State Bird Provisions

Kid-friendliness: No, this is not a place for kids.

This is a Michelin 1 star restaurant that serves small plates advertised as "dimsum" style. In reality, the staff just walked around with trays of food to each table and introduced each dish(other than the cart for oysters). Apparently you need to make a reservation a month in advance. I was able to grab a spot 9pm a day before and p empty when we got there. My favorite dish would be the oysters, although the flavor was overwhlemed by the pickled kohlrabi. Everything else was just alright, nothing really stood out. Their signature quail dish lacked flavor. Only dish I would order again were the oysters. Our night took a turn when we noticed that we were not given a menu after dimsum carts were stopped(but the table next to us did???). Our bill also came out to double the price. It almost felt intentional from the waiter as each dish is tracked with a tally mark on the check that is used to total the bill. Our waiter was quick to fix the bill, but not apologetic lol. Bill was about $50 pp. Left content but not satisfied... Tdlr: Didn't feel like Michelin star restaurant. Service was alright, not very attentive(our waiter). Half of the dishes were mediocre. Room for improvement

I loved the concept of having both a la carte and dim sum options, however I’m giving it 4 stars because I found some of the dishes a bit underwhelming. I think everything from the a la carte menu was great but I would skip on some of the vegetable dim sum dishes we had.

Finally stopped by for dinner here after years of neglecting this bucket list restaurant and my god…. It was stupendous. Everything from the staff to the food to the hostess to the optional ‘dim sum’ nature of the experience was incredible. Highly recommend the crab noodles, ricotta pancakes, but the ice cream sandwich off the desert menu was my favorite dish. I tend to cringe at foodie focused shows like ‘the bear’, but this establishment shows you what black belt culinary technique looks like. Don’t think it’s possible to not have a good time here. Cheers and Ty for having us!

Fun small plates, Asian fusion ; faves were wedge salad, steamed egg tofu and beef tongue carpaccio, attentive service, buzzy atmosphere Parking: Japan center parking garage