OTOTO Sake Club

What's in the box: Two premium 720ml bottles of sake each month, either classic styles or more experimental picks depending on tier, with the story behind each bottle and tasting notes.

OTOTO Sake Club is a monthly membership from OTOTO, the sake bar in Los Angeles's Echo Park, sold through the Table22 platform. Each month the bar's team picks two 720ml bottles, and you choose between two tiers. The Classic, at $70 a month, focuses on traditional styles and suits both newcomers and regular sake drinkers. The Adventurer, at $95, leans toward newer, unusual and experimental bottles. The bar says its list favors small, family-run breweries. Each bottle comes with a note on why it was chosen, and tasting notes are included. Members get an email with release timing on the same schedule each month, and you can pause or cancel any time. Both pickup and delivery are offered, but the site does not say where delivery reaches or what it costs, so anyone outside the LA area should check before joining. Local members get the most value: 10% off the bar's Sunday Sake School tastings and a $1 sake pour on pickup day. The club shows a 5.0 rating from 17 reviews, which is a small sample. Parts of the how-it-works copy mention wine, which looks like leftover template text. For people near Echo Park who want a rotating sake selection picked by a dedicated bar, it is a solid choice.