This review is honestly so overdue haha, but I went to Lab 13 Handroll Bar for their opening week! They're located in the same plaza as Wegmans--Chestnut Hill.
We each ordered the 6 hand roll set ($37 at the time) and noticed prior to visiting that the price had gone up from days before.
My personal favorite rolls ended up being the eel avocado & salmon!
The hand rolls weren't bad... a little basic. I think I would've liked the rolls more if the seaweed had been crispy. It wasn't soggy but soft & made it hard to bite. Leads me to believe the seaweed must not have been sealed/stored properly? I'll admit, we were still STARVING so we ended up going to get sushi dinner elsewhere afterwards.
I like the concept though, just didn't feel fully satisfied.
Pretty small restaurant with mainly bar seating, ~10 seats or so?
They were playing radio pop music through a JBL speaker & it kind of messed with the vibes, in my opinion.
Overall, I thought Lab 13 was just okay and would consider coming back but there was nothing memorable. read more