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| - It's New Years day, friends are in town and we need a place to eat, has to be Geisha house, but wait a minute, the eastside is closed ! WTF, seriously, noooooooo
At this point the group wants teppanyaki, one of the group comes up with Benihana ! Seriously, I had to drag her away to have a quiet chat about good food, silly lady.
Anyways, a quick phone call later and we find that the location in the southwest is open, so a 20 minute drive.
Same menu, nice decor, let's eat.
Well there are some differences, this location seems to use more teriyaki and less secret sauce, mmm not so good...Service was ok, but we are used to the eastside location where in fairness we are known so are drinks come to the table without having to order. However, plates were left on the tables for a while before the busperson got around to collecting them. But drinks were refilled quickly, so ok, they get a pass.
The food, well yes it had more teriyaki than normal, but the Geisha House taste was still there, so it was good, I will say, with 7 of us around the table there wasn't the normal flow to the food coming on to the plate, this is to be expected, but again, the eastside manages to get the food on the plate quickly.
So food is good, service was ok, a couple of small things I really liked.
My wife asked about the knife the chef was using, he gave us probably a 10 minute lecture (I use that phrase in a good way) about the different types of knives to use for cooking and how the knife he uses for the grill is actually pretty cheap (because he goes through them quickly due to metal on metal) but he keeps is razor sharp and he even gave my wife some ideas on new kitchen knives for her. Of course it was only after getting home that I found out how much a Bob Kramer knife costs lol
Also the manager was a lot of fun, he checked on us a couple of times during the meal and even comped us desert and a round of drinks to welcome in the new year, love it.
One little feature that I will be trying, they have grills out on the patio, once the weather warms up we will have to give that a try.
So all in all a good meal.
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