I love this place. The food is amazing. The prices are astronomical. The unibrows are hilarious. They have the best Sunday night quiet night this side of Doheny.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tuna Taco, Crispy Skin Salmon
C
If you are looking for fun don’t go here, besides it being very boring during New Year’s Eve. One of the staff members was very rude and racist towards us. He was a short and buff, I’m pretty sure he was middle eastern and had long hair and wore a hat during the New Year’s Eve party. Fire him immediately he is scaring away your costumers, making the bar lose money.
Thomas E SAUNDERS III
The Bar manager. Rocks. The mixologist were freaken awesome. Well be missed
I have only been there on Sat nights for drinks. The service is fast and their drinks are delicious. Music is good, great vibes and usually a fun crowd. I highly suggest this place to start a fun Sat night!
NOT EVEN OPEN!!!! Made reservation through Open Table and the place the CLOSED!!! Way to ruin a birthday dinner!!! How does this place get a way with this? And what can OPEN TABLE do about this?
Was on vacation for my anniversary, made a reservation, had reservation confirmed. Showed up. Waited outside because doors were locked and restaurant not open. No sign. No message. No apologies. Many other groups in same predicament.
DO NOT GO HERE!!! This place is incredibly misleading & such a scam!!! The menu they advertise online is NOT what they have when you go. They only have, as the server described “extremely bite-sized” appetizers which are all $20+. I did not want to spend over $100 on tiny unfilling food, so I got up and left. Would give this place 0/5 if I could.
Rachael
On July 6th I got food poisoning from the tuna here. I was hospitalized. The upstairs restrooms had no toilet paper or paper towels. I had to go to the bar and request napkins to dry my hands each time. I've tried emailing, calling and messaging on social media and no one responds. This is irresponsible and the health department should check in here.
Rachael M.
I got food poisoning here on July 6th. I was in the hospital the next day. I'm 100% sure it was from what I ate there. Also in the upstairs restrooms there was no toilet paper, no soap and no paper towels. This is probably why there's a problem. I messaged their Instagram account because no one answers the phone. The person that runs a social media account refused to pass on the message to the management. Its ruined my life since I still throw up constantly. I left messages no one calls me back. It was notated at the hospital so I'll call the health department. Cute place but don't eat the tuna.
Pavan
We had high expectations from the food at Morimotos, however we were not very impressed. This one was nothing close to our experience at Morimotos in New York. Would hope they improve their menu offerings and excel at it.
Fun clubby vibes upstairs but the bartenders don’t even know how to make a margarita, got it remade after the first time and it still tastes like throw up, sad vibes.
Alina De La Garza
Awful place, way too expensive. Terrible service, discriminatory processes. Racist, fatphobic, and predatory. Many underage drinkers and the club doesn’t seem like they even care.
KDSWEHO
Service was super friendly once you finally got their attention. Would have consumed way more than one drink but never was given the opportunity to order more until we were done eating. Food this time was blah at best, previous times the food has been great which is why I usually come back. The Pork gyoza was ridiculously hot with bland taste. The ribs (6) for $40.00 were cold, the chicken karaage looked nothing like the picture and tasted like fried chicken skin and fat with a drop of sauce. The two rolls though were good though. And $10.00 for a small bottle of sparkling water is kind of silly and $19.00 for a bacardi rocks is a bit excessive. For the price they command I expect much better service and a consistency in the food quality. But this seems to be par for SBE. Will not be returning for any more tries.
tantoun troufi
very nice place ... but really the up selling is too much pressure , the waiter can not pass every 5 min ask "is everything is ok do you want something more" we couldn´t have a conversation without beeing cut every 5 min literally every 5 min sometimes less.
tour2eat
We've dined here a few times, once before COVID, twice during. The food is good/creative, but the sushi rice is below standard & far below a Morimoto standard. Last night!'s meal was a struggle. Inexplicably, a loud electric violin player was performing ... jamming with contemporary hip hop also playing loudly. The violinist was good, the track music was fine ... both obnoxiously loud & together - hilariously bad. It was ... shocking. I asked the server ‘how long had this been going on?' He picked up on my discomfiture & asked the violinist to turn down ... she sort of did, was back to wailing by meal's end. The dan-dan was too spicey to enjoy, the check came without my credit card which I presented first - the experience was snake bit. I've dined at Motimoto spin offs around the world - but sadly won't return to Sa'moto.
I love this place. The food is amazing. The prices are astronomical. The unibrows are hilarious. They have the best Sunday night quiet night this side of Doheny.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tuna Taco, Crispy Skin Salmon
If you are looking for fun don’t go here, besides it being very boring during New Year’s Eve. One of the staff members was very rude and racist towards us. He was a short and buff, I’m pretty sure he was middle eastern and had long hair and wore a hat during the New Year’s Eve party. Fire him immediately he is scaring away your costumers, making the bar lose money.
The Bar manager. Rocks. The mixologist were freaken awesome. Well be missed
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Mahi Mahi Tacos, Spaghetti with Meat Balls, Spicy Tuna Cones
I have only been there on Sat nights for drinks. The service is fast and their drinks are delicious. Music is good, great vibes and usually a fun crowd. I highly suggest this place to start a fun Sat night!
NOT EVEN OPEN!!!! Made reservation through Open Table and the place the CLOSED!!! Way to ruin a birthday dinner!!! How does this place get a way with this? And what can OPEN TABLE do about this?
Was on vacation for my anniversary, made a reservation, had reservation confirmed. Showed up. Waited outside because doors were locked and restaurant not open. No sign. No message. No apologies. Many other groups in same predicament.
DO NOT GO HERE!!! This place is incredibly misleading & such a scam!!! The menu they advertise online is NOT what they have when you go. They only have, as the server described “extremely bite-sized” appetizers which are all $20+. I did not want to spend over $100 on tiny unfilling food, so I got up and left. Would give this place 0/5 if I could.
On July 6th I got food poisoning from the tuna here. I was hospitalized. The upstairs restrooms had no toilet paper or paper towels. I had to go to the bar and request napkins to dry my hands each time. I've tried emailing, calling and messaging on social media and no one responds. This is irresponsible and the health department should check in here.
I got food poisoning here on July 6th. I was in the hospital the next day. I'm 100% sure it was from what I ate there. Also in the upstairs restrooms there was no toilet paper, no soap and no paper towels. This is probably why there's a problem. I messaged their Instagram account because no one answers the phone. The person that runs a social media account refused to pass on the message to the management. Its ruined my life since I still throw up constantly. I left messages no one calls me back. It was notated at the hospital so I'll call the health department. Cute place but don't eat the tuna.
We had high expectations from the food at Morimotos, however we were not very impressed. This one was nothing close to our experience at Morimotos in New York. Would hope they improve their menu offerings and excel at it.
Restaurantji Recommends
Fun clubby vibes upstairs but the bartenders don’t even know how to make a margarita, got it remade after the first time and it still tastes like throw up, sad vibes.
Awful place, way too expensive. Terrible service, discriminatory processes. Racist, fatphobic, and predatory. Many underage drinkers and the club doesn’t seem like they even care.
Service was super friendly once you finally got their attention. Would have consumed way more than one drink but never was given the opportunity to order more until we were done eating. Food this time was blah at best, previous times the food has been great which is why I usually come back. The Pork gyoza was ridiculously hot with bland taste. The ribs (6) for $40.00 were cold, the chicken karaage looked nothing like the picture and tasted like fried chicken skin and fat with a drop of sauce. The two rolls though were good though. And $10.00 for a small bottle of sparkling water is kind of silly and $19.00 for a bacardi rocks is a bit excessive. For the price they command I expect much better service and a consistency in the food quality. But this seems to be par for SBE. Will not be returning for any more tries.
very nice place ... but really the up selling is too much pressure , the waiter can not pass every 5 min ask "is everything is ok do you want something more" we couldn´t have a conversation without beeing cut every 5 min literally every 5 min sometimes less.
We've dined here a few times, once before COVID, twice during. The food is good/creative, but the sushi rice is below standard & far below a Morimoto standard. Last night!'s meal was a struggle. Inexplicably, a loud electric violin player was performing ... jamming with contemporary hip hop also playing loudly. The violinist was good, the track music was fine ... both obnoxiously loud & together - hilariously bad. It was ... shocking. I asked the server ‘how long had this been going on?' He picked up on my discomfiture & asked the violinist to turn down ... she sort of did, was back to wailing by meal's end. The dan-dan was too spicey to enjoy, the check came without my credit card which I presented first - the experience was snake bit. I've dined at Motimoto spin offs around the world - but sadly won't return to Sa'moto.