Genji Japanese Restaurant & Karaoke Bar

Genji's is always fun to go to with a group of friends for late night bites and karaoke. The agedashi tofu was delicious, though a little soggy. The karaage was literally just regular chicken nuggets and I wish they served it with a different sauce instead of ketchup. The lemon chuhai did not meet expectations unfortunately... if you want something strong then you'll like it but it tasted too strongly of liquor for me. I did not taste much lemon flavor. The curry katsu omurice surprised me... I loved it! The curry sauce was good, the tomato rice in the omelette was amazing, and the katsu was crispy! I only wish it was served piping hot! The yakitori was solid too. For how cheap everything was, I would say it's worth getting the food here, even though you're more likely to come here for the live karaoke experience!

Went to this place for a friend's birthday and it was a night well spent. At first I was a bit skeptical about the food but everything turned out to be authentic Japanese food! My favorite was the curry cutlet as it was probably one of the best ones I've ever had. The chicken karaage was lackluster. There was also this distinct smell whenever you walked in but as time went on I got used to it. The menu had a lot of variety and I could see the owner and staff running around trying to tend to everyone. The vibes were there and anyone could do karaoke, it was such a good time watching and singing with everyone. The music sheet was also updated quite recently so there are a lotttt of song choices. Definitely will be coming back with a large group of friends.

The food was super good and super cheap! One roll was about 6 dollars (it was kind of small) and the fries were sooo crispy and flavorful.The calamari wasn't as good as the french fries but still pretty good. The cheesecake was light and fluffy (not the super dense type).Would definitely recommend with friends because the workers were nice and the food was good!

I always have such a good time at genjis!!!!! They get pretty packed on the weekends but after a few sake bombs u don't even notice the wait time!! the karaoke rooms are very fairly priced and they have delicious food. I've been here soooo many times and I've never had any bad experiences. We love u mr genji!!!!

They still haven't reopened the bar here, it's tables or karaoke booths only. It closed during COVID and never reopened. Bummer because the bar is mostly where great memories were born and there are so many times I'll return to check on this before I just stop coming. Other than that, nothing has changed with this place in the 7-10 years I've been coming here. They keep it old school. Same great food and great prices. It is a very popular place. Some nights it's packed and some nights it's dead. It's a Houston classic and worth visiting once. As of Feb 2023 the bar is still closed though.

Not to be confused with Benji Japanese Restaurant which is owned by Benji Madden of Good Charlotte, unfortunately. Which is more like Bad Charlotte anyway if you think about it, and with hindsight.For the food, maybe 3 stars, a few items are good, most are okay or not great. Prices are about what you'd expect from Japanese bar food.However, this place is one of the better places in town to go for Karaoke. Not cheap (otherwise I'd give 5 stars) but a hell of a lot of fun and still one of the best in Westchase for Karaoke, as good as some of the better Chinatown Karaoke spots.Lifestyles of the rich and the famousThey're always complaining(about the lack of Japanese Karaoke bars)If that is such a problemWell, they've got mansionsI think we should rob themAnd then go to Genji to celebrate

**Cheesecake $4.50 (w/ green tea, coffee or vanilla ice cream scoop) - everyone ordered this (and seconds). So good! Not too rich or sweet. I prefer vanilla ice cream. The matcha didn't seem too green tea like even though I'm not a big green tea fan.Gyoza $5/5 pieces - pan fried pork dumplings. They were ok, not that flavorful to me*French fries (w/ parmesan & nori) $3.95 - good**Salmon tartare $6.95 - I enjoyed thisTakoyaki $3.95/4pcs - wheat ball w/ octopus. Bland and mushy. Didn't think they were worth the calories. Had leftovers so guess my friends weren't too crazy about it either. **yakiniku $12.95 - sliced beef with spicy garlic sauce - came with lots of meat. Very good, not too fatty**Kushiyaki $12.95- grilled beef teriyaki shish kabobs. 3 skewers of beef, green bell peppers, onions, & rice. A lot of food for the price. Pretty tender, tasty beef. *Katsu curry $9.50 - pork cutlet w/ curry sauce & rice. Got sauce on the side so wouldn't be soggy. Sauce had a couple pieces of carrot and beef. Cutlet was good and crispy but small. Curry was tasty. Omurice $7.95 - ketchup fried rice covered with egg. Didn't try it but friends seemed to like itSmoked salmon roll $5.50- smoked salmon & cucumber. it was OK. Could taste the smokiness, but it seemed a little salty.Beef tongue $6 (gyutan) - I think I tried this. surprisingly good sauce and tender.Edamame $3 - didn't try

Another one of those places that I've driven by hundreds of times but do not know existed but apparently reading other review, this place has been here for ages.Welcome to night night eats Edition 001. Daughter and I are out looking for something to eat frantically while every place in the Houston world shut down about 9pm. We stumbled upon this because I got to the area and did a "restaurant open " search and here we are, I was stoked to find about 15 other cars here, so you know it's either good or everyone else is looking for the same thing as well. I eventually get tired of going to Bellaire for late nights and Asian traffic dodging you know.As you step inside your notice be cheap playing card type tables but you're really not here for the ambiance, there is food here! And no "We so sollie but we are shutting the kitchen down in a few minutes" calls. A little rundown on the draws here are it is open late night, the prices on the menu are very reasonable! The menu offers lots of choices and there is SECURITY GUARD here! That is a big plus because of things that have been happening more and more latelyI cannot all of my life depending remember what my daughter ordered but it was $13 and it was the one of the softest beef dishes that I've had in awhile. I had the beef udon which had a good flavor, the french fries with a seasoning on it that was not overpowering, fresh and crispy, the spicy edamame. (meh, it was okay) and the baked mac and cheese with whatever whatever was mixed in there and a Doss XX, all for $40, that would probably run about $50 at other places. Service is pretty much okay here, Non hovering but not lacking, I mean they're always within speaking of range, so if you need something you can reach them about eight feet away.There is karaoke here and thankfully nobody really singing anything tonight but if that is your fancy well here is your huckleberry. Nothing special just a little stage or area on the further side of the restaurant. If you happen to run across this review and you are the owner, please know that they main thing why I will always come back here it's because you are not too cheap to hire a security guard inside. Thank you for offering that to cover the patrons. Now that means I do not have to carry mine with me.

A staple in Houston that has been around for ages. Decor and rules have changed with the passage of time and covid but I feel like their service has been great as always. We came here on a surprisingly not so busy Friday night as a group of 8 and got a karaoke room. The karaoke service has change to an app controlled straight to TV service which we ABSOLUTELY LOVED. You can control everything, volume, sing along or not and even send texts and pictures to the TV, from your phone! It even has YouTube in the app so you can just play YouTube videos which made everything so easy. Love love love Thai karaoke feature. The food for me is a solid 4/5. Not the best Japanese house food I've had but it satisfies and the speed and service with which it arrived was great! We favored the small plates over the big ones for sure. Some of the favorites were the karaage, spicy tuna roll, croquettes, and beef tongue! The owner was nice and explained everything very thoroughly including how to get/set up the app and pricing. Love this place, everyone should come here at least once if you live in Houston.

Smelled like pee inside the karaoke room, karaoke machine kept freezing and after paying owner came back and forced us to leave a higher tip. Do not recommend at all