Soba is Big Burrito's take on Asian fusion. As with everything concerning Big Burrito, Soba is excellent in all departments. It is next door to Umi (Big Burrito's sushi place) in a trendier area of Shadyside. The space is elegant--a waterfall adorns the interior. Lighting is dark as is the decor--as with most Big Burrito establishments. There is plenty of space between tables and such--you can take a date here and you should. The food is excellent. Dishes are inventive (not your normal Asian fusion dishes here) and well presented. The quality of the ingredients is top-notch (my tuna tar tare tasted very fresh). As a note, tasting menus are not available--two specials seemed to offered every night. The menu seems to change by season as well. Soba's wine and whiskey selection is extensive--10 pages for wine, 4 for whiskey. The service is excellent, as is to be expected. Really, everything here is great. You should go at least once, Soba is a gem in the rough of the Pittsburgh dining scene.

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Waste of money and time. Ice cream taste sugar free and not good. Cookies were hard. I won't re visit.

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I didn't get it. Food was overwhelmingly spicy and I do like spice just not THAT much. I liked the garlic aoli with the truffle fries; the fries themselves were good but didn't wow me (best truffle fries ever - Canlis in Seattle, WA). I didn't really like my burger, I got the Hell's Kitchen Burger and the meat wasn't really juicy and I was expecting more of a brioche bun. Meh, maybe I was expecting something completely different than what they were offering. Even the atmostphere felt cheap to me though, sticky yellow plastic placemats and dirty paper menus. Service was good. My friends also loved their food and the place but I wasn't feeling it. We were passing by, saw the line and got in it just in time at around 11am and they seated us within 20 minutes. Another fun thing is seeing all the kegs they have by the restaurant/casino/mall entrance.

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