Japanese Steak House

My husband and I (and two friends) got throwing up/diarrhea/fever food poisoning here!! When we called to inform management, both managers were disrespectful and would not acknowledge that there may have been an issue with their food. We could not believe it when one member of staff said ""it's just a coincidence."" Let me tell you folks, I have a BA in Biology, am licensed to teach biology, anatomy, physics, and chemistry in Ohio, and am going after my master's in Biochemistry. I know a thing or two about bacteria and food borne pathogens, so my advice is STAY AWAY from here! We even had a doctor confirm all 4 cases of acute food poisoning. Ps. I have never filed a complaint with the BBB or health department before my experience with this restaurant. Don't waste your money here. more

I wish I could have given this location ZERO stars. I requested to be moved to another table that had other people at it, not wanting to be alone at a table because I thought that our service and our entertainment would be affected, and I was right. I let the manager know that I was unhappy at the table I was at, and he just laughed it off, saying we were lucky to be alone. The waitress rudely denied to move us to another table that was occupied by more people, and forgot to bring our rice, as well as bringing me the wrong drink twice. The cooking show lasted all of 4 minutes, the food was over-oiled and he did not do anything entertaining. That was just the beginning of my bad experience, when I asked to talk to the manager to let him know I was unhappy with the service I received, he was EXTREMELY rude. Not only did he talk to me in a condescending tone of voice, after I told him I was here for my boyfriend's birthday he said that I was ""disparaging"" my boyfriend's experience at the restaurant and TOLD ME that my own boyfriend would not want me to ruin his night by bringing this up. Chris, the manager who spoke to me, denied me any compensation or discount for my unhappiness with all facets of service I received, from the food to the service to the management, and about put me in tears when he talked to me so rudely. I will NEVER be back to this location, there are plenty of other newer, cleaner, classier Japanese Steak Houses in Columbus that would never treat a customer how I was treated at this location. more

Nothing beats it at the downtown Japanese Steak House. We had a huge family dinner there tonight. It was deelish! We used to go there quite often. But, got away from going there due to the growing hibatchi options in the area. Overall, parking was easy, we were seated quickly and the food / service was very good. We are putting it back into the family dinner night out rotation! more

The WORST experience I've ever had dining--and maybe personally too. Read below and STAY AWAY! more

Very Interesting place with good food and nice fire play more

It's good and worth going - but not great. more

We like this place a lot, we took our kids here for the first time and they thought the cook was really neat and his tricks were ""cool and funny"", like when he tossed the shrimp around and threw the tails in his hat, pocket and even at the waitress lol. The only thing my son and I didn't care for was the salad dressing, the onion/garlic flavor is strong and it didn't really agree with our stomachs. Wish that they gave you another choice in dressing such as a ginger/sesame oil type of dressing. But I do love the rest of the food and their green tea! more

We brought my 4 yr old son to the restaurant. This is the 2nd time we've been to the restaurant and the service has been excellent, staff has been very courteous, the food was really delicious and it was alot of fun for all of us. It came to about $60 for 3 of us which I consider a little pricey, but it was worth the money. Pros: Food really delicious. Entertaining Cons: Little bit expensive more

I have never been more apalled at the lack of customer service, as I was during lunch at the Japanese Steak House! Pros: You get to see your food prepared Cons: HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. more

Visited on a monday night, granted, an off night, but the chef was a little off too. His best trick was flipping shrimp tails in a bowl, as no other tricks occurred, the meat (beef and seafood) was overcooked, and the fried rice tasted like mush (without syrup). I couldn't believe how small the servings were for this nature of restaurant. The bean sprouts were undercooked, and the zucchinin/onion/mushroom was burnt. Maybe better on a different night, or get that cook out from behind the grill, PLEASE!! more

THe Japanese Steak House has a very friendly atmosphere. The cooks are very entertaining with all the fun tricks they do with the food. The man that comes around to the tables with the musical instruments, whick you get to play, while he sings is very fun. The food tastes great. We drive an hour and a half just to come here and eat. I can't say enough about the Japanese Staek House. Pros: Great Food, Entertaining, Friendly more

I love going to The Japanese Steak House. I love the food. I think it is wonderful, and I could eat there everyday. The salad dressing is the best. The Dispatch had the recipe in it a few years ago and I missed it. Anyone happen to get a copy of it? I would love to have it. I take all of my out of town company to eat there and everyone loves it, even the kids. Great job!!! more

Seriously, this resturant is banking on the fact that everyone at this resturant has never been any other Hibachi style resturant. Pretty much, nothing was ""new"", but even worse, it wasn't even close to being as entertaining to any of the other similar type resturants. The food was nothing special tasting, but you do get enough to hold you and the next day. The only thing that pulled the evening together was the owner singing Happy Birthday to the customers, that was funny =) The service was good, but then again, none seem very knowledgeable about the food. Very AMERICAN Not a good place for a first date, (Coming from first hand experience) Pros: Good Atmosphere, Different Style, Meet people Cons: Expensive, Nothing Special, Seen it more

The Japanese Steakhouse is simply amazing, with creative cooks who prepare your meals in front of you. They do tricks such as pretending to throw the food at you, and flipping the food high in the air. The birthday celebration is not to be missed! Pros: relatively priced Cons: can be pretty crowded more