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| - The Sewickley branch of The Slippery Mermaid is just a few weeks old with the original location in Navarre, Florida. I'm grateful for another dining option in Sewickley. It's BYOB with a $5 corkage fee per bottle. Hooray!
I gave them a few weeks since they opened before visiting and taking a stab at a review. I've even visited twice - once on a weekend dinner and again for a weekday lunch. I'm willing to chalk it up to inexperience in the very youthful looking sushi chefs that were working on both visits. There were three chefs behind the counter working and they still could not keep up with the pace. The first visit was a completely packed house - and it took 45+ minutes to get our food.
The second visit there were only three other tables that were occupied and it still took 45+ minutes to get our food. Something is not quite right here. Again, I'm willing to grant grace here since they might not have their groove since they opened.
Service is OK. No updates given by our server for the very long wait on both visits.
The food was tasty enough. But by the time the food arrived, I was just happy to have something to eat to take the edge off the very long wait times on both visits.
On our first visit, here's what our family had:
California Roll from the kids menu - $6. My 7 year old was very pleased! 10 pieces in all for this and it was probably the best value on the menu.
Tempura shrimp roll - $9. The cream cheese in this is totally unnecessary but tasty enough.
Tropical Mermaid-Shrimp Tempura Roll with toasted coconut both inside & out, finished with sweet thai chili sauce - $10. This thing is so sickly sweet between the thai chili sauce and the coconut. My wife loved it though!
The Dragon Roll-Spicy Tuna Roll topped with yellowfin tuna, eel, avocado,tobiko, tempura crunchies, scallions and finished with three sauces; zesty aioli, sweet soy reduction, and sriracha - $12. This was tasty but the eel just didn't seem to go on this. The crunch factor was good since there are a lot of mushy elements to this roll.
After corkage fee ($5 for one bottle of wine we brought) and drinks for the kids it came to $57 after tax and tip.
I'm willing to give this place another shot since the Asian food options nearby and on this side of the river are limited and not all that appetizing. There doesn't seem to be a shortage of sushi chefs working at The Slippery Mermaid which makes me wonder why it took so long for food to be leaving the sushi counter.
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