I read the reviews here and made the drive to Santa Monica to try the unique experience with my Wife. Our server and guide through the dark was super nice, but she was smacking gum for the first 5 minutes of our interactions. It is true that other senses come out in the dark and listening to someone smacking on gum is not a great appealing.
In addition, the food was awful. In fact, I did not even eat my salad. It was like they took a bag of unwashed bitter mix and threw it on the plate with some sesame dressing. It was awful. Main's were okay. In truth it was like wedding food at 50.00 a plate.
Further, the tables and chairs were a very low quality, again like cheap banquet tables and chairs.
Yep, I learned a lesson - you can see quality in the dark.
With all of that said, it was a cool experience and something to talk about with friends, although very expensive!
Pros: something to talk about
Cons: food
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