Hibachi at Home in Lakewood

Lakewood is one of the easiest cities we serve: wide streets, driveways for the chef's truck, and side gates that clear our grill cart. The one thing to check is the patio cover. Most are lower than the 10 ft of clearance the grill needs, so the chef sets up just beyond the cover's edge and your guests sit under it.

Summer evenings here stay warm past sunset, which makes a 6 or 7 pm start ideal from June through September; in the cooler months a lunch or mid-afternoon party works well. We need a flat area about the size of a king-size bed on concrete or packed ground, and we bring a mat for anything else.

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 Lakewood: April through November; best lunch months: April through June and October through November.

July averages a high of 88°F against 65°F in January. No month here averages above 93°F, so Lakewood takes daytime bookings comfortably across most of the year. Rain is worth planning around in March, when about 27% 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 8:05pm); start 90 minutes before sunset for the golden-hour show.

Travel: none for Lakewood — 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: Terry Ho’s yum yum sauce and Japanese ginger dressing. The ones you already recognise from the restaurant. Both contain egg.

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. We can't promise a nut- or sesame-free table — the sauces and gyoza are commercial products, the gyoza contain sesame, and one sauce is made in a plant that also handles peanuts. Tell us the allergy when you book and we'll check the labels in use for your date.

Kids' & Teen Birthdays. The onion volcano and the egg toss are the party. Ten kids and their parents at one long table, and nobody has to book a restaurant room.

Graduations. Lakewood High, Mayfair, and St. Joseph families in June, with grandparents in from out of town and a yard that finally gets used.

Family Reunions & Sunday Dinners. Filipino, Mexican, and multi-generation families who would otherwise cook for two days. The chef does it in front of everyone in ninety minutes.

Retirement & Anniversary Parties. Milestones for people who have lived on the same block for decades, celebrated at the house with the neighbors invited.

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

Classic Ranch Backyards. Flat, fenced, and deep. A long table down the middle, the grill on the concrete at one end, and room for twenty-five without touching the lawn.

Under-the-Patio-Cover Homes. Most Lakewood patios have an aluminum cover about 8 ft up. We set the grill just past its edge, where there is 10 ft of open air, and the table stays in the shade.

Country Club-Adjacent Lots. The larger properties around Lakewood Country Club hold thirty comfortably, often with a pool deck that becomes the dining room.

Lakewood was built for backyard parties. The postwar lots are flat, fenced, and deep, the patios are already poured, and the neighbors on both sides have hosted the same kind of night. A hibachi chef setting up past the patio cover and feeding twenty people is about as natural a use of a Lakewood yard as there is.

We cook throughout Lakewood, Bellflower, Paramount, Hawaiian Gardens, Signal Hill, and the Long Beach side of the 605. Flat rate $59.90 per adult, $29.90 per child 5–12, and kids under 5 eat free, $599 event minimum, setup and cleanup included, and no travel fee.