Bonsai

Amazing! Truly 5 star, best food, presentation, and overall experience in Pensacola. Pricey, but amazing.

Our experience was great. Robert was amazing, very detailed.

The food was excellent but the service was EVEN BETTER! Marcus was amazing. He knows the menu and made sure everything we ordered fit our tastes and likes. The chef came out after to make sure our experience was the best. It was expensive but very worth it. It was an excellent dining experience.

The wine prices are absurd; unfortunately our service was with a trainee who couldn’t remember many of the details of the menu. That’s fine, but at $300-$400 for 2 people, it’s not great. Most fine dining establishments train staff before allowing them to wait tables. But most of all the food was somewhat unremarkable, particularly for the price. The wagyu was a stellar exception and worth its price but otherwise the meal was not particularly noteworthy. The smoked maki is a fun presentation but the smoke flavor overpowers the fish. It’s performative food rather than good food. The rest was forgettable. I’d go again, but solely for the wagyu.

Delicious dining experience!

Located on the 2nd floor of the Hilton, bonsai offered my wife and I a much needed respite from our normal day-to-day. Service was outstanding, food was great, wonderful sake selection, and outstanding ambiance. Will definitely come back when we return in September! Also loved the fact they had real wasabi grated at your table.

First I was like in a Hilton? Don’t let that fool you. Beautiful restaurant. Great view of the ocean. The food is out of this world delicious and amazing. Just order it and enjoy. Don’t ask questions unless you have a serious allergy. The presentation - everything. Five stars.

Service and food outstanding. Nice wine list. Everyone from front of the house to the kitchen works really hard to make sure of a first rate dining experience. Be very glad there’s a place of this high quality on Pensacola Beach. No fried food to be found here!

An absolute feast for the senses.
My souls thanks you.

We enjoyed the starter appetizer, two rolls, the halibut, and a glass of wine, all beautifully prepared and presented. The fresh horseradish was the best we have ever had. Grateful to be sat beside the window for the evening in order to see the beautiful view of the gulf. Lovely birthday dessert at the end of our evening made our gathering even more memorable.

Reserved a table for a party of 3 about two weeks in advance. The dinner was amazing and reserving it was hassle free.

Amazing food, kind service, wonderful experience. Formal dining but family friendly.

The food and service were great! We had the pork belly appetizer, Tako Lobster ramen with squid ink noodles, and Halibut. It was all worth every penny. The portions are larger than you think so don’t order too much. Overall, we loved it and will be back.

This was our first time to Bonsai and the experience was phenomenal! Service and food was amazing! Highly recommend!

Great food, the chef's choice 5 course meal was enough food for 4 people and 3 of the courses were heavy on the sashimi, etc. The pork belly was delicious and included in two of the courses, wish they had included some wagyu beef instead in one course.

Nice table by the window with water view. Specialty food was delicious and not too filling.

Wow! DeMarcus is a fantastic waiter, the wine and Japanese whiskey are delightful and the food was phenomenal! Thank you for a once in a lifetime experience in a beautiful place!

Amazingly fresh sashimi, well curated wine and sake pairings, and some of the best pork tonkatsu Ramen I've ever had. If you luck out Sara will be your server.

Food was wonderful- amazing Wagyu beef and delicious pork. Rob , our waiter was outstanding.Answered many questions about the menu and ingredients. Unfortunately the venue is odd- on the second floor of the Hilton- by rooms....not an elegant setting for what you pay!

Excellent food and service. Would highly recommend for special occasion, but price would limit frequent visits.

Excellent fine dining sushi. Wonderful experience.

Ladies and Gentleman! Introducing to you ROWE JAVIER, Flordia's premier Sushi Chef. Stunning! Sushi has been part of my regular menu for years, but I have never had it this fresh or delicious.

Tucked away on the 2nd floor of the Pensacola Beach Hilton, the atmosphere is peaceful and serene. Overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, the view is enchanting. The service was inviting and meticulous (shout out to Rob our waiter, and Tebby our host).

If for any reason you delight in Japanese cuisine, take a trip to Bonsai. You don't even need to visit for a vacation, just go for the Sushi!

Top to finish, one of the best restaurant experiences I had the pleasure to enjoy.

5 STARS across the board.
Many thanks.
David

Our server was fantastic and the sushi/maki was amazing!!!! Our lobster ramen left us feeling we should have chosen something else as our main course. The lobster was tough and the tentacles were complete rubber. We were told the dish had a bit of spice to it but the broth was not very flavorful. The whole experience at Bonsai is very pleasant from a service and ambience perspective. I would highly recommend it for the experience but the cost makes it very hard to justify a second visit unless it is just for sushi appetizer.

Sushi was outstanding. Prices are NYC level. Wine prices are high especially for Pensacola.

Great experience!

Dinner was amazing. The view was superb. The food exquisite. The waiter was friendly and the perfect server.

We live in Pensacola , but travel a lot and are foodies . This was our fist time to Bonsai and it was absolutely incredible . The food and service were comparable to a big metropolitan city . Such a pleasant surprise .

Fine Japanese food experience, informed sake tasting, highest quality sushi, lovely discreet ambiance. A gem!

Very unique and entertaining dining experience. Highly recommend it!

Overall ther experience was good. Or server, Keith, was great. We did ther chefs choice with wine/sake pairing. Nothing of what they brought out was Wygau (which is their staple item), and for the main dish, they didn't bring anything out that was an option on the menu. Which I feel is ridiculous. Only after I asked about this did we get a conplimentary slice of Waygu over rice. Other than this, everything was great. We do plan on going back, but now we know to just order our own options!

We hesitated to reserve a table here because of all the reviews that stated it was too expensive for what it was, but decided to try it and keep an open mind. We were more than pleasantly surprised. We can't say enough about the food. It surpassed our expectations in every way. Fresh, innovative, large portions and beautiful presentation. Was it expensive ? Yes, but we thought the food was totally worth every penny. The reason we gave less than 5 stars is because of their drink menu. Their wine list is extensive and a very fine one, however, the price mark up is exorbitant. Where we feel they fail is not allowing a corkage fee so you can bring your own wine if you choose. We hesitate to return only for that reason and not because of the food or service.

The sushi and service was outstanding. Beautiful place to dine.

It was deff not worth 702.00 for 3.people to eat . The food was disgusting they fed us alot of flowers literally . It was so bad. I deff wont be going back . Wayyy over priced . I always eat at high class restaurants and this is way over rated. The money for what we received was outrageous.

Valentine’s Day. Very lovely setting. Live violinist.

Bonsai was some of the finest dining I’ve had in the gulf coast area. Their valentines tasting prefix menu was over the top.

Wow what an amazing experience! Can’t believe Pensacola beach has a wonderful place like this! (Especially in a Hilton hotel) everything was phenomenal!! You’ll definitely be pleasantly surprised. Very small, intimate space; but added to the ambiance! The wagyu app was one of the best things I have ever eaten. I did the chefs flight & it was so much (quality)food! The attention to detail is insane, props to the chef. The wine & sake pairings were one of my favorites. Keith, our waiter, is a definite asset!

Fantastic! A must.

Everything advertised and more. Perfect at every level of expectation.

Great presentation and good food

Absolutely wonderful spot how nice to have a restaurant of this caliber in Pensacola