My family and I came here about 2 weeks ago for dinner. The most surprising aspects of our first visit to Wu's House, were the humongous portions sizes and the incredible quality of some of their dishes.
We definitely ordered way too much, but we were honestly expecting about half as much, based on other hibachi restaurants we've visited. We ended up taking most of our entrees to go. Quantity doesn't always equate to quality, but here it's actually pretty good, not the best, but I don't have the usual complaints (uncleared shrimp for example) I would have at cheaper Asian restaurants.
We started with a few sushi rolls. I had the sweet potato, which I absolutely loved. It was still warm, which is how it should be prepared in my opinion. However, some restaurants that offer a sweet potato roll either serve it cold or take so long to bring it out that by the time you get it, it's cold. I also had a spider roll. I really liked it, except that you could really smell the seaweed in it. I'm not sure what causes that as overall the roll seemed pretty fresh and tasted very good. My wife had a California roll which was good. It wasn't exceptional, and it was made with imitation crab meat, but as far as those go, it was good. The other roll my wife had, had way too much going on in terms of flavors and components. I can't remember whether or not it was the volcano roll or a variation of the shrimp tempura roll, but either way it was a lot to handle. I actually liked it, more than my wife did for sure, but there were just too many sauces on top of it already being deep fried and topped with scallions and possibly even caviar? It's one of the rolls from the pictures i attached you my review. My aunt also had a dragon roll, which similar to the California roll, wasn't exceptional but it was good.
We honestly would have been good on just the sushi. The main courses were just much too big. That's not a complaint, but just keep that in mind if it's your first time here and you're used to something like Benihana or Kona Grill. I had the lobster tail and scallops and my wife had the shrimp tempura, both pictured. The tempura was really good, although it was closer to that thicker flour based tempura, than the thin fluffy kind. It was still very good though. My lobster was giant, and that might've contributed to why it was more form rather than tender. I
That's my preference in general for most meats so I actually appreciated that. The scallops were a little below average. They were too soft and they were the larger kind which I'm not a fan of. They just tasted texturally like they were lower quality. I also didn't like that there was a puddle of either some sort of really watery sauce or juices from the lobster, scallops, and noodles, condensing at the bottom of the plate. It really made parts of the meal inedible to me. The ginger salad was absolutely delicious, albeit over saturated with the dressing/sauce. The miso soup was also very good although I have the similar complaint of the seaweed smelling strongly.
On a surprising note, they also served us some honeydew melon for desert. This was complimentary (it's difficult to say the price is in the meal with how cheap everything was) and unexpectedness from what I would consider a mid-quality restaurant line Wu's House.
The pricing is one of the biggest surprises. Part of the reason we ordered so much is because we saw the prices and assumed we were going to get much smaller portion sizes. If they cut corners somewhere to make their prices so low, I can't figure out where. Once again, this isn't the best Asian/Asian Fusion food I've ever eaten, but it is much better quality than most places.
The service was very good as well. My aunt got there some time before us and had been waiting quite a while for her roll, but other than that we had absolutely no problems. Our waitress was very nice and had a very positive energy about her. I really wish she would've warned us about their portion sizes, but that's not even a complaint.
The only other issue that may be a dealbreaker for people is the fact that they're hibachi tables currently closed, which makes sense with the pandemic situation. They also don't take reservations, so it's first come first serve, but it didn't seem like they were anywhere near their current maximum capacity when we went on a Friday night.
Overall I definitely recommend Wu's house. It's not perfect, as you can tell from my review, but they do a lot of things very well. There also aren't a ton of other hibachi options in the area, and if you live near this location, it's not worth driving to Lombard or Downtown Chicago over going to this place. I'm definitely going to visit again in the future. read more