Came for dinner on a Saturday night. First time here. Daughter and I visiting hubby who's here for work. If you've never been to a place like this, you can choose the regular dining area or the hibachi area where they cook in front of you. You will sit with other strangers if your party is smaller.
Service: Greeted by host who was friendly. I couldn't understand her at first though. We waited around 30 min. Waiter, whose name I forgot was friendly as well. He kept making jokes with our table. It did take quite awhile after finishing our soup and salad before our hibachi chef came out. But he was also friendly! No complaints whatsoever with the staff. Though when we did leave, the ladies at the front watched us walk out and didn't say goodbye or thank you.
Food: Ok, I am part Filipino so I don't mind all the flavors used. I've been to Benihana and Shogun in California many times so I was expecting similar flavors. I ordered a rib eye dinner. It comes with onion soup, salad, fried rice, veggies, 2 shrimp and your main entree. We also ordered gyoza. Whatever dressing they used for the salad was delicious! Gyoza was good. I did not like the flavor of the fried rice. But everything else I ate tasted like soy sauce. I like soy sauce, but way over flavored with soy sauce. I ordered my steak medium well and it came out more on the well side. Which was fine. The dipping sauces were delicious. Basically tasted like the salad dressing. It helped to mellow out the soy sauce flavors.
Ambiance: Very cute place inside!!
I liked the place. My daughter has never been to a restaurant like this and she loved it. Though I do like the places in California better, this wasn't bad for Madison. It also wasn't ventilated enough inside but it wasn't unbearable. I wouldn't mind coming again and trying something new.