Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse

This place has a very friendly atmosphere, and the staff is very nice. But my food cam 25 minutes later then everyone else in my party of 9 (I ordered a bento box.) when I got my food it was cold and it wasn’t even that great. They wouldn’t even give me a discount since I had to wait for my food. overall not that great of a place

Enjoyed a Saturday night dinner here with my guy. Dinner time rush was about 5:30p and the wait time was 30 mins so we grabbed seats at the bar to wait with our pager. It was less than 10 mins and we were seated with another party of 8. Our hibachi cook, Tony, was awesome and the group we were seated with was pleasant to dine with. The saki flowed, Tony did a great presentation and all the food was delicious and well-​seasoned. I think your opinion of this restaurant will depend on your cook, the other guests you are seated to dine with and your level of comfort to just enjoy a good time. Other tables were not as «fun» (read loud) as ours and were disappointed with their cook. I agree though, if my cook did not try to show some enthusiasm and effort to make a good hibachi presentation I’d be sour faced too. I’ll definitely be back and do recommend this spot for casual dining.

I rarely go to a sit-​down chain restaurant but when I’m feeling that sense of emptiness and loss created by the passing of the old Sushi Rock Downtown (yes, the sadness is still there) I find that Wasabi perks me up.
The fish has always been fresh (a must for any sushi place, of course) and the creators of the menu know when to not mess with traditional — the nigiri is simply the fresh seafood and rice — and when to mix it up – the shrimp-​based Super Crunch Roll has jalapenos mixed in which mirror the kick of the standard wasabi.
The menu is quite large with all the usual cuts of seafood and there are numerous rolls combining those options. The prices are also decent — Jeannene and I usually spend about $ 100 and we feel full and a little tipsy with two drinks each. Ahhh, Tsunami Night, how I miss you.
Their appetizer list is also extensive with a lot of traditional Japanese dishes or at least inspired ones. I always go with the spicy crab salad while Jeannene goes with the seaweed salad which are both fresh and lightly seasoned.
Meanwhile, Wasabi’s cocktails — running the gamut of tropical to dessert — always seem to be well mixed and not watered down.
We’ve never been on the hibachi side of the restaurant but it seems like a good place for large groups as it’s usually boisterous with a lot of laughing.
One warning — the service can get slow at times, depending on how crowded it is, so assume that you are going to have a more leisurely dinner.

Amazing sushi can’t beat it anywhere. The hibachi wasn’t so good, noodles were way to soft and squishy.

Well this fine dining establishment has really taken a plunge. First the positives – excellent hibachi chef, excellent food. Now the negatives. Booked a party 1 week in advance. I was told on the phone that the party wouldn’t be seated until we had all arrived-​fine. Final member of our party arrived around 7:20. They then gave us a buzzer and said they were cleaning a table. 7:40, still cleaning a table. 8pm-​they seated another party ahead of us. We checked to see why we were bypassed – oh it was an error and they are going to move the other party. Next, the waitress partially gave a crap – maybe because she knew her 18% gratuity was a given? (Side note-​The system is skewed with the whole tipping situation but that’s a whole other story.) Anyway, the women’s bathroom looked like a nasty men’s room. I alerted the manager (who also didn’t seem to give a crap) and explained that I understood it was a saturday night and that it was busy but usually a fine dining establishment would not allow their restrooms to get that bad… especially on YOUR BUSIEST NIGHT FOR BUSINESS. Doesn’t it make sense that you restaurant would want to function at its best during peak hours? Instead – organized chaos. I loved the food but we came for the EXPERIENCE most importantly. The hibachi area was so smoky as if they didnt use their vents. Sorry but I wasn’t impressed enough to bring back my big dollars – i work too hard for my money. Btw, for two of us (myself and my husband) in our party, our bill was $ 130 – not that i was sticker shocked because we were returning customers but im pointing out that the service should’ve been pristine. Oh and thats not including the drinks while we were waiting to be seated or the large tip that was given to our chef (probably earned $ 100 from just our table). Finally, I just read an interesting Unilocal review from Nov 2015 about how dirty the behind the scenes are from an interviewee’s perspective… I certainly won’t be back… gross.

I have been coming to Wasabi for many years. Each experience is different.
I always go to the hibachi section as I enjoy the meals you can get. I could live on that ginger salad dressing. It is so good. If someone knows if you can buy it, let me know!
The price tag for the amount of food you get is not bad at all. $ 18-​$ 20 might seem expensive for your basic chicken, but you get so much with it. You get onion soup, a salad, noodles, veggies, steamed rice (or a heap of fried rice for $ 2 extra), and even some shrimp. Not to mention you can get a bunch of sake or vodka from the chef squirted into your mouth if that’s your sort of thing. I like how they’ve started doing lemonade for the kids so they don’t feel left out.
I will say that there is a lot of butter and oil used in cooking. What makes me happy about coming here is that even if I decide to do the hibachi, I can get it cooked in the back without butter or oil while still getting to watch the show.
There is one discrepancy that did occur on one of my last visits, my father took me out for my birthday last year and they put us with the other people table and automatically tacked on the 18% gratuity as you would for a party of 8. That wasn’t ok. We were not a part of the larger party and we were grouped as such. I have no issues with the 18% if we were in the proper party, but there was just 4 of us. I would be sure to check your receipt to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Wasabi is a classic in my book and I will keep coming back.

Went here today for lunch for my department’s holiday party and I must say we were all very pleased! The décor is clean and nice, and the staff friendly, but the star here is the hibachi! For lunch they give you a little house salad and for the main entrée (I chose steak and chicken) they cook it up in front of you with tons of rice, noodles (yes noodles too!), veggies and meat. I especially liked Wasabi because they cook with plenty of butter and garlic which smells and tastes amazing. At other habachi places they over do it on the salt and soy sauce, but not here! I ended up leaving with a full box of leftovers which is always nice. It did seem really loud inside though, a little hard to hear others on the other side of the table, but if you just nod your head and smile, that usually works. The only real downside for me was that they don’t give you fortune cookies after your meal and instead they have this weird flavored gum you can snag on your way out.
All in all, I’d recommend!

Great ambiance, delicious food, friendly staff and they squirt saki in your mouth.
Current record in 49 seconds. Can you beat it?

Love this place! We had such a great time! We opted for the hibachi the last time we visited and our chef didn’t disappoint. He had us laughing the entire time. Not to mention the food was amazing! We will be back for sure!

Don’t miss out on the Red Dragon roll and sashimi deluxe. Happy hour 6 $ 22oz Kirin was a bonus!

Nice koi pond and ambiance. Service was good and sushi was fresh. Ironically they provided no wasabi with either roll, nor ginger.
I got the Angry Dragon. Very different, not in a good or bad way. Just a ‘what did I just eat?” Kind of way — minus the shrimp tempura which was obvious. Lots of sauce overload on the plate.

Big ASS buffet I tell you!!!
It has EVERYTHING!!! Even Habachi!!! Your selections are everything from a REALLY robust salad bar to bbq everything!
LOTS of chinese? food from tempura to General Tso’s! and seafood, sushi Ice cream and on and on and on!!!
Don’t expect REALLY high end offerings but do expect great service very good food and downright inexpensive pricing!!!
Eat up kids!!!

I wish I could give 3.5 stars, because that’s what I really think this place deserves based on my experience.
Atmosphere: Wow, this place looks fun. Like. Really fun. It’s very cool and modern inside. Whoever designed the restaurant did an excellent job. I love the subtle lighting throughout the entire restaurant.
Service: Our waitress was really nice. The food came out rather quickly, and there wasn’t much to complain about from that regard.
Food: This is where things take a turn… The food was.ok. There was nothing that wowed me with the meal, but nothing that sucked either. I ordered a chicken teriyaki dish. It came on a bed of raw onions… What??? That’s so bizarre, I wasn’t sure what the purpose of those onions were, but no thank you. I wish the amount of effort that went into designing the restaurant went into designing the menu.
This place is ok, but just ok. There are far superior hibachi style restaurants in the area.

Eh, it’s a sushi place. It was nothing special. The staff were really nice and the sushi was fine. It just doesn’t do anything to set itself apart. I can’t judge much since I had a carryout dinner but it seemed busy. They had a full service bar and it’s a large restaurant.

The ambiance here is really zen. There’s the water wall, starry ceiling, bamboo wall, and koi pond. The sushi is great. Then if you’re not feeling zen the hibachi grill can be a riot. The sake flows from the hibachi chef to whomever wants it and puts on a good show. Rice with the hibachi meals is an extra $ 2 (I think?) and I would forgo it since you get noodles here with the meal. As a garlic fiend I never thought I’d say this but they do use too much garlic at the grill.

Love the atmosphere here, the food is always delicious, and service is great ! The only things is, sometimes the people at the front desk don’t know what they are doing. Every time I come, I usually just eat sushi and order some teriyaki chicken with fried rice on the side and it is considered hibachi, but how about when I was there’re last night, the girl at the front desk told me if I order hibachi food then I have to sit at the hibachi side. I told her I’m still going to sit on the sushi side, then went on with my order with the waitress and I still got the usual … Nothing changed. Just the people at the front desk don’t know what’s going on or something.

What a fun place to eat at! It was my daughter’s birthday and we were home visiting unexpectedly. A friend recommended this restaurant so we gave it a try. My daughter, her boyfriend and I chose Hibachi and were seated at a table with two other groups. A group of two men with a teenage boy, and another group of two guys who were glued to their cell phones. Needless to say we were not exactly the «fun» table.
The three at the end ordered AMAZING looking sushi — Dragon Rolls. I cannot vouch for how these tasted other than to say two of them were devoured by the group of three — and they were HUGE!!! I did hear things like «Mmmmm» and «so good» after parts of the sushi were consumed so I can only assume this meant that it was superb.
The chef was great, and I think a little disappointed that this group of people randomly put together at the table was not the most animated. But he had us laughing during the cooking of the food and was EXTREMELY generous with the «Yum Yum Sauce», which is the best stuff ever in the history of sauces! Calories be damned, I used it generously.
So all in all the food was super delicious though the chicken was a little dry.(This from a women who has converted her chicken choices over to chicken thighs from chicken breasts. It makes a difference.) We thoroughly enjoyed the dinner and had an enormous amount of food leftover for later meals. My mom was the beneficiary of this as we traveled back to Michigan the next day leaving the precious gift in her fridge.
Prices were great. Our group of three all drank water and got the chicken dinner. We walked out at a little over $ 60.00 for the three of us. As for the guys on the end with the Dragon Rolls and many drinks… I can only imagine what their bill was — but they sure didn’t mind a bit.
I will definitely go back and try the sushi next time I am in town.

First time here and I am a sushi lover. I travel for work all around the United States and enjoy sushi mostly on the west coast. I really never eat sushi in Ohio but thought I would try. Sat at the sushi bar and had quick service. Ordered the Vegas roll $ 12 and Sashimi Deluxe $ 22, wife does not like sushi and ordered the Lobster Teriyaki dinner. $ 27.
Will have to say the sushi roll and sashimi where surprisingly good !
Wife also liked the the lobster, 2 nice size tails with veggies.
Had a good meal and will return

ANGRY DRAGON SUSHI — if you come here, do yourself a favor and order this! OH MY GOD, IT’S THE BEST THING EVER. I had it about a week ago and ever since then I have been craving it EVERY SINGLE DAY. This roll is one the best rolls I’ve ever had. It’s full of flavor, slightly spicy but just right. We ordered a couple other rolls (don’t remember names) and those were good but once you try the Angry Dragon, you really don’t even want to eat anything else, nothing else compares!
They were very busy for Hibachi, but dining service was still prompt. Our waitress was very sweet and checked with us often. The atmosphere is nice and relaxing, I enjoy coming here.
Overall, a great experience, and the ANGRY DRAGON, don’t forget! :)

The food is great for the most part, service, not so much. I admit I completely trashed Wasabi over some new servers ignorance in adding 18% gratuity for EVERY person at a table when they didn’t know each other and are separate parties. I sincerely hope that was a one time thing and has been dealt with accordingly. Make sure to check your receipts people!!!
Now the review…
Word to the wise: if you want alcohol then get it before you sit down because it drastically slows down service when you order tableside.
I’ve been intimate with the Wasabi since first going to the Canton location many moons ago. From there, the Beachwood and Independence locations are no different. Except that for some odd reason the Independence location allows you to bring dogs in. WTF?! No joke… Sat at a hibachi table with 6 others guests, and 2 of them had a small lap-​dog chihuahua tableside. Regardless if it was a service/​therapy dog or not that is just unacceptable and NOT the place to have such things. Whatever, anyways…
No matter what location you go to I’d say you get a pretty damn good deal for what you pay. Whatever hibachi dinners you choose, you get miso soup (just don’t spill it! because it’s the best part), and in addition to your meal you get some shrimp, vegetables, and even noodles with your rice and meats/​seafood. The noodles rule. The first rule of Wasabi is: Do NOT spill your miso soup. The second rule of Wasabi is: Do NOT spill your miso soup.
Willy rules. The «show» is just like all the rest of the Japanese hibachis… all the same. nothing special unless your some dumb child. I come for the food and not the show obviously. Sushi was great despite me not being privy to avocado and mayo in any sushi (red dragon), but it was tasty despite the dumb modernization. I had WAY to much to drink and didn’t pick up on the avocado.
The busser people did an absolute shit job cleaning up after the last table. Dried soap marks across the marble, dirty plates, grease puddles. No excuse to not be clean despite being busy. I could have done with a more attentive waitress during the «show» and after being served. I was so damn disappointed no one noticed I spilled my miso soup to offer me another. I cleaned up though, your welcome. All of this was on a busy Saturday. Again, food is GREAT, but, service can use some work at times. NO excuse for anything the server or busser’s did above.