Benihana - Santa Monica

Dinner and a show! Benihana is a super fun place to come for a dining experience. You can't go wrong with the fried rice and the chicken or steak combo. The chefs cook in front of you - they might make onion volcanos, fly knives around, crack eggs on a spatula... they all have different tricks up their sleeves. It gets pretty loud in the restaurant so not the best place to have a serious catch-up dinner conversation but certainly a good choice for a group party or even a date, since you have a built-in conversational piece with all the action going on throughout the meal.