Fuji Steak & Sushi

Food is fairly good but service has been consistently terrible on more than one occasion. The ‘chef shows’ get very loud — so much so that the whole restaurant has to pause conversations until they are done.
The décor is nice — but hints at a better restaurant than you’ll find within.

This is the go-​to place for me and my sister whenever I visit her in Chattanooga. No matter where we discuss eating, we usually end up here because we like it, we like the servers, and it is between her office and her house. They have a huge menu of sushi including the small standards and specialty extravaganzas. The rolls are all priced at usual prices and then are all half price, always. And good. How can you beat it? We have never had the sad sushi experiences related in other reviews. We have strayed from the sushi side of the menu only a couple of times to have the salmon plate. It was once stellar and the other time very average. Stick to the sushi. We have never gone to the steak and grill side of the restaurant with the noisy drums and gongs or whatever it is they have over there — pretty annoying when enjoying sushi on the other side. But it never lasts long and hasn’t been enough to run us off yet.

Horrible service and food. Our server comes and tells us that the hibachi is being plated and should be out shortly. 20 minutes later, still no food. The sushi arrives, and both rolls were horrible. I was able to make it through the crab roll but could not eat more than one piece of the nasty spicy salmon roll. The hibachi finally arrives which we had been told was being plated 30 minutes earlier. The grilled vegetables were room temperature, and the shrimp was over-​cooked. The dish had clearly been sitting under a warmer for a while.
A second server comes to check on us after the first one went missing. She was nice enough to take the spicy salmon roll off the bill. No one should have to pay for sushi that disgusting.
There was a birthday going on in the restaurant, and I don’t mind a little singing/​celebration from the staff. However, the loud, obnoxious beating on drums for half our meal became aggravating.
Never again. Take your money elsewhere or good chance you’ll leave here highly disappointed.

Fuji makes really good wasabi sushi! Not so good on sending your takeout home with you. Our meal never made it to the kitchen table… the soup soaked through to the backseat of our car… then the bag broke on our kitchen floor! Meal went in the garbage.

I’ve eaten a lot of sushi in my life and this has to be the worst I’ve ever had. After waiting over a half hour, the sushi arrived warmer than room temperature as if it had been sitting out a while and the raw fish in my Rainbow Roll I could barely choke down. Because I had waited so long I ended up not eating it instead of sending it back waiting on a fresher roll.
When it came time to pay our server was nowhere to be found. We ended up having to go to the host stand to ask for our check. I wish I had checked reviews ahead of time before eating here. Luckily my sickness later that night was mild. Disgusting place!

The company was way better than the food.
Stereotypical and cheesy, faded décor.
Nice if ditzy server who seemed to know nothing about the menu, or sushi/​noodles/​Asian food in general — «Oops, yesterday was my day off — I guess we don’t do that $ 0.99 thing I mentioned». .. «What was that you said — hoy singe sauce?» and such.
Mediocre food. The steamed pork gyoza were actually good, but nothing you shouldn’t be able to get elsewhere (where the other items are also good) and the yellowtail nigiri (one of my staples) was decent and seemed fresh (enough? now I am mentally reviewing why I only ate one of the two pieces) — but the Philly roll (a sometimes fave but one I picked yesterday so I didn’t belabor the process as he was ready) was more cream cheese than anything else, with several pieces having no avo at all. My cute date got the Japanese noodle bowl and while it was large, he reported that «it didn’t have enough flavor [hence the unsuccessful request for hoisin] and it was ok, but not good enough to order again.» I declined to try some when offered (why bother?). Also, no low sodium soy sauce on the table, just two bottles with different colored tops. Not how we rolled in the sushi/​noodle places I worked — even Genki and Twist get that kinda thing right.
Sadly, I am still completely underwhelmed at any of the Asian food spots I have tried around town — Totto being an exception except it still kinda creeps me out that they have that lunch buffet — so I will have to keep trying.
But the boy was cute, so Fuji gets two not one stars. I brought my own atmosphere, I guess.

This is a Chattanooga stable for good sushi prices. Check with the restaurant, because nights change seasonally, but it’s worth it because who can beat half price sushi rolls? The ordering is a little different at this location. Even of you sit at the sushi bar you order through your waitress rather than a paper menu like most. Tonight I had the pink lady which is a tempura livers dream. A little to carb oriented for me but good all the same. I also had white tuna sashimi and it was excellent! Buttery and very fresh. I have to give props to the Mango Roll that my date ordered as well (fresh salmon avocado and fresh mango slices on top). It was definitely my favorite of what we had. The hostess was great making sure we were taken care of promptly, our server was as well. Definitely another good experience.
I come here often and will continue!

We’ve been coming here for about two years.
The wait staff and management change frequently. This means you’re constantly getting trainees, and (with the exception of a stellar few we’ve had), many seem to be new to food service.
The quality of the food however, remains consistently high and the prices are more than competitive. These are the two things that keep us going back.
We continue to support them because we would hate to lose such quality sushi in the area.

Very good food, fresh and some of the best Japanese I’ve had in awhile. The service was fantastic and the restaurant is very clean and nicely decorated. The lunch prices were very reasonable. I was quite impressed!

I have never had the hibachi here, but eat the sushi often. There is a huge selection of rolls, and most are very good. The 50% off is nice, but I usually end up ordering two anyway. The seaweed salad is amazing!

Prices went up and sadly, portions, quality and service went down. Samu (?) Is a great entertainer, but with all the downfalls, after 4 – 5 visits we won’t be back.

Always good every time I eat here. With the special pricing buy one get one 50% off its a great deal too

We’ve been to Fuji many times since they opened. This is our first time having any dissatisfaction. Everything was fine except the hibachi steak and chicken was cold. We will still be back though, we won’t let one bad experience strike out all the other great ones.
Just recently did their business start picking up. The parking lot was full for the first time tonight, since they opened. Maybe they weren’t prepared for all the business, it seems as if they don’t have enough servers tonight. Hopefully it will be better next time.

Food is usually good and decently priced. I used to love this place but my last few visits have been miserable, especially the last time. The servers will be nice to one table but not the next. Don’t dare ask another server a question, they will directly ask you to find your server.
Our last visit, I guess our server stole us from another server. This mad the girl angry and angered her friend as well. The guy who took our order never came back expect to hand us the check. Never got refills on our drinks and waited 30 min for our food. The girls refused to help us or check on our food.

I cannot even give a «star» to this establishment. The service is very poor! Our server was very disorganized and the wait for our drinks, sushi, and appetizer were accompanied with excuses. The hibachi cook was unprepared and our tab was close to $ 100.00. Save your cash and your time. This place is terrible all around.

Other reviews have covered a lot of my complaints, so I won’t go over them again. We went a couple of times when the place first opened and thought it was good. An improvement over Ichiban. But, sadly, there is no consistency here. Service has been poor every time. The first time I went, the waiter threw the check at us before we even finished eating. I reminded him that he was a commissioned sales person and perhaps we would like dessert, which would boost his tip. He looked a bit sheepish, but unapologetic.
Drinks: hard to get ‘em! You order your first round, it takes forever for them to arrive at your table. You want another drink and your waiter has disappeared. Finally order your 2^nd round and again, you’ve practically finished your meal before your drink arrives.
The food, on this fourth and final visit was mediocre at best. Either the quality of the food has suffered, or the hibachi cook was not that great … probably a combination of both.
Note: If you want to order appetizers, do NOT eat at the communal grill tables unless your group is the only one occupying the table. They throw your appetizers down AFTER they’ve served your soup and salad. I mentioned to my waitress that we did not want to be rushed and wanted to enjoy our appetizers first. Oh, well. To no avail. We spent $ 160 for 4 people and felt like we were eating at Micky D’s. For all the fancy décor, this is not fine dining.
I am disappointed at yet another local ho-​hum dining experience.

This place is okay, I don’t care for hibachi but if I must, I accept my fate (food coma).
I remember when this place was an Italian restaurant, and then it was Sticky Fingers, I think… well now it looks like something glitzy. Love the décor in here, and I like that the hibachi tables aren’t all closed into individual rooms.
I wasn’t expecting there to be a full Japanese menu here, which would explain the picturebook size and weight menu. In addition to hibachi there’s sushi, teriyaki, udon, tempura, etc. They have plenty of drinks, and the prices are pretty fair. I had a glass of house Riesling, and it was 2 for 1. Even better!
It took forever to get the drinks though because practically everyone else in my party ordered a beer that turned out to be out. My brother wanted Asahi, out. My mom wanted Yuengling Light, out. It was almost like, well what ISN’T out?
The hibachi meals are pretty reasonably priced. Chicken and steak will run you $ 16.95 and if you’re into fried rice, the upcharge for it is 99 cents.
You get soup and salad beforehand of course. The soup definitely seemed like it was a beef broth, it was far too hearty to be miso. We laughed that they must have remembered Brick Oven because the bowl of soup contains a single rotini noodle. The salad was almost like ginger soup because there was far more dressing than lettuce, always the sign you are eating hibachi.
So then it’s the usual, here all the typical sauces, here’s your fried rice, vegetables, shrimp… and then teriyaki noodles? Why do you have rice if you have noodles? They were good though, but talk about carb overload. I would take noodles over rice any day especially in this setting.
There’s nothing that really sets Fuji apart from other hibachi places. It’s a lot of food, but it tastes like every other average hibachi restaurant… food covered in sauces and salt that you can’t stop eating. The steak isn’t the best (but I am spoiled by a place near me) but I always consider it a success if it doesn’t involve a) picking off fat or b) being inedible.
The staff is the reason I didn’t enjoy fully enjoy myself though.
Our chef was alright… he asked if it was our first time there, which it was. The rest of my family hadn’t been to a hibachi restaurant since I was last in Chattanooga for my birthday, and we went to Ichiban. He had asked where we have been, and my dad said that, to which the chef responds, «well we speak English here.» Ummm, what? They do at every other hibachi restaurant I’ve been to around here… in fact I’ve seen people get pissed off over not having a Japanese chef at one…
He also sent sauce flying while serving the noodles and it burned my boyfriend’s hand. Needless to say he wasn’t that impressive. I also pretty much could never hear what he was saying even though I was pretty much directly in front of him.
So basically the service leaves a lot to be desired. My boyfriend and I don’t get fried rice, so it took forever to get the steamed rice, and the server wanted us to just dump it on our plates so she could take the bowls back. I don’t eat all the rice that gets put in the bowls anyway, and I sure as hell couldn’t after getting some noodles. So for some reason she didn’t like me leaving half of it in the bowl and asked everyone else if they wanted the rest. It was weird and kind of tacky.
And not even maybe 3 minutes after our chef left the table she was asking who wants a box. So then the boxes are sitting there while you’re still trying to finish up.
I try to accept you, hibachi places, but you make it so hard. I’d give you 2.5 stars but I’ll round up because I’m feeling nice and the food was tons better than the other options for dinner that night.
ONE LAST NOTE: if you drive a car low to the ground, do NOT turn in/​out on Highway 153. It is horrible and you will cry. Take the back way in from Gadd Road.

I’ve been here a few times– the first time was with a large group and I had the chicken teriyaki appetizer and a ton of mai tais and whatever drink they have on their menu that is strawberry flavored (not a daquiri). Their drinks are really good, the appetizer was good but not worth what I paid for it.
2^nd time was for ½ off sushi on Sunday. I would definitely recommend this as it was a great value. Let me just tell you that the ocean roll is not worth what they normally charge for it; it’s good but not $ 14 worth of good. They have shock top on draft for like $ 4 for a 20oz which is a great value. The service was excellent.
3^rd time was for their hibachi lunch special, which was also a great value. I paid $ 6.95 for the shrimp hibachi. I definitely got way more than $ 7 worth of food and it was VERY good.
I would definitely recommend this place. Giving it 4 stars because the sushi at normal price is definitely not worth it except for a few select rolls. I have no problem paying for quality, but do have a problem paying for something that I don’t feel is worth it.