Seabutter

Gianfranco Lisi

2 months ago

I recently took my daughter to Seabutter in Westlake Village, and we had a great experience. She ordered the miso soup, Sunset Roll, and the yellowtail with scallions hand roll, and everything was fresh and high quality. It’s a great little sushi spot with an excellent sushi bar. Just be aware that seating inside is limited, and some of the tables are pretty small, so it fills up quickly during peak hours. It’s definitely on the pricey side, but that’s pretty common for good sushi these days. If you’re looking for quality sushi, I’d definitely recommend Seabutter. If you’re looking for a restaurant with a bigger atmosphere or a place to linger for the evening, you may want to choose somewhere else.

S. Swan

4 months ago

It’s very small inside, seating is limited and close. I recommend reservations to ward off “wait time”. People were dining just outside the doors at nearby tables. I saw no servers outside - likely ordered to go then ate outside? Worth an ask. Perk- Eating by the nearby fountain looked relaxing and offered “people watching” if you enjoy that. If you order from “Hot Plates” the Sizzling Black Cod doesn’t come w’ rice/ order a side of rice for $2. My entree was very good! Waitress was excellent! My sons both ordered multiple rolls and she cleared their plates and brought their next entrees quickly. They each had the waygu with authentic wasabi dabs on top, they said it was very good. Waygu is not something they’ve seen offered at other sushi restaurants. Bon appetite!

Sabrina Urban

a month ago

Overall a good sushi restaurant! They have pressed sushi which is unique. The salmon avocado pressed sushi was delicious. The garlic edamame is a bit plain. The agadashi tofu was delicious. Good amount of seating inside.

Daniel

7 months ago

TL;DR: great service, okay sushi, but we both got acute food poisoning. Avoid. My fiancée and I love sushi (we go to Sugarfish probably 2-3 times a month). We live much closer to Seabutter, though, and we hoped it would serve as a viable substitute. It also has a much wider variety of options (including cooked food). We waited about an hour for a seat at the bar. The fish was quite good, but the rice in the nigiri was not sushi rice, and it was not served warm. It was wet and fell apart too easily. The sashimi was very nice, and the crispy rice was excellent. The dragon roll was good, too. After our meal, we decided that if we came back, we would stick to sashimi, rolls, and crispy rice—no nigiri. The bill came out a bit cheaper than Sugarfish, too. We drove about 8 minutes back home, and within about an hour of our last bite, we both succumbed to acute food poisoning. We didn’t eat the same things throughout the day—the only meal we had in common was dinner, and it struck us at exactly the same time and lasted the same duration. We have sushi all the time, so there’s no special sensitivities on our part. Here’s what I can infer. The symptoms came on too fast to implicate the “typical” pathogens for bad raw fish (which can take 12-48 hours). So the fish quality itself is likely not to blame. By morning, we both now feel fine. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this likely implicates “preformed toxins/irritants,” pointing to unsafe or unclean food handling practices. The staff were very nice, the food tasted pretty good, but food poisoning is totally unacceptable in a restaurant of this caliber. We will call the restaurant today to let them know—this needs to be fixed. Hopefully no one else got sick. We are fine, now—thankfully.

Krystal

6 months ago

The best service and the worst sushi. Seabutter is located in a beautiful shopping center. We had high hopes based on the location, cool music, menu options and high price points. The staff were all top-notch. Very attentive and friendly. Thank you all for your hospitality. Great job. The sushi arrived quickly and looked great, however the food was soooo extremely bland and tasteless. No spice. No flavor. It needed soy sauce just to help it down. Roll after roll, and even the teriyaki chicken. The best part was the service, music and hot lemon water. We are very disappointed with the food and pricing. We will never go back. Hope you guys can turn things around some day, for the sake of all others that may attend.