The Rocks Teppanyaki

One of the worst meal experiences of my life. WHERE WHERE THE WAITERS??? this lovely experience started with us having to wait 45 mins for a table after we where seated we waited another 45 mins for someone to take our order??? Our Chef bob was so unfriendly he could have been part of Hitlers reich movement. The grill was filthy looked like the last time it was cleaned was many years ago. All our food served was terrible quality and mostly still cold I am praying that we do not get food poisoning. Every time we wanted to order a drink we had to get up and try search for a hostess as there were NO WAITERS. Pick up your game because this was one of the worst dining experiences of my life. Go elsewhere you have been warned!

it has been a long time we want to be here，i could enjoy the private dinning room， the chef cooked every dish for u but the dish was not suprised me. the first beef sashimi is good and others were all just ok. we have 11 course plus the sake. it really did not impress me.

I love teppankayi with a passion.
Mike and I went to The Rocks Teppanyaki for the first time and had the 11-​course Lobster Tail and Wagyu Banquet using Groupon vouchers. It was $ 69 for the AA6+ wagyu, and $ 88 for the AA9+ wagyu. I bought one each, so Mike and I could try the different grades of wagyu and decide which one we like better. The food was superb, and we were thoroughly impressed by the lobster and wagyu. However, our overall experience of the atmosphere was a hit-​and-​miss.
By the way, the AA9+ really was noticeably superior than the AA6+!

I came here to celebrate a special family occasion.
The service was the biggest let down, as the wait staff were rude and didn’t seem to want to help. From the time we arrived, a couple of the waitresses looked annoyed at the fact that we had a pram because they had seated us upstairs. When getting us to our table, one of the staff lifted the front of the pram to carry it up the stairs but jerked it so quickly & without warning that my family member almost tripped over. Instead of stopping to see if they were ok, she proceeded to rush up the stairs. It was a complete lack of care. Once seated, another staff member took the pram into the next room without asking — we asked them to bring it back and they only did so after we objected and said that the child wouldn’t be left alone in a public place without supervision.
Finally, we got to the last course of the meal. We were asked 2 – 3 times if we’d finished so the plates could be collected, even though I was still mid-​mouthful.
Food-​wise my wagyu beef was really tough and chewy, and seasoned inadequately. Got the money paid ($ 70 – 100) I think I could’ve had a better steak elsewhere.

Kobe Jones Teppanyaki in the Rocks is absolutely beautiful, set in a heritage listed building built in 1880. This restaurant is a real treat with 5 private dinning rooms, each with its own chef and staff, plus a cocktail bar as you enter the stunning foyer perfect for pre or post drinks.
The menu offers a great selection of Beef and seafood to choose from, they have set menu options or A La Carte if you would like to build your own.
If you have a booking for 8 or more then I can recommend either the $ 100pp or $ 125pp set menu as its great value.
My favourite would have to be the surf and turf ($ 98pp) set menu as it offers a great variety of taste or Lobster ($ 140pp) set menu — if you love seafood.
All and all this restaurant is certainly worth its price.

Went on Saturday night, did the voucher $ 69. We left full, not sure the best value but the food was very good — loved the Balmain Bugs, the main was excellent — beef with spinach, asparagus, really good. Well priced wine list.

This was our first Teppanyaki experience and we didn’t know what to expect but we had a great time! The food was fresh, the décor was classy, the chefs were friendly and they put on an awesome show!
My only issue was the price but I guess a lot of your $$$ goes towards the show that the chefs put on, definitely worth experiencing at least once.

Great service and food was not bad but totally not worth the price. I bought 2 vouchers from cudo for $ 69 each and this is what we got: 3 small pieces of sashimi, 3 scallops, 1 piece of crabstiick&avo wrapped in seaweed with butter sauce, 1 balmain bug, 100gr of steak, a bowl of rice, a bowl of hot mushroom and salad, miso soup and a bowl of rice, pancake with icecream. In the voucher it said we would get lobster too but we didnt. The pancake was not nice at all, everything else was avg. cudo said this is normally $ 165, how its worth that much is beyond me. For $ 140 the 2 of us could’ve had a lot nicer food at other japanese places. Mocktail was $ 13, more than double what we paid at peter doyle for about the same quality. Although service was good, i will not be back.

I was lucky enough to be taken to Kobe Jones’ Teppanyaki at the rocks for a client function.
FOOD
We had ordered one of the sets but i’m not 100% sure which set was ordered so each round was a surprise for me. We had the standard salad, miso soup and garlic fried rice along with fresh oysters, salmon and tuna sashimi but I was much more interested in the actual teppanyaki items.
We had one female chef prepare our food in front of us during our meal. The first teppanyaki round was the seafood plate (prawns, scallops, fish and squid). This was followed by the meat and vegetable plate (wagyu beef, chicken, pumpkin, zucchini and bean sprouts).
I didn’t think there was anything exceptional about the food. Nevertheless it was fun watching the chef’s cooking mastery, especially how she de-​shelled those prawns!
I found dessert the best part of the meal. We had vanilla ice-​cream with sago. I was a bit surprised when I put the ice-​cream in my mouth and found out it was vanilla given it was yellow in colour. I guess vanilla is naturally yellow in colour though so what was served was probably premium quality, hence the deliciousness.
SERVICE
We had our own private room which sometimes meant we often had to wait for the waiters to return to the room in order to be served.
VERDICT
For the price you pay I didn’t feel the teppanyaki here was anything exceptional.