Fuki Sushi
“Their signature roll is Salmon Yaki roll which you will never find anywhere else around in Bergen County.”
“It's Byob and sometimes they will play music for you.”
“The sashimi is very fresh and they have more than just the typical salmon, tuna combination.”
Fuki Sushi
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
7 reviews
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Wanting to try all the good sushi places in Bergen County, my friend sent me a link with the top 5 best sushi places. Fuki sushi was one of them, and that was what made me decide to try this place. From its website, it's obvious this place was a small place. Not judging a book by its cover, I decided to give it a try anyways because I've had great sushi in small locations. The place is off a main road in River Edge, with no crazy sign pointing to the place. Walking into the restaurant, its maximum seating was probably around 25-30 people, including the sushi bar seats.
I went around 730-8pm and all the seating was taken except for the sushi bar. We were greeted upon arrival and didn't mind sitting at the bar. The bar was a bit dirty with previous unused napkins laying around. There were dirty dishes as well on the corner of the bar and the seat I sat at had leftover napkin and chopstick wrappers. From what I've seen, there was only one waitress running around serving everybody. I didn't get a menu immediately as soon as I sat, but was given one eventually after about 5 minutes of waiting (which was fine considering there was only one waitress). She greeted us with a friendly face and came back for our order. My husband and I ordered a seaweed salad, edamame, a salmon yaki roll, the Bronx Bomber roll, two glasses of water, and one hot green tea.
We didn't get our waters until 10 mins after placing our order. The waitress completely forgot our green tea, which we didn't press for considering we thought she'd bring it a little later. My seaweed salad came out at a decent time with the waitress acknowledging the edamame would be out shortly.
Edamame was steamed perfectly with no added sea salt on top (which is just fine). Our sushi was made in front of us which was entertaining to watch. My salmon yaki roll consisted of cooked salmon wrapped around the rice roll. Inside was cooked crab and avocado. It was served with a sweet sauce on top. The salmon was cooked perfectly and the crab and avocado was very fresh. The Bronx Bomber consisted of shrimp, crab, masago, and spicy tuna. The spicy tuna wasn't as fresh as I had hoped and was a bit dry. The shrimp and crab were fine and the spiciness of the tuna was perfect, only If it went dry. For dessert, we ordered one green tea mochi that was cut into four small pieces. Was the mochi worth $4? Absolutely not. I could've gotten a box of 6 for the price of what I paid for one mochi. The mochi was clearly from a packaging , considering I found a piece of plastic wrapping still stuck on my mochi piece.
I gave the restaurant a three star because of the service. I understand that one waitress was on the job, to which she's done beautifully considering she didn't have any help. However, regulars came in after Us and were offered wine glasses and drinks before us. She forgot the green tea that we ordered and ended up giving it to us with the sushi, half an hour later (although they didn't charge for this). One of the sushi chefs was chugging a Heineken while making the sushi (not sure if this is normal for all other sushi places??). The waitress didn't offer to refill our waters until the end of our meal, which was fine since she left the pitcher of water next to me, allowing me to fill it myself.
Overall, the food was good, although some things were a little bit overpriced and the service was good for only have one waitress serving a small restaurant full of people.
*Side note: the bathroom is a small little closet space underneath a staircase with a toilet that's worth more than the bathroom itself. The toilet is one of those awesome heated toilets with a million buttons to adjust the seat temperature, the options of turning it into a bidet, etc.
If you're a local, this is a nice place since it's byob. Otherwise I would suggest going to a different byob sushi joint.
I'm being generous with the 2 star rating. We ordered a variety of stuff for take-out, and were really disappointed with everything. Sushi was sub-par, bulgogi was dull and the gyoza was lackluster and served with soy sauce, rather than ponzu or a good dumpling sauce. The miso soup was pretty good, but did not make up for the rest of the sadness. Everything wound up being more expensive than listed on the website too. Bummer.
This location has very good quality sushi. It is also bring your own bottle. The prices are a little high but it's proximity to my home makes it a go to place for sushi.
Surprisingly good sushi place in River Edge. Awesome rolls and creativity. Worth a visit.
I order take out from here every couple of weeks, they will deliver if you need it. They make the best Salmon skin rolls! I order so often that they have remembered my name as soon as I start ordering my favorites. Tobiko, message, tomago, Shumai , miso soup, cucumber salad, yum!
We came to check out Fuki given the fairly good reviews. This place is a good sushi… I also had the oyako don, which was okay. It was a little too wet, and I had better at my former go-to place back in Chicago.
The atmosphere is cozy. It's a small place that seats maybe 25-30 people at the most. There is only one server for the entire place, and so service could slack a little if the place is packed. Service was friendly and she did her best running around tending to customers. I could see why some of the reviews scored low on service.
We ordered a number of rolls for dinner. We a couple of basics and a couple of the specialty maki rolls. The spider maki roll is one that I order at all sushi places to serve as a benchmark. While good, I have had better. I didn't get the full set of crab legs that I am usually accustomed to in the end pieces (mine seemed to have been cut short).
Parking is plentiful, and is on the street.
We would definitely come back, but only for sushi. I would be hesitant to try the dinner entrees.
My favorite place in bergen county to go for some amazing sushi! Started with spicy sashimi salad as an appetizer which had a rich spicy taste and even with the seasoning the taste and texture of each sashimi was fully absorbed. Next, we got the chicken teriyaki bento box and i have to say the teriyaki sauce had so much flavor that I wanted just the sauce to take home. The California roll that came in my bento box also was full of more filling than rice that we would have just ordered a bunch of california rolls on their own. Even the miso soup that came with my chicken bento box was full of flavor and not watered down like other miso soups that you normally taste at other places. Now the highlight at our table was the Oyabun roll recommended to us by the server. Now i know i talked alot about flavor but the oyabun roll was a flavor explosion in your mouth. I was not sure if it was even possible to have that many flavors and taste the texture of the roll fillings, but it was done and it was tastefully (pun intended) done. While it is a bit on the pricier side than your typical sushi place it is well worth the money because you will not only go home full but your tastebuds will also go home with a smile. Anyone and everyone who is in town are missing out if you havent gone to fuki sushi.