Asahi Japanese Steakhouse

Very kind staff. Flavorful food. Really great sauces, especially the dressing on the salad. Much better than some other hibachi places I have had!!

This review is NOT for the hibachi side. We went to the sushi bar side instead. We were the only ones in that side, and it looked like it was barely used. Almost like it was used for storage. The place looked like it hadn't been updated in about a decade. It just looked worn out. I was willing to give it a chance though. If the food is good, then I really don't care too much about the decor.

The server was attentive. She took our order, and proceeded to make our sushi. I ordered two rolls, a unagi (eel) avocado roll and a Kamikaze roll, with unagi in it too. If you know about unagi, it's supposed to be a cooked meat, and them added to the cold roll. Well, this unagi was cold. It was unsettling. I ate it, but I didn't enjoy it. Hopefully the hibachi is better than that. Whomp whomp!

If you are turned off by off-color, politically incorrect humor, this may not be the place for you. The hibachi chefs joke around with clientele and put on a pretty good show. There are a couple of chuckles, but some of it borders on racism and misogyny. The food is very good and well prepared, and it's fun to watch the chefs work (and not joke). I would like to go back here and try the sushi bar sometime. Our large group was able to use the very large grill at the front of the restaurant, and use one chef. That was fun! The overall service was excellent, including the service staff who waited our large group.

This place had multiple red flags from the get go. There was a sign on the entrance that said "out of sushi" which was alarming because the place claimed to be a sushi restaurant. Next, they say they're a steakhouse, but they have one cut of meat, a new york strip. The food is INCREDIBLY overpriced, and they are very stingy with portions of the cheap food (rice, vegetables, etc). They had only two sauces, and no hot sauce or chili sauce. When asked why they had no chili sauce, the chef made up a bs excuse about living in an area too overpopulated with whites, even though there are many asian markets in the area. I will NEVER go here again, and neither should you.

I was craving for sushi on a Sunday and most sushi places were closed (Sushi Don, Heisei and Maru, etc). This restaurant popped up on google and I decided to give it a try despite the bad reviews. Me and two other friends walked in, and immediately realized how quiet and dead the place was. We sat by the sushi bar, and were the only ones in that room.

After we placed our order, a lady walked into the sushi bar and started making our rolls. Our server checked on us one time and refilled our water. When the lady brought out our rolls we were a little disappointed in the appearance of the food. It wasn't bad, but just not as good as what you'd get at other sushi places in Lafayette/West Lafayette. It was obvious to us that the cook wasn't experienced and probably was just rolling things together while following a instruction manual.....

Overall the experience was below average. The sushi tasted ok. For the same price you can definitely get better sushi rolls at other places. The restaurant was big but seemed very dead. I don't know how they stayed in business....

Just picked up our food. The portions are scant.
Half the portion if we had been eating inside a restaurant.
The wasabli with the Sushi is the size of a dime if that.
Terrible! Should have stuck with our favorite place, Ichiban.
Never again!!!!

I've been here 2 or 3 times and ordered hibachi steak and chicken. The food is good and the prices are decent, one of the only true hibachi grills in the area. Usually the restaurant is really empty too so the atmosphere is great for a gathering of close friends to talk without needing to nearly yell across the table to hear.

The staff are all really friendly and accommodating, I personally don't eat sushi so I can't comment on that, but the hibachi was a tasty and entertaining experience!

Thoroughly enjoyed, chef is very friendly and tells good jokes. Food was good and the portion sizes were perfect!

Whenever my boyfriend and I want to indulge in sushi, we come here! Every experience we have had has been great, and we often bring other friends with us who say the same.
Our favorite part about the restaurant is the sushi, specifically the "sushi boats." We typically order the sushi boat for two, which is enough sashimi and sushi to be filling, along with an extra specialty roll or two simply because they taste so good we don't mind being stuffed!
We have tried the hibachi grill once and had a blast. While I understand others have been offended by his humor, my friends and I found it pretty funny. He may be a little risqué for some, but humor is relative, and we liked it.

A visit to Asahi Japanese steakhouse takes you into a dismal colored lobby which is serviced by a minimal staff which leads to slow attention from the start. After being led through the antiquated hibachi restaurant and ordering drinks and entrees, served a very off-tasting onion soup and watery salad. The hibachi fried rice was dry and the various proteins were under seasoned. The sushi had no flavor and was not fresh tasting. It was best in this case to just pay the overpriced bill and commit to not return to the restaurant.