Mahzu Japanese - East Windsor

Got the steak hibachi dinner and the salmon hibachi dinner. The steak and salmon were both extremely flavorful and were cooked just right. The hibachi dinners each came with a small bowl of soup, a small bowl of salad, 2 shrimps, fried rice, fried noodles, and fried vegetables. The portions of the teppanyaki food items were very large! I went there hungry and could barely finish half of my plate. The show part of the hibachi was rather lackluster. They did the onion volcano and the thing where they have you try to catch some vegetable pieces in your mouth, but the onion volcano was very short/small and we didn 't see other standard tricks like the egg tossing. Our chef was very nice and friendly though. Service was good throughout the meal- employees and chefs were very engaging and checked in periodically. The wait at the start was a bit long, especially given the hibachi grill section of the restaurant was essentially empty besides one other party finishing the last of their dinner. It was later explained to us that they were waiting to see if other people would show up (the setup inside is multiple seats along a counter/table that stretches around the grill, so different parties could be seated at the same table/grill). It was very quiet when we went, but made sense given that it was Superbowl Sunday and most people were probably otherwise occupied. Overall, a good place for very yummy hibachi/teppanyaki food. Come for the food, not for the show. Also fyi there 's an auto-gratuity of 20% for parties of 2 or more and a $7 sharing fee.

The staff here is so nice and welcoming. The place itself is so clean and wide open. The hibachi is a great experience of the culinary expertise and Al a carte menu has a wide range of food choices from all kinds of meats for hibachi to sushi rolls and ramen bowls and much more. The experience is unforgettable and the expertise of the chef are highly commendable. The food taste great and meat are fresh. And Ofcourse they're cooked in front of you. The vegeterian food is Cooked in the kitchen on a different skillet. Which was great to know. Highly recommend this place.

Lunch review. All 4 stars are for the quality of the food. The chicken tempura was the juiciest I'd ever had. Fish portions in the rolls were ample. Lunch specials included miso soup salad. Service was slow, but friendly. Half the space is for hibachi dining, the other half for regular seating. We were seated in the back, which was dark during the day, and cell service was spotty. Of course, you're not there to be on the phone, and they do have wifi, but it was also spotty. It's ok if you don't mind missing phone calls or texts.

Got some ala cart sushi which was fine and the lobster tempura roll which could've used some more flavor but was good enough. The mains were all perfectly cooked and tasty, nothing mind blowing, but competent hibachi. The problem was the chef. Half the fun of hibachi is the performance! This chef was dull and lifeless. No jokes, no tricks, no egg spinning, no food tossing, no sake squirting, no knife juggling (except for 15 seconds at the very beginning, and not very impressive). He just boringly cooked the food and put it on our plates. Honestly the worst hibachi chef I've ever seen. I would say avoid this restaurant all together just on the chance that you'll get stuck with the same chef we had today! Wait staff was fine though...

Went here last night with a party of 10 for hibachi. Saturday night at 6, plenty of open tables. Food and service were right where you expect it to be, but nothing exceptional. The hibachi skills were mediocre. I think we all have an expectation of what activities they need to perform and it felt like the chef was just going through motions instead of adding the charisma and charm we want. Food was as we expected salty and soy/sesame, which I think every hibachi experience is like. Quality and cleanliness were fine.