Enjoy a new experience in Japanese dinning surrounded by Oriental Splendor.
Our Chefs will turn steak, lobster, shrimp, and chicken into a gourmet’s delight.
The Japanese style of grill cooking is an art form which uses a 600 degree grill
in front of your very eyes.
Arigato uses only the freshest meats and vegetables, which are prepared daily.
Choose from a wide selection of Oriental gourmet dishes with 6 courses (include main entrée, soup, salad, mushrooms, onions, zucchini, broccoli, snow peas, and fried rice.
Saki, plum wine, chopsticks, and ceramic figurine containers for specialty drinks are all authentic touches that you’ll find at Arigato. After a meal at our Japanese Steakhouse, you’ll say “Arigato!,” Japanese for Thank You!
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Our founder and president, Dale Del Bello opened the first ARIGATO in 1971 in Buffalo, New York. He later opened his second location in Rochester 1973, and his third location in Syracuse New York in 1975. After many cold winters, he decided to move to sunny Florida and opened up our St. Petersburg location in 1978. Soon followed both the Clearwater and Tampa locations. Currently there are three locations in Florida.
At ARIGATO, our chefs specialize in American cuisine served Japanese style. Our seafood, steak, chicken, and vegetables are sliced and prepared in our kitchens daily. All of our secret sauces are homemade prepared in our kitchens by our skillful chefs. Arigato takes pride in only serving the freshest meats and vegetables available.
Unlike any other restaurant, the cooking of the food takes place in the dining room. Guests watch their Japanese chefs prepare steak, lobster, shrimp, chicken, and scallops right before there very eyes. Every night our skillful chefs entertain 8 to 10 guests who sit around a hibachi table. Each chef is part magician, part craftsman, and part entertainer. They enjoy showing off their lightning-quick knife skills and flip shrimp tails into their hats. The interaction between our guests and chefs is what makes ARIGATO so different and special.
Each dinner at ARIGATO begins with Shoyo soup, fresh green salad with secret Arigato oriental dressing, Arigato fried rice, and hibachi vegetables. Enjoy our delicious fried tempura, sample our extensive selection of hand made sushi, or you can order a specialty drink that will arrive to your table in a collector’s ceramic figurine. We offer a kids menu for guests 10 and under. And for guests who are celebrating a special occasion, we offer a framed picture and a celebration cake to share with your guests.
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ARIGATO'S PREVIOUS AWARDS:
Voted Best Japanese Restaurant 7 years in a row - St. Pete Times
Voted Best Asian Restaurant - Tampa Tribune-Carrollwood Readers Poll
Voted Best Group Dining - AOL City Search
Voted Sushi's Best - Tampa Bay & St. Pete, Us Airways Magazine
Voted Best Japanese Restaurant - Best Independant Restaurant Association
Best Japanese Steak House – Best of the Beaches, Paradise News
Best Family Friendly Restaurant – AOL City Search
Best Special Occasion Restaurant – AOL City Search