I have eaten here 4 times. The food has been excellent every time. The presentation of the sushi has been excellent each time. The last time my daughters & I had a question about the sushi. The chef came to our table , answered our questions and took the sushi from our previous visit up a notch. I had hibachi last week with my friend & her 5 year old daughter, who was a little afraid of the fire. We informed our chef and he still put on a good show without scaring my young friend. We will be back!
Review Source:Great. For hibachi, prices are very reasonable. I expected 25+ a person and it was from 14-22 a person for the hibachi grill. Food was really good, best I've had from many hibachi grills, and the least expensive of any one I've been to either.. Service was quick and nice, and I will definitely come back.
Review Source:I took my employees here for our Christmas party.  We arrived at 7:30 on a  Sunday evening and the restaurant was about half full giving our large group plenty of room to enjoy ourselves and not feel like we were crowding other dinners.  We were quickly seated around a hibachi table and placed our drink orders mainly involving various types of imported Japanese bottled beer, cocktails, tea, and warm saki all tasty and properly served/presented.  We ordered and shared a few appetizers such as sushi, sashimi, and tempura all highly praised.  We were also served some kind of asian soup that was good and a salad that was a generic iceberg blend with a creamy ginger dressing that was mediocre in my opinion.  To ease service we all ordered from the hibachi grill menu, which for me was convenient since I was a bit overwhelmed by their large menu.  I would be curious to try something not served hibachi style.  The chef put on a great show that entertained us very much.  I'm told his performance was typical to these places but I had never seen a hibachi show so I was amused and everybody who caught (with their mouth) broccoli bits flipped at them was treated to a large shot of sake squirted directly in their mouth by the cook.  I had lobster, shrimp, and scallops that was very tasty.  The lobster and shrimp were good but the scallops stood out as the best.  Complimenting the meal was perfectly prepared fried rice and sautéed veggies.  The manager personally thanked us for coming and was very accommodating.  The bill was quite expensive but that's too be expected for a group of 12 people feasting and drinking at a holiday party.  I would definitely go back and recommend this place to other people, although I would not be interested in the hibachi style service upon visiting again because I think that after one time the novelty would wear off.  The atmosphere was okay consisting of typical Asian themes and decor.  I would imagine remodeling what was once a cheeseburger in paradise to become a Japanese restaurant would be a challenge.  I would still recommend fusion in the village over this place for sushi but the steak and seafood were the best I've had in Muncie.
Review Source:"Underwhelmed" is the word that first comes to mind when I think of Fuji.
It's a typical hibachi and sushi restaurant. The decor is a bit bold and gaudy, but the bar is definitely a fun place to be. I avoid hibachi tables like the plague - I much prefer to sit in a regular dining area or at the bar.
The two times I've been in have been okay, but not stellar. One really awesome thing they have going for them: gigantic serving sizes of Japanese beer on tap. Yum!
Prices are high, and food presentation is .. odd. (My dining companion ordered a sushi combination special and there was some kind of glowing red cube on his plate? I dunno.)
Some people love it, some people hate it. Me: I could take it or leave it. (But I'd just as soon leave it.)
One star may be a little harsh, but I don't see myself going back there. Â
Service was slow. Â Food was okay but nothing to write home and tell mom about. Â It certainly was not inexpensive. Â Two of us for lunch was about 30 dollars and it would have been even more if we had went for dinner. Â I did get a chance to sample their carry out Sushi. Â They had a wide selection and it was presented nicely. Â
I'll be surprised if it makes it long term in this meat and taters town, especially being away from the university. Â Who knows though. Â It looks like they spent a bundle remodeling it from the former Cheeseburgers in Paradise that it used to be.
Discovered by accident that this is what replaced Cheeseburger in Paradise; decided to stop in and try it. Â Got the super crunch roll, Halloween roll, and the shrimp tempura roll and enjoyed them all very much. Â Our server was friendly and helpful, though overall the service was fairly slow. Â I definitely want to come back to try some of the noodle dishes.
Review Source:***Edit*** Someone is flagging many of the legitimate reviews including mine, this is highly suspicious for a new restaurant.
From a Japanese boy born and raised in Hawaii:
Heard and saw the manager of the restaurant harass a man with a service dog. Manager clearly knew the man from other restaurant encounters as she mentioned they had met before at Red Lobster. Man had to resort to threatening to sue to cease the harassment of the manager. Â - 1 star
Hot tea is genmaicha (roasted brown rice and green tea), above average. Green tea component was high quality, however there was way too much roasted brown rice (roasted brown rice is traditional used as agent to stretch tea for the poor)
Sushi Rice was clear (considered low quality) and not white and had no vinegar or any seasoning for that matter - 1 star
Yellow tail tasted fishy it remains to be seen whether I get sick from eating it. - 1 star
Miso soup was nothing special, standard white miso lacked bonito flavor.
Onion soup was good, but it isn't Japanese or really Asian inspired.
Salad was ok, salad dressing doubles as one of there hibachi dipping sauces which isn't authentic or even fusion for that matter.
Hibachi shrimp was way overcooked and rubbery. - 1 star
Hibachi steak was sirloin and was ok, it lacked seasoning
Hibachi scallops was the best thing there, good seer and cooked fairly rare.
Vegetables were good although it was Chinese style with the use of black bean sauce.
Fried rice was above average for Muncie, it wasn't yellow like a lot of other fried rice in town. But in the grand scheme of things it was just ok.
Had dinner there for the 1st time tonight (8/25), and my wife and I both thought it was really good. We both ordered the filet mignon, and it was perfectly prepared and fork-tender. Our meals came with a standard salad, which had a citrus, creamy dressing on it that I liked, my wife was a little sketchy on it. Our dinners also included 2 large grilled shrimp, which were also very good. Â We liked it, and we will be back.
Review Source:I've been here 3 times since it opened, thinking that somehow they will get better. Â Obviously not. Â
The place moves at a deliberate pace to say the least. Â The first visit for a workday lunch took about 40 minutes between ordering and actually seeing any food.
The second visit I was seated with my party right away. Â Only again, to wait 15 minutes to see a waitress and another 20 for the hibatchi chef to make an appearance.
For the third (and final) visit, we had a reservation for 6:00, showed up at 6:00 and were told it would be 5 minutes. Â At 6:30, still not seated, I asked about our table and somehow, miraculously, it was ready!
The food has been really good (the chicken teriyaki), average (the hibachi steak), to bad (the barely cooked vegetables from the hibatchi entree).
The worst part is the shrimp. Â Every hibatchi entree comes with two shrimp, no matter which protein you order. Â Seems like a good bonus. Â If only they cleaned them well first. Â Nothing more delicious than some shrimp veins. Â For all the still the chefs show on the hibatchi, the prep of cleaning the shrimp seems much less successful.
This place was pretty good, the sushi comes in at a fair price, but the hibachi grill is a little overpriced, you get a performance with it, but the taste of the food didn't defend the price (I had the Sikuyaki steak) It was okay, a 6/10, you got a lot of food. The door greeters are kind of rude, but the waiters and cooks that we had were friendly
Now onto the food!
I ordered the Sukiyaki Steak, it was a stir-fry with vegetables. You get fried rice, a beef soup, and a small salad with it.
The Beef soup tasted like beef stock with onions, underwhelming and bland, a 4/10.
The salad was good, I dunno what kind of dressing it had on it but it was orange and creamy, a 7/10
The fried rice was really good, an 8/10.
Now for the entree, the Sukiyaki steak, it's pretty much a sliced up steak, probably 10 ounces, stir fried with onions, broccoli, zuchini, carrots, mushrooms. Also 2 kinds of mustard sauces come with the Hibachi grill entrees, one was a savory mustard, the other was a honey mustard, it added good flavor to the steak, but the steak itself was a little tough and bland, tasted like soy sauce steak. It was a 6/10 as I said before
All in all, it was a cool experience, decent food, but a tad overpriced in my opinion.
Fuji Sushi & Hibachi Steak House is fantastic!
Had lunch here and everything from being greeted by the hostess, to our final departure and a visit from the General Manager was top notch! Â We opted for the Hibachi seating. Our chef was talented, entertaining, interactive, and exceptional.
I had the Noodle Lovers Hibachi. The veggies were very fresh and seasoned perfectly. The fried rice he served to all was SO good! Small salad was somewhat non-descript, but the dressing on it was excellent, had a citrus zest flavor paired with a bit of fresh ginger, I could have eaten it with a spoon.  My main meal of veggies and grilled noodles was excellent and for a  lunch portion was more than enough.
My co-worker had a sushi combo plate and it was presented as if it was art, it was beautiful and he raved about the flavors and taste til the last bite. The other three in our group ordered the Filet Hibachi, each prepared from med, rare to med. well and all said it was perfect. Miso soup was a major thumbs up!
Our server was a little tardy in turning our bills around, but nothing major, lunch tends to be a little more demanding on this sort of thing, but no real complaints about that.
The interior decor of this place is stunning. From the very large waterfall pond which likely will eventually have Koi in it .. to the beautiful wood carved furniture and sculptures, you feel as if you've been whisked away to Japan, if not for the country music that was at high volume through the speakers, it would have made me feel I was in a big city restaurant somewhere.
Karen, the General Manager greeted us midway through our meal with genuine appreciation for our patronage and was very friendly and receptive. She told us Fuji is privately owned and is not a chain, though there are 5 others throughout the USA. This is the only one in Indiana. ALL the sauces used at Fuji are homemade on-site. She said, "nothing comes in this restaurate pre-made, or pre-prepared, we make it all here."
It shows in the flavor. Overall, I dig this place and hope to visit as often as my budget allows. It was a great experience ... and considering they have only been open for a day or so ... they are a VERY well oiled operation. So impressed. Â Give them a try, I guarantee you'll go back again. Â
:)
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