A meal can easily be created from sushi and appetizers. Several versions of tempura are served here. The sushi menu holds few surprises. No rarities on this menu. As far as sushi prices go, Benihana is perhaps the least expensive around.
Dinners begin with a bowl of Japanese onion soup, which is unexciting.
Miso soup would be better. It's undistinguished in this day of mesclun and field greens, but the ginger dressing is tasty. Next, the chef prepares the grilled shrimp appetizer followed by hibachi vegetables, zucchini, onions and mushrooms. Now dipping sauces arrive. One is almost too gingery, better suited for red meat than seafood.