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| - I'm going to have to partially agree with Debra O, and I can guarantee you I do NOT work at a competing restaurant. And you freakin well BETTER "believe my review". The prices are very expensive here. Our total bill for two people and one three year old came to $54. That's with a simple chicken and steak dish for me ($22), a hibachi vegetables with chicken on the side for the wife and a noodles and chicken for the kid. No sushi. Inside, the place is okay - although they took us to the back room (we opted for the sushi side rather than the hibachi side) which was very cramped - even without it being particularly full we still had to move chairs out of the way in order to scoot through to our table. The food was okay - I've had better. I would have gone for a little nigiri or sushi rolls had I not been put off by the price - a SINGLE piece of yellowtail nigiri for $2.50? Pfft. The rainbow roll wasn't the common one with shrimp, yellowtail etc, which I ALWAYS get - instead the picture showed it with different colored fish roe instead. Pass. Didn't look like they had spicy crab roll either. Already, Fresh Wasabi was ahead IMO. The kid's dish was adult-sized, far more than a three year old could hope to eat unless they're a Ricki Lake special. My kid is not.
The highlight was the server. He was very attentive, friendly and helpful - returned several times, always kept the glasses filled, had a couple of menu recommendations, offered to help by looking up deals at the counter for the chicken/veg combo the wife ordered to see if he could punch in a better deal (which didn't happen, but whatever), and even boxed our takeout for us. Then again, doubling the tax got him a hefty ten buck tip so.. (shrug)
Won't be going back, I'm afraid. Simply because this is apparently the only teppanyaki restaurant in Surprise doesn't immediately convince me that I need to gush over how awesome it is. That Greek place down on Reems that died and got replaced by Nick's Diner was awesome. Ritters was awesome. Babbo's spaghetti and meatballs special is awesome. This place is meh, bordering on bad value for money especially in this shitburger economy where even McDonalds is now offering two big macs for $3. You can feed two people for $3 and I fed three tonight for almost $55. Seriously, I tried my hand at Gordon Ramsay's smoked paprika chicken stroganoff recipe a couple of nights ago (although I substituted pork loin strips for chicken and roasted poblanos for green peppers), and not only were the ingredients half the price of my meal tonight but what I made was twice as delicious. When I go to a restaurant I'm after food that tastes BETTER than my own cooking yeah. Snort. Bring back El Paso!
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