Hibachi at Home in Inglewood

Event days are the one thing to plan around in Inglewood. When SoFi, the Forum, or the Intuit Dome has something on, surrounding streets get closed, restricted, or filled by mid-afternoon, and getting a vehicle with a grill and coolers to your door becomes the hard part. Tell us if your date coincides with an event and we will set an earlier arrival window — it works fine, it just cannot be improvised on the day.

The rest is simple: most Inglewood homes have a driveway, streets are flat, and load-in is short. Marine-layer evenings come in cool and a little damp near the coast side, so an earlier start or a patio heater keeps guests comfortable. We need a flat area about the size of a king-size bed and about 10 ft of overhead clearance, set on hardscape rather than soft lawn.

Not sure your space works? Send a photo with your quote request and we will confirm the setup spot before your date.

We need a flat outdoor area about the size of a king-size bed and about 10 ft of overhead clearance. Best evening months in Inglewood: April through November; best lunch months: April through November.

July averages a high of 83°F against 65°F in January. No month here averages above 93°F, so Inglewood takes daytime bookings comfortably across most of the year. Rain is worth planning around in March, when about 24% of days see measurable rain — a 10×10 pop-up tent over the chef station saves the party, and guests can eat indoors. Evenings run longest in June (sunset around 8:06pm); start 90 minutes before sunset for the golden-hour show.

Travel: none for Inglewood — it sits inside our free 50-mile radius, so your quote carries no travel fee at all.

Averages from the Open-Meteo historical archive, 2019–2024.

Beef: USDA Choice Angus top sirloin. Choice is the grade above Select. We buy Angus program beef rather than whatever is cheapest that week.

Shrimp: BAP-certified. Best Aquaculture Practices — an independent certification covering the farm, the hatchery, the feed and the processing plant.

Salmon: Atlantic salmon fillet, skinless. Portioned fillet, not trim or belly offcuts.

Chicken: Boneless, skinless breast. Hatched, raised and harvested in the USA. Breast meat only — no thigh substitution.

Lobster tail: Wild-caught Caribbean spiny lobster. Our premium upgrade. Wild-caught, not farmed.

Sauces: House-made yum yum sauce and ginger dressing. Made by us, fresh every week — the ginger dressing from fresh onion, carrot, ginger, orange and lemon. Both contain egg; the ginger dressing also contains soy and wheat.

Allergies: Our standard soy sauce is not gluten free, so a gluten-free guest should have their own gluten-free soy and teriyaki on hand and we'll cook their portion with it; our ginger dressing is made with regular soy sauce, so their salad comes without it. We can't promise a nut- or sesame-free table — the gyoza are a commercial product and contain sesame, and our house-made sauces use store-bought ingredients. Both sauces contain egg. Tell us the allergy when you book and we'll check the labels in use for your date.

Game Day & Concert Nights. SoFi and Intuit Dome nights when the whole area is gridlocked. Eat at home first, walk or ride over, skip the restaurant entirely.

Backyard Birthdays. Flat lots with real yards and room for twenty — the everyday Inglewood booking, and our most requested.

Family Reunions. Big tables and long afternoons where the chef handles dinner so the host can actually be at the party.

Graduation Celebrations. May and June gatherings for families across the South Bay, hosted at home while restaurants are booked out.

See how each celebration plays out: birthdays, pool parties, family reunions and more party ideas.

Flat Backyards. Morningside Park and Lockhaven lots with lawn, fence, and driveway. Straightforward, fast setups.

Front Driveways & Side Yards. Where the rear yard is small, a gated driveway works well — we set up out of the walkway and keep the footprint tight.

Ladera Heights Hillside Homes. Stepped yards and view decks with a few stairs from the street. Easy once we know they are there.

Inglewood backyards are flat, fenced, and a good size — which is most of what a hibachi party needs. Add a game or a concert at SoFi and the Forum a few minutes away, and hosting at home stops being the fallback and starts being the obviously better plan.

We cook throughout Inglewood, Westchester, Hawthorne, Lennox, and the surrounding South Bay and Westside. Flat rate $59.90 per adult, $29.90 per child 5–12, and kids under 5 eat free, $599 event minimum, 2 proteins per guest, veggies, fried rice and salad included.

The space was tiny. I could barely turn around at the grill. By every measure I use to judge a venue — room, access, a flat spot for the station — it was a hard setup.

It was a grandmother's birthday.

I have cooked in big houses and small ones, and that night made something clear to me that I had only half understood before: whether you are rich or not, everybody gets the same amount of time, and time with your family is worth the same to all of us. Every hour you actually spend together is worth celebrating, even when the conditions are not generous.

A big backyard does not give you a good party. It just gives you room. So if you have been holding off because your Inglewood yard feels too small — I have cooked in smaller.

— Chef Bling, Real Hibachi · Read the full story