HIBACHI:
For the past three years, my oldest daughter has requested Hibachi for her birthday dinner. So as in the past, a few days out from "the big night" we made reservations. (Trust me if you don't make a reservation for the hibachi table, they will not seat you there. Apparently they only schedule chefs for this area around the reservations. Last year we were turned away, and had to make it up to our daughter a few weeks later.) At the time that I made the reservation, I made a point to say that this was for a five year old's birthday. I did not expect a giant mouse or bright lights, bells, and whistles, I could have gone to Chucky Cheese's, but all we got was ,"oh, this is for her birthday?" when we checked in.
We were sat right away, and we're the only people in the hibachi room. The service was not exceptional, but fine. The first course was the soup. This may be my favorite part. The soup is light, with just enough onion and mushroom. If you've never had hibachi, this is a standard. The second course, salad, we were offered a selection of dressings, but we all went for ginger. The salad appeared to be a blend of iceberg and romaine with a slice of cucumber and tomato. This too is a standard hibachi salad.
After being served our salad, our chef appeared. He was great. We all were laughing by the time our dishes were prepared. I had scallops, average, my wife split her chicken with our youngest, not that good, and the birthday girl had shrimp, yum. Along with your main course, you also get fried rice and and assortment of vegetables, which usually consist of onion, broccoli, mushrooms, and zucchini. For the most part everything tasted the same. The dipping sauces left much to be desired. They were both way too salty. So dipping an already over salted chunk of meat or broccoli into liquefied Morton Salt was less than satisfying.
We have definately had better here, and for sure at other hibachi restaurants. Its good enough if you dont want to travel too far for hibachi or sushi.
SUSHI:
The sushi here is maybe the best served between Madison and Milwaukee. The menu is large enough to please everyone. Even if you are dinig with someone who is not a fan of sushi, they are sure to find someting. The prices are average for sushi, and like most sushi or seafood restaurants, the price increases along with complexity.
Overall, the dininr room is the way to go. The only thing keeping this from being a 3 or 4 star is the Hibachi. If they could figure that out, this place would be much better read more