp hibachi and let me tell you it was a mushy mess with old shrimp that was badly coated just frozen crap. I threw it out I don't even want a refund. They have downgraded their quality, lost a good chef, or something bad happened, but yeah I will never be back! This should serve as a lesson to step up quality and make sure that customers come first rather than serving them garbage.

    Alice C.

    Wasabi reminds me of one of those flowing weeds growing from a crack in a sidewalk. This place was clearly opened on a shoestring budget. The exterior is clean and crisp like the rest of the strip mall featuring a Publix Market. The interior is another story, and my initial impression was that this was not a place where I would feel safe eating raw fish. If it had not been for my husband pushing from behind by saying, "yeah, but if you get really sick, it will make for a fun to read Yelp review!" As sketchy as the place seemed on the inside, the sushi came out well. The temperature, flavor and freshness all seemed fine, and we did not get sick. Sorry. The people were nice, and it was fun and interesting sitting in the window and watching unlikely sushi eaters arrive, pick up, and carry out their orders. What did they order? Where did they come from? Where are they going eat? How did they come to be eating Asian food in a strip mall in Lake City, Florida? What do people do in Lake City? Why are they here? The answers to these questions are not obvious, right? So I recommend you try Wasabi in Lake City. The selection, quality, and deliciousness is head and shoulders better than picking up Sushi next door at Publix, and I think the price point is actually a little better than Publix as well. The only miss step is that Wasabi does not serve sake. Publix on the other hand does have sake in large resalable bottles. Fortunately, my husband and I carry one of those bottles around with us in our rolling bar that we call my car. We are responsible adults prepared for misfortunes like a sushi restaurant without a liquor license. Perhaps if they served sake, there would have been other diners eating and fewer diners taking their food on the road. OMG, that is were they were going to with their little bags of food; they were going to a liquor store!

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    Michelle C.

    Great sushi every time!! Highly recommend you try it if you haven't. The food is always fresh, and the restaurant is always clean. Owner is super friendly as well.

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    Alexander S.

    I come by every few months, and I'm never disappointed. The table legs are a bit questionable, like they were bought from a flood sale, but that doesn't change the fact that the food is awesome. I'd give it 5 stars, but even though the food is good it's still just Japanese fast food, and it's a bit pricey for all that. If you ask for sauce, you'll get loaded down, so definitely don't be afraid to ask if it seems like it was forgotten.

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    My favorite is Hibachi shrimp and chicken. Enough food to share a meal. Always friendly service. I like that you can watch them cook it.

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    risky habachi ifykyk! They fill it up but the food makes you question . I heard sushi good tho

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    Good food, good prices! Sushi and fried rice are great and the service is always friendly.

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    Hard working family who is always there to serve great tasting sushi. Favorite sushi in lake city and they have great lunch specials too!

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    Never judge a book by its cover. This place was pretty good considering its take out! I would eat it again.

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    Samurai Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar

    3.4
    (145 reviews)
    39.2 mi
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    I love hibachi restaurants for the experience and this one gave us just that. The food was pretty…read moregood, I wouldn't say it was anything special and the chicken was a little overcooked, but it was pretty much what I expected from this type of restaurant. The prices were also pretty good for the amount of food you get (I got three meals out of this for about $16!) The service was great, our chef was funny and entertaining (though I was sad that he didn't do the onion volcano!) and our waiters were nice. The restaurant itself had a weird vibe and some of the workers seemed to not want to be there, but the hibachi tables were big and there's an option to sit at a regular table as well. Overall I was happy with it for the dinner and a show aspect.

    I love going to sit down hibachi where they cook it in front of you and haven't been in a long time…read moreso this was super fun. The hibachi show itself was so fun and the chef was really nice and did all the normal things like the onion volcano and the rice tossing. He had a sense of humor and loaded up our plates. Right as we sat down, they gave us our salad and soup - the salad dressing was very flavorful and I liked it. The soup was a little salty but the fried onions were good. I got the chicken hibachi and my total came out to be a little over $20 after tip which for the amount of food we got, was definitely worth it in my opinion. The food itself was good, my only complaint would be it was a little too salty for my taste. Everything was still really good! Just a little too salty in my opinion. From the time we sat down to the time we got our food, we were not waiting that long at all and the servers were very nice. We made a reservation in advance and went around 7PM so it also wasn't super busy. The inside was like a regular hibachi place, and it was fun to see other parties have their hibachi show too.

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    Samurai Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar
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    Edo Japanese Steakhouse

    4.6
    (67 reviews)
    39.2 mi

    First time eating here. The place was packed, and the quality of the food is the reason. The…read moresalmon roll was outstanding. Fresh fish, and healthy sized pieces. Our server Andrew was a big part of our positive experience. He was attentive, accommodating, and extremely nice! He went above and beyond! Highly recommend!

    I fell in love with the ambience of this establishment. It definitely is a must see to have little…read morelunches with your party or even your other half. It is very mellow and more on the well lit side, so if you want a dim lit restaurant, this ain't for you. Service? Impeccable, I forgot the girl who served us, but sis was always on point. Consider your drinks refilled! When it comes to food, understand that the sushi chef takes his time to craft art on your plate. Like seriously, look at the images I share, it's a masterpiece isn't it? So do expect a bit of a wait time but don't you worry, the fish are fresh! So order an appetizer why don't you, to keep ya tummy occupied whilst you wait. My partner and I started off with the seaweed salad and edamame. The edmame is heavy with the garlic, so do keep in mind that your breath will smell like jarlic ok? You have been warned. You could also make the edmame spicy, but that's an extra charge! The seaweed salad? It has a bit of twang to it, so it's lightly sour. No overpowering though like the ones you'd have at a grocery store. Now the star of the dinner my bae and I had... The spicy yellowtail was not that spicy for me, by partner though? He had to take his break hahaha. He got baby taste buds. It is fresh, and for you texture girlies, it is mushy. So, yeah, you may want to opt out on that if you are not a fan of cold mushy food. The big Mac roll? It was so good. All the flavors combined and dances on your tongue. In a good way though loves. In a good way. This one is not so mushy as the spicy yellowtail, you can tast the blend of different textures of the sushi. And they complete one another. The king lobster roll! Boy was this one good. So for you lobster lovers, this is a must have. There's good chunk of the lobster meet in each bite, so do expect a blend of flavors mt seafood lovers. Expect that.

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    Full bar - contemporary vibe
    Full bar - contemporary vibe
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    Lunch salmon teriyaki teppanyaki
    From left to right: Spicy Yellowtail, Big Mac Roll, and King Lobster roll

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    Arashi Yama Sushi & Hibachi

    Arashi Yama Sushi & Hibachi

    4.5
    (140 reviews)
    37.7 mi
    $$

    We checked this place out about a year and a half ago, so we wanted to come back and leave an…read moreupdated review. We arrived later on a Saturday night craving hibachi and sushi, and it definitely hit the spot. I ordered the steak hibachi with fried rice, and my husband went with the lobster roll. My meal started with a cup of miso soup and if you follow our adventures you know I love miso. They did not disappoint. It was hot, flavorful, and tasted freshly made with good ingredients. For a drink I ordered a Long Drink. We first tried these at a local festival and fell in love, so when we saw a citrus flavor we had never tried before we were excited to order it. My hibachi came out hot and smelled amazing. The steak was cooked perfectly and the sauce mixed into the rice was really good. I do wish they gave just a little extra sauce for the rice. The rice itself was a bit stiff, but the sauce helped a lot. We also came about an hour before closing, so we were not too bothered by that. Our waitress was good, and her coworker stepped in to help when she was busy, which we appreciated. I also liked that you can see the sushi chefs working right there, and my husband really enjoyed his roll. The restaurant was very clean, including the bathrooms, which always matters. I also have to mention the water because it actually tasted good. If you know, you know how rare that can be. They also have plenty of parking, which makes things easy. Overall we had a great experience and it was the perfect spot for a much needed date night.

    Saw numerous reviews on this restaurant, so after the gym wife and I headed there when they opened…read moreup, got sat right down right away. Our Server Annie was very friendly and very helpful with the menu. Love the decor ,very modern, a lot of lighting aesthetics. soft music playing over speakers We ordered a couple appetizers which came out hot, also been getting into sushi lately. So we ordered a roll to share as an appetiter as well, very fresh. Very good, they have a large variety of sushi rolls, raw and cooked. I learned the black Fried Rice with chicken supposed to be more healthy than regular Fried Rice for you. It was very very good! My wife got the spicy seafood soup, which was very good.I tried a little bit of that as well. I can see why all the reviews were really good. Its definitely one of my top 3 now!!

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    Arashi Yama Sushi & Hibachi
    Arashi Yama Sushi & Hibachi
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