Sur La Table

Last Friday I purchased a wonderful gift at the Grove Sur La Table for my cousins, who live in Fairfax, VA. The store Mgr. said the gift would go out the next day (Saturday). When I arrived back home from the store, I found a message waiting for me stating the gift would not go out until the following Monday, but that Sur La Table would sent it overnight, and my family would receive it on Tuesday. Well, I just talked to my cousins, as today is Xmas. They never received the package. Needless to say, Sur La Table will be hearing from me tomorrow… very disappointed!!!

My daughter and I recently took a pie making class before Thanksgiving and had the most incredible pies to serve on Thanksgiving! We had such a great time and learned many chef tips from our chef, Josetta! I highly recommend taking a cooking classes for something fun to do Los Angeles.

Great experience. I bought an expensive espresso machine 3 weeks ago and something went wrong and I just went to the store and the manager was extremely helpful and exchanged it for me. I think her name was Christine. Thank you.

I went here for knife sharpening. $ 5 per knife, and a 24-​hour turnaround time. They sharpened my Shun knives and did a fantastic job.

The wafting smell of the grilled apple with nuts and honey drew us in. Or maybe it was the allure of the bright orange pumpkin bread mix showcased in the window.
William Sonoma’s slightly less expensive sister, or should I say evil step sister since I guess they’re competitors, Sur La Table is filled with anything your baking heart desires.
A fun browse! Baking or browsing bakeware? I enjoy them both.
Fun tip is that they also offer an expensive number cooking classes which can be a bit pricey.
Sur La Table? More like sample la table. Let’s get real, I do it for the samples.

I was so disappointed by my experience here!
I saw a small spice rack at their location in Santa Barbara, but we couldn’t check it out there so we called to see if they have one in stock here and reserved it. That was fine.
We went to pick it up and when we entered the store right near the espresso bar area where they have too many people working. We went to the main counter and there wasn’t anyone who works in the store around.
We waited and noticed the box with the spice rack with our name on it, I opened the box to see it (they don’t have it on a display). Only then, a clerk showed up, very disturbed that I opened the box, I do have to see what I’m buying. He was in a rush to check us out and only in the parking lot I realized I didn’t check the spic jars’ openings. Well, they were confusing, so we went back to ask. There are no openings for the spice jars, you have to literally unscrew the cap and open it completely. The rack looks fine, it’s smaller, OK for my kitchen, but for about $ 40, I do want at least plastic openings for the spice jars like the ones you get when you buy a spice bottle in any grocery store. The clerk (Rocky) got bitchy, told me that I should use a spoon to take the spices out! He was making me like I’m some sort of a diva and it’s crazy what I want. I asked for my money back right then and there and he wasn’t fun to deal with. When I asked him if they have other small spice racks he said“Nope”.
They validate for the Farmer’s Market lot, for whatever it’s worth it.
I don’t like returning products, but if I do, I have big reasons for it and based on how I’m treated during the process, I choose to continue or not to shop at that store. Usually, clerks are nice and cool about it.
Well, that made my decision easy, no more shopping at Sur La Table for me. Jamais!

This is «home décor/​items/​everything» heaven. This place has a little bit of everything for your home needs. Kitchen, décor, cooking etc etc. I visit this place because they also have a Nespresso inside of it. Actually it’s right as you enter the store. The staff here is just absolutely helpful and if they don’t have an item can always give you ideas where to get it. I usually go in for one item but can not come out of it without spending more. Prices are fair and nothing really seems to overpriced. The store itself is really nicely kept and clean usually. I’ve seen some people mess a section up looking for something and almost always someone that works there begins to organize once they are done. Visit this location of whenever possible. Just be aware it’s a bit challenging to find if you have never been here before. Located in between the farmers market on 3^rd and The Grove.

It all started with a girl. Most things in life happen to men because they’re interested in a girl. This girl has a regular job, a degree from a very good school but she did it to appease her parents but wants to be chef. I went with her to a cooking class to be get close to said girl.
A few classes later and the girl that went to Yale is not even in my contacts list. Okay, maybe she is but I don’t recall her name. I just remember her face *by her face I mean her body* the school she went to and not much more.
I had a comfortable place, but with everything I’ve bought here my counter looks slightly cluttered. I’m honestly considering buying a bigger place. All this because I love this store, I love cooking.
They have an incredible selection of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I never knew I could spend the same amount of vinegar as I do on shoes.
If I had been asked if a hobby could alter my life five years ago I would’ve found the question ludicrous.
I wouldn’t cook for a living, but I’m loving cooking!

Great kitchen/​cookware store at the Farmer’s Market just across the small street that separates it from The Grove. The place has everything from your Le Creuset to knives of all varieties and anything else you may need to stock up a kitchen. There was even a Nespresso bar at one entrance so you can have every flavor in your arsenal at home. Sur La Table isnt cheap by any means but their merchandise is of a great quality.
I also noticed a kitchen cooking classroom towards the back as I was browsing the clearance section. A lot of nice stuff to be found in the clearance section as well. Not to be overlooked… Good selection of ice cream scoops. It’s always a mission for me to find a cool ice cream scooper.

Great store for all your kitchen needs!
If you are ever looking to buy nespresso coffee they have them inside this store. They also give free tastings if you’re not sure what flavor you want to take home.

Sur La Table is a wildly expensive store for foodies. It’s fun to shop here because everything is gorgeous, they carry unusual items that are hard to find elsewhere, and the salespeople are friendly. If I was wealthy this would be my favorite kitchen store. Even though I can’t afford most of the items on display, I still enjoy wandering around looking at all the beautiful things.
I have taken a few cooking classes here and have really enjoyed them. I took a hands-​on pie baking class and one on Pizza making. Both were fun, but the pizza class was more useful. The one thing both classes had in common was there was just not enough time to make all the recipes. Both classes went over by at least a half hour, and the pie class was especially rushed. The chefs teaching the class do not decide on the menus. They come from the corporate office. I think this might have something to do with the unrealistic menu decisions.
My daughter took a cooking camp here a few years ago and it was really great. She loved it, and I’m thinking about putting her in another one this summer. They’re only half a day but the kids really get to cook! When you go to pick them up you get to eat what they made, and it’s really really good.

Pricey and staff wasn’t too helpful; prob because they were busy with a cooking class. We get better service at Ross for housewares lol.

This review is for a cooking class I recently took with my boyfriend. Don’t get me wrong, the class was great and the instructor was great. 4 stars, not 5 however due to the fact that they WOULDN’T LET US TAKE OUR FOOD HOME! What kind of cooking class does that? After we pressed, they let us take home a few biscotti, but none of the candy that we made! AND they weren’t planning on letting us take it home– we really had to insist! What’s with that??? Have you ever taken a cooking class where they don’t let you take your goods home with you? For $ 70 a person (but regardless of price), we thought this was ridiculous!

1÷09÷15 Taste of Tuscany cooking demo & class.
I went into this not expecting much, but ended up taking allot away from this class. For example, why my wine reductions don’t produce the same flavors as a pro kitchen. Answer, it really needs to reduce to almost a syrupy viscosity for the sugars to really condense and intensify. I also realized that I’m using too much butter in my sauces.
Anyways, the results were scrumptious plates of simple things, prepared correctly.
I’m having a dinner party tonight and will be attempting to recreate the menu from this class. Wish me luck :-D

I absolutely love this store. When I visit the Grove I always make a point of stopping here. This is a great place to buy gifts for the culinary lovers in your life. They have a lovely cast iron selection as well as just about everything you could possibly want for your kitchen. My only criticism is that it is a little pricey. The higher cost is well compensated by the high quality selection that they offer. True, one can find certain items that they carry a little less expensive, but for the most part you are paying for a higher quality item that you will most likely never get rid of. Well worth it in my opinion.

Natasha Case and Freya Estreller (co-​founders of Coolhaus) started the class with introductions, but we were already familiar with this dynamic duo. We all love Coolhaus! Since we did have a little constraint on time, Natasha made their signature custard base and sorbet base ahead of time so they were cool before she started the first ice cream.
The first ice cream on the menu was Brown Butter Candied Bacon Ice Cream. The custard base went into an ice cream maker. Natasha browned the butter and brought up a volunteer from the audience to help fry up the bacon to crispy goodness. When the bacon was cool, Natasha chopped it up and made the candied bacon. The brown butter and candied bacon were added to the custard base. Now, we just had to wait for the ice cream maker to do its magic.
The second flavor was Dirty Mint Chip Ice Cream. This is a very easy recipe once you have the base made. The custard base, mint leaves, and dark brown sugar (adds a natural light brown color to the base) and let the ice cream machine do its job.
The final flavor of the day was Spicy Pineapple-​Cilantro-​Chile Sorbet. Natasha blended up pineapple, cilantro, and chile. The mix was added to the sorbet base and off to the ice cream maker it went.
While we waited for the ice cream, Natasha had some pre-​packed ice cream and sorbet on hand and demonstrated how to make a Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwich with either Double Chocolate Cookies or Gluten-​Free Coconut Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies. The bottom of the cookie faces up, a healthy scoop of ice cream, and another cookie with top facing up goes on to. Everyone in class got to experience making their own ice cream sandwich combo.
At the end of class, we were treated to the ice cream fresh out of the machine. Although it still needed to be frozen to ice cream consistency, what we were lucky enough to sample was similar to a delicious soft serve ice cream. We could taste all of the fresh ingredients that were incorporated. That’s the reason why we love Coolhaus!

So the customer service here is pretty lackluster, despite being a store that promotes classes and education for their customers. My boyfriend decided to buy me a chef knife as a present and we came in to get some advice and see which one would best suit my needs. It took over fifteen minutes to get someone to help me out, and the guy just didn’t seem interested at all. I told him that I prefer a knife no longer than 10″ because I didn’t feel like I could handle it, yet he kept showing me longer (and more expensive) knives that didn’t fit right in my hand. He rolled his eyes when I asked to see smaller models and asked about the differences between the brands; «It’s really just which one you like.» Right. That’s why one is $ 40 and another is $ 200. Bye, Felicia.
I tried about a dozen knives before settling on a beautiful little 8″ Miyabi knife (which is pretty perfect if you’re a passionate, but amateur cook like myself). It’s lightweight and handles easily, which is just what I wanted. I wandered around the rest of the store hoping to find particular bakeware and utensils, but nobody approached me for the rest of my visit. I contemplated getting a few other things, but decided against it when the sole cashier was taking a long time ringing up the two customers in front of me. I definitely felt like I was getting judged for not being a restaurant professional and that made me very uncomfortable. I used to love browsing around this store looking for things that could enhance my creativity and fun in the kitchen, and now I think I’m going to have to find another place to shop at.

Whenever I become obsessed with purchasing something, I tend to become extemely obsessed and will stop at nothing till I have it in my possession. Such was the case with the Bialetti Moka Express. I wanted it and I wanted it NOW! The first place I looked was on the Bialetti website, but I didn’t want to wait for it to be delivered (don’t judge me!). So I started calling places I thought they might be sold at in Los Angeles: Whole Foods, Peet’s Coffee, Le Pain Quotidien. None of these places knew what I was talking about until I spelled out the name for them.
So I incessantly kept searching the internet and came upon a link for Sur La Table with a picture of the Bialetti Moka Express I wanted. To my satisfaction, there was a store nearby and I immediately dialed the phone number. A woman named Cindy answered the phone and she was so helpful from the start! She told me about all the different cup sizes they had in the store and the price differences.
I made my way to Sur La Table after we hung up (duh). I can’t believe I’ve never noticed this nice store inside the Farmer’s Market! Maybe it’s because I have matured a bit more now and I am staying away from clothing stores and makeup counters and instead, roaming the aisles at Williams Sonoma and Whole Foods. Whatever the reason, I am happy I discovered a Sur La Table so near my home!
They were giving free Nespresso shots at the front and the store offers cooking classes. It’s basically a chef’s heaven or anyone who likes to cook for that matter. They even carry all the different models of the Vitamix blenders and in different colors, too! I walked out that day with my Bialetti Moka Express and a air-​tight glass jar to store my coffee in. Awesome store and great customer service!

Januray was the 20% off Baking Sale.
I got exactly what I wanted for about 30% off what I was looking at 9and didn’t buy) from Williams Sonoma. Normally this place is full priced and expensive too, but the selection and quality are worth it.

When cooking utensils at Daiso just won’t do, it’s off to Sur Le Table you must go. More to see and buy than at a department store, including my favorite coffee machine (Nespresso). Don’t know how to make anything? Forget Cordon Bleu school — best kept secret are the classes in their huge working kitchen. I did a class/​party; pizza and cupcakes from scratch and you eat what you make. Staff of five keeps your dough rising, and they clean up the mess. Chefs Marissa and Linda are the bomb.
Still hungry after class? Ralph Lauren’s daughter’s candy store is 50 feet away. Yum.