Warning: If you plan to go to Shinto's in Strongsville, wear short sleeves because it is SO freakin' hot in this place when all the hibachi's are going at once. Yikes! I had to leave the table twice and go out into the 20 degree night just to cool off. Now that that's out of the way........
I do give this place an A for atmosphere because the interior is cosmopolitan with an Asian flair and is quite nice. There are about 8 -10 hibachi tables plus a large sushi bar plus a regular bar.
First we ordered two drinks (a vodka cranberry and a Coronoa) and it came to 10 bucks. Whoa! Okay. Time to eat......
First course was a Mushroom Broth soup that was very hot, which made me even hotter. It tasted like very strong beef broth and had one mushroom floating in it. I didn't finish it. Then came a small house salad that was small but refreshing -- anything to cool me off a bit. Then came the bowl of fried rice. How different can fried rice be from every other bowl of fried rice I ever had.? Then came by shrimp that was prepared by the chef. It was good. By the time I ate a few my scallops had arrived and they were delicious after being sauted on the HIbachi. After what seemed an eternity, my vegetables came but by this time I was tired from being so hot.
After about an hour, dinner was finally over and our bill came. For my son and I it was $81 total so with a tip it was about a hundred bucks. This was WAY too expensive for what we got. What it comes down to is that you pay for the experience. I wouldn't go back and I hear there is a better one in town that I'll try the next time I want Japanese food (which isn't very often).