Eleven Eleven Mississippi
- Price Range: $$$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Street
- Attire: Dressy
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: No
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Delivers: No
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: Yes
- Good for: Dinner
- Alcohol: Full Bar
25 Reviews for Eleven Eleven Mississippi
People have already mentioned: there's nothing exciting about the menu on paper, which changes from time to time. That doesn't mean it won't be exciting in your mouth, though!
The relaxed setting, superb service, and excellently prepared dishes down the whole menu line makes this place an easy recommendation for a place to go the whole nine yards and bum around for a couple hours.
I'm giving them 4-stars for putting the effort n to a historic neighborhood and attracting peeps from all over. For that, they deserve praise because it is quite an accomplishment.
However, the menu has changed since Vin de Set inherited the chef they started with and it "ain't" what it used to be. It now compares with so many other just above normal Mediterranean restaurants in town.
Also, if you have a group of over 8 people, you will be forced to eat from a high priced, pre-fixe menu and they're pretty snooty about how many peeps you can bring.
It's not on my list of favorite places, but it seems to please a lot of folks.
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I've heard great things, and it's Italian - a personal favorite of mine - so I figure I had bigger expectations going in.
The atmosphere is very nice with a private dinning room in the wine cellar, a fireplace, and lots of brick. Mississippi quattro uno ;{ nailed "the look and feel."
Total Bummer!
Our dinner started with Wild Boar ravioli and wood oven pizza - very tasty! When I moved on the main course with Braised Rabbit and some wine - I found both we just ok. The Rabbit, which had come highly recommended, was over-the-top. It has all the right ingredients with polenta and a reduction...only the 'reduction' needed more 'reducing.' The wine the waiter recommended was lacking all around.
Foul ball! We'll try it again...remember it takes three strikes to get called "out!"
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STL can be a bit of a weird hodge-podge of a city. You could be driving through a neighborhood of stately, well-kept brownstones, then head down a few blocks and it looks like crack houses everywhere. And then there's these huge long streets where no one is walking, and everything is brick and vaguely industrial.
I guess it's fitting then, that this - one of St. Louis' best restaurants - is on this seemingly random cobblestoned residential street right off Chouteau, near AmerenUE headquarters.
At any rate, the restaurant is a little slice of Napa in downtown St. Louis. I think the atmosphere they're going for here, with the exposed brick walls and beams, is kind of rustic, relaxed fine dining. The executive chef is from NorCal, apparently, and it shows in the menu and cooking. (We know how to do food right. Bitches.)
I had trout with ratatouille and it tasted delicious. The fish was cooked perfectly in a slightly creamy but not overly buttery or heavy sauce; the ratatouille was composed of finely chopped vegetables, rendering it less rustic than traditional ratatouille, but still stellar, especially with that tasty sauce. Only my companion could detect that the fish was a bit too salty. If he hadn't said anything, I probably wouldn't have noticed.
One final note: we went here for lunch, which is a great way to get a piece of a slightly more expensive restaurant. Our bill came out to about $40, including appetizers, main course, and drinks for two. Not street-food cheap but less expensive than a full-on dinner.
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The gravlax here was not as good as other places I've had it.
However, the bread with parmesan and oil was a nice touch instead of the usual bread and butter or bread and olive oil/basalmic.
I had the orecchiette w/ chicken, pancetta, spinach, artichokes & sage cream which was delicious and was a huge portion which i savoured after we visited the St Louis Museum of Art. My date had the ahi tuna which was also excellent.
The main reason i take off a star is because the service seemed a little snooty when we first got there because we looked younger than the rest of the 30-40 year old clientele that normally frequents this place.
I guess Californians reviewing a Californian restaurant in Missiouri is also a bit ironic
Great place. The decor is excellent, the wine list extensive, and the food is really really good. I also like that it's in an up and coming neighborhood. I don't live in stl anymore but I still miss and remember this restaurant.
This is probably my favorite restaurant in St. Louis - it has a Tuscan Bistro feel, great atmosphere, wonderful food, good wine, lovely desserts. What else can I say! I still want to go there for a martini one day - the bar area is very inviting. I love the wine room and especially the loft lounge in the winter when the fireplace is warming the couches. That + cold glass of Riesling = approximating heaven. Lovely for lunch and dinner. Try the wild boar raviolis!
Best overall restaurant in St. Louis, hands-down.
Here's why:
The service is impeccable. My boyfriend and I reserved a table next to the upstairs fire for Valentine's Day (which they accommodated, no questions asked). I was conversing with my waiter about the out-of-this-planet caramelized brussels sprouts on the menu, and he returned later in the meal with a card directing me to the website to find the recipe. Who does that? Now, that's exceptional service.
Every meal I've ever had here is one of those types of meals you eat slowly and close your eyes for a moment just to savor the flavor a bit longer. From steak to seafood to basic chicken, every flavor is very carefully considered.
The spinach salad with goat cheese, bacon, spiced walnuts, and warm vinaigrette is the best salad I've ever had.
The banana custard dessert is my requested dessert on every special occassion, job promotion, birthday. It's unlike any other banana dessert I've ever had - the flavors, how they intermingle....
I'm making myself way too hungry.
If you have a wait during the winter season, get a good glass of wine and head upstairs to the lounge/waiting area near the fire. In fact, Eleven Eleven is a wonderful wintertime restaurant as the dense before-meal bread is worth noshing on and the entrees are oftentimes accompanied by mashed potatoes. If you want to eat light, go elsewhere (unless you just order that incredible salad I mentioned above.) :)
So.Amazingly.Good. Quality and service completely unrivaled. Beautiful architecture - very Northern Californian. Wine list is really great.
When you go to Eleven Eleven, it's not just going to get dinner - you get a memorable meal and a lovely experience because all the details have been taken care of.
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We were in St. Louis last weekend to visit family for the first time in years....We choose eleven eleven miss based on their proximity to our hotel and couldn't have been more pleased.
We had the scallop appetizer with figs which was a delightful combination and the field greens salad, which again left us smiling. For dinner we had the lamb shank (I had this on the last day they offered it for the season so don't expect to find it again until fall) and the pork chop. The pork chop was overcooked, tough and lacked the flavor you expect when you read the menu description.
After dinner I ordered the cheese plate which is only local cheeses so if you enjoy a cheese plate after your meal don't rely on this one.
Overall the service, food and atmosphere were great and we will go back the next time we visit STL.
This was a great, hidden restaurant, and next time in town I'd definitely go back. I took clients there for dinner, and was extremely impressed with the food, the service, the ambiance and the overall experience. Great place!
This restaurant is always great! The menu and wine list are always enticing and the food is delicious. The staff is professional and efficient and the space is comfortable and sylish without being stuffy. One of my favorite St. Louis restaurants!
I first traveled to 1111 Mississippi (both the name and address of this upscale bistro) for a work team lunch about a year ago. Considering some of the places my team has dragged me (think any cookie-cutter corporate chain), I didn't have high hopes for 1111 Mississippi. Boy, was I wrong.
1111 Mississippi was impressive from the moment I walked in. It's decorated with lots of contemporary staples: combination of open space and structure, dark wood and breezy paint, glass and earthenware. I found myself thinking, "If the food is half is good as this place is pretty, I'll be fine." Luckily, the food was way better than I had expected. We came for lunch and split one of the oven baked pizzas- which was beautifully cooked, the perfect combination of cheese, topping, and crunch. I had the special pork medallions served over a micro-greens salad and the tiramisu for dessert. We all walked out stuffed and happy; I think we even managed to get some work done, too.
(Note: This place is reasonably priced for lunch but the dinner choices can be a little pricey.)
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I went here a few years back when they first opened. My boss took me for my birthday lunch. I remember loving the space much more than the food.
I went again recently and this time, I was looking for more than just the superficial. I wanted to be wowed by the food. I wanted a fusion of beauty and substance.
The bacon wrapped scallops were absolutely delicious. Perfectly cooked scallops, still tender and whispering of the sea, were elevated when sealed inside smoky, slightly greasy and perfectly salted bacon that was also cooked to perfection.
Still, the menu really was rather standard, and the butternut squash soup I ordered came dripping with brown sugar. I asked the bartender if it was made with sugar and he said no. Turns out, he thought I asked if there was "a lot" of sugar in it. What's the difference? Sugar is sugar last time I asked my blood. I've had lovely butternut soups with only cream and stock to give it its brilliance. Not here.
The spot is a great one, though, in a fantastic neighborhood. It's fun to walk into a restaurant and feel like you're in an entirely different city.
I suppose I'll give it a fair amount of time until I return again to see what surprises are in store.
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I love everything about this restaurant. The decor is right on for the kind of food that is served. The menu is American/European/Old World/Modern with fantastic twists and turns with a high amount of excitement. Eating here is more of an experience than it is a meal. I have loved every dish that I have eaten here. The boar ravioli is strange and savory. The butternut squash bisque is creamy, sweet and savory at once and quite a surprise as I have never liked butternut squash before! Even the spinach salad is abnormally exquisite in brand new ways with the spicy nuts and the dried cherries. We haven't even gotten to the entrees yet, people! The rabbit is really nice, I thought that it'd be greasy and wirey [I had never had rabbit before] and yet it was succulent and full of flavor. The orecchiette was savory and had layered flavors that played nicely on my palate. The stuffed bone pork chop was elegant and features a variety of ingredients that I didn't think would go together, and yet the flavors melded into a fantastic experience that I want to have again. The service is spectacular, and I just cannot think of a single negative.
We've been here a couple times and would love to go more but it's a little too pricey for us (gift cert....hint, hint)
The place is very urban and cool inside but the tall ceilings make it a bit noisy to have a quiet conversation.
Our server was wonderful and so was the food!
There is also a small patio but I have never eaten on it.
Great restaurant to recommend!
I was taken there by my sister before we went to the Fox for a evening of music. I thoroughly enjoyed the rustic atmosphere and the great ambiance. We all, it was 6 of us total, loved the food and service. I have been back once on a date and it made a great impression, will return!!
I came in with a large group (10 or 12) and they did an excellent job of accommodating us. The service was great! We ordered a appetizers, martinis, a main course, and dessert, and all was amazing. I came in expecting slightly above average food, but found myself delightfully surprised with the place. Everything--from the atmosphere to the service to the food--was absolutely wonderful. It's the best place I've eaten at in St. Louis.
I sooo love this place! The wild boar ravs are the best!!! The wine list is not bad at all and the fireplace and loft are super cozy. I feel like the price is amazing for what you get - wonderful food, service and atmosphere! I have so many amazing memories where this place is the backdrop. : ) So much better than Monarch in my opinion..sorry Rob.
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Easily among the best establishments in Saint Louis for service. The menu is not exciting, but different enough and the ingredients and preparation are far better than the reasonable prices suggest.
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This is a fantastic restaurant. Not fantastic as, oh, great for St. Louis, but one that could make it in any major mertropolis.
The loft-turned restaurant is a great warm feeling. Almost like a ski lodge, with exposed beams. The service is fantastic - attentive, but not hawklike, prompt, friendly. We even got the bill within a short amount of time (something we have not seen too often).
The food: they complementary bread is homey and dense, almost like a cross between a biscuit and bread. The waiter brings a dish of parmesan and spices and pours olive oil over the whole thing to make a dipping sauce. Olive oil is contained in cute jars on the table and salt is in a little dish with a spoon. No pepper? Au contraire, the waiter brings over a fresh grinder for you.
We ordered the boar ravioli and braesola with roasted red peppers, gorgonzola, and greens. The boar ravioli was tasty and covered in a pink vodka sauce, though it could have used a bit more filling. The braesola dish was a star. It was so simple, but so perfectly executed. A topping of a little olive oil and fresh lemon complemented the dish perfectly.
Entrees were crisp trout in an asian style vinaigrette and roasted brussels sprouts as well as rabbit and mashed potatoes. The trout was great and already deboned. The skin was crispy and the meat tender with not - too -overpowering vinaigrette. The brussels sprouts were out of this world. The rabbit dish tasted like Prague. It was warm and homey, reminiscent of an mother's Eastern European stew, but with rabbit.
Wines were decently priced by the bottle, including a tasty New Zealand Sauv Blanc. To top it off, dinner was a lot less expensive that anticipated, or a lot less than a similarly situated restaurant in NYC. Lovely!
I think this place is on a lot of St. Louis people's favorite lists, though I still wouldn't place it as high as Monarch. But the menu selection was very good. Kinda in the middle of nowhere. Sister restaurant Vin de Set close by.
Eleven Eleven has flawless service, excellent wine/beer list, the food is impeccable. Noisy but fun atmosphere. This is my long time stand by for celebrations and special occasions. Great place to bring a date also.
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During my short stay in the city of St. Louis, I witnessed many things.
I was there when the Cardinals won the World Series. People drinking alcohol in public, fireworks, horrible traffic, a sea of fans in red shirts screaming and cheering and hugging strangers...
I also witnessed Eleven Eleven mississippi, which was just as enjoyable.
The "Eleven Eleven BLT" cost only $11.11, and instead of the combo of bacon, lettuce and tomato that gave the famous sandwich its name, I was happy to gorge on a tasty lobster sandwich with lettuce and a mayonnaise-type sauce. Extremely filling and delicious, I could only eat about half the sandwich--but I was thrilled with every bite. The lobster was fresh. There wasn't too much mayonnaise. The bread was toasted and crunchy. Perfect! Plus, it came with fries.
Eleven Eleven also has some great risotto. Try the squash risotto.
One of the appetizers was a mushroom sauce with a towering pastry puff. Delicous and easy to split--just break off a piece of the pastry puff and top it with some mushroom sauce.
There are also an array of desserts to end your fantastic meal. The butter cake is known for its decadence, but if you're a chocolatier, also be aware of the several chocolate cakes and bombes to sample.
By far my best dining experience in all of Missouri!
Have eaten here once. Real good food and fantastic atmosphere. My only two complaint is that it might be a little on the pricey side of things and toooooo noisy
One thing I really liked was the chese platter dessert...
This is definitely one of my favorite restaurants in St. Louis. The atmosphere is great and the location is convenient to downtown, although not necessarily right in the middle of anything. They have a fantastic wild boar ravioli appetizer that is amazing and I highly recommend it. Great for dates, great for occasions. Fabulous service. Have been a number of times and will definitely be back when in St. Louis.
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