Fuji Japanese Steak House — Restaurant in Columbia

Restaurant Review – Teppanyaki Night

My wife and I both went for the Teppanyaki — I ordered the filet mignon, she went with the chicken. Each meal came with a small salad, a warm bowl of onion soup, and a suspiciously large bowl of Yum Yum sauce. (Not complaining, just saying if there’s ever a sauce shortage in the world, I know where it’s all stored.)

The steak portion was generous and cooked exactly as I ordered it — tender, flavorful, and only occasionally making me work for it with a chewy bite or two. The chicken? Tender, flavorful, and the kind of thing that could convert a vegetarian if they were on the fence. The vegetables were… well, a little overcooked, and the broccoli was clearly trying to take over the plate in a leafy green coup. On the upside, the sauce was delicious without being a salt bomb, and they seemed to use less oil than most Teppanyaki places — my arteries thank them. The rice was spot-on, and the onion soup was the kind of good that makes you wish for a bottomless bowl.

Service from our server was fantastic — attentive, friendly, and on point. The guy at the door, however, must’ve missed the day in hospitality school where they covered “smiling at people.” He wasn’t rude exactly… but let’s just say he’s not the person I’d put in charge of warm first impressions.

The restaurant used to be The Crab Shack, but now it’s all hibachi flair. The remodel was solid overall, though we skipped the hibachi table experience and were seated in a long, narrow side room. We ended up at the far west end where it was just warm enough to feel like we were preheating for our meal, but still tolerable.

The bathroom was a mixed bag — vessel sinks on a granite countertop (nice!), but the tile walls had a paint job that looked like someone raced the clock before the paint dried. The clear caulk around the toilet bases was an odd design choice — kind of like clear shoes, you can’t help but notice it. But hey, the ADA stall was spacious and the soap dispensers worked, so points there.

All in all, the food was good, portions generous, and the lighter cooking style was a win. We live nearby, so we’ll be back — just crossing our fingers for less broccoli...

We went on a Sunday when they opened (11am) for my husband's birthday lunch and had a great time. I anticipated a large crowd being late morning the day after a Mizzou football game, but we were the first of only 3 families who were there through the ~75 minutes we were there. If you want to do hibachi, you need at least 2 hibachi orders or to wait for another hibachi group to arrive. Both the steak and chicken were fantastic and the fried rice was seasoned to perfection. I also enjoyed the mixed vegetables, soup, and loved the salad that came with our meal. I was pleasantly surprised they offer milk teas with boba as well which improved our daughter's experience. She has the strawberry milk tea and my husband has Thai tea, both with boba. They were both good, the Thai is less sweet but I would've been happy with either choice. The strawberry pie other fruit flavored milk teas would be more kid friendly. We also ordered the shrimp tempura for an appetizer and it came with 2 shrimp as well as a variety of tempura fried vegetables (asparagus, squash, sweet potato, onion, mushroom, broccoli). My daughter got her kids meal to enjoy before The hibachi food was cooked so she wasn't left bored or hungry during the process. The gentleman who cooked for us was very funny and entertaining as well and we had...

We had reservations for my Birthday and was planning for 3 weeks for this. At first the first waitress was nice and I asked if I could order the filet mignon with lobster and exchange the scallops for shrimp and she said sure no problem at all. Then about 8 minutes later the 2nd waitress was taking our order and when I was set on ordering what I asked from the 1st waitress amd the 2nd waitress said we can't do that and I would have to do an additional side order and make an already $44 dollar meal a $62 dollar meal and then she got short with me and went to get the manager. Then by the time they came we were such in shock of the poor customer service we decided to just leave and they still wanted us to pay for the drinks and salads that we didn't even get to eat amd enjoy. Wanted to give them a chance but from now on we are going to stay with Kobe Steakhouse instead and there food and customer service is 10xs better than Fuji. Save your money and just go to Kobe. This place Ruined my Birthday and after spending over $150 for a custom made birthday cake and wasted all of our time that we put into planning for this event. Worst experience ive ever had, and I usually never leave 1 star reviews but this place definitely deserves a 0...