Reviews Bar Masa

Unfortunately, you cannot take pictures when your enter the restaurant, but that is also its charm. The experience of getting served one piece of sushi at a time is magical. Watching searing of a piece of tuna with a hot poker is something that is so unique and unusual it'll make you forget about the dinner's price tag. The taste is nice, no better than you will probably find in your local sushi restaurant, but the visual of the process, army like coordination of orders being shouted from Chef to his support staff is not like anything you'll ever see anywhere else.

Every course was excellent and the sake was my favorite I’ve ever had. You pay for the fantastic food but also the service and the intimacy of the experience. It’s expensive but a very cool experience and we enjoyed it a ton.

You're not allowed to take photos except when invited to. We were allowed a few for my husband's birthday, and I also snapped one of the parting gifts (two menus and the paper one of our meals was prepared on) once back outside. The restaurant entry is hidden behind a banner hanging at its front. I thought it was simply decorative marketing until my husband ducked behind it and waved me over. The staff is incredibly knowledgeable and polite. To quote a server I spoke with, "Chef Masa is perfect; therefore, he expects nothing less." And the dinner really lives up to that. I didn't dislike anything we ate, and surprisingly, we were stuffed by the end of our 2 hours there. I say "surprisingly" because each item you eat is what I call a "petite serving." Basically, everything fits in your mouth in one bite, and you're done. No redos or seconds. So you must savor the flavors. Every plate is timed so you fall into a rhythm set by the chef and his staff. You even receive specific instructions on not using your tiny serving of soy sauce until you're told you may, and that's important because every detectable bite already has everything you need built into its creation. Then there's the dinnerware! It's so pretty and unique. Every piece is specially designed by Chef Masa to complement his sushi creations and then manufactured for the restaurant. We didn't sit at the sushi bar where Chef Masa and his staff were most active, but we did have the best view of their process as our table was diagonal to the right of the bar (as you look at it from the front) so we could see every roll made, every bit of sashimi sliced, etc. Dining at Masa is an experience, and although I'm not rich enough yet to go on a regular basis (our dinner, additional appetizer, and 4 alcoholic beverages were almost $2k), it was worth it.

Masha was an amazing experience. Our chef was one of the nicest people we could’ve ever met.! Although I did not talk long with Maza himself he was a very nice person, and he actually designed the restaurant which was extremely beautiful and tasteful. Although it is expensive it was really worth it!