Watami Japanese Steakhouse

This is probably the best restaurant in the whole town, amazing food and service every time!!!

Unfriendly staff, aside from the nice lady who sat us. Huge gnats all over the soy sauces and trying to get into our food. No sign about memorial holiday hours, no lunch special when we came at 2:00, got pushed out at 2:53 bc they closed at 2:30??? No one told us, he just did brought an unrequested box and asked for payment. Nice bathroom sinks might be the highlight.

Very nice place for ethnic food. But the hibachi was minimal six people very sad and let down it was the only reason that I went

I'm from Pensacola so I'm pretty spoiled for good sushi. The restaurant is barely clean, but neat. Staff communication is somewhat limited in the English language. It was just okay sushi. Staff are very friendly and attentive. Prices are fair. My daughter says it's pretty good for this area.

Showed up for hibachi to find out it is now reservation only. Very dissapointing.

Foods good. I don't recommend the Salmon though. I love Salmon but not here unfortunately. Sushi is great. Steak & chicken is good. Fair value.

We used to love coming here, as recently as a few months ago! But now, must have a reservation for hibachi and/or a party of 6 or more to do hibachi. Went there for a date night with my husband to be told we had to eat on the restaurant side and couldn’t do hibachi. But we were hungry so decided to just eat on the restaurant side, service was extremelyyyy slow and they just showed no care or concern for us being there. Brought hibachi out to us that had none of the teriyaki sauce on it that they put on the hibachi typically when we see them cook it, overcooked steak, cold vegetables and meat and no flavor. Asked them to remake it and they put teriyaki and it was hot but overcooked the steak again. Never came back to ask how our food was or get refills, waited there for about 15-20 minutes for someone to check on us so we could express our concerns with the food but nobody ever came and our waiter was no where to be found so we had to hunt down the hostess who was attending to “to go” orders to express our concerns to. Originally ordered fried ice cream for after but after all of the waiting we’d already done from the extremely so service and already being so dissatisfied, we just told them forget the ice cream and went somewhere else for dessert. This has been our favorite spot for hibachi for years and unfortunately we probably won’t be back unless we had a party large enough for a hibachi reservation

Food was *tasty*. Other patrons were rude.

Food still good. But service REALLY SLOW now. Whether eating in or dining out. They don’t even try or care anymore. 32 minutes late after promised time for pick up. Literally missed an event because it was so late.

Annoyed that you have to have atleast 6-8 people to Hibachi- gonna lose a lot of business that way. 😒 food was good but don’t think we will be back

Went in for the Hibachi grill and was told we needed to make a reservation and had to have at least 8 people. Went somewhere else.

Great Food and Service !!

I had a dinner with business colleagues and we decided to try Watami Steakhouse. Once everyone in our group arrived our server came over and made some suggestions right away. For our appetizers, we ordered Gyoza, Yakitori and a few other items. Everyone in our group enjoyed the appetizers. Most of the appetizer portion sizes can accommodate one person this is why we ordered several for our group. For my main course, I selected from the Hibachi Menu, filet mignon with shrimp with came with steamed rice and mixed vegetables from the Hibachi. We all enjoyed our food and had a great time. The manager even came out to say hello and ask us if we needed anything. Overall, a great experience and the food was reasonably priced.

Must have party of 8 or more to enjoy Hivatchi grill! I won’t be back.

We just moved here a few months ago and this is our new go to for Hibachi grill and sushi.

The service is always fantastic, and everything that I have had has been great. They have two sections the hibachi grill area on the left where you can sit I think somewhere around 15 people or so to watch the chef do their magic.

If you're going to go for the experience make sure you call ahead. They have to make sure that they have a chef available at. I believe if it's a party of six or more they will accommodate and have a chef ready for you.

If not the seating on the right is where you'll find the sushi bar and additional seating You can still order all the same food it just won't be the same experience. With that being said I don't feel short changed at all and I usually have some type of doggy bag with me afterwards.

I've tried the New York steak, the filet mignon, shrimp, scallops, and chicken.

Truthfully in my opinion I didn't notice much of a flavor difference between the New York steak and the filet mignon. I'm not sure what they do with a chicken but it's actually one of my favorites.

When they first bring the food out they'll bring you a warm bowl of clear broth soup with a few mushrooms and dried onion straws. It's a hit or miss with our family half of the family can't stand it the other half will eat the soup that no one else will eat 😂.

I also really enjoy the salads they bring us it's a good healthy portion and it's nothing fancy it's typically mostly iceberg lettuce and some carrots. With that being said my wife and I love the creamy ginger dressing it just works.

When they serve your meal it'll come with fried rice and mixed vegetables along the meat. They also include yummy sauce that you can dip your chicken or meat in.

Regarding the steak they seem to actually follow our request when we asked for medium rare.

Most the alcoholic drinks are very reasonably priced which is always a bonus.

I would say on average it'll cost you about 25 bucks a person if you're not drinking a lot of alcohol.

I haven't been to their lunch yet however it looks like they have a lot of similar things that even better prices so I'm going to check that out soon.

My only gripe is the location is an old strip mall and there doesn't seem to be a lot of life around.

Middletown may not be the place that you think about grabbing a bite to eat yet I think it's a great place. I think it's a hidden gem and you'll love it here if you haven't been here already.

We love it here! Great food, great service and great prices!