Japanese Restaurants in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis's most recognizable landmark is the Gateway Arch.

St. Louis is often called the Gateway to the West, and its most recognizable landmark is the enormous Gateway Arch, which is the largest human-made monument in the world. St. Louis has a diverse population and regularly holds festivals celebrating a variety of different cultures. It should come as no surprise that there are a number of Japanese restaurants in St. Louis, with both authentic and creative cuisine.

Wasabi

Wasabi offers award-winning sushi.

Wasabi prides itself on providing fresh, authentic Japanese sushi. It has won several awards, including "Best Sushi Bar" and "Favorite Japanese Sushi" from Sauce magazine, and "Best Sushi Bar" from the Riverfront Times and Alive magazines. Wasabi offers sushi and sashimi featuring tuna, red snapper, eel, scallops, clam, shrimp, lobster and cod. It also has special dishes like pork cutlets, grilled salmon, apple salad, and chicken breast. It also serves bento lunch specials, udon, tempura, edamame, gyoza (dumplings) and salads. Wasabi is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday. The restaurant is generally closed on Sundays, but will make itself available on that day for private parties.

Wasabi
1228 Washington Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63103
[phone]
wasabistl.com

The Drunken Fish

The Drunken Fish also serves non-sushi dishes like udon.

The Drunken Fish is an award-winning casual dining sushi restaurant, claiming "Favorite Local Restaurant" from A Taste of St. Louis in 2007, 2008 and 2009. The Drunken Fish menu features a huge number of sushi rolls, including the White Tiger Roll (calamari tempura, crab, white tuna and avocado), the Red Dragon (crab, asparagus, spicy tuna and green onion) and the Starburst (shrimp tempura, crab and avocado wrapped in pink soy paper). There are also more prosaic sushi rolls such as the California Roll, the Philly Roll and the cucumber roll. The Drunken Fish also has non-sushi entrees like tuna steak, scallops, sukiyaki, teriyaki, soba noodles and udon. The restaurant serves lunch and dinner Monday through Friday, and dinner only Saturday and Sunday.

The Drunken Fish
612 N. Second St.
St. Louis, MO 63102
[phone]
drunkenfish.com

Sekisui

Sekisui has chicken, beef and shrimp teriyakis.

Sekisui not only offers sushi but also a large selection of entrees, salads, teriyakis, tempuras, donburi, noodles and desserts. For lunch, you can order vegetable, chicken, beef or shrimp teriyaki, a bento lunch box, donburi with chicken, beef, shrimp or eel, and tofu or shrimp udon noodles. Sekisui's dinner menu has miso soup, mixed salads, grilled salmon or sea bass, chicken cutlets, and sizzling beef in ginger garlic sauce. Of course, there is sushi, including those made with scallops, roe, halibut, mackerel, prawns, octopus, tuna and spicy conch. There is also a selection of vegetarian sushi rolls, such as cooked gourd, mushroom, cucumber, radish, Japanese apricot, natto and baby burdock rolls. Sekisui can also accommodate take-out orders. The restaurant is closed Monday, open for lunch Tuesday through Friday, and open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday.

Sekisui
3024 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63118
[phone]
sekisuiusa.com

References

• Sauce Magazine: Wasabi
• The Drunken Fish: Information
• Sekisui: Menus

Resources

• Globosapiens: Visiting the Gateway to the West