Tei Tei Robata Bar
2906 Henderson Avenue
Dallas, TX, 75206
(one block east of 75)
Phone: 214-828-2400
Tei Tei does not take reservations except for their semi-private table, which seats at least 8 people.
General Info:
- »Cuisine:Asian, Japanese / Sushi
- »Pricing: Second Mortgage
- »Alcohol: Full Bar
- »Accepts major credit cards
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»Sunday
5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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»Tuesday
5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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»Wednesday
5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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»Thursday
5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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»Friday
5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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»Saturday
5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
The kitchen is always open during business hours.
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Food:
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5/5Great place for cooked and uncooked fish! The grade of meat used is great. I trust every dish on the menu is in classic form. The presentation of the sushi plates beats most other sushi restaurants. Long waits and small areas make the restaurant a little stuffy. But more reason to sit at the bar and order a few while you wait.
nina_chawla Anonymous
8 months, 4 weeks ago
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4/5Yes, it's spendy, but the food is definitely worth it. Time it right; forget prime time on weekends!
aduxxx Anonymous
1 year, 4 months ago
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4/5If this place had a reasonable wait time we'd come all the time. It drives me nuts that you can wait in perpetuity for a table here. Best time to come is during the week early. Forget it on a weekend evening.
The wait is worth it though. Must haves - hot rock beef and corn flake shrimp.
micastio Anonymous
1 year, 8 months ago
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4/5Teiichi Sakurai, aka Teiichi-san owner of Tei Tei and Teppo/Moosh Bar, will be opening up his new place Tei An in the new One Arts Plaza soon. Both sushi bars are being sold to some of their chefs, Katsutoshi Sakamoto at Tei Tei and Masayuki Otaka at Teppo. Moosh Bar will be under new management as well, and it appears Yosuke and Val will be transferring to Tei An once it’s up and running. I’m thinking Moosh Bar will have a completely new look. Their last day was a couple of weeks ago on a Saturday night. On Sunday, the new mgmt had already cut away the bamboo to the entrance and it looked like stuff was being hauled out.
The best seats at Tei Tei are at the robata bar. For the faint of heart, they also have grilled dishes as well… if you’re not daring enough for sushi. If you’re wanting to sit there, you’re averaging a 45-60 minute wait in the adjoining bar. They have a decent selection of cold sake, but along with it comes the price tag. But if you’re eating here, you’re probably not all that concerned with the price. As another review stated, evidence of Knox-Henderson’s finest $30K millionaires can usually be seen floating about.
If you’re up for it, I recommend the grilled Maine lobster, from what I can tell it’s boiled and then grilled and served with a butter sauce, priced at $45. The corn flake crusted shrimp are an interesting item as well, but if you get this it’s usually good enough for 2-3 people. They also have a pretty good grilled pork steak, usually good for 2 people. While waiting, a good starter is the Washu beef on a rock. Although you’re only getting about 4-6 slivers of washu beef, it is definitely some tasty food! It is brought to your table with a hot river rock, and you grill it yourself, priced at $19.
It will be interesting to see if there are any changes made, so time will tell. We keep this place in our rotation every couple of months.
Geoff Keah Verified
1 year, 8 months ago
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TTRB clearly a vibe spot. But there is no place more authentic than Sushiyama. I found out about it from a very high profile chef in Dallas who said that is where he and his foodie friends go. It's certainly not a scenester place. Tiny, but just like the local joints near my apartment in Tokyo. And that sushi & sashimi.....!
linebacker Anonymous
2 years, 4 months ago
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Food:
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5/5This is one of the most authentic and inventive Japanese restaurants east of Los Angeles. No other matches it in Dallas. This is country style/old school real Japanese with very innovative touches. Pristine ingredients, expertly sliced and or cooked. Meticulous chefs work their butts off behind the very open kitchen. Service is welcoming and efficient. Don't go there to get the pedestrian american-ized stuff like California rolls,Philadelphia rolls or Cajun Rolls.
Blackcrowe Anonymous
2 years, 4 months ago
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4/5We visit several times, most recently again with the psychiatrists.
Typical Dallas sushi: overpriced, slim and unimaginative. You can get uni and toro at Otawa restaurant on Second Avenue in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, so we don't count them as exotic.
But, it's a Robata bar, and that's where it shines.
The servers couldn't care less about you. They may feign an inability to speak English, but they apparently don't speak Chinese, Japanese or Korean, either.
Skip them and sit at the robata bar.
This is not a place for the budget. Just sit and point at what you want cooked. Eat it. You will enjoy it. You will still be hungry. Many of the critters will be moving once they warm up. Drink more if this bothers you.
The patrons are typical K-H; only as fantastic as their credit limit.
If we don't feel like spending a few hundred, we visit the seafood counter at Central Market and she pretends to be an ESL student while I throw crustaceans on the Hibachi. You, too, can be fabulous in your own house.
DC Anonymous
2 years, 8 months ago
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Food:
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5/5This is arguably the best sushi bar in Dallas. Everything about it is A-list. From the Japanese chefs that have been there for years, to the finest grade seafood available, you will be hard pressed to find something better in Big D. On the sushi menu you have the typical yellowtail, tuna, salmon, eel, and others. But also more exotic items such sea urchin, toro, and even baby abalone are available on a regular basis. Grade A, super fresh, I’ve never had a bad piece of raw fish here. On the grill, “robata” side, don’t miss the marinated sea bass, a specialty here. It’s a perfect appetizer for 2. Also snapper, branzini, scampi, and many other varieties of seafood are plucked from the ice bin in front of you, skewered, and grilled whole, right in front of everyone sitting at the sushi bar. Another great item to try is the “beef on the rocks”, a 6-slice order of ultra high-grade washu beef, served raw with an extremely hot rock and a soy based dipping sauce. Grab the beef with your chopsticks, dip it into the sauce, and cook it to your desired doneness on the rock. It has a cool, simple, high end asian look, with warm wood and veregated stone works. Cool buzz, but not too loud. Get there by 7pm if you don't want to wait, or sip cold saki in the bar while you do. Too many good things to say about this place..enjoy!
Joey Stewart Verified
2 years, 8 months ago
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