Benihana - San Diego, CA

It was beautiful to get out and see the social distancing within the restaurant.

Great service by Joseph. Always amazing food, entertaining show, and overall an amazing time!

We had Alfredo as our chef....I think he is the best we have ever had!!!! And that’s saying a lot, we have been going to Benihana all over the US for decades !!!!! He was absolutely perfect!!!!!

Long wait. Overcooked food. Generally unsafe to sit in a room with strangers for 2 hours during a pandemic.

It was fun and entertaining. Had a group next to us that was obnoxiously loud though they had no foods, just drinking.

We were so thankful for the service Jose our server and Felipe our ichiban cook provided, it was our daughter’s first time there and it was special

We sure hope you can open more tables soon!

The food and service was amazing!

Great food, great cook but very slow service. Reservations were at 215 got seated 25 mins later and didnt start cooking till 315ish

It was nice. Been coming here for Ali most 38 years.

Our chef was Connor. He’s made the night. It was my bday and his personality took the cake. This man needs Raise!

Best,
Liz

Alfredo was a great hostess and the food came out amazing! For a rookie he did a great job and kept us entertained!

Fun. Exciting. Great chef and waitress. Always a good time.

Took our son and girlfriend here for dinner for his birthday. We had a great hostess and chef. We couldn’t have asked for more.

LOVED OUR CHEF he was AMAZING food was AMAZING Conner was overall the best chef and made the experience amazing

Great food & service!! Food prep was entertaining.

They are working through the pandemic in a professional and delicious manner. Tip these folks generously. ❤️

Celebrated my birthday here with my twin and family. We had a great time. It was our first time but we will definitely come back. Felipe was our chef and he was AWESOME!

Food an service were very good although I believe it is too expensive for the amount of food served.
But for once in a while it is a nice place for a different dinner experience.

Not a great experience. Personality and engagement with chef are part of the reason to go there. Very pricey and didn’t enjoy the visit. Won’t be returning!

Great waitress. Great chef. Overall great experience.

chef and server were very friendly and helpful. can’t wait to come again

Quality of picture was poor! I like to collect these every time I come here. Other than that we had a wonderful time and food was great. The chef was amazing! Service was excellent.

This is our Grandson favorite restaurant, so of course we are going to celebrate his special day there. Staff are always warm, helpful and welcoming, the chef entertaining all make our outing special.. The quality of the food and drinks never let us down. Thank you for you made our Grandson 16th Birthday Awesome!

The chefs are soooo talented!!

Absolutely the most impressive experience I've had at a restaurant in years. Kaemon, our chef, created wonderful food and put a slight spin on the food I've been eating for nearly a decade. I believe our waitress was Edna, and their synergy was what one would call; "Exquisite". You're so engrossed with the chef's cooking that your waitress already has your next set of drinks ready! I understand experiences vary between people, but the one my party and I went through had me talking for days about it. I already booked another dinner date! Hope to see those wonderful people again soon!

Service was good. Our chef was very friendly and personable—but he was very heavy handed with the pepper. All of our food was very overpowered with pepper!! Even the next day, we’re headed up our leftovers and we were still panting and the food was really overpowered from all the pepper!! Unfortunate when you drop $175 on one meal!

great service here

Thank you for great service. It was out first night out after a year of take-out. Celebrating my daughter's birthday was a success!

It was great we got a table for are self’s really nice

Our server was great and the chef was awesome. Reservations were easy to make plenty of time slots.

I’ve been going to Benihana’s often and really love their food and customer service. The chefs are funny and amazing at the same time!

My daughter’s birthday, we’ve been coming here for years. Always delicious and always a good time. They are doing a great job with all that’s going on. We’ll be coming back soon.

Our chef was Ricky and he was am AMAZING chef and enjoyed his cooking skills and was a hoot!!! Would give that guy a raise!

Fun entertainment place for dinner with family and friends

Love the food. While the chefs are really great, perhaps the host can ask the table if they want the show or just straight out cook the meals. Been coming here often that the show gets old .

18th birthday

Awesome ! So much fun to get out and eat inside! Sad that the restaurant is only at like 10 percent capacity. But lovely staff :-)

Great food and service!!

My family and I really enjoyed our experience at Benihana. Sat by the grill side for a birthday celebration and the staff were very friendly and intuitive to our needs. The food was absolutely phenomenal and you’re really paying for the Benihana experience. Highly recommended!

Everything was great the food and service