WaSabi Sushi

I wish I could give them a review, but the hours posted in this site are wrong. They are not open for lunch on Saturdays. Highly disappointed! I have heard such great things!

Wasabi Sushi in Columbia, SC was a real treat. It is located in a suburban area outside of Columbia in a strip mall, but the food and service were excellent. They only serve beer and wine, but have a good selection of saki. They bring you a complimentary appetizer sample of eggplant that is delicious. They also brought a sample of cucumber kimchi and another of seaweed salad. The sushi selections are very good and include some combinations that I haven’t seen before. This appears to be a family run restaurant run by a Japanese family, which I consider to be a plus. When in the area of I-​77 just north of Columbia you may want to search out this little jewel. It’s worth driving a few miles out of your way.

The sushi chefs here are amazing. They will make a custom roll of you can’t find anything on the menu. Many unique rolls already on the menu too. Love the cucumber kimchi. Wait staff is very attentive.

Found this nice quiet sushi bar in Columbia. The sushi and rolls were excellent and I have eaten in many sushi bars.
The service was very good and the prices were reasonable.
I will be back in a few weeks, when I am back in town.

Went on a slower night. Sushi is high quality. Got the white tuna, tuna, and salmon nigiri and they were very good. Bulgogi is also good.

Reasonably priced and decent fish and rolls. Sashimi was better than expected. Skip the tempura as it was thickly battered (no panko, not normal tempura style).

I love to eat at this place. The folks who run it are so nice and the food is always top quality. I have eaten at all of the sushi restaurants in Columbia and this one is the best, in my opinion.

This place rivals some of the best little sushi spots in seattle and San francisco. Excellent service presentation flavor and saki. Very authentic in every detal. Awesome food. Will definately recommend it to my fellow travellers when they are in town. Thank you!

Went here for the first time last night. There was only one waitress for the whole restaurant, which got fairly crowded after we’d been seated. I must say, she did a fine job of handling all the tables. My wife ordered a spicy shrimp tempura roll and an appetizer asparagus roll. I ordered a miso soup and a Tuna Lover’s Roll (based on the recommendations of the chef — it was a special for the evening at $ 13.95).
The waitress got our drinks fairly fast. I ordered a hot sake (basic house sake) that was $ 2 for a small vase. My wife ordered a chardonnay. The waitress brought our drinks and also brought out a free appeitizer of cold edamame. I usually like my edamame steamed but it was good. My wife didn’t care for it being cold. The waitress then brought out two more appetizers that I guess are included with all orders? We didn’t order them. But she had a small portion of cucumber kimchee and then an egg plant in some type of sweet soy sauce. Both were excellent, The cucumber kimchee had a sweet/​sour sauce that was really good. Had a good tang but just right. The eggplant was just as good in the sweet soy sauce dip. I’m not an eggplant fan, but loved it.
The miso soup was excellent. Would order it again. She brought out the two rolls (I think she forgot to put in the asparagus roll, which we probably shouldn’t have ordered, but she returned shortly with it) My wife said the tempura shrimp roll was a little too spicy for her. This is unusual because she does like spice. The sauce seemed to be a little different than other Japanese restaurants we’ve been to — it was a darker red sauce rather than a red/​orange. I tried it and liked it. My tuna roll was excellent. Had the orange sauce on top along with a little dollop or dash of the red sauce to give it some spice.
It took a while to get our order (the rolls) but I generally find ordering sushi sometimes takes a while, especially when there’s one sushi chef behind the counter and the restaurant was getting filled up.
My wife doesn’t care for unagi (Eel) and a lot of the special rolls had eel on them. She said she’d come back but didn’t enjoy it as much as Miyos (she loves the MCafe roll and one of the dragon rolls there). I would go back. The two appetizers were great, I liked everything that they served.

New ownership. Food quality went down. Too much sauce is used that I was not able to taste the fish well. Ownership changes too often that I can no longer trust this restaurant. And look at some of the pictures. They must be posted by the owner but pretend like they are not. I just don’t like it anymore. When I got used to the new taste, bam new food new taste. I am tired. Goodbye wasabi. Time for a new sushi restaurant.

Awesome little place. Great service and great food. The specialty rolls can be a bit pricey but well worth exploring for new favorites. Highly recommended for serious sushi lovers. It is our new favorite for our regular sushi fix.

Amazing sushi, small quiet, wish it were a little dimmer in lighting like it used to be, But all in all the best in the NE area.

Food is usually good. New ownership raised prices so value is down. Takes too long when ordering sushi rolls and there is no one else there

I LOVE this little place! It’s family owned and operated and staff is friendly and so helpful. Everything is fresh, well presented and flavors are excellent!

Its a small, quiet place, but my wife and I go here at least once a wk for sushi. We haven’t been disappointed yet! Great food and good service! Be sure to try the Andy Roll, you won’t be disappointed!

I would eat here again. The sushi was delicious and my daughter ate everything in her bento box. Definitely coming back. The cucumber kimchi they gave us as a free side I could order a whole plate of. Fast service and nice staff.

Best sushi in northeast columbia… possibly in all of Columbia. Also have amazing Bulgogi! And friendly staff with a quiet atmosphere

The food is good, the service is friendly, and the places is clean. A little bit expensive, and the portions don’t justify the price. I probably won’t be coming back due to the hight prices and small portions.

I’d like to start off saying that the sushi here is not bad at all. I found it odd that there were koreans here but hey, if it tastes good then i’m okay with that. The raw fish here is good and was the right color that it should be (coming from Kansas City some of the sashimi was an awful dull color). The service was good and the pace of food coming out was timely. Considering the amount of food we got and the price we paid for it, i’m going to have to say i’m a fan. If I were in the area again I would definitely stop by again.

This is a small Japanese Restaurant with very beautiful décor and authentic cuisine. I’m not sure if it’s a family owned business but if I had to bet on it, I would say yes. The quality of the food gave me the feeling that it’s made by people who love to cook regularly for their friends and family, and there’s just that extra touch of goodness.
Between my friend and I, we ordered a misu soup, eggplant salad, avocado roll, and wasabi roll. The kimchee was gratis. For such an array of dishes, our bill was only $ 20 and change. The portion size was perfect imo, not over the top but not frugal. The quality of the food was very good. The avocado they used was fresh and the teriyaki flavored sauce glazed over the eggplant salad was delicious. Our server was very friendly and really helpful with answering our questions.
Last thing I’d like to add is that I am vegetarian (I don’t eat seafood or chicken) and I know Japanese food is not always the best place to dine at for my kind of diet. However every now and then I like to get Japanese food because it’s light and healthy and I like the diversity in my cuisine. Even with my eating restrictions, I did not have any trouble finding dishes on the menu that were vegetarian/​vegan friendly.
If you’re looking for a good Sushi place, WaSabi will not disappoint.