Asahi Japanese Steak & Sushi

This is a review of the Sushi Bar, not the Steak House. Asahi is my neighborhood go-​to place for sushi. I’ve been eating sushi here for years and it is always excellent, never disappoints. Very fresh, very tasty and reasonably priced. Service is friendly. My girlfriend and I had sushi here last night — her first time and she loved it. To get better sushi, I would need to go to Buckhead and spend twice the money. I’d rather have a 5 minute drive and eat sushi at Asahi.

On first arriving to this place, there is plenty of parking and a lovely environment. The place is clean and professional. The one thing is the hibachi chefs are hilarious. My husband and I couldn’t tell if they were faking their fake asian accents or if their accents were really that bad.
I started off with the Asahi Special Roll that has white fish, crab meat, and tuna rolled and fried in tempura batter. I loved everything about it except for it’s price.
As for hibachi, I got the chicken and shrimp while my husband got the filet mignon and chicken. They started the course with a miso soup which was bland, and then a salad with ginger dressing that was lovely and flavorful. Next came the entertainment which was alright. They gave us a ton of yummy fried rice and veggies. My shrimp and his steak was delicious but the chicken was a down fall. It seemed like the exterior of the chicken bites were tough while the inside was tender. It was as if you had to break through a shell; as my husband put it.
I will come back but will sure stay away from the chicken.

Entertained family and friends here on New Years Eve. Good sushi, Good habachi. My order was messed up – was delivered friends order. Goof was quickly corrected – however friends order was taken from my place to kitchen, then delivered to friend. Food was cold by then. Bar in the front is limited to wine – and personnel were in a disorganized chaos. Waited 20 minutes to get glass of wine between bartenders responsibility of clearing checks at register that were coming in from waiters, and getting drinks for patrons waiting at bar.

I have been to Asahi a few times and I have always been pretty satisfied with it, ya know. it’s the typical hibachi thing. Maybe the difference between then and now is that I don’t eat meat, which tends to get me strange looks and long sighs. As a family we all did the hibachi. I ordered the hibachi vegetables which comes with a shrimp appetizer, chicken broth soup, and a ginger salad. I asked if they happened to have a vegetarian soup I could supplement for the chicken broth, which they did not and they told me they would simply bring me an extra salad. This was fine with me because I always adore the ginger dressing. The waitress then asked me if I was okay if my vegetables touched meat… I don’t mean to be difficult, honestly. but no, I’m not okay with that. After a role of the eyes she told me she’d find out what she could do for me (I hate being the difficult one!) They ended up cooking my meal in the back so that way it didn’t touch anything else, did they possibly spit in it? Maybe, who knows.
I’m thankful for them being willing to accommodate me and they put on a pretty good show, as far as hibachi goes, but in all honesty the food was just ‘alright’.

This location has the unfortunate status of having been had (and Unilocaled about) AFTER I went to Nakato. I have been here a couple times, and have enjoyed the meal each time. Last night, my parents took me here for my birthday dinner with them. This was highly amusing, since I went to dinner at Nakato on my birthday with a friend. The service is excellent, the place is clean, and they do some excellent hibachi. I had the opportunity to check the bathroom here, and it was reasonably clean on my visit as well. Not the cleanest I have ever seen, but it wasn’t dirty either. I didn’t check out the sushi bar, but the lady sitting at our table with her three kids had some sushi, and it looked good to me. Then again, as someone who does not regularly eat sushi, I wouldn’t know good from bad sushi, so take that however you wish.
In this case, it is the décor which loses it the second star. After having been to Nakato, their décor just doesn’t quite measure up. That said, they’re still better than Benihana.