Benihana

850 Louisiana Ave S, Golden Valley
(763) 542-9922

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Kyle Rodrigues

I came in for an early lunch by myself during my lunch break for the Power Lunch special. This allowed me to get a quick hibachi meal and be in and out in less than 45 minutes. Quick, effective and decent value for how delicious the meal was.

Nancy D

What a wonderful experience! The service by Daniella was perfect - attentive and friendly! She was sweet by refilling my drinks and asking if I needed anything, but kept a good amount of spacing and distance so I can enjoy my meal. She made it a great night! The food was also on point as everything was served fresh and quickly. It was a good amount of food and the yum yum sauce was delicious! Would come here again!

Nancy Jackson

Fun for the family, a couple, or a group. Very entertaining.

Shaleece Hunter (Iamshaleece)

I normally don't leave reviews, but the service I received was absolutely horrible yesterday (Friday June 13th 2025). First, there is a 20% gratuity that's applied to your bill regardless of how good or bad the service is. Which I don't appreciate, because what if the service is bad like it was yesterday? The waitress was rushing, kind of had an attitude trying to hurry up and get rid of my group, did not do her job at all. Why should she receive a tip automatically? Then she charged my card the wrong tab. Which was $260 and my bill was only $114. Processed to tells me there's nothing they can do. And the problem was pretty no longer in their hands, I did get a refund but now I have to wait 3-5 business for a mistake I did not make. They didn't offer a discount of service, accommodation or anything. Mind you, i'm not looking for a handout, but it's just a principle and common courtesy. That was not just a small mistake. The managers were really rude, very disrespectful and tried to treat me like I was incompetent, and just an angry black woman because of THEIR! Mistake when I was very calm the whole time, they tried to imply that I was upset about the gratuity. When I was actually upset about my card being charged $145 dollars more than my bill. Now I have to wait 3-5 business days for my money to return. The chef was AMAZING, the crew was a NIGHTMARE!! I highly recommend you bring cash or simply don't go here. I will not be returning to this establishment and will be reaching to corporate Monday.

Amy Fallin

We had a reservation. We were seated in an okay amount of time but then waited for at least one hour for a chef to come to the table and cook. Those who didn't order fried rice didn't get our rice until almost the end of the presentation and I feel like the food as a whole was under seasoned. Overall I feel like this wasn't their best shining moment.

John

The location in GV was ideal for me, I live only 2 miles away. I've been to Benihana many times in multiple locations - so much of the same: Food was decent Chef and waitress were pretty good However I did notice something - they charge an automatic 20% gratuity on the table seated portion - nothing that we are afraid of just kind of surprised is all. Also the prices have in fact gone up significantly - kids entree around $17, a full meal almost $30. High end adult meals $65 and the portions were a little smaller FYI.

Kathy

We sat in the bar and glad there wasn't an automatic gratuity like there is at the hibachi tables. Service wasn't great and the sushi wasn't great either. It appears it may have been made in advance - the rice was cold. My husband's roll didn't arrive when my order arrived and I think it may have not been ordered. They have gone down hill!

Pamela Coleman

Kaci was an awesome server

Emma Long

Maybe I went on the worst day possible which was New Year’s Eve. I decided to sit at the Free stand tables instead of the hibachi table. My food came out cold and they gave me hibachi shrimp instead of colossal shrimp server was nice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

Josh J.

The food is really good, no doubt, but at what cost? It's always busy here, and the layout of the restaurant feels clusterphobic.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 4

Madison Helton

I understand it was New years eve so it was busy but this is why i made a reservation. My party had to wait about 50 mins past our reservation time to be seated. Then another 25 for the chef to come out. The miso soup was probably the only good thing in all of our meals. My chicken & white rice were overcooked. The ginger dressing on the salad was extremely watery and flavorless. And it was so extremely expensive for the quality and portions we received. The chef didn’t interact with us much or do many tricks. They automatically add a 20+% gratuity like just pay your workers livable wages then… Ive been to other hibachi restaurants and i strongly prefer them to Benihana.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Bradley Ameli

This has got to be the worst location and restaurant experience I’ve ever had!!!! We had a 8:00pm reservation and didn’t get seated till 8:30pm and we waited till 9:30pm for the chef to come and by the time we got out food it was past 10pm! The food itself was bland and over cooked! Wast of my hard earned $250.00 dollars for these two meals! This location needs to improve and I’ll be calling the restaurant to make sure I get reimbursed for this poor service on what was supposed to be a fun night out to celebrate the new year.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Yum Yum Sauce

Malena Marschinke

Fantastic atmosphere!! Delicious food! Fun staff!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

William Moore

First off the cook was great. He did his job well. The waitress was excellent kept the table clean and the drinks filled. BUT I ordered the trio, very little food, the yumyum sauce was bland, there was a bite worth of each protein, and the quality of the food itself was bad. They automatically include gratitude, and tax you 3 times 1 for a food tax, beverage tax, and a food tax tax. Costed $80 just for me to eat just for one meal and 1 drink.

Diana W

It was my kids 8 birthday and we came in expecting a nice celebration, ordered $200 worth of food for 3 people and my son accidentally spilled water, the cook didn’t do any tricks was very nice but told us we were the 12th diners, the steak was overdone the drinks were brought out 30 min into the dinner, the bathroom was filthy disgusting toilet paper everywhere stains all on the walls of the door and mirror, clogged toilet and no toilet paper

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Shrimp Sauce, Sapporo, Las Vegas Roll, Yum Yum Sauce, Colossal Shrimp

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