TLDR:
-The stoves suck, only 1/4 of it will properly cook your food. The other 3/4 will slowly heat it up.
- there are only 2 cuts of meat for wagyu so figure out if thats worth the extra $40
-Your food will come sporadically in random amounts.
-Being able to speak Mandarin is pretty useful here
-has good variety of meats,veggies and appetizers
-drinks are actually worth it
I, like most others bought into the hype of Shinta but let me break it down. Theres only 2 types of wagyu available for the ayce option, both are great cuts of meat. HOWEVER, the grills really suck. They don't distribute even heat to the point where it took about 10 mins to cook shrimp. Coming here is the equivalent of buying a nice steak and cooking it in the microwave. If i was to come here again, unless i'm trying to eat my weight in just wagyu i'd just choose the other option.
The service here was...good and bad. Starting with the cons, the servers kept bringing us food in random amounts. For ex. If we ordered two plates of short rib, one would come immediately and the other took 25 mins. If you have more than 4 people, you're going to have to figure who gets to eat which slice of meat. At one point they kept bringing us food that we didn't ever order and we tried telling them to stop but they only spoke mandarin. The girl taking our order was beyond nice and really helpful.
The drinks here were also pretty good. For $5 you're getting like a large bubble tea sized drink.
At the end of the day, i would only come here if my friends wanted ayce bbq. Definitely better than chakos or korean grill house.