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| - I walked into this place without seeing any reviews and instantly thought--oh no, I have made a mistake. This place is fast-casual and I wasn't prepared for that. I was incredibly pleasantly surprised.
The store is brightly lit, very clean, and decorated with surf-culture stuff. There was coverage of some surfing competition on the television. There were lots of tables but also an area with comfy couches and chairs.
We ordered a Reef Roll, veggie stir-fry bowl with the chili-garlic sauce, and the veggie tempura. Everything was delicious! The veggies--in both the bowl and the tempura--were not overcooked. The tempura in particular was excellent--super crispy, flavorful, a good variety of veggies without getting crazy (green beans, broccoli, onion pieces, carrots). It came with a wasabi sauce to dip it in but I didn't even use it--the tempura was so so good on its own.
The reef roll was wonderful. Beardyman took a long time to contemplate it.
The stir-fry bowl was good. I liked that you had several options of sauces and rice/noodles. I anticipated the chili-garlic sauce to be spicy but it was not. It was good but next time I will probably try something else.
My only hold-ups about this place is that they have no recycling option for all of the plastic dishware they give you. Also--one of the guys behind the counter was snarky at his mom when she came in to get food. Otherwise, the service was excellent, quick and high quality. I liked that they had loads of veggie options and that they weren't more expensive than the meat options like some other places. The food was great quality and we will definitely come back. I would be super ok with more of these stores popping up.
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