SARA

We went to SARA to celebrate a friend’s birthday. The enviroment and vibe is super cute ( it looks like a cave inside). The service was also amazing. We all opted for the tasting menu ( 89$) and it was a magical experience. One of our friends is pescatarian and another one is Gluten sensitive. It was impressive to see each dish for those two was made with their dietary restrictions in mind, while we got to enjoy all the dishes. We got Theo and Espresso Martinis for drinks and they were really good too. The tasting menu started with the cheese bread . Then we had IKURA LATKES and Tuna tartare. The next items were hamachi sashimi and the chopped salad. The salad was phenomenal. I think we all agreed that the salad was in fact the best salad we ever had. We next tried the Reuben sandwich and green beans. I really liked how crispy the bread was on the Reuben sandwich. We then tried the eggplant which was also really good and the scallop tempura. The NY striploin and the sea bass were brought together with Brussels sprouts. The steak was out of this world delicious!!! If I were to return to this restaurant for only one dish it will likely be the steak. The sea bass was delicious too. Everything we tried was perfectly seasoned and so delicious. The dessert was also really tasty. Overall a great experience. I will definitely visit again. Their sister restaurant RASA is also equally good and you should check it out if you haven’t already :)

Walked in for dinner here and was seated at the upstairs bar. The bartender was very friendly and knowledgeable about the menu , she walked us through the options and how best to approach the menu, how many dishes to get from what section etc. We were brought an amuse bouche to start, a gluten free dough ball with some filling. It didn’t taste good. Ordered the rutabaga coxinha which also had a very strange taste and mushy consistency. There was way too much horseradish crema which gave the dish a weird flavour. Then the wagyu reuben turned it all around. It was so good! Delicate meat and crispy bread, with spicy truffle mustard was a perfect appetizer. The brussels were too charred for my liking but still good with feta and pomegranate. The lamb dish was quite nice, had a good char and spice to it, with a balance of fresh zucchini. Lastly we tried the fried chicken which was good, but the bottom was soggy from the sauce that it’s on, maybe there is a better way to present it. It was distracting to sit at the bar because it was super messy. There was a kettle plugged in right in front of us that the staff used to make americanos through out the evening. There were lots of different trays of dishes, appliances, stuff for cocktails, random jars of jam… You’d expect a cleaner, most organized space for the kind of restaurant Sara says it is.