Fuji Japanese Cuisine

On Davis Loop in Oxford, Alabama, just north of the I-20 interchange at exit 188, Fuji Japanese Cuisine offers a menu that spans sushi, teppan yaki, hibachi-style steak, and seafood in a casual, family-friendly dining room. The restaurant markets itself as having a trendy atmosphere while keeping the experience approachable enough for both a quick lunch and a larger group dinner. On its own site, the restaurant describes the goal as a “nice and trendy atmosphere” that steers away from the inexpensive decor found in many Asian restaurants, pairing that look with a menu built for both solo diners and larger tables.

The menu covers a wide range of Japanese-American staples, including sushi rolls, teriyaki chicken and steak, and tempura shrimp, alongside a teppan yaki program for guests who want the tableside cooking experience associated with hibachi grills. The restaurant’s own site groups its offerings into broader categories, sushi, teppan yaki, steak, seafood, chicken, noodles, salads, and other grilled items, giving diners a sense of the menu’s range even where specific dish names and prices are not published online. A full bar is part of the restaurant’s offering, giving it a slightly more complete dinner-out feel than some of the counter-service sushi spots found elsewhere in Oxford, and the dining room also has a TV, useful for anyone stopping in during a game.

Fuji is set up to handle both dine-in and carryout traffic, with separate posted hours for each. The dining room is open most days from 11 a.m. into the evening, closed entirely on Tuesdays, and running slightly later on Friday and Saturday nights than the rest of the week. Carryout hours run about thirty minutes shorter than dine-in service on every open day, closing at 9 p.m. rather than 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday, and at 10 p.m. rather than 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, a detail worth checking before placing a to-go order close to closing time. Online ordering through the restaurant’s website is set up for carryout rather than dine-in reservations, so guests planning to eat in the dining room should simply walk in or call ahead for a large party.

The restaurant also accommodates vegetarian diners and other dietary restrictions, including food allergies, on request, and it offers free parking, a small but useful detail for a restaurant situated in a part of Oxford with a fairly dense concentration of dining options competing for the same parking spaces. Fuji’s combination of sushi, teppan yaki, and a full bar gives it a broader footprint than many single-focus Japanese restaurants, letting one table order hibachi steak while another sticks to rolls and sashimi. The restaurant’s own site also features a run of customer feedback focused on food quality, ticket speed, and portion size relative to price, giving prospective diners a sense of what regulars tend to comment on most.

Because the restaurant runs its online ordering and menu photography through a third-party ordering platform, some of the imagery associated with the business online originates from that platform’s system rather than an independently maintained photo gallery, a detail worth noting for anyone doing deeper research on the restaurant before visiting. The restaurant’s website likewise does not publish item-level prices, directing interested diners to the online ordering system to see current selections and costs.

The restaurant’s own website also tags itself with a full set of dining descriptors, including Casual Dining, Good For Group, Good For Kids, and Vegetarian Options, categories that line up with the family-oriented, come-as-you-are feel of the dining room itself. Under its broader cuisine listing, the site groups Fuji alongside Asian, Japanese, Sushi, Chicken, Seafood, Steak, Salads, Grill, and Noodles, a spread of tags that reflects how much ground the kitchen covers beyond a standard sushi-bar menu.

For diners in Oxford looking for a locally run Japanese restaurant with both a sushi bar and a teppan yaki option, Fuji Japanese Cuisine remains one of the more complete choices in the city, distinct from the national chain restaurants that make up much of the dining landscape near Quintard Mall. Its casual, family-oriented atmosphere and broad menu have kept it a regular stop for both quick carryout orders and longer sit-down dinners.