Shintori

Four stars - beautiful restaurants with a nice Japanese garden inside. Lounge available for before and after meal drinks. Attentive services. Separate dinning halls for teppanyaki, ShabuShabu/Sukiyaki or traditional Japanese cuisine.

Two stars - the restaurant offered two different sets of Kobe beef shabu shabu dinner sets. One was priced at R$195/person and the other was higher at R$228/person. I ordered the higher priced set because we wanted the better Kobe beef.
Everything was great until the meat arrived. After some tasting, realized that not all the meat was Kobe beef. After clarifiying with the manager, he sent us a compensation plate of Kobe beef.
Felt cheated by the restaurant and that spoiled the dinning experience.

Decided to try out the teppanyaki experience with a couple of friends last night, and had a great time! The chef was funny and charming, and put on a great show with lots of flips and fire. He even let me try flipping and cracking my own egg behind the stove! (I managed not to ruin everyone's dinner!) Four of us split two orders of the Kobe beef set menu, and two sushi plates, which was more than enough food. The set menus also come with a cabbage salad starter, plus veggies and fried rice from the grill along with the steaks. The steaks come with three dipping sauces -- a cashew-sesame sauce (okay), a blob of mayonnaise (yuk) and shoyu-orange juice sauce (yum!). The set menu is R$210 (about $55) so while meant for an individual, it's probably more cost effective to split one order with a friend. The other thing I should mention is this is the first place in Sao Paulo we have tried that has more variety of fish besides just salmon and tuna. They even have eel! The restaurant itself is clean and well-appointed, although it kind of feels like you've stepped back into the 1970s, especially in the bar area. But, the food is good and the service is impeccable, so Shintori -- just keep doing what ya doin!