Sizzling Lunch

6533 Trigo Rd #106, Isla Vista
(805) 883-3092

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katrina storton

I really enjoy the food here, the presentation of course is half the experience. Each time I've gone, my date & I have been the only people in the whole restaurant. It also seems rhay there is only 1-3 employees on shift and the majority of your interaction with the staff is through an ordering website. It's mellow and delicious but a little different in terms of experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Yaqing Wang

already down. Don't come

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Shreeprasad Sonar

Sizzling Lunch was a great first time experience. I ordered the chicken udon, which was delicious, especially when paired with one of their sauces. The dining experience was smooth and convenient, as we ordered from our phones, and the food was served promptly.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

David Medina

Excellent service food and drinks

Roman Aguilera

The food is great! I like the beef pepper rice spicy and the katsu curry rice. I added garlic shoyu sauce that is provided on the table. The music can be too loud and they play outdated pop songs on repeat, which can be an annoying combination. Maybe it would help if they had an app that would let attendees add songs to a playlist. Or if a link was provided to add songs to a public Spotify playlist. Maybe a playlist with calmer music and lower volume music so that I can hear people at my table talking.

Austin Im

Let me preface this review by saying that I, as well as a few of my friends, have had experience working in jobs involving customer service and can say that I understand working with customers and having bad days. However, I don't feel, as a customer and even as someone who has worked jobs involving customer service, the customer should be the one receiving an attitude because someone may have been having a bad day.My friends and I go to Sizzling Lunch occasionally because it's some of the only good Asian food walking distance from campus. When we went yesterday it was pretty good as well. However, the service yesterday left us with a bit of a sour taste after leaving.Although Sizzling Lunch operates with tablets doing most of the customer service, an employee does come around in order to serve the food. On this occasion, when the server came around, he asked who had the two meals and we hadn't really discussed who had ordered what so we weren't sure immediately. We had to confirm with each other for a moment before being able to confirm who had ordered which meals.After confirming, the employee got irritated with us and proceeded to begin to lecture us on telling him who got what quickly. However, after one of my friends said thank you, he left without another word. We were sorta in disbelief after this because we didn't feel like we did anything wrong because we just needed time to figure out who got what meal.Of course, I understand that they have to serve hot plates but the restaurant basically only serves hot plates and he could have put it down and moved it after.Overall, food is good but the service is bad

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Beef Pepper Rice Spicy

George-Alex Chicha

I love their food! However, I came to pick up a to go order via grub hub and was told to wait an additional 25-30 minutes on top of the 25 minutes I already waited. What made it worse was that it was marked ready when it was not. I was picking up food during my ten minute break. And so I had to call my co worker to cover. They should have updated the order time via the app instead of having me come in expecting it but it not being ready. Their staff needs better training in customer service. He could have been nice but was instead so rude. Like I don’t complain but this guy started the conversation to tell me the delay all ride and mean. Raven their GM however is amazing and he deserves a raise. He was working overtime to cover for that employee.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Pepper Rice

G.A.C.

I love their food! However, I came to pick up a to go order via grub hub and was told to wait an additional 25-30 minutes on top of the 25 minutes I already waited. What made it worse was that it was marked ready when it was not. I was picking up food during my ten minute break. And so I had to call my co worker to cover. They should have updated the order time via the app instead of having me come in expecting it but it not being ready. Their staff needs better training in customer service. He could have been nice but was instead so rude. Like I don’t complain but this guy started the conversation to tell me the delay all ride and mean. Raven their GM however is amazing and he deserves a raise. He was working overtime to cover for that employee.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Pepper Rice

Chengxuan Li

Little, low quality meat. Food overall tastes

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

User1

Little, low quality meat. Food overall tastes bad

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Ariel So

I will definitely recommend this restaurant. It is great for having a lunch or dinner. Usually, I just wanna finish my meal and don’t want the waiter to bother me with “ is everything ok?”. Here, I can order the food via a Electronic device and just wait for the food. When I checked out, there is no pressure from the waiters to add tips.( some waiters from other restaurants just stared at you). The food is yummy, the same as the sizzler I had tried in Hong Kong.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Pepper with Rice Add Egg and Cheese

AAA SSS

I will definitely recommend this restaurant. It is great for having a lunch or dinner. Usually, I just wanna finish my meal and don’t want the waiter to bother me with “ is everything ok?”. Here, I can order the food via a Electronic device and just wait for the food. When I checked out, there is no pressure from the waiters to add tips.( some waiters from other restaurants just stared at you). The food is yummy, the same as the sizzler I had tried in Hong Kong.

Christopher Chen

Food was good but the server had a bad attitude when there was a problem with the ordering system placing an extra 2 plates we didn't order. Also place DESPERATELY NEEDS ventilation. Super smoky inside and stuffy.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Curry Beef Udon

John J Rock

Great find and will be back often … loved everything about this place

Garythesnail

Food was Meh. I saw it on TikTok and so I thought it was good!Turns out it was just

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

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