Umami Burger - Santa Monica

So disappointed! I have heard and read great reviews about this place so I was excited to come here and try them out.

Delectably savory good! Start with the Umami Burger and work you way down the menu.

Wings was raw and ****, ribs was all fat and service was terrible.

We were three adults with two (nicely dressed and well mannered) kids at 5 in the evening on a Sunday. The restaurant was 1/2 empty and the rude hostess shoved us at a tall bar table in between a service station and the kitchen door. After asking someone other than the hostess were moved to a regular table. The waitstaff was either overwhelmed or just terribly trained. Service took forever, orders were wrong, and the music was unnecessarily loud. BBQ brisket tasted like it was pounded with a mallet and soaked in liquid smoke. The one good thing I can say about this place is that the onion rings were incredible.

The ribs were not done enough in our opinion. Weren't fall off the bone quality. Flavor is good, just not cooked like I like.