Five-Sixty

DC, says:

Food:
4/5
Vibe:
4/5
Service:
5/5
Value:
3/5
Overall:
4/5

Wanna puke?

I should qualify that said vomiting will likely not happen because of the food you will eat at the top nominee for "restaurant with the most boring name in Dallas." As a matter of fact, a large number of the dishes we had were delicious.

You see, we decided to make a point of doing "all the places in Dallas we never went to" you know before THE DAY and naturally the rotating restaurant came to mind.

Desiring some interesting sushi and the sort demanded a jersey that said something like 9 COURSE OMAKASE YEAAHH NmSR!!!

The sushi bar at "the place with the terrible name" is located directly inside la dome. This means that you sit and restaurant moves around you. Because of the framing around the structure, the foreground moves in a sort of reverse parallax which could send those prone to motion sickness spending their dinner looking at the floor. It's not a bad view of downtown, though.

The sake selections are slim but reasonable with markups in the 150% range - actually less than I would have thought.

As you progress through courses, more observant diners will appreciate that the chef's presentation is well refined, with subtle Asian touches including finishing dishes from right to left and re-creating the shape of ....

Whoa, wait, wait, wait.....I forgot:

SPINNING BALL RESTAURANT SERVES RAW FISH WITH BBQ SAUCE AND JALAPENOS - SURE TO PLEASE GAIJIN TOURISTS AND LOCALS WITH SLEEVELESS T SHIRTS

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Matt Anderson, says:

Food:
5/5
Vibe:
5/5
Service:
5/5
Value:
5/5
Overall:
5/5

The place looks great, is completely redone. The restaurant is on the top, where the bar/lounge used to be, and the lower level (formerly Antares) is now for special events, catering things, etc. It was still when we arrived; they started rotating the place a little after 7pm.

It’s an Asian-influenced menu. Waitstaff was very helpful, all of them knew the menu. Great service.

Before our appetizers arrived, they came out with a little pre-appetizer (but bigger than an amuse bouche) of wok-seared green beans with candied nuts and some other stuff, gratis. Slightly spicy, slightly sweet, all good.

We started with an Arctic Char Tandoori, that was just wonderful, and a Spicy Tuna Tartare in Sesame-Miso Cones that was just spectacular. The tartare was served with a ginger that I think they must pickle in house – it wasn’t raw ginger shavings, but was much better than the typical pink sushi-house pickled ginger. The little cones were very delicate waffle-cone type things, and the tartare was excellent.

Wife had a Chinese duckling dish, served with a Chinese salad and lo mein. Very flavorful and tender.

I had the Shangai-style Maine lobster, which was cooked in the shells, then the meat is removed and tossed in some sauce, and served on top of a jasmine rice with crispy baby spinach. The spinach must have been fried, to be crispy, but wasn’t oily at all, just very flavorful and melted in your mouth.

We finished with what they just labeled a “banana cream pie”, but it was a banana-meringue piece with caramelized banana on top, served with some sort of bittersweet chocolate ice cream. Also very good, and I’m not a dessert guy.

I was in coat and tie, but many weren’t – it was obviously open to a more casual clientele.

Just under $200 for the two of us, before tip – two bourbons for me and two champagnes for her. The "value" rating above is for similar type restaurant -- it was what we expected, and a good value for a fantastic dinner.

As we left, we spoke to a few people who came in without reservations -- they could have a drink at the bar, but there were no dining seats available.