Beacon Hill restaurant rolls some of downtown's freshest and most innovative sushi.
Birthday Party / Biz Event
Great Lunch Box (Bento)
Very Reasonable Prices
Ma Soba restaurant has been serving great food on Beacon Hill since 1999. It provides pan-asian cuisine such as Chinese, Thai and Korean gourmet dining. Ma Soba also sets the standard its sushi and has extensive wine list. From September 2004, Ma Soba has undergone new management. We have re-vamped our menu with a selection of West Coast inspired maki rolls. Moreover we have made prices reasonable. Even the local college students agree it's fair priced for their budgets.
We do our best to provide you with an excellent dining experience. As you can see, we were rated #1 for Best Sushi by Citysearch. We use fresh and fine fish, meat and vegetables. You will appreciate outstanding food created by the high-end skilled chefs.
In Short Area residents and nearby hospital workers fill Ma Soba's airy, multi-tiered dining room to satisfy their sushi hankerings. While the restaurant offers above-average interpretations of familiar Asian favorites (cloyingly sweet pad Thai, savory Bulgogi), it stands out for its innovative sushi offerings. Around 50 different rolls are available, including offbeat varieties like the "disco shrimp" (baked shrimp and scallop atop spicy crab) and "ninja" (albacore tempura, crab and avocado).
The sushi at ma soba isn't anything special, but I've been going back pretty consistently for a couple of years so it's definitely decent if you're in the area and craving sushi. The prices are very reasonable and they also deliver, which is convenient.
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Ma Soba has amazing sushi and sashimi. The atmostphere is very elegant and chic with a suhi bar visible so you can see them making it. It's on the more expensive side, but worth it. Would be nice for a date.
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OK restaurant
By JDD
We came in to have lunch and we were starving. We ordered real fast and when we saw the food we could not believe they were that little. We had to order more, The food is OK, but the portion is too small. The price is too high for that little portion. However, we like the location and it's clean
Pros: Location Cons: Price
Posted 05/04/09
I Liked it and I'm Not a Fan of Sushi
By UncommonMan
My girlfriend and I went to Ma Soba on a cold Wednesday night. She loves sushi but I have been avoiding it. That said the food was excellent. As I said it was a cold night and thankfully we were seated in a warm spot away from the windows. The waitress was very friendly and did not make me feel awkward because I didn't have a clue what to order. She was very helpful and made sugestions after we made a few initial choices. We ordered the Dinamite appetizer. Although I didn't know what it was it sounded different. For dinner we ordered a California roll (so that my girlfriend could compare it to others she's had), Rainbow roll (raw fish), Volcano Roll (baked roll with dinamite on top) and one other that I forget the name. For fun we ordered sea urchin sushi as well. The fish was very fresh, not fishy tasting at all. The rolls were tight, the fish was firm and quite a bit more flavorful than I expected. The only down side was that the dinamite appetizer arrived just about the same time as the rolls. Overall the meal was a positive experience, I would recommend this restaurant to my friends and I would eat here again.
Pros: Service, fresh food
Posted 01/14/09
Fresh and Unique
By yuki0113
One of my friends recommended me this sushi place, so she brought me here Saturday night, and I feel like I wanted to write this review and recommend this to everyone else too. The restaurant itself is very nice, which also includes the atmosphere and music, and they've got good service too. Most importantly, I love their special rolls. They've got some of their own unique special sushi rolls you can't find anywhere else. This sushi place fits for you if you're really looking for fresh fish and good sushi rolls. I had a great experience here. I really like here and recommend everybody to try.
Pros: fresh sushi, good service Cons: waiting line
Posted 11/17/08
TERRIBLE DELIVERY
By mengjiejl
i have not been to the place itself but the delivery is unbelievably horrifying. i placed an order at 830 on a sunday night. i called at 9 15 asking if they had my number etc and they were like it should be there, ,it is on it's way. no kidding. it's on it's way it's only been 45 minutes on a sunday night. so then i call back at 10 pm when im STILL waiting for this food and i ask them do i get some kind of compensation for soggy sushi and cold dumplings> and they said they do not give discounts (after being put on hold while listening to faint cantonese in the background. terrible experience. if this is Ma Soba management reading this, please get some new people in charge. jesus christ.
Pros: cool menu Cons: terrible management
Posted 08/02/08
Bad service, bad sushi, worse management. Ruined our 30th Anniversary Dinner...
By rayrassi
On July 15th I was celebrating my 30th anniversary and had in mind to take my wife, sons, their wives, my mother and sister to Ma Soba. I chose Ma Soba because of the reviews and ratings I saw online and because it was relatively close to the Blue Man Group show which was next in the agenda. I made my reservation for 6PM and explained to the person taking the reservation that this was an important event in my family. I trusted everything would be OK. First the server took forever to come to our table and ask if we needed anything despite the fact we were one of the largest tables that night (10 people), I literally had to get out of my seat to ask for help because waiter after waiter they kept passing by our table and never offered help. Finally someone came up (Name was stated as "Goeun" in the bill) and asked if we needed anything. We had nothing! Finally she took our order for appetizers and drinks and again I had to get up and ask about our service since no one came to bring the stuff we asked for. When I got up I then saw some movement and conversation among the wait staff and our miso soup arrived and the drinks. Needless to say the miso soup was cold and the beers warm. It took forever to serve the food and sushi boat and finally when it came the sushi did not feel or taste fresh. All of this without the customary smiles and hospitalities one expects when waited on in a nice restaurant. Finally we were whacked with a 18% mandatory tip which did not allow us to show how displeased we were. What should have been a perfect night was ruined. Today I took the time to call the restaurant and apparently spoke with Yun (Manager?) and Lina (Owner?). Both offered apologies and asked us to come back so they could provide better service. I thought they were kidding. They did not offer anything complimentary or any refund. I was appalled! Never again!
Pros: Located downtown Cons: Service, sushi quality, lack of empathy by management,