We treated the kids to a meal here for our final night in Santa Monica. Started out fairly well but after our drinks came it went downhill fast. Our cook was entertaining, food was salty but overall quite good but drink service was brutal. This restaurant could be so great but needs more attention to servicing the customer.
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Ranked #199 of 339 restaurants in Santa Monica
9 Reviews
Price range: INR1,182 - INR1,689
Cuisines: Japanese
Good for: Groups, Business
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The food at this Benihana is no worse or better than other tepan places. The extra nice touch was that they add chicken to their fried rice. We had the worst waitress. Very slow and never brought us what we wanted. We kept having to ask other severs for exotic things like a fork or water. The place was packed....
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Good food, good environmental and chef cooking in your table doing a lot of performances in front of you. A good place for have some fun while you eat.
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I've to Benihana in London (some years ago) so I was keen to try out the Santa Monica experience. It was not disappointing and the staff were friendly and welcoming. We had a thoroughly entertaining chef who was skilled and an experienced cook. The results were delicious. We also had a great table (but that really is the luck of...
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We ate at Behihaha, Santa Monica on Sunday 2nd August. Service was very slow - it look 40 minutes before we were seated and a further 30 minutes before our drink order was taken. The empty plates placed before us were greasy. We asked for them to be changed. The 'fresh' ones were no better. The drinks also arrived in...
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I always love Benihana's food. Out-of-town visitors like the show.
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1 star for food, 1 star for show
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My chef wasn't exciting at all... food was okay.
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