This long-standing restaurant makes your dining experience a theatrical event! It offers a culinary thrill as you watch the flying fingers of your tableside chef deftly chopping and cooking your food before your very eyes. The steaks are flavorful and tender, while the lobster is sweet and succulent. Guests may also enjoy fresh sushi at the contemporary sushi bar. Dinner entrees range from $16-36. ...
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In Short Benihana started out as a tiny four-table restaurant in New York City's theater district before becoming an international chain. Diners sit around large tables where chefs ostentatiously chop, slice, stir-fry and grill. Entree options are simple--shrimp, chicken, steak and scallops--and preparation is uniform. Every entree comes with a similar stock of sides: rice, onion soup, shrimp ...
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Posted by Citysearch
on April 05, 2008, (Edited December 11, 2007)
On the table
For more than 40 years, Benihana has been preparing meals at the tables of its guests, a tradition started when Rocky H. Aoki opened the first Benihana on New York's Westside. Today there are more than 50 Benihana restaurants around the country.
What to expect
The traditional Japanese cuisine is chopped, sliced, diced and cooked on a large frying surface in the center of your table ...
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The sushi bar is kind of small, but good food. The drinks are a little expensive. If you're a party of less than 8 then you'll probably be sharing the table with strangers. It's a fun show if you've never been. The chefs are nice and they entertain you with their cooking. The food is good. I'd recommend getting the fried rice with your meal because it's fun to watch them prepare it for you. The chef ...
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Whenever we have a special occasion we head to Benihana's. Not only great Japanese food but excellent entertainment in watching the chef's prepare your meal before your eyes. Their knife work is unbelievable!