Depot Restaurant — Restaurant in Torrance

I planned a Memorial event for my mom at the Depot in Torrance and I can't say enough about how wonderful and accommodating they were throughout the entire process, which made it easier on me to wrangle while also mourning the loss. From the first time I called Chef Michael to inquire about possibly hosting an event he was incredibly kind, empathetic and straightforward on how to arrange for an event. On the day of the event, the Kimono room was set up and clean, and when we had several unexpected guests, the staff quickly set up an extra table for them and were incredibly kind with impeccable service. The meal was family-style with a variety of things so people could pick and choose what they wanted. I didn't get to eat much of my meal as I was up and down trying to coordinate people, but I did enjoy a delicious croissant type of roll and the pumpkin or squash soup which I thought was delicious.

Asit relates to events, they have easels you can use, and microphones for speaking, and the cost to host the event is solely for the food and beverage, there is no cost for the room and you have your own private space for an extended period of time. The chef also came around and spoke to guests during the luncheon which made it feel really special.

I also want to call out Brett who was our main host and led the servers during the lunch who was personable, kind, patient, funny and really made the luncheon special.

I appreciate the Depot and all they did to support us at this time and would 100% consider hosting another event there in the future (hopefully something unrelated to the loss of a...

The ambiance was great and I really wanted to like this restaurant but overall felt that the food was overpriced and wasn’t worth coming back for.

My husband and I had a reservation but noticed it was pretty much empty, which seemed odd but we disregarded it anyway. We got a huge bread basket with some banana bread (which was a plus) but it went south from there.

Our cocktails didn’t have any flavor and tasted like straight shots or medicine so we didn’t even finish our drinks. I’m okay with strong cocktails but these did not even taste like cocktails one bit. I think the person making the drinks was also a server so maybe bartending was not their specialty.

The food was overpriced. I ordered the $26 vegetarian plate w. “Samosas” and lentils. While my plate was large, the grilled veggies didn’t have any flavor at alI. I could’ve thrown some veggies on the grill at home and had it taste better. Unfortunately, the plate portions weren’t at least balanced so the tasteless veggies were about 90% of the plate.

My husband ordered a mahi dish that was on the daily specials and he felt his plate was overpriced too.

They seemed to have good desserts from what we saw but we were so bummed out by the actual dinner and drinks that we decided to hold off on...

Came here expecting your typical contemporary american flare and was surprised to see on the menu a japanese style hotpot with dipping sauce. I dismissed it pretty quickly thinking this is not a specialty of the restaurant, but given the thumbs up by the waitress and thinking i should settle for something lighter, I ended up getting swayed to get a seafood hotpot.

While waiting for your food you get a basket of breads which was top notch. You get a combination of banana bread, a large crispy flat cracker, and what appears to be dinner rolls. I didn't try the dinner rolls, but everything else was solid.

When the hotpot dish came out, it had a large combination of things. Shrimp, salmon, sea bass (??), scallop, two types of mushrooms, and bok choy all in a veggie broth. You also get 3 types of dips, which I can't recall what they were, and a bowl of rice with shredded nori. Everything was great! The dip went very well to compliment the simple seafood hotpot!

Since I've only had this dish, this is the only thing I can recommend, but I'll definitely...