Bang San Diego

Food at this establishment is a 100% a joke to Japanese Cuisine, and me being part Japanese and lived in the Japan I find it offensive and disrespectful. The General Manager is not real General Manager he has no clue how to run a restaurant , I feel for the employees there . sushi rice is not seasoned properly, sushi not rolled correctly, fried rice has no flavor, tempura chicken wings is not the thing to do, just because you dip something in tempura doesn't make it Japanese at all, nothing fusion about this menu take a look at it and you will see, this place is the worst so called Japanese food I've experienced in 41years #goodlucknexttime.

I used to go to the original bang bang, whatever they did, they royally messed up. The food is so horrible now, nothing had depth it was all bland, new owner doesn’t give a damn and it shows. Bartender doesnt know how to make a drink. Atmosphere was weird and way worse than the last place. Worst of all it still carries the insane price tag, just nowhere near worth it. The only thing I had that was good were the bang puffs, and that’s an app. They changed too much and it’s clear the new owner doesn’t care

this venue might even be better than the last !! we had such incredible food and drinks and the service was amazing. i had the "cool as a cucumber" cocktail (amazing) and "when the fire starts to burn" cocktail (incredible), the coco chanel roll (fabulous), and the chicken fried rice to share (unreal). highly recommend for food quality and atmosphere !!

Aman greeted us out front as soon as we walked in and it was hospitality +101! Ana proceeded to walk us to our table and that was such a warm welcome for me and my lady on date night! We had a wonderful sushi dinner with the bartender/ Cameron taking care of us and overall our night was perfect with team effort of the service staff! I truly hope this place succeeds in gaslight because downtown needs more places like this! Thank you for the evening ✌🏾

When I tell you this place feels like you just walked straight into Tokyo! Absolutely stunning decor and every wall is legit a photo op! My girls and I were here for a mini girls trip and ended our trip here! The food is amazing flavorful and there are so many options! The staff from the front to back staff and even the owner are so sweet and accommodating! If you want good vibes, aesthetic feel and good music definitely stop by when you are in the area!!

I could forgive the music being too loud and the decor being tacky if the food was respectable. Unfortunately, it was not. All the rolls were poorly constructed, the combination of flavors in the custom rolls was overpowering to the point where you couldn’t even detect the presence of seafood. The service was lackluster, our server was distracted and our requests for soy sauce, drinks etc. had to be followed up by somebody else. Won’t return.

The ambiance is it. The food is great. Hannah and the rest of the staff are attentive and fantastic. Bang is a whole vibe!

My visit was about 3 weeks ago. Im still very upset. Food is a joke. Prices are ridiculous. This was my 2nd visit to the new location. 1st visit was when they relocated. Food was great, management average. Right now, is a complete joke. Dont waste your time and money visiting.

By far the best in sushi and sides. Get the crab hand roll and you think on your in heaven. God Bless Dominic to the rescue. His suggestions on point and very nice person. Definately the scene after 10 also.

Drinks weren't outrageous, fair prices. Employees were cool and outgoing unlike other places close by. AND GREAT MUSIC!

Dominic out here with great service !! Great atmosphere friendly. You ready to turn up! It wont disappoint

First time checking out the new Bang spot and I am LOVING IT!!! Our Bartender Dominic was amazing, he walked us thru the menu and even customized a drink just to my preference. Couldn't ask for better service or a better drink! Order the "Cool as a Cucumber" you won't be disappointed! The spicy yellowtail roll on happy hour was the perfect amount and tasted great. Thursdays are house music night (Heck YES!!!) and the music is pumpin beautifully thru the awesome sound system. 10/10

My girlfriend & I originally came here for their collab with a Halloween pop-up. Unfortunately, the host did not end up coming & surprised all of us by coming an hour later, no communication at all. But the Bang team went above & beyond to ensure that we still had a great time! Very attentive & friendly. Food was delicious, & they honored the drinks promised by the pop-up. Thank you!

Got the opportunity to stop by at Bang On 5th and it did not disappoint. The place its self is decorated in a modern and cool vibe in there. It has multiple floors with different type of music so anyone can find their groove there. Its pretty amazing they can offer all the different types of music in separate rooms. This place feels open to wonder and explore different vibes in there. The service they offer in there is pretty legit. Although is does get crowded the bars tenders and other staff members do an amazing job. Drinks here are amazing!

First time in this place. Just so happen to be drawn in by the music. Great dj playing good vibe music. Had the Asian Wings & fried rice, pretty good. Had the best Blue Hawaii! Dominic is def Best Bartender & staff members are nice & friendly. At 10pm it turns into a club. There's two vip floors to have private parties, a speak easy downstairs room with another dj. Definitely returning!

Nice place good food great drink service is awesome try the hello kitty and the karate kid baked roll Also it's a night club

Great service, food and ambience! Dominic was amazing, friendly and a great host. We enjoyed the time we spent at Bang SD and will be going back again.

I loved it, it was so good!! 10/10. I loved the old place but this place was just as good - just a bit less atmosphere. The gyoza was actually better

Sushi is very good and high quality, I would recommend Kill Bill, Coco Chanel, and Hello Kitty. They are all very good and service with Dom was excellent

Service is amazing, the drinks I got were sweet and yummy, and who doesn't love a sushi boat in this ambience

Wonderful service, food delectable, must go to place also the music is fabulous. Bar service was impeccable, plus just a good overall vibe.

Bang Bang changed locations. So we had to Google directions. When we Google Bang Bang. We realized they also change their name to Bang on 5th. We also realized they only had 3 stars. We yelp them and their rate was a lilttle worst. Red flags everywhere. I been craving their Sushi. So we decided to give them a chance. My cousin agreed because most 1 star reviews were about this event they had in Halloween. The new location is pretty cool but nothing close to the old location. Dinning area looks very small. They do have 2 more dinning areas upstairs tho. We place our orders. Sushi was still amazing. Exactly what i was expecting. They even asked us if we would like all the rolls together in a platter. Price a bit too expensive tho. Maybe because of location? I dont know but we had a blast. We are happy with the experience. Good food, beautiful platting & friendly staff.

Service and drinks were amazing!! Would highly recommend when you are traveling to San Diego Gaslight District.

Dominick is the best. Good vibes. Super aesthetic too. Got a nice drink and workers are cool

The food, the ambiance and the drinks were amazing! Definitely will have to come back here again to check out the night club and speakeasy they do here !

Definitely fell off after they moved locations. To start off there was no one to greet us when we first arrived, we were a bit confused because we could not see anyone. We had to walk all the way in, and then it still took us a few moments to get seated as there seemed to be only one employee working as host/bartender/waiter. The location is much smaller than their old spot, vibes also did not feel the same. We ordered the bang bang puffs as an appetizer and they had a great flavor but were a little cold. Our sushi was also okay. On the bright side the drinks were really great! We got a Crimson Sol and When a Fire Starts to Burn. Overall, pretty disappointed because I had a great experience at the first location and sadly on my second visit it felt like a waste of time.

The new GM was awesome...he is retired military and very attentive to the guests. If you didn't have an awesome experience before, give it another try. The food was very tasty and well displayed. The place has kind of a club vibe...very upbeat. We will definitely be back next time we are in town!

The food is still in the same style as the old location, I love it. Service a little slow but you could tell they were new guys doing the job but everything else very good!

Dominic is great!!! Good music. I like the vibe!!! Food looks delicious!! Will try next time!!

Dominic is an awesome bartender!!! Makes the best espresso martini!!! Come get one! Food looks amazing!

Stumbled upon this place and it was amazing! Food was great and you have to try the wings! Also, can't forget Amber was the best!!!

The ambiance is really cute, the staff is very nice and inviting! New location seems like a lot of fun!! Food and drink look really good.

Everyone that works there is kind and inviting. The ambiance is really nice and it's cool/pretty. I think they hit the theme really well

Lovely server! Ambience is beautiful love the lighting love the colors. The background is fantastic. I can't wait to try the food!

Great experience with great service and amazing food. Came for my sisters birthday and was treated very well and even had a free dessert which was so good. Would definitely come again !

Food was great! We got the hello kitty and bang roll both were fresh and portion sizes were good. Service was amazing hana did a great job explaining where the fish was from and gave us drink recommendations. Drinks were reasonably priced for gaslamp. Great spot in the middle of everything. Our server told us it turns into a club at night but we did not stay.

Update: everyone in my party that ate fish is not well and with some food poisoning so even worse of an experience than before. Literally nothing positive to write. Reservation was at 8 pm, by 8:45 pm, they had yet to take our food order. Twice, their bamboo room separator fell on our friend and more times fell as the workers walked past and they never said anything. Once they finally took our order, the food took over an hour. One person's food did not come for another 20 minutes and did not arrive until everyone else was done. One plate of food was forgotten and took another 15 minutes to come out. Ordered a simple drink (vodka cran) that took 20 minutes to come out and then was incorrect. Had to keep asking for water and soy sauce (they gave us a basically empty container). Once the manager came down to talk to us, he was nice at first but quickly grew angry as we let him know what had gone wrong (despite him asking what was wrong). He told one of the women at the table to stop talking when she was expressing concerns (in a non rude way). After we were told they would remove several items from the receipt, they did not and we had to go back and forth with them several times until it was right. Their 20% tip was also calculated based on the total with tax included which is a scam. Sketchy vibes and overall horrible experience.

Holiday drinks and ambience is amazing, service and holidays joy and staff are amazing, will come back again!!

Weird. I don't usually leave reviews unless I feel absolutely compelled to and this Nightmare Before Bar experience was the weirdest thing I've ever witnessed. I feel bad for some of the employees because they seemed so uncomfortable having to host this thing. The host dressed as a bunny was a whole mess. Clearly drunk and sloppy it was comical and awkward at the same time. Drinks weren't good we sent one back - $20 for a 6 piece sushi roll is ridiculous. Our server was nice and fine but the host i could not deal with. We left early it was too embarrassing to watch.

Truly one of the worst experiences I've ever had in a public place. The "Nightmare Before Christmas" theme night made us wait 20 minutes past our ticketed reservation time, the included with ticket "welcome shot" was A) marketed as a thank you for waiting shot, and B) gross. The sushi was okay but we were never given plates, water, soy sauce, or ginger, the drinks were not good. The host was singing (!!!????) during the very forced games as a part of the evening (an awkward trivia round and a scavenger hunt (in a small and crowded restaurant, makes perfect sense)). It was just so weird and SO EXPENSIVE for whatever the f*ck was trying to happen there. Best part was the giant disco ball.

Absolutely terrible! Food no taste, drinks water down , and then we had a party of 10 but charges 20% tip before any discount! So they charge more for tip that wasn't even worth it! Watch out for this restaurant when you go with a party and how they charge for tip. Tip is not calculated from the subtotal you're paying.

Waitress: Sam The service was absolutely amazing, the atmosphere of the restaurant is great. And the food is excellent. Also the music is so good please keep it up will be back ! Also Sam is a great waitress!!!

I had several good experiences at the old Bang Bang, and despite the awful reviews of this new place, I wanted to give it a try. I came here for the nightclub/lounge only, not for dinner. Ordered a gin and tonic from a grumpy bartender downstairs, and I received a tequila soda. Ordered a vodka cran upstairs, and I was charged over $20. The dance floor was nearly empty on a Saturday night between midnight and 2am. Like others have said, the service is lame, and the drinks are ridiculously overpriced. There's no reason to waste your time and money here. I will not be back. (Note: The five-star review by Byron is the same one he wrote on Google, and he has only one review on Yelp. He's clearly affiliated with the business. Without his review, this place has an average of two stars or fewer.)

We loved the experience at the old location. New location is in prime spot, but felt different. QR menu is great, but our cell reception to pull up the menu wasn't good at the back of restaurant and didn't have WiFi setup yet to connect too. Finally was able to get the menus up on our phones and tried ordering some of their signature drinks but was out of certain liquors including their whiskey flight. Ordered Calamari as an appetizer and came out cold. Sushi boat was good but nothing special but good size for 4 people. Waitress did her best so nothing against her other then getting the calamari out warm. Drinks for 4 took almost 15 mins to be made and they were not that busy. Wish I could write more positive things but don't think we will be back. It's too bad cause we really did like this place before.

I like the feeling of the place with the cool lighting and music. The food is really nice try the Hello Kitty roll it's sooo good

Do. Not. Come. Here. We tried it when they moved to this location. Outside of the chefs, there isn't one competent person that works there. We came here one night and the long process of ordering and eventually receiving drinks should have been enough to know that these folks are useless. My gf arranged for us to come here on that Halloween themed night. Far far worse experience. We were shuffled downstairs into some bad themed bar that the staff again were worthless. Long story short - our patience ran out after they took forever to acknowledge that we wanted to order food. I truly hope they go out of business soon. Hands down the worst restaurant experience I've had in San Diego at least.

I've never agreed with kristen more. Literally one of the worst experiences I've ever had. There's absolutely no way they made us pay money to go to the "nightmare before bar", made us wait past our ticket time, also pretty sure the awkward trivia game host was hammered and during that horrible scavenger hunt every clue was either missing or stolen. In addition to the most awkward evening, they ran out of almost everything, for being a sushi restaurant the fact that they were out of edamame at the beginning of the night was pretty insane to me. Our table also did not have real plates, soy sauce, and just to top off this magical evening, we pulled wad of HAIR out of the poke wontons. Disgusting. Do not recommend. For bang bang being one of the most elite Asian fusion restaurants in downtown this was so embarrassing.

Was so excited to surprise my fiancé with this bar pop up, that it's Tim Burton was just the cherry on top of a get away to celebrate our anniversary BUT when we show up this was a disappointment it truly feels like a money grab. The games are not set up well, the welcome drinks are horrible quality shoots, and above all the ambience is no where to be found! There is a corner with some nice art but other then that it's a sushi restaurant with black and white sheets on the wall. Did we leave early? Yes Will we have a story to tell later ? Yes but one that starts with " I have to tell you about this horrible bar we went to....."

This is a close down business. This is not like the Bang Bang at Market we used to go. This is a whole different thing. Food is sad. Slow service when there is no tables.

This place is amazing! Food was fantastic. I had the bang chicken taksu. The management/ service is exactly what you are looking for ! The ambience is very exciting too. 10/10

"Tim Burton Night" was a joke. Paid $15 to wait over an hour to order a drink, kitchen was shut down shortly after starting

So many better places in San Diego to see - mirah at the front will ruin your night before going in

Food and place is very nice. There's good ambience and also music. Customer service is also great.

Freezing cold first of all. So over priced for mid sushi. The OG bang bang, was way better. I was in shock . Must be new management or something, because wtf. Also how you gonna charge $50 per person on top of the overpriced sushi ???? Don't come here it's not worth.

The manger Aman was so unprofessional I don't know what type of leadership they are looking for . The service sucks

Amazing atmosphere and great music! This place has a bit for everyone with several floors and a variety of music from hip hop, rap, EDM, and reggaeton. Aman was awesome and really helped our group feel welcome by giving us a tour. The upstairs area and the downstairs areas even have their own bars!! Definitely worth a visit, their table/VIP prices were also very affordable for the area. San Diego natives and visitor will definitely enjoy this spot.

Enjoyed the previous location but now went to the new location for a birthday party and would not go back again. Party of 5 over $500 and would rather take my business elsewhere. Asked for 3 of their specialty cocktails and they did not have the ingredients. No whiskey flight, no whiskey drink, and they also did not have a tequila cocktail. Finally settled on 4 cocktails and it took over 20 minutes to get them. Waitress was very nice but she did not know the menu. No physical menus and no WiFi so it was hard for our party to use only one of our phones that had reception to use their QR code for their online menu. The waitress did offer up her phone but there was no way we were going to let her do that. We actually felt bad for her. It would have been easy to run and get some printed menus and get the alcohol needed to not run down a $40 whiskey flight due to missing ingredients. Very sad since we liked the other spot called Bang Bang and we were loyal customers.