Zaza Japan - Elwood

Nice hibachi restaurant with friendly staff. Came here for a birthday party and the chef was very entertaining and kind to the kids. The hibachi was good as well, similar to other hibachi spots I've been to. I'll be coming back and will try their other dishes as well.

Fun experience for the family. Everyone gets involved, the chefs are great and the food is good.

The hibachi food was good but came here to mainly say the owner or manager (not sure who she was), came to our table right when our food was served and kept complaining for a solid 5 minutes or more about the previous reviewers who left 1 star venting about how they were at fault and shouldn’t have left her a 1 star review we couldn’t properly eat as she spoke to us about something we didn’t care about. The hibachi chef we had also practically forced a tip out of us after he completed cooking by constantly saying “enjoy, enjoy, is everything good” and looking at us eat when we already told him the first time it was good. Plus moving his cart to show the cash container towards us. I understand that he may want a tip but that’s for the customer to decide. We only had larger bills on hand so ended up giving that. Overall the experience was good but felt sort of rushed and fast. I would’ve rated better, had the lady not come up to us and waste our time by venting her problems to us.

Food was mediocre, service was beyond awful. My family of 9 called in for a reservation and we were quickly told to come in and then hung up on. We arrive at 9:30 and they close at 11. However were rushed as if they were closing in 10 minutes. The waitress took our order in which my husband and I ordered combo steak and chicken. Bill came to show “filet mignon” adding an extra $10 to each meal. We had specifically asked her to repeat our orders when placing them and no where did she say filet mignon. During the presentation they used alcohol for the onion volcano which touched the rest of the meats on the cooking area. We found this out after he threw out the onion and we asked why and he said because he used alcohol to start the fire. Had we not asked, we would not have known. The alcohol also went into my sisters soft drink so she requested another one which they also charged her for. Being a halal restaurant and knowing we requested halal food, alcohol should not have been used. After placing our orders in a hurry we were asked if we wanted soup and salad. I had asked if they came with the hibachi entrees since that’s what was stated on the menu and she said yes. So I said of course we would all want it to which no reply. Food was mediocre, egg was not even chopped up into rice, soup and salad were taken from us before we were even finished eating. Cleaning started happening while we were eating and it reaked of bleach. Please DO NOT go here.

Absolutely terrible service. We were rushed even an hour and half before closing. Staff were rude, they were grabbing our plates in front of us that weren’t even finish yet. Would not recommend at all.