Hibachi Of Japan — Restaurant in North Fort Myers

This isn’t the sushi you expected, it’s the only sushi you’ll ever want for the rest of your life. I’m talking waking up in a cold sweat as the wisping thought of perfectly wrapped salmon rolls and glistening sashimi cuts leaves you laying in bed wishing for lucid dreams or an afterlife filled with nothing but Hibachi of Japan 3. Why 3? Third times a charm. You’ve seen those shopping plaza china woks that serve you sweet and sour pork. They’re forgettable. This place not only succeeded, but captivated the palates of so many people they’ve opened at least THREE of these bad boys. Prepare to spend the next three weeks looking at your vapid nightly meals and thinking about ending it all because no food will ever live up to the craftsmanship of Hibachi THREE.

Edit 3 Years Later

Months had passed. A year. Two years. Folks, I have been talking up this establishment for three years now. I have eaten enough sushi to the point of securing the place of apex predator in the salmon's natural food chain, and this place still checks out as number one. I had not gotten my fix for an unjustified amount of time and it finally came to the day I'd share the experience that is HoJ with my girlfriend. I regret to say, I was worried. After telling her about the food here for well over a year, I feared the one hour pilgrimage to the restaurant would not live up to the gilded pedestal I had been straining to keep it on. We crossed fields and rivers and even paid the troll's toll in order to make the journey to the declared best sushi. I spun mouthwatering tales of salmon sushi with cuts of fish so long and hearty that you could not see the rice patty underneath. Avocado so fresh and creamy that it acts as a sealant to prevent your saliva from hitting the table with each bite.

Hibachi of Japan, I have to ask for forgiveness. Forgiveness that I had even doubted you for a second. Forgiveness that you would not be consistently delivering the greatest rolls, sushi, and sashimi of only the most choice cuts of fish served at the most optimal of temperature at the most unbeatable of prices. For over three years. We visited on 8/18/2024, 3 years after the original review, and it was as if they knew my doubts and raised the bar. It was the best sushi I have had. They never miss. After three years, I could come back and they not only delivered as good, but a higher standard of sushi.

If you have not been here yet, I implore you to make the trip no matter the distance. There will be...

I was excited to find a hibachi place near our new house. I called in and ordered steak hibachi meal. The woman asked me how I wanted the steak cooked and I told her medium. She asked me again and I again expressed that I would like it cooked medium. I waited the 15 minutes and went in and got the food. The lady out the front counter seemed as though she was super busy although there wasn't anyone there, she seemed like it was really big problem to give me a fork and soy sauce, and she declined to provide a napkin. She was nice enough though. I asked for soy sauce and a fork since I was going to eat in my car. When I realized there was soup with my meal I just drove home. I opened the test of food, excited to eat fresh, good hibachi. As soon as I opened it I could smell the burnt smell of charred, overcooked food. However, the first bite told me everything I needed to know. The food is burnt, the steak is burnt to oblivion and the vegetables are too. And everything has a weird taste of fish, like rotting fish. This is just not edible. I just tried to give a piece of the meat to my dog and he won't even eat it. I'm not sure how this place got 4.9 stars, but I won't be back. I just threw the food in the trash, the...

They need to rename this place Sushi and Fried Rice and quit inferring in their name they are an authentic Japanese restaurant. Sure they offer a little sushi and sashimi, and lots of cooked and raw sushi rolls but their hibachi and entrees are not authentic. The only rice choice they offer with those two is fried rice. White or brown rice isn't anywhere on their menu, even as a side item. Fried rice is not Japanese, it's Chinese. When I go to a Japanese restaurant I want and expect well steamed white rice. Also their less expensive chicken hibachi "bowl" is just chicken and fried rice. That's not hibachi or a bowl, it's chicken and rice. If you want veggies in it, that's $1 more. Really? Their more expensive hibachi "bowls" of shrimp and steak already come with vegtables (as they spell it) and the omnipresent fried rice. Their entrees come with vegetables, clear soup, and yes, fried rice. It's one of only two places on their menu where they offer teriyaki. Oh and if you want tempura, they have two tempura cooked sushi rolls, and a tempura side item. I'll try the sushi rolls next time and go elsewhere for hibachi or other Japanese...