Benihana - Minneapolis

Always love eating at Benihana!! Took my 15 yro Turkish host daughter here for her birthday. She was impressed with the show and loved the food. Covid19 was still in the early stages but the staff were cleaning like crazy which was appreciated. Our server was awful, but we are all allowed a bad day or 2.

Birthday dinner

The food was excellent and the service was pretty good. The server got confused on the birthdays.

The guy that seated us was semi-rude, telling us to line up I. The order to be seated. He was short with us about it. We were supposed to get how tea with out very expensive meals but never got the tea. The food was good and the chef did a good and entertaining job. It was loud in there and no one asked us if we wanted anything to drink after the first time. I think we were all supposed to get ice cream. I’m not sure they made that clear with everyone when they asked if we wanted it. Hard to hear in there!
Despite all of that I enjoyed it and would go back again as it’s a good time and good food!

The chef was bomb service was aight the bartenders are hella weird and stuck up drinks At the bar are highly overpriced

Was not seated until 30 minutes after reservation, Chef was not listening to the guests either

We had a reservation and we were waiting for the last person to show up. They texted and said they were 5min away, so we let the host know, thinking maybe we could be seated and at least order drinks or something, but was told we had to wait for the whole party to be there. When our person arrived I let the host know and we were told that we would be seated in a few minutes. 10 minutes later we were seated. Kind of necessary in my mind, but ok. Our server was only seen for the first portion of our meal. The chef was wonderful and skilled and was the saving grace of our whole experience. The food was tasty and the one cocktail I tried was delicious. Overall, I think I would try a different location before returning to this one.

Ulysses is an amazing cook! I may have misspelled his name wrong but he made our food excellent I wish I could request him again.

It was nice for my daughter’s birthday.

The food here at Benihana’s is always good. It’s even better when you get a chef that also likes to have fun ! When I get a chef like that, I always make sure to tip him extra 😁

It was good..Havent been in a while but it was delicious..

I really enjoy & prefer this location over the Mall of America location. It’s right off the highway & you walk directly from the parking lot to the restaurant. Whereas at the MOA you have to walk through the mall & foot traffic before you arrive. The portions were a bit larger than the MOA. Our chef (Daniel) was engaging with my 7 year old daughter & she really enjoyed it.

Very disappointed with the service this time. Have been going for years for our birthdays and no picture was taken, no happy birthday song, the server asked my son and every other guest at the table if they wanted dessert but not me. The hosts were very confused and gave me two different pagers cause they continued to get more confused. We also waited at our table a long time before getting any service. I will probably not go back to this location again after going for over 20 years.

Benihana's is always a good place to go. In this visit the service was very good and attentive. The chef was friendly, engaging, and did a great job with the food prep. Overall a very good time out.

Our party was bigger than we had planned and the manager was super nice about accomidating our change.

Nothing really good to be said, other than the food was decent, but still overpriced.

Great night out with family for a birthday dinner.

Birthdays , lunch , dinner, night out with the girls, any way you can convince yourself to come to benihana's you will be happy, it's always yummy from the chiefs to the host everyone is so happy and ready to adjust the food to your liking. I have always found the golden valley benihana's food and service better then that of mall of America, I think because this team has been together for some many years they work well

Great food in a great place! Chef was good and the server was really nice. Always a good place to dine for any occasion.

It was okay

Sergio presented and prepared our meal with style. He had quite the personality.

Our server was below average. She was slow to check on beverages and applied my birthday certificate to the other party at the table bill.

Had a wonderful dinner. Food was great as it has been every time I have been there. Love the Minneapolis location.

Always the best time for dinner. My kids had a blast watching the chef. Food was so good.

It was a great time. Great food!!! The server and cook were wonderful. I always enjoy my visits

I order a double chicken duet and recieved a single portion. The cook acted like he was afraid to give us sauce. My wife's chicken tasted like rubber. This used to be my go to when I worked in the area, but I will not be returning.

We have been there many times. We had 2 birthday teens. One turned 14 on the day we were there and the other was 15. We had the birthday meal coupon. They wouldn’t let us use on a Sunday. I think they should have allowed us to use it. Make an exception. I used to work in a restaurant and sometimes you just do that for people. That was very, very disappointing to me. We are repeat customers for 6 years now coming in for birthdays.

Valentine’s Day, so it was busy as you can imagine.
Personally it was my first time eating at the restaurant, but my date raves about it. Food was great, fair prices

Late with appointments, took us another hour to get a drink and level saw the waitress again. Overpriced and cook is over cooked.

Charge you a extra 20% without telling you had no problem tipping but for them to take theyre tip without warning ill never return there

The food was overly priced for the quality that you got. I have been to many other Hibachi Restaurants that offered higher quality food for better pricing. Not to mention my fiancee got sick that night after eating there

Made reservation early for Valentine’s Day. Had 2 kids with us and were sat with another family with 2 kids. Definitely helped us feel less judged if the kids were acting up. Good food and experience. Wish they had more deals for special events.

Overall a good experience. The food is very good as it is always. Service was a bit slow after we were seated. But it was Valentine's Day, so some delay wasn't unexpected. There were a few small cranky kids that were annoying. It was disappointing there did not seem to be any Valentine's Day specials.

It was good

We were greeted by the rudest front staff I have ever dealt with before at a restaurant. Big bummer to the night.

It’s just not the same anymore ! The staff is rude ! The management is rude ! We come in and spend $100+ on food and don’t even get treated with the appropriate service anymore ! It really sucks because my son and I love this place and we were going to go there for his birthday but we will find another place to go . Between Maple Grove and the Mall of America as well as Golden Valley, Benihana is just not a great restaurant to go to anymore. We get looked at like we are outsiders because of the color of our skin and trust me when I say the treatment is the same way. I’ll never expose my son to this again.

The $4.60 upgrade to fried rice was the only thing preventing me from a better review.

Made reservations for 8:00pm me and my table of 8 were not seated until 8:45. Hostess gave me a buzzer and told us our table was ready and my next and my party stand and give up our seats at the bar for a table that was not ready. After a 15 minute wait we were finally seated. After we were seated and orders were taken waitress was no where to be found so, nobody could get their drinks refilled. This was my worst fine dining experience ever. I will not be returning to the Golden Valley location ever!!!!

The only complaint was that they sat us about 25 minutes after the time of our reservation.

It was just a staffing and language barrier, other than that ok dining.

It’s common with this restaurant that reservations and getting sat timely never happens over lunch. They will not seat you until all your guests are present, even if you tell them that we were prepared to order for the late person. Lunch needs to be more flexible in this policy to accommodate for work.