Benihana Chelsea Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was great and was a good as the prices."
• "The food is spectacularly prepared before you with much attention to detail."
• "The seafood was delicious & fresh."
• "It was expensive but the food was excellent."
• "Food was delicious with beautiful ambience and delightful service."
• "Every mouthful was a tasty delight and the wagyu beef was out of this world."
• "The food was superb, so fresh and tasty, we had starters, mains and shared a dessert the cocktails where absolutely divine."

Cons:

• "It isn’t the best food, I live in Asia so I don’t go there for the cuisine 😂 the fried rice was very salty, so much so we couldn’t finish it, and the meat was a little overcooked."
• "The quality of food is poor, drinks just average."
• "The food was below average tasteless and nothing memorable."
• "The food is good, but the cooking of it is not perfect."
• "Main-course of plain chicken teriyaki was tasteless and the fried rice was boring and burnt in places."
• "The food was so bland. There wasn't even salt."
• "The food taste was below average."

Chef Performance

Pros:

• "The chef cooking in front of you, while talking to you and doing tricks with the food and cutlery including juggling."
• "The chef that did the food in front of us was charismatic and charming - a real treat."
• "Charlie was our chef!!! A magnificent chef and very impressive !! We all really enjoyed the show and all my friends left happy and full!!"
• "Our personal chef had all the jokes and cooked our main meal to perfection."
• "The chef was actually friendly and made us smile with his jokes and funny attitude."
• "Our cook was really funny, a whole culinary spectacle."
• "The highlight for us was our chef. From start to finish, he was making us laugh, doing tricks and cooking us our delicious food."

Cons:

• "The entertainment was 5/10 .. chef was not clear when talking or trying to make jokes … needs to improve."
• "Our chef couldn’t do the juggling that other chefs around could do, but the price of this food without the show was definitely not worth it."
• "Many of the performing chefs didn't appear that great."
• "The chef looked clearly tired and stressed so the entertainment was average."
• "The chef ruined it by saying 'Santa is not real.'"
• "Our chef was ok.. he did the show routine but messed up a few tricks which is disappointing, plus couldn’t understand him at all."
• "We were being interrupted every 2 minutes by different people from the staff checking if we were ok."

Service and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Beautiful decor perfect for occasions."
• "It was a lovely place to have a celebration and child friendly is always a big plus."
• "Definitely a place I'd recommend to spend a special event."
• "The service and ambience was really glamorous."
• "Such a wonderful experience."
• "Great service and very friendly staff."
• "Fantastic Teppanyaki experience. Very clean place."

Cons:

• "We were placed next to a child's birthday party. The noise level was totally unacceptable."
• "Tables were sticky and not clean properly. Toilets stank and urine on the floor. Very hot inside and AC not even working properly."
• "The atmosphere was grim and cleanliness was very low."
• "The restaurant itself was a bit dingy downstairs and the toilets definitely needed some attention."
• "Floors so filthy your shoes would slip on the grease left on them, toilets with urine everywhere and clearly nobody checking anything."
• "Ventilation is a problem, you come out smelling like asian food."
• "The whole floor stinks of food due to live cooking."