A story Elon Musk shared about his son Saxon during a visit to a high-end sushi restaurant has drawn a strong reaction online.
The anecdote, which first aired during Musk’s December 2025 appearance on The Katie Miller Podcast, resurfaced after he reshared the clip on X on June 28, 2026.
For plenty of diners, a reservation at a respected California sushi spot led by a chef with experience in Japan would be a memorable treat.
Restaurants of that kind typically offer a carefully prepared set menu built around fresh fish, rice, and specialty rolls, making the meal feel more like an occasion than an everyday lunch.
Still, not everyone is guaranteed to be impressed by that sort of experience.
And if you happen to be Elon Musk’s child, the novelty may wear off even faster.
Some people would rather skip the refined atmosphere altogether and opt for something simpler.
According to Musk, that seemed to be the case for Saxon Musk.
A clip from Musk’s appearance on The Katie Miller Podcast has been circulating again on X months after the episode was first released in December 2025.
In the clip, he recalled taking Saxon, now 20, to Sugarfish, a restaurant known for its polished presentation and premium sushi offerings.
Musk described an awkward moment during the meal that he appeared to find amusing, though many people online had a far less forgiving response.
“I was living in L.A., and I took my older boys out for lunch to Sugarfish,” began Musk, who explained it’s ‘a very kind of uptight sushi restaurant.’
He explained: “In fact, on the menu of the restaurant, it says, do not ask for soy sauce, because the chef has put the right amount of soy sauce (I looked it up and he’s correct). So, like, extremely strict sushi restaurant.”
“And so the waiter is going around asking everyone what they want and then it comes to Saxon and Saxon says I’ll have a cheeseburger,” he revealed.
Musk went on to say the waiter needed a moment to process the request because, in his telling, it was not something the restaurant was used to hearing.
The employee then reportedly informed Saxon that cheeseburgers were not on offer there.
Musk said his son responded with surprise: “What? Like, what kind of restaurant doesn’t have cheeseburgers?”
“He says, ‘fine, I’ll have a hamburger’,” Musk then concluded, laughing at his story with Miller.
The clip also drew fresh attention because Musk framed the story in the same interview by saying cheeseburgers are “a genius invention,” while describing American food as his favorite.
What Musk framed as a funny exchange did not land that way for everyone watching.
One user on X described Saxon as a ‘spoiled f****** brat’.
“Wow your child is an insufferable entitled r*****,” said another, adding: “Would love to heckle and bully him…”
Someone else wrote: “Oh so he’s spoiled, snooty and pretentious like his father? Shocking.”
A commenter said: “My children have better manners and would never have done that.”
At the same time, others pushed back against the criticism and defended both Musk and his son, with one supporter calling a fellow commenter a ‘bully’.
Sugarfish’s own condiment guide, updated in March 2025, still reflects the restaurant’s tightly controlled approach to seasoning and says diners should follow the chef’s instructions for different items rather than customize them heavily.
That detail helped fuel the joke in Musk’s retelling, since the chain is known for treating its omakase-style sushi as a chef-led experience rather than an anything-goes meal.
We’ve contacted representatives for Elon Musk as well as Sugarfish for comment.
And for anyone curious about the menu, Friends fans may appreciate that Unagi appears on it, though there is still no Salmon Skin Roll for Rachel.