jinbeh

object of ridicule. the food was good, but the humiliation was even greater. today was my first and last visit to jinbeh (i went to the lewisville location). as part of their "show", thechefdecided to pick on me, doing everything from aiming to throw things at me to squirting liquids - one of them from a toy boy urinating. from the very beginning i told him i did not appreciate it, and asked him to stop. he continued. i asked him to leave me alone, but he would not. the rest of my party, seeing how upset i was, asked him to pick on someone else, but he ignored them all and continued to direct things at me. i later complained to the manager, who just dismissed it as part of "the show". this amount of disrespect is inexcusable. i thought i could get my message across by not leaving a tip, but an 18% gratuity was automatically added to the bill.

one of my favs. we go here and go for sushi and sit at the sushi bar. the sushichefsam is great. our favorite is when they have spanish mackerel. the service here is very good and they have a habatchi grill here as well that my daughter likes to order from.

the sushi is always good and the atmosphere is also pleasant.

mediocre hibachi. jinbeh is lucky - lucky that there aren't many other hibachi restaurants nearby. certainly, that must be the reason why their business is still thriving. my friends and i went to jinbeh for lunch today and it was packed! we had to wait 15 minutes for open seats at one of the hibachi tables. even hours after we first arrived, people continued to come in. judging from the number of returning, loyal customers, you would think this was the best restaurant ever. believe me, it's not.

the waitress was nice enough - she greeted us and got us our drinks and kept them filled. however, after we put in our orders (3 of us put in sushi orders and 2 of us got hibachi orders), our experience went downhill.

we asked for two separate sushi forms so that we could distinguish who wanted what sushi. this was done in vain because the sushi chefs completely disregarded our request and put all the sushi and rolls on the same plates! so we had a lot of swapping plates and reaching over each other to get to our rolls that were on the same plate as someone else's. ridiculous.

also, after the dust had settled, we noticed we never got 2 of the rolls we ordered! also, one of our friends ordered his steak rare in his hibachi order and told thechefwhen he wanted his steak off the grill. the chef, who up to this point had not said one word to us, ignored him and continued to cook it. when he finally took the steak off the grill and put it on his plate, the steak was medium well! unacceptable.

that's another thing you need to know about our experience. the hibachi chef, who is usually supposed to be most friendly and entertaining person in the restaurant, did not talk at all and never once smiled. he rushed through the entire cooking process and did his entire routine (onion volcano, cracking the eggs, catching the shrimp tails in his hat) in total silence. unbelievable.

i complained to the manager and he thanked me for bringing it to his attention. in the end, he gave us 10% off our bill - which i didn't feel was compensation enough for such a terrible eating experience. i think a lot of people in this area are easily impressed because of the lack of alternatives, but i encourage everyone to drive out a little further next time and find a better hibachi/sushi restaurant!

great sushi chef. the sushichefmakes this place. nightly, creative specials. fresh seafood prepared by an authentic japanese sushichefwho is passionate about his job. the rest of the staff are friendly as well and interesting people from all over. never disappointed.