Miyabi Japanese Steakhouse Columbia

Great food and fun atmosphere. Large portions. Ultra clean. Reasonable prices. Always a winner.

Amazing place to have dinner or a birthday party the guy cooking had a dj battle with the other cooker behind him, they were going back and forth

Couldn’t get in. Reservations only policy has changed every time Will not be going back!

Miyabi Japanese Steakhouse is always a gut stuffing gastro party. Thought who doesn’t like the pounds of rice, shrimp, and what ever protein you choose. Our chef was great. Just enough hoopla, but not over the top. We had a a large party, so that made it much better than being sat with strangers. Everyone enjoyed their food, and took home leftovers. Reservations are recommended… You’ll still wait, but not nearly as long. Great early bird specials!

Not to impressed with the sushi bar. Seaweed salad was tasteless, sushi fell apart and appetizers came out after the meal. Wait staff was lazy and nigiri sushi was not done correctly and also came out last. P. S. Who serves edamame with no salt!!!

This used to be my favorite restaurant, but after finding facial hair or GOD knows what in my white sauce I will never eat here again.

Meh. Not terrible but not worth talking about. I guess the price is good (but reflects in the quality). Still looking for a good sushi place in Columbia…

I just celebrated my Birthday here and it was Amazing. Outstanding food, Great staff. We will be back. Wonderful experience. The steak and shrimp dinner was fantastic and the side order of mushrooms was to die for. Love this place.

I really love the atmosphere. I’ve been going for years, and I feel like it was much better when they were inside the mall. The new location looks amazing, but the last few times the rice has been a little under cooked. The cooks are always entertaining, and the wait staff takes good care of you. Most go for the hibachi, but they also have some really great sushi.

Portions are huge! My only complaint is their ‘fried rice’ is plain with no egg, veggies, or pork added. Besides that, your typical hibachi place. with great drinks and sushi too!

Reservations is a must! Always busy, great food and great svs! Love this place. Beats Benihana hands down!

We went here for dinner one night recently and we had a decent experience.
I got a cosmo from the bar. It was strong… So strong in fact that I could only have one.
When we were seated, no one spoke. The waitress was spread really thin and was rushed. We weren’t there more than an hour or so in total. The cook that we had was an asshole. He made a few smart remarks that upset a few of the men at the table and even gave a few customers the evil eye. He claimed that he did not like them. Strange! When the cook was making our food, he was about to put tomatoes on the grill with everyone else’s food. I have a tomato allergy and have never seen tomatoes at a Japanese restaurant. He ultimately had to make the tomatoes on the grill behind us. I thanked the customers that ordered it and apologized tremendously for their inconvenience. They seemed like nice people but the experience just wasn’t what I’m use to at a Japanese hibachi restaurant.
The moral of the story is that everyone was quiet and the rice and sushi sucked.

extremely large portions (especially the rice). which by the way, the creamy sauce on the rice makes it so darn good. Since then i’ve been a huge fan of the white sauce. FYI that’s like blasphemy for asians. haha! who cares, anything creamy makes food better.
I got the filet, shrimp, and scallops. good sized scallops, perfectly cooked filet (medium rare) and shimps were crunchy and tasty. Definitely nothing bad to say about my selection!
The only thing is that it was a little too salty but honestly, i kind of like that. It’s comparable to louisiana saltiness and if some of you know what that is, it’s pretty much the saltiness that makes you pucker your lips and look for your glass of water.

Sea food was wonderful, they really do a great job. The soup and fried rice were not so good. White Rice with a little soy sauce doesn’t really cut it, but they give you enough, or should I say too much.
Overall a great dining experience

This review is for the sushi side. I sat right at the sushi bar.
I was overall excited to try this place and the prices are really amazing! I quickly found out why… I can second what others have said in the comments that the fish is definitely not fresh. My salmon was actually slimy and my tuna and eel were not bad… just not good either. Everything seems to be pre-​cut in plastic containers… the whole time I was there, I didn’t see them cut any fish fresh. You definitely get what you pay for.
Service was just plain bad. The sushi chef couldn’t recommend any rolls (I think this would be a common question). Between the waitress/​sushi chef, nobody checked in to me even a single time throughout the meal to see how things were going (it wasn’t very busy with only 4 other people total at the sushi bar). My cup was empty for half the meal and I would’ve ordered more if someone had just asked. After I finished, I had to wave someone down to get any attention to get my check.
The hibachi side seemed hopping but definitely not a place I will return to for sushi.

For the life of me, I do not understand why this place is as popular as it is. Heading there the day after Christmas and just an hour after they opened and already the line is out of the door! It could be because of the holiday or maybe because the restaurant selection is pretty limited in Columbia… I guess I’ll never know for sure.
After checking in with the hostess and notified that it would be over a 20 minute wait to sit on the hibachi side, we opted to grab seating within the sushi house (since that what we came for anyway). On the bright side, the sushi menu is expansive and will meet your needs whether you’re a sushi novice or adventurous pro.
And their prices are more than reasonable. Where else can you get two specialty sushi rolls for less than $ 20?! And they were great! Fresh and well-​prepared.
The service itself left something to be desired. Our sushi rolls sat prepared and sitting for quite some time before the waitress got around to bringing them to our table; the other half of our table opted for Hibachi (without the fanfare of watching it prepared) and that took nearly an hour to get to us as well. While the sushi bar area was full, there were numerous waitstaff, so such delays just seemed unreasonable.
This place should definitely be considered when searching for good sushi at a reasonable price but I can’t say I’ll be breaking my neck to head back.

Took my wife out for her birthday. The hibachi side the place was packed, so we decided to sit on the sushi bar side. This option is great of you don’t want the show of the hibachi chef.
We ordered sushi, and we could also order from the hibachi grill. Sushi was top notch, we got the volcano roll. My wife is a snob when bot comes to sushi and she enjoyed it.
The hibachi took longer than we thought BUT IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. I got the scallops and steak and she got the Steak, lobster and scallop-​its named after the place.
We even had left covers for lunch the next day.

I have been here three times and it has always been really good. Except the last time I went I think the cook made the fried rice wrong. The fried rice is my favorite part but it just tasted like salt and nothingness. The two previous times I went it tasted excellent, so I don’t know what happened. The chefs are very funny and communicate a lot with their audience. I had the filet and it was amazing! Also, if you don’t like all the vegetables they give you you can tell them you only want one of something. I always only get carrots and broccoli!

Best sushi in town. Definitely better than any place downtown. The best place to sit is up front if you want sushi. You can even get hibachi up front as long as you order it through the server.
Their spicy tuna roll (and hand roll) and fish head are my favorite things to order when I am there. For an appetizer I recommend their seaweed salad, tuna salad, or dumplings. They have a pretty good selection of specialty hand rolls.
If you’re not feeling sushi or hibachi, they also offer a variety of noodle dishes which are also wonderful! The sushi chefs know what they’re doing. Get there early to beat the dinner rush if you want a seat at the sushi bar! In my opinion, that’s the best place to sit.

Apparently THIS is the place where everyone goes to in Columbia! Dang! My friends and I met at Miyabi at a quarter to five yesterday to snag their early bird prices and were shocked to walk in to a lobby full of people. The wait we got quoted was ONE hour for a party of three! Fortunately one of my friends had the brilliant idea to ask if we could eat at the bar and they said yes, and we were directed to the sushi bar, which turned out to be a small oasis of a room adjacent to the lobby where we felt we were V.I.P.‘s. Other people eventually caught on about the bar and the empty room that we walked into filled up very fast, but we got there right in time!
So here’s what I liked: The décor is very nice and I have to say it looks like an authentic Japanese restaurant with a lot of bamboo touches and nice dim lighting that translates to warm and inviting. Service was really good too, from the guys at the sushi bar to our server and her trainee, everyone was very friendly. The food was good and quantity was generous. I had their tempura combo which for $ 12 came with a choice of tempura, a choice of sushi, white rice or fried rice, and a choice of soup or salad. Since I’m vegetarian they accommodated subbing the crab for cream cheese in my california roll and it turned out to be just fine.
What could use a little improvement: The dessert was good but not great. Fortunately the price was only $ 5 so it was not bad, but quality was just mediocre.
Miyabi is a great city spot that offers great atmosphere and good food. I am looking forward to going back!