Tori Bar

442 W Grand Central Ave #190, Tampa
(813) 252-3839

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Purles Ouezen

Why do people go to such loud and crowded places for overpriced items?
Not recommended.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Sushi

Mau

My favorite place in Tampa. I have tried most of the menu and is so delicious. This place is a gem. Park in the street and use ParkMobile as I always seen then ticketing people.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Steak Tataki, Lamb Lollipops, Sashimi Assortment, Braised Pork Belly, Brussels Sprouts, Matcha Crème Brûlée, Yakitori, Chicken and Shrimp Gyoza, Truffle Scallop Rice Pot, French Fries, Sushi, Potsticker, Wagyu, Hand Rolls

Thong Lam

Disappointed experience.
Overly loud and crowded.
Terrible and finding parking space.
I expect better for a fancy place.
advicing not have first date in here.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Jillian Perciballi

This is such a nice spot. Food was fresh and delicious. Drinks were amazing. My friend lost her card and the staff was looking all over for it. They even offered to take her number in case it turned up. Excellent service. Great vibe for date night or chill night with friends.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lamb Lollipops, Braised Pork Belly, French Fries, Wagyu, Hand Rolls

Ingrid Guedes

I wanted to share some feedback from my recent visit, as I really love your food—it’s always amazing! 🍽️ However, the service this time was quite disappointing.

Our server didn’t come to check on us for a long time, and he never asked if we needed anything else. We were left waiting for chopsticks and other essentials while our food was ready.

We also ordered a bottle of white wine, but he just brought it to our table unopened and left without offering to pour it for us. It felt like he didn’t want to serve us at all. Maybe it was something about us that didn't seem appealing, but it really affected our experience.

Even the bartender across the room saw we were waiting and came over to get us what we needed. I really wanted my birthday celebration to be special since I always recommend your restaurant to friends and family.

I hope this feedback helps improve things because I truly love your food and want to keep coming back!

Thanks for listening!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Sushi, Hand Rolls

Vanessa Carra

Beautiful bar and restaurant. Place is clean and attendants were very kind and helpful. I loved all the food: got unagui, scallops truffle rice, ragoons and gyosa. Got a salmon avocado talco that was ok. My son and friend had pork and chicken and didn’t like it. Price was really good.
Overall it was nice for me.

Parking: Busy street difficult to find spots. Couldn’t find a handicap space

Wheelchair accessibility: My son uses a wheelchair. Accessible with tight spaces. Would be difficult for a large wheelchair to move around.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chicken and Shrimp Gyoza, Truffle Scallop Rice Pot

Julia Wells

Obsessed. I love small plates and getting to have a little bit of everything. Have done late night, happy hour and dinner and great service and food all 3 times.

Cocktails are great too! Hand rolls are generous. The skewers I’ve tried have all been good, both meat and veg. Their karaage is good too and can’t even remember everything we tried. But nothing was disappointing. Good vibe. I’ve gone for HH with my laptop to finish working and sat at a high top. And a vibey date night spot too. Can’t really go wrong.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katherine Tomey

Every single thing was amazing. Best lychee martinis hands down as well. Blown away, no complaints, our waitress was the best! So sweet. I'm definitely coming back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lamb Lollipops, French Fries, Spicy Tuna Hand Roll, Hand Rolls

April Manalo

My go to place if I’m craving strong good drinks. Kelly and Scott were wonderful!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

nathan brown

Great place took a group of work colleagues and a client

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Braised Pork Belly, Sushi, Wagyu

Mara Jouvin

Great service, Caitlyn was awesome!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Gigi Krauser

We had a 45 minute wait on a Thursday at 7:30 P.M. The presentation of each item we ordered was fast and more importantly delicious! Highly recommend the scallops with truffle oil and the Fatty Toro. The smashed cukes were perfect to nibble in between each item. The sashimi offer 3 generous perfect slices of your choice of fish. We did order a bowl of sushi rice for the table. The Lychee Martini was a bit too sweet for me, the Shishito Pepper Margarita was interesting. Uni was not great that night, however the rolls and everything were above our expectations. We highly recommend you go with the expectation of waiting outside for awhile to enjoy conversation with your friends before your table is ready. Our waiter and the team who served us were excellent!!! Inside the restaurant was too loud, so we were excited to enjoy our meal in the lovely well lit courtyard.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sashimi Assortment, Sushi, Hand Rolls

Aaron Kessinger

This is a great place but if you want to enjoy great food and conversation- forget the conversation unless you want to scream at each other - music way too loud and tons of percussion. We ate fast and left early so we could continue our conversation outside.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hand Rolls

Lisa Nelson

Nice place, nice food, but a little loud.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

J G

Tori bar has been on my list for a while now! We decided to come for my birthday. Everything we ordered was amazing! We chose to sit outside since we knew they were having live music..covers of songs from Alicia Keys, Neyo, Beyoncé etc. my favorite! Since it was just us two we were sat at a smaller high top table. With tapas style plates, our drinks, it would have been nicer to have a bigger table but we made it work. Only order 2-3 plates at a time. Even just ordering 2 at a time works because the food comes out pretty quick. The service was top notch, quick, empty plates being removed quickly. Everything we ordered we LOVED! We can’t wait to come back. (List of things we ordered)

Lychee Martini
Yellowtail crudo
Spicy edamame
Rangoons
Tuna avocado hand roll
Spicy tuna hand roll
Steak skewer
Duck skewer
Braised pork belly skewer
Matcha brûlée

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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