Fujisan Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Markham

TLDR: their raw fish dishes are excellent and staff are friendly but scattered, nothing else on the menu is worth trying. Their menu is inspired by Japan but techniques and flavors are informed by China. Food presentation is great and restaurant is family friendly. Staff were able to speak English and Cantonese.

The first time I visited this restaurant, I ordered sashimi and a number of Japanese BBQ skewers. The staff were friendly and took time to explain the menu and pointed out their very "fanciest" dishes. The sashimi arrived in good time and was excellent, well portioned, fresh and delicious. Karaage were tiny pieces of deep fried chicken covered in what tasted like North American style sweet and sour sauce, not authentic to Japan. The skewers took much longer and came one dish at a time, and while they had that great real charcoal charred taste, they lacked much else flavor (underseasoned). At one point we waited another half hour for the remaining skewers and had staff come by several times, looking confused asking whether we got the all our orders yet to which we replied we did not. They said the chefs sent it out, we should've gotten it, but I'd know if we ate it or not! So someone messed up somewhere, they had to refire, and it took another 30 minutes before we got the rest of our order. We were not comped anything for the mix up. Overall a mediocre experience.

I gave the restaurant another chance and visited a second time to try their specialty, their "sky fly ramen" and takoyaki, which they had on special (buy one get one free). The takoyaki is not authentic, they committed the cardinal sin of deep frying the takoyaki instead of slowly cooking it in the traditional cast iron griddle specifically made to form the ball shape of the takoyaki. Thus, you get a rather soggy, greasy, deep fried dough ball with a bit of octopus in the middle. The "ramen" is a very photogenic dish, but the novelty of its presentation does not translate into it's taste, which was flat and uninspiring. Non-traditional toppings were added, such as raw broccoli and yellow peppers, which offered bright colorful additions to the bowl. Do not expect to get soft boiled egg or chashu. Broth was watery and lacked a collagen rich mouth feel, tasted mostly like miso. Expect to wait at least half an hour for the ramen, it seemed to take very long to prepare as the noodles are deep fried into a crunchy, solid structure that would please those who enjoy eating extra thick cut potato chips. The bill had some errors, which was corrected once we raised the issue. Staff were still very friendly and helpful. Again, overall another mediocre experience.

The restaurant was open and airy and family friendly as every visit I experienced children constantly running up and down the aisles. They even offer booster seats to babies. Some dusty areas and visible cobwebs did not detract much from the atmosphere as the big bright windows illuminated the room well so it didn't feel dingy, just don't look too hard. I assumed the bathroom was clean but it was dimly lit as one of the lights was out so it was hard to be sure. The space had some private-ish rooms for larger gatherings that require a...

Like all the other positive reviews, we thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience! If you’re a sushi lover and/or enjoy Japanese food in general, you’ll love this place. Be prepared to splurge🙈.

📝For starters, the service was impeccable: from getting seated to ordering to getting our food to paying — the staff was extremely attentive. For example, my dad loves ginger, and after letting our server know, she made sure to bring out multiple plates of ginger for him throughout the course of dinner. Also, our food came out insanely fast — I think all of our orders came out within 15 minutes.😃

💲 We were slightly taken aback by the pricing when we first looked at the menu, but the portion sizes (see pics) and quality justify the pricing! However, you should be selective about what you order if you’re trying to eat good without breaking bank (see next section). We also got a look at the lunchtime menu, which has more affordable pricing.

🍣 Overall, the food was delicious:

🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 (5/5) 40 pcs Sashimi $89.99 Extremely fresh, great variety of fish/seafood, generous portion with thick cuts, and beautiful plating — what more can you ask for? 🥹

🤗🤗🤗 (3/5) Unagi Don $24.99 Standard — nothing special: unagi is solid, but the rest of the toppings are bland. This is super filling, since they give you a lot of rice. If I’m craving eel in the future, I think I would try out the bbq eel skewer ($9.99) instead of ordering this again.

🤗🤗🤗🤗 (4/5) Fly Sky Pork (Japan Berkshire Pork) (w/ miso soup and green salad) $28.99 Such a unique concept! 5/5 on presentation and being able to eat the ramen several different ways. The pork (pork belly(?)) was so yummy and melts in your mouth. The broth also has a great umami taste, but it tastes a little too salty after several sips.

🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 (5/5) Fire Salmon Loong Roll (w/ Unagi, Avocado and spicy sauce on top) $19.99 I LOVE 🫶 This definitely hit the spot, and might be my new favorite sushi roll!! If you like aburi sushi, you are going to love this roll! It has salmon, unagi, and avocado all in one roll — super yummy. It just melts in your mouth, and the ingredients taste top notch. If I had to critique the roll, it would just be that it says there’s spicy sauce on top but I couldn’t really taste the spicy.

🤗🤗🤗🤗 (4/5) Fire Salmon Dragon Roll (w/ 2 tempura shrimp, crab meat, cucumber, avocado, and house sauce on top) $22.99 My dad really liked this roll, although my mom and I both think that the Fire Salmon Loong Roll is better. This roll is super tasty, and each piece is MASSIVE. If you want a bit of crunch in your sushi and don’t care for unagi, then I would recommend this one over the Fire Salmon Loong Roll, but otherwise, get the Fire Salmon Loong Roll (or...

Gah, would have been a 5 but the "ramen" knocked it down to a 3.5.

First, I want to mention the service was impeccable. They were so attentive, pouring out green tea often, cleaning our tables quickly, etc.

Place was clean, I heard upbeat Japanese music in the background, didn't see any high chairs but maybe they were hidden. Overall great ambience.

We came here because we were craving ramen and this place popped up on our Maps. Menu was extensive so we started off with some sushi first.

So first came the salmon sushi lover set. The salmon pieces were nice and thick. The sushi roll had a nice crunch and seasoned nicely. Great, couldn't wait for the ramen!

There's soup ramen and sky fly ramen on the menu. We would learn the latter is the one you probably see in Instagrams with the floating ramen over a bowl. Server said it was very popular so we decided to try them.

Ordered sky fly pork ramen and a sky fly tempura ramen. The tempura was good (not too over battered), the pork was good (soft). The garlic infused vegetables (yellow pepper, broccoli) was odd to see but tasted nice. But the white and black sesame sauce that you're supposed to mix into your ramen wasn't appealing. Tastes mildly of peanuts and I couldn't taste a significant difference between the two. Also both our stomachs hurt after eating from the sheer amount of oil we consumed. I couldn't finish my bowl, I felt too queasy. I blame the sesame sauces. My husband blames the crispy 'sky fly' ramen. It was like Cantonese chow mein in terms of crispiness and taste but not made well. Thankfully the restaurant gives you a whole karafe of green tea for the table so we had copious amounts to settle our stomachs.

Travesties: There is no broth to have with the ramen- it's just a big bowl of miso soup that comes with it! Ugh. Also there is no typical egg. Please don't call your sky fly bowls ramen. It's very deceiving.

We're willing to come back again for sushi or to try some donburi but we will never try the ramen...