"We had a very poor experience at this restaurant for my daughter 's 15th birthday. First off, I reserved the hibachi table for 15 people about 1 month in advance. I also gave a $100 deposit to hold the table. We had a 6:00 reservation, and we were seated at 6:10. We gave our dinner orders salad soup were served quickly. However, not everyone received soup and we had to ask them to please serve each guest. The hibachi chef was 'average ' at best. He was not engaging or fun at all, but we were willing to overlook that because my daughter was enjoying time with her friends. Entrees were dished out, and everyone seemed to enjoy their food. It took a WHILE for the servers to start clearing plates, and they actually stopped mid-way. I was waiting for the dishes to be cleared so that I could serve the cake we brought. (I called in advance and asked to bring a cake. They obliged, and said they would have plates forks for us to use. We had to ask the wait staff to clear the rest of the entree dishes after waiting about 20 minutes. Then, we were able to serve cookie cake. At this time, another large group arrived. It became clear that they were waiting for us to leave so that they could use our table. After we paid our bill of almost $400, but were still wrapping things up, a young staff member asked us to LEAVE THE TABLE bc they needed it for the next party. We were appalled . We expressed our disappointment and annoyance bc we were not made aware of a 'time limit ' on the table. To make matters worse, the other large party was giving us angry stares the entire time- as if it was our fault. As we were leaving , one of the guests from the other large party even started CLAPPING as we walked past! This infuriated me- the other guests did not realize that we were being rushed out to accommodate their party. The restaurant really messed up by not allotting sufficient time between parties. We shared all of our disappointment with the manager. She was kind, and offered us a $30 gift card. We refused, as I was not trying to gain something from complaining. I truly was so disappointed and aggravated. I hope they will learn from this experience and plan better in the future. This could have been avoided if they communicated a time limit on table reservations. Unfortunately I will not return to this restaurant, and I will not recommend it."
