Reviews for Benihana in Santa Monica, CA
This is the place to go for birthdays, I believe my table was the only one that didn't have a birthday. Was there for a special... occasion but birthday songs all night long. Lots of fun and a lot of good food to be had here. Highly recommend to makereservations 24 hours or more in advance if you can. They do take walk ins but your wait time might be unbearable. You willalso need to set aside a few hours if you decide to dine here Read more
Had a great time eating the food. Make sure to make an appointment earlier if possible. Even if reservations, it can take up to... 2 hours for a table. Otherwise, an energetic environment! Read more
We had to wait a while to get our table even though we had reservations they gave us 3 different plates of sushi ???? for free... which was really nice because we were starving Antonio was a great chef ????????? really FUN?? his tricks were awesome my kidshad a blast and so did the rest of my family ???? as well it was my bday ???? ???? ???? ???? Dinner first time as well visitingthis location the staff was nice too and friendly ???? ???? Read more
Definitely appreciate the manager working hard to keep the customers satisfied while overly having to wait for a chef to come to... actually make the meal we came for,,,,,, but after that my food was delicious. Can never say it wasn't freshly made. ???? Read more
Great experience with the family. Not only was our chef a great cook, she was very, friendly and fun. Scallop which was really... delicious with some friend and steam rice. The sauces they give you are tasty as well. Sushi was pretty good too. Our nieces hada blast with the onion volcano presentation. It’s pricey but the whole experience was worth it Read more
We had a lunch at Benihana. Source is not my fav. Performance is okay even better than other places but chicken rice is bit... salty. And restaurant has something sewer smell this time. Read more
1st time was definitely the charm here. Was so impressed and entertained by our chef. She also performed magic so how awesome... was that?..???????????? I had a great table with cool, down to earth people, great atmosphere, and definitely great food... Read more
I came here during happy hour, I was looking forward to the crispy rice ????, but unfortunately it tasted like old fish. I... couldn’t bare eating one more bite????… it was a little to fishy. Definitely didn’t trust other fish dishes after this???? Read more