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| - Based on previous reviews, I had high expectations for Osaka. This was our first visit tonight and possibly our last. I am not a Teppanyaki connoisseur or anything but this dinner was nothing like I expected. I will say that it is VERY family friendly (it felt like kid night or something) but when you're out for date night, that's not really want you want.
Anyway, we had made reservations, since we didn't know how busy they get, and were seated right away. They weren't busy at the time so not sure if reservations were really needed. Our server was pretty prompt in taking our drink order, but that's the only good thing that he did. Remember, they were not busy but it took 20min to get a drink that I ordered and only got it after I asked about it. Our chef was good. You could tell he was trying to be engaging but the people who were sat with us acted like they didn't really care. I got filet and chicken and my husband got shrimp and chicken. Both of our meals were good but could have been seasoned a little more. I asked for steamed rice instead of fried rice and wasn't informed at the time of ordering (and didn't see on the menu) that I'd be charged extra for it. We were only told that after we had to hunt down another server to ask for the rice since everyone else was halfway done eating and we couldn't find our server and I was never given the rice for my meal. When he finally came over, I told him I had to ask someone else for the rice and when we got our bill, he said that they "took it off" (the rice) since it wasn't brought out promptly. I've NEVER heard of a place charging if you sub rice so I don't know if he was just trying to make it sound like he did us a favor or if they really do charge for that.
The two stars is mainly based on service. The food was okay, but I still probably wouldn't say that I'd be back based on food alone. Maybe if our table mates had been a bit more engaging, it would have been better as well. We will have to continue our search for a great hibachi/teppanyaki place!
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