Small but lively space, offers a decent variety of food options. Prepare for long wait times, space in the back kitchen must be limited. I got hand-rolled sushi from Poki DC. The sweet potato roll tasted fresh but it included cream cheese, which may not appeal to everyone.
Trendy spot in town. No pun intended. ? The mochi donut was delicious. Atmosphere was great. It definitely hit the spot. Ok.. No more puns.
Such a wonderful Asian spot with more than one spot to eat at in one place. Great parking as well.
Great variety of food and nice atmosphere! I tried the hand pulled noodle soup and the sautéed squid & calamari with rice. Everything was seasoned just right.I'm coming from Springfield, VA so it is a bit of a drive especially with traffic. Would I drive here just to eat? No. Would I come here to eat if I'm around the area? Yes, I would definitely stop by if I'm in the area.
My son just order at the Poke DC, first is hair and than eyelash, it is very nasty, never happen before and now gotta order pizza instead. Called the store request for the refund and yet, no refund。
Don't get me wrong, the food here is amazing. But.. Why are the tables here so sticky? The table keeps popping off my phone wallet. It damaged the leather on my wallet :) it's all bumpy now :)))))
Feb 2022I've been coming here for years, mainly for the bubble tea. The staff is pretty friendly and the place is kept decently neat and clean. Note the bathrooms are on the far west side (the not-bar side). And the two entrances are on either side of the place. Those doors by the sidewalks are NOT for entering/exiting.The specific (free) parking for The Spot is in two places. The first, at ground level, is the covered parking located between the west side of The Spot and the main entrance to the apartment complex. The second parking place is the left side of the top floor of an underground garage, the entrance located behind the apartment building. From the ground floor parking, you can reach the underground garage by driving through to the back of the building and then turning right. On the right, past a loading dock, is the entrance to the garage. From the garage is an elevator that takes you up to the shop level (I believe the button is labeled and the other buttons are locked for resident usage only). From the elevator, you walk straight to the double doors that lead outside. Once outside, turn right and the entrance to The Spot is on the right. You can return to the garage the same way.The inside is pretty clean, with a mix of normal height tables/chairs and high tables/chairs. The bar area is partially partitioned off with a glass wall and doorsThey now have self-order kiosks where you can order stuff from multiple places and they package it together for you to pick up at once. You pay by card (either by chip or tap) and you can print out the receipt too. There is also a scanner for your rewards QR code. Note the numbers for kiosk orders are separate from when you order in person at the counters. The kiosk asks for your phone number to send you a text when your order is ready. The pickup location is on the left side of Cheers Cut (sadly no signage yet).We ordered something from four places: noodle soup, sushi, fried chicken, and bubble tea. The bubble tea was in its own plastic bag (with drink tray on the bottom for stabilization); everything else was packed into one paper bag. Some sauce ended up spilling in the bag. I highly suspect it was the small container of soy sauce for the sushi, and I recommend they give out those soy sauce packets instead of containers of soy sauce. More expensive, but no danger of spillage.For the noodle soup, I was interested to see it was packaged like the ramen places are doing: one big bowl with soup at the bottom and smaller top compartment with the noodles and toppings. Sadly, they didn't give us a soup spoon, instead giving us a regular spoon. Both the soup and noodles were delicious and pretty good for the price.The sushi was a bit disappointing. We got a California roll, Salmon Avocado roll, and Eel roll. There were generous portions of crab, salmon, and avocado, but little eel. To make things worse, the salmon and eel were pretty tasteless (eel less so because of the sauce). And, if you notice that sort of thing, the rice was also unflavored.The fried chicken was very good, with Taiwanese teriyaki sauce in a separate container. Taiwanese teriyaki is different from Japanese teriyaki: less sweet with more garlic and ginger. The meat was mainly dark meat and lightly breaded. It had a good crunch and wasn't too oily.The bubble tea was as good as ever, with strong flavors and no artificial taste. The Stawberry Matcha Latte tasted evenly of strawberry and matcha. The Strawberry milk tea was a bit too creamy for me (probably used whole milk) but still very good.
Haven't visited the Spot for a long while due to the pandemic. This time visiting the Spot on a Sunday noon time. Not many customers around and plenty of empty space at the beginning. Later on, more customer coming in. Ordered food from three different shops from a touchscreen panel. It is easy to use but also confused because those food won't be ready at the same moment.The beef noodles still very good and the bubble milk tea keeps it quality. The desert donuts are kind of too sweet to my taste. Anyway, the kids like them.
Nice local spot for decent Asian food. I loved that you can use the kiosk and order from multiple spots all at once and they put your order together when its ready.I got bubble tea, sushi, and fried chicken. Everything was decent. The food wasn't the most amazing thing ever, but good. The atmosphere was nice, plenty of seating, wasn't over crowded when I went. Its a nice spot to meet Friends once and a while.
After having terrible service and overpriced food months ago, a friend and I decided to try it again. We met up on Sunday and even though Michael wasn’t there (he is usually at the bar) we still went. We ordered all of our food from one restaurant and the kiosk machine. After sitting at our table for a 5-10 minutes. I decided to go and buy edamame. I asked for light salt. I was handed a buzzer and told to come back when the edamame were ready. I informed the guy I had placed an order through the kiosk as well but he stated it wasn’t an issue and the edamame would be out quickly. It took more than 15 minutes to receive the edamame. There was so much salt on them that my friend and I had to use napkins to wipe it off before eating. After we finished the edamame, I went back to check on our order. They apologized and said they were still working on it. After more than 25 minutes of waiting for sushi and dumplings. I went back. They told me it was still being made but should be done shortly. (It was not super busy) about 5ish minutes later it was ready and he called me back up. I took the sushi and cucumber salad and informed him of the 4 or 5 other items we had, he said don’t worry it’s coming. I told him the tiny thing of cucumbers was not what we ordered, we ordered the kani salad. He informed me that was the Kani salad. It was about 10 slices of cucumber with some sort of sauce on it. That “salad” was almost $6!!! You can buy an entire bag of cucumbers for less than $6 let along a couple of slices. We sat down to eat the sushi and realized there was no soy sauce. We were so hungry we just ate it. After we finished the sushi he called me back up to tell me the dumplings and other chicken dishes (katsu) needed to be picked up at another restaurant. Not understanding why (when we ordered everything from one restaurant) my friend we to pick it up, at this point it had been at least 45 minutes since we ordered and she was told it wasn’t done yet. I think this is absolutely ridiculous. We ended up ordered multiple bubble teas to keep from being super hungry. Eventually they told us the food was ready, when she brought it over we unpack packed and realized again, there was no sauces. I went back and asked for the gyoza sauce. The kid working there said they didn’t have any. I told him the dumplings will be super dry without them, he has to have sauce. He then told me I had to go back to the sushi restaurant and get all the sauces. Frustrated at this point I went back and asked for sauces. They informed me they can give me sushi sauces but the dumpling one has to come from the other one. I let them know they didn’t provide any sauces with our sushi. They then stated I had to ask for it… WHAT PLACE DOESN’T PROVIDE SOY SAUCE WITH SUSHI!?!I again went back to the other restaurant asking for the sauce and informing him the sushi restaurant said he does have it. He had to ask someone else and then he brought out a small container of it. Overall TERRIBLE customer service. Food is overpriced and terrible. Sushi was the only thing that tasted good out of all the items we ordered, but didn’t have any soy sauce for dipping. My first experience was just as bad. Unfortunately I will not ever return.I added a picture of the “Kano salad” and snap shot of the sushi menu from the restaurant we ordered from.I will also say the bubble tea place gong cha is consistently excellent, and makes all the teas exactly as you order it. However this is a restaurant chain and I would rather go to another location where I can get good food and service. Like the Asian food hall in Bethesda. (The block)