Fun place, great ambience and waiters were friendly. Food is good, including the sushi rolls. Drinks were decent.Verdict: Come here for the ambience, stay for the food.
Lauren H
Varying experiences. Recently under new management. Didn't like the shrimp Gyoza at all. They have decent sushi. Upstairs was nice a few weeks ago but I believe they are making some changes. Don't get your hopes up in thinking you getting the same XS that you may have been used to.
Sasha Jones
I’ve been coming to XS for about 10 years and was really happy when they reopened but new management is running this place into the ground! On Saturday, I dined in for the first time in two years. I usually get carry out which is normally fabulous. To start off, my server was DRUNK, sloppy and frankly quite aggressive. He took a long time checking on us while he was talking to people I assume were his friends and not paying customers, judging by the unprofessional way he was communicating with them. When I asked for the manager, he said “Oh, the manager’s here” but lo and behold SHE WAS DOING BLUDCLART SHOTS INNA DI RESTAURANT! I will definitely not be returning to dine in with them ever again under this management. I will only to take out with the cute guys from downstairs. One used to be my server, I wish I could “dine in” with them.
April Jackson (CoCo)
I went for my birthday. It was happy hour. The vibe was cool. The dj was on point. I had a rolling ocean roll, fried calamari, beef bulgogi, and my bf ordered salmon fried rice. We also had 2 specialty cocktail. One was Japanese whiskey the other was something valley.So it was like 30 minutes before we even were able to put our orders in, apparently the system was down but no one told us that until we asked. I had to repeatedly ask for water.Ron was our server and despite some hiccups he was awesome. They were out of the orange chicken tho so that was disappointing. The sushi was amazing. The fried rice was good. The bulgogi was burnt and the calamari was fried soft. Also it was happy hour and they still charged us regular prices. My bf didn't complain but he did have to go to the bar and get my water even though it wasn't that busy. This is black owned. Would I go back yes, I live in the neighborhood and I would give them another shot. Hopefully they'll have orange chicken next time. And I can change my review to 5 stars. Oh the valley cocktail was delicious. Bf spent about 115 plus 25$ tip and I was still hungry though
Cheryl Bennett
Food was good. Large servings. We didn't know what to order from the bar, so the bartender made us a custom drink. Muh! Good time today!
Chyno The Blue Bearded Foodie
Totally love the new management and direction. Food still slaps and the music nights on the weekends are everything.And their m-f happy hour is ???
Designer Look book
We was visiting from VA and came upon this place and fell in love. it was great music, good food, and our server Ron was the best. Even tho the WiFi went out he tried his best to make sure he stayed on top of everything we was very understanding. I will be back anytime I come to Baltimore.
Mwelwa Kostrick
Great experience overall. Everyone was very kind, had a great server. Drinks came out a little late but the food and drinks all were delicious and great potions for what you pay. Always a favorite spot of ours.
Siir Rowe
I haven't been to XS in sooooo long and I will NOT be returning. The menu is completely different , not very vegan friendly. They messed up my order and the person I was with ..TWICE , drinks included. The GM came out said she would fix it and messed it up as well. I didn't even eat the food I got..which means I wasted money. The service was terrible , one waiter said she didn't know we were her table as we sat and watch them pass over us majority of the time we were there. The best part of the experience was the music
Kura. Cee
Visited tonight. Service was not great. Ordered drinks and food and waited long for each. Ordered a main dish, waited 30 minutes without being checked on, then was told the kitchen closed and no drunken noodles will be coming out. No offer for something else. No apology for the wait abs sudden close of kitchen during dinner hours. Asked for the bill and waited another 20 minutes for that to come. Not pleased with my service.
This place is a whole vibe! It’s 4 floors of fabulousness! The DJ, the cocktails and food, all amazing!!
Neiko Alexander
Ordered through doordash at 9:56, full menu order time is listed as 10:40. 15 min later no confirmation of order but doordash driver has arrived at XS to wait for the order. They tell him they are having “tech issues” and they don’t have my order. I call once, no answer. Call 2nd time, someone rudely answers and says “XS, we’re close for the night” and hangs up. I call back a third time, no answer again. I tried to give it a go since they are back open, but clearly they don’t understand that the food service industry actually entails providing “service”. P.S. the doordash driver told me they were counting money and closing up when he arrived, so basically they make their own rules because Google hours say they are open until 11pm and doordash allowed ordering until 10:40pm. I’m hangry af now.
Devis M
I ordered through GrubHub, my order was damaged, food was warm which it's raw fish and your avocado was hard.... This was my first time eating from this restaurant and it will be my last
Loraine Wilson
Great food, service and not crowded was a plus especially after work for happy hour.
Tony A
Great setting/atmosphere, food was great, and customer service was great as well.
Fun place, great ambience and waiters were friendly. Food is good, including the sushi rolls. Drinks were decent.Verdict: Come here for the ambience, stay for the food.
Varying experiences. Recently under new management. Didn't like the shrimp Gyoza at all. They have decent sushi. Upstairs was nice a few weeks ago but I believe they are making some changes. Don't get your hopes up in thinking you getting the same XS that you may have been used to.
I’ve been coming to XS for about 10 years and was really happy when they reopened but new management is running this place into the ground! On Saturday, I dined in for the first time in two years. I usually get carry out which is normally fabulous. To start off, my server was DRUNK, sloppy and frankly quite aggressive. He took a long time checking on us while he was talking to people I assume were his friends and not paying customers, judging by the unprofessional way he was communicating with them. When I asked for the manager, he said “Oh, the manager’s here” but lo and behold SHE WAS DOING BLUDCLART SHOTS INNA DI RESTAURANT! I will definitely not be returning to dine in with them ever again under this management. I will only to take out with the cute guys from downstairs. One used to be my server, I wish I could “dine in” with them.
I went for my birthday. It was happy hour. The vibe was cool. The dj was on point. I had a rolling ocean roll, fried calamari, beef bulgogi, and my bf ordered salmon fried rice. We also had 2 specialty cocktail. One was Japanese whiskey the other was something valley.So it was like 30 minutes before we even were able to put our orders in, apparently the system was down but no one told us that until we asked. I had to repeatedly ask for water.Ron was our server and despite some hiccups he was awesome. They were out of the orange chicken tho so that was disappointing. The sushi was amazing. The fried rice was good. The bulgogi was burnt and the calamari was fried soft. Also it was happy hour and they still charged us regular prices. My bf didn't complain but he did have to go to the bar and get my water even though it wasn't that busy. This is black owned. Would I go back yes, I live in the neighborhood and I would give them another shot. Hopefully they'll have orange chicken next time. And I can change my review to 5 stars. Oh the valley cocktail was delicious. Bf spent about 115 plus 25$ tip and I was still hungry though
Food was good. Large servings. We didn't know what to order from the bar, so the bartender made us a custom drink. Muh! Good time today!
Totally love the new management and direction. Food still slaps and the music nights on the weekends are everything.And their m-f happy hour is ???
We was visiting from VA and came upon this place and fell in love. it was great music, good food, and our server Ron was the best. Even tho the WiFi went out he tried his best to make sure he stayed on top of everything we was very understanding. I will be back anytime I come to Baltimore.
Great experience overall. Everyone was very kind, had a great server. Drinks came out a little late but the food and drinks all were delicious and great potions for what you pay. Always a favorite spot of ours.
I haven't been to XS in sooooo long and I will NOT be returning. The menu is completely different , not very vegan friendly. They messed up my order and the person I was with ..TWICE , drinks included. The GM came out said she would fix it and messed it up as well. I didn't even eat the food I got..which means I wasted money. The service was terrible , one waiter said she didn't know we were her table as we sat and watch them pass over us majority of the time we were there. The best part of the experience was the music
Visited tonight. Service was not great. Ordered drinks and food and waited long for each. Ordered a main dish, waited 30 minutes without being checked on, then was told the kitchen closed and no drunken noodles will be coming out. No offer for something else. No apology for the wait abs sudden close of kitchen during dinner hours. Asked for the bill and waited another 20 minutes for that to come. Not pleased with my service.
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This place is a whole vibe! It’s 4 floors of fabulousness! The DJ, the cocktails and food, all amazing!!
Ordered through doordash at 9:56, full menu order time is listed as 10:40. 15 min later no confirmation of order but doordash driver has arrived at XS to wait for the order. They tell him they are having “tech issues” and they don’t have my order. I call once, no answer. Call 2nd time, someone rudely answers and says “XS, we’re close for the night” and hangs up. I call back a third time, no answer again. I tried to give it a go since they are back open, but clearly they don’t understand that the food service industry actually entails providing “service”. P.S. the doordash driver told me they were counting money and closing up when he arrived, so basically they make their own rules because Google hours say they are open until 11pm and doordash allowed ordering until 10:40pm. I’m hangry af now.
I ordered through GrubHub, my order was damaged, food was warm which it's raw fish and your avocado was hard.... This was my first time eating from this restaurant and it will be my last
Great food, service and not crowded was a plus especially after work for happy hour.
Great setting/atmosphere, food was great, and customer service was great as well.
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