Benihana (Swiss Cottage) review by Anon
Do not waste your money coming here. It's completely overpriced. The food was apalling and not in the least bit Japanese. The place resembled an all you can eat Chinese, and while the juggling & knife skills of the chef were excellent, the food was terrible. The supposed feast was basically a poor selection of ingredients fried in butter and oil with hardly any flavour. Wasabi and soy sauce were notably absent, and the menu was lacking in any of the delicious dishes you can expect from a decent Japanese restaurant.
It cost my boyfriend and I £100 for a fry-up basically (aren't fried onions, fried mushrooms, fried steak more English?) - with a nice bottle of wine and 1 beer.
The other annoying factor was the feeling of being rushed along. Sitting at a table with the chef cooking for you, she/he dictates the pace. There was no sense of relaxation or being able to eat leisurely. It was obvious they wanted us in and out asap.
I won't be coming back.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Overall rating 
Food 0 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 0
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