Fuji Japanese Steak House

Best sushi in Rome, and the customer service is great. When you look at it from the outside its a log cabin, when you look at it from the inside its still a log cabin, and when you get your meal you realize that its awesome! I mean if the log cabin didnt sell you, the fact that everything is hand made, everything is fresh, and everything is delicious it will make you want it more. My girlfriend loves this place and I genuinely love taking her there. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ best date night and with great value. Plus they have military/​police/​firefighter discounts!

From the outside it looks like a log cabin… Well it is… But it has a great feel to it. Nothing fancy but I love that it isn’t filled with people screaming «saki?» I have been here many times. While although I am not a huge raw sushi fan, my husband is. They have a wide variety of sushi to choose from, including cooked, that is always fresh and very tasty. I always order the dinner of bees filet that comes with sautéed veggies, fried rice, onion soup and a salad. There is so much on the plate that I ask for a to-​go box but honestly the meat never makes it home ;). The staff is always nice and besides being understaffed a couple of times they are very attentive and the place has a great quiet vibe. I can’t say enough good things about it!!! My go to place!

My wife and I ate here tonight and while my expectations were not high, we had a nice meal. The sushi was fresh, as was the salad. I ordered calamari that was a little tough, and ultimately should not have ordered as the sushi for two was filling enough for the both of us. Interesting building, a log cabin. I had a Groupon, and bought two without having been here before. I was a little worried that I’d not like it and have to go again to use the coupon, but no worries. We’d come back without the Groupon.

We were in the mood for Japanese food and were on our way to Geisha II in Utica, when we saw the parking lot was full at Fuji. We parked in the last open spot in the lot and entered in the front. The restaurant has a clean, log cabin appearance and was very neat inside. The noise level was very comfortable. We were shown promptly to our seat by friendly and gracious wait staff and were provided with the usual comprehensive japanese steakhouse menu. The hibachi preparation is in the back left of the restaurant behind glass and the skilled chef put on a nice demonstration for the children and interested adults. Chopsticks are provided and additional eating utensils are brought for the diner’s comfort. We ordered the miso soup, which was delicious. The house japanese salad had crisp, fresh vegetables and had a flavorful dressing on it as a nice appetizer. We were then brought 4 hand rolls of tuna, salmon, spicy tuna and california roll, with wasabi and pickled ginger on the side, and small dipping plates for the table soy sauce. The rolls were all fresh and had great flavor, especially the spicy tuna roll, which had a pleasing crunch to it. The sushi rice had the approriate sticky consistency and flavor. The wasabi was fresh and had good heat. The table soy sauce had excellent flavor as well. Our next course was Hibachi style vegetables and vegetarian noodles. The vegetables were perfectly cooked, tender crisp and the dipping sauces were flavorful, a ginger soy sauce, and what tasted like a mayonnnaise based sauce for the hibachi style vegetables. It came with vegetable fried rice, which also had excellent flavor and the vegetarian noodles had a delightful smoky flavor. There were aspragus spears cut on a bias, shitaake mushrooms, broccoli, yellow and green onion, carrots etc… The noodles were of good consistency and were tasty. I enjoy a little spice with my food and asked for hot chili sauce on the side. It too was very flavorful and complimentary of the other flavors. I asked our waiter, if he lived in Rome, or nearby, but was surprised to find that he commuted all the way from Brooklyn, NY by bus 5 hours each way to work at Fuji. We were very pleased with our dining experience, and our bill came to less than $ 36 for 3 people. We will definitely be returning here over and again and hope that the restaurant achieves lasting success in this community. Our next meal will be a midday lunch, and we have high expectations based on our first experience.