Teriyaki Grill

If you’ve ever had the teriyaki chicken from Jack in the Box, you know exactly what this place’s food tastes like. Fast food quality/​Real restaurant waiting time.

Good, but nothing special. It’s a nice looking place once you get past the muddy crumbling unfinished driveway. It’s hard to classify this place once you get inside: is it a «high end fast food for people who eat alone but are ashamed of eating alone somewhere nice» restaurant, or is it a «low end last date before I dump you so I can see you dump soy sauce on yourself out of that unwieldy plastic ramekin and laugh» restaurant?
Service is mostly apathetic, but meh, whatever. I’m hungry.
(Apparently one should call ahead and place their order or suffer looks of «omg, annoyed… why are you still here?» while you’re clutching your ticket and waiting patiently.)
Everything comes in a Styrofoam bowl with the same two sauces: a delicious ginger and a disappointingly bland teriyaki (or is that soy sauce? yes, it’s bland.) encased in plastic ramekins that are indeed difficult to open. Two notes here: (1) Since I didn’t try the «add spice» option and of course I wasn’t asked if I wanted my dish spiced up, I can’t say whether or not it would be an improvement but probably. (2) You would think they could afford real bowls for dine in customers.
So, I’m eating a nice frozen dinner that was nuked for me, I guess? The rice is chewy and undercooked, but the too-​thick noodles are a little overcooked — just like a frozen dinner. The veggies leave something to be desired unless you really like intimidating carrots the size of Lincoln logs with your ¼ of a cabbage hunk. Maybe chop things up a bit, if you have the time? Some variety beyond the two cheapest veggies on the planet would be nice too. Watercress, bamboo, mushrooms, or even those disgusting baby corns would be a welcome improvement and justify the price of a veggie bowl.
The meats are delicious, and this is where it becomes most confusing.
I expected crappy frozen dinner level meat, given everything else, but no. The meat is everything and it’s the only reason you should come to Teriyaki Grill. The steak, shrimp, and salmon are surprisingly high quality considering the Styrofoam they come in.
Final recommendation: Order double meat and use the carrot Lincoln logs to build a fort while you dine alone in ratchet luxury.

Let me get started. Getting in this place is a hassle. You either have to drive through the side or go on some dirt road right next to the place. That was really my only problem. The costumer service was «nice», and I got my food rather quickly. I got the Combination Dinner which comes with veggies, steak, chicken, rice (I substituted with noodles), and the teriyaki sauce. The teriyaki sauce is really unique. At first it tastes pretty bitter, but then it tastes really really reallllllly good! I love it sooo much! The noodles were a weird texture for me, like always, but I really enjoyed the chicken and steak. The reason I give it four stars is because it did not knock off my socks with like deliciousness. The meal was A. OK.