Sushi remains in the Rhatigan Student Center, but a new restaurant has taken over in place of FujiSan — Sushi Do.
Sushi Do will provide more options than FujiSan, but currently the menu offers sushi, poke bowls and rice bowls. Boba, ramen and udon will come Feb. 3.
Each year, Dining Services surveys students to receive feedback about restaurant offerings, which prompted the change to Sushi Do.
“We made the switch from FujiSan to Sushi Do based on students’ needs,” Senior Director of WSU Dining Services Jamie Kraisinger said. “The needs being vegan, vegetarian and the need for halal — based on religious needs.”
The spot that Sushi Do occupies rotates frequently based on feedback. FujiSan came to the RSC in fall 2024. Before that came Tu Taco in August 2023. But Kraisinger said that student feedback pushed Dining Services to offer sushi and later helped inform the change to Sushi Do.
“The feedback (the) prior year had been ‘We want sushi.’ ‘We want boba,’” Kraisinger said. “It was okay sushi, but we didn’t hit some of those marks. This company hits way more of those pieces.”
Next to what the restaurant offers, pricing is the next big consideration for students.
“Aside from offerings, pricing is one of the next pieces,” Kraisinger said. “It’s always mentioned in the surveys, so when we look, we wanted to make sure it was very similar. And there is a wide variety of options, but price points were very, very similar, within pennies.”
Kraisinger said that her main priority is listening to student feedback on food options.
“We did the (Starship) robots and we’ve done remodels,” Kraisinger said. “… we really halted last semester and said, ‘Okay, enough of the new. Let’s go back to the basics and just listen to students and react quickly.’”
Sushi Do is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Delivery is available on the Starship app for a fee.
