Mei Hibachi Reviews Summary

Category: Japanese steakhouse

Address: 500 S River St, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA

Phone: +12018807225

Rating: 3.9
based on 126 reviews.

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "The staff is usually amicable, and the food is consistently excellent."
  • "Wonderful staff who were great with children."
  • "Their staff is amazing and are extremely friendly."
  • "The staff is very friendy and courteous great family atmosphere~!"
  • "Staff was courteous and easy to deal with."
  • "The waitress and staff was very friendly and offered great service."
  • "Incredible customer service!! The chef even diced our daughters chicken for us without even asking."

Cons:

  • "Went in and placed a to go order... Came back 35 minutes, and not only my order not ready. It wasn't even STARTED because I didn't pay."
  • "The lunch prices are crazy and don't have a problem there--the customer service is the worst."
  • "DON'T MAKE A RESERVATION!! They won't honor it!!"
  • "I don't know why they'd permit so many reservations if they can't manage the time properly."
  • "The waitress had an attitude because we want to share our meal."
  • "Waitress was not friendly."
  • "CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HORRIBLE."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was so great I like the hibachi sheaf the best he is so funny and brings us a lot of sprise like saki and balloons something like that."
  • "Food was great, sushi was fresh and the hibachi chef showed my family a good show!"
  • "So they have great tasting food. Great skilled chefs."
  • "EVERYTHING was beautiful me and my husband enjoyed the kissing noodles."
  • "The food is very flavorful and I am in love with their rice."
  • "The food was fresh, very good and large portions were served with the standard chef tricks at the table."
  • "The food is delicious and the service is great."

Cons:

  • "The food was terrible."
  • "The food is hardly edible."
  • "The noodles and things like that are a little bland."
  • "Terrible food my steak was not cooked."
  • "Most bland sushi I’ve ever tasted."
  • "Disgusting food."
  • "The meat had no flavor."

Atmosphere and Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "The restaurant was clean and socially distanced."
  • "The atmosphere was warm, inviting and the staff was Awesome!!"
  • "Once inside the decor was nice, clean, and friendly with a good atmosphere."
  • "First time yesterday at this place, good food & peaceful atmosphere."
  • "Definitely a place to check out with your partner or family. It has a very nice atmosphere."
  • "Everything was clean and delicious as always."
  • "An exceptional experience, staff went above and beyond to ensure we had a fabulous time."

Cons:

  • "The Interior of the restaurant is dark needs more light."
  • "Also the place was packed! I would never! Eat at the Tables, no Social Distancing. Totally unsafe and I believe illegal."
  • "It was not the clean and it was not very accommodating."
  • "Only one person was wearing masks."
  • "However... we were seated 1hour 45 min waiting for the chef to come out."
  • "The ambience of the place is dated."
  • "The service today was terrible."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

  • "The groupon coupon offered really helps you save because hibachi prices can be high."
  • "This place is great for the money."
  • "The prices are also good and the lunchtime hibachi during the week is quite a good deal."
  • "It's obviously not Mt. Fuji, it's BYOB and the prices are lower than that of other hibachi restaurants."
  • "The food is amazing too and the prices are reasonable."
  • "Very nice place to eat. The last time I went, there were three of us, and we purchased 3 special rolls and 1 regular roll and it came to about $50 with tip included."
  • "Cheap."

Cons:

  • "The gratuity that came with the bill was exaggerated, we demanded it to be lowered."
  • "15% Gratuity was added to my bill for a party for 2."
  • "They lied about soda refills being free!"
  • "Got our food which was the price we now more than what it was prior visit, because they used white out on the menu and wrote on the new prices."
  • "Very deceptive service. Bought groupon coupon and they charged a mandatory high tip charge that compensated for the Groupon discount."
  • "They demand tipping 20%!"
  • "I get charge $5 for each of 20-month-old twins that didn't eat anything just for sitting on the hibachi side!"

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