Kyoto Japanese Steakhouse

Reviews

• Tony G.

  star star star star star 1 October 2026

  We ordered the steak and chicken.
  I didn't know this place existed and lived here in Everett for years. Too bad it's located next to a bankrupt Toys R Us and is dead in this plaza.
  Nevertheless, this resto is worth the money. Other restos charge almost twice as much.
  
  The food was good, and the chef was fun to watch as he put on a little show. Guests should interact with the chef to make the show more entertaining at times, as it's the point to coming to these Teppanyaki restos. I noticed that most people who came here didn't know the culture and understand the point to coming here, instead they play with their phones and look the other direction.
  
  If this was located in a better neighborhood (like Mukilteo or Mill Creek) and increased the price a bit more, it would still be worth it to eat again. Dinner costs a bit more because there's bigger portions, but the lunch portion got both of us full.
  
  We came around 12pm before they closed up lunch time, so it wasn't that busy. There were two chefs and just a few full tables.
  The waiter was by himself, but knew customer service and checked on us at least once during our meal, which is the minimum amount of times to check on your guests.
  I gave the chef a tip, and the house a tip as well.
  I look forward to coming back again during lunch, as we don't eat big portions for dinner

• Maria J.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 30 September 2026

  We have visited this location several times in the past and enjoyed the food and show that it provides most of the time.
  Today, however, our chef at the table thought that it would be a good move to share details of a gruesome youtube video that he saw and twirled his knife moving it in the cutting and stabbing motions as he described events in the video in detail. All of this mind you, infront of children attentively listening to his story. We have had great experiences with other staff in previous occasions but this "table conversation" is unacceptable and we will not be returning.
  Proceed to this restaurant with caution if you have young tender ears along in your group.

• Mona M.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 12 September 2026

  We decided to stop by here for dinner after picking up an online order at the next-door Walmart. We didn't have that big of an expectation prior coming to here which was proven to be a smart move.
  
  We arrived at the same time with a group of family with one toddler. They stood by the counter at the entrance door, but of course there was nobody cared. We had to stand behind them since they entered first. After being ignored for a good 10-15 minutes, they finally got tired and took a seat at the waiting area booth. We went to the counter to grab one of their menu to check what we were gonna have. Only when I was about to put the menu back at the counter about 10 minutes later that somebody finally took notice of our presence. We were seated immediately for 2 person. The group of family was still ignored until they decided to leave 5 minutes later. Unfortunately they weren't the only ones. There were several other walk-in customers waiting to be noticed who left after being ignored for some time.
  
  We were seated and the waiter took our order and the rest of the people at our table. We had to wait another 10-15 minutes before our hibachi chef came out of nowhere to cook for us. The so-called shrimp appetizer was 2-pcs shrimps cooked with black pepper and a little soy sauce. Server brought us our "soup" which basically was just broth with 1/4 slice of a mushroom. Made me want to laugh out loud. The small bowl of salad had 2 dressing options - we chose the ginger miso dressing. Chef gave us two types of dipping sauces; one is a red sauce for seafood and the other one he called it their special sauce for the meat.
  
  I got the chicken-steak combo and he got the teppan yaki steak which he paid more than mine, and of course, his portion came out less than mine. You also get a bowl of buttered rice with your combo and you can pay extra if you want fried rice instead.
  
  Overall, the experience here would be a hit or miss. Depending on the hibachi chef that you get. Our chef didn't perform anything special, just cooked. The two of us were watching him, waiting for something to happen, but the rest of our table were 6 other people who were busy talking to each other and ignoring the chef and they were looking annoyed when he tried to say or do something amusing. Unfortunately since it was 6 vs 2, the chef never looked our way to try to entertain us after his failed attempt doing so to the other 6. There were 3 other hibachi chefs in the room, only one chef was giving his all to do special moves and entertaining guests at his table (like flipping the food right into the guests' mouth from the burner - though watching that kind of made me wonder if the food burned their mouth lol).
  
  I guess what I'm saying is, if you come here and luck have it that you get that ONE chef, your experience here would probably be completely different and maybe even entertaining enough to ignore the fact that the food was just meh.

• Tiffany H.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 12 September 2026

  Disappointed with service and food.
  
  Arrived at 7:15 pm with reservation for 2 at 7:30 pm. We had to remind hostess that we had a reservation as she seated the other groups first. She finally sat us down at 8 pm. We waited 20 minutes for them to take our drink order. Another 15 minutes for our soups to arrive. Another 10 minutes for salad. At about 9:05 pm the chef stopped by the table offering apologies all around. There was a goof with the other family's order and so we had to wait another 5 minutes for the correct ingredients to be brought to the table to start cooking. At the end of the day, nothing special was used to cook the food. Mostly soy sauce.
  
  From what I observed (the 2 hours of waiting), there were a total of 3 chefs and 10 tables. Maybe payroll was short. ‍ The chef was extremely nice/apologetic. He deserves a raise for putting up with being short staffed.

• Volita H.

  star star star star star 9 September 2026

  This probably our new favourite restaurant since the chef put on really entertaining show with good sense of humour. The food was good portion and well cooked. There was only one staff running around to take order and making drink at the same time but he's still have good attitude to customers so no complaints. The only thing need to improve is the cutlery, need chopsticks for setup since it's Japanese restaurant. It's have to eat with big folk in a small bowl. Definitely recommended!