--- title: Aziz Ansari Eats at Tyrese Gibson's Benihana Restaurant description: Now that he's finally been to Gibsihana, Aziz Ansari can truly say he's made it. canonical: https://time.com/4184917/aziz-ansari-tyrese-benihana/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-19T16:20:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:55.045Z og:title: Aziz Ansari Fulfilled His Dream of Dining at Tyrese's Private Benihana og:description: Yes, Tyrese Gibson has a Benihana-style restaurant in his backyard og:url: https://time.com/4184917/aziz-ansari-tyrese-benihana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c57687fe037a094/6988799b524fc0b765df6573/gettyimages-504464472.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2691 og:image:height: 1514 og:image:alt: The Weinstein Company And Netflix Golden Globe Party, Presented With DeLeon Tequila, Laura Mercier, Lindt Chocolate, Marie Claire And Hearts On Fire - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Aziz Ansari Fulfilled His Dream of Dining at Tyrese's Private Benihana twitter:description: Yes, Tyrese Gibson has a Benihana-style restaurant in his backyard twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c57687fe037a094/6988799b524fc0b765df6573/gettyimages-504464472.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Aziz Ansari Fulfilled His Dream of Dining at Tyrese's Private Benihana > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 19, 2016 4:20 PM UTC  Comedian Aziz Ansari and actor Tyrese Gibson attend The Weinstein Company and Netflix Golden Globe Party on January 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. Comedian Aziz Ansari and actor Tyrese Gibson attend The Weinstein Company and Netflix Golden Globe Party on January 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. Rich Polk—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 19, 2016 4:20 PM UTC There are so many wonderful things to report here that we’re honestly not sure where to begin. Let’s start with Tyrese Gibson. The R&B singer and [_Fast and the Furious_](http://time.com/3843194/fast-furious-grand-theft-auto/) actor has a fully functioning Benihana-style restaurant in his backyard in Los Angeles. It’s called Gibsihana. (It has its own [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/GibsiHana/timeline) that hasn’t been updated since he opened the restaurant back in 2012.) Tyrese was kind enough to offer a [virtual tour](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph80GKi8RMY) of Gibsihana on YouTube — and what’s great about the video is that the backyard Benihana seems just as amazing and unbelievable to Tyrese as it does to us. Now, enter Aziz Ansari. The comedian learned about Tyrese’s personal Benihana back in 2013 and, understandably, [could not contain his excitement](https://twitter.com/azizansari/status/345265901756637184?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw). He began [hinting](https://twitter.com/azizansari/status/345265137499897858) on Twitter that [he’d really love](https://twitter.com/azizansari/status/345265192118153216) an invite for himself and comedy trio [The Lonely Island](http://time.com/3717314/oscars-2015-everything-is-awesome-tegan-sara-lonely-island/). Eventually, he just [asked directly](https://twitter.com/azizansari/status/345267371402993665), but Tyrese never seemed to respond. Until now. Dreams really do come true, people, because after two and a half years, Ansari has finally dined at Gibsihana. The comedian shared two videos on Instagram of the party, whose attendees included the members of the Lonely Island and Ansari’s brother, Aniz. From the looks of it, Gibsihana was everything they’d ever dreamed of: Seriously, every single person is having the absolute time of his _life_. This looks like the most fun anyone has ever had. As Ansari explains on Instagram, they were celebrating the birthday of Aniz, who was the one who found out about Gibsihana in the first place. (In a recent [interview](http://www.fastcocreate.com/3054482/master-class/how-aziz-ansaris-master-of-none-is-launching-his-brothers-tv-writing-career) with _Fast Company_, Aniz explained that he used to write tons of really in-depth emails about it to The Lonely Island.) Forget having his own critically acclaimed [TV show](http://time.com/4111777/master-of-none-aziz-ansari-review/) and a best-selling [book](http://time.com/aziz-ansari-modern-romance/) — now that he’s finally been to Gibsihana, Aziz Ansari can truly say he’s made it. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4184917/aziz-ansari-tyrese-benihana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4184917/aziz-ansari-tyrese-benihana/"},"headline":"Aziz Ansari Fulfilled His Dream of Dining at Tyrese's Private Benihana","datePublished":"2016-01-19T16:20:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:55.045Z","description":"Yes, Tyrese Gibson has a fully functioning Benihana-style restaurant in his backyard","url":"https://time.com/4184917/aziz-ansari-tyrese-benihana/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c57687fe037a094/6988799b524fc0b765df6573/gettyimages-504464472.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c57687fe037a094/6988799b524fc0b765df6573/gettyimages-504464472.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Weinstein Company And Netflix Golden Globe Party, Presented With DeLeon Tequila, Laura Mercier, Lindt Chocolate, Marie Claire And Hearts On Fire - Inside","caption":"The Weinstein Company And Netflix Golden Globe Party, Presented With DeLeon Tequila, Laura Mercier, Lindt Chocolate, Marie Claire And Hearts On Fire - Inside","creditText":"Rich Polk—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4184917/aziz-ansari-tyrese-benihana/","name":"Aziz Ansari Fulfilled His Dream of Dining at Tyrese's Private Benihana"}}]}] ```