Le Resto: Sushi and Asian Fusion Cuisine — Restaurant in New Castle

UPDATE: 2 months ago, we had a family birthday-dinner at LeResto. My credit card was charged TWICE...once for our table, and again for another table's bill of $189.00. Kaiden, the server, assured me a credit would be run through and it would take a couple of days to see it. That was fine.

I waited a week and NO credit from LeResto. I went into the restaurant and inquired. Kaiden seemed puzzled and wasn't sure how to issue a credit. They were busy, so I wrote a letter to the owner telling him that I will simply dispute the charge with my credit card company to get the credit, which I did. A week AFTER I handed the letter to LeResto, the owner called me to apologize for the mix up and inconvenience. I assumed he understood the letter, but a week after that phone call, I saw a credit from LeResto on my credit card bill for $189--this in addition to the Dispute credit that my card company issued to me. Clearly, the owner did NOT read my letter. So, I called the credit card company to ask to have the Dispute withdrawn and they informed me that the Merchant (LeResto) would need to tell them it's been handled and they will adjust it on their end.

THEN, a week after the credit from LeResto, I see an ADJUSTING CHARGE to my credit card from LeResto for $189 charging me again since my credit card company had issued me a credit with the dispute. This is fine, as now we're 'even'.

A week AFTER the Le Resto Adjusting Charge (this has all taken like 2 months to transpire) I receive a letter from my credit card company stating that LeResto informed them that they credited me for the mistaken charge so they will Reverse the credit to my card for the $189.00.

So, after all of this, I'm still OUT $189.00. Le Resto has my money.

Clearly, the owner is not competent enough to resolve the situation so I'm posting this update to my original review to inform the public that you put down a credit card at your own risk at this establishment. VERY DISAPPOINTING. This mistake on their part should've been handled at the moment the mistake was made and not required 8 weeks of back and forth effort on my part...just for me to still get stiffed? Yes, I'm unhappy.

New Asian Fusion restaurant in New Castle. We've eaten here four times now. They seem to be still getting their sea-legs.

The food is fresh, incredibly delicious and pretty to look at. The Ambiance is fabulous in the old bank well-restored/modified to convert the old teller line into the bar.

Dinner last week was fantastic. Took our sushi-snob son and he said the tuna roll was hands down the best he's ever had.

I'm on a diet and got the Teriyaki chicken with no sauce or rice. It was incredibly good. Hubby and son had the Dancing Beef and they both went nuts for it. They shared the crunchy banana with ice cream, honey and fresh grated coconut.

My son reports that the pricing here is a dollar or two more than the sushi and Japanese places in Boardman, but we saved the drive and supported a local business, so for us, it's a win-win.

Highly...

Food is great, service was good/fiesty*, & ambiance is lovely. We went for lunch and had: •beef brisket phở •“spicy” sushi trio •wakame [seaweed] salad •miso soup •takoyaki [octopus fritters] •“shaggy dog roll” [compliments of the chef, tyvm]

Phở and crunchy tuna roll are top-notch, and everything else is good with the notable exception of the shaggy dog roll as presented. The chef/owner was very proud of this roll and very kindly offered it to us for tasting, but we had to scrape off the surimi [imitation crab meat] that was loaded with quasi-thousand island dressing to get to the underlying tempura prawn and avocado that were excellent. That said, knowing people’s tastes around here [everything extremely sweet with loads of mayonnaise wherever possible], we think almost everyone else would find it to be a tasty, exotic delight with its toppings. We just aren’t those people.

Our server, Mindy, was hilarious and efficient. We would not want to get in a fight with her.

The space is very much a work-in-progress with great potential and really neat architectural details & more marble than most people see in their lives. Feel free to explore the multiple vaults, although idk about bringing kids unless they’re well-trained because you might never find them again, which who knows? Might suit some people jk sort of.

Please fix the grand piano so we can add some Chopin to your weekend dinner ambiance!

Full disclosure, we are city people (SF and Chengdu) and extremely judgmental if you couldn’t tell already. With that said, we highly recommend this place and wish the owner much success. Please do consider supporting this unique contribution to New Castle’s disastrous excuse-for-food scene.

Some of the prices are going to be a little “omg” for the average person, but everything is crazy expensive now, and we think it’s worth it.

Final sidenote, do not even look at their menu online because it has almost nothing to do with their actual/limited menu that nevertheless is wide-ranging enough for multiple visits if you’re...

So happy to see such a beautiful restaurant in my home town!! I saw Le Resto on google maps and saw the interior and knew we had to go. The waitress, Emilee was super nice, and attentive. We got a Neshannock Creek beer and the Japanese Style Espresso Martini. Both were great! For an appetizer we got the edamame, some were cold so maybe could have been heated longer? Either way still pretty good. For dinner we order a sushi bowl, the Shaggy Dog, the specialty tuna crunch roll and the spicy yellowtail. All were GREAT and I will order again! The sushi bowl had some sort of yellow crunchy vegetable that was so yummy, I'd love to know what it was. For dessert we ordered the special, Japanese style cheesecake with strawberries, and I'm glad the waitress let us know that this would be more like a strawberry shortcake, we decided to still try it and it was also fantastic!

I am so impressed and soo so happy to see such a beautiful place with great food open...