Benihana as a business was bought out by the company who owns Kona Grill. So do we have a Benihana in Omaha? No. It exists as only a "ghost kitchen" (pickup and delivery only) inside Kona Grill.
We figured, hey maybe it's as good as the actual Benihana we've had while traveling, so we ordered it via GrubHub. But no - that hope for it to be as good was not the case. Especially for the price, which I'll get into.
We ordered the hibachi chicken fried rice, onion soup, and chicken gyoza. It was $52 after tip.
When I tell you the chicken fried rice was a child size...you have to see the pic to believe me. It was also dry as all get out. It was literally just like the fried rice you get on the side for free at Chinese restaurants usually, but with some dry bits of flavorless chicken. Luckily I had soy sauce and yum yum sauce at home to partially save it.
The onion soup was $8 and it came in what is normally the size of a side of SAUCE anywhere else - super tiny. And it was about 90% onions, not really a "soup" at all.
The chicken gyoza was pretty good, but for $14, I expect more than 5 little gyozas. It also didn't come with enough dipping sauce so I also had to use sauce I had at home.
The fact that I had to "fix" two of the three items is not a cool look at all.
I did like that they had Benihana packaging though, as most ghost kitchen type places just use plain brandless packaging or the brand of the restaurant they reside in.
The packaging though did not save this meal, especially because the food wasn't great at all and the price was astronomical - I recommend you skip this one. read more