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| - Is it the best Hibachi I've ever had? Definitely not. Is it tasty and reasonably priced? Definitely so. Does management need a little adjusting? Probably.
We stopped in on a busy Friday night, and we were promptly seated at a grill with two other couples. We only waited a few minutes for our server to appear; after grabbing our orders, soup and salad arrived within one minute. The service was really the winning point of the night. Our server was attentive, refilled our drinks, and took our plates at the right time. I can't say how many times I've been at a hibachi and I still have empty soup/salad dishes taking up space as the chefs fling around the food. The service was A+ and they even seemed severely understaffed.
The quality of the meats was great; everything tasted very fresh. This place offers mako shark, which is pretty cool. Their menu is really expansive for being such a small space. I ordered teriyaki chicken, and my SO ordered a steak/shark combo. The dinners came with vegetables and as much sauce as you could handle; the chef just kept pouring it out. Everything tasted great except for the fried rice. I think the chef put it the grill way too early in the cooking process; it was crunchy instead of fluffy.
One of the drawbacks is they seem to want to squeeze every ounce of money out of their patrons. I've never seen a Hibachi restaurant that charges extra for fried rice. Here, it's $2 per person. We received a Groupon as a gift, and that's how we discovered this place. However, we were told before paying that since we were using a Groupon, we were automatically charged gratuity. This was not explained to any other patrons at our table, so I can only assume they were free to leave their own tip. Honestly, I was a bit offended. That exchange made me feel the management thought of couponers negatively, and left my SO and I with a bad taste in our mouths after dinner. God forbid Grouponers be educated enough to tip properly.
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