Had a great later evening dinner with a friend here at Tokyo Steakhouse last week... I'd never been, but my friend had eaten here a few times before with her sons... From what I can tell it's similar to Ohana's, but more like Taki... Tokyo Steakhouse offers a tableside menu without having to sit around the grill. Definitely the way to go for more of a quiet dinner. We were greeted and seated right away when we walked in. The booth was comfortable. Our server Danish stopped by within a minute or two and introduced himself. He took our drink order and gave us a few minutes to look over the menu. My companion ordered the steak and shrimp hibachi dinner that came with soup and a salad. I ordered the firecracker roll and shrimp tempura roll off the sushi menu. I really enjoyed both rolls and was able to try a little of the steak and shrimp hibachi plate. It was really good too. Make sure you order a side of the yum yum sauce for the fried rice! Danish did a great job throughout our visit. He was polite and personable and our drinks never hit empty. The food was all on point! A great first experience at Tokyo Steakhouse! read more

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My first time here. I called ahead earlier in the week and put in a reservation for 4 for the hibachi. We arrived on time and waited a little bit for the rest of our party. I got a little nervous as they had us wait for the rest of our party and group after group came in and went back to hibachi tables. The restaurant dining wasn't packed for this time of the day and week. My friend is the one who said they had been here before and never had a problem and enjoyed it. When they arrived, the host took us right back and seated us, no problem. The hibachi part in the back was bigger than it appears. There are three big cooking areas and get ready for a show! H - Hot grills at right at your table. Food show and flipped into your mouth! I - I got to take a shot of sake from a squeeze bottle. B - Bet you don't leave hungry -the serving sizes are huge. A - Affordable for the entire family. C - Children welcome and entertained at the grill. Lots of laughter. H - Had the scallops and chicken but I could have eaten a tons of the scallops. I - I will be back, this is a fun date night spot. read more

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Lunch prices are so affordable! 3 sushi rolls $14. Everything was fresh and really fast for our lunch hour. read more

Tokyo Steakhouse - Shrimp lunch hibachi - Japanese Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

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Fun show comes with your food at hibachi. Staff work hard to keep you satisfied and all and all great place for a birthday and great spot for any night. We left with some yummy leftovers which is always awesome. Make sure you tip your griller read more

I don't have any pictures, but I've been coming here for years. It's changed quite a bit unfortunately... Food and drinks are good, a little overpriced, but it's worth it. The place is clean, smells great, and has music on for diners in the front. In the back, where you do hibachi, there is music too, but hard to hear while you, or tables near you have their food made I recommend making a reservation for large groups, they won't seat you till the entire group is there, so beware of that. If you do hibachi, you may be seating with other people, so if that's not your style you can get it to go or order from the front of house and sit in the regular dining area. As far as service goes, they used to be really attentive, nice and quick to help. Now it seems like they're short with you, don't even make eye contact half the time, forget drink orders and get annoyed if you don't finish the soup and/or ginger salad they give you with hibachi. Which is awkward... but, I love the hibachi options and drinks so I'll keep coming back... till I find something better. read more

Had snow crab salad, Iowa roll, seafood fantasy roll and Gangnam roll. That is the order in which we liked the roles. I don't like the spicy tuna at all. Otherwise, it was all good but not amazing. read more

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This is a great little hibachi spot in Ankeny. The food is always tasty and the cooks are always super engaging. If I had to pick a flaw it is that portions are somewhat inconsistent. Some times I have so much rice I can take it home for a meal the next day and other times it's just enough for dinner. I think they somewhat recently went with a cheaper scallop option as well over the circular whole scallop. Either way it's is a dinner staple for us! read more

Love this place!! The staff is always so warm and welcoming! Service is always very prompt. I love the sashimi and sushi combo, and we almost always get the calamari for an appetizer. Sometimes we opt for the Love Boat because it's loaded with all best sashimi and sushi! The restaurant is always very clean, and the staff are all so friendly! This is my go-to sushi place. My son loves the hibachi, and enjoys the show you get when sitting on the hibachi side. I personally prefer a booth on the main restaurant floor, but it's nice to be able to choose. read more

Tokyo Steakhouse - Sashimi - Japanese Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

It has been over four years since I last ate at Tokyo Steakhouse with my favorite dining companion. We had a great experience then, so we had high expectations for our return visit. We came in mid afternoon, around 2pm. The restaurant was fairly empty, but that's to be expected at such odd dining hours. We were hungry now and in Ankeny, and Tokyo Steakhouse is quite literally on the way back to I-35, so it was a logical stop for us. We were seated quickly by our server Aaron. He confessed that it was only his third day on the job, but he was giving it his absolute best. No worries, Aaron. We are all newbies at one time. We got some glasses of water and began to peruse the menu. We noticed the Sky Roll on the Specials board. It immediately looked like a winner. Our other choice was the Sashimi Deluxe. 18 pcs of Sashimi for $27 is a very solid deal in this economy. My favorite dining companion also opted for a Peachtini, as she does love Martinis. Our food took a little longer than expected to arrive, but I can forgive slightly slow ticket times, for exceptional food. That was absolutely the case here. The presentation was very nice, and the cuts of fish were beautiful. We especially appreciated Toro Ahi instead of your run-of-the-mill Ahi. Also present were Yellowtail, Salmon, braised baby Yellowtail, and Escolar. All of the Sashimi was excellent. The Sky Roll was so good that I wish I had ordered two of them. Such a satisfying combination of so many flavors. Well done, gentlemen. We gave our compliments to the sushi chefs.. Aaron was a great server. He provided excellent service, and was very polite. He even very carefully boxed up the leftovers for my favorite dining companion to eat later. So after four and a half years, Tokyo Steakhouse is still extremely good. We will be back again for sure, but a lot sooner than four and a half years from now. read more

Tokyo Steakhouse - Sky Roll and Sashimi Deluxe. Absolutely delicious, and well priced, to boot. - Japanese Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

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Seems that they are cutting corners on everything. Hot tea is microwaved diluted a good few times water. Service is Marginal. We were hoping to have our anniversary dinner there.... I'm extremely disappointed... hibachi meats are tough and tasteless .. read more

Wonderful wonderful!!!!! Our waitress was great and the food was outstanding! I had the steak and shrimp and had my leftovers for lunch the next day and it was all just as good! We will be back! read more

the waitress won't even say hi to us. horrible. Maybe shes having a bad night. The chef was great! Maybe be cause its Monday. read more

I want to start this review by stating that the food was pretty good. Besides a few pieces of chicken and vegetables that were charred, the hibachi was decent. That is about the extent of the positives. The restaurant is not very clean. The floor is sticky, the walls and ceilings soiled, and in general, it needs some work. The hostess staff tried to be pleasant, but was somewhat rude and thought it appropriate to speak down to our party. Not a good look. All of that said, the place was pretty busy. With the availability of Japanese cuisine in the area, I find this surprising. If you are simply looking for decent hibachi, this may be the place. Looking for an experience, maybe not... read more

This is now our go-to restaurant when we want to impress our guests! The food is always phenomenal and the environment both fun yet casual-elegant. The service is of the highest quality and the server always puts on a high energy show - we love them! The amount of food and the quality of food keeps us coming back for more! read more

My husband and I decided we REALLY were craving Ohana...unfortunately since they are extremely difficult to get into lately we had to settle with Tokyo Steakhouse in Ankeny. We got there and immediately the hostess seemed extremely hostile. She was harassing the group in front of me because they now only had 7 people instead of 10 that their reservation was for. She refused to seat them until their entire party was there and honestly wouldn't even give them the opportunity to explain that it is now only 7 people and not 10. She finally seated them and I stood at the hostess stand being ignored for a good while. She finally got to me and I informed her we had 3. Very angrily she ran to the back room to check and said "I can seat now." PERFECT! I called my husband who was waiting in the car with our toddler to come on it. He got in and we waited another good while before she even acknowledged that we were there. She took us back to where she was seating us and it was apparently this little scrunched up spot not even close to the grill (borderline infront of the other grill) at this point I was questioning if it was even worth it and the hostess said "sit down or leave" uhm.... excuse me? So of course when we asked for a high chair to put our toddler in she sighed and LITERALLY shoved the chair in our direction and ran off. Good lord. Whoever she is....she needs a lesson in customer service. Anyway, food was ok...definitely not Ohana level but it satisfied our craving. We were sat with the group that was harassed by her before me so we got to have a good "discussion" about her attitude.. Waitress seem overwhelmed but overall was great and the cook clearly had skills but I could tell that he was most likely being told from management to get in and out and not take the time to interact much. Tbh.. we probably won't go back due to the rude behavior of the hostess and the fact that is just wasn't at Ohana level for flavor of food (they don't offer the chili garlic and chili oil and my Lao hubby needs that flavor ). She needs to check her attitude at the door. read more

After reading through some reviews and seeing that most of the low reviews were service related and not food related we decided to try Tokyo Steakhouse out and I thought it was good! We had Shumai, a bento box and a sushi sampler. The Shumai was great, and the sushi was good; seemed to be good quality. I believe this is a great suburban option for sushi, it's not the best I've ever had but by far not the worse. We also had very good service. They were quick and thorough, but not pushy. read more

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The Food was great and such fast service. Quiet atmosphere where we could talk and enjoy ourselves.

Food was great, fried rice was my favorite. The place is very clean and not too loud. Service was very quick and friendly.

Food tasted awesome but portions were horrible. The price was still hefty. Never have I ever seen a hibachi chef count the pieces of meat before serving you. read more

Absolutely loved my experience here! I loved their sushi?? This is my first time not going for their usual hibachi grill options which I cannot commend enough! The lady taking my order on the phone was a delight, my order was ready in 10 minutes & again, the service has always been incredible - whether take out or sitting in. Love the environment & will continue to go back for both special occasions & trying more of their rolls!! Lovely! read more

Tokyo Steakhouse - J.b . Tempura Roll, Las Vegas Roll, & the Philadelphia Roll (made spicy by request) - Japanese Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

Went with the family here for a birthday party! Overall experience was underwhelming as we were extremely rushed and felt like we were in line of the "soup nazi" episode of Seinfeld. Server was extremely impatient and everyone even the kids noticed how rushed we were. The actual food and hibachi experience was decent, although our chef did not do a lot of entertaining as we are used to with this type of experience. The fried rice and the different meats including shrimp, steak, scallops, and chicken was done well. Will not likely return here due to the service but maybe it was just an off night for them as they were busy. read more

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Tokyo Steakhouse will open on 4/23/2020 Thursday! For carry-out only Mon-Friday 3:30-8:30 pm Sat-Sunday 12:00-8:30pm read more

Tokyo Steakhouse - Japanese Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

Great food and great service. Hibachi is consistently of great quality, and that is considering I have eaten there for over a decade!

Food was mediocre, bland and tasted old. Server Samantha said a swear word at me and my family to " just effing take it with you" and slammed a box on our table, I told her to get her manager and no one ever came to our table so we left. Terrible experience and I will be telling everyone and every platform about this. read more

My husband and I needed to have dinner and kill time while our house was being shown. We chose to try this place out for dinner. I had the beef yakisoba and a sweet potato roll while he had the spicy maki combo. I loved the sweet potato roll! I would have loved my noodles more had I remembered to order them with no veggies. My biggest complaint about this is there are always SO many veggies and barely any meat and noodles. My dish had an excessive amount of onion as well. My husband seemed to enjoy his dinner and he ate all of his salad and soup. I thought the food to price ratio was very good! I would definitely return or recommend to others! read more

Tokyo Steakhouse - Sweet potato roll - Japanese Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

Really enjoyed the hibachi show here and the food was delicious. Fun atmosphere and friendly service. The rice was delicious as was all of the hibachi meats. The hibachi chef squirted sake into everyone's mouths, gave everyone extra food, and was very fun and accommodating. I will definitely be back. Only complaint is that it could have lasted longer. The appletini was sour and delicious too. read more

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The servers and hostesses were rude and rolled their eyes when one of us asked for a food suggestion. The food was fine for the most part, but the rice was undercooked. I guess we were just looking for more of an experience paired with good food. I don't like leaving negative reviews so maybe we will return in the future to see if it was just a fluke! read more

Great welcoming from the staff. Good food and meal presentation. Great services. Definitely recommended.. read more

Tokyo Steakhouse - Japanese Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

Always a solid place. Sushi was good as always...love every seaweed salad I eat. Tempura veggies and udon noodle bowl good as well. Little bit of slow service but other than that another good visit! read more

Tokyo Steakhouse - Japanese Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

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First off you don't get what you pay for. I ordered the hibachi chicken dinner and received a plate with 2 shrimp, a spoonful of rice that I couldn't tell if it was authentic fried rice and veggies that obviously came from a frozen pre-mix bag that they added onion to. The chicken was about 85% cooked all the way through but the fact that I only received 2 pieces of shrimp was the what made me upset the most. The kicker was when I saw my bill and they added 2 more dollars to the price of everything than what the menu said and my waitress said that it said it on the menu....‍ read more

Went here before prom in 2022. The chef threw zucchini at me like 4 times but that's because I can't catch zucchini in my mouth I guess. My bad. Food was good, but my friend got food poisoning and so we sat in the school cafeteria during after prom because she felt like she was going to throw up for the entire night. read more

I'm a tough critic when it comes to Sushi. Stopped in with a friend today for 3 spicy tuna rolls Crab,Tuna,Salmon They were ok; if you are going to make sushi make the very very best. Could have been colder and wrapped tighter The soy sauce was super fresh I consider it average, but good read more

The hibachi experience may be a pretty penny, but these guys deliver the full experience plus amazing food. During COVID, they do have some restrictions, such as keeping your mask on when you're away from your seat and having your party seated one chair away from other parties in either direction when possible. I'm coming back tonight! Second time this month! read more

Who would think you could great great Sushi in Iowa.. But actually Des Moines and the surrounding cities have some really great spots! Tokyo Steakhouse, fits the mold. Great daily lunch specials, you can get 3 rolls and a salad for under 12 bucks! That rules! The veggie rolls were fresh and the avocado tasted really great! Cheap domestic beers. The staff was attentive with filling up waters and the bathroom were clean! I dug the layout and look of the spot including cool mural on window! All in all not the best in the area, but what a great spot for an affordable lunch right off the interstate! read more

I took a work colleague from out of town here for lunch this past weekend. We were in a rush and let our server know right away. She was fast and friendly with all of our order and we definitely appreciated it. We ordered the gyoza appetizer. Omg was it good!! I would come back just for this dish alone. We also got a California Roll, Mango Lover Roll and the New England Roll. I stuck with the New England Roll and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm always looking for rolls with no fried or tempura components and so I appreciated this option. The fish was chilled and fresh. The spicy tuna was the right amount of spicy and not overly wet (you know how some places put too much mayo?) and it tastes great. My lunch companion also really enjoyed her lunch. I will be recommending this restaurant to people in the Ankeny area and can't wait to go back myself. read more

Last time I came in here with a friend and it was fun! The food was VERY good. Clean. Family friendly. Friendly staff. Prices are a bit up there, but average for hibachi grill around the area(like Ohana). Lot parking. Decor is nice here. Marcy'sDinerTantrumScale 5/5- NoScreamingKids. read more

This place has great sushi and really great lunch / happy hour specials. I recommend the Crunch Roll or Gangham Style - they are great! I like the atmosphere here, the booths are quiet and have high backs. It's a good spot for dates that way. Frequently, I eat here for lunch. The Bento Boxes are good value, I like the salmon best. The past few times I've had the chicken it was dry. You can also have Teppenyakii. The chefs are inconsistent - we have had great ones, and a few that were light on personality. It's not bad, but there are better ones in town The best part of this place is the sushi, specials and quiet atmosphere. read more

I am a fan of sushi and have eaten almost every item off most common sushi menus. Tokyo Steakhouse is split into a hibachi seating area and regular dining. I have been to both. I've eaten here countless times and have enjoyed it. I would say the Hibachi is nothing amazing, taste is standard. The sushi is also average, nothing premium. The staff is friendly and the decor is nice. Certain hours they are very busy and other times a bit slower. Price is higher because it is a sushi restaurant, but standard for a sushi eatery. I would like to point out this is NOT a high class sushi restaurant with premium grade food. Now, I've been to high class sushi places before and they are good but at a much higher cost. This place is good, but not a luxurious date place. read more

Tokyo Steakhouse - Japanese Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

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They made me a Jalapeño Bomb (not on the menu) & the hibachi was great! Ask for the white guy!! Serious - ask for Bud... Nice tall Sapporo's, tender meat, killer shrimp and he made 4 custom orders of rice.... Due to dietary restrictions. Great personality, awesome showmanship and most importantly a great chef!! read more

Tokyo Steakhouse - On left- Jalapeño bomb (not on menu) as on right Ninja Roll - Japanese Near Me - Ankeny, Iowa

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This is my second time here. 1st time sat in the regular dining room. This time we sat on the hibachi side. I think this place is smaller compared to other hibachi places. The server we had was very loud and rude. Not sure if she realized how she was talking, but she just seemed to very stressed and angry during entire meal. Sushi is mediocre here. My hand rolls I ordered were very sloppily put together and had rice sticking on the outside of the cone and very few ingredients inside. I ordered the philly and salmon skin roll. Very little filling. Would not order again. Tonkatsu with rice - fried okay, but very oily. Pork was overcooked. Chicken hibachi - onion soup that comes with it is very bland. Like warm water and fried onion pieces with a few mushroom slices. Ginger salad - only greens no other vegetables. Fried rice, vegs, and chicken were decent. Make sure to check your bill too. They do add gratuity to larger parties. They also overcharged our party for extra hibachi meals even though we did not order. We brought this to their attention and she said we did not pay for the other parties meal. We showed her receipt that we had been charged the meal and plus we paid for it. She ended up removing the charge. Overall waitress was rude and yelled. Or maybe that is how she talks to people. Either way not very inviting. I think there are better choices for hibachi and sushi. read more