Kanki Japanese House of Steaks & Sushi - North Raleigh

We had a great time celebrating a birthday here. Our waiter was super friendly and attentive and the hibachi chef was super personable and very funny. Food tasted great and was cooked perfectly.

Exhaust fans do not work very well. Clothes were consumed with the smell of the food. Hostess was terrible. Restaurant is extremely dated!

Sat at a table with 2 other groups of 4 and we all had a great time! We had birthdays in 2 of the 3 groups. The service was great and the food was delicious!

Great food, great service. Noisy so not easy to talk but your chef keeps you entertained

Kid-friendliness: Kids love the cooking entertainment and children's menu is available

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hibachi Chicken, Hibachi Vegetables Delight, Hibachi Steak

Horrible service, nobody would clean tables for open seating, ignored anyone trying to get tables

Service: 1

This was a birthday celebration. The waitress asked if anyone was celebrating anything and we said birthday. We were seated next to a fan blowing out artic cold air, first of all. Second, it took over an hour for the chef to come out and start cooking our food. Our reservation was at 1:00, so we are looking at 2:00 now and thankfully we weren't on an hour lunch break. So the chef seemed very nervous like it was this first time cooking. There was very little interaction with them. Once food started on the grill, it was very slow, no rush whatsoever! Now this Kanki closed at 2:00 so I guess that why the idk attitude was there. When speaking to the manager, she gave off the impression that she really didn't care either and we saw her give her one couple something but didn't even bother to say anything to us or come and get the our view on it. So this is the worst experience I have had with Kanki. They are already an expensive place for lunch, dinner and anything in-between. If you don't want to be bothered close to closing then don't have your reservations open! This has truly but a bad taste in my mouth.

Also no song or dessert for my coworker's birthday!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Chef was nice but food was very bland. Food portions are good though. No flavor profile, they expect you to eat with mayonnaise type sauce.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

This was a birthday celebration. The waitress asked if anyone was celebrating anything and we said birthday. We were seated next to a fan blowing out artic cold air, first of all. Second, it took over an hour for the chef to come out and start cooking our food. Our reservation was at 1:00, so we are looking at 2:00 now and thankfully we weren't on an hour lunch break. So the chef seemed very nervous like it was this first time cooking. There was very little interaction with them. Once food started on the grill, it was very slow, no rush whatsoever! Now this Kanki closed at 2:00 so I guess that why the idk attitude was there. When speaking to the manager, she gave off the impression that she really didn't care either and we saw her give her one couple something but didn't even bother to say anything to us or come and get the our view on it. So this is the worst experience I have had with Kanki. They are already an expensive place for lunch, dinner and anything in-between. If you don't want to be bothered close to closing then don't have your reservations open! This has truly but a bad taste in my mouth. Also no song or dessert for my coworker's birthday!

Kanki was a lot of fun. Lots of birthday dinners on the night we were there. Great for all ages!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We love going here for the Hibachi dinner on birthdays. We enjoy the delicious and plentiful food while being entertained by the Chef's culinary skills, talent, and humor.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salmon and Shrimp Hibachi, Hibachi Chicken, Hibachi Vegetables Delight, Hibachi Steak

Food was great and service was outstanding. A little issue with needing table moved when we arrived because we could not all fit where we were originally seated. They moved us within 1 minute of sitting down and all was well from there. Delicious food and our chef was extremely entertaining. One of our favorite family food places and we out often so that's saying a lot.

So yummy!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hibachi Steak

My first time! It was pretty amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Absolutely amazing food and very fast service. The filet was very tender and cooked perfectly by a great showman.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hibachi Chicken, Hibachi Steak

Had a great experience our chef was Rick. Food was cooked perfectly. Sushi was very good as well.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salmon and Shrimp Hibachi, Hibachi Chicken