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| - We go to a new restaurant about once a week and this past Wednesday (6/15/16) we went to try sumomaya. There's a good amount of parking and it is easily visible from the street.
We walked in at 5pm and asked for a table for 4 people. The hostesses asked us if we had a reservation. We told them we didn't. After a few minutes they said they had a patio table but we would have to be gone by 7pm. We've never been told that we need to leave a restaurant by a certain time so I was a little taken aback. As it was over 100 degrees that day, I told the hostess that I was a bit hesitant to sit outside. She said "well the musters and the fans are on so its not so hot". Again, I was hesitant considering the restaurant wasn't super busy. I would say there were probably 20-25 open tables inside at this point. So I asked if there was any other options. After looking at what must have been her reservation list, she said "okay I do have one table inside but again you have to leave by 7pm". I don't know why we didn't leave at this point.
We get seated and our waiter is very nice and attentive. He goes over the menus with us. We order an Ahi Tuna Tostada ($16) appetizer. 20 minutes later the appetizer has not arrived and I'm looking around trying to find our waiter. 5 minutes later a young man comes over and tells us that they are out of that appetizer, I think he said they were out of tostada chips. So we order another one, the Ahi Coconut Tuna Tartare ($18). At this point, I am again wondering why we did not leave.
The food style, per the waiter, is tapas style. Things come out as they are done so some of us got food earlier than others but it wasn't more than 7 minutes from when the first person got their food to the last person.
Ahi Coconut Tuna Tartare - our favorite dish. The ahi tuna is coated in a coconut curry and presented in a coconut shell with 2 plantain chips. Very flavorful. I actually wish they had more plantain chips. The saltiness paired well with the coconut ahi tuna. But for $18, this dish is definitely pricey for the amount you get.
I can only review the two dishes I had which were :
Rock shrimp tempura roll ($15) - very tasty. Spicy tuna roll with shrimp tempura on top. Good sized roll
Mexican Street Corn ($6) - I've had some amazing Mexican street corn and unfortunately this dish did not compare. I think it was a little too acidic compared to what I was expecting.
My husband got
Al Pastor Pad Thai ($14) - it was pretty good. He was a trooper because fusion is not usually his style. It wasn't a hit for him but I appreciated it.
The other people in our party got
Suzuki Roll ($13) - "awesome"
Spicy Yellowtail roll ($9) - "really yummy"
Sesame Ginger chicken Taco (2 for $7) - "so so. Not very flavorful"
Spicy Tuna Tacos (3 for $12) - "tasty but very messy to eat in the hard shell"
And the table shared two desserts
One was like a chocolate cake with a black currant sesame ice cream. This one was pretty good. ($8). The cake was dense. It usually comes with a salted caramel ice cream but they ran out.
Tres Leches cake ($8). If you are expecting tres Leches cake like your nana made this is NOT it. This cake is much denser than a normal tres Leches dessert. It comes sitting in some sort of sweet condensed milk sauce that is fantastic! Only wish would be that the sauce was a little thicker. I think if the cake was served a bit warmer it would be a knock out of the park.
After all is said and done we spend $136 (including 3 beers).
FINAL THOUGHTS: the food is good. They've got some tasty combinations on the menu. Don't come here with picky eaters because they really have no options for them. Be prepared to spend some cash and expect smaller portions than you're probably used to. Reservations are recommended after 7pm. For better pricing go for happy hour between 4 and 6pm but it's only at the sushi bar, the bar, or the patio high tops.
And just so you all know - we walked out of the doors at 7:15pm and there were still 5-7 empty tables.
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