annie gunn's

excellent burgers, top notch steaks with well thought out sides. restaurant oasis in far west county.

dinner sunday, nov 3, 2012. dinner was not the best and chef special was nothing special. ordered the scallop special and i expected to see large scallops and what i got were these little pieces on a bed of spinach with corn. i could cook this dinner at home. i should have ordered a steak...lesson learned. we were so disappointed and for what we paid it should have been much, much better. maybe we need to stick to visiting the restaurant for lunch...we will see.....
the service was very good.

very expensive. steak fatty grizzle. went there for a special occaision. service good. food terrible. my steak was fat laden and grizzly. i cut out the good sections and about 2/3rds were unedible. so dissapointing. at this price point you really expect amazing food. what was most disapointing was that one could tell simply by looking at the meat that it not be a tasty piece. so both the chef and whoever was at the pass missed it. try j gilberts in west county instead. best steak i ever ate for just a tad less money.

excellent food, pricey but chef lou rook never disappoints. i've never had a bad meal there

the whole restaurant really emphasizes local, fresh, and natural ingredients (the waitress went so far as to tell us the chickens for the wings were defeathered on site). so i ordered a big juicy burger made of their special blend of beef, with local cheddar cheese, homemade ketchup, and a brioche bun. now i know what i've been missing for the past 10 years! the burger was so good!

stopped in for a late lunch on st paddy's day. we were seated right away even though there were nine of us and the place was really hopping! ordered drinks and entrees. took a long time for everything to show up, but the food was excellent. i had the smoked seafood appetizer followed by a bowl of irish lamb stew. great flavor if you like rosemary--i do. others had corned beef and cabbage which was also very good. desserts included apple pie--pronounced "awesome" by the girls. sweet potato doughnuts with coffee were well worth the cost in calories and carbs. a bagpiper and a leprechaun both showed up and when we left at 6 p.m. the place was really getting wound up! looked like everyone was having a great time. as we made our way out through the irish revelry all i could think was, "that'll do, annie. that'll do."

worth the price of admission. yes, annie gunn's is pricey. but, chef lou never disappoints and the service is top notch. amazing wine list, always packed and lively atmosphere. definite must see in st. louis.

roasted 1/2 amish chicken. takes a little longer but worth the wait.


-----07 mar, 2012-----

roasted 1/2 amish chicken. best chicken i have ever had. now it is all i order there, many other tasty menu items, including smaller portioned meals for smaller appetites. if the smokehouse is opened next door, take some ham salad home, yum!

mmmm. best steak my husband and i have had in st. louis. pricey, but worth the treat.

food was very good, service was exceptional, but it was expensive. not certain it was a great value.

overpriced for the quality. the place is dark inside, it's low on atmosphere and high on prices. i had the tilapia reuben sandwich, i'm a reuben fanatic but this one wasn't good. the other two with me had a french dip, for $16 and ate about half of their meal. there are way to many good places out there to settle for these prices, i won't be going back again.

down the road from chesterfield mall. went for lunch and had the grilled shrimp with barbeque sauce recommended by our waitress. kind of pricy at $14 for only 3 jumbo shrimp, but delicious. highly recommend the crab cake sandwich if they have it- it is slightly spicy with andouille sausage in it but soooo good. hubby had sweet glazed salmon with polenta & green beans that he liked but my crab cake sandwich was the big winner.

my friends and i dined here 3 weeks or so ago. i was the only one who had never been here before. honestly, i am a server myself and i have fair but high expectations in food, wine amd service. that being said i also like to enjoy myself. every single aspect of our dining was spot on. our server, jeff, was awesome. professional and timely but still fun. he put up with us being chatty girls and his last table ( we did take good care of him in return, hint to anyone who "camps" at a table.) we had two bottles of wine around the $45 mark. an awesome norton that jeff had some cool knowledge on. the food~ apps: veal meatballs - perfect and so yummy bacon potato pancake thing - interesting and good. that bacon is heavenly we all had salads/soup~ the soup was awesome & salads were good. next time, we'd skip the salads and get extra appetizers. for dinner, i had the lamb. heavenly. best lamb i've ever had. my friends tried a surf n turf special, the strip and a seafoof special. the fish was melt in your mouth delicious with the chutney it was garnished with. i don't mind saying the side dishses with the strip and surf n turf are kind of mundane. they tasted good but were boring. all of our desserts were amaaaazing. the bread pudding ranks as a favorite and the pop tart was innovative and fun we drank the designated drivers with vodka. fantastic cocktail. our server was awesome to accommodate our one glutten intolerant lady. will definatley be back soon. price was reasonable, check slihhtly over $300.

it is quite pricey though and has a more…mature…vibe of the west county set. but good food is good food. i think it is entirely appropriate that there is a large bronze pig sitting proudly and contentedly with his bucket in front of annie gunn’s. pretty soundly embodies the spirit of the place – in a good way.

it's good, but.... annie gunn's does have some phenomenal wine lists, and delicious food, but i wonder if this isn't just how a restaurant should be. the problem i have with gunn's is the cost. it is exhorbent, and i just don't know if it is worth the cost. i enjoy my meal each time i go, but i would expect no less when i am paying so much. i continue to go, so there must be something that attracts, however, it doesn't wow me like some of the smaller more specialized locations i have enjoyed. good food overall, and great wine, of course.