text: slightly overratednnthree friends from San Francisco go in search of the rd best steak restaurant in the country according to the Travel Channels Food Paradise so how did Musashi stand upnnthe good the food a big reason to go to a teppanyaki restaurant is for the prized Kobe beef right unfortunately our trio took a nasty hit at the blackjack tables earlier that day and so we were not feeling as flexible with our spending i decided to settle for the more affordable filet mignon and shrimp combination the Hosokawa clan special which came with miso salad fried rice and assorted veggies the shrimp was ridiculously fresh and the accompanying sauces were outstanding the filet i felt it was more medium than medium rare but then again you are not dealing with massive slices of red porterhouse you would get at a Texasstyle beefhouse the wasabimustard sauce was THE standout and none of us were severely burned from the flaming onion volcano all in all the food was good not great not outstanding but good nnthe ok the service we sat down for drinks in their lounge and asked about sake and beer selections for the group our hostserver was a little elusive in their answer until we asked about house favorites to which the reply was well i do not really like sake or beer i only drink hard liquor my immediate thoughts were come on at least TRY and humor us or ask someone else in the joint for their opinion not suitable ok so maybe she was having an off night and it did not really reflect the service from the rest of the staff but in the end our sakebeer questions remained unanswered by the restaurant thank god for iPhones nnthe really notsogood the wait i normally attribute abnormally lengthy waits as anomalies but this one bordered on the absurd and essentially killed the experience we scheduled pm reservations after being denied a pm and an pm timeslot and arrived around pm after the hostess told us it would be about a minute delay for the chef to finish up with another group we were ushered in to the lounge see the ok where we proceeded to wait about minutes after drinks we were escorted to the grill where i was under the impression things would be heating up alas i hovered my hand over the grill only to find it icecold after about a minute wait we were informed that the chef needed more people to join us before he could start cooking and the next party was due to arrive at pm it was around pm before our grill was finally fired up sure the staff was genuinely polite through our wait but that did not help the fact that i had been running solely on an Encore Cafe Caesar salad and about five Sapporos since pm nnthe verdict it did not excatly bust our budget and the food was good but the collective feeling of our party led by yours truly was that Musashi is a slightly overhyped experience maybe next time i will try the Kobe beef