Kobe Japan Restaurant — Restaurant in Livermore

Ok. Sooooo. lol. I’ve been to a Kobe before. The last location was in Elk Grove I believe. Either there or Sac. Thing is.. this location by faaaar trumps the other. I had the privilege of dropping in here during the evening time for my little one’s bday dinner. (Her pick by the way) lol. The lights were nice and shiny, the entrance to the door way was cleverly decorated with the Japanese drums. I don’t know the name of them so please forgive me on that. But the staff was pretty decent and accommodating. We were seated fairly quickly which is a plus. Like most hibachi places they served us the drinks, soups, and salads while we were deciding on what to order. By the way. Make sure to ask for a sushi menu if you plan on doing the hibachi dining and want to have some sushi with it. Theres two sides Hibachi on the left restaurant side and sushi on the right. The menu ls are pretty extensive which in this case isn’t a bad thing because everything looks and sounds absolutely delicious. My family and I ordered the Bay Bridge Rolls. Which was pretty good but I wanted it fried and I guess the waiter didn’t catch that part but hey. It’s an experience so whatever. I ordered the Hibachi bacon fried rice double rice order, spicy Scallops and spicy shrimp. My daughter got the kids shrimp and hibachi bacon fried rice, son got Steak & chicken with hibachi bacon fried rice, and wife got the Kobe steak and chicken with the bacon fried rice. I’ll be totally honest. All the food was good. Even the mixed veggies. Which I only ever eat the carrots and broccoli from it. lol. But steak was mad juicy and flavorful, chicken was nice and moist not dry, shrimp and scallops still have my mouth watering thinking about em. Sheeesh!!! lol. All and all I give them a solid 3.5 out of 5 only reason I can’t drop a full 5star is the price was crazy. What they charge in gratuity is ridiculous. And the whole sushi...

Service was not great, not packed at all with people but yet took forever to get Serviced, our food came out 1 by 1 approximately what seemed like 15min apart, our chicken teriyaki came ice cold, our miso soup was not even warm, then after $159 later we payed with card, and my wife was going to leave a tip (cash) but our server came up to me and not asked but also demanded to leave a tip for her on the card and for the people in the kitchen, not the best server she was rude and forgot to bring our orders correctly, by the time I got my food 2 of my friends had already finished theirs. The table next to us was left un-cleaned the whole time we were there but yet when we were almost finished eating, a second server came and started almost jumping our table to get our empty plates asking if we're done, while still having food,, and put some of our food with a fork from one plate to the other to make room to pick...

My wife took me here to celebrate my birthday while we were in town for business. It was your typical hibachi restaurant; the food was decent, and the chef was very nice and attentive. I ordered the lobster tail with shrimp and fried rice with mixed vegetables, while my wife ordered the scallops and chicken fried rice with mixed vegetables.

However, the restaurant, especially upon entering the restaurant and in the dining room, was rather unkempt. Some furnishings required a thorough wipe down, and cobwebs were evident in certain areas upon entering. Upon being seated, we noticed that all our plates had a greasy residue. Given the price of over $120 for two people, one would anticipate the atmosphere to match with the price point.

Pros: -Decent hibachi-style food. -Friendly and attentive chef.

Cons: -Dirty dining room with cobwebs and greasy plates. -Some furnishings needed to...