Miyako Teppanyaki Reviews

Food was cooked well and quite tasty. Nothing special with the dishes though as they were fairly simple. The chefs are awesome - just very entertaining. Great atmosphere, but sadly overpriced.

The lunchtime waitress and the chef were the most wonderful people and the food was absolutely delicious! Can't wait to come back! They just really need to change the music...

Had a great experience here and food was good and not bad value for what you get!

Foods okay, funny staff made our night entertaining. The food is average though.

Fantastic food, fantastic hospitality difficult times they smash it

Very good value, friendly staff, fantastic experience.

Everything thing was exceptionally splendid the waitress the chefs .

Great place and they were fantastic with me and my food allergies

Great to see your food cooked live, right in front of you

Great service, excellent food, an all round great experience, would definitely recommend.

Absolutely fantastic, really entertaining. The food is cooked in front of you. Will definitely be going back

Great entertainment from the chef cooking the food at the table. Food was excellent.

This place is just great. Friendly attentive service and it's fun to watch your food being cooked in front of you - they are so expert and entertaining with it. It's not a cheap meal but it's totally worth it. And delicious.

Great fun. What an experience! I was brought here as a surprise and it did not disappoint. The service was entertaining and the food was delicious. Highly recommended.

Good food and great Teppanyaki experience but quite pricey.

The experience I had at this place was very poor, we had booked for 7 and started first eating at 8, the Japanese "chef salad" consisted of iceberg salad, cucumber tomato carrot and thousand Island dressing.. the main course itself was fine, the experience was good but the food was very basic. Overall, would not go here agson

a very nice place for a group of people. entertaining chef. will definitely come back again

The show cooking is great, sadly it is at the cost of flavour. They literally burn the oil they cooking on which is very unhealthy. The amount of oil used also means that everything cooked is very fatty and because everything is cooked the same all the flavours blend and everything in your plate taste the same Webster it's the rice veg or fish.
In short, great to impress for a birthday party not so good if you want to enjoy your food.
Ps. The show cooking is very loud and with 3-4 of them going on at the same time it is loud.

Great service fun and very nice food couldn't say. Anything bad about it

Really nice food and very exciting and entertaining watching it get cooked in front of you. The pre-theatre menu is very well priced too

Where showmanship and art meets delicious food!
This restaurant is such an incredible experience with staff who ensure you are enjoying your time by looking after you from start to finish. If you're in the area then you simply have to try it!
Not sure what to go for? The set menus are a great place to start or ask the staff for suggestions as they're more than happy to tell you more about the dishes.

Delicious food, great waiting staff, excellent show from the chef, tasty tasty sake

Lovely food' great atmosphere. Would definitely recommend

Doesn't even deserve the 1 star after leaving my 3 year old waiting for her dinner for 2 hours to the point we had to leave as it was 10pm and she had not eaten. Disgusting service filthy resturaunt and no customer service.

Fantastic audience participation entertainment and amazing food. The teppanyaki chefs have a well practiced but still entertaining routine (we visit only once a year). The set teppanyaki menus are really good value and there is a good choice of meats and fish but only one vegetarian option. Good to go with a group that of friends or work colleagues or make new friends with your fellow diners.

Wow. Just wow. I think I'm missing an eyebrow (sorry, no spoilers) This place is an eating event worthy of your patronage. You won't be disappointed by the service, the cooking style, the food itself or any moment in between. It's located in a very convenient place (The Arcadian) for nearby night attractions like The Glee Club, Hippodrome and Alexandra Theatre; or local nightclubs and nearby Casino! Worth choosing to start your night on the town with flamboyant exuberance.

Still don't accept contactless cards.
Food and entertainment is still good

Great food, Great Atmosphere, really friendly staff, entertaining Chef. All for Great value

Food just tasted of butter and soya sauce. Staff forgot to bring drinks until reminded.

Fab night here. Friendly staff. Entertaining chef. Not cheap but you get the full experience here and the food is so worth it. You will not regret trying, especially if you experience the steak and salmon which really stood out

I went there for my friend birthday meal and it was the best by far live cooking I've ever been to to. The chef was amazing, he had us entertain throughout. The food was on point no complain. Great place

Excellent Lunch - super value for money. The Chef was very entertaining. Will be going again.

Excellent service, excellent food, fantastic experience!

It was a fantastic night! The chefs are a lot of fun, great atmosphere and the food was amazing! Expect to have some participation but they are very polite and understanding if you don't wish to participate.

Amazing! Chef was incredible and the food was great!!!

A fantastic restaurant! Enjoy the performance of the chef cooking your food Infront of you fresh. And then enjoy eating the delicious food they have prepared for you!

What an amazing place. This is more than a restaurant, it's a great experience. I ordered from the set menu which had 5 items. Starts are served to you from the kitchen and then your main course is cooked by the teppanyaki chef in front of you. Our chef was great, he got us all at the table involved and was cracking jokes and very friendly. It's not the cheapest place, but you get the entertainment aspect of it so I still think it's worth the money.

Brilliant entertainment, lovely chefs and brilliant food, would wholeheartedly recommend this restaurant to anybody I know,also a good selection of drinks

When you enter the restaurant the staff are unfriendly.
I was not happy with my experience overall.
The teppanyaki had too much soy sauce which made it salty and the meat, rice & veg started blending in.
I honestly couldn't finish my food as the meat was very chewy to eat instead of being tender.

The main appeal is the performance by the chefs. Food is OK. Great for first timers.

Lunch menu is nice, and value for money, chef is friendly and provide good show

Good entertainment and atmosphere, average tasting food and terrible customer service. We felt extremely rushed, the staff basically didn't let us finish our plates and felt really intimidated being asked every 5 seconds if we like to order something else. At the end they even forgot the dessert. NOT worth the money, way overpriced!

Excellent food good service chefs are brilliant will recommend.

So much fun, everyone is so kind and the theatrics of the cooking are excellent! Food is also delicious, it's the perfect place to go for an occasion or even just a normal dinner out but if you want more fun!

Amazing food and service. Definitely dinner and a show here as they cook the food. We were really lucky to get a table on a Saturday night so I'd definitely book in future. Next time we are in Birmingham we will definitely be visiting again!

We booked a table here for my Birthday and wrote down in my diary the time we had booked (6.30) We have to travel 40 miles to Birmingham and my wife was working til 5 so we all agreed that 6.30 would be the earliest we could get there. On arrival to Birmingham we hit a lot of traffic in digbeth and it looked like we might be 10mins late so we rang this place up to advise them only to be told that we did not have a table booked as they don't take bookings at 6.30 only 6 or 7! We knew straght away this was rubbish and that it was a mistake on there part and tried to explane our situation... we found the lady rather rude and very unhelpful on the phone! My daughter spoke to her in the 1st call and the lady hung up on her! I called back and she denied hanging up! I've never been so upset on my Birthday as I was last night and was made to feel like this was our fault! We have been here before and have enjoyed it... but now we don't want to take the chance these people will mis manage our next special event.

Poor and slow service, waited ages for mediocre, overpriced food. If you want eat good go somewhere else.

Pricey but worth it. Chefs are great and get the table involved. Only reason not for 5 stars is the price of drinks but will be visiting again

A really fun night out, it's like dinner and a show at the same time! Food was great, the staff were friendly, and the chef was awesome. Photos are from a previous visit a while ago, but the standards were high both times! Recommended!

Great show cooking at your table. Tastes delicious too.

Very fresh food - cooked right in front of you. I had to ask for more seasoning but it s personal preference. Overall a delightful first experience there. Prices are affordable too.

Fantastic food and wonderfully entertaining chefs. Do not miss this!

We ordered the California roll, they use the cucumber instead of the avocado. And the price is expensive but the quality is poor. Hoping they could improve the tasty of food. Thanks.

This was a fun experience...food excellent, the 'chef's' skills, juggling eggs, chopping & moving food around, so amusing ....but sadly no sweet trolley. But still a lovely lunch.

Fabulous place the Tepanyaki - one of my favourites, perfect food in traditional japanese surroundings

Came here to celebrate new years. Was the worst experience of a restaurant that myself and my partner had. Firstly, the waitresses weren't very friendly. Sake was served in a wine glass which is the wrong container and the food was not fresh tasting and undercooked. The gaps between receiving food took too long, it was too cold inside and the bright lights shining into our faces was uncomfortable. Took ages for teppan chef to turn up and when he started his tricks I got splattered with boiling hot soy sauce on my bare arm and onto our nice expensive clothing.

Your establishment seems to attract a certain type of basic person in dire need of entertainment, the type of folk who are unkind to alternative people looking for an experience, such as our selves. We poorly misjudged your restaurant thinking it could be interesting. They made us feel ubcomfortable for having vegan food which understandably had to be cooked first in order to avoid cross contamination with corpse remnants. Having lived in Japan for over a year I can confirm that the flavours of food and the whole etiquette was sub par and frankly offensive to Japanese cuisine and culture. The garlic was burned and when the chef cracked an egg I once again was splattered with boiling hot liquid which went directly into my eye. At this point we walked out without paying for the measly food we had already consumed.
Our nice clothes stank of cooking due to poor ventilation and there wasn't even any gentle music playing to create an atmosphere. No leg room for tall people and the chairs were wholly unconfortable. Truly this restaurant is a gimic executed poorly by those who do not understand the subtle art of Japanese food.
I would not go here again even if you gave me 100 quid in free vouchers and I will actively be diasuading anyone from visiting your establishment.
Wish I could give half a star.

Visiting the xmas markets from London for the 2nd year and made sure we booked a table here again. Absolutely fantastic food and great atmosphere. It is slightly tucked away but is worth looking for!

Fantastic experience, we are always looked after by Rowena and our chef was outstanding! Highly recommend this restaurant for Christmas Parties.

We loved it hear!

The chefs cook the food right in front of you, and put on a great show whilst doing so too! They're fantastic and the food amazing

The staff were really kind and helpful upon arrival and during our time here.

Fully recommend!

Great food, amazing atmosphere, and lovely staff. My companion and I were seated quickly and the waiting time between our order being taken and our meals/drinks arriving was more than reasonable.

I'd recommend Miyako Teppanyaki for more or less any occasion; be it a random weekend meal or a special occasion.

Pleasant evening. There is some novelty at this restaurant, the food is prepared in front of you and the chefs encourage interaction whilst cooking the food.

Quality of food is good but not exceptional. Marks only dropped for lack of efficiency from the staff.

Excellent service and great show, the chef was attentive and got you to join in but wasn't forceful if you didn't want to. The food was very well cooked and was very tasty. We would definitely go back again.

Great night and experience! Amazing food the seafood was incredible!

Decided to go there with my SO as we're both massively into Japanese food and especially Tapenyaki. We had pre-booked a table for two and
upon arrival we were led to our table. Two minutes later, the waitress came over asking for our name again as we weren't on their system and to see if we're not at the wrong restaurant. Gf and I ended up leaving the restaurant before even having placed an order as we were made to feel really unwelcome. I'm sure the food would have been lovely and it was a shame we had to miss out on Tapenyaki.

Had a great meal here, one of the other couples had to leave early so they got their food first, but we were well catered for. Chefs were friendly and food was lovely.

My colleagues and I were at a loss for somewhere to eat so we headed for the Chinese Quarter and stumbled across this little gem.

The food was only surpassed by the skill, artistry and entertainment provided by the chefs at the Teppan! This is a must eat at restaurant if you're in Birmingham and I will definitely be back!

Amazing food! Great experience watching all the food being prepared and cooked in front of you. Excellent service. Will definitely return!

It's a wonderful experience. Good food and friendly staff.