drunken fish

average sushi & friendly service. thefishwas fresh for the most part but nothing on the menu really caught my eye. for a place called the "drunken fish" i was expecting a fun atmosphere but it felt more like i just stepped into an upgraded fast food restaurant with tacky decor. however, not the worst sushi place i've been to.

the restaurant itself is nice. the staff friendly, service is good, and the place seems clean. the sushi are just as they are at any decent american-style sushi place. fine, but nothing spectacular.

it's not just a sushi place, but also carries vietnamese menu items. one of my favorite things in the world is pho, so the rest of this review focuses primarily on exactly that.

the drunken fish's pho is meh. the broth's flavor is good and it comes very hot, so that's nice. there's nothing worse than being served luke warm pho, so they got that part right. but they are stingy with the meat and waaay too generous with the noodles. every time i end up with a soggy mess of rice noddles left in the bowl after all the broth is finished (and long after the last of the meat is finished). the last few times my bean sprouts did not seem all that fresh and crisp either. finally, they offer only beef/meatball or chicken pho and other traditional ingredients like soft tendon etc and not available. overall, i have to say that it does hit the spot and is decent pho, but the only reason why i keep eating it here is because the drunkenfishis really the only place close to where i live, where you can get pho at all. so if you have a craving for pho and you have the time, take the drive to viet garden way out on florida. but in a pinch, this will do.

much improved!. edited: after the last time i had pho and it was a greasy mess, i avoided drunken fish. however, i think they may have gotten comments because i decided to give it another shot, and the pho was much improved. the broth was delicate and delicious. i prefer other places, but for it's location, it can't be beat. i will definitely be returning to drunkenfishagain.

horrible service. going into the drunkenfishwe were already really hungry, the hostess was fast to sit out down, but little did we know that it would be a place we would be stuck at for a while. the server took forever to even ask us what we wanted to drink. then about ten minutes later my husband finally was able to flag her down so we could order. we ordered a philly roll and the dare devil. when the sushi finally did come it was very good quality and at that point we had been waiting so long that we were happy to get anything. when our red devil dish finally arrived it was something you cook yourself, which made me wonder why it took so long to bring us something that didn't even need to be cooked. the waitress had no answer and simply went on her way. seeing as we were sitting right next to the open kitchen i believe it might have something to do with them seeming understaffed and the chef constantly talking on his cell phone or texting instead of cooking. i really wish the service was better because the food was great, but uncomfortably that is not enough to make me go back.

i love eating here! the pho is perfect, whether it be beef, meatball, or chicken it hits the spot every time. i have also had the sate beef (amazing), vermicelli bowls (amazing), and the sauteed edamame is to die for. the sushi is on another level, though. thefishis always fresh!! i love the saints roll, spicy cajun roll, naruto roll, spring roll just to name a few. my friends and i agree, the ceviche salad is the best in town!!

last resort vietnamese and basement quality sushi. well, i had an unstoppable urge for vietnamese food so i drove all around baton rouge only to find two that were closed for good, one with a vacation sign on the door, and then drunken fish. i ordered the pork spring rolls, a spicy tuna roll, and the beef pho. first off, the service is horrible. i watched the owner make the tuna roll. he set it up on the counter ready for the server to deliver it. the server walked by it several times and didn't notice. she then proceeded to do everything but serving (filling bottles, wrapping things, etc). i looked at the sushi guy and he didn't care, let along walk it over 10 feet to drop it off. one of the other reviewers noted that the place's casual service was akin to a social club with the employees chatting and doing nothing. i'd say he was spot on. so then came the spring rolls. the server set them down and walked away quickly. now, these rolls were one shade away from black (way over fried) so she didn't care to notice or either she tried to get away before i could say, "what the hell is this?!" the spicy tuna roll was awful. thefishwas more suited to cat food than for humans with all of its white connective tissue. it was obviously frozen and slightly grey. the role had hardly and flavor, despite it being a spicy tuna. then came the soup. pho broth is supposed to be clear and very hot (so it can cook the ingredients like the bean sprouts and beef). it was cloudy and not hot. i was also disappointed that you can't even order the usual pho ingredients such as different kinds of beef and tendon. you either get beef or beef and meatballs. my bill was $24 out the door and a waste. reserve this restaurant as a last resort for when you just have to get your vietnamese fix. otherwise, you could throw darts at a phonebook to find a better place than this.

pine-sol roll anyone?. on a quest for sushi! i had heard good things about drunkenfishand recommended to my gf that we try it...
liked the vibe walking in and thougth this should be good...
ordered a beer and c order a white wine...
edemame is boiled with butter and so it was good in that sinful buttered popcorn at the movie kindaway.
ordered 4 rolls and another round...
got to watch our waiter stuff his face and slurp down drink while we waited...nice!!!
rolls came out quickly and at about the same time the staff decided it was time to start prepping to close up (at 8:30?) and proceeded to start mopping the floors with enough pine-sol to render one's taste buds well..... tasteless!!!
we couldn't tell the signature drunkenfishroll from the philadelphia or the spicy tuna and no one working there, not even the sushi chef thought anything was wrong with the smell....
we walked out "drunken" from the pine-sol fumes and won't be going back.
$51 bill + tip = $60 wasted !

good food for a decent price. has a lot of college kids and the location is close to lsu. thefishis fresh and there is a wide variety of sushi choices.

in our quest to eat at restaurants we have not yet been, chris and i stumbled upon the drunkenfishfor dinner. to add to our enjoyment, this is one of urbanspoon's best baton rouge restaurants , so we are tearing through the list at a good pace! we walke