Benihana, Japanese restaurant in Coral Springs, US
Benihana is a Japanese teppanyaki restaurant in Coral Springs, Florida, where cooks prepare meat, seafood, and vegetables on flat iron griddles built into the table. The dining room is organized around these cooking stations, so every seat has a direct view of the preparation.
The Benihana chain was founded in New York in 1964 by a Japanese entrepreneur who adapted the teppanyaki format for American diners. The Coral Springs location is one of many that followed, carrying on the same tableside cooking approach introduced in those early years.
At Benihana, guests share long tables around the cooking surface, which makes meals feel more like a shared event than a private dinner. This setup encourages conversation between strangers, which is part of what makes the teppanyaki format different from a typical restaurant visit.
The restaurant is on North University Drive and serves both lunch and dinner on most days. Reservations are a good idea for evenings, especially on weekends when the cooking stations tend to fill up early.
When Benihana first opened in New York, it was Hollywood actors and athletes who helped spread its reputation, giving it a following that most new restaurants never achieve. The tableside cooking model it popularized has since been copied by chains around the world.
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