Ron of Japan

I had a spicey tuna roll .. A expresso martini .. Shogun Dinner with Lobster tail ..Ribeye steak .. fried rice ... Chicken Noodle soup ... Sake ... shrimp ...The Crown Combination with chicken ...everything was very good ..the steak had flavor and was tender ... The lobster tail was fresh & tasteee ..the shrimp was very good .. the expresso martini was chilled and very flavorful... the Sake was smooth and had a low impact kick ...fried rice was moist and tasteee ....OQ

This restaurant is definitely overpriced and it gives the skimpiest portions ever as a hibachi restaurant! I have never come to a hibachi restaurant and left hungry. My steak I ordered medium well and it came out, medium rare, barely cooked by our lifeless chef. The only show that they gave was the fire on the table that felt like it was way too close to our faces. I do not recommend coming to this place because it is a waste of money and they charge a 18% gratuity on top of everything they asked for another tip on top of that! Our waitress was nice, but she only came to the table once and not worth 18% gratuity at all. Then they charge an additional $19 of tax. What a rip off! I did not even get pictures of my food because the portions were terrible. The steak was rare, and the plate is just a skimpy appetizer plate. They even measure out the rice with a small bowl. They do not even have shrimp sauce! And I have never come to a hibachi restaurant that does not have shrimp sauce. I wonder how they are still open. we paid $143 for one steak that he cut into force and barely cooked two appetizers of shrimp that he chopped up and threw this terrible egg yolk sauce on top of and then two more shrimp as my shrimp appetizer for my meal and then the rice wasn’t even good. I am super not happy.

I put notes in my reservation hoping the staff would actually look. My mother had fond memories of this location and our family treated her because she was recently promoted. Well, the little lady at the front of the house was rude. We asked if we could get seated as our party was at valet, as my mom was so excited to be there. Little lady said no with a smile, maybe she thought the smile would ease the “no” but it didn’t. We spent lots of $$$ and small gestures really matter. I’m a Chicago foodie and the food was tasty but the service was mediocre for the amount of money we spent. They also add gratuity to the check, which means if you get bad service they still get a hefty tip. 😂😂 LBVS! The atmosphere was very quiet as our reservations were booked as soon as they opened. So since it was mostly empty we still didn’t understand not being seated less than 5 mins before our party arrived. Moving on: The bathroom stalls are so uncomfortable and tight and I’m not a fluffy girl. I wish my experience was better but it wasn’t. Our bartender was the most kind and professional staff member we experienced.

This restaurant looks nice inside and out. The problem comes with everything else. They open at 5. We had reservations for 530 and we're early but they were nearly empty and had no issues getting our table early. We ordered all at the same time, a sushi roll, entrees, and drinks. The drinks took about ten minutes and a second took about the same. The cook came out and began preparing to make the entrees and the sushi roll had not come out yet. It ended up coming out after the salad. The shrimp served at the beginning was not seasoned. It did have egg sauce, which I found odd in texture for what it was being used for but also under seasoned. Imagine a hollandaise sauce with very little being brought to the table of flavor. Of the entrees, the sirloin was good. I also tasted a coworkers ribeye and could barely tell a difference. The scallops were way way over cooked. This was brought up to the waiter and the cook and there was no resolution. I kept wanting to stop the cook and day that's enough but I didn't. If you want Japanese Hibachi, I guess Ron of Japan was not the best plan.

The only reason why they received a 4 star was because my husband and I along with 5 other people which was at our table, was there for three hours (no lie)! First of all the service was excellent and the food was delicious.The only issue was I guess they were short staffed for cooks. However the waitress ensured our table wasn't neglected by checking on us all us all every chance he got.

Very cozy atmosphere, and the food was great. Went here with my family, and we had a great time. The light setting was perfect and the guests were very nice. They cook the food right in front of you. I ordered the Crown Combinations. Everyone spoke to everyone. I loved it. I recommend that you go to this place. If you can't find parking, there's a parking garage directly next door to the restaurant and they have valet.

The food was strange.. I have been to many hibachi restaurants and this was by far the worst experience. The only thing that was good was the steak. The soup was like that cheap boxed chicken noodle you buy when you’re are sick. The yolk sauce was unpleasant and ruined the shrimp. The beef fried rice was ground beef with rice, very strange. I am disappointed that this cost my wife and I $200. I would recommend that the “chefs” use some seasoning and work on their showmanship.

Please find somewhere else for a meal. Somehow all the food is missing any flavor, even the ice cream. Soup tasted like chlorine. Unless you come in a group of 6-8 with people you know, ask not to be seated at a booth or you will be unable to move for your entire meal.

I will give Ron of Japan one of its stars back because the food was actually pretty good tonight. The steak was juicy and served medium. I think it has to do with it being pretty empty tonight so the chefs were not overwhelmed. As for the showmanship, it's still pretty lacking here. The chef was a great cook, but he really didn't say anything. Compared to other places, the prices were pretty fair for what you got. Not sure when I'll be back, but I wouldn't mind returning

We made a dinner reservation here for our visit to Chicago. Make sure you do. They will only hold it for 15 minutes. There is some street parking. I have never seen the individual hibachi tables. There's one at each table as opposed to one big long table with seating for multiple parties or a large group. It was very cool having your own. It is on the pricey side. Everything was delicious. We had salad,soup, shrimp with an egg yolk and shrimp and chicken along with white rice. We ended with ice cream. It was a great time. They also had tv's with sports on.

I like the concept of this restaurant and how each table has their own hibachi station. It definitely gets more hot because you're closer to the fire. I can't say that the food was too good for me to want to come back. The service was a little slow and it took them a minute to actually come to our table.

For those people that say this place is overrated LIARS!! This restaurant is fabulous!! From our waiter Isaiah to the cook ( fricken fantastic) five star service!! We had the 7 course meal and everything was delicious!!! Great appetizer, delicious soup, delicious salad... oh and the main dishes - Shrimp, chicken, Scallops and tofu all absolutely amazing. Did I mention the egg sauce ? Put that SH$& on everything!!! Yes it's expensive but so are many less worthy restaurants! They were fantastic to my mama for her birthday and my kids loved it too!!

My friends and I ate here for a birthday. Firstly - definitely recommend reservations, it's fairly busy and you have to have your whole group to be seated. Although it is a hibachi, don't expect entertainment like Benihana. They're definitely a lot more traditional. But even without the tricks and show, the food was so good! My friends and I each ordered the Crown Combination, which is for $45 is a 7 course entree so totally worth it. It comes with shrimp with egg yoke (sorry not sure on the Japanese title), rice, Japanese salad, and your choice of two proteins, and a scoop of ice cream. I chose the scallop. And filet mignon (which was an extra $8). All of the food was so good. I saved my appetite for this restaurant and I DEVOURED my food, no leftovers survived. Great ambiance, chill time to eat, but just know it can be expensive depending on your taste. My only two things to point out was: 1) We were not a fan of the sake. It's popular but definitely an acquired taste. 2) The chef cooked our filet mignon all around medium well/well. I wanted medium rare and my buddy ordered medium. But still, it was seasoned well and tasted great so I have no problems on that.

Always enjoy dinner at Ron of Japan. It's a great spot to celebrate birthdays, career changes, and other milestone events. If you are in a small group, you'll be seated with another party. Have met a lot of really nice people while having dinner. I recommend the hibachi salmon dinner with a chicken appetizer. Upgrade to three beef fried rice! This is a must-have item! If you need a good drink, there are pretty good cocktails available. Overall, expect a great night out.

Excellent drinks, excellent food! I had the Shogun Dinner and left replete. I would highly recommend!

ROJ is one of the better hibachi restaurants in Chicago. You get a good amount of food for the price you pay. It is good for a casual group hangout or a cute date night. If you're lucky, you can even catch a celebrity dining in too! With that being said, I would say depending on which chef/ server you get, your dining experience might be better/worse. I have tried a lot of the items in their menu. A few that stand out includes the shrimp appetizer (hibachi shrimp w egg sauce), the bang bang shrimp, and the showgun dinner. Their egg sauce is to die for, BUT in moderation because it can get greasy quick. I also loveee their green tea ice cream (it is actually green tea and not matcha)! I would definitely give ROJ a chance if you want to try a unique hibachi experience! P.S. This might be a little weird, but idk why the leftovers you bring home tastes better than when eating at the restaurant lol

Not their best showing. ROJ is by far my favorite teppanyaki restaurant of all time, but today just wasn't their day. Service started slow & bad but recovered nicely. I always thought the filet there was a quality above the rest with great flavor. But our chef over cooked the steaks to the point they were charred, dry and tough. The rest of the meal was excellent, thank god for the egg yolk shrimp. The predetermined 18% gratuity is really more of a fee and shouldn't be called gratuity. We'll give it another try in 6 months or so, hopefully with better outcome.

I ordered the chicken & shrimp combo. Everything was wonderful! We had a young guy as our server, he was attentive. My team & I went for dinner so it was pretty chill on a Tuesday evening

OMG! I've been dining at Ron Of Japan since the early 80s, I loved it! However it has honestly gone downhill. Prices soared and continue to rise. They're asking top dollar for raw half cooked shrimp and lobster folks!!! Yuck! I literally am feeling sick after eating raw half cooked rubbery lobster! I am feeling sick! The beef fried rice is of low quality and tastes like dirty dish water! The vegetables are sitting and soaking in oil. I am disappointed in their lack of care when preparing the meal, and the lack of quality of food is rather astounding. Unfortunately I cannot in good conscience recommend this restaurant and I am going to make a sad prediction. It's rather sad that this Japanese American teppan style restaurant is seriously lacking and sending carry out food that's half raw and sub par. This used to be one of my favorite places to experience fun conversation and enjoy the food and atmosphere but I no longer find the joy in eating at a place where they don't care what they're serving. Whenever I call them I am always rushed off the phone and I am wondering why since each time we've been there it's completely and utterly empty. Why pretend it's busy? I predict they will go out of business because of the quality of food and how it's prepared. Topped off with exorbitant prices and you have a recipe for disaster! So if you are considering eating at this restaurant here is my advice. Run like your the last two monkeys boarding Noah's Ark and it's starting to rain! No no and no! It's a hard no from me! You've been warned! They have cockroaches which is why the lights are turned down so low. Enter at your own risk!!!

I have been dining at this restaurant for about 15 years and have noticed the food quality has declined. I have ordered several meals such as the Crown Filet and Crown Shrimp and my friend has ordered several Shogun meals. The food is not cooked enough and the quality of the food and quantity of food is not worth the price they charge. Back in the day this restaurant was decent and served great food. Now it's a shadow of its former self and trying to remain relevant in a very competitive market. Too expensive for the price. Your money is better spent elsewhere.

Terrible meal. Food was over cooked. Waited over 40 minutes at the table for a chef. No show except at the end where there was fire to clean the table. Even the green tea ice cream was flavorless

This was my FAV Hibachi in Chicago since circa 2000, it's a signature place to go in Chicago when downtown for Hibachi. My most recent visit Summer 2022 after not visiting in over 2 years really switched my thoughts on this place as the amount of time we had to wait and the inconsistency of the hostesses really ruffled my feathers. I made reservations while at Navy Pier with my littles after taking a speedboat ride and took the walk over (about 15 min walk). Arrived with 1 minute to spare and to our surprise the place was not crowded as it was early Friday evening at 7pm. We checked in for our table for 6 and was told 5 minutes. 15 minutes LATER no table no update I check back in and was told the table is being prepared. 30 minutes LATER (total) no table I'm over it at this point and prepared to walk somewhere else as it is Chicago home of the best food and I'm sure we could walk in somewhere and have a great meal. The manager stops us and sit us at a table, immediately I notice the hold up. The person never turned the table on to preheat which takes upwards of 45 mins depending on last usage. That was communicated but as an advocate Ron of Japan goer for YEARS I know these things and luckily we got our FAV cook who confirmed my observation. This review lost stars based on the hostess and manager who brought us an app of her choice when trying to make up for the extreme wait based on our reservation. No one liked the app FYI. The other component is the lack of regard and communication unprompted. The 3 stars is solely on the food and our cook and of course the location. Check them out..

The cooktop table broke down midway through the cooking of our dinner. It was almost a 45 minute delay between courses. The food that did get cooked was cold by the time the steaks and fried rice were done. Very disappointed that we spent over $300 (for 2) on a meal that didn't include the ROJ experience. They gave us each a free cocktail and appetizer for the trouble but in my opinion should have comped the whole dinner. Bad time at Ron of Japans.

We went here with a party of 4. It took forever to get seated. The service was incredibly slow. The dinner was not even mediocre. We love a good sushi and hibachi. Been to them all over the country. This was by far the worst experience. I think the entire experience was over 4.5 hours to eat.

Ok! So the server was really nice, the chef was nice. The shrimp and calamari were great but my daughter disliked her Filet due to the sweet sauce they use on everything. I've been here in the past but that was like 20 years ago and can't remember how they did things but every hibachi place I've been to since the chef does tricks and pust on a show and that's kinda what we were hoping for. It was my daughter's birthday and she loves hibachi. Maybe this place just doesn't do this so basically know the food is great and the ambience but if you are looking for the fun of the hibachi experience this ain't it. Also the plate they give you is quite small and served pretty far away from you so it's a bit awkward trying to eat and if you don't eat all that is served as they make it there's no room ‍ Ambiance is amazing and the fire when they start the food was cool. This may be more fun for a date night or hang out with family or friends. Don't recommend if you are looking for the hibachi experience with kids or for yourself if you want the fun tricks

Right next to my hotel so very convenient for a pick up order so I could have some quite time! Ordered early in the night and paid for but asked to pick up later which they were super accommodating! When I showed up later it was ready and out the door I went! Rainbow roll was yummy, so much tuna sashimi for the price and spicy mayo but perfect in the middle for heat!

Ron is truly the hero we needed for bringing this wonderful establishment to Earth. I've been going to ROJ both in Northbrook and Chicago since I was a youngin and can confidently say it's the greatest hibachi restaurant known to man. I recommend the shogun dinner with steak, lobster, and shrimp. The egg sauce is life changing so make sure to put it on all that you can (vegetables included). The chefs are fun, and if they like you, they may even make you a fire volcano. Some of them do tricks, but their food is so good they don't need to over compensate like other similar--not as good--restaurants. Sam's the man. He's the manager of the Chicago restaurant and a lot of celebrities like to take pictures with him because they're so honored by his greatness. Make sure to say hi to him if you see him around! Ron of Japan is 5/5 for sure and my only issue is that they don't have more of them around the world. Side note: I don't recommend working out after eating their egg sauce or you will feel horrible. I love Ron of Japan!!!

My review in short: Ron of Japan lacked immersion, did not remember it was my birthday, and gave me a persistent headache/gut issues 2+ months after the fact. -------------------- I visited Ron of Japan on March 18th for my 32nd birthday. The reason I picked Ron of Japan was because my New Year's Resolution in 2021 was to learn Japanese. I wanted to immerse myself with a Japanese restaurant, and practice the Japanese I've been working on for two years. My mother set the reservation, and mentioned both of these points, that it was my birthday and I was learning Japanese. Upon entering the restaurant, there was no こんにちは, こんばんは, or best of all an いらっしゃいませ, neither from the hostess or the waitress who sat us at our table. For dinner, I had the Lobster Tail and Filet Mignon Shogun Dinner, along with two bottles of sake while I ate my meal. This is where my trouble would later start. I haven't had lobster much in my life but I learned that I probably prefer crab or shrimp, and the Filet Mignon was great, except for the fact that the inner meat was ice cold. I ordered medium-rare, not medium-but-raw-in-the-center. I saw a pineapple on streamers coming and believed it to be my birthday celebration, only for them to pass me by. Meanwhile, I found out that our chef was also not Japanese, but rather Chinese, which was ironic since the family we were eating with was also fluent in Chinese (not criticizing them at all, very nice family, enjoyed our time together). I learned 谢谢 but no Japanese and no celebration of my birthday. When I got home, I was so full I could only lie down, but my troubles would just begin the next day. After I woke up, I noticed that I had a headache in my occipital lobe. I tried to take some pain medication for it, but so far nothing has worked. It gets worse at night at covers the enter back of my head. I could not get my digestion back on track for a month after this event, with both constipation and some diarrhea of anal mucus. My digestion is regular again but now I can't eat many foods without getting similar symptoms again. I am writing this review on May 20th, two months later and the occipital headache has not gone away for a second. I have visited a doctor and he was not able to identify anything that could be diagnosed by primary care. I will be visited a Neurologist on May 31st, and hopefully I'll find a way to treat whatever this disease is. In closing, going to Ron of Japan was the worst decision I made this year, if not my life if I cannot find a solution for this ailment. If only I hadn't found their business card in a junk drawer and had stuck to my original plan of getting Mediterranean instead.

The only redeeming quality of this place is the welcoming bartender. Period. The hostess gave the ambiance of "leave, I don't want to be here." To top of it all of, I have never ever had dry sushi. Dry enough to be a grocery store sushi. And even then, grocery store sushi is still better. I will never ever recommend this place to my worst enemy. Horrible food. And folks, the cherry on top to this experience is the AUTOMATIC 18% gratuity applied to your check. Go somewhere else. Not here.

I wish there were more hibachi/teppenyaki places in Chicago, but I believe there is only two or three of them. So unfortunately there isn't much competition. Ron of Japan only does reservations for four or more people, so if you're trying to come in as a couple only, you're going to have to wait until maybe another party arrives. The wife and I both orders their ribeye crown entree. It comes with a "seven course" meal which consist of two pieces of shrimp kogane-yaki, chicken noodle soup, fresh green salad, teppan vegetables, white rice or pay 2.75 for beef fried rice (totally worth paying that extra 2.75), and ice cream. The shrimp with the yellow sauce was so delicious. The yellow sauce is amazing. I would really have preferred miso soup instead of that chicken noodle soup. While still good, nothing compares to a miso soup at a place like this. The salad was good with their dressing. You can never go wrong with their teppan veggies. These were good but lacked flavor and seasoning. The highlight of the night was that beef fried rice. This is some of the best fried rice I've had in a very long time. The steak was good but I asked for medium rare and I definitely received maybe a medium. So a little over cooked for me. I of course enjoyed a few Sapporo beers with my meal and finished it off with a green tea ice cream. Overall I didn't enjoy my meal. It's definitely a little on the pricey side and what they're really lacking is a show while they cook. A few places in California will put on a show with their cooking, tossing eggs and making designs out of the fried rice and talking to table and flipping the bowl of rice to you. Not here. Our chef showed no emotions. Not entertaining at all. Not exactly sure when I'll be returning, but I wouldn't take it odd the list just her.

Went for a dinner on a Saturday night as a party of 3. We had an 8:15 reservation, but weren't seated until about 9. We were very close to leaving, but we stuck it out. Management needs to be mindful of reservations and tables that have been seated for long periods of time. I've been to plenty of restaurants that will remind you of the table time limits. If Ron's doesn't have a time limit, THEY NEED ONE. Once we were seated, we were sat at a booth with another party of 2. There would've been another party of 2 at the booth (totaling 7 strangers at a tight booth), however they left the restaurant because they were tired of waiting. That worked out in our favor. Once seated, service was fast and the food was good. It was a pricey dinner, but we had a good time and the entertainment is obviously factored into the prices. I won't be back unless they figure out their wait situation.

Had the steak and scalloped combo. The soup, salad, veggies, shrimp and steak were all good. The scallops were fishy and the rice was mushy. The egg sauce was cooked at the end and was cold. There are better hibachi restaurants. I would not go back to this one. At $75 ($90 with tip) I should have been 100% happy.

The food was good enough, but service could've been better. We got our first drink quick enough, but the waitress never came back to ask if we wanted anything else. I finally flagged her down to get a 2nd drink but it was pretty late in our dinner. I waited 10min more to get the drink, seeing her walk by with nothing in her hands 3 times, then I flagged her down and told her to cancel, since it took way too long. She just acknowledged me and didn't seem to care why I canceled. It seems the built-in 18% service charge / tip means there's no incentive to give at least good service. Very disappointing to pay such high prices for adequate food, then add a mandatory 30% for tip and tax.

I love Ron of Japan! I've been eating here since the 8th grade and in all honesty can't really complain! Chef Juan as alway taken care of my family and I, and he is amazing and so kind!! The egg sauce is a game changer...you MUST try it!!

I went here for my birthday and had super high expectations. I like the roundness of the tables where it is easier to talk with the people across and next to you. The soup was pretty bad, the salad was alright. The egg sauce is overrated, and the steak was fine. Just think that Benihana and other hibachi places put more effort into the details like veggies, soup, salad, and sauces which makes them better. Would come back if I was invited but won't go out of my way

Pretty entertaining dinner! The lobster tail with egg sauce was delicious. I don't recommend ordering the squid but everything else was alright. Portions were big so there's definitely leftovers for the next day

It's not possible to give this establishment a negative review but they absolutely deserve one the restroom were disgusting and the smell was so pungent you could smell it outside of the restroom door. The food and drinks were mediocre and the service was great the chef was amazing the overall experience was tolerable but they need to fix their plumbing issues.

Was invited to bday dinner here, otherwise would have been a hard pass, even Benihana is better and that's not saying much. First, like others have said, there is no 'show' here like other Japanese steakhouses. Best you'll get is a giant flame that will almost burn your browch off. The cooking area is much smaller than other places, which may be part of the reason. Even the bday celebration at the end was lame - a pineapple top with some sparklers and a two second happy bday song. The chef, while nice, lacked any sort of personality despite attempts to engage with him. I think he wanted to cook as quickly as possible and get the hell out of there, and then rethink his life choices for working at a place called ROJ. The food was epic...epicly bad that is. You'll need a few of the "super duper" mai tais to forget where you ate the next day, although the stomach pains that you endured all night will quickly remind you. Steak and chicken way overcooked, fried beef rice had no flavor, chicken noodle soup tasted like Knorrs mix, salad dressing was basically mayo, shoestring veggie tempura app was limp. I can go on and on, but I don't want to take anything away from my fellow Yelp reviewers. Oh and that special egg sauce that seems to be the draw here, yeah it's main ingredient is vegetable oil (chef admitted to it), so you're basically eating a big glob of grease that will only contribute to your woes. 1.5 stars solid.

Grew up visiting the Northbrook location for years. First time downtown. The egg sauce flavor has changed a bit (fruity?) and the greasiness has increased. Probably won't be back. It's more of a nostalgic visit at this point but none of the food agrees with me anymore. The salad was old, brownish iceberg lettuce. Chef was nice. Overpaid for what you get food-wise.

Been going to the Northbrook location for over 20 years. I understand with Covid. things have changed, but went the other night...and understand this is not a cheap place for dinner. The cook seemed inexperienced and did not understand requests for how you wanted your food cooked. Lobster, shrimp and vegetables, overcooked. Even the pineapple we got to go seemed old

I was excited to go to a place like this but it was totally not worth it The wait for the food was long The food was too greasy The food lacked flavor The only exciting part was the start when he lit the fire I will not be going back

I grew up coming here since the early 2000's, but this place went downhill hard since around 2020. They took crab legs off the menu and the quality of the meat & rice went way down. The good cooks seem to be long gone from this place - I used to love coming here every year for my birthday, I don't bother anymore.

This place was great. The drinks are also great. It taste like Benihana's Japan style. Definitely will be back!

6 people to one small circular table during covid. Ok for starters we got seated at 7, chef didn't come out until 8 to start cooking. He individually cooked everyone's rice one by one and that alone took 35/40 mins. He didn't even bother giving me rice because I was the only one to get white rice. So my plate is still completely empty. Then he made the vegetables. He barely cooked them and didn't season them at all. But nothings worse than when he cooked the meat. He was taking everyone's oil from the plates being tilted and throwing it back on the grill. During covid! This man used chopsticks to individually place each piece of meat down one by one. When he was finally done cooking it was past 10 and they were closing and I kid you not. He took 3 shrimp & a half a chicken breast and put it on my plate. I say there starving for THREE SHRIMP and a half a chicken breast. I will never be back. I ordered my cousin the same combination dish as me to go. 3 orders of this cost me $401. Almost $100 in service charge, tax and gratuity for 3 shrimp and a half chicken breast. Server never came back to refill water she was only concerned about people who was drinking alcohol. Terrible terrible experience. Over priced, waste of money, food was terrible and the portions were for small children.

Not what it used to be. Hostess was nice, we had a reservation for 730, it was a Thursday evening and there was hardly any customers besides us, maybe 5 other tables. It felt like a long time before we were greeted and ordered drinks, so we ordered some appetizers at the same time. 2 of 3 came out and we just waited for the 3rd. After a while I asked if she had heard me order the 3rd item and she said it comes out later by the chef. That would've been nice to know earlier but okay... we didn't see her until halfway thru dinner to get drink refills. The chef actually went and found our sever because what he had down for our order was incorrect. The chef was friendly and fun, but the food was definitely not great. Most of it was over cooked and some was even burnt. It was just me and my teenage son, and when he ordered mostly sides and apps instead of a meal, she was instantly annoyed. The ambiance and service at this place just isn't there anymore.

all these negative reveiws are LIES. I have been coming here for a very long time. The traditional japanese decorations are very cool and aesthetic. Food is amazing, egg sauce is so good, the fried rice is rhe best fried rice in the world. The shrimp is delicious. Staff is nice and it is a really fun place to go.

I've been going here for a long time. I will say that if you're going here be sure to hit that shogun. Monster lobsters, scallops are amazing, shrimp are always fun, and you can see all the celebrities on the wall that go. I heard a rumor that they had a special spot for them but have yet to find it...

Ron of Japan has a Cool vibe, not sure if I would go back, average food, cocktails were great!

I would never recommend this Japanese hibachi place to anyone, Service was terrible cook was terrible and extremely rude!! all around the worst experience of my life with it being my first time there. Waitress was not helpful at all , Cook told us he was " tired and hot " We went to celebrate a birthday and we're so disappointed. Thumbs down for this place especially being a Steak house downtown Chicago! Not worth the money we spent at all!!

A group of us came here for a dinner with friends. It came highly recommended by my friend from the Chicago area, and my expectations were maybe a little too high going into the evening. While the fried was tasty and the chef and servers were kind, I didn't exactly feel like I was blown away, especially for the prices. Our server must have been new, because he didn't seem to know what he was really doing. It wasn't the best service I've had, but like I said the chef was very nice. I personally just think it's a little overpriced for what you get, especially since the hibachi isn't really even a show like some other hibachi places. I most likely wouldn't return here.

Came into town looking for a great hibachi experience and unfortunately i did not receive that here. The salad that was brought out does not come with a ginger dressing and when asked about it the server let me know their dressing available was a spicy mayo. yuck. The wait time was pretty long for the actual food and The lack of seasoning is an understatement. Our chef only used what seemed to be a few grains of salt and pepper on our food for seasoning. I was forced to cover my good in a soy/teriyaki sauce due to this. When wrapping up and attempting to leave my stomach reacted immediately as if something had been cross contaminated. I would not recommend or go back. I wasn't even able to take my food to-go because of the immediate sickness. Also the seating is very tight and low ventilation.

It's been 15 years since we have been here and we hoped it would of been a better experience than we had remembered back then, but it wasn't! We all left saying it was really bad, the food had no flavor, over salted, and the salad dressing tasted like bottled Yum Yum dressing. They definitely try to over compensate for lack of flavor with their egg sauce. Unfortunately the ventilation hasn't improved either, looks like several of the fans weren't working as our tables smoke was blowing right into our faces. The place needs a HUGE renovation desperately. Very old and tired looking

I have been there with 2 other friends. We were on time for the reservation and they did seat us 5-10 minutes later, which was good. Our server shows up after 20 minutes and then our chef shows up after 45 minutes and no one really bothered to check on us in the mean time. Our chef gave us the impression that he was really tired and not interested to cook our food. Its just a fancy place with no real passion for food. Food quality was just so so. I would rather spend my money elsewhere to get bang for my buck

This was our first experience, and we were so excited to go. The host was very welcoming. Our waitress was amazing. We were sure the rest of our experience would be. We sat with an older couple, and our cook was completely disorganized and rude. As soon as he came to our table we were met with immediate attitude, and ultimately altered our experience. Simple questions, and compliments were met with a stand offish response, and I was a bit concerned when our cook made no reaction to respect my food allergy. He did not serve us half our meal, and we left out without a side order and our desert. Our waitress, Karina M., definitely tried to assist him in our issues, but he was also rude to her as well. She was incredible and I only wish that our cook would have been too. We went on Sunday April 3. Thanks.

The woman who served us was great, went out of her way to accommodate my two small children. Food was overpriced and underwhelming. I knew it was going to be expensive but thought that was reasonable with the entertainment aspect, however, there was no entertainment. Chef cooked the food then walked away. Food was bland, fried rice was just beef, rice and egg. Won't be back.

Always solid choice. Think Benihana but better quality and more upscale choices. Been around forever. Still good.

We went there at Friday night, so place was pack but it isn't excuse for extremely slow service . 1.waited 30 mins to order drinks 2. waited for chef another hour 3.all dishes cooked separately, so one -two people eat other watch them, and then visa versa. 4. it's so over price for the food we didn't even eat. It is awful place, wont neven go back