Drunken Fish - Central West End - Sushi restaurant in St. Louis - 1 Maryland Plaza, USA

Service was good. But food was horrible. The presentation was terrible, starting from the way the menus looked, cheap plastic coated, the kind you get at a trashy dive bar. I know it’s something superficial but it still catches the eye and contributes to the overall negative experience. The bowls came dirty, first time I receive food where the presentation alone makes me lose appetite. We ordered the “strongest” alcoholic drink, and it tasted like extremely watered down lemonade, couldn’t even taste the alcohol. The red snapper carpaccio’s presentation was good but the fish was very hard, terrible dish. The miso soup had an unpleasant after taste. The poke bowl was barely alright, but for an $18 dish the amount of fish you get on it is ridiculous, barely 2 spoon fulls of it. Most of the drinks we wanted they were out of, I know that’s not their fault, but it just kept adding to the bad experience. Overall terrible experience.

This food is pretty good but is expensive. The white tuna was really good and I would consider going back if I wanted to splurge. Sashimi was $20 for 4 pieces which is a little higher than normal to me. The way they were seating tables was just incredibly chaotic. I waited in line for 20 minutes just to check in which was super confusing. Then they went through a burst and sat everyone all at once. We got our food very quickly and then asked our server multiple times for chop sticks. They said that they needed to go through the dishwasher for silverware so we sat for a while with our food and no way to eat it. Then when the silverware came out the chopsticks were the disposable wooden ones. The sever didn’t know questions when we asked about the menu and just seemed lost. It was a frustrating experience at the beginning but once we had our food and things it was a nice dinner.

It’s an intimate setting if you’re placed at a good table. We had a date and were seated right next to the staff register. The workers were having a lot of conversations that were loud so we had to talk over them so we could hear each other. Our appetizer was burnt on the bottom. The sushi was good as was our server.

The food here is delicious as usual especially the deep fried Philly roll. Each meal was placed in an attractive manner on all white plates allowing the color of your meal to boldly catch your eye. The waitress was polite and professional although very soft spoken and disengaging. The biggest issue I had was the smells that attacked my nose as soon as you enter the building which was similar to backed up sewer and the tables we sat at was sticky and we had to request that our waitress wipe it down again.

The sashimi plate was delicious and had a good variety. A bit pricey at $49 for 16 pieces. The stir fry noodles, yakisoba, were amazingly delicious. Seafood with steak. The service was really good, always seem to have great service here. We were attended to quickly, suggestions would we felt very comfortable. Dinner and drinks came out to $120

Me and my boyfriend were really looking forward to a dinner here. We have lived in the St. Louis city area for 5-6 years and walk by the Drunken fish all the time. Sorry to say we were thoroughly disappointed and ended up getting the check early to leave. We did know the prices going in to the dinner but were not expecting the horrendous portion sizes in accompaniment. $6 for a total of 8 fries, $10 for less than a cup of seaweed salad, and $14 for each drink that was tiny and tasted like Skittles (with no alcohol). My boyfriend got the shrimp tempura and ate 2 bites then got a box and said it was subpar and I can confirm. When we walked in, we asked for a table inside and the host looked around hesitantly and said he could try and seat us inside as over half the tables were open. Although our waitress was extremely kind and attentive (props to her)!!! The atmosphere was not great, would not recommend spending your money here.

I got the vegetarian roll, but sadly this thing was a tiny five pieces for $9. Then is was necessary to order another order to remotely follow me up. They didn’t offer sweet tea, which is fine, but by the time I got my unsweetened tea, I was already almost done eating. Next, I had asked them for some yum yum sauce. Never have I even eaten slushy rolls with no sauce. It seems only natural. I never knew I’d see them nickel and dime for a tiny bowl of dipping sauce and add an extra dollar for sauce. Lastly I asked for a tea to go and was charged yet again for a tea to go. So $7 for a tiny glass of tea and a tiny tea to go. I’ll be staying in the area monthly and have now mark this place off my list of places to return to. Not once was I ever informed they’d be charging me extra for dipping sauce and a tea to go. I always get a tea to go and have never charged extra for it.

Pretty well place. Good friendly staff. But... Rolls look like made by unsharpened knives, it will be look much better when it cut to identical pieces. I saw it in some restaurants. Good luck