Kobe Steakhouse

Last year we wrote a review about this wonderful restaurant where owner Susan comes
to greet you personally. A lot of our comments remain the same. Now they have more chefs
that we can recommend by name...starting with Chepo, Sunny, Amazing URIEL, friendly George, Saul...you get it...we have been there quite a bit.

Wait staff does NOT do much to earn the 20% tip...REALLY! They tend to forget to bring the
rice...unless you get the fried rice from the chef...after paying a surcharge for that. Now they
have added a surcharge for the salad and 'we have a running joke" in our family that NO matter
how many people order a meal you get "a little zucchini" for the whole table and if you are lucky a couple of eggs if their is a whole large group!!! We usually ask chefs if The ONE
zucchini is kept at a special vault.
On the bright side...portions are excellent...chefs are friendly...the quality of meats is great
and size is just right...not too big, not too small...just yummy and healty!

*Waitstaff does NOT last long at all. Wondering here if it is due to Keith's stern look and
attitude? Or ....oh, well. The only long standing Thai looking waitress told us that managers
were TOO BEESEE (too busy) when we asked about the music being played!
They are too busy to serve rice or refill drinks..but not too busy to add a fat undeserved tip
to the check.

This was my first introduction to Sushi and Japanese cooking, and OMG it was Fantastic. I am a regular now. Never had Sushi before ask Keith to teach about it, it is not all RAW FIsh. Would recomend KOBE to EVERYONE

First off, Kobe is not that bad of a place, I have always gotten good sushi. Second, the prices might be a little high, but where are they not?? I do enjoy the atmosphere, and the wait staff seems mostly friendly. Would be nice if the chef spoke English though. I have many great experiences at this resteraunt and do plan on returning, but I am turned off by what seems to be a bogus review posted on the same date as the Resteraunts Reply to the bad review : ( If you have never been to Kobe Steakhouse, I say go and see for yourself.

We went to Kobe for their Kobe beef. I wanted to try the kobe Ribeye but was steered towards the Kobe filet by my waiter. It was a great decisio. I enjoyed it's rich, buttery flavor immensely. The manager came by to check on my experience and was pleasantly greeted. Fine young man. He gave me a complimentary appetizer card for my next visit :) I also had the calamari tempura which was amazingly tender. Service was good but not fantastic but the free appetizer card made up for it. I waited for 30 minutes to be sat, but it was extremely busy that night. You can tell everyone was having a good time. I am an older man so the number of kids I sat with was irritating so I will sit in the bar area next time for more privacy. Good job Kobe!

Kobe is one of the most expensive hibachi restaurants in Austin, but you definitely do not get what you pay for. The cooking is mediocre, the food quality fair, and the show lacking in excitement. Service was very slow bringing food out, but tried more than once to take plates from people in the party who were not finished with their food yet. We ordered a large sushi platter as well & we were all very disappointed with it's quality - the fish did not seem very fresh. I was most upset by how over salt&peppered the rice & meat were, so much so that I was almost unable to eat it.