Best Japanese Restaurants in Sarasota

Reservation 8:30pm and was seated right away. Waiter warned us that with the holiday, that the kitchen and bar was really backed up and would take a while. Ordered right away. Beverages came right out but food came out at almost 10pm. Food was meh. Server checked in on us often and apologized non stop for the slow kitchen. We sat outside. Enjoyed the gorgeous night and time together and fortunately we weren’t starving so it didn’t cause any real distress. Was a good crowd. Valentine’s Day dinner but shocked the kitchen was so overwhelmed. If we had been hangry the experience would have ruined our date night. Not sure I’d go back for those reasons. But we had a great night nonetheless. 💓

Wonderful place, yummy food, and delicious cocktails. Cristina was a delight, we have learned so much from her about the history of the restaurant.Her food suggestions were very good..Raphael was welcoming from the door, encouraging us to try the bar upstairs and he was right we had an amazing time.The ambiance and music is nice. We returned twice and also tried their other restaurant, Clasico, for good pizza and sald for lunch.Highly recommend this restaurant

Enjoy the atmosphere, food and service. The food is a bit overpriced but it was excellent.

Table of four, 2 repeat, 2 new customers. The food was delicious, the service excellent. We will be back!!!

We always have a fantastic experience at Drunken Poet. The food is consistently good, the service is prompt and friendly, and the atmosphere is low key and relaxing. We look forward to returning soon!