kyoto japanese steak house

overall unsat. so i paid full price for a kidsmealfor my 4 year old ($10.50). two other adults paid to share with their 6 year olds. the chef gave the older kids more food even though i paid full price. second, most hibachi grills fill you with more than a cup of rice, your choice of white or fried. this place only gives you a small bowl of white or seasoned. it is $3.00 extra for fried. who charges $3.00 for a small cup of rice? and lastly, the veggi dinner didn't get the normal veggies as everyone else but completely different vegetables. it also came with tofu, my wife ordered veggie dinner not vegetarian. overall unsatisfied and won't be back. this may be the normal in the pacific northwest since the 20 other habachi restaurants i have been to where primarily in southeast and midwest, however i hope not!

we have eaten here dozens of times over the past couple of years, and the main problem is this: major inconsistency in the quality of meals, depending on which chef you happen to get cooking yourmealat your table. i've had some good and just okay meals here, but i've also gotten countless meals that just plain sucked, mostly dependent on the chef. we've gotten ruined overcooked filet, food sopping with oil, food so salty as to inedible, overcooked and undercooked seafood (yuck), tiny portions, food tasting of lighter fluid, wrong order....well, you name it---you get the picture. the sad part is, that it does no good to tell them when things are wrong. you usually just get a mumbled "sorry" and then they do nothing to correct it---ever. unfortunately, the trend of bad meals seems to be getting more frequent, so we are finally done with this place. so, if you decide to try it, i hope you're feeling lucky. cuz that's what it will take to get the random decentmealcooked by one of the few competent teppanyaki chefs, and not one by one of the greasy slop-slingers. if you get a bad meal, don't expect a recooked item or a $ adjustment---it won't happen! personally, i'd rather not gamble on it. the quality only seems to get worse as of late. so, are you feeling lucky....?