Ellen C.'s Profile

The crust was amazing. Crunchy, thin, just the way I like it. I ordered the mushroom pizza and the sausage pizza, as well as the italian salad. Nothing really stood out to me. I think Pizzeria Mozza is much better.

Other than the crust nothing memorable. They don't take reservations and there's 1 or 2 hour street parking (free after 10PM). Otherwise there's valet here.

Also bought the banana chip cookie and the flourless brownie cookie (comes with a glass of milk if you order it at the restaurant vs to-go, which you don't get a glass of milk!). Pretty good! Would recommend. Expensive though for $2.75 a pop.

If you don't want to wait for the table, you can seat yourself at the bar.

I was pretty surprised about the quality of sushi with this little joint. I didn't go for the omakase because I always get a set sushi that I'm a fan of (uni, toro, hamachi, sweet shrimp, spanish mackeral, red snapper, etc. etc). Ordered the scallop roll and was amazed at how good it was (I usually don't like scallop). Also ordered blue crab but wasn't a fan of it.

I thought it was ridiculous how they charge you 25 cents for extra orders of wasabi...the amount they gave was already super small.

I thought it was pretty affordable for this sushi. Would come back here again but wouldn't seek it out. There's valet parking for like $7 in the back, but street parking is free after a certain time, which took like 5 minutes to find. You can also make reservations for a table ahead of time.

SO GOOD!

I came here 3 years ago with a gf since it was listed as one of the top 50 restaurants you must try in southern california (I forgot what Food magazine it came from) and I remember I wasn't disappointed. My friend then suggested we go here recently because he's friends with the executive chef..so of course I'm in!

Came here on a weekday and made reservations @ 8:30PM and it was pretty empty, which I like since I hate waiting. Found street parking easily and ordered from the 3 course prix fixe menu which is only offered Tuesday through Thursday for $40/person. I ordered the sweet corn soup, seared scallops, and the chocolate coulant. My friend ordered from the regular menu, the braised pork belly and the braised beef cheek.

The chef sent out the burrata salad, blue crab salad, an oyster, king salmon, sashimi salmon, and the rest I don't remember (I hope I remembered those correctly). But after the amuse bouche I was pretty full and couldn't finish my entree, and had to take the dessert home.

Everything was really good, especially the buratta, the braised beef cheek (literally melted in my mouth), the soup, and the olive bread. I thought that the braised pork belly was a little too dry for my liking. Otherwise, it was a good experience and I'd recommend this place. The $40 menu is really good.

My friend told me that his friend (executive chef, not the owner of Bashan) used to work at Providence and Water Grill, so if you're a fan of those places I'd recommend you coming here to try his dishes!

Cute date spot.

Best red velvet cake I've ever eaten. The cake was soooo moist (I don't know how they did it) and the cream compliments it perfectly. I can't compare it to Sprinkle's red velvet cupcake since it's a different comparison, but would definitely crave it and I'm still thinking about how good it is!

Ordered a bunch to give away and was definitely worth stopping by here.

Review is solely for their sea salted coffee!

I don't think it's really worth waiting in line for their bread, but I've always wanted to try their coffee and was in dire need of it. There is a separate line for their coffee so the wait is never more than 10 minutes. OMG SO GOOD. It would be nice to have a cup of this sea salted coffee every morning. :)

This place is cool because they offer you half and half sukiyaki and hot pot. The sukiyaki is really good and so is their meat. The waitresses here were really nice and came by to check on our table often.

Would come back if I were craving shabu.

This review is solely for their macarons. They were good, but not as good as Paulette's (Lette).

It was $1.75 a pop, and I bought all flavors so I can try all of them and compare since I really like Lette macarons. The presentation isn't as nice, but you're getting more bang for your bucks since the macarons here are bigger. I feel that the flavor isn't as good as Lette's and not as packed, but still pretty good. Also at Lette you have more flavors.

I'd come here again to buy them but wouldn't buy these macarons as presents since when I got mine some were cracked and they put it in a see through box. But if I were craving macarons I would come here. My favorite is the coffee/chocolate one and hazelnut one.

Came at 11AM on new years, and there was nobody in here, SCORE!

Ordered the TNT dog, which has bacon, cheese, chili, pastrami, fries, grilled onions, hot dog, and egg (which is free of charge). VERY GOOD. But anything with chili is amazing.

I like their condiment bar because they had garlic and chipotle aioli, which goes really well with the sweet potato fries (more so the chipotle than the garlic). Great and friendly service. Would definitely come back here again to get my fat on.

If I were given a free meal at either Sushi Gen (LA) or here, I'd pick Sushi Gen. However, this place definitely did not disappoint.

I think for the price of the sushi and the quality, it was good and worth coming here (versus Sushi Zo which had good quality but their ridiculous prices). They don't take reservations until 10PM, and this was because the people waiting in line had dwindled by that time. They offer sushi rolls such as California rolls and shrimp tempura rolls which Sushi Gen doesn't offer, and they also offer dinner boxes and sushi combos that Sushi Gen doesn't offer.

Ordered the highest grade toro, salmon belly, uni, yellowtail belly, aji, shrimp tempura roll, and crab roll, and the karaage. The rolls were okay, but the sushi was really good. I think the toro could've been cut thicker since it melts in your mouth, and I thought that regular salmon at Sushi Gen tasted better than the salmon belly here.

The service was good, but being a regular at Sushi Gen, I was used to being greeted in Japanese when I came in and exited (which they don't do that here) which gives you a feeling of being welcomed and your time here was appreciated. This place is bigger than Sushi Gen but had a more Americanized feeling to it, probably because of the dinner boxes and rolls.

Would definitely come back here again if I were in SD, but Sushi Gen still reigns.

There's really nothing special about this place. Ordered spaghetti in bread and just tasted like anything else. I feel like I could make it myself. Also ordered seasoned fries and it was very average. I bookmarked this place just because I thought it would be different, with pasta in bread and all...

Wouldn't come back here again. I checked in on Yelp and got $1 off the bill!