Miyama of Colorado

First and foremost have to say that out chef Marcus was great. He brought a fresh and less predictable routine to the meal, which was a nice change of pace. Otherwise, this place isn’t as good as it used to be. We visited on New Year’s Eve and were presented their «special» menu. Prices were jacked way up and options were limited. Virtually the only adult steak options were «Kobe» with a strip going for $ 60! I have no problem paying that much for a good steak, but not at a hibachi place that is only doing it to gouge people. Fried rice, normally a ripoff at $ 3, was $ 4.50. We seated 20 minutes after our reservation time in a back room that was freezing cold. When we inquired, the response was that it will heat up soon enough. Unfortunately it never did and it was all we could do to get out of there asap to warm up. It’s really too bad to see this place decline because it really is a lot nicer than the other options in the area. I hope someone takes note and stops taking advantage of the very customers that allow you the privilege of being able to open your doors each day.

Went here for my work Christmas Dinner and will not come back. Our reservation was for 8pm on a Sunday 20 Dec. for 14 people. Upon arrival we were told that our table was not ready, but should be shortly. We all got drinks in the bar and waited 20 minutes. Finally got our table and our server, Solongo, said she would bring us waters since we all had our drinks. Water arrived 15 minutes later and she only asked half of the table if they wanted appetizers. We all order the Teppan-​Yaki. Our chefs came out did their thing and left. Food was cooked right, but lacked flavor. Solongo came back with our checks, she seemed a bit bothered that we asked for our dessert that comes with the meal. One in our party asked about fortune cookies, as a joke, and Solongo informed her that they are not that kind of restaurant. Then Solongo went to the hostess stand and told her about the fortune cookies question and gave our table double middle finger… after she got her 20% tip. When two of us called about being flipped off, we were pretty much blown off by management. They took my name and number and said they would call me back… never happened. We should have gone to Benihana like I suggested.

Every time we sit in the bar it is the most awful service imaginable… Takes 30 minutes for anyone to acknowledge us. We have currently been waiting here for over a half hour on our check… It is always the same waitress, I don’t know what she does but she disappears for hours. Terrible.

Came here by myself on a recent business trip. Had the Samurai hibachi and white tuna sashimi total cost was around $ 45 including tax and tip.
The hibachi was OK compared to the hibachi grills in California. The quality of meats was marginal and too sweet for my taste.
The sashimi did not taste fresh and was disappointing.
The décor and service was excellent.

The expectations of great customer service to a Texan is totally lacking at this place!!! I cannot believe the unprofessionalism and POOR service we had with our waitress! It was beyond unbelievable at a place with Amazing dishes! It’s my first time in Denver! I chose to come eat here (first timer) based on high reviews about the food. The dishes we ordered was delicious and have not tasted anything like it Anywhere! I wish I can based my review solely on their food, but this review will simply be about their service! The Football game was on and barely anyone in the section we were sitting in… she left to chat among her staff (loudly how tired she was and needed help). Pretty much she was horse playing with staff. She came back to the table acting decent, after I sat across watching her carry on… Before we left, we spoke to one of their managers about the incident. She didn’t seem too sincere about it. She wanted to discount our bill, but said I wish I could discount your bill but you already got it. Hello?!? You still could have! It’s ok! We are visitors and will not return… or recommend anyone to come here! Worst experience EVER!!!

Dinner and a show. The chef was very friendly and entertaining. The food was very good and reasonably priced. We’ll definitely be back.

We’ve been coming to Miyama for many years and continue to make the trek just for dinner here, celebratory or otherwise. The staff is friendly and very helpful. We had to stop coming for a while but even after that hiatus the staff recognized us as if we’d never stopped.
The food is delicious and is always more than we can eat at the table but makes fantastic leftovers. And the flair of the chefs is great — they are always good at interacting with the kids.
While there are other hibachi restaurants in Denver, we always come to Miyama for our celebrations. It’s not quite as raucous and some of the others meaning you can actually have a conversation without yelling. The others are good, but the family atmosphere and great food make this an easy choice for us.

Miyama is a Japanese term that translates to «Beautiful Dense Mountain,» which is very suiting for the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado. When I travel, I routinely dine here, not only for its convenience but for its consistent good service and food. The founding chef and owner of Miyama, Seishi, has a long successful history being a sushi chef, including managing the first Chicago Benihana’s restaurant. The restaurant is specious offering tepanyaki traditional dining area, sports bar and a sushi bar. I’ve been here several times and sat everywhere except for the sports bar. The interior is luxurious with extensive use of cherry mahogany. The tepanyaki area is segregated from the sushi bar and main dining area, isolating the tepanyaki craziness. The staff was always friendly and attentive.
The tepanyaki was similar to Benihana’s, but the jokes are different. Most visits I dined alone, so sitting at the sushi bar was my preference. The sushi was consistently very fresh and properly sized. The Rainbow Rolls were plump and delicious; the variety of fish was layered as I expect on a high quality Rainbow Roll. The nigiri was also very fresh with proportionally sized sashimi, which always blanketed the rice. For a different flavor, try the Kobe Roll, which has tender chunks of Kobe beef marinated with teriyaki sauce, a very different and tasty roll. I also enjoyed the complimentary cucumber sashimi starter salad, it was more balanced than others with less pickled flavor.
I like this place enough to have dined here roughly dozen times in the fast few years; mostly because of its location, meaning, I wouldn’t drive out of my way to dine here even though the food is consistently above average.

Who doesn’t love a good show with their dinner? Sitting at the teppanyaki tables and watching the chefs throw food in your tablemates’ mouths and light stuff on fire is always fun.
The food here is good quality with a price to match. There is something great about eating meat that someone has already cut for you to bite size. I also enjoy the fresh veggies they sauté up to serve atop the freshly made fried rice. The dipping sauces for the meat and veggies are always tasty too! I just feel that when it’s all said and done, it’s just too pricey for the end result. The kids’ meals are especially pricey averaging $ 12/​meal for a quantity of food that is more than the average child can eat– bonus, leftovers but I’d rather not. Definitely worth it once or twice a year for something different, but not high on my list overall. Not quite a 4 star for me.
Service was decent with regard to drinks. Overall restaurant is spacious and clean.

We went here last night Thursday with a reservation for 6pm. The service & attentive staff were excellent!
The presentation is a large part of what you pay for with the Japanese culinary art of cooking at the Tappan table. They seat 8 at a time & took our drink order quickly, then dinner order, and began serving soup, & salad, right after the drinks were served. I ordered Chicken Teriyaki $ 21 with fried rice ($ 3 extra per person)& my date ordered New York steak with lobster + the fried rice as well.
Our food was delicious & we were completely full. Daigo was our chef & very entertaining as well as experienced.
I would say it’s a little high price $ 100 minimum for 2 adults so more for a special occasion for the average budget. We did have the $ 10 off $ 40 coupon which we used so that helped. They finally did take it off after the 3^rd attempt to redo the check. We tipped a full 20% on the original total.
Well, I will go again but would not recommend a Weekend night I can just imagine. Very loud & I’m sure a long wait as with most places in Lonetree /​Highlands Ranch area.

The Benihana comparisons are inevitable– this joint is better.
An overall solid experience; it was a work luncheon, so I didn’t get the authentic dining experience I might enjoy with she-​beaux. If the service was a bit slow, it was because they were servin’ 40+ fools, so I barely noticed.
If you can request a cook, then def go for my man with the hat and and lapel collar covered in flames. He had a great sense of humor, and his timing with the jokes was on. Total improv expert.
I can’t get behind some jokes, though, and there’s a super fascinating conversation to be had (but not here) about cultural relativism and whatnot, but basically… don’t throw a metal bowl over the simmerin’ noodles and call it a Mexican microwave– especially when my man a few seats down may look like an ‘ordinary white guy’ but is, in fact, half-​Mexican, fluently bilingual, his last name is Garcia, and he dedicates his life to increasing the quality of childcare in Colorado. It wasn’t said in disrespect, and no one was offended (I guess?), but risk it for a cheap laugh?
The only other standout moment was a brief tiff between two Miyama staff, one of those tiffs where you can tell they don’t get along and may even passive-​aggressively get at each other because THAT’s how much they can’t stand one another. It just brings a whole hypothetical narrative in that has nothing to do with enjoying meals or providing good customer service.
An’ I love that I’m the only fool who requested his steak rare and my man replies, «Rare– good choice, sir» and moved on down the line.

Miyama can’t compete with the original. You know what I mean. You know exactly WHO. Tepanyaki is done right by the B only.
Tonight we dined here and tonight I learned that I still prefer the only and only B because even the simple fried rice is way better there. My favorite shrimp is also so much tastier at the B. I don’t remember the B slathering soy sauce on the shrimps either. Here they do. It gives that weird taste. Garlic butter is enough on those shrimps! Geez!
Although the chef had some fresh jokes. Favorite joke? Egg roll (he rolled an egg back and forth) lol! He also let a small amount of garlic butter fly and called it Butterfly! Cute! Now B needs these kind of fresh jokes!
It’s a very nice place. Very Colorado looking A-​frame building. Warm and cozy inside. There is a bar as you walk in and a sushi chef busy making some delicious art.
So next time I’ll stick to the sushi bar.

Huge inside. Went for a birthday party that took up two huge hibatchi tables. Servers kept everything together and didn’t mess up.
They charge 3 $ extra for a side of fried rice, which isn’t normal to me. I thought your fried rice was always included in the meal… it has been every other place I’ve been.
They do not have Sweet Potato Tempura sushi. Which makes me sad.
I had the Ocean or Seafood lovers hibatchi. It came with shrimp, scallops and calamari. The calamari was amazing. It wasn’t rings or legs. It was just like calamari steaks. It was soooo good. I wish I knew where they bought their caamari like that.
Overall pretty good.

I wish Unilocal lets us vote half stars, then I would give Miyama 4.5 stars. My meal was near perfection! The stand-​alone building is spacious with a high ceiling, I think it instantly boosts the restaurant’s class ranking. I like how they hang kimono’s on the corners of each wall, giving off that authentic look.
Lunch was open seating and we didn’t know! So we waited until the staff was done singing and wishing happy birthday to a group sitting at the hibachi table. I thought that was sweet. The two of us just had a lunch special sushi roll and a bento box but each of us received a miso soup. It was very good, you could see cloudy miso in the soup! The scallion sprinkles were very fresh and so were the mushroom slices. The tofu squres were perfectly el dante, I enjoyed it very much!
Our OSAKA LUNCH COMBO with Salmon included 4 pieces of California Roll (plump with crab salad, very good), 1 Salmon Nigiri and 1 Shrimp Nigiri, 3 pieces of Tuna Sashimi (some of the best and freshest I’ve had in a long time), and Tempura Vegetables (different but wonderful; the veggies were chopped up and batter fried, coated with a clear sweet & sour sauce, yummy). And the seared salmon was so worth it, the sauce was just right and the fillet not at all overcooked!
Our sushi roll of choice was the Ultimate Roll: seared beef on top of lobster tempura roll. Because I’ve heard so much about Miyama’s steak I decided this would be a good way to sample it before I return for a steak entrée. They lived up to my expectation! The lightly seared, still rare underside steak pieces were juicy and flavorful (tip: dip in the tempura sauce mentioned above and it’s an instant upgrade!). I thought the lobster tempura sushi was kind of bland and that’s where I subtracted the half star from my rating. It did not taste like lobster and would be so much better if drizzled with some kind of sauce. Other than that, absolutely no complaint.
The restrooms are spotless! You could tell someone was paid to maintain it as well as it is. I wouldn’t be hesitant to have a party here. Look forward to coming back, maybe for Denver Restaurant Week? Yay!