Eleven Eleven Mississippi — Restaurant in St. Louis

One of the most disappointing, frustrating meals I’ve had in a long time. We ordered Caesar salad 6oz filets ( medium-rare) with smashed red potatoes, sautéed kale and a porcini Demi glacé. The salad was minuscule with only the flat leaf tops of romaine so it lay flat on the plate, no crunch or bulk and lacked flavor. There was a much too long wait between app and entree but we were patient. When the plates arrived I could tell that not only was it not 6 oz ( 4oz, for sure) it was overcooked. The thinnest petite filet I’ve ever received in a restaurant. Half to one-third the thickness as anywhere else. The kale was maybe a mouthful, seriously. It was a garnish at best. The potatoes portion was the main focus on the plate and 3x the size of the steak and kale combined. I’m sorry, but I’m not paying $40 for mashed potatoes. The “porcini mushroom” sauce had zero mushroom morsels. The waitress saw me taking photos of the meal after she stepped away so came back and said, “ it’s overdone, isn’t it?” Well, when you use a thin cut used for a well done order and try to pass it off as medium rare… I can’t even. She offered to take it back but the rate the food was coming out, everyone would’ve finished before my correction would arrive so I said no thank you. It was removed from the bill. My husbands was the same thin cut and not Med/rare either but she didn’t offer to remove his even though she mentioned it was not cooked correctly either. On the way out, the host ( who also came to the table and saw the meal so not clear if he was the manager) asked how everything was. When my husband said, “ if I’m going to be honest…” The host then blamed the meat on the purveyor and that “some meat we get cooks faster than others” I nearly fell on the floor. I’m a CIA grad who’s worked in the best restaurants in NYC.Do not blame the cut of meat that your chef chose and found acceptable to serve on the purveyor. Do not list a vegetable as an accompaniment unless it’s an actual side portion. If you’re a manager, introduce yourself as such and dress the part-not like you just walked off the local golf course in your Under Armour shirt on a Saturday night. The waiters were dressed more professionally. I have a feeling this place has turned into an easy neighborhood spot and the reason why it’s still full after all these years. It’s a shame as the...

Visiting the Lou for 3 days for the Phillies / Cardinals MLB games we decided to take in a nice restaurant as we try to do in each city. Tonight it was Eleven Eleven Mississippi. We were seated early right when we arrived at 6:00 PM. We chose the courtyard for atmosphere.

My lovely wife ordered the charred ribeye with Tillamook cheese potato, and I ordered the Lamb ribs with risotto. The waiter John was a bit eager but very pleasant and attentive. Where the evening absolutely took a nose dive is when people came in with a dog. Not a service animal; a large labradoodle(ish) quadraped, and when John asked if everything was alright I said I wasn't expecting to eat at a kennel tonight.

Don't get me wrong, dogs can be man's best friend; but they have no place in a nice upscale dining establishment that Eleven Eleven advertises to be. Let me be frank, I personally witnessed the waitress for the table next to us go over and pet the animal then return with a round of drinks leaving me to question if she even had time to was he her hands?

We asked for boxes to take our food with us, John wanted to take our plates in the back and box it up for us; we politely declined and asked to have the containers brought to us. Perplexed, he made some comment about how he usually "insists" to do it himself but decided to allow us to do it.

We travel the country visiting Baseball Parks and pick a special restaurant in each city. I found the Eleven Eleven Mississippi experience "unsanitary" and it absolutely ruined the $150 experience.

St. Louis has many choices and I would STRONGLY recommend that if you took the time to read this, you save yourself a huge disappointment and chose wiser than I did.

Happy Dining and Be well.

UPDATE:...

I see the restaurant took the time to passive aggressively respond to my more than fair review.

I did not leave a gratuity that is true, the food sucked and you extorting me for $150 was enough of an insult for the evening.

Clearly you fancy yourselves a "locals" hangout I just wish you would be transparent about the absolute filthiness of that joke of a restaurant.

The only thing worse than the food is the manager / owner attitude. Your reply was disingenuous and I would question your adherence to health department protocols.

Someone is going to...

My wife and I recently visited this restaurant for lunch. I had been there at least a couple of times before, but unfortunately, my impression of it has diminished with each visit.

To start with the positives, the ambience is lovely, and we were greeted warmly and seated promptly. The service was a bit slow at first, but since we weren’t in a hurry, it wasn’t a major issue.

As for the food, perhaps we simply ordered the wrong dishes, but it fell short of expectations—especially considering the price. I ordered the seafood cioppino, while my wife chose the pappardelle with pomodoro sauce and chicken. My cioppino was overly salty, which says a lot coming from someone who typically enjoys a well-seasoned dish. Meanwhile, my wife’s pasta seemed to lack seasoning altogether, as if no salt had been added to the pasta water—a basic and essential step in cooking pasta properly. The sauce was quite thin and thus it really didn’t stick to the pasta at all. It’s hard to say if the sauce was cooked into the pasta as would be traditional with Italian cooking.

I was informed that the cioppino would be “brothy,” but what I received was more of a thick tomato-based sauce with very little brothiness at all. It would have been far more enjoyable with a lighter, more balanced broth rather than the overpowering, salty tomato sauce. The bread pieces added to the cioppino were very tough and hard, even after soaking in the sauce for a few minutes.

The chicken breast that came with my wife’s dish was so so. Parts of it were dry and stringy, but the center was more tender and juicy.

On the bright side, the caramelized Brussels sprouts we ordered as a side were delicious—flavorful and cooked to our liking.

The total bill, including a glass of wine and a draft beer, came to $75, and with a $15 tip, we spent $90 on a lunch that, unfortunately, did not feel worth the cost.

That said, I wouldn’t necessarily discourage others from trying this place. Many people seem to enjoy their meals here, and it’s possible we just happened to order the wrong dishes this time. However, based on this experience, the flavors lacked the sophistication and balance one would expect from a restaurant of...