I recently went to Nakama for the first time for a first date - many firsts that night. Starting with the bad: We made dinner reservation for 7:15 and were a few minutes late. We were told that we lost our spot and had the choices to either wait a half hour to 45 minutes, sit at the sushi bar, or just order food at a table without the hibachi experience. We opted to get a drink at the bar and wait it out. This was a Wednesday evening and the place was packed. No seats available at first so we checked out the drink menu and finally we got a couple of chairs.
The drinks were decent - I'm a lightweight so they were good for me. It worked out that we waited for the hibachi because we were able to be squeezed in within ten minutes.
I got Hibachi Seasame Chicken and my date got Nakama Tuna Steak. He also ordered sushi but our waiter had forgotten to bring it- It was really no problem because the portion sizes are pretty big and we probably couldn't have ate the sushi anyways.
I have no complaints about my chicken - It definitely exceeded my expectations based on the other reviews I have seen for it. My date goes there on the regular and so his Tuna Steak obviously has his coming back for more. The Onion Soup was by far one of the better Japanese soups I have had. It has a kick to it that I haven't tasted anywhere else.
Our hibachi chef was wonderful. He was entertaining, easy to talk to and was really good at his job. He even let us all try a little fried rice.
I always have had reservations about Nakama because I thought it was an overexposed restaurant that jacked its prices up because of its trendy reputation. I really enjoyed my time there. It was clean and had a lot of energy. I'll be back again.