Benihana At The Grange St Pauls

Chicken breast was horrendously dry. Chef seemed very unconfident around us. Service was fair numerous hand raises were ignored by waiting staff.

Let me down for my girlfriends surprise birthday said they forgot about it! Then brought the table next to us a birthday dessert was completely let down!!

enjoyed the food, however was a bit let down about the lobster as it was over cooked and rubbery also the entertainment as I expected the chef to be more interactive with us. Was a nice experience overall but not worth the money I paid.

We love benihana and have been here loads of times. However, we always order the wagyu beef and this time it was not as good as the many times we’ve eaten it. It was more dry and less juicy. So that was disappointing because the wagyu is what we were looking forward to eat.

Great food and great concept it was fairly quiet when i attend which i was surprised by as i had tried to make a slightly later booking but i think they may have only had 2 chefs working. not quite so much flare as the one in mayfair and they had no sushi which was a disappointment.

Excruciatingly slow service despite empty restaurant and staff standing about doing nothing. Terrible food, flavourless. Everybody very hungry but nobody enjoyed the food. I had a steak and lobster combination for £50 that tasted like something you’d find in a buffet at an all you can eat sort of place. Incredibly expensive. Miserable decor. Half arsed table service. Bored chef. Bad food.

Visited this restaurant for the first time and after this experience, we won’t be returning. Tried a number of times to order a bottle of wine, only to be told they didn’t have any of them. Overall the service was lacklustre and it really felt like the waiting staff just didn’t want to be there. The one plus was the food and the chef at the table was warm and engaging. Overall there are much better restaurants in the area, that will make you feel welcome and that they want your business. Very disappointing.

This is my second time and generally the food is good as we love tapanyaki style . Service was attentive and the chef was very pleasant and gave a competent display of his skills and cooked very well. Only complaint the crispy garlic came cold rather than being cooked on the grill and was pricey. The biggest disappointment was there was no Sushi or Sashimi service being a Sunday evening. This was Understandable but show be made clear on the website as I made the booking on line. Despite this we had an enjoyable evening and enjoyed the meal. A little pricey but it’s is London

SPOILER: AVOID THIS RESTAURANT IF YOU APPRECIATE GOOD SERVICEAs we were staying at the Grange Hotel at St Paul’s we decided to eat in and chose their Japanese restaurant Benihana. We booked for 7.30pm and were running a little late arriving at 7.45pm. A young lady greeted us, asked if we had booked which we confirmed we had, she then left explaining she would get the manager to attend to us. A couple of minutes passed whilst we observed that the restaurant was hardly busy with perhaps 12 covers. Then another young lady greeted us, again asking had we booked and again we confirmed we had and explained we were being seen to. We then waited another couple of minutes, admittedly by now feeling a...