Nikko Hibachi Asian Fusion

If you’re looking for a hibachi restaurant where the chefs do tricks with the food you probably shouldn’t go here because they didn’t really do that. Instead, chefs squirt sake into the mouths of customers from a bottle and toss food at them to see who can catch it in their mouth. I didn't find anything wrong with this and the customers seemed to enjoy it. But, keep in mind that this is a Japanese restaurant, not a hibachi restaurant. Other than that, the chef and most of the staff were friendly and the food was good.

The reason why I'm giving the restaurant three stars is because of some other things that happened while I was there. One of the chefs was Hispanic which pleasantly surprised me. I noticed that one of the Asian staff members was constantly watching the Hispanic chef while he worked. This man had such an obvious disdain for him that it made me uncomfortable. He would glare at him and whisper to another staff member (I’m going to assume about him) who seemed less interested in what he had to say. He never looked at the other chef who was working (who happened to be Asian) just at the Hispanic one. Maybe he had some personal beef with the man, but it went on for quite some time and was so blatant that it was shocking.

There was also another Asian man there whose role and function was not clear, but seemed to be managing the staff. A Hispanic boy was working there (he looked very young, like a teenager). The man in charge started yelling at him and then he called him stupid before the boy disappeared into another part of the restaurant. The whole exchange happened right in front of me. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to make more trouble for the boy. I don’t know what his situation is and he may really need that job. But, to be verbally abusive and to do it in front of customers, I have no words.

For those who would accuse me of being nosey I say, I usually don’t notice anything going on around me while I’m eating. Also, this all happened right next to my table, not feet from me. Not going back, I don’t like seeing people mistreated in the workplace like that.