Benihana - San Diego, CA

Benihana - San Diego, CA reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Jason

   San Diego1 review

   5.0

   Dined today

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great atmosphere and everyone was nice, polite, and funny. Great place to celebrate 24 year anniversary with my wife!
   

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   Isabel

   San Diego1 review

   5.0

   Dined today

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It’s so beautiful place, good food and service, we waiting but everting it’s fine
   

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   Gabriela VIP

   Baltimore2 reviews

   1.0

   Dined today

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Waited so long for our reservation (50 minutes) that we decided to leave. So unprofessional
   

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   Dunya

   San Diego2 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   We’ve spent many Mother’s Day at Benihana but this year wasn’t the best. Our waitress was great, she was very friendly and helpful. The cook whose name was Fausto didn’t really put too much effort in the “show” part of the cooking so that was disappointing. The food was good , not great though especially for the price. Overall I just feel it could have been much better than it was.
   

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   Monique

   San Diego1 review

   5.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Even though the wait time was ridiculous and hostess wasn’t the best (attitude/rude) our server and chef made up for the wait and gave us the best service ever. Thank you to them both for making our wait and experience amazing
   

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   Maribel VIP

   San Diego9 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Had a great experience for a birthday celebration. Had Benihana delight and Rocky’s choice with sushi and 2 Benihana punch .
   

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   Salvador

   San Diego2 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Service was great food was delicious but you still end up waiting up to an hour past your reservation time.
   

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   Ana

   San Diego1 review

   1.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Our table wasn’t ready for almost 1 hour. Got the text at 8:54 and our reservation was at 8! This is not ok specially for people celebrating a special occasion with their family with small kids. Can’t review the food since we have to go home hungry!
   

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   Teri VIP

   San Diego55 reviews

   3.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   I ordered a scallop dinner there weren’t very many scallops at all. $45 for a few scallops the chicken fried rice should be included years ago $30 same portion. Unfortunately, the chef put chunks of steak on my plate by mistake instead of giving me a clean plate I had to put the steak on the correct plate next to me my scallops didn’t taste great because of the juice from the steak I don’t eat steak. Such slow waitress 1/2 hr before I got my tea never checked for refills I had to chase her down. They NEED more staff!!
   

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    Stevie

    San Francisco2 reviews

    5.0

    Dined 3 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Jesse O. was funny and got us entertained. Food and drinks were great and glad it was next to WorldMark. Benihana has always been great!
    

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