Fuki Sushi
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: (650) 494-9383
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Vista Avenue
- Best of Citysearch:
- Sushi 2004
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 11:30am-2pm, 5pm-9:30pm , Sat-Sun 5pm-9:30pm
Message from Fuki Sushi
Voted Best of Citysearch, The Daily News and Palo Alto Weekly!
- Full Bar, Private Tatami Rooms
- Catering & Delivery Services
- Extensive Japanese Menu
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Editorial Review for Fuki Sushi – by Laura Reiley
The Scene
Can your three-year-old ask for "edamame" by name? Lots of Palo Alto kids are weaned on Fuki Sushi, along with Stanford undergrads and profs tired of Tressider dining hall pizza. The clientele runs the Palo Alto gamut, and the sushi bar can be raucous. The rest of the restaurant is all about quiet sophistication, with private booths and low lighting.
The Food
The sushi and sashimi have many proponents, but the house shabu shabu--Japanese fondue with meat, cabbage and other veggies dipped in hot broth--is worthy of great praise. Many of the hot dishes that emanate from the kitchen--teriyaki, tempura and thinly rolled beef wrapped around stalks of asparagus--provide great foils for a sleek unagi maki or fan of yellowtail.
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User Reviews for Fuki Sushi
03/19/2008 Posted by Vgbnd
For twenty five years I've enjoyed the hospitality of the Io family at their restaurant called Fuki-Sushi. During my early career in Silicon Valley their much smaller (at the time) Fuki-Sushi was a home away from home, where quality food and ingredients was always the standard. Whether it was simple oyako donburi or a tsukiyaki, the experience was more of a home-cooked meal than that of a restaurant. It has been with a sense of pride as a customer that I've seen Fuki-Sushi grow as an establishment. They have gorgeously expanded and renovated, with an inviting reception area, an enlarged main dining area and sushi bar, and private tatami rooms with their quiet elegance. More importantly they have maintained the quality of food and service that originated from their simple beginnings. I've had occasion to host corporate events at this fine establishment, where the Io family has gone out of their way to make my guests comfortable and satiated. Whether a private dinner meeting in a tatami room with a dedicated hostess, to a lively Sushi-and-Sake night, Fuki-Sushi has been a crowd-pleaser. At a special sushi bar, they have even taught my clients and friends how to roll-your-own sushi, quite a memorable experience in making your own spider hand roll! From this perspective, both as a discriminating diner seeking a fine meal, to someone seeking only the best for a corporate event, I have depended on the Io family for their consistent quality and hospitality. To say that I am biased might be an understatement, but it is a bias based on experience.
Pros: Outstanding sushi, great hospitality
Cons: In life, you pay for quality
02/25/2008 Posted by CitySearchReviewer
I heard so much good things about Fuki Sushi and read good reviews. (Of course, I read bad reviews too, but I did not pay much attention) So, when my husband and I went there for the first time, we had very high anticipation to be served with high quality sushi. However, our anticipation turned to nightmare! Every single sushi we ordered was terrible. The quality of sushi was really bad, far far from fresh.(Uni was the worst!) We have never experienced such a bad quality sushi at any other places! Since it was our first time at Fuki Sushi, I cannot say that they 'ALWAYS' serve bad quality sushi. But, if I'm going to spend $150 or more, I will go to other places! I will not take a chance. Fuki Sushi is way over priced for their low quality sushi! Lesson learned! - I would pay more attention to bad reviews since those bad reviews can happen to me, just like what happened to me at Fuki Sushi!
Pros: NA
Cons: Low quality sushi
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