Yakiniku Shodai focuses exclusively on wagyu served at a Civic Center Japanese restaurant. Dining centers on $150 and $225 tasting menus that present multiple wagyu cuts, vegetables, and seafood grilled tableside with traditional preparation. Individual pieces of wagyu are extremely tender, exemplified by velvety yakishabu don with egg yolk sauce and an oyster blade brushed with BBQ sauce. Seasonal seafood and grilled vegetables function as filler courses without matching the wagyu's memorability. The service features a roughly one-to-three staff-to-diner ratio, continuous banchan refills, and precisely timed grilling, creating a pampered, two-hour dining experience suited to milestones or pre-show splurges.
Yakiniku Shodai is all about wagyu. The Japanese restaurant in Civic Center should be reserved for any blowout occasion when you want beef so tender it seems the cows spent the majority of their lives in an infrared sauna. There's an a la carte menu (weekdays only), but you're here for either the $150 or $225 tasting menu. They're both a parade of wagyu cuts, vegetables, and seafood, grilled right in front of you, with preparation that's more traditional than swankier Japanese steakhouses like .
You'll feel pampered the entire two-ish-hour experience. The staff-to-diner ratio is about one-to-three, so you'll be attended to more than a toddler in a nanny-share, down to the constantly full banchan, and grilling that's dialed in to the nanosecond. Even if you're not concerned about specialized cattle pedigrees, and you simply like eating exceptional meat, save this place for your next milestone or a pre-show splurge at any of the theaters nearby.
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