Interactive Japanese spot for sushi & cooked dishes, with personal chefs cooking tableside. Based on 22 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 2.7 stars. Price $$
Address:
1303 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: (816) 471-3339
Website: https://www.facebook.com/KobeDowntownKC/
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Reviews
Beshoy Girgis
We had to wait for our whole party to arrive before being seated. We had reservations for 7pm on a Friday night and waited an additional 30 minutes to sit down because two of our eight guests were running behind. After being seated, we waited approximately one hour before we were greeted and orders for drinks were taken. Thirty minutes later, our chef finally appeared. By then we were extremely frustrated at the fact that the restaurant wasn’t even half full, yet we had waited so long for everything.
Kristin Bolsinger
Worst spent $60. We chose to sit in a booth and immediately regretted it. Seats are an off white and completely stained up and gross. Initial service was quick [as expected since there were less than a dozen other customers at 7PM on a Friday]. Received our drinks, soup and salad in a timely manner and soup and salad tasted good, not outstanding. I ordered the standard hibachi chicken and my husband got hibachi steak and shrimp. We were very disappointed by the entrees. My chicken was overcooked with little to no sauce making it very dry and hard to swallow. My husband ordered his steak medium but received it crispy, well done, and the shrimp was rubbery. Didn’t realize how spoiled we were by our hometown Japanese steakhouse in Cedar Falls, IA. I would not recommend this establishment to anyone!
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Katelyn Glenn
This past Saturday night my friends, family, and I went to Kobe Steakhouse (KCMO P&L District location) for dinner to celebrate my bachelorette party. We made our reservations for fifteen guests a week in advance with no problem. Our reservation was for 7:30 and about an hour before that we got a call from the restaurant asking us to be there fifteen minutes before to “make sure we’re comfortable.” Although that was late notice, we told them we would try our best. The entire party was there by 7:25. We were sat about twenty minutes later at the grill that would only comfortably seat 12. We tried to make it work by pulling chairs from other tables to create more seating. We sat there for about 25 minutes and finally someone came to our table and asked us if we wanted to split into two areas so we would have more room. We decided to move to another set of tables for more room. It was disappointing that we all weren’t able to sit together and I wish that someone had told us, when we made the reservation, that the grill setups would not accommodate parties of 15. We would have gone somewhere else. Over the next twenty-thirty minutes we watched another party come in, be sat, get their drinks, and have their dinner cooked for them. At this point only one of our tables had drinks and the other half had not yet been greeted. They had to eventually ask a staff member if they could get their drinks ordered. The staff member said they thought they had already been taken care of (even though they didn’t even have waters in front of them). at this point we were thinking about paying for our drinks and leaving, but at 8:30 on a Saturday night, we thought it might be hard to get in at a restaurant downtown with 15 of us and I was really looking forward to Kobe’s food that I had heard a lot of great things about. We decided to stay. Finally at 9:15 (two hours after they told us to be there) Both tables had drinks and the chef came to my table to start making our food. Once he was there, he did a great job. It was a fun experience just as I had hoped it would be. He joked with us and put on an awesome “show”. When he was done, we had our food, but instead of then going to the other table that had barely just gotten their drinks, he left. So half of us were eating while the other half was just sitting there. About fifteen minutes later another chef went to the second table and began cooking for them. He also did a great job. By 9:45 everyone had been served their food. That is unacceptable. There were only 5 parties (including the now 2 of mine). The restaurant was not packed. No one ever apologized to us and we were never given an explanation as to why it took 2 1/2 hours for us to be served. On top of that, because we were such a big party, the 18% gratuity was included. All the staff members (besides the chefs) were incredibly rude to us. It always seemed like we were an inconvenience.We went here on a recommendation and I honestly have no idea what could have happened between the time my friend went and when we went last weekend. We were trying to come up with ideas as to why the service was so ridiculously horrible and the only thing we could think of were that either every employee of the restaurant quit that night and they were pulling people off the street to work or they ran out of food. It honestly almost ruined our night. With a 7:30 dinner reservation we planned on being done by 8:45 or 9:00 and then heading to our next destination. We didn’t leave Kobe until 10:30. It’s sad because the food was great, the chef was great when he finally made it to our table, but because of how we were treated, how long we had to wait, and how the entire situation was handled (no apologies, no explanations), I will never go back. I will never recommend Kobe to any of my friends, co-workers, family members etc. It was the most ridiculously horrible experience I, or any of my friends/family have ever had.
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Cris Mart
Let’s paint a picture. Prom Night with 15 couples who had made advanced reservations at 6:30 arrive at the Kobe Power & Light location. They are seated 45 minutes late, takes them more than 30 minutes to have their order taken and have drinks ordered (remember, it is Prom, so Sodas and water). When they tell the server they need to rush since they are on a time crunch, they are told their food has yet to be started and it won’t be ready until close to 8:30 (two hours after reservation). Kids leave, go to IHOP have a great time and brush it off! I however would recommend NOT going to KOBE if you are in a large group and will recommend that my company not plan any events of large groups at this location.
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Esther Tsai
Last time (winter 2013) I went the manager was horrible. The place was so full and there were no food available most of the time (the trays were all empty except 1 or 2). Yet the manager kept on letting more people in even though we complained about it. We asked for discount because we had very little food. He refused and said that “this is a buffet, you get whatever is available” and that “it will not be fair for others if I give you discount”. We insisted and eventually he gave us 50% off yet he never thought there was anything wrong with what he did (letting the place overflow while almost no food, and bad attitude)
Chris Lewman
I went to Kobe for dinner last night. I generally go here for sushi only. I’ve found that I have a much better customer service experience when I sit at the sushi bar, rather than a booth or table in the main restaurant. The sushi chef, whose nametag says “Bob Wasabi” (how much do you love that), always has a great smile and is very attentive. He always wants to make sure you’re having a good time. I had the KC Roll (shrimp tempura with crab on top) and the Creamy California Roll, which has their own special hot sauce on top that adds a nice kick. We also had the edamame and steamed shrimp dumplings. Everything was great. The only thing that would make it better is if they had more than one street parking area…but you can’t have everything you want.
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TracyTQS Weaver
Never again! Went for a birthday party, shrimp was over cooked and by the time they get it to your plates it’s cold. To top it off they charge each guest a 15% gratuity then kept our change.
Brandon Stecklein
The food was decent but the customer service left a taste in my mouth so bad that even the best sushi could not mask it.
Jonathan Henry
Worst place I ever ate at. Hateful/Racist looks from all staff members. Cold food. Terrible service. Hidden fees. Too high of a check. Glad to hear it closed.
Justin Claibourn
Not the most energetic of Japanese Steak houses I’ve been too. Food tasted as expected but atmosphere left plenty to be desired.
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