Tokyo Wako - Pasadena

So the reviews are right in case you’re wondering. Yelp has a 2.8, Google is a little more nice. Check your receipt. First and foremost we were almost charged an extra $45 for a meal that was ordered by another party at our table. Food was ok, you can def have better hibachi elsewhere. I had the Philadelphia type roll and it was cool. Chicken fried rice lacked seasoning but ok. My bf got the chicken hibachi and there was a burnt piece of chicken…and too much lemon added so it tasted pretty acidic. Ambience was beautiful, no problem with correcting the ticket. Prob won’t be back but it was nice we showed up towards the evening without a reservation and was served with no issues.

This place is definitely more for the service and experience rather than the food. The chefs are amazing, friendly, and very talented. They put on a fantastic show with lots of fire. But the food is very mediocre, not very tasty.

I’m really torn and conflicted on what review to give. On one hand the service and staff was very polite and accompanying. The chef at our table, I felt, went above and beyond to make sure everyone’s meal was to their liking.The food however, a little underwhelming. The rice was my favorite part of the meal. I got the filet with shrimp. The filet was cooked correctly and super tender like a filet is supposed to, but lacked really any flavor. I just wanted a little more salt or something to really kick it up a notch. The veggies were cooked nicely and still had a slight bite to them.All in all. I gave them 4 stars, if I’m ever back in the area I’ll go again.

My 13-year-old granddaughter wanted to go there for her birthday they did an amazing job so happy to see my granddaughter just smile and smile thank you the chef was awesome

Did is good, can better still, drink pricing is a bit in the hi end for regular cocktails..