Hibachi Catering in Los Angeles

Trays of lukewarm food are catering. A chef cooking live with fire, games, and a crowd around the grill is an event.

Big group? That's the point. One chef serves up to ~25 guests with the full show; larger events get a second chef and grill so every table has a front row. Tell us the headcount and we bring the right crew.

Corporate & team events Office parties, launch dinners, wrap parties — a hibachi show is the team event people actually talk about after. Weekday dates get the $54.90/adult Weekday Special with a free appetizer of your choice (gyoza, edamame or spring rolls).

Milestones & celebrations Birthdays, graduations, showers, reunions — the chef builds the show around your moment. See our party ideas for how each occasion plays out.

Planning a specific occasion? See our party ideas — birthdays, pool parties, corporate nights, and more.

Los Angeles is really a dozen different setup problems wearing one name, and the two that decide how your evening starts are parking and stairs. On the Westside and in the Hills, the chef arrives with a teppanyaki grill, propane, and coolers that need to come within about a block of your door — a held driveway space is worth more to your start time than anything else you can arrange. Hillside homes in Laurel Canyon, Beachwood, and Silver Lake often mean two or three flights up from the street, which is completely fine as long as we know before the day.

Rooftop and apartment parties need building sign-off, and in LA the answer comes from the HOA or property manager rather than the front desk, so ask a week ahead. Beyond that: we need a flat area about the size of a king-size bed for the grill and about 10 ft of overhead clearance, which rules out low pergolas and a lot of the mature-tree canopy on the Eastside — a photo sent when you book settles it in a minute. During red-flag fire conditions in the Hills we keep the setup on hardscape well clear of brush.