Benihana in Kensington and Chelsea

If you want to enter into a world of fine dining, quick entertaining chef who is cooking right in front of you, delightful serene ambiance and food that is top notch… THIS IS THE PLACE TO VISIT!!!! 10 out of 10 Tasty Food and Smashing Drinks - Staff Made Us Very Welcome! The Food is cook in front of you and to your specifications and tailored to your individual tastes! Better in group formation and with reasons to celebrate (you can special request a welcome message for your guest upon entering and it will be up on the big screen all night) this venue is more of a whole dining experience rather than a just a night out at the restaurant type situation. The staff are very attentive and fully explain how it works and what to do when your personal Chef Comes out to perform his culinary magic with skilled perfection and light entertaining banter!! This is an amazing place to go to celebrate life, birthdays, any kind of welcome or leaving do/party and just a nice place to go eat with friends and family or colleagues!

The food is good, however you go to this place mainly for the unique atmosphere and the performance of the chefs, which is really fun and engaging. After the experience, there may be a slight smoky smell left, but it's still worth it for the entertainment and ambience. An excellent choice for a different and original evening! We took the 25 pound menu which included starter, vegetables and second course, drinks are paid separately.

Lovely day out with the family. Great atmosphere, food and presentation! Chef always puts on a good show and impresses Would 100%, visit again

The fried rice is very good but the chicken i had was dry

Uncle Jojo our chef was fantastic, an experience I’ve never had before. Dave our waiter was also really attentive and kind. Well done team!

The food was amazing as well as the experience however there is a serious issue with the ventilation and the amount of smoke indoor. After leaving the place you stink from the amount of smoke. Other than that it’s always a good experience the kids love.

Angel was our chef and was absolutely fantastic - funny, fantastic and the food was superb! Special thanks also to Humza, who was our server, who was so efficient yet had such a lovely manner and made our experience extra special - he really did go the extra mile! Thanks to all the team at Benihana Chelsea.

Indian chef didn't do butter chicken also when you hire Philippines chef don't make them act like there Japanese

Great experience... great food with great friends along...

Poor service, poor quality of the food, staff lack explaining the concept of the restaurant to guests.

Went for the 3 course £25 meal Fantastic value Shame the mother on the other grill couldn’t control her children But that’s not the restaurant’s fault

We had such a wonderful dining experience at Benihana Chelsea! The chef was not only skilled but incredibly funny, which made the entire meal so much more enjoyable. Our daughter especially had a fantastic time and couldn’t stop talking about how much fun she had. The food was delicious, and the atmosphere was perfect for a family outing. Thank you for making our evening special! We will definitely be back again soon!

Benihana Chelsea offers a delightful dining experience with its unique teppanyaki style and engaging chefs. While the food is quite enjoyable, the portion sizes seem a bit underwhelming for the price. That being said, it's worth experiencing at least once, especially for the lively atmosphere and the entertainment value. However, considering the price point, you might find other top-notch dining options in London that offer better value for money. If you haven't been to Benihana before, it's certainly worth a visit to see what it's all about.

Came here for my fiancee and I’s 8 year anniversary. The host was really nice and attentive. Jojo was amazing, the food was spectacular. We had an amazing time. The staff looked after us and even celebrated our anniversary with us! 10/10 service. Definitely will be back!

Been going for thirty years and it still remains just as much fun for families as ever. My kids are mesmerised every time we go, the food is delicious and there is no better spot for a family celebration. Some chefs are better than others, and you do have to wave quite a bit to get attention from waiters at times, but it's always a good, and yummy, time. Shout out to Chef Jojo who was fabulous with my two kids!

Best-ever for Japanese cuisine..

Fun experience with friends! Lots of kids birthdays.

The front of house staff here are very welcoming, from the moment we walked in we were part of this amazing traditional family. Baska and Kish are stalwarts of this institution and are unfailing in their hospitality with a warm smile and a cheery hello. They totally set the tone for the events to come and you know it’s going to be great because of them. Our host today was Lewis and he was attentive and responsive to our every need, always delivering with a smile. RC cooked for us and introduced a few things that made us laugh out loud, his sense of humour was a welcome respite from the dreary day outside. The 2-4-1 deal they are running for lunch and dinner before 5:30pm is exceptional value but it’s worth coming simply because the staff are brilliant and the food is cooked in the most entertaining way possible, right in front of your eyes so you know exactly what your getting.

We celebrated my birthday dinner there with my friends, excellent staff behaviour, a stylish environment, and everything professionals

Great night for my girlfriend’s birthday. They helped me out as I turned up 30mins late by accident! Thank you - the food was amazing and service great!

Thank you again for making my birthday memorable 💗 We have been here a few times and enjoy it as much as our first visit.

Nice bar with interactive live cooking table inside

We came again to celebrate my colleague’s birthday and we had a fantastic experience, thank u.

I had to book a place to take a group of friends visiting from Italy out for dinner. This restaurant came up on the suggestions from OpenTable. I am so glad we went. Everyone loved the ambience, the food and the atmosphere and they kept thanking me for taking them there.

Awesome experience. Highly recommend. Catered for vegan option too

Fantastic lunch with friends but this restaurant needs air conditioning, especially in the warmer summer months!

Birthday Treat On 14/08/24 I family and a friend attended here. I gave my name to Daniella and she said our friend was waiting downstairs. I was wearing on my head a happy birthday head band. My name saying happy birthday was not put up on the screen. Later Daniella approached me and asked if I gave my name and I said yes I asked why my name and happy birthday was not on the screen. She said she will put it up after several hours it was not up and I told the lady manager that I was disappointed with the appalling customer service and will not pay service charge. She said ok. I asked if there were any complementary dessert for the birthday person and I was told I have to buy my own dessert. My family member bought the dessert and I told the restaurant that I cannot have milk however, when the dessert came it contained milk. The lady manager came and said oh you dessert with a candle contains milk and it was taken away and gave me another without milk. When the final bill was presented service charge was still added. The chef Edele was excellent and very respectful. My happy birthday greeting with my name was on the screen when we were ready to go home. I would not return to this restaurant again because of bad customer service,disrespectful to me and ruin my birthday.

This is the best restaurant experience that i have ever been to. Very kind and professional chefs and waiters. We will come back definetly.

Great food, atmosphere and staff. Would highly recommend for a fun dinner!

Great experience lovely service. Would totally go back.

We were here to celebrate a special birthday. Food was good, cooked freshly infront of you. They brought out the cake we had taken along, singing and dancing. It is costly and so cannot go too often.

Service was NOT good especially front of house. The lady was quite dismissive and non chalant.

Our chef Jaime was brilliant. We had a great time celebrating a birthday. The offer which was on was really good value.

Lovely restaurant with the chef cooks all on the table, while you sitting and enjoying the meals.

Great food great service with good atmosphere.nice and clean place to dine

There are 2 types of tepanyaki chef at Benihana and you can categorise them by whether they focus on entertaining the table or on cooking the food well. There are very few that excel at both here in Chelsea. Fortunately we had one of those few chefs last night and I’ll be asking for him on our next visit. The current £25 deal is exceptional value and I’d encourage anyone to go and grab it. Chapeau to Benihana.

Superb effort to provide Gluten free supper for my 9 year old Coeliac who LOVED the whole experience. Thanks to Chef Jaime

It was amazing, they were very accommodating! Sang my happy birthday and the ambience was perfect. Recommend :)

Never a dull moment in Benihana, Chelsea....Love it

Definitely worth the money tasty n good vibes chef jo jo was on point

We had the £25.00 deal very good. Food overall was good.fried garlic cold. Shrimp amazing Service excellent.

It was lovely, just very hot in the room in front of the grill!

Best and funniest cook , beautiful and tasty food, polite and accomodating stuff

It was a lovely experience for my son’s bday. It is quite pricey so I wouldn’t visit every week but the food was very nice

Benihana Chelsea delivered an exceptional dining experience. The combination of delicious, expertly prepared food, the engaging teppanyaki performance by Chef Mika, and the warm, inviting atmosphere made it a night to remember. I highly recommend Benihana Chelsea to anyone looking for an outstanding meal and a memorable experience. I can’t wait to return!

I love going to Benihana’s in Chelsea; it's a fun restaurant in a great neighborhood.

Booked a table for 2 on the 26th at 7.30pm. For my sister’s birthday. We travelled very far hoping we’d get an amazing experience with good food. We saw this Chelsea branch had better reviews than the Covent Garden one. Food was appalling to say the least. Starters included: Onion soup (basic salty broth) Hibachi vegetables (fried zucchini, mushrooms) Salad (dried lettuce with minimum dressing) Steamed rice (basic sticky flavourless rice) +Hibachi rice upgrade for (£4.50) (fried flavourless rice with a few small carrots and veg) Prawns (unseasoned small fried prawns) The mains: Hibachi prawn (very average - same as starters) Hibachi chicken with teriyaki sauce (chicken was rock hard, flavourless and this did NOT taste like teriyaki sauce. It was more like soy sauce drizzled on top of the chicken) All the starters were very bland, with only salt and pepper seasonings used. The drinks were average. The artistry is what you are paying for. London needs more hibachi restaurants that serve good quality food! Definitely NOT worth £55 per person. Sister was also disappointed she didn’t get a cake for her birthday like other people did! I was quite shocked as we confirmed the birthday reservation multiple times. Will definitely not be back to Benihana under any circumstances. And would never recommend unless you want bland food.

It was a really good meal with excellent service. The hibachi chef was brilliant and put on a great show whilst cooking our food and made us laugh with his banter.

Sweet experience. Waiters cook right in front of you and present some knife and cooking skills. Very good food, both meat and fish. Also very quick service

Really enjoyable experience. We've been twice now.

Took my family, was lovely, food tasted wonderful, chef was funny. Good atmosphere

Food was good. Chef was funny and entertaining. Service was decent. Overall worth going, maybe once.

Went there with family for a graduation dinner; overall good spot - Japanese teppanyaki style cooking. Nice show and experience for first timers but that’s about it, wouldn’t visit again. Overpriced in my opinion although filling - would recommend the miso black cod and steak!! Cannot fault the service; hostess, waitress and chef were great and accommodating.

This place is so much fun. First time to have this type of experience ( cook on table). My friends and I had a great time. Our skilled cook was very entertaining. I had the open table menu for £25 with onion soup, veggie gyoza, prawns and rice appetiser and teriyaki chicken. Really nice and good value for money. The cocktail Benihana Pinky was delish. Another good reason to visit this restaurant is that you could have "happy birthday" sung in Japanese by the waiting staff!

"Excellent evening to mark my wife’s birthday. Good food. Chef was brilliant too!

The food is lovely, but the service very average. We had the table booked from 6-7:45 pm, at 7:20 we finished the food and were just finishing our drinks when we were asked to leave because they have to clear the table, so immediately we had to get up, grab our stuff and go. Not really a nice experience after paying around £200 for three people. It was our last meal in London and definitely ended on a bit of a sour note. It's not a fast food chain to clear people out asap as they put the chopsticks down!

Wanted to experience Benihanas for a while now, and Wow, I absolutely loved it. The food was amazing. I had the Black Cod, and the depth of flavors was amazing.....the Chef was skilled and entertaining. If you've never been, I highly recommend 👌

I tried the £25 set dinner with a choice of beef/ prawns/ chicken/ salmon teriyaki as main. The set came with soup, little salad, Benihana side, rice, and the main course. If you prefer egg fried rice or garlic rice, that’s £4 extra. Drinks range between £3.50 - £12. (Note: each table consists of 8 seats. And you will be seated at the same time and order at the same time before the preparation starts). Expect to pay about £40/45 PP.

Good venue for a novelty dinner. There were so many birthday celebrations the evening I was there. I tried the set dinner £25 plus drinks and service. Plenty of food (almost too much for me). It was fun to watch the chef prepare food also. Overall expect to pay about £40 PP

Rigtig flot restaurant, med flotte omgivelser. Maden var rigtig god, og det samme er servicen. Jeg kan stærkt anbefale parikana rejerne. Selve hibachien var fremragende, og kokken var meget underholdende. Dog kommer man til at lugte af olie efter at være på restauranten.

Needed more attention on service. Never received few items we ordered

The food was brilliant and the service was fantastic from our server Brian. The only thing that bothers me is the noise level, I'm used to the level of chatter but when the chefs bang the utensils on the side of the hot plate it gets a bit too much and overbearing. Other than that I had a lovely time and would go back again!

Food was lovely Great service from the staff

Came here for a friend's birthday. I think the service and the show are really great but the food is very average.

Went for my sisters birthday and she had the best time. I would say this is an interactive experience so get ready for it. The food was amazing so that a 10/10 for us.

Very disappointed with the bill. I’ve booked for the “2 for 1” teppanyaki and only at the end it was told us that kids menu weren’t included. I have even called before driving there to make sure we were entitled for the discount because we were coming with kids.

I’ve been coming to Benihana for well over 10 years, both New York and Piccadilly Circus but having not visited for 6/7 and the latter now closed - I chose Benihana Chelsea as the venue for a surprise birthday meal last Saturday. It’s a much nicer restaurant inside ascetically than Piccadilly was. It’s also a slightly nicer part of London. The chef experience wasn’t quite as good as Piccadilly Circus used to offer however. I did request an experienced chef and although he was great, part of the ‘Benihana Routine’ that I am accustom to has been lost sadly. The guests who had never been thoroughly enjoyed it however and we had turned up after a long day of roof top bars so I did appreciate the chef could handle one or two enthusiastic guests. A little too much soy sauce however. But I’m happy that everyone enjoyed it and the birthday girl did especially which is all that really matters. Worth feeding back however as a long-term Benihana fan, I was sad to see the closure of a location and the slightly lesser routine of a new one in my experience. The staff provided excellent service however and the booking was well taken care of so I would still strongly recommend as a fab experience for anyone.

Our chef made the evening who was very entertaining,but the food itself could have been better. Overall good but didn't live upto my expectations 😕

The usual excellent fun service and amazing food.

Not my type of experience and the food is just average and the price is high!!

Had a fabulous time tonight . The food was incredible as always! Jamie (our chef) was absolutely amazing and so funny with his jokes . He had the perfect vibe and humour for myself and my partner ! We really enjoyed his food and jokes ! We will definitely return soon!

Great food. Been here many times and the chefs are brilliant. Great steak.

Disgusting, nasty, bigoted people here. Management does nothing.

We have been twice. Had both times Jason, he is so amazing, interactive, fun and just amazing to be served by. Because of him, we would come again! Shame they are not all the same. Our waiter Brian was brilliant! Again, absolutely lovely, welcoming, smiling all the time. We had great time with both of them, BOTH times. We will be back again.

An excellent experience! Chef cooks on your table 😋

So a bit of a mixed review but mainly positive. The starters were AMAZING! The spring rolls, the Pirikara prawns, the tempura sushi roll all fantastic !! The teppanyaki experience was really fun but sadly the food itself was lacking and very very very salty. We had the Benihana special and Benihana delight and I don’t think I would come back for this even though this is their specials. I would come back for starters, sides, drinks and sushi though :)

Everything is good . We went there as a group for birthday it was amazing . The only problem was air conditioning there is no air in restaurant even you can not breathe and it’s a really difficult for everyone .

Wonderful, thank you to all the staff. Very attentive.

The service was great Food was fantastic They accommodated us so lovingly

We have visited Benihana a couple of occasions. On my birthday and a friend’s birthday. Both times have been amazing service. From door to table, and the experience given by the chef’s is amazing. They put on a great performance and interact with you as much as you’re willing. The food was very nice too. Steaks, lobsters all cooked perfectly.

Service here is horrible. I have been many times because it’s a family tradition but several times the service is terrible. Super expensive for horrible service

Our chef Jason is very good and doing well. He is Funny and He cook our food extra especial. We love it. In short JASON is the best chef.

Chef Jason was a great cook and gave a good performance that made the experience very enjoyable for all of us. I would highly recommend him

Deeply unprofessional staff, more concerned with their reputation than their customers safety.

Management allows hate crimes to happen on the site, if you are not white British I wouldn’t recommend going there…. Hope that Police will properly investigate this place.

Bigoted management, bad establishment. Avoid.

Friend was hate crimed at this establishment, police confirmed this was the case. Management dismissed the incident at the time and prioritised the comfort of the perpetrators over the safety of my friend. Not a safe establishment.

If you stand with LGBT people and against hate crimes don't give this place your money

The service is always great! Brian and our chef, I want to say Jason were both very attentive to us, I loved how chef interacted with kids on the table and kept encouraging them to try new foods. The food was excellent, the steak melted in my mouth. And I will always go back for the onion soup

Such a fun and beautiful experience. We celebrated my mums 60th birthday here and we were a party of 8. Each and every one of us had a fantastic night and all agreed it was down to our chef Jason (who was hilarious) and our waiter Arwin who was nothing short of amazing. He was patient with explaining the service, proactive in clearing the table, attentive to our needs and friendly overall. Both he and Jason made the night memorable and if we go back we will be requesting them :) thank you so much please pass the message on.

We had dinner served by Mika and he was so good - we had such a great time. He made the dinner so fun and kept us laughing and smiling throughout! The food was also delicious!

Excellent food and service. Their menu is halal apart from the wagu beef which was fine. The cooking experience is theatrical and very entertaining. Hamza, our waiter was exceptional and very accommodating to all our needs. Thank you for a wonderful evening x

The chef was very friendly, fun and engaging with everyone, did the usual tricks. We were there for a 50th Birthday dinner, her name were mentioned in the giant screen which was nice touch.

I was looking for somewhere special to take my uncle for his birthday when I came across Benihana and I am so happy that I did. From the moment you walked in you’re greeted by smiling pleasant and friendly staff.. we were shown downstairs where there’s a huge screen with everyone who has a birthday so then they displayed my uncle’s name on the screen and gave us a chance to take pictures! Once we were done we were shown to our seat.. we were then greeted by Hamza who was very pleasant and took our drinks orders once we were served our drinks we were then joined by Arthur the chef and boy oh boy the chef was cheffing lol 😂 he was amazing his vibes his energy he just had us laughing the entire time!!! What was also amazing was the entire time Hamza remained tentative as soon as something was empty he asked if we need more or removed empty dishes. You really get what you pay for and I would recommend Benihana to anyone! If you want to give someone that special feeling. The other thing is that they make you feel like in that moment it’s all about you. If you get a chance please go visit you won’t regret it. I also felt the price was good and equally matched the service . Oh and they even sang happy birthday and gave my uncle a hat! I would like to say thanks to the entire team, especially Hamza and Arthur. It was 20 out of 10 if that was possible A********* thanks 🙏 again to the team

Had a great time. Good was good and the staff were very friendly. It isn’t wallet friendly but it is great entertainment

Experience was nice but the food is quite over priced for its quality.

Cool place, food was relatively little for the price, zucchini burnt.

Celebrated my sons birthday last night.An absolutely amazing experience.Our chef Jaime was great.Made it an occasion to remember.The food was top class.Soooo delicious.

Great service and food really enjoyed the evening

It's all about the theatre not about the food which is very mediocre and very over priced