Benihana - Japanese restaurant in Anaheim - 2100 E Ball Rd, USA

It was my first visit here, and I've been recommended by my friends. All the table is for their birthday. It was a perfect place to celebrate. The food and show were really awesome. I was so happy !!! Even you guys are singing birthday songs for every table.... If you have a little bit of a side dish like cucumber, it will be much better. Thank you so much !!!!!!

This was the worst service I’ve ever experienced in a restaurant. This location is absolutely terrible and all of their 1 star reviews need to be taken seriously. Worst management ever. My boyfriend and I called in at 8:45 to make sure it wasn’t too late to place a pick up order and we were assured that it would be fine as long as we get our order in by 10pm. We ended up placing a pick up order over the phone at 9:15pm and was told to pick it up at 10:20 pm. (We paid over the phone before arriving.) When we arrived they informed us that they didn’t have any record of our pick up order and that they would look into it for us. About 15 minutes later they came out and said that they found it and it was an error on their end and the system placed the order for tomorrow night instead of tonight. Joe let us know that he could still make it for us and that it wasn’t a problem. We thanked him and patiently waited. About 45 minutes later the sweet server comes out and brings us our food. We opened it to make sure everything was right and we saw that they gave us cold scraps from the grill as our steak and shrimp. The steak was without a doubt scraps that didn’t make it on to the plates earlier in the night. It was filled up with 90% fat and tendons. They made us wait 45 minutes to give us a cold plate filled with rejected food from earlier in the night that probably took them about 10 minutes to throw together. We then asked if we could speak to the manager and Joe came out to greet us. We told him our concerns with the quality of the meat while showing it to him and he assured us that what we were served was accurate and fresh. Skating passed the fact that this is a health code violation, he said that we got the proper ounces of meat and that if anything wasn’t up to standards then it would only be the chefs fault for cutting the meat like this. I told him that I wish he would’ve just let us know that they didn’t have the time or proper amount of food to fulfill our order and we would’ve been fine with just picking it up tomorrow instead. He then said that they have plenty of food and lack of food isn’t an issue. He told us that we got the proper amount and proper quality of food and sent us on our way. If a manager is comfortable with serving this quality of meat to customers then upper level management should find that to be incredibly alarming. Joe was probably the worst manager I’ve ever dealt with. You should never let guests leave with this low level quality of meat no matter what. I would have much rather been told that we would not be able to get our food tonight then to be served scraps with a smile on his face. Once we got home and really were able to look at the food it was even worse than we originally thought. On a brighter note, whoever was the closing sushi chef on 12/27 was an absolute pleasure. He is the best employee you guys have. He was incredibly sweet and informative. He was great at making small talk and ensuring a great guest experience. Joe on the other hand is ill-equipped and lacks every good trait even an entry level manager should have. He has no business working with the general public let alone working in food.

Came here for my birthday with wife and baby! Little guys first hibachi and loved it!! Food was amazing and used my birthday certificate! The chef was very friendly and made it enjoyable!

Nice clean place, was greeted, but greeter acted like she really didn't want to be there. Server was a good, but she did forget to bring out my soup I ordered at the beginning of our meal 06/16/23 vutni did pay for it. The hibachi cook was great , he kept us all entertained, and cooked out food to perfection. Great atmosphere for kids and adults a like. Will recommend to friends and family

Food prepared right in front of you. Chefs are entertaining while cooking. We had a wonderfully delicious time.

Excellent food and service. Our chef, Josue was so nice and welcoming. Our servers were attentive and caring. Overall, a fun and tasty experience. Thanks for the great time!

We were regulars at Newport Beach but due to their decline decided to try here before giving up on the brand…. Happy to share our experience was outstanding! I had brought a young woman and her 7 year old daughter. Was grateful that Chef Tony took the time to interact with her and really gave her a great show. Mia loved his “magic tricks!” The food was well made, perfectly cooked to order and more than enough that everyone took home leftovers. Yummy! The place was delightfully cool but not chilly, very clean, well lit, exceptional service from greeting through to departure and we made lifetime, awesome memories. We will assuredly return to this Anaheim location.

the service was super slow with a reservation. Food came too separated and soup was cold. I think personally it might have been the servers fault so I won’t judge the whole restaurant for it.. but we did wait 30 min to get our first soup… anywho! Let’s get into it. Food: Ordered the New York steak. Wow! So delicious! The rice? Exquisite! High in sodium but it was worth it! Ordered the shrimp fried rice. Onion soup, cold and a bit too small portion. Salad, it’s alright. Nothing to talk about Ingredients, ALOT of butter and garlic butter as well as soy sauce. If you have a weak stomach you will have gas later but at least you’ll be happy! Service: a bit mediocre. The server was nice but didn’t really come check on us as much as I’d like. Atmosphere. Nice venue! Very cute and a little small. They got security.