Kyoto Sushi & Steak — Restaurant in Overland Park

My wife recently asked me if I could go to any restaurant, where would I want to go.

Instead of naming a specific restaurant, teppanyaki dining came to mind.

We have a few we like, but I decided I wanted to try something new so I started looking at a few others.

I was looking at menus of various restaurants and Kyoto's stood out because they offered a triple combination.

I called as soon as they opened and made reservations for that night. Fortunately, it was only the wife and I so we were able to get a 6pm time. Otherwise, it would have been a lot later.

We got there about five minutes before our reservation and the place was packed. We checked in with the host desk and were told they were cleaning a table and it wouldn't be too long.

We ended up waiting until 6:15 and all the while larger parties were getting seated. This wait is why I gave service four stars. Other aspects of service were five stars.

We were seated with a young couple, an older couple, and the older couple's two grown daughters. A friendly group of strangers.

Our drink and food order was quickly taken with soup and salad arriving shortly after.

My wife and I both got the ginger salad and onion soup. I really liked the ginger salad, but didn't really care for the onion soup although I can't say why. My wife says the onion soup was probably the best she has ever had at a teppanyaki restaurant.

Our chef came to the table and he showed himself to be very friendly and well skilled.

Both my wife and I got the fried rice and the amount you get is just amazing. It was the best tasting fried rice I have ever had. I was wanting to go back tonight for just the fried rice.

I got the teriyaki chicken while my wife got the scallops. Again, the amount of food, especially the scallops, you get is amazing.

The chicken was among the best I have ever had while my wife thought that of her scallops.

As a bonus, we got a few shrimp which were cooked excellently and very tasty.

The restaurant is quite a ways from our house, but it was definitely worth the drive and we will be going back.

Since posting the review, we went back and sat at a regular table plus we did a carryout order just last night.

When dining in, the wife got hot tea, egg drop soup, fried rice, and shrimp and vegetable tempura while I had miso soup, fried rice, and avocado roll.

All were really good although we liked the fried rice at the teppanyaki table better.

As for the carryout order, the wife got egg rolls, shrimp tempura, and crab Rangoon while I got fried rice.

We live quite a distance away so food was only warm by the time I got back, but still really good.

Both dining in and carryout, we got small servings of fried rice, but the portion is HUGE!

Even with the drive, this is our go to place...

First time here. Convenient location, lovely interior, very clean, and friendly staff. Soup, salad, mango tea and pina colada were great. My partner enjoyed his shrimp and we both enjoyed our veggies. Chicken was overcooked and poorly seasoned. The rice was dry and flavorless. The chef cooked the chicken in a way I have never seen. He put the raw chicken on the grill and cooked it until it was no longer pink. Then he cut it into pieces and seasoned it with something in the shaker. He tossed it a bit and then added sauce and cooked a bit longer. I assumed this was a technique that worked because reviews were great. It was not a great technique. My first bite was my last and that chicken ended up in a drink napkin on the table. The rice was dry and lacked poorly seasoned. I tried adding sauce to add flavor and counter the dryness. It didn’t help enough to make it palatable. I was eating for the first time today, quite hungry and still unable to force myself to eat the food.

Unfortunately, the hibachi chef knocked over my partner’s full glass of water during appetizers and soaked his denim pants (in 49° weather). The chef apologized and went back to cooking. The server brought over two fabric napkins which got soaked very quickly. Someone came over and did a cursory wipe of the floor and took the glass away. We spent the remaining time with our feet in the water under the table. I requested a towel and was brought a tiny stack of drink napkins. I had to request additional napkins twice. His jeans were still wet when we left.

At no point during the meal did the chef, server or a manager check on my partner. At the end of his time on the grill , the chef did apologize again. The server brought the roughly $70 bill. They didn’t even offer a concession on his drink. I didn’t bother speaking with the manager because we have no interest in a discount or complimentary future meal. We will...

We came last night our experience was unprofessional, awkward, the list goes on. One of the staff members was either drunk or high on something he was cussing around the whole party including children, calling the staff out their name calling them hater, making inappropriate jokes about "blowing" he was kept lifting up his shirt I front of minors our order was messed up and he wouldn't listen just kept talking over me when I was trying to explain. He told my sister she didn't get her drink order because she wasn't at the table when she was gave me the wrong rice and went back and forth with me about what rice I wanted I told him forget cause he was being weird. My other sister keep asking for her debit card back all the staff was just watching him act a fool he was acting like he was at the club. I asked later about a to go order of fried rice and he told me the kitchen was close and an hour later they brought out two Togo orders for my niece so either they cooked it when she put it in and just let it sit for two hours or he told a story about the kitchen bring closed a d when I tried to explain to him that this fried rice and the fried rice I wanted to go was two different orders whatever he took a kicked Im cause he wouldn't listen, kept telling me to blame the cook and he's stupid manager saying nobody there likes him some staff tried to deny he was drunk/or on drugs but he was on something it started with him just moving to fast to him messing up orders, cussing, stripping, and calling out family saying he wanted to fight after he scared my 3 year old niece made her cry by getting in her face and throwing up his arms he asked who her mother was and walked over there and said they could fight some tried to laugh it off cause it was awkward. Wouldn't recommend this place. Staff would walk behind people point and walk away and...