Reviews for Benihana in San Diego, CA
We had reservations for 8 o’clock they seat us about 8:30. things were going really slow but when we finally got a cook he was... really good. he put on a great show I’ve been to a lot of Benihana‘s and I’ve never seen any of the tricks that this guydoes his name was Tino and I highly recommend Tino for anyone that’s coming here we had a great experience and he really knowshow to cook the food. What time we were done with everything it was after 11:00 pm so I did take a long time Read more
What a fun experience! Our server was Miles and chef was Tino. They both delivered. The table seats 8 and since we were a party... of 4, we were seated with two other parties of 2 each. All the food we ordered was delicious (shrimp, scallops, steak, chicken,mushrooms, zucchini, onions) and Miles and Tino kept us entertained. Read more
Don't come here if you're hungry. I made a reservation for 7p.m. I made sure to arrive early but apparently that wasn't needed.... My table was not ready until almost 7:30. The waitress came over right away to take our orders and since I was hungry I madesure to order an appetizer so I wouldn't have to wait for the chef. Needless to say by 8p.m. I had to remind my server about myappetizer which was just edamame so it shouldn't have taken that long and our chef did not come to the table until a littleafter 8:30. I don't think waiting an hour and a half to eat is acceptable when you make a reservation. I still rated thisBenihana's with three stars because once the chef showed up he was highly entertaining and the food was good. But the wait kindof spoiled the whole night for all of us. Read more
I had my birthday celebration with a large party so highly recommend a reservation for dinner time! The food was delicious and... worked around my shellfish allergy. We had Chef Kyle, as our first experience, we truly enjoyed his humor and interaction withour large group of 8 adults. The staff & manager was helpful in storing my birthday cake and brought our extra utensils andplates for my guests. I can’t wait to return again! Read more
Such a waste experience for 90$ I booked reservation at 8.30pm and Chef got to table at 10.30pm ! Not even once the manager came... to apologize and the worse part they were not willing to even give 5% discount for waiting at our table without food! The chefcompleted cooking within 15-20mins and none of the food was prepared the authentic Benihana way! This is the fourth franchiseI’m eating in and probably the only worst tasting food! The chicken was not well cooked . Such a disappointment and if you areshort on chef please don’t take reservations and waste our money and time Read more
The food is good. 2 stars due to long waits. We arrived on time for our 8:15pm reservation and we still endured a 25 minute wait... to be seated. We were seated at a table that still had crumbs. Waiter took our drink orders promptly, but we received our drinks45 mins later. Mind you, I’m here celebrating a birthday. We received soup after sitting at the table for an hour… and chefdidn’t start cooking until 10pm… so if you are on a time limit or just don’t want to experience long waits- then thinktwice. Our server was very positive .. but the timing of everything was unbearable. Everything still tasted lovely. Instead ofasking what flavor of ice cream we wanted, waiter asked if we wanted ice cream… isn’t part of the 6 courses that we paidfor… then yes we want it . Read more
This is not something spectacular place but it is good for a Japanese steak house. Would prefer 3 stars because of prices. Yiu... have to pay extra for fried rice which I have never seen at such a place. Lots of birthdays being celebrated here. Giving 4stars for the $30 off for your birthday. Food fresh, good cooks Read more
Celebration of my 51st BIRTHDAY at Benihana! Loved every second of it! It was fun, the staff is entertaining, our food was... yummy and everyone from young to wisely enjoyed themselves!! I thought the birthday singing was super fun! Read more