Benihana reviews

3.0

26% would recommend to a friend

(840 total reviews)

Thomas Baldwin

28% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

Benihana has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 840 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Benihana employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

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840 reviews
4.0
Aug 17, 2025

Benihana

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It’s great money when they are busy. They don’t ask too much of the servers. Very easy to thrive at this location.

Cons

Micromanagement and not a good communication between shift managers.

4.0
Aug 12, 2025

Fun cool environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Cool place to work great coworkers

Cons

Sometimes not enough hours due to business needs which is understandable

3.0
Aug 10, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

decent customer service experience, got along with coworkers, sometimes got tipped

Cons

poor and disorganized management with insufficient support, busy and chaotic workplace with sometimes terrible customers, and low pay with little to no benefits

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