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| - After searching for a new gluten free dining experience, we decided to try hibachi since there was a good groupon for it ($65 for two). We called before buying the groupon to make sure they could accommodate me, and the woman on the phone literally said "everything is gluten free except for the soy sauce and we have gluten free soy sauce. Everything is gluten free". So we booked a reservation (again highlighting gfree), bought the groupon and headed out.
When we got there we reminded the hostess that I was gfree as well as our server and the cook.
The server brought out sauces and I didn't get any bc surprise ... They contained gluten. Hmm, I thought everything was gluten free? I also didn't get the soup that was part of our deal or the spring rolls. Also, contained gluten. They did accommodate the salad with a simple dressing, though I'm fairly certain it was Kraft Italian dressing. Tasted fine anyways.
So the chef comes to the grill and asks who is gfree, so I tell him it's me and he smiles and says ok, we'll accommodate you.
So he starts cooking with their fancy spatula and knife swinging and cool fire tricks (which was all great) but then he squirts soy sauce all over the rice. I looked at my husband and said "I'll bet that's regular soy sauce". So he went and complained. The good part is that another chef came to the grill behind the one our chef was working on and made all of my food separately with gfree soy sauce. The bad part is that had I not been paying attention at that moment, I could have ended up really, really sick. I don't understand how the chef forgot in a matter of minutes, but at least they made it right.
The rice and veggies were great. We also had steak, which was amazing, lobster, scallops, chicken and shrimp. The meats were all good except for the shrimp which tasted like mould (which I had the husband confirm, as I initially thought I was crazy).
To top it all off, we were charged an automatic 15% gratuity. It made me even more frustrated because I am a good tipper but I don't like when tips are automatically added - especially when there is no warning about that. I also don't like paying a prix fixe menu for a bunch of food I don't receive.
Sigh.
Gluten free accommodation should mean replacing the items that have gluten with items that don't, not just removing items all together and saying sorry (or in this case saying nothing and we had to ask).
I'm honestly only giving two stars because the chef did make it up to me by cooking my food separately. We definitely won't be back. However I will say this. If you don't have food restrictions, you'll have a good time.
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