Cosita Linda

I had an amazing time, the service was outstanding the food was delicious.

+12

Ranesha Scarbrough

My family and I had the pleasure of having Brian ( in the bar/lounge area ) as our server on Friday evening. His service was over and beyond, exceptionally great. He welcomed us with kindness and reassured that we were extremely comfortable through the entire night, even for our 2 yr old. He answered every question without hesitation regarding the $39 Taste of Benihana experience. And I must say, it was quite an AMAZING experience. 10/10, Highly Recommend.

Joseph Adame

I had a great dinner at Benihana! The atmosphere was fun and lively and the service really stood out. Our bartender, Alonso, was awesome super friendly attentive and made great drinks. He really added to the experience and made us feel welcome. The manager Alexus, also came by to check on us and made sure everything was perfect, which I really appreciated. Great food great people can’t wait to come back!

Evan Hammons

Food was really great and absolutely delicious. the service was perfect, our chef was absolutely phenomenal and put on a great performance, he was incredibly interactive and nice. The atmosphere was pretty good too.

Nancy Cabrel

We had an amazing time at Benihana! Frankie our server was hilarious, and so accommodating! Our chef Eric gave us an outstanding show and delicious eats! Definitely coming back with the whole family again! The whole staff was wonderful and the kids had a blast and loved when they came out to sing happy birthday! Thank you!

Isabel Villareal

It was our first time dining at Benihanas. We had the best experience! Chef Joey was skilled on the grill and very entertaining. The food was perfection and the show was wonderful. I would 100% come back and recommend this place to my family and friends. If you are in the Torrance area, I hope Chef Joey handles your service.

Shayesteh Fadaee

Amazing experience at Benihana! The food was incredibly fresh and full of flavor, and the service was perfect—friendly, fast, and attentive. The chef’s performance was fun to watch and made the meal even more special. Great atmosphere and a perfect spot for any occasion. Highly recommend.

Kool Kens

We went for my Mom and I’s birthday and Im happy to say we had an amazing time! Ximena gave us great service and made the occasion a very special one! Chef Juan was awesome too, and we enjoyed seeing all the cool tricks he did while preparing our food, and he was also great! 10/10, would absolutely come here again!

Ambiance and service was great for a birthday celebration! Thank you Frankie for the amazing hospitality! We will definitely return when we're back in town.

Ambiance and service was great for a birthday celebration! Thank you Frankie for the amazing hospitality! We will definitely return when we're back in town.

We had a fabulous birthday dinner tonight and Alonso made it the night. I grew up going to Benihana and loved the theatrics and the food. We loved sharing this experience with our children. We …

We had a fabulous birthday dinner tonight and Alonso made it the night. I grew up going to Benihana and loved the theatrics and the food. We loved sharing this experience with our children. We al…

ambiance and service was great for a birthday celebration! Thank you Frankie for the amazing hospitality! We will definitely return when we're back in town.

Ambiance and service was great for a birthday celebration! Thank you Frankie for the amazing hospitality! We will definitely return when we're back in town.

The food was amazing! service was great! Ahout out to Chris and Victor for great customer service and great food. Pre Valentines celeb plus dine LA 2026. It was a last minute decision. We were go…

Peter Babida

Haven't been here in decades! To be honest I had low expectations but I was pleasantly surprised! The food was tasty but a bit over salted. The "show" was good, our chef was funny, his showmanship could use a bit more showmanship. Service was a slow, we had reservations for 6:15 but we didn't get seated until 7. A good time overall

I was extremely dissatisfied with my recent visit. I was given a birthday gift card to use towards my meal which was not working with the PO system. Matt (bartender) was providing exceptional servi…

The bad: June 10, 2025.  My neice set reservations for 1:15 PM. I arrived at 1:00PM.  I'm still  sitting in the car and it's 2:00 pM.  There isn't any seating inside or outside for waiting guests. …

Great experience for the family! Our cook put on an amazing show and was very entertaining for the kids. The food was great and overly abundant! I don’t know I saw anyone not leaving with a to g…

I have been here several times in the past but this last visit was so disappointing. We literally had to wait for an hour because no cook was free to start the live cooking. Not a word of apology…

We enjoyed it. They are not doing the appetizer flinging or the sake from the bottle, I guess due to Covid. Drink service was a little slow, seems like the server had a lot of tables. Fried ric…

In a word, disappointed. We had a noon reservation for the teppan table. Arrive about 5-minutes early then waiting until 20 minutes after our reservation to be seated. Then waited again. It took one hour from the time of our reservation to place our order. If you haven't been to this location, almost all of the tables are bunched together, creating a very warm, humid environment. Honestly, knowing people will be warn, cold water should be waiting for you when you sit. They make you wait for your full table to arrive before seating but, on the day we were there, there were 10 of us at one table, then 10 minutes later, they sat a single couple at the table directly across from us. 10 vs 2? Doesn't make sense to me. Your experience will depend on your waiter, chef and tablemates. We had very friendly and talkative tablemates so that was great. But our server was rushed and, as mentioned, took an hour to just place our order. Our total time there was over two hours! For lunch! Hope you don't have to get back to the office. The food was okay, freshly cooked but the portions have become very small for the price. We really used to enjoy going here but we both decided that this was our last trip. Hope your experience will be better than ours and...enjoy!

The seating situation was a disaster! We had a confirmed 6.30 reservation and we arrived on time. We were not seated until 7.30 pm. We got all different excuses for the long wait including “Open Table overbooked” “there was a big group “ and “two of the chefs didn’t show up”. This was totally unacceptable. Once we were seated, the waitress attending to our table was very nice and tried her best to pacify us and getting our soups, salads and drinks and appetizers. She kept apologizing and assuring us that the chef will be there soon. It was an hour before the chef came to our table to fix our dinner. By the time we finished, it was a 3 and a half hour dinner ordeal! What a disaster! This is the last time we are going to Benihana in Torrance! Just totally unacceptable and not a single apology or word from anyone in the management while we were at the table. Our Chef Jake was great and tried to make things lighter after knowing how upset we were. Thank you Jake!

Madhav Bewoor

Good food,great vibe with the chefs being friendly and putting on a show. Wagyu beef course is what I would recommend. However despite booking a table had to wait 35+ mins. for a table and then another 20+ minutes for the chef to arrive. Overbooked and understaffed.

I went to Benihana's for a birthday dinner and it was just OK. In my opinion I mean you're more paying for the ambience and the experience. The food was OK a bit salty for my liking but a fun place…

number you call is not torrance but the corporate office. The dingbat girl had no idea what i was talking about when i asked if Torrance still had their sushi bar open. Know what the heck you are …

Went to celebrate my wife's birthday with my family. The food was a little above average but the service was very good. On top of the $51.88 tip I was hit with a 18% service charge ($48.19). If the…

Went to celebrate my wife's birthday with my family. The food was a little above average but the service was very good. On top of the $51.88 tip I was hit with a 18% service charge ($48.19). If t…

Had reservations for my daughters birthday, still had to wait an hour an a half. No manager anywhere. Finally got to a table and waitress asked if there was any special reason we were there. Again, told them it was for our daughters birthday. Another 40 minute wait, then the chef shows up, his name was Earl and he was the only good part of our visit. Waitress shows up to collect payment, again asking her are they going to come back to sing happy birthday to my daughter, she nods and collects payment, then never comes back. Daughters bummed. 3 hours wasted for overpriced mediocre food. $75 for choice skirt steak and tiny lobster. Way understaffed, and horrible management. Totally avoidable with better leadership. Won't be back.

This review is for the TAKE-OUT. We have eaten there many times and have had wonderful experiences. However, we had a very large take out order and were so disappointed. We ordered around 10 steak dishes rare and all of them came back well done and in strangely shaped bits and pieces. I realize take out can't compare to food cooked at the table but this fell so short that we would never consider take out from them again. The price is the same as eating in and we did leave a large tip assuming that the same chefs would have to cook for this take out order.

Emily Lopez

Allison has absolutely zero customer service experience! I had a To-go order and she forgot my drink I had to drive all the way back! I had to pay for sauce while she gave the girl behind me free sauces and only got a small bit of fries after paying $7, I asked her if this was t and she said “yea that what we serve”…

As a long time lover here, it pains me to say how disappointed I am in Benihana. I received a gift card as a birthday present a year back and wanted to use my gift card to place an online order. I wa…

As a long time lover here, it pains me to say how disappointed I am in Benihana. I received a gift card as a birthday present a year back and wanted to use my gift card to place an online order. I …

As a long time lover here, it pains me to say how disappointed I am in Benihana. I received a gift card as a birthday present a year back and wanted to use my gift card to place an online order. …

Don't count on a reservation! We booked 2 for dinner, but when we arrived they told us it'd be another 45 minute wait and that the other 50 or so people standing in the lobby, doorway, and out front …

Don't count on a reservation! We booked 2 for dinner, but when we arrived they told us it'd be another 45 minute wait and that the other 50 or so people standing in the lobby, doorway, and out fron…

Don't count on a reservation! We booked 2 for dinner, but when we arrived they told us it'd be another 45 minute wait and that the other 50 or so people standing in the lobby, doorway, and out fron…

Slow service -- took us 45 minutes to get food after being seated AND I left my leftovers for 3-5 minutes to use the restroom to have them thrown away. I only ate may a third of my $55 seafood meal…

Slow service -- took us 45 minutes to get food after being seated AND I left my leftovers for 3-5 minutes to use the restroom to have them thrown away. I only ate may a third of my $55 seafood meal…

Can't even rate the food because we didn't get to eat. We showed up at our reservation time after an hour long drive, three small kids in tow, just to be told there's an hour-long wait, even with…

We had a reservation set for 7 of us days ago, show up today and was told we need to wait an hour to an hour and a half.. for what exactly? Going to overbook your reservations and have people just …

Can't even rate the food because we didn't get to eat. We showed up at our reservation time after an hour long drive, three small kids in tow, just to be told there's an hour-long wait, even with a…

We had a reservation set for 7 of us days ago, show up today and was told we need to wait an hour to an hour and a half.. for what exactly? Going to overbook your reservations and have people jus…

When we arrived at 9pm we sat at the bar to wait for our table The bar was not clean with the remains of many cocktails glued in the corners When entering the dining area we noticed that the red c…

This was the worst experience I've ever had here first of all it was my birthday and we had someone at my table not with our party that was gluten free and a vegetarian so the chef let us all know th…

This was the worst experience I've ever had here first of all it was my birthday and we had someone at my table not with our party that was gluten free and a vegetarian so the chef let us all k…

This was the worst experience I've ever had here first of all it was my birthday and we had someone at my table not with our party that was gluten free and a vegetarian so the chef let us all know …

Absolutely unprofessional and unacceptable. A 7pm reservation was made by the kids for father's day. When we arrived they said there was a one and a half to two hour wait, no apology or sympathy. J…

Absolutely unprofessional and unacceptable. A 7pm reservation was made by the kids for father's day. When we arrived they said there was a one and a half to two hour wait, no apology or sympathy. J…

I was looking forward to celebrating a special occasion at Benihana Torrance, but the way they handled our reservation was completely unacceptable. I had a reservation for a party of seven at 6:…

This restaurant is nothing like it used to be. We went several times per year for family birthdays. It was my wife's birthday this week and I made reservations far in advance of her birthday. We …

We had reservations at 8pm it is 10:06 and we still haven’t ate anything. I understand being busy but 2 hrs is unacceptable what’s the point of a reservation! Quick update also it’s 11:00 pm boy my rice started eating and found a hair in it!!AMAZING!!! I’ve been here before and it’s never been this bad so I guess everybody has a bad day so I’ll just chalk it up to that

I took my family here to celebrate my kids’ good grades and made a reservation for 7:15 PM. We actually arrived early at 6:50 PM, but unfortunately we weren’t seated until 9:18 PM — over two hours after our reservation time. I kept wanting to leave, but my kids love this place so much that they really wanted to stay. Once we were finally seated, our waitress was very nice and understanding, which I appreciated. However, instead of bringing new cups for refills, she would take our used cups to the back and refill them. On top of that, some of the dishes brought to our table were dirty and had to be replaced. We then waited nearly another two hours for the chef to come to our table. He didn’t arrive until 10:44 PM, forgot some items in the back, and didn’t actually start cooking until around 11:00 PM. After the food was finally prepared, the chef left, and about 10–15 minutes later staff began bringing to-go containers to the table, which made us feel rushed because the restaurant was closing. Overall, this was one of the worst restaurant experiences I’ve ever had. It was disappointing, especially since we were there to celebrate something special for my kids. Unfortunately, we won’t be returning to this location again.

Henrik Helgesen

After arriving at 6:30 for our reservation, we were told they were running 30 - 45 minutes behind. - Not a great start for our celebration with friends. One hour and 15 minutes later we were finally seated. 15 - 20 minutes went by before a server took over orders - She admitted that it was a bad day but also indicated that this was not uncommon. Basically, the reservation is a waitlist and not a reservation. Slowly, we were served our soup and salad - and then a wait. After 30 minutes the server offered us complimentary appetizers, which we realized was the "We need to buy even more time". At 9 PM - before the appetizers was served, we finally had enough and left - hungry. Management is utter incompetent.

Z

What a disappointment this location is but mostly their management. 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼 I made a reservation weeks in advance, to celebrate my sons bday, It was 12 of us. Our reservation was at 9:15pm of course everyone’s on time. First of all the man at the front (looked like the manager) had such bad energy, his whole face and body language says he hates his job. Zero welcoming, zero engagement, just said we were waiting for people to leave to get our tables. Finally we sit down and the waitress comes to tell us, “just so you know you have to wait for a cook to become available, it’s going to be about an hour.” I said, what!? We have a reservation, she said she has no idea why the restaurant does that she was frustrated herself! And says, to be honest with you , there’s like 7 tables ahead of you! I go over to talk to the table next to us because I can tell there frustrated, and they tell me they’ve been waiting for a cook for almost 2 hrs. It was so disappointing! I had to make the decision to leave with all my guest. By this time it’s 10:30pm We were left trying to figure out where to go. What upset me the most again was the man at the front. I spoke to him and his whole attitude was pretty much, “that’s what it is and there’s nothing we can do about it!” Type of attitude. What restaurant demands to make a reservation for a party of my size just to make us wait allegedly an hr, but in reality they weren’t even honest because people were waiting for over 2hrs!? I will NEVER go here again. I hope they go out of business this year. The staff sucks and look miserable, they’re overworking 3-4 cooks. Like how in the world could they give you a good experience when they’re slaving them!? Why is this place even open!? Never again! Don’t recommend.

Melissa Mahboobian Mamola

Can't even rate the food because we didn't get to eat. We showed up at our reservation time after an hour long drive, three small kids in tow, just to be told there's an hour-long wait, even with a reservation! The entire entrance to the restaurant was packed like sardines with people, you could barely move. The hostess was very flippant when engaging with us, stating that the reservations were out of their hands. Understandable, I guess…? but something needs to be done about this. There is no reason you should be providing reservations that you cannot accommodate. Extremely disappointing experience, we will definitely not be back, though the kids were so excited to try Benihana for the first time. Do better!

Mahsa Pakravan

We made a reservation from a while before and drove for an hour to come to the restaurant! When we showed up they told us that we needed to wait over an hour to get our table. When asked what is the point of reservation the manager told me it was to get us to the restaurant. Then the lady suggested we go across the street to the mall and shop until our table is ready. The front office was not very helpful at all. Would never come back!!

Eileen

I came here for the birthday 12/18/2025. We showed up around 3pm. The host had the worst service: no smile, no greeting, poor personality. That was already a bad first impression. I asked for a table with a show and was seated with a family of 5 that basically took up the entire area. I get it, it’s first come first serve but they were inconsiderate of myself and my guest. I asked the host if I could wait for the next show and she said well that’s all we have and it will be like that every time. I was baffled. The restaurant was dirty with boxes lying around as if they were not organized. I was willing to wait if she offered me a different table. I will never come back here again. 0/10. Save your money, go somewhere else!

Nunie Baby

Managements lack of customer service is astonishing. They play in your face with the to go orders, prices, and portion sizes. I wouldn’t come here if you don’t plan to dine in. It’s definitely not worth it. I ordered steak fried rice for two. They gave me two containers of rice with 2 small cut pieces of steak on top. I waited over 30+ minutes to receive my food for it to be poorly made. Waited another 10 for a manager to show up. Older white guy blonde hair. His lack of empathy or customer service completely turned me off. What should’ve happened is, my order should’ve been remade. With the correct amount of protein, CHOPPED and fried throughout the rice and a simple apology. I got a refund for my entire order instead. Which is fine I’d rather keep my money if this is how they handle their customers