Yamato - Columbia

Food and service were great. The chef was hilarious having my family and the others laughing at his jokes while still providing an excellent dinner show.They were definitely short staffed and needing more help as the sushi was unable to be provided due to not having a sushi chef.

The chefs barely interact with the customers while cooking. And they cooked my salmon at least twice as long as necessary. It was inedible hard as a rock.

Food was excellent! Big portions. It was really busy when we went so that's a good indication.

I had my daughters sweet 16 birthday here we had 2 tables 19 ppl) we had 2 servers and 2 chefs. after the manager told me over and over the entire party had to be there to be seated we were all there by 5:30 reservation was at 6) they didn't START setting us up til after 6. One of our tables had drinks soups and salad before we even got drink orders... the chef seemed irritated with the server and even more so because we had a guest with a food allergy... the one table had the works great chef with fun entertainment and a great server... our table on the other hand with the birthday girl had none AT ALL no fire no fun nothing the only thing the chef said the whole time was made sure our orders were correct... the other table was finished had desert before we got our food... right after we got our food the server immediately brought Togo boxes no desert and when we asked she said it was upon request the other table did NOT request it) one of my guests cleaned dishes off the table to make room and we wernt even able to do my daughter's cake... we felt rushed and the service was horrible this was the worst hibachi experience I've ever had and even more so for my daughters sweet 16 I will not go back and when I spoke to the manager she acted like she could care less and the resturant was not busy

This restaurant was beginning to be my quick fix regardless of the below average rating. I debating between a 2 star or 3 but I’m not as hungry right now. I visited the restaurant on a Saturday afternoon and was seated immediately. Once I got to the table, the woman at the front wouldn’t allow my party (2 people) to sit where we wanted and stated she’s preparing for a party of 15 at the two tables. After waiting for 5 minutes, she began putting out menus for the party of 15. I asked how many people were they planning to sit at one table and she said up to 11 people at a table because they’re under staffed. The tables aren’t big enough for more than 8 people, especially while eating.