Flaming Volcanos? Shrimp flip into the hat? How much more can you handle? We have been to other Benihana restaurants before, enjoying both the grill side and the sushi bar side. The hubby-to-be and I went to eat more sushi. The sushi bar was totally dead, and the chefs didn't really talk to us except to ask if the sushi was good. I lied a little, because they were a little on the warm side, and they fell apart when picked up. We had the typical warm edamame minus salt?!?!? How can you eat edamame without salt? I guess you have to ask for it to be salted. We decided to take a trip around the country and ordered a CA roll, Phili roll, Alaskan roll, Boston roll and added the Shrimp lovers roll. The server missed our empty iced tea glasses on a few occasions (it is darn hot here in AZ and we were thirsty!) and she wasn't the most pleasant person. If you have a group of people in town, this is a great place for food entertainment. Make sure you budget your time, as the "show" and eating can last a couple hours. They have their own parking lot, and lots of indoor seating when there is a long wait (make reservations on the weekends!) read more

I wanted to take my boyfriend to a teppanyaki restaurant since he had never been to one before. This being the closest to us we decided to go here Sunday for our anniversary. It was ok. The chef we had wasn't very entertaining, he didn't do the egg trick, and his onion volcano was lacking any resemblance to a volcano. Maybe I was just expecting too much. Having been to a couple teppanyaki places before and loved the whole experience. The food was good but I'd definitely recommend another place for the future. read more

So we found out why people hate this place. We were cut off after probably drinking enough cocktails, but that is not the bad part. I understand when a restaurant thinks someone has had enough to drink and they say no more. The crazy part is they also cut us off from eating....What??? Awkward and embarrassing, won't be back :-( read more

I had reservations for three late on a Friday afternoon, and figured it would be a breeze at that time of the day. Upon checking in with our host, we were told to sit down and wait. We waited for over 20 minutes! Not cool when your restaurant is empty, and I had a reservation. The hostess offered zero explanation or apology for the delay either. Upon being sat, we did have an overall pretty terrific waiter. He helped us to choose one of the most delicious cocktails I've ever had, a Coconut Mojito. Very Tasty! We started with a sushi roll appetizer which was also very very good. The only feedback for the waiter would be that he was trying to sell us on upgrading to a better cut of steak, but in the process basically explained that their standard steak cut was crap. I get an upsell, but don't completely chastise the other product in the process. The food was terrific, and our chef did a very nice job. You could tell he was probably new, but it makes sense to have the less experienced guys during the slower hours until they are pros. Overall this was a great experience! read more

Ok so after I was invited back by management, I wanted to update my review a bit. I still am not a huge fan of this place as the experience versus the price is not worth it. We received better service from both our waiter and our teppanyaki cook this second time around. However, it should not take a poor experience to receive a good one. I believe and always have that there is ok such thing as a VIP table/ guest as everyone deserves star treatment when they decide to go out and pawns their money on not just good food but a memorable experience. Thank you to the manager and staff for attending to us and making sure it was done right but please remember that it should be like that every time. read more

We had to wait for 1hr for our chef but we got 25 percent off. My mom had a birthday they celebrate very well. (Free ice cream for B-day)

I've been to Benihana a couple times before but never to this location. I received my $30 off birthday coupon so we came in on a Thursday night. I actually have to use my birthday coupon early because it expires before my actual birthday! What a riot.. Service was slow but our server was very nice- our chef was really disappointing to be completely honest. You could barely understand him- he really wasn't a showman at all and couldn't cook the food well! The scallops were torched, meats were overcooked. The best thing I ate that night was the Rainbow Roll- which was very fresh! The white peach saki sangria was also tasty! We decided to leave before dessert (take it to go) because I ended up not feeling well half way through the night. Oh and on top of a $30 off coupon, we still didn't get out of there without spending close to $100. Medicore food for a very expensive price tag. I think I'm done with Benihana. read more

I'd never been to Benihana so I was excited to try it. My cousin comes here every year for his birthday and suggested it when I was in town. Upon entering, we were told that there would be a 2 hour wait (not sure if this is the norm, but it was around 7 PM on a Sunday) so we decided to seat ourselves in the lounge, which was relatively empty. A server came to us soon after we sat down, which was nice. My cousin and I got sushi for ourselves and I ordered hibachi chicken rice, chicken yakisoba meal, and rainbow and salmon rolls to take home to my family. At the restaurant, we had the crunchy roll, spider roll, 1964 roll, and Gotham roll. The crunchy roll was by far the best; the Gotham roll was okay but not especially fresh-tasting or flavorful. I was not a huge fan of the other two. My take-home order was placed on a piece of paper which they rewrote to confirm when the bill was brought to me. I had asked for two orders of the hibachi chicken rice which was also indicated on the paper written by the server but only one was brought out. I was not charged for the second one (which was my fault because I didn't check the receipt clearly and assumed the order was correct based on the paper they wrote). However, it didn't take them long to bring the second one out, even though they kind of had an attitude about it. My father was disappointed in the rice; brother said the yakisoba was good but the soup that came with the meal was simply terrible. He took one sip and wanted to throw the rest out. Mom was okay with her sushi except... the salmon roll had a TON of bones in it. To me, this is unacceptable. I understand finding an occasional bone in a fish dish but having so many bones in a simple roll is terrible to me. Would have given 3 stars, because service throughout the meal was good and the food was okay. Removed a star due to all the bones found in the salmon roll. read more

Keith is the man! Great entertainment and even better chief. I will always come back to this spot. Anyway to get him every time?!

First I'd say I never been to hibachi it was my first time. We waited 30 min for our chef to come out decided he didn't want to cook for us then took another 15-20 min for a different chef to come out. Over a personal excuse for the family we were seated with, that's 45 minutes of being hungry. Luckily we were sitting with this nice lady and she said something , who would of known how much longer it would have taken. The food was decent what I expected but to expensive. Now about the service , our server was being rude like he wanted to go off on the lady who complained clenched jaw and showing passive aggression to our table . He brought out boxes as soon as we started to eat . Then when we were ready to pay the manger comes out debating our experience. I couldn't even say anything from how disgusted I was from how he argued with the "regulars". Poor lady , we were given a $28 discount but still don't argue with the customer about the experience if it wasn't good service . Talking about "at least we gave you a discount" with hands in the face over speaking and not listening to the customer. I'll be going to the Scottsdale location. read more

I went to Benihana's the other night and the food was okay but the front desk staff were RUDE and made us wait 45mins extra onto of the hour we already waited because we did not respond quick enough. We responded less than 5mins but it wasn't fast enough for them. Disappointed!!! read more

If you want ok food and a good time, this is the place to go. If you want real Japanese food, go someplace else. This is an overpriced place to get dinner. My wife and I split 2 sushi rolls and the Hibachi Steak, it did fill us up and the sushi was okay, but the main entree that was $25, was very bland. The service started off great from our waitress and then it just went down hill. Maybe due to her not being seen for most of our meal time. Would we go back for the sushi, no, any other reason, no. If you go I hope you enjoy and have better than us.... Great potential at this place, it just didn't work for us. read more

My family and I want today Saturday , September 25th 2021, to the Chandler Arizona locatio. I made reservations for 6:15pm, a party of 3, four days in advance. So when we get there 10 minutes a head of time I check in. They told us they were waiting for a table. No problem. Comes 6:15 nothing. So we waited, people started coming in after us and they get seated. Got up and went to check. They had skipped us or forgotten us. They said we are cleaning a table. Waited some more. More people come and again they get seated. We waited a other 20 minute. Again went and told them we had reservations for 6:15pm. We did not get seated till 7:20pm. That's one hour and 5 minutes after our reservation. They sat us in a terrible table. The waiter was awful would not come to see if we need refills for A long period of time. He even brought us diet cook that had very little syrup. The liquid was a light drown, he disappeared again forever. The only good thing about the whole thing was are chef, CARLOS. We have been going to Benihana for many years all over the United States. I have never had such bad service In any other location. I would not recommend this location to anyone. I'm sorry but I give them an F. You will not see us at this location ever again. read more

We decided to go to Benihanna's to celebrate my husband Doug's 50th Birthday. Our chef was Maui, he was amazing with his personality and his food was the best that I'd have ever tasted at this location, and we have been eating at this location for the last ten years. The manager Ryan is also delightful his birthday performances of Ariel and Frozen were amazing as well. Thank you for a great night! From Meko! read more

Benihana is best enjoyed when you: Have money A large group of people and a lot of time to spare. Probably something to do once or twice a year. I go when my friends from Iowa decide to come visit me and we have time and money to spare. Everyone there is friendly, and I love the cook in front of you style. (Although sometimes the fire tricks make my eyes hurt). Please note this place is not known for their sushi. I would recommend anything hibachi and if you look like you're a kid, it's a good idea to get some sort of kids meal (if they have one, unfortunately I look like I'm 30 something and my babies are too young and wild to bring anywhere nice) I want to note too, that I personally feel like they have the best fried rice. read more

This was my first visit here. My boyfriend and his family are regulars. He took me on a 1 yr. Anniversary date here and it was great until our server decided to choose me as his victim. I'm a soft spoken person until someone is rude or mean to me for no reason He was rude, forgot my rice, never refilled my drink, and kept starring at the hostesses. But the cook was so amazing and nice. It was great watching him cook all the food and we got served lovely shrimp, zucchini, and other veggies before the main coarse. Delicious and definitely worth this experience. read more

Fun atmosphere, enjoyed the food and service. Thank you Chef Justin for the great experience!

Coming tonight, for a family event -- 88 year old's birthday and and 8 X 8 year old's birthday on 9/11/19, father/son! So it's only natural that I hope for a bit of magic. We love you. We're a party of 8 around, well soon enough. I am giving you 5 stars because me and pops and fam are gonna love you. Cheers read more

After hearing so much scuttlebutt about Benihana, I had to jump at the chance to try it out for myself. I am glad I did. I ate dinner there in a small group, a second group of people was seated around the same hot stove. Although our two groups did not interact much, it was evident from other tables that there was some intermingling going on. This made for a fun, lively atmosphere. There were many birthday celebrations being had, and by the end of the night I could sing Happy Birthday in fluent Japanese. The cook arrived shortly after our orders were placed and put on quite the show as he prepared our food. The meals were all oriented around some form of meat, I got the feeling that a vegetarian would not be happy here. Portions were very large and served piping hot. Though nobody at our table consumed any, "adult" beverages were available but pricey. The filet, lobster, new york steak, and fried rice were all excellent. Two varieties of sushi that we tried were excellent as well. A caveat here is that if you are arriving hungry, you will be starving by the time your food is ready. The only downside to having your food prepared before your eyes is that you are presented with wonderful aromas during the entire preparatory process. Yes, the meals are pricey. Yes, the wait times can be obscene. But with a reservation for a special occasion, this is a fine place to dine out. read more

We sat in the bar since it was a bit of a wait for a table. We were able to find a high-top right away and received excellent service. Awesome food and awesome service!!! Thank you Corey!!! read more

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Great happy hour. Had to sit in lounge since it was really busy on a Tuesday. Reccomend making reservations.

I love this place! its really fun to watch the cooks make the food right in front of you for appetizer i had California Rolls (which i recommend) Saki (its OK but i personally don't care for rare-ish meat for entree i had Spicy Hibachi Chicken with cucumbers, Chicken Fried rice ( THE BEST RICE) some onions and mushrooms it was Very tasty and superb service! read more

Go there for the "show" (cooks making loud noises with their knives and telling cheesy jokes and then dropping food with their clumsy hands) not so much for the greasy, below-average food. You'd be better going to Sakana, Kabuki, or even RA; that is, if you have fun friends like I do and do not need a circus freak to cook for you. And that waitress: "more tea?... more tea?... more tea?" every five minutes. Here's some clues: * It's 100 degrees outside. * I am sitting next to a grill. * I am eating spicy food. * and last, but not least: My cup is empty. Yes, I'd like more iced tea. Please. read more

The food is good. The service is good. But one thing sticks out so much from my last time eating at Benihana... It is, by far, the most pretentious restaurant I've eaten at. Every single employee from the hostess, to the server, to the chef, to the manager, asked us if we celebrating a special occasion. Why didn't they just say we're so over priced, no one would eat here unless it's their anniversary or birthday. There are so many other teppanyaki restaurants around the valley that are just as good, if not better. I would probably go to one of them (many of which are not chains) before heading back to Benihana. read more

Fabulous doesn't even begin to description Benihana! After eating filet minion here I never want to eat steak anywhere else.

First I must disclose that I'm coming from a vegetarian stand point, and would have never chosen this restaurant if it was up to me. This night, it wasn't up to me so I joined a group of 6 on a Friday night around 7pm. It was packed and we had about a 20 minute wait. We were sat with 2 strangers at the community table, which seemed kind of awkward. As a vegetarian, I saw one large slab of grill? skillet? and could only think of meat juices touching my noodles. Sure, I get it, my grilled cheese at another restaurant may be made on the same surface as a burger....but at least I don't have to see it! Anywho, my edamame and noodles were tasty for what they were. The service was pretty attentive and the cook was somewhat engaging (could've been better). Overall, it just wasn't my cup of tea. read more

The salad and soup was great. But the food they put to much soy sauce and made it salty. Other than that layoff on soy sauce and it's good. read more

My Girlfriend and I went here for her Birthday our Chef was Jose, he made it a fun and interesting experience. We had the Chef Special which was the Filet Mignon with Chicken and Shrimp with Chicken fried rice. The soup we had delicious I liked the Salad but my Girlfriend really didn't care for it Out of the entree the only thing that didn't live up to either of our likes was the shrimp even though it was seasoned in front of us it just didn't do well. Our evening was closed off with a Vanilla Sundae and a picture of us together taken by the manager. Overall we had a GREAT Evening and would return again! read more

I typically wouldn't post a review but our experience was so disappointing I felt I should. I live out of town so I drove 120 miles to celebrate my sons birthday at Benihana in Chandler. We had a reservation at 6:45. The place was complete chaos. We were finally sat at our table at 7:30. 5 of the 8 plates at the table were dirty. The first thing our waitress did was tell us how tired she was because she had been there since 9:30 am. We couldn't even get a glass of water. My son went out to the car to get some water. There was food in one of our cocktails and the manager didn't even seem to care. At 8:15 we still had not even seen our cook. A party of 8 and we finally left without dining after being there for 1 1/2 hours. To add insult to injury I had posted a complaint on the corporate website. It asked if I would like to be contacted and I said yes. No one ever contacted me. I didn't want anything from them. I waited tables for 10 years after high school and through college so I have been there. I felt a large corporation would want to know more about our experience. We probably would have spent at least $500-600 but left without dining. Our moods were all deflated by then so I am glad we didn't spend the money. Too bad to come all the way from out of town to celebrate and have this kind of experience. There were 2 birthdays at our table. This was on 1/28/23. They really should have told people they were booked for the evening and stopped trying to seat more people when they didn't have the staff to give them a good experience. Probably will never go back. read more

Ordered curbside pick up. I have a gluten allergy and ordered 4 rolls off the gluten sensitive menu and an order of gluten sensitive fried rice. All four rolls were in one container. I get saving containers but 2 of the rolls were for my husband and we had to pick his rolls out of the container. The rolls were a little sloppy ( the salmon roll and the tuna roll) . The fried rice wasn't edible it was so salty I couldn't even eat it, it was dark brown like it was soaked in their gluten free soy sauce I was really disappointed in the whole meal. Also upon arriving to pick up my order we parked in spot 3 and texted the number. 10 minutes went by and no reply and no food came out. I decided to walk inside and ask and they went back and got my food that had already been done the rice was barely warm. Just a bad experience all around and this was the second time we have been here the first time was precovid and the experience was way different read more

The food was amazing when I finally got to it. But I made a reservation a month in advance just to get there 30 min early and lose my seat due to disorganization. We sat in the bar and spent good money to wait for our seat and when only a few moments after my reservation time went to go ask what the hold up was and was told someone else claimed my reservation...WHAT??? HOW??? When I asked for the manager her said, "we are doing the best we can." OH REALLY?! Refusing to ruin the evening for my honey, I stayed for the experience. Thank goodness Marquez saved the night because I was very unhappy. I probably won't chance a special occasion to Benihana's read more

My fiance and i went with a group to celebrate some birthdays. Seated at 6 pm and left at 8:15 so it is not a quick experience. The food was good but for me.... The teppanyaki experience is old, played out and A bit dated but i played along. Our chef was experienced and delivered some tastey food. Grape mixed drink....8.95 yowza!! Tasted like grape gatorade. SHIZUKA was our server and she was an abolute delight. Give that woman a raise.....she is great. They even took our photo at the table and printed copies for us. Electronic copies are available online. Very cool idea. It may be time for Benihana to reinvent the teppanyaki experince. Its quite expensive and a bit dated. Still tastey though. read more

Reservation- what reservation ? We had a reservation and it took 1 hr for us to get a table when others just walked up.. workers were rude and service was terrible. Do not recommend eating here and will never eat here again!!! Again it was a long 2.5 hr dinner since it took 15 hrs to get a table...so they have no idea what reservations are!! read more

First, only those who absolutely love the tappenyaki experience would seek out this highly expensive place. They have shoved as many tables in this restaurant they could. You could hear the table next to you chewing their rice. Aside from being loud, they have made it nearly impossible for a family of four to have dinner. At least not the average salary earning family. And at these prices you should at least walk away full. Not even close. I gave it 3 stars because the food is palatable, and the cook was funny. read more

Had a good time at Benihana on a Saturday night. Sat with a family with a couple of small children, with one asking questions to the chef non-stop. The chef took it all in stride which added to the entertainment. Had the Las Vegas roll sushi appetizer which was delicious. The soup and salad were tasty. The main courses were very good as well. I would gladly go back as it did not break the bank either. read more

Went here last month April 23 to be exact. Our chef barely talked we could see that in advance we noticed he wasn't social we asked the manager a young Hispanic guy if we could get another chef and he said no very stern. I've gone twice to the website for Benihana to make a complaint and no one has ever contacted me back. The experience was for a birthday and several of members of my family had never been there so this experience was not the greatest read more

Carlos and Jessica are amazing, we had a delicious meal with lots of fun during our show best place to keep our little guy busy so we can celebrate my husband 49th birthday manager and general manager both stopped by to ensure all was well it was great being able to share it was all excellent read more

We waited 2 hours to get served even though we had reservations . My dad finally got sick of waiting, went shopping and came back and we still didn't have our food. I saw a bug crawling on my mushrooms and they went and got us new ones. I think the only reason we stayed is because we had a large table and we didn't think we could get seated that fast elsewhere. read more

Benihana is usually a good time, but our most recent visit fell short. After being seating almost 30 minutes after our reservation time, we waited another 45 minutes for the chef. The food was great, but our waiter seemed to be struggling. He forgot several things on the chef's cart (which annoyed the chef), failed to bring the complimentary dessert (ice cream) to everyone at our table, and seemed frantic and rushed the entire meal. When it came time to check out, he returned our booklet without returning the credit card used for payment. We got up to look for the waiter and found the credit card on the ground, under another table across the restaurant. Overall, our Sunday night out turned into a frustrating, three-hour endeavor. Disappointing visit at this location. read more

Eh. It's entertaining. You are paying for the entertainment with higher food prices for food that really isn't all that impressive. Not sure what's changed for me. Maybe my taste buds have gotten wiser over the last 3 years. read more