Emily Resnick
What a DELICIOUS and wonderful experience @ Fuji!!! We are lucky locals so we walked and had such a fabulous time celebrating my husband’s birthday, per always Ivan was STELLAR – so kind, attentive and friendly!!! The fish was soooo fresh and literally melted in our mouths Ivan’s amazing customer service & the incredible quality of fish will keep us coming back! THANK YOU Suzy and Fuji family, we are so grateful
… moreIm2Lost
Not bad at all, it’s okay.. it’s a lot better than what it might seem but still what you’d expect at a place like this.. if any of that makes sense.
… moreMontgomery Allans (Monty)
Honestly it was more our fault for expecting anything out of a sushi restaurant in Big Bear. This just ain’t the place for it. The shisho leaf, just like everything here, wasn’t fresh. The gyoza was mediocre. The sashimi and the Hamachi roll were ultimately inedible. The photos honestly do a service to the food. The phone’s auto editing qualities provide way more color and pop than is actually there. The food was pretty bland and grey. The service was rather confusing and messed up on what we had ordered. It turned out for the best since we ended up just wanting to leave as quickly as possible. All in all, our expectations were way too high, it’s not a horrible sushi place if you keep in mind the setting.
… moreClarissa J
We dined in during our stay on a weeknight. It’s off peak season so it wasn’t busy when we arrived. The service is great, you can tell from the dining room that the place has been here a long time. Unfortunately, when we visited, there must have been a water leak or a dead animal just removed that day, because the smell inside was almost unbearable. We had already ordered our food so I didn’t want to be rude and just leave.
I ordered a shrimp tempura roll which was meh. It was mostly rice and imitation crab. Also ordered tempura udon, that was good. The selection of vegetables alone made it a beautiful dish. I wish it was served in glass though as to not absorb a plastic taste. But you have to remember that you’re in big bear and the typical demographic of customers is probably not noticing these things.
I hope this place stays in business so they can do some updates and continue to offer a cuisine that’s needed in this pizza & burger town.
… moreBurrito
The staff were amazing and attentive. Whenever i had a request, they fullfilled (though my requests were can i get a bottle of cold Sake, can i get a box and the check)
The place was cozy, very old astetic. Someone mentioned 80s, yes i would agree.
However the food was not the greatest. Questionable even. My california roll and two sushi, clam and salmon, seemed warm. The clam was not fresh. The albacor sushi was good. Very flavorful and cold as it should have been. I also ordered beef teriyaki and tempura.
Beef had fatty parts that most likley should have been more cooked. Still the fatty bits were the most delicious. I know some people dislike those in their meat. But overall, the beef was nice and sweet.
The tempura was ok. Only two shrimp. The other temoura was onion or a vegatable. I did mot care for those.
The salad was not fresh. And not cold temp either.
The miso soup was great!
I had come around 4 or 5pm. It was empty which i liked but i wondered if it had to do with their reviews. 3 other other customers came in around 5-530.
Funny thing was that one of the older women came from the kitchen for a break. She saw me and asked me if i knew how to fix it(she pointed at the rawfish fridge at the sushibar). I guess thats why some of the stuff wasnt cold.
The whole restauraunt was kind of warm too. No ac.
Also, somehow i paid 62 dollars. Oh well.
… moreSean Moe
Owners were very kind and helpful. Happy hour was from 5 – 7pm and was a great deal, half off select nigiri and some other deals. Owner came out and sang happy birthday to my girlfriend.
… moreSparky
OMG, this was delicious and the staff, chef and owners were very nice and fun to talk with at the sushi bar. I’m from out of town and asked my hotel where a good steak or sushi restaurant was and Fuji was the only sushi they knew of. I was happily delighted by the service and quality of food!! I also happen to come in just after 5:00 p.m. when they opened and found that they had happy hour on an entire menu of things from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. I highly recommend you try it out if you love sushi and ate in then are the Big Bear area!!
We had 7 orders of nigiri (14 prices), a sashimi platter, baked green muscles, salmon skin hand roller, a hot tea and a large hot sake for only $84.
… moreErik Adkins
My buddy and I were in search of a 9:15pm late night feast. Nothing in big bear was open at the time exceptttt Fuji!
Kay our magnificent server ( and I suspect the owner) was so sweet and accommodating. Brought all our favs and kept em coming.
… moreJeff W.
The chef seems to be very skilled. The waitress seemed to be working very hard. The food was really good. The atmosphere was ok (small town feel). The teppan grill was not in service while we were there. My Dynamite dish was really good
… moreZoe Evans (Chioro)
Decent amount of food for the price. Sodas come in individual cans. Service is decent. Food good quality. Definitely recommend. we came around noon so we didn’t deal with a dinner rush.
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