Comments on: Wasabi in Tulsa – NEW Tulsa Sushi

By: FreeWine

FreeWine — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:11:21 +0000

Haruno’s was nice, but I gotta go Sushi Train for the fun and speed! Be sure to request a side dish of Sriracha Thai Hot Sauce and Kimchi when you are seated.

By: FYI

FYI — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:16:50 +0000

They are not getting the business. Scares me because the food turnaround is slow, which cn cause “problems”, They recently changed chefs and the cooked food quality has suffered.

I don’t trust the place anylonger and won’t be going back unless the clientele improves. They may be forced to go out of business. Also, Fuji has raised their prices…again. I guess these sushi restaurants don’t want any business…

By: FYI

FYI — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:20:38 +0000

Sake is and excellent replacement to Wasabi. Really good food. I’ve been over there 3 times and have not been disappointed. Grand opening is Sept. 26. See Tulsa World ad in 9/24 paper. Free drinks and live entertainment. Complimentary goodies, too.
Staff is friendly and some worked at Wasabi.

By: kg

kg — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:11:44 +0000

Just got back from Sake. Nice atmosphere, great service, FANTASTIC rolls – also got some free sample rolls! My husband also compared this “honeymoon phase” to Wasabi, though he just told me that Sake is owned by the same people who own Asahi (I’ve never been to Asahi), so hopefully no changes once this restaurant starts to take off (their official opening happens later this month) – I mean, they probably can’t do complimentary rolls forever, but…. Sake, according to my husband, has a more upscale feel than its predecessor (Wasabi), which he says had a little more of a cafe feel, like Pei Wei or something.

Highly recommend Sake. Fuji on Brookside is where we would always go prior to this (and will still go to, I’m sure). The atmosphere is a little more upscale than Fuji, but Fuji is still good.

By: Person who eats food

Person who eats food — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:34:59 +0000

I just ate at sake with some friends. Free edamame and miso soup. Rolls were really good too. We all could not help but think that this was just like wasabi started and then ended up going out of business.

By: cameron

cameron — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:18:12 +0000

Sake opens up in a few days.

By: Person who eats food

Person who eats food — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:26:13 +0000

A restaurant called Sake is opening up where Wasabi used to be.

Any ideas when it will open>

By: FYI

FYI — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:03:06 +0000

The sushi chef at the new Harano’s was employed by the 3rd owners of Wasabi…worked there for 1 week and the 3rd owners of Wasabi closed, filing bankrupcy. I wonder where the original sushi chef at Wasabi’s went?

Fuji on Memorial is now offering the all you can eat special like they started on Brookside. Various prices and types of rolls offered. Fuji can still satisfy the discriminating sushi palate.

Went to Harano’s a few weeks ago. Good, but not impressed. Miso soup was too too salty with no seaweed or tofu in it, seaweed and tako salad portion too small for the price. May or maynot go back.

Speaking of ITR, it sucks big time! Food is plain old lousy! Last time I was in there one of the sushi chefs from Fuji ws working in there. SHE better go back to Fuji and get her old job back!

I am a sushi veteran, taught to eat it by Japanese and have been eating it over 25 years. Tulsa sushi leaves little to be desired. Of all the places here, Fuji is about the best bet. Too many American guys fixing the sushi, but they do okay. The one oriental guy behind the sushi bar has a tendency to have an attitude, but he can fix some great sushi.

By: RC

RC — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:21:36 +0000

My wife and I went to Wasabi’s and it was a horrible sushi experience. The original owner supposedly sold the restaurant and the new owner’s are very rude and VERY SLOW. We went on a week night and were one of the few people in the restaurant (that should have been a warning flag). To add insult to injury when I went to pay my bill the owner decide to let their young children attempt to try and figure out how to work the cash register. That was nice. We won’t eat there ever again. Ashai’s across the street is much better.

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By: Heath

Heath — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:06:04 +0000

Yes, and yes. – http://www.harunotulsa.com
There is also a new place in Bixby called Flying Fish, but I think a more descriptive name for it would be, “Fuji South.”

By: Petunia Bloom

Petunia Bloom — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:29:11 +0000

Is Haruno a sushi place? Is it new?

By: Heath

Heath — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:08:52 +0000

Petunia, Have you tried Haruno yet? I’m guessing that if you went to ITR a few nights ago the answer is, “no.” You really need to!

By: Petunia Bloom

Petunia Bloom — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:36:27 +0000

Yes, my husband and I went to In The Raw several nights ago. It was a Wednesday night. We waited 1 hour for our food and the rolls were tiny and bland. I would rather eat Target Sushi than ITR!! Why is that place so popular?!?! It blows my mind.

By: Person who eats food

Person who eats food — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:20:45 +0000

That is really too bad. I went to ITR the other day and the rolls were half the size they used to be. I think I will be going back to Asahi from now on.

By: Bella

Bella — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:15:42 +0000

Actually its closed again. The sign on the door says closed for renovations. We went back in there the first night it opened back up. It did not look any different than before. Opening up the menu though it was WAY different. They’ve hiked up the prices at least double. We sat down and never got waited on even though we were one of two groups of people there. So we left once we saw the prices. Asahi has better prices and friendly staff. I don’t look for it to ever be the same place it was at first.

By: Person who eats food

Person who eats food — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:25:57 +0000

I just saw along Memorial signs that say Wasabi is now serving.

Wonder why it closed down for a couple of months?

By: F Y I

F Y I — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:50:23 +0000

Wasabi has reopened as of the week of Feb 1, 2009.

By: bad!

bad! — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:49:27 +0000

Well me and my friend went there a few times before the “renovation” and the food was alright but the staff was terrible! We also had to track down a waiter to fill up our drinks and I actually ended up drinking most of her water because my mouth was on FIRE from some spicy sauce and I couldn’t wait anymore. When we were done we had to ask for the tab after waiting for it for 30 minutes and then 20 minutes later I had to ask someone TWICE to take it back and ring it up. They acted oblivious to the fact that we were done eating and waiting on them the entire time. Probably because our waitress/er? (I couldn’t tell) looked about 14 years old. I have never not left a tip at a restaurant but I didn’t that day because they literally did not care. Too bad. I didn’t go back there again to eat, only carry-out once. Hopefully when they get done with the “renovations” it will be a place I actually want to eat at again. Until then, I’m going to In the Raw or Fujis!

By: Extemely Disappointed

Extemely Disappointed — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:36:08 +0000

Wasabi is CLOSED as of 1/2/09 for “renovations” (????). What do they need to renovate in a newly built restaurant? They lost business and may not open again…that seems to be what’s going on. The new owners may have bitten off more than they can chew. We will see whether they open again.

By: Petunia Bloom

Petunia Bloom — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:01:44 +0000

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By: Extemely Disappointed

Extemely Disappointed — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:12:11 +0000

For those that do not know the inside scoop, Wasabi has gone through a major overhaul, the original owner that opened the location in Tulsa, sold it to Koreans about 2 months ago. They came in there and revamped the entire restaurant and menu. No more comp sushi, no free edamame and soup with the meal, the prices have been raised, they started that 1/2 price sushi deal like Asahi across the street, no more mints to refresh your palate as you leave. They have screwed up a good thing. Wasabi had made themselves the leader in good food for a good price…no more. Fuji has always been the spot, but the prices were a little high. When Wasabi came along, the prices were better and the food was comparable. There are a few sushi restaurants that are owned by Koreans in town. I want a Japanese restaurant that is owned by Japanese and the food is prepared by Japanese hands, and that’s what WAS at Wasabi.

The food at Wasabi has suffered in the recent translation, but is still pretty good. I have noticed that the quality has gone down, but there is one sushi chef that has remained there since the sale and he keeps me coming back, because he knows what he is doing and knows how to prepare the food.

Yes, the service sucks to the HIGH heavens. I have sat there for 20 mins for someone to bring the bill, I have had the bill brought to me WAY before I completed my meal, had to flag someone down for a refill on my drink and almost had to cuss out a waiter for being rude.

I will be going back to Fuji for my sushi. Wasabi is a disapointment now and will not get my $45 a week any more, (included take-out, too). Was a time before the sale that you couldn’t get in there for lunch due to the crowd, now…you can pick any spot you want. I’m sure they know they have lost business BIG time. If the want to survive, they better institute the ways of old and give the customer a little more BANG for the buck, especially in these economic times. Wasabi has screwed up and they are paying for it. In closing, do the math. The new menu has you paying the same prices you would pay at Fuji. You have to buy 3 nigiri orders to get the half price. That’s 8.25. They want 5.50 for one order of nigiri. At Fuji, one order is about 4.25. Everything else on the Wasabi menu has gone up, too. Might as well go to a better restaurant.

By: aes

aes — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:53:11 +0000

unfortunately half priced sushi doesn’t do me any good if it makes me 30 min late to get back to work because all of the waitstaff have disappeared in an almost-empty restaurant. we’ve given up, won’t go back.