Reviews for Benihana in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL
We called and were told no reservations needed, just walk in for a party of 8, on Sunday. We walked in at 5:45pm and were not... seated at a table until 7:20pm. We waited almost another hour for our chef to arrive at our table. The waitress had no smile, nodesire to be there. My first drink tasted like cheap liquor (I guess they forgot the cherry flavor) I drank it. I ordered asecond drink but different, glass was chipped at the rim and cracked down to the stem. How was that missed? Waitress was nowhereto be found, very inattentive. The manager had to be flagged down to have my drink glass replaced. The waitress came to bring mea new drink and I said thank you the first glass was cracked and she just turned away without saying your welcome. While ourChef cooked for us another chef walked by taunting him. That was rude and unprofessional. Our Chef just ignored him andcontinued to cook. Our Chef was friendly and the food was amazing but not enough to warrant the more than $500 bill. Experiencewas not pleasurable, (Chef made it better). For that amount of money food and experience must be on point. I would not recommendthis location. Read more
Touché is the best waiter ever! Super fun personal very professional and professional he was so good we thought he was the... manager. The water views are gorgeous and our chef was hilarious and super talented. Best show ever! Read more
Where's the rest?? When we got there, the fume hood was dripping onto the counter. My husband wiped the fume hood and the... counter himself. The waitress was very nice though and offered to reseat us. The floors were dirty and it looks like they neednew carpet or this one needed a very deep clean. We ordered the tempura shrimp and it literally came as pictured which had usasking "where is the rest???" No dipping sauce or anything on the side. Same with the Dumplings. Came as pictured and no sauceor anything on the side. They had ceramic sauce bowls next to us but when we asked for sauce they brought some in plastic to gocups... not sure what that was about. The main dish was good though. They messed up the order of the party that was with us, butour order was correct, at least there is that. The food tasted very good, I just didn't grab photos. The counter tops are a bitsmall too and filled up fairly quickly. This is an OK place, I expected more since everyone I know raves about it but it didn'tlive up to the expectations I was expecting. Read more
Atmosphere was calm and very quiet, l sharing a table with stranger was delightful, the chef was polite, respectful and very... entertaining, the food was delightful, fresh and hot. It was my birthday day and the sing happy birthday in English andJapanese. Vanessa my host was wonderful and sweet. Read more
Everything was great once we got to our table and got a chef. We had 6:45pm reservations and it was my daughters birthday, we... waited 40-45 mins past that time to be seat, what’s the point of a reservation? Once we got back to a table we were informedthat they were running behind and a chef wasn’t available for us. The hostess then told us to order appetizers and drinksbecause it would be “a while” before a chef would become available (of course for extra fees). After waiting about 45mins toan hour we finally got a chef….she was ABSOLUTELY worth the wait, one of the best we have ever had there. Our waiter Dave wasalso AMAZING, my drink never went empty and he was prompt with the soups and salads. We left around 9:30pm. This would havegotten 5 stars had the seating been prompt and the availability of chefs been better. Read more
Lovely food and a great show and quality food delivered by the chef. Staff were very friendly and funny to be around. Manager... Ann-Marie is an absolute star and made it a great night for us. Thanks again and see you soon. ?????????? Read more
Always a good experience! I got tuna steak hibachi with beef fried rice (I picked the steak and the waiter picked the rice, I... had him surprise me) and it was so good! It was flavorful, filling, and my boyfriend loved my leftovers haha. My friend got theshrimp with chicken fried rice. I got her leftovers since she was leaving the next morning and that was amazing! Always worththey money and the wait. Read more
The restaurant is severely understaffed and it showed. Many tables were unattended and left dirty. I don’t believe it was the... fault of the team that night. However, something must be done. In these times you may have to close some sections so you canfocus on the tables you can operate well. Drinks were not good. Food was delicious. Get that team some help. They deservebetter. Read more