Cho Cho San Restaurant

I have been there twice now, and really liked (almost) everything. This is just a personal thing, but the fried rice was a little dry. My impression of Japanese rice is moist and sticky. Theirs not so much. I had the chicken and shrimp combo and it was prepared well and tasted very good. The presentation was very good too. So I would say overall the food and experience was very good and I would recommend it for anyone who wants the experience of Teppan style Japanese food. Considering that you get a show from the cook and the quality of the food I would say the price was what we expected. We went in the afternoon on a Sunday so it wasn't crowded but I expect in the evening on the weekend it gets pretty busy so you might want to make a reservation.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Miso Soup, Garlic Sautéed Edamame, New York Steak, Chicken Katsu

The very best restaurant in the entire world!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cho Cho San is a long time staple of the area. It’s a classic. I would certainly recommend its happy hour for inexpensive, sushi and drinks. We usually do this place for birthdays and other celebrations. It’s fun and the food is good! If you are looking for clean new bright and cheeri you will be disappointed. But if you’re looking for a solid place that has been around since the beginning of time and does classic cook in front of you Teppanyaki and pretty good sushi with inexpensive drinks,then this is the place for you.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

What a WONDERFUL experience today! Daughter Michelle was visiting from New Jersey with husband Barak and grandsons Gideon and Nadav - all celebrating our Sept, Nov and Dec birthdays! We lived in Thousand Oaks for 20 years and went to Cho Cho Sans for many birthday celebrations - so it was family tradition to go to this for the great food and the SHOW.

Problem was we didn't know they stopped the lunch show and seeing how special this was for our family, the host Jeff made a SPECIAL text to Chef Tem if he could come in for US!

And he DID!! Even though we were the ONLY customers in the habachi room, our server Lauren did a fantastic job and of course at the end they ALL sang Happy Birthday in English AND Japaneese!!

We felt so special to have been able to continue our family celebration at our place even though our family is in New Jersey, Texas and NoCal, we aren't able to be together that often.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, Jeff, Tem, Lauren and the wonderful staff, not to mention the DELICIOUS food that has NEVER lost one bite of flavor in all these many years!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We enjoyed ourselves here.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Yes they have the hot plate grills too! So delicious and the Happy Hour ( 2:30 - 5) is FANTASTIC!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food especially sushi.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mario the chef was super funny

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It’s flying grease everywhere and very smoky. Not for the faint of heart but a blast nonetheless for the show and excitement. Hopefully you’re sitting on the right side of the grill but expect Korean BBQ style vibes with more of a racket atmosphere. Good pricing for the bang for the buck for sure!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Our kid loves to watch the guys cooking, the fire and all that. Everyone (of all ages) in our group enjoyed the food. The drinks were ok. The chateaubriand is exquisite. We will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Needs a overhaul, staff is not that friendly, food is just okay and overpriced

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Sorry,forgot food pictures. But it was pretty damn good! Don't usually like places like this,but was thoroughly surprised. Would go back.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Teppanyaki, Fried Rice, Sushi Roll

Our waitress sucked but our cook was great.
Waitress didn't listen or write down the drink order, and we got our drinks mixed up. Then she forgot to serve us salad and miso soup, which is included in our meals. She's a real ditz

Food was ok. The show put on by the chef was great. We found it a little noisy.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Lots of fun average food for high prices. But sometimes you have to indulge a friend