Great place for Hibachi food in Gainesville. Musashi is good food with great chefs. The best fresh seafood and beef. You start with the flames of not Hell's Kitchen but heavens gate. Each order is cook to perfection. I order the fillet medium. The chef cut each steak like if it was butter. The knife cuts right through. The steak has a season salt flavor all you need is the side of yum your sauce and hot sauce and you are set. The service simple, not much going on. The servers does not engage only a good afternoon, and that's it. Place is clean. Food 9/10 service 8/10 8/10 ambiance. Extra Clean bathrooms
Jennifer Follis
Always a great experience! The food was delicious and the chef put on an amazing show while cooking. The scallops were cooked perfectly and so delicious. We were celebrating a birthday and they brought out a balloon hat and cake for my daughter after dinner!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegetable Teriyaki, Ginger Salad, Sushi, Filet Mignon and Shrimp, Shrimp Tempura, Fried Rice, Sushi and Sashimi
D M
We chose this teppanyaki based on referral and reviews, and we were mostly happy with the food and experience. I found they seasoned differently than others in the area, which I preferred, though some party members didn't agree with grilling with "yum yum", using oil instead of butter, and liberal use of black pepper. The shrimp and steak were great, and I enjoyed the livers which I got on recommendation. The cook was very entertaining. The biggest issue is that we waited in the cramped lobby an hour beyond our reservation time we had made over the phone, which will probably keep us from going back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Filet Mignon and Shrimp, Fried Rice
Julie Keith
We love going to Musashi atleast every other week. The sushi is ALWAYS fresh and made to order perfectly. We chose to sit at the bar so we can watch our sushi being made by the best sushi chef(s) around. We've NEVER had a bad meal here & will continue to bring them our business as well as new clients too. ♥ ?Kid-friendliness: We have seen many families bring in younger children who love the entertainment of the chefs on the grills & how much they include every1 in their fun.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Calamari, Sushi and Sashimi
Debbie G
Went here for my birthday last night and was not disappointed. The food was on point! The veggies were fresh and filet, shrimp and chicken were of good quality! Will definitely be going back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi, Filet Mignon and Shrimp
Diane D.
Our 2nd Christmas Eve gathering at Musashi was another hit. Our party of 17 was seated within 7 minutes of our reservation. We were in the same area but not able to face each other. The manager had the staff work quickly to reseat the 2nd table after a party left to ensure we were happy with our seating arrangement. The food and service never disappoint & the kids (old & young) enjoy the Hibachi Chefs. So personable. Such a fun gathering, highly recommend for special occasions and casual dinners.
David Kusterer
Food and service were excellent! A classic hibachi experience with staff ready to entertain you family. We got a to-go order of sushi rolls and they were excellent too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi, Filet Mignon and Shrimp, Fried Rice
This is my first time gave a bad review but this experience was the worse, disrespectful and arrogant non professional, all of this coz we brought with us a nuggets for kids from burger king ( looking down), so instead asking politely he was disrespectful and wanted to start a fight although our bill was almost 200$.I really don’t recommend this place
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Lara Kirwi
The manager was extremely rude and problematic and the whole experience ended up being horrible. This place doesn’t care about their customers and would rather start a fight than kindly explain their concern. I would not recommend this place at all, especially if you have young kids as they are very inconsiderate.
Ian Fry
The tempura was dry and oily like it was left under a heat lamp for too long, the 007 roll or whatever the roll is that’s fried with cream cheese tasted like movie popcorn butter not bad but weird and to top things off there was a hair in the ebi roll a nice thick facial hair from the looks of it, which my mom luckily didn’t have to pull out of her mouth. I should’ve known the place was an issue based off the dingy dark atmosphere inside. Should have stuck with matsu instead of trying to branch out on this place. Expensive and gross.
Atmosphere: 1
Johanna Horst
I really like our Japanese Steak House next to our house.This steak house did not have a lot of flavor. They used only soy sauce to flavor their food. The chef was good and entertaining.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Dawnielle C
The food was awesome, but the service was horrible. They were sweeping and stacking dishes right next to our table while people were eating. Had to ask for a to-go box and the check and then walk to the front to ask to pay because we had been waiting so long for the waitress. Then the waitress sat there and tied balloons in front of us instead of running our payment.
Excellent, went for lunch. Joey was very entertaining.
One of the Best Japanese restaurant in northern Virginia.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi, Filet Mignon and Shrimp, Musashi Deluxe, Fried Rice
Consistently good food and excellent service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Great place for Hibachi food in Gainesville. Musashi is good food with great chefs. The best fresh seafood and beef. You start with the flames of not Hell's Kitchen but heavens gate. Each order is cook to perfection. I order the fillet medium. The chef cut each steak like if it was butter. The knife cuts right through. The steak has a season salt flavor all you need is the side of yum your sauce and hot sauce and you are set. The service simple, not much going on. The servers does not engage only a good afternoon, and that's it. Place is clean. Food 9/10 service 8/10 8/10 ambiance. Extra Clean bathrooms
Always a great experience! The food was delicious and the chef put on an amazing show while cooking. The scallops were cooked perfectly and so delicious. We were celebrating a birthday and they brought out a balloon hat and cake for my daughter after dinner!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegetable Teriyaki, Ginger Salad, Sushi, Filet Mignon and Shrimp, Shrimp Tempura, Fried Rice, Sushi and Sashimi
We chose this teppanyaki based on referral and reviews, and we were mostly happy with the food and experience. I found they seasoned differently than others in the area, which I preferred, though some party members didn't agree with grilling with "yum yum", using oil instead of butter, and liberal use of black pepper. The shrimp and steak were great, and I enjoyed the livers which I got on recommendation. The cook was very entertaining. The biggest issue is that we waited in the cramped lobby an hour beyond our reservation time we had made over the phone, which will probably keep us from going back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Filet Mignon and Shrimp, Fried Rice
We love going to Musashi atleast every other week. The sushi is ALWAYS fresh and made to order perfectly. We chose to sit at the bar so we can watch our sushi being made by the best sushi chef(s) around. We've NEVER had a bad meal here & will continue to bring them our business as well as new clients too. ♥ ?Kid-friendliness: We have seen many families bring in younger children who love the entertainment of the chefs on the grills & how much they include every1 in their fun.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Calamari, Sushi and Sashimi
Went here for my birthday last night and was not disappointed. The food was on point! The veggies were fresh and filet, shrimp and chicken were of good quality! Will definitely be going back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi, Filet Mignon and Shrimp
Our 2nd Christmas Eve gathering at Musashi was another hit. Our party of 17 was seated within 7 minutes of our reservation. We were in the same area but not able to face each other. The manager had the staff work quickly to reseat the 2nd table after a party left to ensure we were happy with our seating arrangement. The food and service never disappoint & the kids (old & young) enjoy the Hibachi Chefs. So personable. Such a fun gathering, highly recommend for special occasions and casual dinners.
Food and service were excellent! A classic hibachi experience with staff ready to entertain you family. We got a to-go order of sushi rolls and they were excellent too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi, Filet Mignon and Shrimp, Fried Rice
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This is my first time gave a bad review but this experience was the worse, disrespectful and arrogant non professional, all of this coz we brought with us a nuggets for kids from burger king ( looking down), so instead asking politely he was disrespectful and wanted to start a fight although our bill was almost 200$.I really don’t recommend this place
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
The manager was extremely rude and problematic and the whole experience ended up being horrible. This place doesn’t care about their customers and would rather start a fight than kindly explain their concern. I would not recommend this place at all, especially if you have young kids as they are very inconsiderate.
The tempura was dry and oily like it was left under a heat lamp for too long, the 007 roll or whatever the roll is that’s fried with cream cheese tasted like movie popcorn butter not bad but weird and to top things off there was a hair in the ebi roll a nice thick facial hair from the looks of it, which my mom luckily didn’t have to pull out of her mouth. I should’ve known the place was an issue based off the dingy dark atmosphere inside. Should have stuck with matsu instead of trying to branch out on this place. Expensive and gross.
Atmosphere: 1
I really like our Japanese Steak House next to our house.This steak house did not have a lot of flavor. They used only soy sauce to flavor their food. The chef was good and entertaining.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
The food was awesome, but the service was horrible. They were sweeping and stacking dishes right next to our table while people were eating. Had to ask for a to-go box and the check and then walk to the front to ask to pay because we had been waiting so long for the waitress. Then the waitress sat there and tied balloons in front of us instead of running our payment.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice