Benihana
$$$ • Japanese Restaurant
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Not a good place to eat if you have celiac disease. They have a gluten free menu but the chef wasn’t aware of cross contamination. I felt really sick after eating there.
Used gluten free soy sauce but cooked after regular sit sauce was used. Not celiac friendly
It was good with gluten free soya sauce until they cook pasta on the same area and put regular soya sauce.. fried rice gluten free was amazing but be really careful
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Wonderful experience - the best time we've had at Benihana after years of birthday dinners here. I was recently diagnosed with celiac disease and have to eat gluten free and was nervous about making it work. After some time the manager came over and set us up for the chef to cook our meals after the others safely so I could enjoy my meal without having a reaction. SO appreciated this help, and major kudos to Jason and the manager on duty on September 19 2017. We live in CA otherwise we would definitely be back and request Jason!! If you come here just be sure to speak to a manager first so they understand your meal needs to be prepared separately.
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Food is ok; the free pre-meal salads were still icy. Chef came out to ask if we actually had celiac or were folks who just said that but actually don’t like gluten or something. Promised to be dutiful about cleaning beforehand and keeping things separate but didn’t seem confident that everything would be celiac safe.
I’ve only recently been diagnosed, so I’m no expert yet, but they seemed very good at making sure everything I was having was gluten-free. I let them know I couldn’t have gluten when I initially ordered.
Since I ordered a main (which includes several different dishes), the server made my soup without the fried onion (as the fryer wouldn’t be gluten-free) and made my salad without the usual dressing and instead gave me a lemon to drizzle on it. She explained each of these things as she gave them to me.
The chef then used gluten-free soya sauce in order to cook for the whole table, so there wouldn’t be a chance of cross-contamination. The people I was eating with were given sauces that he made sure I was aware I couldn’t try, and instead he gave me some more gluten-free soya sauce I could use to dip food in.
The food was very good, and I’m glad they managed to accommodate my needs so easily.
Gluten free soy sauce can be subbed for regular or other sauces for fried rice, chicken, scallops, steak, etc. They will cook the gf first to keep grill clean. Soup and dressing is not gf. Yum yum sauce is gf. Fun experience.
Super accommodating! They made all of my food first and with gluten free soy sauce. The soup isn’t gluten free so they got me double salad. I got chicken, steak, shrimp, and fried rice and it was all pretty dang delicious. The ice cream was also great. The only issue is that the service for the rest of the party will be slow since your food will be cooked first.
I did have a meal that was questionable. It was very difficult getting answers about gluten in certain things. There is a high level of probability for cross contamination. I would not eat here if you are celiac. As an intolerant person, I am worried I may be sick later. My dinner was lacking flavor due to no seasoning. They have gf soy sauce but just give it to you on the side.
