Kobe Sizzlers

Extremely confused by some of the previous reviews. The food was delicious, the service was attentive, the management was warm, but most of all the food was DELICIOUS. It’s a new restaurant and the management is very in tune with all the feedback they have been getting and altering things accordingly, which I find very commendable.
I went with a large party and every single order came out perfectly without any complaints. My husband and I requested that our veal steaks be cooked medium and medium well, which was executed to perfection. You get a choice of 4 sauces: I got the garlic sauce, my husband had pepper, and my parents got chicken sizzlers with the szechuan sauce. All of the sauces accompanied the meat perfectly. I also found the portion sizes to be generous.
As for the prices, which I see some people have complained about, I found them to be extremely normal and fair for the high quality of food and atmosphere you are getting at Kobe Sizzlers. It’s a super modern and clean restaurant that’s perfect for weekend dinners or celebrations.
Oh, and the brownie dessert is seriously amazing.

Went there reminiscing good old Bombay days … But neither the taste nor did the price do any justice … Signature dish the chilli cheese toast was over … So odd for a restaurant to have their signature dish over ! Chicken lollipops were the only dish with any flavour both sizzlers were bland, just soya sauce splashed over everything! Sizzlers were for 20 bucks each and trust me it’s not as loaded as back home. Never going back!

Came here with high hopes with having same sizzler I had 20 years back at Bombay Chowpati. Totally disappointed with taste and presentation. High on price but very disappointed with taste. How could you serve Indian chicken marinated in Chinese style sauce???

This restaurant is part of a chain that originated in India in 1975 — they have locations worldwide now, including in New Zealand and Dubai. I visited New Years Day for lunch, not being sure what to expect given the mixed reviews so far.
For 4 people, we ordered 2 apps, 3 sizzlers, and 1 dessert and this was a good amount of food for us.
For each sizzler, you have an option of fries or mashed potatoes, as well as a choice of 4 sauces.
The 3 sizzlers we got were: Kobe Special Chicken with Rice, Sizzling Chicken, Steak Shashlik. All were pretty good but I preferred the Special Chicken.
Chicken Lollipops: total of 8 pieces, pretty decent — comes with their Szechuan sauce
Hot & Sour Soup with Chicken: average
Pina Colada Mocktail: good
Kobe Special Sizzling Brownie — brownie and ice cream combo. The server pours chocolate sauce on top causing the plate to sizzle and steam, so a fun end to the meal.
Service was solid throughout, including being warmly greeted by manager (possibly owner) when we entered. The 3 sizzlers came staggered over 5 – 10 minutes which may matter if you’re in a group each ordering individually, but since we were sharing family-​style, it was no problem for us.
It’s on the more expensive side at $ 25/​person + taxes/​tips but the concept is different so worth trying. Food was 3.5 and service bumps this up to a 4.
I’d suggest to management that they update their menu to include what cut of meat/​chicken is used — e.g. one of our dishes was breast meat, another thigh — but this wasn’t disclosed on the menu. Also, the issue with the sizzling brownie is that the sauce quickly caramelizes and burns, as does the bottom of the brownie. It would be better to put the brownie on a small plate on top of the sizzler, and then only pour some of the chocolate sauce (so you get that fun effect, but don’t have to taste burnt sauce/​brownie).
Note: Website and Unilocal hours of operations do not match, not sure which is accurate so call before going

I came to Kobe Sizzlers for a holiday get-​together with some friends. Hearing about it’s worldwide presence and popularity, I was excited to give it a shot.
The restaurant was pretty much empty at 6pm on a Wednesday evening, so I was promptly seated. After waiting for a while for the rest of my party, we made our order shortly after 6:30pm — restaurant still empty.
The menu has your standard Indian apps, some salad options, and burger options, but the vast majority of the menu focuses on sizzling plates of veg/​non-​veg combinations. The sizzlers are quite pricy (almost all are $ 20+), but according to our waiter, are intended for sharing. Between our table of 5, we ordered 2 sizzlers and 2 appetizers. With the sizzlers, you had the choice of sauce (garlic, pepper, szechwan, mushroom) and between mashed potatoes/​french fries.
The sizzling poutine fries ($ 7) were decent — not using cheese curds is a –1 in my books but it was tasty nonetheless. We had two orders of these fries though, and I couldn’t help but notice that one plate sizzled a lot more than the other. No biggie.
The first of our sizzlers to arrive was the Kobe Special Beef Steak ($ 28) with szechwan sauce and mashed potatoes. We requested that the steak be cooked to medium. What we actually got? Beyond well done. Chewy. A little gross to be honest. It was definitely not a good cut of meat. Luckily, the flavour from the szechwan sauce was decent. The mashed potatoes were decent and the assortment of vegetables tasted really good after cooking on the cast iron plate.
The second sizzler we ordered was the Toridango Chicken ($ 23) with garlic sauce and french fries. This one tasted much better than the steak. I was very happy with the flavour in the chicken and would highly recommend it. Like the steak sizzler, this one also came with sauteed vegetables.
The two sizzlers came with quite a bit of food, but i definitely feel like they are intended to be individual servings, despite what I was told by the staff.
The food I’d definitely give a 3, maybe even 3.5÷5, despite the incorrectly cooked steak. What was really bad about this place was the service. There were a few forgivable errors throughout the night that I didn’t mind — water refills for only some glasses, extended wait periods for requests.
[reason for 1 star rating] The part that really annoyed me though was the inattentiveness when we were trying to pay for the bill. The restaurant was starting to fill up at around 8pm when we asked for the bill. Our initial request didn’t do much at all — 5 minutes and it didn’t look like anyone was even starting to put our bill together. So we asked again — and waited. 5 minutes later our waiter came back with a notepad asking how we wanted to split our bill… so we told him exactly how we wanted it done. 5 minutes later and still nothing. Then a different person came back to us with the same notepad, asking us to confirm the way we wanted the bill split (is this really necessary?). He walked away, and we waited another 5 minutes… then our waiter comes back and apologizes, saying it would take another 2 minutes. That’s fine, but in that time, he was clearly not trying to resolve the issue and continued to help other customers. At this point, we were just fed up. We called him back and said that we’ve been waiting nearly 30 minutes just to pay our bills… his response? «Well I waited 30 minutes for you guys to order…» … ummm what?
We ultimately talked to the manager who told us that the reason for the long wait time was that they were having technical issues with splitting the bills. I can understand that, but 30 minutes is just unacceptable for a group just trying to pay a bill and leave. The issue was not communicated nor handled in a professional manner. As we were leaving, the manager even had the nerve to say «if you review us, please don’t mention the wait time». Psshhhhhh, yeah right. [/​reason for 1 star rating]
I’m overall disappointed with Kobe Sizzlers cause I actually liked most of the food, but the service was just too much of an issue. Normally I’d be more forgiving to new restaurants with bad service (they’ve only been open for about a month), but the method in which they handled their issues just left a sour taste in my mouth. I won’t go back.

Newly opened resturant. For halal steak there are not a lot of options so I was happy to find out that another halal steak house had opened as I love steak. The seating is nice and comfortable. The service overall was very good. The waitress wells friendly and knowledgable enough about the menu. We ordered the chicken shashlik for he kids and they liked it. I ordered the sizzling steak with pepper sauce. I had ordered it medium and They cooked it right. My wife got the Kobe Beef steak. It was also good. Overall the good was good. The only issue I think there was that the beef was a little chewy but I have not found great halal steak meat at any store so I am going to say that the meat quality was also acceptable. Overall a great experience and will definitely come again.

Feeling sick after eating at Kobe Sizzlers. The amount of sauce in the food was extensive leaving it tasteless. Also it is disgusting that the servers have long hairs which touch the food and water. The server’s hair dipped the water glasses we had. Working at the good industry, servers should have some level of personal hygiene. The owner has no interest in running a successful restaurant and pleasing it’s customers. Wouldn’t even give it a rating of one star. That bad the quality of food and experience at this place. Very very expensive and not at all worth it.

Finally a sizzler after couple of years
Hope they maintain the consistency
Good service as well

Although I agree the portions were large, the food was bland and lacking any distinct flavour. The meals are extremely overpriced. I had their Kobe Special Steak for $ 28 and it was horrible. The steak was a horrible cut and chewy. Definitely not worth the $ 28 that we paid for it. It felt and tasted like a low cut steak you would buy at the Food Basics down the street. A dinner for 3 was $ 110 tax and tip. I was the only one who could finish my dinner, with the other two patrons not able to get through half of it. The servers are a little too attentive, removing our glasses of water even before we paid the bill. Definitely will not be returning.
What really annoyed me more than anything was the use of processed cheese on the steak… like really?

Brand new restaurant that has opened within the last week.
It’s a restaurant with most of its locations in India, with locations in the UK and the Middle East.
The dishes are served on a cast iron plate which sits atop a wood base/​plate. Careful when the food comes out its hot!
Décor is clean and minimalistic but works well. The server was pleasant and happy to make suggestions which was helpful.
They have a large menu with many options. Several fish, beef, chicken, and some veal options with differing sauces and accompaniments. With each dish except for the specials you choose between a garlic, Szechwan, pepper, and mushroom sauce.
We tried the following:
Special Kobe Veal with the mushroom sauce: tasty, and works well with the veal.
Special Beef and Chicken combination: asked for the beef medium rare came out essentially medium. Went with the Szechwan sauce, and a fried egg on top. Chose the mash potatoes as a side. Also has vegetables and gravy as do all the dishes. Steak was pretty good but a bit chewy. The chicken however was very tender and flavourful.
Special Mixed Grill dish: a great way to try the different meat options. Priciest entrée on the menu about 33 dollars.
Mixed fish and prawns: went with the garlic sauce. Came with fries. This was very tasty — the fish was very tender, flavourful, and essentially melts in your mouth. Definitely one to try!
For desert we had the special sizzling brown with ice cream. Not bad, brownie was ok and ice cream as always works well with brownies. Comes out sizzling, worth a try but nothing spectacular.
For drinks they also have a mocktail menu which we didn’t really try much of. Can’t comment more on that except to say there were options for piña colada, and other common cocktails (no alcohol of course)
Bottom line: this is an interesting restaurant with a solid variety of dishes. Flavourful, and a different take on the usual halal themed restaurants. Would go back. Expect to pay about 30 dollars a head.

I was anxiously waiting for this place to open since May of 2015, they had some mishaps and delays in their opening process which caused them to open in December 2015. Needless to say I was very excited when I got an email stating they were opening soon.
Fast forward to opening day and I found myself waiting outside as if I was waiting to purchase the newest IPhone. Upon entering I was treated like a mini celebrity, I had my picture taken and the owners came to congratulate me on being the first North American guest/​customer.
My party and I were promptly shown to our table, since I have already visited the South Asian location of this chain I already knew what I wanted and ordered very promptly. I ordered the Kobe Special Fried Rice Sizzler.
The food itself was very good and tasted exactly like it did back in India; it also helped that they brought a chef from India to cook here. Not only did it taste good, but the quantities were HUGE, I could barely finish my meal; a first for me eating at any restaurant in recent memory.
Surprisingly I had room for dessert and had the Kobe Special Sizzler Brownie, once again the quantity was very big but I was a little unimpressed with the dessert. I was hoping for a traditional twist and not something common that I could find at another restaurant.
EDIT: I forgot to mention the service, asides from the prompt service, the server was very attentive and willing to answer any questions we had! As mentioned above since I was already familiar with the menu I didn’t have any questions to ask.
I would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a change, I will long be a regular at this place.