IZAKAYA REN SUSHI & SAKE BAR

I've been three times. I like rolls, but the thing i remember about each visit is the owner's impatience. He's in a rush to give you the check and then come collect it while you are still eating. And this is during lunch when the place is empty. So, good place to get food. Not so good if you want to sit for a few minutes.

Sushi was excellent and waitress was very attentive.

Our favorite sushi place in St Louis. They have great food and at least one TV is always showing soccer. The service can occasionally be a bit slow but they seem to be improving.

Upscale sushi. Excellent experience. Apps - Miso soup & Edamame, Followed by the sushi tuna tower and the rainbow roll were amazing.

This place is overpriced. I ordered a bulgogi wrap and it wasn’t good the portions were more of a kids meal than anything no flavor

Tempura was the worst I have ever had. I wouldn’t recommend this place

Love the sushi and customer service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The staff is very polite and the food is delicious. I'll definitely be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Gyoza, Miso Soup, Spicy Tuna, Sushi

It was my second time here. The first time was a few years back so I didn’t remember much. We walked in during dinner time. The restaurant was pretty busy but we got seated promptly. I like that they have booth seatings which are very comfortable and convenient when dine in with young children. Menu is well organized with variety of sushi, yaki mono ( grilled items ), rice bowl with some Korean dishes like bulgogi or kimchi fried rice. Several sushi rolls names caught my eyes like 911, heart attack, hell’s gate, ooh la la shrimp… I think it’s cute. Unfortunately,they don’t have kids menu.
I wanted to order the octopus salad but they didn’t have so I got squid salad instead - it’s average, you can skip this item. Next, tuna tower — I didn’t understand the hype. It’s basically a four layers of rice, avocado, imitation crab, spicy tuna topped with masago and tobiko and sauce. It has too much rice and very saucy which masked the taste of tuna. IMO, it’s adapted to American taste.

Here are items that I would definitely order here again,
1. Sashimi - I got the hamachi sashimi. And I loved it. For anyone who wanting to try sashimi for the first time, I’d recommend yellowtail for buttery flavor and smooth texture. Salmon toro (belly) is good too but it’s kind of fatty.
2. Ama ebi - I knew immediately I wanted to order this when I saw the description how they make it here - raw sweet shrimp served with fried head. Both my partner and I love ama ebi. We’ve had it at many sushi places in the US, in Japan and other countries, but they often serve raw head. We always had the raw head by sucking it out - it’s full of flavor and nutrient dense. Here, they deep fried the head and it’s so crunchy like eating chips. It was so so good! Must try item!
3. Crazy roll - tuna/salmon/yellow tail with cucumber and avocado - It’s a perfect combination. I was able to enjoy the flavors of fresh raw fishes, the crunch of cucumber and the creamy avocado. But, rice was a little but lacking of rice vinegar.
4. Bulgogi rice bowl - I ordered this for my kid. I taste tested it and I think this bulgogi bowl won my heart. Beef was tender and flavorful. I would definitely order this again.

Overall, the dinning experience here was totally out of my expectations. Raw fishes here were fresh and the cut was generous. Service was warm and amazing - when we left, chefs behind the sushi bar all said bye and thank you to us. Highly recommend this place and we’ll definitely return.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is a fairly standard straightforward sushi place. The rolls are fairly large and meat heavy with artificial crab meat being the primary taste. The futomaki roll was not as described nor was the ren roll. None of the 3 items I tried were particularly good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

My son was in town, and we were able to enjoy a nice early dinner on Sunday. It was perfect, and we were stuffed. Sweet staff. Excellent sushi, nice atmosphere. One of our regulars.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Korean Bulgogi, Tuna Tower Roll, Wasabi Pork Shumai, Bulgogi

Great sushi - very good lunch specials Monday - Thursday. Excellent selection of traditional and americanized sushi.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Philadelphia, Gyoza, Takoyaki, Miso Soup, Bulgogi, Tuna, St Louis, Sushi Rice, Bento, Chicken Teriyaki, Salmon Avocado

My son was in town, and we were able to enjoy a nice early dinner on Sunday. It was perfect, and we were stuffed. Sweet staff. Excellent sushi, nice atmosphere. One of our regulars.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Korean Bulgogi, Tuna Tower, Wasabi Pork Shumai, Bulgogi

Food was good. Service not so much… took us forever to get our check. Tried to flag down our waiter but he never even looked our way once. Never checked on us or anything. We had to go up and ask for our check from another waiter.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Miso Soup

We enjoyed both the food and the cocktails. The tuna tower was our favorite.

Food: 5

Recommended dishes: Tuna Tower