Sushi Den

06/29/2008 Posted by denfoodcrit

Best sushi in the DU area. We eat there almost every week and love it. Personable atmosphere and the food is second to none. It’s like riding a roller coaster, the anticipation drives you nuts, waiting for a table, and then you sit down and order some fish and sake and can't complain about a thing, except the thrill. Make sure you check these guys out! Make the trip, enjoy yourself. Old South Pearl brings small town living in downtown Denver… and Sushi Den is the place to start; friendly, decent prices and delicious! -dfc

06/22/2008 Posted by CagedBeing

I have been a frequent diner of Sushi Den for 5 years. From late night quiet dinners, to jam packed Fridays at 7pm, I have always found the staff to be very informative, even through the hecticness of the dinner rush. Not the most warming, but still knowledgeable about everything I was eating, to the point I've once or twice handed the menu right back and let them decide my dinner, and haven't been disappointed to this date. The atmosphere itself is an experience. Servers yelling out "Sushi order!", throwing down a ticket just to be countered with the chef yelling "Sushi ready!", beautiful single women coming through the door by the dozen. To this date one of my favorite places, wether I want to grab a bite to eat, just drink, or just stop in to say hi to the bartender. Traditionally untraditional.

Pros: Wine/Sake selection

Cons: The early closing hours

05/24/2008 Posted by MsPriss812

Its terrible, from the not so fresh "flown in daily" fish to the snooty atmosphere. You should have something to be snooty about before acting like it! No reservations, the sushi chefs are rude and cold (as the rest of the staff). Skip it and head to the very welcoming sushi sasa!

Pros: Nice location and super trendy

Cons: Expensive, bad service, rude staff, not so good food

05/11/2008 Posted by tuesdays

Just moved from LA and finding a good sushi restaurant was a challenge. Sushi Den tops our list. The food and experience was overall good. However, I wish the Sushi chefs would "liven up." We enjoy sitting at the sushi bar because the sushi chefs give more attention, and get a lot more creative with the dishes / sushi you order. But that wasn't the case...Ok, but our main server was indeed attentive and helpful. We wished they had music throughout the restaurant too. This would really be an added bonus to the whole ambiance. I recommend to valet park because it is free and convenient. The wait wasn't too bad on a Saturday night. We waited approx. 30 minutes, and this place dies out earlier than LA....about 10:30 pm, when happy hours starts. The location is in a neighborly kind of residence, which gives you no option to go anywhere else to have fun.

Pros: Free Valet, Sushi, Server

Cons: Boring Sushi Chefs, Lack of creativity on dishes / sushi presentations, Ambience

04/11/2008 Posted by gtea

I had lunch. Sushi was great as always. Since my 2 yrs son was with me, I had to have some cooked foods, too. Wasn't bad at all.

04/11/2008 Posted by EatBetterFood

This was my first time at a Sushi joint. The food was pretty good, but I just had a nice time. The place was busy and the tables are a little to close together. Service was average, food maybe a little above average. Parking was horrible! Take a cab.

01/25/2008 Posted by booshaq

To sum it up...An urban critter crawled on our table. Management squashed it, walked away and gave us our check(no discount) as if nothing happened. Before that, our server took 30 mins to greet us and proceeded to carelessly serve us throughout the night. There are better sushi restaurants around denver...Sushi den is well OVERRATED! Two stars for yummy fish.

Pros: Fish

Cons: Service and cleanliness

12/18/2007 Posted by skweelz1

I am an event coordinator for a local social club in Denver. I set up a monthly sushi dinner at a different sushi restaurant and was very excited to try the Sushi Den, since it had the reputation for "the best sushi in Denver". Yesterday I called to confirm my reservation for 25 people and they didn't have it. They then proceeded to tell me that they would have to charge me a room fee and a percentage of our total bill. I refused and said that NOTHING was said to me about a room fee, otherwise I would have never have booked a room there. He said he would wave the fee but wouldn't promise our table to be ready at 4:45. That was fine, we could have a drink at the bar while we waited for the table. During our drinks the manager said our table was ready and that we would all have to be on one bill. Typically when our group goes the management is kind enough to let us split up into groups of 4 or 5, with 25 people this is definitely difficult with a sushi order! So I go to the hostess to have her take us to the room and she said she wouldn't seat us until 15 people were there. It's 5 at night, rush hour I know people will be late but she would rather have 13 people stand by the bar instead of enjoying our room and looking over the menu. I finally got her to take us to the room. Nice decor, nice servers. The sushi was very overpriced and nothing outstanding compared to some other sushi restaurants we have visited. Overall I would save your money and go to Japon on a Monday where it's happy hour all day, or Opal that has an exceptional happy hour every day until 7:30.

Pros: Nice decor

Cons: overpriced, lost reservation, OVERRATED!!!

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11/16/2007 Posted by chefkatie

I went to Sushi Den last Thursday, and it was the first time I'd tried anything from their "cooked" menu. Unbelievable. I go there often for the most divers, freshest collection of sushi and sashimi anywhere--but now I'll go back for the black cod or the grilled calamari (which was somehow tender!). Immaculate, clean, fresh . . .

Pros: Cool interior, fabulous sushi

Cons: service is flighty

10/27/2007 Posted by snoodle

I understand that Friday night is "take the woman of the week that I really am trying to impress night" but Sushi Den was CRAZY last Friday! Although I can't complain it was funny to see 50+ men with comb-overs attempting to make conversation with short skirted 25-30 somethings with store bought cleavage, this combo always is good for excellent people watching. Cons: The wait was 1 hour and 15 minutes (but it was Friday), one of my friends ordered something and didn't get it (after two bottles of Sake we didn't really notice). We ordered some sashimi for dessert and they had ran out of the particular fish that we had requested, so we told our waiter to "surprise us" he ended up surprising us with the most expensive sashimi on the menu (by most expensive I mean DOUBLE the average sashimi price) I thought that this was in poor taste. Also the atmosphere was very loud and cluttered Pros: Since the wait was so long we got to go 2 doors down to BBs and had a couple of drinks and listened to some music. The food was excellent! The rolls were made with precision; piled with ingredients with excellent rice. The Sashimi was very fresh and since Colorado is a land locked state I give major points for freshness. On the whole it was a great way for me and my friends to begin our evening. I would recomend going on a Tuesday, if you are really trying to impress someone!