3 Ninja Express — Restaurant in City of Middletown

Wow. THAT was unexpected ‼ This little place is just delightful. Very clean, nothing extraordinary about the inside but the energy. Excellent energy. They had really cool music playing in the background (Pink!), All of the folks that work there were of Asian descent and for me that's a big deal because I lived in Japan so it tells me that the food's authentic, everything smelled so good. The young girl that took my order was a pleasure. I am on vacation this week so I went a little bit overboard for myself. I ordered the bang bang shrimp, the hibachi chicken and steak combination which came with rice and veggies, and a side other (California roll). I think it was $26. But the amount of food that you get in the hibachi box is off the chart. Imagine if you're going into a hibachi restaurant... They seat you down, they do all the fancy schmancy stuff and then you get served your food from the chef little by little. Well I can tell you the place in Middletown called Fuji in the mall is awful and I've never been back. But this place? Even though I didn't get all the chef hibachi drama prep, they were able to recreate the same exact meal in a to-go container. Oh my God. The steak? That is the absolute best steak I have ever had in a hibachi restaurant And I've been to several of them all over the world. I ordered it medium rare and it came exactly like that. Perfectly seasoned, extremely tender. Not oversalted and not drenched in disgusting salty greasy sauce. It was true hibachi steak. The chicken was very good too- pretty much your staple hibachi chicken. Vegetables? Very very good. They probably could have given you slightly larger order of vegetables. But who am I to complain? The fried rice - Good Lord I died and went to heaven. I do not like greasy food at all. I don't like fried food very much and I'm not much on sweets. But I like traditional hibachi. The rice here has a slightly greasy component but the flavor is unreal. They offer a huge sampling of it. You probably walk out of there with three meals in your hibachi box. Maybe four for me since I eat a lot less than the average person. The bang bang shrimp? for just under five bucks you get an idea of how good it is. I thought it was great; the flavors were just really nice. Just a hint of heat. People complain that it's overpriced but I don't agree. It's the perfect size appetizer. I do not have any info yet for you on the California rolls. They give you eight slices for five bucks I think. Overall I'm very pleased with my lunch which is also now going to be my dinner and my snack later....

So, my lovely wife got some food from this place for the entire family. It was okay, never had fried sushi 🍣 before and it was new and delightful. However, my combination plate of egg fried rice and chicken and steak was in need of moisture or less cooking. I thought it was okay over all but thought that we might have caught them on an off night. I always give a place at least two chances to show out on how good they can be but this second visit was enough for me. We went back and this time I purposely ordered the filet mignon because I wanted tender steak with the usual egg fried rice.I ordered it medium and let me add, I’ve eaten and made my own steaks for years, I know which cut of steak is what. They gave me the same regular tough steak they sell instead of the filet mignon and to add insult to injury they only gave half the portion of meat than the combination plate comes with. This sad dish was still dry and just as over cooked as the first time I ate there. The rice was just as dry and seems to me like they keep all of their fried rice in some sort of warmer and is never really made fresh to order. Over all I’m just not impressed with them or their bait and switch tactics with the meat. Would have given no stars but I ate my food and the veggies were good plus this won’t let leave zero, so one generous star from me I guess. Buyer beware!

PS. The picture below is of my steak dish before I ever tasted it and getting 3extra pieces...

Let's start by saying that the people working here are Definitely friendly they greet you when you come in and don't make it awkward. When one of the she'fs came out to get a drink he made it noticeable that he knew I was there as a customer smiled and said hello. As I waited for my order the man that took my order also went to the fridge and got him self a drink but offered me one at no charge. Going back to when I was ordering. I asked a few questions before I ordered and the man was specific and combined my order so I don't just have a bunch of different sides. All the food I ordered was done as I asked not a bit difrent not over or under cooked I haven't had that in a wile. And it seemed to be very fresh. I would definitely recommend this place...