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Arigato Japanese Steak House

3600 66TH St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33710-1545
(727) 398-2222
Ranked #262 of 391 restaurants in St. Petersburg
3.5 of 5 stars 16 Reviews
Price range: £25 - £38
Cuisines: Japanese, Steakhouse
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Restaurant details
Dining options: Reservations
Dining style: Casual Elegant
Cross street: 38th Avenue and 66th Street
Description: Voted-Best Oriental Restaurant-7 years in a row–“St. Pete Times" Voted Best Group Dining, Best Family Friendly & Best Special Occasion Restaurant - "AOL CitySearch", Voted Best Asian Restaurant-"Tampa Tribune" Voted Best Japanese "Best Independent Restaurant Assoc" Enjoy a new experience in Japanese dining. Our chef's are part magician, part craftsman, part entertainer. He will turn steak, lobster, shrimp, and chicken into gourmet's delight. Teppanyaki cooking is an art form which uses a 600 degree grill. The preparation of your food takes place right in front of your eyes. Choose from a wide selection of Oriental gourmet dishes with six courses (All Prices include main entree, soups, salad, mushrooms, onions, zucchini, broccoli, snow peas and fried rice.) Saki, plum wine, chop sticks and ceramic figurine containers for specialty drinks are all authentic touches that you will find at Arigato. *NOW FEATURING 10 Meals $13.99 or LESS! Early Bird Menu $8.99-$13.99
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Baybeblue
Tampa, Florida
Contributor
12 reviews
47 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 February 2012

We have ate at this restaurant in the past but it has been a while. We are local to the area and I purchased a certificate on Groupon. We were told it would only be about a 5-10 minute wait for a table but it was more like 30 minutes. Service was terrible! The waitress apologized and said there were... More

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17Marie
St Petersburg
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 January 2012

Horrible experience! It was my friend's 60th birthday party and we all wanted to have a special night. Instead, with reservations, we waited 45 min. just to get our water. When my soup came, it had a black hair in the bowl. And, the chicken Arigato was not edible, tough and tasted rancid, none of us could eat it. We... More

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stkittchick
Ontario
Contributor
11 reviews
7 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 January 2012
1
person found this review helpful

We should have known to drive away when we saw two drug deals go down in the parking lot (we were a few minutes early before they opened). Right out in the open! Although we were among the first 8 guests, all with a reservation, we were made to wait for about 10 minutes, all while being urged to wait... More

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lechat98
Florida
Contributor
14 reviews
2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 December 2011

I won't be going back. The soups was good, but then, how can you screw up broth anyway. The salad was alright - kind of bland. The vegetables were good. But for a vegetarian, this really isn't a place you'd want to go. All they do is give you more of the same vegetables that come with the meal and... More

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XSeaMonkeyX
Contributor
11 reviews
5 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 July 2011

Overpriced food. Not worth the $50 for 2 people. I took my mom there for her birthday and was greatly disappointed. They are money hungry. More

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kysgrl
Key Largo, Florida
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19 reviews
13 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 July 2011
1
person found this review helpful

I enjoy the Hibachi experience and have been to a few Japanese steak houses. I found this one to be average. Our chef was very entertaining and had been working at this particular restaurant since the 1980's. The quantity of food was phenomenal, but the quality was not. The salad was drenched in a dressing that was a lot like... More

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KayD34607
St. Petersburg, Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 March 2011
1
person found this review helpful

We made a reservation for a birthday party of 8 people at 6:30, one week in advance. At 6:30 we told the front desk that one of our party had still not arrived and one cancelled so our party would be 7 instead of 8. The hostess (which I later learned is also an owner) told me to call the... More

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MadMaven
Florida
Senior Reviewer
7 reviews
1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 November 2010

This place is not as "new and pretty" as the Clearwater Arigato, but the STAFF is FAR friendlier and downright FUN! Depending on with whom you get seated with, you can have a great meal and good company ! There ARE times that you may be seated with "KID HATERS" or people that are just not going to mesh with... More

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Suzierun
St. Petersburg, Florida
1 review
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 July 2010

My husband loves to cook and we just got back from the restaurant and did the star chef package. The main chef was terrific teaching him to cook on the stove top. They gave us photos of the event etc...we had a blast. The only reason I didn't give it a full five stars is that the place is a... More

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linochat
linochat
Contributor
11 reviews
1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 July 2009

We made reservations at 5:45 PM for 6:30 PM on Saturday night--no problem. We got there at 6:25, and were seated by 6:30--fabulous. The decor is 1970's...not surprising since this was built in 1971. When we first were seated at the hibachi table, my son complained about the amount of smoke in the room and we had to ask 3... More

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