Asahi Japanese Steakhouse — Restaurant in Lafayette

While the waitress was attentive and the cook was very friendly (though somewhat cheeky and off-color in his remarks), the food was disappointing, especially for the whopping price of the bill.

I ordered chicken and scallops, but the scallops smelled so rotten that I couldn't bring myself to try them. I told the waitress that the scallops smelled funny and she gave me a discount, which I appreciated. But I still think the food was WAY overpriced, considering that the amount of meat/protein was tiny, and the rice was nothing but old rice, pan-fried with hard carrots, one egg (for two servings) and a liberal splash of soy sauce.

The food was salty overall and not very expertly made, especially the sushi rolls, which were warm and not rolled tightly enough, and they weren't even made with sticky short-grain rice as they should be.

The dated 1970s decor of the restaurant was atrocious and creepy. The restaurant also smelled gross right when you walk in, like rancid frying oil and expired raw food.

The price for 2 adults and one child was 85 bucks! Even if the bill came out to half of that, the food was still inexcusably mediocre. Buyer beware.

It's also worth nothing that the food on the menu is NOT Japanese food and the cooks and staff are not Japanese, so if you're looking for authentic Japanese food, especially, this is NOT the...

everuone their was very nice and the decor was great. i ordered the fillet minijon and shrimp but got chicken instead of the shrimp...

to begin the meal we were given a beef broth, which was lovely and quite possibly the best broth ive ever had and a very subpar salad. we ordered tea and water which was pretty good. my freind had the bright idea of coming there and he offered to buy an appatizer, he ordered spring rolls, they were not that good and RIDICULOUSLY priced.

the experiance was what made the trip, to start off, il mention that they cook every thing right in front of you. first the cook gets oil o the grill and lights it on fire, which is cool, then he puts everything on and get an egg, does these really cool tricks and finally cracks the egg. he then cooked somemore and got this onion thing that he lit on fire and it shot flames out like a flamethrower! he then countinued to cook and whenn he finished we finally ate our meal. the food was worth a half the cost but the experiance was every penny, its not some where i plan on going to anytime soon but i...

Asahi by far is the best restaurant I've other been too. The food here is amazing and they have the funniest chefs! I've gotten to learn a bit from them over the years and they're amazing guys. If you're reading the reviews the chief isn't a bigot and he isn't sexist cause he acts like that with everyone man and woman. To top it off it isn't over the top at all it's more along the lines of saying he'll cook for them. The problem people are having is they are taking what he say literally and seriously and I guess this is the time we live in. This aside people are greatly exaggerating what he said and going off a single comment that may or may not be true. This place is easily a 4 star restaurant you just have to take out the one star reviews about the chief. Again all the times I've been there it's never been over the top we just happen to live in an area where rednecks that think he actual wants there lives and college students that can't tell he is like that with EVERYONE not just women and like I said it's never...