Benihana in Carlsbad sits just off Interstate 5 at Poinsettia Lane on Raintree Drive, positioning the teppanyaki steakhouse within a short drive of both LEGOLAND California and the Carlsbad beaches. Each communal hibachi table seats six to ten guests around a 900-degree flat-top grill where chefs execute the knife-and-spatula showmanship the chain pioneered after its 1964 founding, a performance-dining format with no parallel among the sushi-focused omakase counters at Blue Ocean Robata & Sushi Bar in Carlsbad Village. The five-course teppanyaki sequence progresses from onion soup and Benihana salad through a hibachi shrimp appetizer to entrees of filet mignon, colossal shrimp, Hokkaido scallops, or chateaubriand grilled tableside. A separate sushi bar and a cocktail lounge pouring the chain's signature sake, brewed at a contract facility in Berkeley, California, expand the format beyond the grill, complementing the surf-and-turf steakhouse model at Vigilucci's Seafood & Steakhouse on Carlsbad Boulevard. The three-course Power Lunch guarantees a full hibachi meal in 45 minutes or less, backed by a complimentary-meal policy if the kitchen exceeds the time window.