The food is generally good, and they offer great specials throughout the week. It's also usually…read moreeasy to get a table, which is a nice bonus. That said, the experience can be very inconsistent. The bar drinks are almost always made far too sweet, and we've had several issues with the food over the years. We've received seafood boils that were cold, bread that wasn't served warm, and even boils with the wrong seasoning. Unfortunately, when we've brought these issues to the staff's attention, they have sometimes been argumentative instead of trying to make it right. When everything is prepared correctly, the food is absolutely worth the visit. However, because the quality is so hit-or-miss, it's difficult to know what kind of experience you'll have each time.

We love Storming Crab! The service is always great. Staff has always been personable and helpful…read more Food comes out quickly. There is plenty of seating. Weekends can be a bit busy, but we've never had to wait too long. I love that they have a soap & water station you can use and not just the restroom. Super convenient. We've never had a bad experience there. For all the nay sayers, use the bib!! You'll thank me later!

Got in early on a Friday night. Super reasonable prices, delicious food, good service and the…read morepeople are very open and friendly! Place is bigger than it looks and sis I mention the food was very good? It was great! Perfectly cooked crab just comes right out of the shell!! We will definitely be back!!!

Food was amazing, well seasoned and succulent! My husband and I shared the seaside platter and we…read morehad leftovers. Ok, it was potato leftovers because we DEMOLISHED the shrimp, crab, sausage, and eggs! Highly recommended!

Came here with a friend for a seafood boil! The inside isn't fancy, just pretty spacious with some…read moredecor, but it's really more about the food than the atmosphere. The waitresses were fast, came right over with menus and took our order quickly, and the food came out fast too. We were a party of two and shared two combos, but I noticed other tables ordering one combo per person which works too depending on how hungry you are. The snow crab was so juicy and the mussels were super fresh. We got the mixed seasoning with no spice, and the potatoes were sooo good to balance out. The corn was amazing, and the shrimp was enormous and so juicy, I'm not sure how they got it that good. The sauce leans pretty salty, and I ended up drinking like three cups of water, but eating it with the potatos balances it out. Price point felt fair and I left stuffed!! Would definitely come back.

My friend and I went here for dinner. We each got the snow and shrimp combo…read more The sauce has plenty of flavor. The service was okay. The shrimps seems smaller in size than a few year ago. The amount of food you get is definitely less than before which probably due to the rise of food cost.

We lived in New Orleans for 10 years, so we know what New Orleans food should taste like. Our…read moredinner was delicious, not really what we expected in St. Louis!! We will be back.

I've eaten here literally a million times, going back to when it was Joey's. I'd suggest that there…read moreshould be a life-size statue of me at the door along with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, but it might have a negative impact on sales, due to my haters, and I'd hate for this place to have to go out of business. Already, there are signs that things have taken a turn for the worse. They're playing music via an ad-supported Spotify account, complete with Rocket Mortgage ads, and the tables are covered with ads for vinyl siding companies that probably prey on the elderly. The latter is an especially sensitive issue for me as I get on in years. Just because I look dumb doesn't mean that I can easily be taken advantage of. No but really, as many times as I've been here, I don't know that I've had anything other than the (pejorative-sounding) Rajun Cajun, the Seaside Combo and the Fish Tacos. I used to get the Rajun Cajun, but I gradually shifted to the Seaside Combo, which seems oddly generous, given that it comes with six shrimp. It's not exactly inexpensive, but it doesn't seem so unreasonable, at a time when you have to sign up for Klarna just to eat at McDonald's. The shrimp they use are surprisingly decent quality. They're probably not quite jumbo, otherwise they'd describe them as such on the menu (why waste the opportunity?), but they're not far off. The cod planks, on the other hand, are a tad skimpy, somewhere in between the fish stick you'd get at a good elementary school and the ones they serve at Long John Silver's. You get two with the Seaside Combo, and with an order of Fish & Chips. I wonder if they have separate, larger planks that they use for the Fish & Chips. The list of sides is longer than you might think. Some of them carry an upcharge, and it's not always clear why that's the case. Spinach, for example, costs extra, as does corn on the cob. Who'd pay extra just to eat spinach, Popeye? I've only ever gone with the fries and coleslaw, neither of which is regarded as premium, though I'd argue that they're the two best things you can get with fried fish and shrimp. It's hard to mess up food that you're just tossing into a deep fryer, but credit where credit is due: my fish, shrimp and fries were amazing (as was the coleslaw). They were generously battered (by hand, supposedly) and cooked until perfectly crisp. They must be making use of the timers on those deep fryers. They may have purposely cranked the volume on the ad-supported Spotify so we wouldn't hear them going off. If they did, that was smart of them. Pro Tip: Sprinkle Slap Yo Mama on everything, including the coleslaw. Don't sweat the sodium content. The world is obviously coming to an end sooner rather than later anyway. But don't bother with the signature spicy-and-sweet hot sauce, which is gross. I appreciated the way the fish and shrimp were artfully arranged on the plate. But they buried the lemon wedge, and I didn't notice until I'd already eaten one of the shrimp. So that was definitely a missed opportunity. I'd suggest that they invest in slightly larger plates, but I shudder to think what they might have to do to finance that.

My friend and I have been here twice in the last couple months, before that it had been probably 12…read moreyears since I went. Last time I told him I could probably eat that meal everyday. We get the shrimp cocktail and I get the linguini and with shrimp and blistered tomatoes. The noodles are kind of buttery & garlicky. And the rolls are tasty too. Our server was seasoned & nice. That inside could use a lil facelift but that is 80% of our restaurants here truly. We will be back again soon.

This is definitely a 5-star restaurant! We absolutely loved it. The ambiance was perfect. We…read moreespecially loved that there were options to dine outdoors under a covered patio or inside in the air conditioning. The food... OMG! Everything was absolutely delicious...from the scallops and crab cakes to the sea bass. Every dish was cooked to perfection, and we were incredibly impressed. The service made the experience even better. The manager and our server, Karen, were both outstanding. They were warm, attentive, and genuinely delightful, making us feel so welcome throughout our meal. We left incredibly impressed and can't wait to come back if we are in the St. Louis area again.

Wright's Tavern is Clayton's neighborhood upscale seafood and steakhouse: a small dining room, an…read moreintimate bar, good luck trying to get a reservation before 10pm. For those of us who eat at 5 and are in bed by 8, that's a non-starter. So for a birthday dinner we did the thing you're not supposed to do, showed up on a whim at 5 p.m. on a Thursday with no reservation, fully prepared to be turned away. All four bar seats were open. We took two. Sometimes the shot goes in. The room is modern chic with an old-school soul, green-and-white striped plates, the footprint is small, the kitchen is open, and the staff are polished and professional without being stiff. Jose, the bartender, has been behind that bar for most of the time the restaurant's been open, and he was the best kind of host, warm, unhurried, and honest. Yes, walk-ins are possible. No, don't count on it; some nights there's a line out the door of people hoping to squeeze in. Get there early and pray, or plan on a late supper. The Old Fashioned was solid, served over a mound of crushed ice with a fat orange wedge, which is not how I usually take one, but it went down easy. The crab cake, though, won the night, among the best I've ever had, on par with our favorite Chicago steakhouse...Bavette's. Thick, honest pieces of crab (not filler pretending to be crab), a perfectly crisp golden crust, a scatter of chives, sitting in a buttery sauce you'll want to chase with bread. Order it. Share it only if you must, even though I'm about to tell you to share everything else. Confession, I don't like spending money on pricey salads. Moreover, I don't like blue cheese. And yet the wedge, which they graciously split into two plates for us, turned me into a living contradiction. I'd order it with enthusiasm. Don't look for me to bring that spirit to any other restaurant, this is an exception, not a new rule for me. Crisp iceberg, blue cheese crumbles, a crunchy crumb topping, and a pool of herby vinaigrette underneath. Then there's the bacon: not bits, a full thick-cut slab draped over the top like a trophy. Bacon GOLD. It deserves its own line on the menu...Wright's Tavern, follow Bavette's lead and put the bacon on the menu, we'll all thank you for it. Now the steak. We went with the 22 oz. New York strip, and for what you're paying at a place like this, I expected the main event to be the main event. It arrives pre-sliced, showered in chives, sitting in its own jus. Beautiful plate. The flavor was spot on, no complaints there. The problem was the cutting. I don't know whether it was the cut itself, whether it got pre-sliced with the grain instead of against it, whether it didn't rest long enough, or whether the steak knife just wasn't up to the job, but I was sawing our medium-rare steak. More pressure than I'm used to, the knife catching on the fat, and by the end I'd left a small graveyard of partial segments and rubbery fat on the plate. Maybe it was just a bad cut on a good night. It happens. But at a steakhouse, the steak is the franchise player, and the franchise player had an off game. The side, though, quietly stole some of the steak's minutes. I'd never had dauphinoise potatoes, so I had to try them: paper-thin sliced potatoes baked au gratin until the top goes golden and the middle turns creamy. Excellent. And here's my free consulting for the kitchen: crumble some of that wedge-salad bacon over the top as bits and you've got a stellar side. You already have the bacon. Just walk it across the kitchen. Dessert brought it back. The apple cinnamon cheesecake is really light, none of that giant, dense brick that's the calling card of many cheesecakes, topped with soft spiced apple slices and a streusel crumble, and it was excellent. The scorecard: crab cake and cheesecake were the spotlight, the salad and the potatoes were the surprise, and the entrée was, oddly, the letdown. If Wright's Tavern were a TV character: it's Don Draper. Stay with me. Handsome, clearly talented, a real man's man and a ladies' man, magnetic in a small dark room with a drink in hand and flawed in a few key places. Everything Don touches at the office is brilliant; it's the thing that should matter most in his life (being a father, husband, good business partner) that he can't quite get right. That was our steak. I'm giving Wright's Tavern some grace here, because everything else was so well delivered and this little nook of a restaurant has "future regular" written all over it. I'm coming back for another steak, and I'm expecting redemption. Until then: 4.5 out of 5. The only thing keeping this from a perfect score is the one dish that's supposed to carry the team.

After hearing about it for ages, finally made it to Wright's Tavern! Yes, reservations are…read moreannoying, but if you stay up until midnight before the first of the month and have multiple days and times in mind, it should be doable. The restaurant felt very upscale - service was extremely attentive and fantastic. We ordered the following and did a lot of sharing: shrimp cocktail, crab cake, Caesar salad, halibut, French dip, and steak frites. Everything was fantastic. My personal favorite was the crab cake - I've never gotten so much crab meat in one before and the sauce was incredible! Caesar salad was good too. The steak to fry ratio on the steak frites was a bit off (steak was fairly small) but I appreciated that they don't skimp on sides at all! The French dip was the most meat I've ever had in one. Sadly, we were not able to save room for dessert, but I cannot wait to go back! Worth every penny, absolutely.

service was good, food was a 10/10 everything was amazing the food was fulfilling made very fresh…read moreand the vibe in the restaurant was amazing very calm and chill vibes

The service is excellent. I had Watermelon Martini, Yummy! The Ravioli Lobster is my favorite…read more Job well done. The Sea-bass is also excellent with rice. Thank you for a memorable meal !

Almost everything was fantastic about this place! The food was excellent, the service was top-notch…read more(especially for a larger group), and the ambiance was quite nice also. My only issue was in trying to make a reservation ahead of time. There was a mixup on which day I wanted the reservation for and it all worked out in the end. Just some added frustration. OH, and the brunch menu is so small!

Nicely furnished and decorated dining area. Our servers were ready for our group. Servers... we…read morehad two servers taking very good care of us. Ordered from the brunch menu which had some very typical offerings. Food was good. Regular menu also available. Liked very much that our group was able to converse with out shouting above music and other diners trying to speak to eachother. Rare

Wowzer. The assistant chef came out and showed me what's up. The food is spectacular and I am so…read moregrateful that I was able to go here. And wow. The ambience!! I mean OMG!!! This place was lifechanging and I'm sure to come back... The steak melted in my mouth and the sautéed mushrooms were the best ever. AND IT CAME AT A COMPLETELY REASONABLE PRICE. 10/10 would recommend to anyone looking for a good time. Signing off Gavin

I hadn't been to Kreis' in years and it was great to go back to such a local staple. My mom treated…read moremy boyfriend and I to dinner, and I'd highly recommend going here! The overall inside is quaint, and parts of it are still the same from long ago. It has that classic, elevated yet casual feel. We ordered wine, beer, and an espresso martini. The martini was lovely, as was the wine choice. My meal included the 8oz filet and a side, I chose a double baked potato. Both of these were amazing! I loveddd my filet and the baked potato was chefs kiss. I also had a Caesar salad which was lovely as well. Our server was great, we had a great time chatting with him Parking is a bit tight, but it's there! Check it out!

I had to be in the area for business and looked around for a reason to miss rush hour traffic. The…read morehappy hour menu was it! I was greeted upon walking in, informed I should sit in the bar area for the HH menu. Cool. Christian was my bartender. The place was hopping the whole time I was there. It's obviously a popular regular destination for folks, and the service was impeccable from start to finish. The tuna poke tacos? Were kind of a miss for me. The tuna was great, the spicy coleslaw was great. And the seasoned limes were a nice touch. The taco shells however and ratio of filling? Just not great. The ladies to either side of me also ended up deconstructing theirs and we all left half the shells behind. lol. The goat cheese bruschetta I would get again. THAT SAID... the creamy goat cheese and other toppings were excellently paired with crispy bread and cucumbers. However, the balsamic glaze? Completely wasted on the perimeter of the plate. There was nothing flexible enough to scoop it up. It should've been drizzled on top or in a container so we could drizzle ourselves. Oh and the lavender drop and peach perfect cocktails were both tasty, and not too sweet. The building is lovely, with an outdoor waiting area. I would like to try the rest of the menu.

the reason I love the Bristol's brunch is the service we get - Ashley was our server and OMG she's…read moreso amazing. She's sweet and quick and hilarious. My kids liked her, my parents. Everybody felt seen and heard. She's an amazing human and if you can get sat in her section it will only make your experience that much better. Also, go to brunch. Particularly on the holiday weekends- Father's Day is always a good one