Sexy Fish, the seafood restaurant that resembles a dream sequence from “The Little Mermaid”, is best known for its glittering under-the-sea decor and opulent sushi, tasting menus, and decadent dessert platters. But with all of the design features, delicious food, and beautiful people, one small fish has captivated guests from London to Miami.
The charming creature greets guests at their table, eliciting a smile: a tiny brass goldfish with plump red lips. She’s the Sexy Fish mascot who also serves as a nifty chopstick holder. Pick her up and she has a surprising heft to her dimunitive frame. Turn her upside down and there’s a cheeky little notation: “Stolen from Sexy Fish”.
The saying is a throwback from clubs from yesteryear, when ashtrays and matchboxes were marked “stolen from Joe’s Restaurant” or “taken from the Rumba Club”.
It seems, diners at Sexy Fish have taken the sexy little fishy’s message to heart.
According to Daniel Smith, Global Managing Director of Sexy Fish, “Over the years, more than 558,000 have mysteriously gone missing.” Many of them turn up on Social Media and have become somewhat of a cult souvenir of an evening spent at the restaurant.
I too, have fallen prey to the siren song of the fish and she now sits on my desk, watching over me as I type.
To mark Sexy Fish’s 10th anniversary, the restaurant is calling all its wayward guppies home for a reunion, so to speak. And it’s rewarding the people who graciously turn in the little creatures.
Return one of Sexy Fish’s brass fish to any of its three locations and you’ll be rewarded with a free cocktail.
Simply produce the fish to the reception area upon arrival and you’ll be presented with a voucher that can be redeemed for a cocktail from the new X menu at the bar (only) now through August 31, 2025. One fish exchange per person per visit and you must be 21 or over to participate.
The X Cocktails are featured in Sexy Fish’s special cocktail book, “X”, that reimagines the restaurant’s 20 most iconic drinks from the past decade. There’s something for everyone since 10 of the cocktails offered are either mid or no ABV. Order one of those, and you could conceiveably drink and swim (pun intended).
As a proper journalist, I had one pressing question left to ask: Does this adorable brass fish have a name? “The fish is not named, we prefer to allow our guests to name each fish individually,” says Smith.
As of me…I’ve named my fish Marilyn FishRoe. And she’s staying on my desk. That makes 557,999 fish in the sea waiting to be returned to Sexy Fish.