KOBI House Hibachi Grill & Sushi — Restaurant in Barnstable

Hibachi is their specialty. When I arrived, I was shocked to see the place was nearly empty. They have five hibachi tables and only one was occupied at dinner. They have a small bar and one single table for those not seeking hibachi dinner. Not sure if I could just join a group if a grill was not fully occupied? And the music was decidedly not traditional, but rather pop. Hmmmm. Ordered my normal miso and edamame as an appetizer. Just water to drink, as is custom in Japan. The miso was watery, needing more soy bean paste. It looked like it was made from an instant packet, but I’d expect it to taste more rich. Since I make this dish at home myself, I’ll just say I’d rather eat it at home. The edamame was done properly, hot and lightly salted. When my sushi arrived, I was initially less than pleased with the portion size of the sashimi, but then remembered I ordered the 18 piece combo and they probably do sample sizes. Still, sashimi should be bigger. The fish was fresh and not just basic selections, although not terribly exotic. I think the crab sticks were what brought this down a star. Those are about as far from sashimi as it could get. Watching two hibachi tables working was fun to see. They enjoy their entertainment work and the customers enjoyed being part of the action. They will flip food into your mouth if you let them. Fun! Overall, not bad, just a few small things that make it more American than Japanese, but I’m sure it’ll be satisfying for any sushi...

Very poor experience. There were 4 adults and one child and as soon as we walked in, there seemed to be some confusion on where to sit us. One lady (the one who wears a mask but it’s pulled down to her chin - why bother wearing one then?) sat us at the table with the big fam for hibachi. As we started ordering, only one person in our group wanted hibachi and asked the others to sit apart at another table. apparently all of us had to order it and this was NOT mentioned in the menu nor upon us entering the restaurant. If it was mentioned prior to ordering or when we entered the restaurant that would have been fine. We ended up speaking to her in Chinese and she did apologize, however, after we had our sushi (6 pieces) she came back and asked us if we wanted anything else, clearly she forgotten to put the rest of our order in. When one of our party went up to ask she said it’s coming. We had a fried noodle coming which comes with salad and soup which should have arrived with our fried calamari as an appetizer but it didn’t so that shows she clearly had JUST put the order in. There was a party of four that did not order any hibachi and were seated at the hibachi table. I saw because I was right in front of them. when the fried noodles came it was just chicken and noodles with soya sauce which took 3 minutes to cook! A terrible experience and will never patron again. We’ve been at the restaurant for nearly 1.5 hours...

My family and I come to the Cape every year for our summer vacation. Year after year we kept seeing this restaurant in our travels but we never actually ate there, we would always eat at the popular restaurants up and down route 28. This year we actually made reservations for Kobi House because my youngest son Jack decided that he wanted Hibachi for his birthday dinner. Kobi House blew us away with their talented and very funny table chefs, the quantity and quality of the food and the taste of the food was excellent. The place is small but they have found a way to manage to have five hibachi tables in there. We sampled the sushi as well and it was very fresh and delicious. We will definitely be going back there in our future Cape vacations. We also met a very nice family that we got to eat with during our dinner, which even made the experience even that much more enjoyable.

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