BENTO Downtown St. Petersburg

Priced like a nice sit-down restaurant but it’s a fast food order style, obviously all frozen food. As a college student, it is completely unreasonable to go here and they are missing that whole demographic. Owners need to do reevaluate and might need a little reality check that those prices are not appropriate for what is offered. Wish them the best of luck but I am not planning on coming back.

The Bento portion is generous and food is tasty, not the best, but for fast food, can't expect much. They also have other items which equally decent for the price. Update: Dine in is available and some tables are marked not to use for social distancing. The place is clean and no bathroom usage for cleanliness reason. Soda machine is not available for the same reason. I got the for bowls special and food is tasty. However, did got my order mixed up. They are busy with the take out and could be the reason. Service is very good. Update: 10/22 Only found out the special from the website. Set price for 4 entrees. Decent deal

Staff was friendly and helpful. The interior was designed well, clean and very welcoming. Unfortunately I was expecting a restaurant and this was more of a fast food place. Ordered the Udon Noodle soup with shrimp and chicken. The meats were breaded and deep fried, not cooked in the soup. The spoon was too small to use eating the soup. Asked for larger spoon but none available. Perhaps the bowls or stir fry would be more appealing.

Came here for "happy hour" that was advertised on the door. (See photo) where buy 2 rolls get 1 free and if you purchase an entrée it comes with a free side. Suffice to say, place needs to be more straightforward in its advertising, enough said. The place is quaint enough, from the outside it gives the presence of a restaurant but its more fast food in actual delivery. I would agree that the cooked food is definitely the way to go and is failry good. The sushi is on par with grocery store sushi, but the bowls are more the tasty option. The price point is fair if you're knowing what you're getting. It took several iterations to get our food. Felt like a timing issue or just not enough staff to get order ready even if the place was relatively empty. Overall service was friendly and the bowls were the better option just some quality control issues.

I got a noodle bowl with katsu and it was so crispy!! The orange sauce came in a pretty big bowl and everything was so good. I really enjoyed the noodles...a little bit dry because I'm used to saucy noodles but it was still really good! Me and boyfriend loved the green beans! Literally the best in the whole dish. Portions were very fulfilling and satisfying! I've eaten here three times and I definitely keep coming back! Be aware! They take card only !! I came in with cash once and had to put it in my card, which was on me!