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| - Last night went to Benihana's for dinner at the Westgate Casino, the front desk hostesses are not too friendly but efficient. Our reservations were for 7pm but had to wait to have enough people to fill the table. We were finally seated at 7:30pm. The hostess was friendly, quick and very attentive. She took our drink orders immediately and throughout our dinner, we never had to ask to have a refill, she just seemed to be there as soon as we needed another drink. The meal, as usual was delicious, but the highlight of the evening was our Japanese Chef, "Antonio". He was friendly, witty, funny, and very charming. He did all the usual tricks, the volcano, the egg roll but the best was when he threw an egg in the air and it landed on his knife, split with no mess!! The food was tasty, cooked well and plentiful. The evening would have been a 5 star had it not been for the picture takers, there were 2, one very brassy and loud older woman, who is the Saleswoman, and the young brunette who actually takes the pictures. We had barely been seated, when in they come, and they really hate to take no for answer! When we explained we were locals and came often to the restaurant, the brassy one said to the young one,Well, we won't make money off of them. The other 2 couples also felt that the older woman just didn't quit. So ok, one couple decided to take their pictures, and right when the Chef is bringing in his cart, brassy woman comes in again, giving her pitch for one picture $25, 2 pictures $40. Of course, we all had to wait while the couple looked over the pictures in order to select the one they liked. How about the picture taker stay outside the restaurant, since the pictures did not show the restaurant background anyway. All in all, once that was over with, the evening progressed well, our table had fun and the meal was excellent.
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