Kind of pricey for a food truck, but the food is really, really good! I had the shrimp with…read morenoodles, and everything was delicious. My only complaint is that the shrimp still had the tails on. At $30 a plate, especially for a food truck where people are usually grabbing lunch on the go, I wish they were already removed--no one has time for that. The noodles are extra, but definitely worth it. They also offer a great variety of sauces. I don't eat out often, so when I do, it's more of a treat for me.

I usually go to another hibachi truck closer to aldis on hacienda. But that one wasn't around so we…read moredecided to try this one in front of Vons on Glendora. First things first I like the amount of chicken they give you.... some trucks give you so little protein but this place gives you a good amount. Along with their fried rice and their sauce. Super good! We walked up and ordered and received our order pretty fast! Will come again!

This rating is for their reservation system. I have never been here before and thought they only…read morehave Teppan tables (like the name of their restaurant). I saw that Yelp offers reservations and I booked a table for tomorrow for a celebratory dinner, with a memo asking if the teppan table was low enough for a wheelchair. I never received a response. I called to verify this question and they told me that there were no more teppan seats available. I couldn't understand what she was talking about, and I said I made a reservation online, and was told by here that I would have to sit at a regular table. WTF??? Apparently they have regular tables for you to order off the menu I think? And she never did answer my question if their teppan tables were wheelchair height. No apologies, just blamed Yelp for their reservation system and that I needed to make reservations weeks in advanced for a teppan table. This place needs to work with Yelp to figure out how to specify making reservations teppan vs. regular tables or just have people call and talk to a person to make reservations for a teppan table. Good thing I called otherwise I would've shown up for dinner tomorrow only to find out that I wouldn't have a seat at the table and disappoint my whole family. I ended up cancelling my reservation and making one at another teppan restaurant who did confirm they could accommodate a wheelchair.

We made a reservation here to celebrate my birthday and I enjoyed how spacious it was! It was nice…read morethat they also placed us in a more secluded room. We went ahead and ordered a variety of items as this was our first time here. Also honestly haven't had a teppan style meal since middle school haha. We got to order the Sashimi Adventure, several sushi rolls, the celebration style sets and just some of their specialty sets. It started off with salad, then miso soup, then sushi; however, the service was extremely slow... it seemed like there were only two teppan chefs in the restaurant, which there were already two big parties before us. We waited basically 45 mins until he was able to grill for us, and we were losing our patience lol. Salad, miso soup, and sushi were all pretty standard. Not terrible, but at least decently quality. Presentation were all pretty nice. As for the teppan grilling, I didn't catch his name, but he was pretty cool. He said his voice wasn't in the best shape that day, so tbh it was hard for me to understand him, especially since everything else was pretty loud haha. So we had all chicken fried rice, filet mignon, chicken, scallop, shrimps, zucchini, onion, and mushrooms. The chicken fried rice was pretty nice actually, he cooked it very well. Filet Mignon was kinda toooo meaty? mainly the quality of the meat. Chicken was pretty nice. The scallops were actually my favorite, it was a right amount of soft and chewy! The chef cooked everything pretty well, and the amount of items we ordered had us extremely full... One thing I would say though is that I believe there was a lot of MSG on all the items. It makes us extremelyyyy thirsty. Got back home and just kept feeling thirsty no matter how much water you drink lol. At the end, since celebrating birthday, they were nice to also prepare and sing for cake cutting. You can also get $30 off for celebrating your birthday here for signing up in their 'membership'. Gratuity already included for big parties. Overall, it was still a nice experience, however the service was just sooo slow. Probably they are understaffed? There wasn't that many people dining here besides us and the two parties, so there were still plenty of empty dining tables and teppan stations. The food here is better than benihana, but makes you feel soooo thirsty. It's not as theatrical as benihana I would say, but the food quality makes up for it a bit. Nice to try here once only.

Fourth Of July 2026: Incredible food and a great chef!…read moreMay I make a suggestion? Replace the potatoes and broccoli with mushrooms and bean sprouts?

I kinda made a little tradition of going to teppanyaki places when my kids were little to celebrate…read morethe end of the school year or promotions. The food is generally decent, but I don't go so much for the food, as I like the concept of a dinner and show for our celebration. So when my youngest had his 8th grade promotion, I found Shogun in La Verne that I made reservations for. I've been to the Pasadena location several times in the past so I am confident with their food and service. The La Verne location is in a big shopping plaza with plenty of parking. We arrived and were seated immediately. I guess our reservation time at 6:00 pm was early enough to avoid the crowds since there was hardly anyone there yet. FYI, there's a happy hour from 3:00 - 6:00 pm. Our server was great, he got us everything we needed and stopped by frequently to check on us. We each ordered a combo, and was so excited to see the "show". I don't know if our chef was new or what, but he was so soft spoken and not very enthusiastic about what he was doing. I couldn't hear anything he was saying and even the train whistle that he blew was so quiet. I clapped and cheered in the beginning to get him going, but he wasn't really engaging, so I was really disappointed. It was so boring. To top that off, our "yakisoba" that came with our meal was linguini noodles. Seriously? Can you get any less authentic? If Panda Express can get Chow Mein noodles in Alaska, you can get yakisoba noodles in SoCal.

Let's start with the drinks Angel is an excellent bartender. He makes my favorite lemon drops just…read moreso delicious not too sour not too sweet just perfect. Alberto is an amazing cook, best we've had, food is tasty and steak medium rare is perfect. Alex our waiter was attentive and great attitude. My favorite place for a hibachi dinner.

The food is amazing the service is great but the AC was NOT working or idk but it's ridiculous hot…read morein there my poor baby and I were sweatinngggg literally hair wet we had to take the food to go! But food and service were good!!!

We have been going to Tokyo Wako in Pasadena for many years now and have great memories. Since I…read moreheard that one closed down permanently and I was in Monrovia, I found location 5 minutes away from the hotel that I was staying at and decided to go there. The timing was perfect. A friend of mine, Laura and her husband Ternaded lived closeby. Arcadia, to be exact. We met up there and got a very nice welcome from the host by the name of Leilani. She took us to the grill where they make Teppanyaki food. It's very similar to Benihana style. We were seated with another wonderful family and enjoyed our time together. Got to know each other and had a nice conversation. I ordered their Cut Spicy Tuna Roll, (15.25), Tokyo Imperial (52.50), which came with Miso Soup, Salad with their yummy ginger dressing, Shrimp, healthy sautéed vegetables and Filet Mignon. Asked for medium-rare, and Chicken Fried Rice (5.00), I don't know why they charge for the rice? I also got one of my favorite cocktails..Piña Colada (11.00). William was our server along with Linda. They were both kind and sweet. Our chef Luis made all of us a PERFECT MEAL! He was a bit quiet, but did a FANTASTIC JOB! Place was kind of empty for a Saturday night. The reason for that is that they close at 9pm. They also have a lunch menu. Since we got there at 8pm, we were being a bit rushed. Not their fault, rules are rules and we need to follow them. Everything tasted above and beyond everybody's expectations! Fresh and delicious. Thank you Tokyo Wako and staff. Will definitely return when I am in the area!!!!!

We were just there yesterday and the food was delicious. But, what stood out was the little lady…read morewho was serving the drinks, taking order etc. very sweet and attentive. Garlic edamame and the filet mignon and shrimp were delicious. The chicken fried rice with the yum yum sauce is a must. The outside and inside decor are nice and there's koi fish!! :)

Food is always AMAZING! And service is always great! Love the couple who owns this place. Please…read morecome visit before they retire in January 2026! Everything on the menu is drool worthy!

Indeed, 3.8 . We went to visit our friend who lives in a retirement village near the place. It was…read morethe Holiday. I don't know it was early and just one cooker, they attended a family on the grill table, after he made our sushis. We waited a little longer. The service is friendly, the ambiance is casual and nice. The sushi was tasty, good, and it is a reasonable price. If you go for party on the grilled table for sure you will have fun.

We went there for our 1st time The rice has good flavor…read morejust a bit too oily and a little mushy....the portion of their meat is horrible really small portions on their meat I got the bowl and they only put like 5 pieces of steak small on top of that. Their chicken is super dry too

- really wanted to love this place bc pictures of the food always loooks so awesome. the plate is…read moreheavy on the rice which is flavored and soaked in oil with no seasoning we got the ny steak & filet mignon plate and asked for the yumyum sauce since the employee said it's most popular, but once we got home we saw that we received ginger sauce which was disappointing since we both hate ginger & you have to pay for the sauce... - the truck was in a convenient location in front of the old rite aid on valley with plenty of parking - ig said they accept card, cash & apple pay and i came with apple pay and when the cashier told me they couldn't take card today i stood there like dang.... since i didn't bring cash, and we both kinda looked at each other awkwardly and i realized there was a sign that stated they also accept zelle which she never mentioned as an alternative as i was panicking and ready to apologize and leave

Second time coming here for a birthday celebration. Food was delicious and service was ok. Overall…read moreexperience was neutral, felt like they were rushing everything. Lol Ambience is quiet and relaxed, but the rushed service just didn't match the mood. Glad the food hit the spot, but hopefully they let us breathe a bit more next time! Lol

My husband has been raving about this place every since his first visit, so I was super excited to…read moretry it. During our visit, we went with the Chef's Recommendation menu and also added mentaiko buttered scallops. I love the interior of this place. The service was also impeccable. Braised Beef Tongue - Practically melts in your mouth Wagyu Carppacio - This dish had so many textures to it. You have the raw beef carpaccio, the salad with sauce on top adds flavor to it, and finally it has the Lays chips on top to give it some crunchy texture. Japanese Wagyu Sukiyaki - My favorite thing from this evening. They do such a great show of preparing this for you and you get a dipping plate with a raw egg to get all the flavors in this. The sukiyaki sauce in the bowl was super flavorful and strong. Wagyu Short Rib - This definitely tastes better using the spices they give for your meal. It's more on the lean side so it was very easy to eat iWagyu Prime Short Rib - This has a little bit more fat and on the chewier side when ate plain. But with the dipping spices, it definitely brings out the saltiness the meat needs Wagyu Bibimbap - The staff will mix this in front of you and make sure all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed so you can get a little bit of seaweed, wagyu, sauce, and rice in every bite. Of course by the time we got to this, we were way too full so I only got a few bites in before I had to call it and to-go the rest. Mentaiko Buttered Scallops - This was amazingly creamy. However I did make a mistake by adding this to the chef's recommendation. The Chef's Recommendation is curated where everything compliments each other. The mentaiko buttered scallops had their usual strong salty taste and super creamy due to the butter, but it was too strong when added to the Chef's Recommendation that I could barely eat it during the meal. Our next return, I will go with just the chef's recommendation to avoid messing up the balance. But the chef's recommendation was curated very well if you're not sure what to get! The bibimbap and sukiyaki were the chef's kiss

Great service here at the Pasadena Location! Stephanie & the Manager Ian was super attentive and…read morefast! Very pleased with their service & i will definitely be coming back!

Food is delicious, service is very personal and fun. Mary remembered us from last…read moreTime and even remembered our orders. Get the fried rice, it's worth it.

Premium dinner + a show? Benihana understood the assignment…read more We headed to @benihana at Santa Anita for their 6-Course Wagyu Around the World experience -- basically a steak lover's world tour right at the hibachi table. A5 Japanese Tokyo Broil Australian NY Strip American Masami Ribeye Plus all the Benihana signature hits: Onion Soup, Salad, Hibachi Shrimp + Vegetables, Chicken Fried Rice, and Ice Cream to finish. And because hibachi deserves a drink in hand: Dragon Fruit Margarita + Dragon Fruit Mocktail. PRO TIP: Sign up for Benihana's Friends with Benefits app for perks like free appetizers when you join and a $50 dining credit for your birthday.

Didn't wanna show, so we ate at the bar. Andrew was so attentive and made the bar dining experience…read morebetter than I could've imagined. Strongly suggest eating at the bar if you want a little bit more steak on your plate.