Whenever I see the word, class, I always expect that if I take a class I will learn something. Whatever that class may be. After a Sur La Table cooking class the only thing I learned is to never take a Sur La Table cooking class again. We were excited to possibly learn a few new techniques and things that we don't do at home. I am not the best cook and learning from a Sur La Table chef would be a great experience. Unfortunately, this experience was a complete waste of our time. Here is how it went down: First, how can you justify a date night class, or any cooking class for that matter when you pair two strangers up with another two strangers? A cooking class is about cooking yourself am I right? This class I chopped up an onion and cut a peach in half. My girlfriend cut a tomato and rolled some gnudi and then watched the other two people do everything else. You are pairing people up that are touching the food I am eating. Complete strangers that aren't taking sanitation into effect like most restaurants/cooks do. Moving on to the dinner itself. The cooking class is NOT a cooking class. What did we do? All 4 of us cut up some peppers, tomatoes, and onions, threw them in a pan and tossed some garlic on top and let it sit there. Wow, that's impressive. Thanks so much for teaching us how to cut up veggies. We did all the prep work! I paid $70 a head to PREP for the cook. After we were done, they took our pans and kept them heated on the oven. That is our job! We are there to cook, not prep. We rolled out the Gnudi and guess what? The chef cooked it in the pan! I thought it was a COOKING class, not a prep/watching class. After we were done with the gnudi, they said to take a break and give them 15 minutes to clean while we walk around the store. I wonder why. I was standing there watching them cook everything we just prepped for our dinners. We come back from a break and then they give us a hangar steak. The dish we made was marinated sweet peppers and hangar steak. The peppers, onions, and tomatoes had a little oil on them. That's not hard. The hangar steak was a really tough recipe: Salt and Pepper. I can't believe that a cooking class had us throw salt and pepper and think it was some professional recipe. I thought that these recipes I would be using things I never had in my kitchen, understanding tastes and pretending to be a professional chef. Boy was I wrong. Who would thought I would be told to throw some salt and pepper on a steak and grill it. I actually didn't even grill it. The other couple did and of course the COOK took the steak away and put it in the oven. Again, he told us to go out and look around and buy shit while they did all the work. I am watching them cook the rest of the food, they are even putting it on plates for us and serving it to us. They are serving us the food we prepped for them. Its like we were doing the shit job that no cook wants to do and being charges $70 a person. During that process the chef made ice cream for the peach dish. How come we didn't make the ice cream? I thought this was a cooking class. Heaven forbid I actually do some COOKING! I am very disappointed in this class. All of these classes, from what I am reading are shit classes. I think you know it too. Look at your yelp reviews. People are complaining about all of the same things. I used a gift card for this class and didn't have to pay for it and I still feel ripped off. I feel sorry for everyone in the class that actually paid. I can learn more from Buzzfeed Tasty. Better yet, I can learn more from tasty Junior on Instagram. I paid $70 a person to have about 3 slices of steak and some cooked vegetables that I could have paid $10 for at Applebees. The servings are absolute terrible. I left hungry, from a cooking class. That's something I never thought I would have expected. The chefs even cut the steak for us. Thanks mom, I appreciate you cutting my steak for me. How about teaching us how long to let it rest, how to tell if it'd cooked to your liking. I am shocked that a store like Sur La Table, who has all of the best brands and some of the best cookware produces a cooking class product this terrible. I would like a refund of my gift card to possibly buy some cookware, and I can teach myself more tricks and techniques by watching you tube than going to a prep/watching class for $70 a person. My parents wanted to know how it went and I said to them never to go to a cooking class here ever. I am telling friends to never go to a cooking class there. You have to fix this. The portions are way to small, people shouldn't be cooking with strangers and you have to involve the people more. They came there to learn how to cook, not stroll around the store while the chefs do everything. The class is 2 hours long. 30 minutes of that was us waiting in the store for them to do WHAT WE PAID FOR! COOK! Unbelievable. read more

I really love taking their cooking classes but I think they should be a little smaller so you get more hands on . Love shopping at the store they do price match read more

I don't like this one much because when I asked them a question regarding their Sur La Table brand products, they weren't able to answer and weren't sincere to find an answer for me. Whenever I went there, I always saw the staff idling with each other chit chatting with each other, didn't really bother to ask what I was looking for. They just seemed pretty lazy to me, while the other one in town is more hard working than this store. You can see the review I wrote for the other store. The other one is way way way better. One star for the staff in this store, the second star is a merciful star for Sur La Table itself. read more

My husband and I have been here 3 different times for cooking classes and have not been disappointed. The classes are so informative and make recipes that seem impossible to make very doable for a home cook. The chef (teachers) are patient and so knowledgeable. Also the staff in the store are very friendly and helpful. read more

My fiance and I took a knives class. The description on their website was vague and reviews were not helpful. I didn't know what to expect. Set up, presentation, and food were excellent. The class was okay. It was for very beginners that have never touched a knife or cut food before. My fiance didnt take away anything from the class, but enjoyed that they could use over 10 knives to try. I was happy I could try different knives to, to see what suited me best. The teacher was probably a great chef, but not the best teacher. She did not know vocabualry well. I dont think it was worth 50$ a person. I expected to learn more on how to use knives with meat, veggies, carving, sharpening, and fruit with general knowledge. We cut mostly veggies and an orange. read more

My husband signed us up to take a class on our 22nd anniversary. We've always thought taking a cooking class would be a fun thing to do. The class was $79 each and the menu was Arugula and almond salad with spiced blackberries Seared steak with parsley cilantro oil Spice roasted carrots with harissa yogurt And plum galette with amaretto cream Pretty much everything was a compleat failure and was revolting! The "chef" teaching the class had never made these recipes. You do very little of the actual meal prep, for the steak my husband and I sprinkles salt, pepper and a revolting amount of cinnamon yes you read that right cinnamon on steak. The spice amounts seemed all wrong the the teacher seemed very confused. Oh did you think for $80 a person you were eating dinner? Nope!! You get a very small taste of the food you made. We thought it was odd when the guy helping the teacher commented that there were only two steaks and three tables. He was informed to just cut them. During the break you wander around the store...and are pretty much ignored by the sales people who get pissed off when you interrupt your personal conversations with the other people who work there. Oh so sorry! I'm just a customer who's looking to buy something at the store, silly me. I could have ordered one of those meal delivery services and pulled up the video on YouTube and watch them make the dinner and cooked along. And I am pretty positive those dinners will turn out much better! read more

Dear Sur La Table, You did it again... I decided to give this store another try and buy the Instant Pot. I could get it off Amazon (for less) but I wanted to buy local and if there were problems return it easily enough. I looked at some knives and then off to the front corner to get an Instant Pot. I went to the register to ask if there were any on display. I waited patiently as the manager finished with her customer. I got a curt response as the display was behind me and I'd walked right by it. After checking it out and the recommended cookbook I grabbed the HUGE box and put it at the register and waited, and waited, and waited. There were 4-5 other customers in the store, after the associates had rung up their last customers they completely abandoned the registers. The manager was right across the way helping a customer with an on-line order, another was right behind me talking up the coffee machines and the other gal was putting the knives away in the back. Of the two in my area neither could be bothered to look up. All I wanted was an acknowledgement that they'd be over shortly. Nothing. So I put the box back on the display and walked out. Nobody even noticed except the guy with the on-line order who'd been watching me. Even though it's a bit of a drive I think I will be going to any other Sur La Table than this one. read more

First off, I am a slave to cookware. Sur La Table has an amazing selection of everything you could possible be looking for. I've had to call the store a few times for things and the staff has always been very helpful. I think much of any sales experience is much like 'how nice you treat the people around you is the type of help you'll get.' So, say "hi", make eye contact, smile, look up from your phone, it makes getting help from a sales associate easier. I've taken a couple of cooking classes at the Downtown Summerlin location and they may not be as "hands on" as some would like, I find them to be fun and informative. Realistically, they don't have enough space or alloted time for everyone to make everything, so, you get to slice of bits, stir a few bits ... if you're paying attention you will learn something. Most of the items on the menu for the class will take more than 2 hours to prep and prepare, so I don't mind at all that someone else does the prep and clean-up. I'd be more disappointed if I didn't have time to make and taste the end food. OK, some of the instructors are better than others (isn't that always the case), and you may not get partnered with the person you would like (but, hey, reach out and make a new friend, it's fun). That's the thing with people, you may not work well with one, but, you may work better with the next one. It's ok. I'll take a class again and I'll shop there too. read more

Christopher could not have been more knowledgeable, engaging or helpful. Not only did he answer all our questions and make recommendations, but he offered us espresso! It's a beautiful store. read more

COOKING CLASS REVIEW When I realized there were cooking classes here at Sur La Table, I was online the next day looking at options/dates. I figured this would be an awesome date night for me and the girl! Yelp doesn't have any reviews on the cooking classes, so I thought I'd give it a shot and leave a detailed review. Starting with the options online; there were a ton of different cooking classes. My only gripe with the options was the majority of the classes involved pork dishes. (Which I religiously don't eat) Almost all of the non-dessert cooking classes involved some kind of pork, so I was a bit limited. Either way, we both love sushi so we thought we'd go in to learn how to roll sushi. The menu sounded great. California Rolls, Spicy Salmon Roll, and Vegetable hand roll. The price was $79, more expensive than most cooking classes offered from Sur La Table but I figured why not? Dinner and a great date night and the girl would be happy! What a disappointment! First of all, the set up. For some reason, I'm not sure if it was a lack of equipment, but they had everyone sharing large bowls to keep aside chopped vegetables. So the vegetables that I chopped up with my hands for mine and my girls sushi, was mixed into the vegetables that the people next to us had chopped up with their hands for their sushi. GROSS!!!!!! It made her and I not even want to eat the sushi, right off the bat! Next, the instructor. David Barbour. He told us that he's not so great at rolling some of the sushi. Told us he did all these recipes "last night" and is a certified PASTRY chef. I'm sorry, but if I'm paying $79 a PERSON for this, why am I being taught by someone that has only done this once at home? Next, the materials. There were about 20 people in the class, for which Sur La Table provided around 8-10oz of salmon.....FOR THE WHOLE CLASS. The "spicy salmon roll" was more of a rice roll with the smallest sliver of salmon for each roll. Another big disappointment. And nothing was added to the roll to make it spicy. When I asked the instructor, is this all the salmon we had? He insisted, it's not about the amount of fish in the roll, it's about making sure all of the flavors come through. (Yeah, right) Okay sure, even if that's the case, there was so little salmon that you could hardly taste it in the roll! Next, they said the avocados they had were too ripe so they couldn't provide us any avocado for our rolls since they need to be firm and not mushy... Another mess up by Sur La Table. Overall, this class was very very frustrating and not at all worth the price. From the way it was run, it seemed like they were trying to save every dollar they could! With the little amount of salmon provided, to the sharing of vegetables between everyone in the classroom, to hiring a pastry chef to do the work of a real sushi chef, it was a HUGE disappointment and a big waste of money. My girl and I walked away knowing how to roll sushi, but hungry and disappointed with the quality of the cooking class. My friends and family are so happy I advised them not to waste their money by signing up for the Sur La Table cooking classes and I hope this helps yelppers understand what they're getting into! I only gave it 2 stars because of the amazing selection of products offered at Sur La Table. I love the store! read more

Very unfriendly staff. When the first store opened, everyone was on a koolaid high but that didn't last. Rude, no smiles, they don't offer help or coffee (not like i want a coffee) like they did their first month. If you want good customer service, visit Fashion Show location. read more

Great products and someone is always available to answer my questions. This is my go-to kitchen store as I can find things here that aren't available in other kitchen stores/departments. It's also a great place to find fun and unusual gifts. read more

I took a cooking class with my friend. We made scallops, corn risotto and blueberry cobbler. I was very disappointed that we had to work in large teams. We were on a team of 4. Had one person chop, one whisk, one add wine etc and so on. You pay $70 for a cooking class, but mostly watch. Chef Deborah was nice and she did throw in some tips, but I would have liked (expected) to actually practice the techniques, not watch someone else. I gave it 3 stars because of the tips, but if not for that a one and one-half star. I learned how to cook the actual scallops from Chef's team, who were really great. Absolutely not worth 70 bucks! I love the store and expected a class where I would be much more involved. read more

A fan because of the selection and assortment of all kinds of stuff for the kitchen. For me, most of the big ticket items like mixers, pots/pans sets, etc are way to expensive. I could find comparable quality for much less in other stores. But if you need one of those off the cuff strange utensils, chances are they have it. They do have a good selection of clearance stuff that is usually a good bargain. Always fun to browse here, whether I pick something up or not depends, but it's still fun! read more

I love that there is a sur la table in town other than fashion show mall!! This excites me, especially since this location has a demo kitchen in which you can take cooking classes. The demo kitchen is nice but they put up to 20+ people in there and in my opinion for the price you pay for the class they should be putting 12 people in, max. But all their classes are on sale for the grand opening (good news) but they are all sold out (bad news)!! You get 10% off merchandise on the day you take class so I will be taking advantage of this!! read more

I gave my wife a gift of a macaron baking class for Christmas. The class started at 10:00 a.m. It was right on time. The staff offers coffee and tea and was incredibly friendly. Chef Louis was in charge of the class and he was wonderful. Very friendly, patient and knowledgeable. It was great hearing the science behind everything involved in making these little cookies. I've always heard that they're difficult to make, but Chef Louis made it pretty easy. My wife and I are very confident we can make these at home now! There are tons of cooking classes that range from homemade pasta to traditional Korean dishes. I highly recommend attending one that catches your eye. read more

What happened to customer service in overpriced stores? I was not greeted by anyone in the store. On top of that there are boxes all over the floor. I can't even walk through the store without tripping over all the boxes. After hours should be a time to stock selves instead of causing fall hazards. read more

Had a great time shopping, and I hate shopping...... anything you could think of for cooking or entertaining. Very nice staff.

I think of Sur La Table as williams-sonoma's cousin... they have a lot of the same things... sur la table also has a lot more lower price point options, more gadgety type things and more seasonal items where WS has basically the same stock year round. I do find I need to seek out help here though rather than being approached by sales staff. read more

LOVE this store and it's staff. Everyone is helpful and everything they sell is something that makes you say, "ya know, I really do need that!" Too bad it's WAY over priced. read more

Not the most friendly or helpful staff.. I went up to the counter to ask a question on a sale item and the girls at the register were too busy to even notice I was standing right in front of them, so I walked away and found another staff member, she ended up helping me.. It wasn't the first time this has happened at this particular store, the staff at the Fashion Show Mall are much friendlier and helpful compared to this one, I just hate going to the strip , and this location is only 5 minutes from home.. I don't go in very often since they are overpriced.. read more

I took the cooking class Ti Amo Tuscany. The food they cooked and the food they describe were quite different. For pancetta they used fatty bacon, for flank steak they used some kind of beef that was tough, For arugula it was butter leaf. I'm sure there were other ways they cut the Costs. The shining star was the instructor. She was thorough and professional and friendly. I would not recommend the cooking class and less it was on how to do recipe substitutions read more

I haven't been moved to write a Yelp review in a long time. This is about the cooking class I just came home from. 2.5 hours NO WINE. Totally not okay. Our class was unusually small, only 6 people. I know there are much larger classes so I know they have more burners. But they opted to only have two burners, three people per burner. This forced me to not work with my friend I came with (since there were two romantic couples there, kind of by default) and instead work with a couple I didn't know and did not really want to get to know, although I'm sure they're lovely. No thanks. No wine, nervous chef, gave me anxiety. There was not a lot of hands on actual cooking and we ate standing up. Not a happy time at all. read more

We took a date night cooking class. The food turned out delicious and I will make the recipes again but for the cost it was really not worth it. I don't think I would take another class unless some changes were made. The class was $85 per person ($170 for a couple). We had to share a station with another pair and so we didn't really get to cook the whole meal. I would have liked it more if each of the pairs had their own cooking station and ingredients to prepare. For a lot of the time 3 of the four of our group were just standing there watching or dumping spices into a mixture. Additionally the class we took was called new American steakhouse (or something along those lines) and we only got half a steak in the end. For $85 a person I thought we would each get our own steak and be able to cook our whole meal. I understand there are time constraints and so some of the preparation is completed by the sur la table sous chefs but ultimately I don't think I would pay for another cooking class because of the format and the amount of money. read more

I enjoyed my cooking class at Sur La Table. I picked this certain class because I liked what was on the menu and wanted to learn more about cooking those items. Everything was delicious and although it wasn't 100% hands-on since there were his assistants helping out, we had some practice and the majority was a demo. The instructor was friendly and explained things thoroughly, allowing for many questions. I especially liked how he was picky about sanitation and had us wash our hands at certain points and reminded us to do so if we were to touch certain things like our cell phones, etc. I've been to some cooking classes where the instructor or students would touch things like their cell phone, hair, face, etc. and would not wash their hands yet would touch the food that we would eat. My few gripes is I wish they would extend the time period to use the discount for future classes. You had to sign up while you were there for $20 off. Also, hand classes are pricey for not having much hands-on experience. read more

Attended the "Making Pizza at Home" cooking class with Chef Devy. Over all the cooking class was just ok. There were about 13 people in the class total. One thing I didn't like about the class was the "shared ingredients". There was three people at my station, two of which I didn't know. We shared the first pizza that we made together. Which meant they had to eat the pizza dough that I rolled with my hands. Granted, I washed my hands several times throughout the class and made sure not to scratch my face or touch my hair, but not everyone was as self conscious...yikes! When it came to putting on our pizza toppings which were in shared bowls for the entire class, they did instruct us to wear gloves, thank God, otherwise, I wouldn't have eaten any pizza. Chef Devyn was very enthusiastic throughout the whole 2-hour class and gave us some good tips and tricks on making everything from the dough, pizza sauce, and preparing the toppings. He even gave us tips on how to best freeze ingredients to store for later. I did though, at times feel that he was pushing a lot of the products to buy in the store, but I guess that can be expected since it was a cooking class inside of a retail store. I enjoyed the class for the most part. This was my first experience going to a cooking class so I don't have anything else to compare it with. Not sure if the price was on par with other cooking classes or not. I'll probably do more research for other options in the future, but I might try another class here, if I am in the mood to burn $69 on a 2-hour class. read more

I took a cooking class today with my boyfriend. I loved it. I had a lot of fun, and learned super useful information. I loved my instructor. The class I took only had 4 people, so it was very intimate. I did think prior to coming here, that each person would be making their own dish. Instead, you work in a group. So all four people worked together on the same meal. I didn't really love that, but it was fine. It worked out well, and everyone was very friendly. The main thing that made me give this only 3 stars was the fact that YOU CANT TAKE THE FOOD YOU MADE AND PAID FOR HOME WITH YOU. They said something about "liabilities if you eat the food after leaving and get sick". If that's the case, then why don't they just have everyone sign a waiver?! These classes are not cheap, at all. In fact, they are very expensive. Everyone in my group had so much food leftover, it was ridiculous. They just throw the food away that people don't eat (no one said that they throw it away, but I think it's safe to assume that if they won't let you take it, they won't feed it to anyone else) I really can't believe that. It's such a sin to waste that much food. Our instructor said that sometimes there's a lot to eat after, and other times there's not much at all. Either way, you paid for it, so it really should be yours. It's ridiculous and it's a waste of perfectly good food. I'm sure they have enough resources to be able to hire a lawyer to write up a waiver dismissing all and any liabilities for anyone once they leave with the food they made (and paid for). If they don't let you take the food home, then they really shouldn't make the prices that high. And if the liability thing is really the case, restaurants wouldn't be in business....Aside from that, I would probably take another class. It was fun and informative. I just wish I knew some things before going there so I could better prepare. read more

Great help, wonderful items and the staff will be happy to let you look at anything and handle it, too. The classes are first rate. It's pricy, but worth it. read more

I love this store. Things are a bit pricey, but you get a great product that will last a long time. If you are a cook, it is a must go to store. I am waiting to use my cooking gift card next month. I will post at that time on the cooking experience. The kitchen looks inspiring. read more

Took Secrets of Thai Cooking. Wasn't my favorite type of food before but am hooked now! Chef Calvin, our instructor was not only knowledgable about every facet of the food preparation but he also gave great insights on the culture & influences and was very skilled in teaching cooking techniques. He made us feel comfortable cooking a type of food which was formerly intimidating for my wife and myself. The assistants were extremely on spot in helping the class run very smoothly. Everyone made us feel very special and Chef Calvin was very attentive to any and all questions from all participants. It was a delicious evening and we will be returning for another of Chef Calvins classes very soon. I highly recommend checking these classes out. Truly worth the cost! read more

The store itself was fantastic! Can't beat all of the amazing gadgets. The cooking class left much to be desired. The table tops were to small. And they put four of us together to make one meal. So if you didn't know the other couple you had to work with this would have been very awkward! They only provided us with a shot glass amount of water probably so a drink doesn't take up space on the already small counter. They provided coffee, tea, and water. I would have loved to have had a different drink. Especially with the amount of money they want to charge per class. The only have a camp fire stove on the stations which was VERY HARD to cook on. The food either cooked to slow or to fast. And 3 of the propane burners in our class went out right in the middle of cooking our meal and had to be replaced. Not at all the kind of work station I was expecting. And had I not gotten the grand opening special and actually paid $60 for this class I would have been livid! Our particular meal was ok, though I won't be making it again at home. And last, after our class, our group went out to eat somewhere else because we got such a small serving! All in all, it was a fun night, but I definitely won't be doing it again. Hopefully they are able to work out some of their kinks..... read more

I've taken 3 classes this past month and each one has been disappointing in some sense but mostly because the food was bland. The staff is friendly, the kitchen area you cook in is nice and well supplied and organized but the end result is disappointing. The donut class resulted in bland tasting blobs of dough, the pasta making class was a good experience to check if I had been doing it correctly at home or could gain some insight to make things easier which it did a little bit the sauce ended up being gross. Next was Chinese take out and half the dishes were just not good and we followed their recipe. I don't know who comes up with the recipes but if you cook at home at all or have eaten at decent restaurants this will be a let down. They give you a discount on purchases and if you register for more classes but after the next one I take if the flavor dint get better I'd have to say they just don't have good enough chefs creating he recipes read more