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| - So, the baby daddy and I hadn't been on a date since our little one was born and we DESPERATELY needed a parent's night out. Thankfully, he had fam in town so we were able to sneak away to Benihana for some eats. Let's be honest, you know I had some drinks, too!
He had dined there before, but I had never tried out the establishment. I made our reservation for 5:15, but when we arrived we were informed that they were running about 15-20 minutes behind. No biggie to us, we just bellied up to the bar and enjoyed some happy hour priced bevs (a peach sangria number and a patron margarita -which wasn't a happy hour item). Once our table was ready, we were seated with a family of 6 at a spot near the entrance.
There were quite a few options for food and we both ended up getting the filet (mine with steamed rice and his with a double order of the chicken fried rice). The server was nice and was careful to take down everyone's order correctly. All of our meals came with onion soup to start and then a small salad with a ginger vinaigrette, followed by a shrimp appetizer. We were having a gay ole time and then our chef, Stephen, came out. He was good at keeping us all entertained, cooking the food at a perfect pace and made our steaks gloriously medium rare! I loved the entire meal (and so did my boo). I wouldn't say this is a place I'd go to all of the time, but I'd definitely come here for the occasional "dinner and a show".
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