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| - Came to this location, with some family, to celebrate my uncle's birthday. This was one of the places i had selected for my uncle to pick, that was out of the usual places, and his son most likely not having experienced it.
I have been to another location (blue diamond and decatur) before, mid last year, for a friend's birthday. So liked to try a different location and compare experiences.
We arrived, a little before 7pm, on a tuesday evening. Seated immediately upon arrival, next to a group of 3, in the back, where their Hibachi (also known as teppanyaki) tables are at.
NOTE: HOT TEA IS $2.25 (not sure if its per person or 1 time group charge.... but they gave a cast iron tea kettle)
Since we were a party of 5 (4 adults, 1 child), most of us had opt'ed for their Hibachi combination. $28.95 including their Hibachi Basic Entree ($8.95) + 3 items of your choice (excluding kobe beef, halibut, lobster tail, and live seafood). Their items range from $6 - $9, so essentially, saving on 1 entree. The only person who didn't get the combination was my mom. She got the basic entree + lobster tail ($16.95)
Basic entrees include a soup, salad, vegetable (variety of veggies cooked in front of you), and choice of rice (white, brown, fried rice, or fried noodles).
Not going to list what EACH of us got, but in combination, we had ordered the New York Steak (5 oz - $7.25), Filet Mignon (5 oz - $8.55), Shrimp Teppanyaki (3 oz - $6.75), Scallop Teriyaki (5 oz - $8.55), Calamari (7 oz - $6.95), and the above mentioned lobster tail teriyaki (6 oz - $16.95)
The chef did his little performance with the fire and "volcano" act with the onions. First thing he cooked was the veggies, fried rice, and fried noodles.
Veggies were cooked well and seasoned nicely.
Fried rice had a nice "bite" to it and was cooked and seasoned perfectly.
Fried noodles, a bit towards the salty side. Too much sauce used.
Afterward, the seafood, and the chicken (not ours, but was part of order for the group of 3 next to us) was cooked.
Calamari was SUPRISINGLY thick (1-2cm) and was cut into cubes. Cooked perfectly and was super tender. Not chewy AT ALL !
Scallops were HUGE fresh scallops that were cooked perfectly as well. Super tender, seasoned perfectly !
Lobster, though on the small side, was cooked ok. May be a little overcooked for my own preference, but seasoned nicely. Not sure when he removed the shell either.
After all the seafood was cooked, the new york steaks, and the filet mignon's were cooked. (yes chicken was still being cooked, slowly on the side).
To my surprise, the chef may have cooked the new york steak better than the filet mignon. Everyone in my party, ordered medium rare, whereas the other party, had medium. To be honest, i think all our pieces were medium to medium well. Though i had said the chef may have cooked the NY steak better, but doesn't mean it was well cooked. Both cuts of beef were overcooked to what we had ordered causing it to be a little chewy and dry, especially the filet mignon, being a lean cut of meat, but supposed to be tender due to the nature of it being a tenderloin.
OH ! With EACH phones check-in to yelp, you get a FREE small bottle of hot sake. We had gotten two bottles from using my check in and my mom's. Their sake was light. Fairly smooth to drink.
Overall experience was not bad. Performance ive seen better. Cook on various things, was good and bad, depending on the item. I think i'd prefer the blue diamond location more, experience wise, even though this one is much closer.
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