Himitsu Teriyaki

I’ve been going to this place for a while because it’s right by my office. Today I ordered the chicken and gyoza combo plate and it was lackluster at best. Also, when I picked up my order I asked for three packets of soy sauce and she flat out told me ‘no’. Really? There was barely any teriyaki sauce on my chicken! Who wants to eat dry rice? Maybe she was doing me a favor, saving me from eating all that yummy brown rice — I have put on a few pounds recently, she may have noticed. UGH.

This is our family’s favorite place for Japanese & Teriyaki, they do an excellent job and their chicken is never overcooked or dry and their spicy is nice and hot. My family eats a lot of teriyaki and I have two who like it really, really spicy, so it’s often hard to find somewhere that makes it hot while still maintaining excellent flavor. This place makes excellent sauce and everything we have tried has turned out wonderful. From the basic teriyaki, to the chicken Katsu or their soups, not once have we been let down. I also absolutely love their homemade sesame salad dressing, I always have to order extra so I have more on hand, it’s seriously delicious. I’ve tried recreating the recipe at home but can never get it to taste as good. Their rice is perfectly cooked as well, nice and sticky but not super sticky to the point where it’s mush.

Called in for a to go. Asked for brown rice and they said sure. Walked in and took my to go and this happened:
— «oh sorry, we don’t have brown rice!»
— not enough teriyaki sauce (literally)

Takeout: BBQ pork teriyaki.
Good sized portion. Like it that they don’t overload you on rice, plus extra sauce.
Sauce was a little less sweet than normal but ok. Pork was flavorful and crispy (almost like bacon).
Salad was fresh. Loved the tangy salad dressing.
Will be back.

Stopped here for lunch with my wife. It’s a more-​or-​less standard teriyaki place. Not the biggest menu, but not bad either. The place seemed clean, bright and welcoming for a retail space in s strip mall.
I went for the spicy chicken rice bowl for $ 6, and thought it was a good deal for the price. More than enough for lunch for one, unless you have a big appetite. The lunch plates are pretty big, so if you can polish off one for lunch, you might want to look at better personal portion control.
The chicken and veggies were freshly cooked and the rice had a good consistency. My wife got the stir-​fry vegetables with tofu, and she thought that was good as well. She’s not a big fan of teriyaki places, but agrees to try some occasionally to pacify me, so ‘good’ is fairly high praise from her.
Service was quick, efficient and polite. The woman behind the counter wasn’t very wordy. I’m guessing that may be due to not knowing a lot of English? I’m not sure. Our food was served quickly, but we were one of a few customers at the time.

Stopped by during my lunch break to confirm or deny the Unilocal reviews. Had the spicy chicken teriyaki with gyoza and… I am denying them.
This place is average at best. Kind of blah all around.