Benihana

I don’t understand how this place gets even remotely good reviews. First of all the times are completely wrong they really close an hour and a half before what is listed as their closing times. I went there one night for a somewhat late dinner and they said that they were closing, which I have no problem with but what’s the point of listing closing times if those are the incorrect closing times. And the staff who said that to me were completely rude and condescending. So I went there another night just to give it a second chance and once again the staff were rude again. The food was bland and nothing special and not to mention the smell of smoke everywhere made the whole dining experience that much more unpleasant. So many other Italian food options to choose from in Vegas that are exponentially better than what is offered here.

Paid $ 16 for a taxi to eat here and it was almost completely empty and the rude counter lady said they were booked. What a joke!

We had a wonderful time here for a birthday celebration. I highly recommend you go to their website and register for The Chef’s Table on their website under Promotions. You will get a $ 30 gift voucher you can use for the month of your birthday. This makes coming here, a no brainer for the value and quality of the food you will get here.

For an appetizer we had a Specialty Sushi Las Vegas Roll — Deep fried. Salmon, avocado, cream cheese, jalapeño, spicy sauce on top. 2 of us shared this and it was tasty and a big portion to share, so don’t get this for 1 person if you expect to have room for dinner.
For dinner we the Land ‘N Sea which is a filet mignon and sea scallops. It came with vegetables as well as a ship appetizer and ice cream for desert. Way too much food for a great price. Everything was real tasty and with great service. We will definitely return and highly recommend coming here. This is the best and largest Benihana I have ever seen. Highly suggest making reservations.

Last night went to Benihana’s for dinner at the Westgate Casino, the front desk hostesses are not too friendly but efficient. Our reservations were for 7pm but had to wait to have enough people to fill the table. We were finally seated at 7:30pm. The hostess was friendly, quick and very attentive. She took our drink orders immediately and throughout our dinner, we never had to ask to have a refill, she just seemed to be there as soon as we needed another drink. The meal, as usual was delicious, but the highlight of the evening was our Japanese Chef, «Antonio». He was friendly, witty, funny, and very charming. He did all the usual tricks, the volcano, the egg roll but the best was when he threw an egg in the air and it landed on his knife, split with no mess! The food was tasty, cooked well and plentiful. The evening would have been a 5 star had it not been for the picture takers, there were 2, one very brassy and loud older woman, who is the Saleswoman, and the young brunette who actually takes the pictures. We had barely been seated, when in they come, and they really hate to take no for answer! When we explained we were locals and came often to the restaurant, the brassy one said to the young one, Well, we won’t make money off of them. The other 2 couples also felt that the older woman just didn’t quit. So ok, one couple decided to take their pictures, and right when the Chef is bringing in his cart, brassy woman comes in again, giving her pitch for one picture $ 25, 2 pictures $ 40. Of course, we all had to wait while the couple looked over the pictures in order to select the one they liked. How about the picture taker stay outside the restaurant, since the pictures did not show the restaurant background anyway. All in all, once that was over with, the evening progressed well, our table had fun and the meal was excellent.

Horrible, disrespectful customer service from front desk staff!!! Unilocal lists this location as closing at 11 but they really close at 10. So the first night when we arrived at 10:30 and they refused to seat us I didn’t understand. After speaking to the AM, Wing she explained the times listed on various sights are wrong and that they do close at 10. Ok cool.
The next day we come again. This time at 9. The front desk staff very disrespectfully tells us they’re are booked for the evening and then proceed to talk to the people standing behind us like we weren’t even still standing there!!! Rolling there eyes and treating us as if we did something wrong and giving MAJOR attitude!!!
So finally I asked to speak to Wing again. This time to complain about the rudeness of her front desk clerks. Wing seemed unsympathetic and when we turned to leave I saw her walk past them without saying a word. Never again!!!

I brought my mom and husband here to celebrate Mother’s Day/​my mom’s birthday. We had a wonderful experience! Kay was our waitress, and she was very attentive and kind. We had accidentally forgotten my mom’s ID for her birthday coupon, and Kay was nice enough to talk to the manager about it, to make the coupon valid regardless. It meant a lot to us and made the night great. The food was excellent (as always). If you’re new to Benihana you HAVE to order the fried rice!

Went for my birthday last week. It was my first time at this location. The restaurant itself is beautiful. Probably one of the biggest Beni’s I’ve ever seen. The food & drinks were good like at most of their locations, but the service was sooooooo slow. We got seated at 8:30. By the time the chef got to our table it was almost 10. By the time he was done making our food, almost everyone at our table was ready for a to go box because it had taken so long and the restaurant was about to close. Don’t know if the chef got lost or took an extended lunch break. Either way, I damn near lost my appetite waiting for so long.

After always walking by this location from various trade shows at the LVCC I finally decided to give it a try. The overall ambitious and decorations are outstanding. It’s almost like you’re invited into a little Japanese kitchen. The downside to this place would be the overall food.
For the high price point I was expecting more spectacular food but it was just so so. The portion sizes were very large which was nice but I felt the meat and vegetables could have used a bit more seasoning.
The service was also somewhat sub par. We had to track down our server a few different times to request a drink menu and dessert menu and the hibachi chefs seemed to be very rushed and pulled from table to table. The pushy photographer also give it that typical cheesy tourist touch.
Overall I most likely will not be back but am glad I finally tried it.

Best Benihana restaurant I been too, the food and the customer service is beyond my expectation they really care about you and the décor inside is so authentic and beautiful my only problem is that I didn’t tip as much next time I will make up for it. I left my credit card by mistake and they turn it in to the lost and found department. I will recommend this restaurant to everyone!!! It’s a great place to go celebrate a special occasion yes you will spend a lot of money but definitely worth it to go once a while

Chef David was tired. Grill was dirty,.shrimp fried rice was $ 7.00 with 1 ½ shrimp cut several ways.
Ordered steak no flavor… overall not worth the money.

We had the best experience dining at this location inside the Westgate Casino. Every single person we encountered that night was very hospitable from the valet service to the employees standing in front of the lobby greeting and directing us the way to Benihana’s. I was definitely very surprised at how big the restaurant was inside.
Our server was a sweet Japanese lady who promptly took care of our needs and even comped us a bottle of sake which kept the adults very happy. Our chef James didn’t seem warm at first but it didn’t take much time for him to start growing on us, crack some jokes and the interesting conversations about our family and kids. The portion size is always enough to make you leaving full and it was cooked perfectly. I really wanted to have filet mignon that night but since it was Good Friday, I opted for the Surf Side meal which consisted of calamari, shrimp and scallops. Our kids absolutely enjoyed the food and how it’s specially served to each and every person. Overall, it was a great dinner and full evening of rides after at the Adventure Dome to entertain the teens.

We decided to return to Benihana since our previous experience had been excellent. We were very disappointed. A VERY loud and obnoxious young man sat at the table next to us. He keep yelling out profanity. It was so bad that the family that was sitting at the table got up and left. I feel that when they complained, they should have asked the person causing a scene to leave. Instead, a hotel host went over to welcome him to the casino. I get it, that young flashy guy was a high roller. Oh well! then give him a private table away from society.
Anyway…now let’s get to the food.
The food was «ok». My sister and I both got sick immediately after eating. My Benihana Punch was not good. How do you mess up a drink? YOUR drink? lol
Needless to say, I will not be returning to this location.

Located inside the Westgate casino and resort, Benihana is a very family friendly atmosphere and such a breath of fresh air compared to the smoky casino that you have to walk through to get there.
We were seated immediately since we got there shortly after opening. We orders hibachi steak, seafood Diablo, mango shrimp and Philadelphia rolls. The waitress was very attentive, and the chef was your typical hibachi chef, with the same «volcano, choo choo train, and egg flying tricks». It seems these tricks with the food are standard across the US. I will add that the chef was very accommodating, when my boys dumped the whole bottle of soy sauce in their rice. He went to the back and brought out more fried rice for them, and get this… it had chicken.
The reason why I left out a star was because while the food was excellent, the portion sizes were way smaller than your typical Japanese steak house and the prices were a lot higher.
Overall we had a great experience, but I was still a little hungry. I may have been the smallest one in our group, but I sure do eat like my husband.

I would definitely give this place five stars. It is a great experience with delicious food.
It cost my girlfriend and I about $ 100. Would I have paid that for the food alone? No. But the experience made it worth the money.
The chefs are hit or miss. We had a great chef, but as we looked around the room, some of the others were better. The atmosphere is one of the coolest I’ve seen in Vegas.
I definitely recommend the chateaubriand!!! It was amazing! I didn’t try any seafood aside from the shrimp appetizer. That being said, be careful as they do cook seafood on the same surface as your food. I’m not sure if/​how they accommodate allergies.

Benihana is fun to go to for group events. My tastes have changed over the years, and plenty of restaurants are better, but this is one of my mum’s all-​time favorites, so we went for her birthday.
Most of the staff are helpful but indifferent. (Is it cultural?) I love that they’ve turned teppanyaki into a fun show, but our cook wasn’t really into it. No worries because the food is still good.
You start with some soup (that used to contain more mushrooms and onions). The broth is still good though. Next onto the same salad they’ve served forever: iceberg lettuce (meh) with a tasty ginger dressing.
Next, onto your «appetizer»: zucchini, onions, shrimp — all good, as are the dipping sauces. Then onto your main course. My favorite is the Chateaubriand. You also get some tasty mushrooms. Can’t eat it all? Makes for damn good leftovers.
You end with some ice cream and are stuffed to the brim.
Good, fun choice for a group event!

For the interest of keeping this review short and sweet, I’m going to assume that most of the readers have been to Benihana at some other location before. You know the basic drill.
We came here for a post-​SEMA dinner and I was with a bunch of friends from Los Angeles. I’ve never been to this location, which is inside the Westgate Hotel. The moment I walked in, I was amazed how fancy and huge this place was! A two-​story Benihana? Crazy. And the décor was very nice. Little asian bridges, and everything. I was thinking, this must be the biggest Benihana ever, and sure enough, the hostess mentioned that this is, in fact, the largest one in the world.
Not only did I think this location was visually impressive, I truly believe that the cooks here were a notch above other locations I’ve visited. These guys were on their game. They were moving faster, swinging their tools like ninjas, and I had a good time watching the preparation, even though I knew what to expect. And of course the food was excellent.
My only complaint was that it took forever to get started with our meal for some reason. The soup and salad portion of our meal lasted so long before our chef came out and started with the main course. Oh, and another very minor complaint… the crew didn’t sing happy birthday to one of our group members when they brought out the birthday ice cream scoop. Otherwise, fantastic. If you can, you should try this place once.
Just one point… even though this is a Japanese-​themed restaurant, that doesn’t mean you should try to get cute and add –san to everyone’s name unless you’re speaking Japanese. For some reason, a lot of people were doing that when we went, and it was contagious. Drove me nuts. Anyways, it’s hard to have a bad time at any Benihanas so enjoy!

To start this location is huge! There are two floors both with some pretty large seating areas. It’s nicely decorated inside also.
We arrived with a party of six being such a large space I wasn’t too concerned about seating. We get to our table and are joined with a couple who are enjoying a nice dinner. I will admit I’m not the biggest fan of sitting at a table with others who aren’t in the party. In this case the couple was on a date so it was awkward to say the least.
Anyway the service was okay being with friends in Vegas we are bound to be a little loud. Our waitress was sure to let us know to keep it down. I didn’t find that appropriate. It definitely had an impact on my overall experience.
The food was okay we ordered a little bit of everything. The drinks were good. They weren’t watered down which in my case is always a good thing.
Overall it was an okay experience.

Wonderful!
The is the LARGEST BENIHANA IN THE WORLD!
We made dinner reservations for 2 early same day. When we arrived at 6 p.m. and it was already hopping! It was like a beautiful city inside. Dim lighting, the first part as you walk in is the sushi. So through this little city we went, past a small bridge over some water, with rain like water falling from above.
You want to impress the ladies, bring them here!
We ordered Shrimp Tempura for the appetizer and for dinner, the Chicken & Shrimp plate and Steak & Shrimp plate. Before our chef came out, we were served a mushroom soup and salad. We also received our shrimp tempura plate.
For $ 12.95, you only get 3 pieces of shrimp and vegetables with it.
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Kind of a joke with only 3 pieces of shrimp. Not worth $ 12.95, that’s for sure. It was plain and the sauce was bland. The veggies were good, but it just wasn’t what we ordered. A little misleading.
When our chef came out, he introduced himself. His name was Sheyan. He joked as he cooked. It made everything a good & fun show. He was very fast with his cuts, made everything look beautiful. He did the amazing fire volcano, the children at the table loved that… I can be a kid at times, so I loved it too. I had ordered my steak cooked meduim rare and he did great with that. The cut of steak was tender. Delicious. I got to try my husband’s chicken and it was nice & juicy. Mine was juicy too, but I think it’s harder to cook chicken and he did a great job keeping it moist. Dinner also came with ice cream for dessert. We ordered chocolate, it was very sweet & delicious.
We had a blast, I would definitely come back!

Behold the world’s largest and fanciest Bennie’s! This is the only Bennie’s in Las Vegas so pay close attention —
Located inside of the old school Westgate Hotel, on the Casino floor, once you arrive you will be surprised by this unexpected restaurant oasis! If you choose to do self-​parking, make sure to park closest to the «Sports Book» which will give you a straight forward, short walk to the restaurant.
This is the most luxurious location I have ever been to. They are boasted as the largest Bennie’s in the world and designed to replicate a small indoor village! They have 2 stories, fitted with separate «chef’s table» dining rooms and also lounges with access to gorgeous views of custom rooftops on faux buildings. Upon leaving the dining rooms, you’re immersed in an indoor Japanese garden; the entire space is adorned with a variety of eye-​catching props such as: dangling red lanterns, shutters, bridges and my favorite LED fireworks dancing on the backsplash of the town. They even go as far as incorporating a dramatic waterfall and a rock garden creek. It’s truly a random casino getaway. So peaceful!
Alright, I’m going to go ahead and say it — I like Benihana’s and I’m not embarrassed about it! I actually enjoy dining at the cliché «chef’s table» and the food isn’t as terrible as most people make it out to be! Granted, you have to know what to order and stick to it! Once you venture off to uncharted menu territory — you’re on your own bland journey.
I’ll give you tips based on trial and error: Stick to the steaks (New York or filet mignon) and the colossal shrimp is always winning! I always order the Splash & Meadow combo $ 39.50, it comes with a small grilled shrimp appetizer and also a small side of grilled sweet onion & zucchini. The combo also comes with a side salad with house miso dressing and an onion broth soup that is cooked for 6 hours — Intense! Make sure to get your steak medium, since it tends to come out well — but if you like your meat bloody like I do, ask for it rare and it will get to you medium (there’s a small percentage of it actually getting to you rare.) *shrugs* — don’t forget to add a chicken & egg fried rice for $ 6. The fried rice is super simple but the garlic butter they use could make a boot taste amazing — I love the fried rice! $ 6 is expensive for a small bowl, but it makes me happy! If you’re ballsy, demand that the chef add more butter! I’m sure the rest of the table won’t mind. More is more!
Don’t bother with the hibachi chicken combos or sushi! I’ve had both and they are extremely disappointing. The spicy chicken hibachi combo for $ 25.95 looked pretty good, but the spicy sauce is bland and the chicken is somehow always overcooked to smithereens and dry as cardboard. The sushi is lacking thought; I recall the rolls having lots of rice and being horribly dry!
If you like it saucy like I do, make sure to get extra miso salad dressing on the side and use that as a dip for your steak and shrimp — delicious! It’s so much better than their other 2 standard dipping sauces. Also for the spice advocates, ask for a side of the diablo sauce which is their house spicy mayo with a real kick! I love dabbing a little bit on my protein, it wakes up all of the flavors wonderfully!
They will forever do the same onion volcano, train, shrimp and heart fried rice trick; true, the hibachi show may be played out, but I always get a kick out of it and think about Chris Farley as a Hibachi Chef in Beverly Hills Ninja! Freaking hilarious! THE BEST MOVIE SCENE ever!
Sure, the chef’s table is always crammed and it’s totally awkward sitting with a table full of strangers — but it’s Vegas! Why not spark conversation with people from all around the world — don’t be shy! It’s fun learning about where people are from, their Vegas itinerary, and also partaking in other bizarre topics of discussion. Don’t be that guy whose face planted in his (delicious) fried rice and not a smile to be seen even when everyone is having fun and engaging him! Yeah. That guy? He’s having a terrible time AND he sucks.
PRO TIP: sign up for their email club to get your $ 30 birthday credit! Not to sound like a cheapo or anything, but that’s the only way to dine here! It also comes with a complimentary birthday ice-​cream and if you’re lucky, maybe even a cringing birthday song dedicated to you from your table companions!

This is the largest and best decorated Benihana I’ve ever seen. You walk in and it’s like you’re in the middle of a big Asian-​themed amusement park. Japanese buildings, a fountain/​river with koi fish, a bridge, nice plants, water falling from the ceiling, cool lights everywhere. They really went all out with the special effects at this location.
For that, I’d say this one is definitely worth checking out if you happen to really love Benihana. But otherwise, this location is kind of hard to recommend.
The prices are always higher than they should be for a hibachi grill restaurant, but the Vegas Benihana seems to be much more expensive than others I’ve visited. I understand the need to mark things up a bit to cover the overhead costs of operating inside a Vegas casino, but you have to be reasonable: $ 30 for a little bit of chopped up teriyaki steak? (The lowest priced steak option on the menu).
Our waiter wasn’t the nicest I’ve ever encountered either. When we ordered a side of rice for our three year-​old nephew, who barely eats, she informed us that every seat is required to order a meal, even if it’s for a child. We politely informed her that we would not be participating in this strange policy and she backed off of the idea after that.
Then I ordered a beer and she brought me a bottle of warm Asahi. I swear this thing was pulled straight from a case in dry storage. When I told her it was still hot and I didn’t want it, she sighed, took it away, and brought the same beer back to me in what looked like an old, plastic «I can’t believe it’s not butter» tub filled with ice water. It didn’t really chill my beer much, but it was a nice enough effort.
We had a really great chef named Rolando at our table. He was very skilled and polite, and obliged our requests for extra-​spicy food. He also went out of his way to make our nephew laugh which was awesome!
The food was about what you’d expect from Benihana. Steak, chicken, and shrimp quality were all decent but flavored well. I always recommend paying a little bit extra for the fried rice, but you have to make sure to eat some right when it’s served to you hot and fresh.
The main problem I have with places like these, even when they’re excellent, is that they serve everyone at the table in small courses: grilled veggies, rice, meat.
By the time you have all elements of your meal on your plate, the first two items are ice cold. I always end up eating most of each course by themselves just so I can eat hot food, but it’s kind of a bummer because these were definitely meant to be enjoyed together.
In general, I can’t complain too much because it’s a fun experience overall.
If you’ve never been to a Benihana, I suggest you look up a location near to where you live and maybe just take a peak inside this one for the awesome special effects. The service is just not up to par at this location and the prices are kind of ridiculous.