Wasabi Sushi & Thai — Restaurant in Columbus

Pretty impressive place to eat. Atmosphere not great but sushi excellent for fare. Service very good. Snow White roll fantastic as was basically a double roll and full of flavor. See pic for description. Spider crab roll was a bit lacking in substance as I’ve had better. This one was lacking in volume of soft shell crab which is the point. Lot of vege and no real flavor from crab. Lobster mango roll disappointing. Very fishy taste means not fresh. Not even sure any lobster in it but fresh mango slice nice and a dab of Wasabi I added perked it up. The Takoyaki was to die for. Fantastic presentation with Bonito flakes. Very creamy inside when eaten piping hot—it just melted in mouth. And must have been fried in wok because you could taste the “breath of the dragon” in it which is only possible by quick cooking in a very hot wok, over very high flame, and dipping the fire into the oil. Fantastic! Seaweed salad is a favorite of mine and this one did not disappoint—quality sesame oil. Generous serving. The hot tea was green, albeit from a tea bag but served in nice cylindrical sculpted mugs. Nice Thai menu will try next time. Not bad for a chain at this location. Will go again....

NEVER COME HERE IF YOU ARE BLACK STRONG DISCRIMINATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE COLUMBUS AREA AND WANT TO TRY THAI FOODS IT’S STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO SEACH ELSEWHERE! I had the worse experience here. This is a place I come to often but mainly just for pick up and know I know why. I came to enjoy a sit down meal and was surprised by the atmosphere and service I received. As a black person I never thought that I would experience this level of discrimination from a place I loved so much and spent so much money with, but to my surprise that’s exactly what happened. Upon entry we were barely greeted and advised to follow the host to our seats. Despite there being a few tables upfront that would’ve accommodated my party to my surprise we were seated in the very back NEAR THE RESTROOMS. It wasn’t until my response to the area that we were seated did they try to rectify the situation. Once we were seated in a “better area” we received stares and side conversations and laughter from staff which made me and my party extremely uncomfortable to the point we had to leave. 0/10 would...

So I am partially writing this so I can remember our waiters name. We have eaten at Wasabi several times because it's the best sushi restaurant we've ever found in any of the four states we've lived in. The chefs (artists?the dishes are always plated like artwork) have never made anything that was less than perfect. The service is usually pleasant, but not any different from other restaurants. Tonight was an amazing exception. Johnny was awesome from the start. I am not that familiar with sushi, and he helped me figure out what I had meant to order when got confused with the vocabulary. (Sushi is what I meant to ask for, not sashimi! ) Then he was very kind when my daughter interupted him to tell him it was my son's birthday. He took the time to learn my son's name and check with him about how his birthday was going. We had a gigantic order and everything was correct and timely. Johnny kept an eye on the table; our drinks were refilled before we even thought to ask, and our dishes were removed promptly. I plan to call ahead and check that he's working when...