Hayaku Japanese Hibachi — Restaurant in Cranford

I went here today for the first time during their grand opening and it was a great experience from the minute I walked in through the door. I was created by the staff and they were extremely friendly. I looked around and noticed that everything was clean and organized while they made my dinner to go. On the way home the smell coming from the bag was out of this world. I was tempted to pull over and stuff my face. I can honestly say that the quality of the hibachi I ordered was extremely fresh and delicious with lots of flavor. I can’t wait to come back and try something else. We had chicken and steak but next time I’ll try out the chicken and shrimp.

Note: the steak was actual steak and not that cheap and chewy stuff with nerve...

The food reminded me of a more upscale version of Sarku.

I ordered a chicken fried rice and chicken hibachi.

The chicken fried rice was good but appearance wise looked unappetizing. It is very one tone. It's just brown colored. No peas, carrots, or any other filler.

The chicken hibachi included a side of soup, vegetables, and a choice of white rice, fried rice or noodles. A good amount of chicken but it is not consistent. I saw someone else with more chicken than me. It was also slightly on the oily side too.

I didn't see any dedicated parking for the restaurant and it is located more on the outskirts of downtown.

Service was good but for the price/portion, I would not go out of my way...

Stay away - at least from scallops and lobster at this place! I ordered "Seafood Deluxe" and for the price ($35!), it was a complete waste. Everything was overcooked, and I had to throw away half of the dish. Lobster tasted bad or spoiled and I didn't feel safe to eat it, and scallops were rubbery and didn't taste good either. Noodles and vegetables tasted okay, but were mushy. Shrimp were the only acceptable ingredient of the dish.

Shrimp tempura had too much tempura and too little shrimp.

"steak and shrimp" noodle hibachi was as overcooked as the other one, but at least fully edible and thus not as disappointing in comparison (mind you, $23 is still way too much for...