Restaurant
Unclaimed profileRain Premier Sushi Bar & Lounge
Amarillo, TX · $$
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Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Rain Premier Sushi Bar & Lounge runs a beverage program with clear strengths in sake and beer. The sake list moves from flavored and unfiltered styles to sparkling options, with by-the-glass pours from $5 to $12 and a $4 carafe service. Beer covers a deep craft roster plus a long domestic and premium list. Cocktails lean heavily on martinis, margaritas, and flavored mojitos, while wine is limited to a Thursday bottle promotion and a moscato-based punch.
- What should I order?
- Start with a sake carafe, available hot, cold, or flavored for $4, or a glass of sho chiku bai cream nigori if you prefer something unfiltered. For beer, the deep ellum dream crusher ipa and new belgium voodoo ranger imperial ipa are both listed at high abv. The mojito comes regular or with mango, peach, strawberry, or watermelon.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Guests who want a wide sake selection, a long craft and imported beer list, or a large roster of flavored martinis and margaritas will find plenty to choose from. The Thursday wine bottle discount and Tuesday Texas beer and liquor specials add value for those visiting on those days.
- When should I go?
- Tuesday brings half off Texas beer and Texas liquor. Thursday offers half price wine bottles, excluding sake. Monday's sushi and sake special includes select 2 rolls and house sake for $12.99.
- What should I expect to spend?
- Teas are $5 each, with unsweetened iced tea at $2.49. Sake by the glass ranges from $5 to $12, bottles are $20, and a 5-ounce carafe is $4. The Monday sushi and sake special is $12.99.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- The sake program stands out for its range: flavored, unfiltered, and sparkling options, plus a carafe service with a choice of hot, cold, or flavored. The beer list is unusually broad for a sushi restaurant, spanning craft, domestic, premium, and draft categories. Cocktails lean into martinis and margaritas with a long list of variations.
Beverage categories
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Cocktails
A large signature cocktail section built around martinis, margaritas, mojitos, sangria, daiquiri, and pina colada. The list runs from key lime pie martini and french 75 martini to blue agave margarita and manhattan. Mojitos come regular or with mango, peach, strawberry, or watermelon.
Menu strengths
- — Large signature cocktail list with many martini and margarita variations.
- — Mojito is offered regular or with choice of mango, peach, strawberry, or watermelon flavors.
Standout selections
- — Key lime pie martini — listed under signature cocktails.
- — French 75 martini — listed under signature cocktails.
- — Blue agave margarita — listed under signature cocktails.
Wine
Wine is a light category here. The main wine-specific offering is a Thursday promotion: half price wine bottles, excluding sake. The strawberry moscato punch, listed under cocktails, is moscato-based and provides the only named wine-adjacent selection.
Menu strengths
- — Thirsty Thursday special offers half price wine bottles, excluding sake.
Standout selections
- — Strawberry moscato punch — listed under signature cocktails; moscato-based.
Beer
An extensive beer selection across craft, domestic, premium, and draft categories. The craft roster includes breckenridge vanilla porter, deep ellum dream crusher ipa, karbach hopadillo ipa, new belgium voodoo ranger imperial ipa, revolver blood & honey, and texas ale fire ant funeral. Domestic and premium bottles cover guinness draught, kirin ichiban, sapporo, shiner bock, and more. Texas Tuesdays offers half off Texas beer.
Menu strengths
- — Extensive beer selection across craft, domestic, premium, and draft categories.
- — Craft beer list includes deep ellum dream crusher ipa (9.5% abv) and new belgium voodoo ranger imperial ipa (9% abv).
- — Texas Tuesdays special offers half off Texas beer.
Standout selections
- — Deep ellum dream crusher ipa — craft beer, 9.5% abv.
- — New belgium voodoo ranger imperial ipa — craft beer, 9% abv.
- — Revolver blood & honey — craft beer.; shiner bock — domestic/premium beer.
Nonalcoholic
The beverage menu lists china jasmine tea, green tea, oolong tea, black lychee tea, and chrysanthemum tea, each $5. Unsweetened iced tea is $2.49. The tea selection offers several distinct options at a consistent price point.
Menu strengths
- — Beverage menu lists china jasmine tea, green tea, oolong tea, black lychee tea, and chrysanthemum tea, each $5.
Standout selections
- — China jasmine tea — $5.; black lychee tea — $5.
- — China jasmine tea — $5 — Tea selection.
Pricing: Teas $5; iced tea $2.49
Spirits
A diverse sake list with flavored, unfiltered, and sparkling options. Selections include hana fuji apple, haha lychee, moonstone plum, sho chiku bai ginjo, sho chiku bai cream nigori, and shirakabe gura mio sparkling. A 5-ounce sake carafe is available with a choice of hot, cold, or flavored for $4. Texas Tuesdays offers half off Texas liquor.
Menu strengths
- — Diverse sake selection with flavored, unfiltered, and sparkling options.
- — Sake by the glass ranges from $5 to $12; bottles $20; carafe $4.
- — Sake carafe service available with choice of hot, cold, or flavored.
Standout selections
- — Sho chiku bai ginjo — $12.; sho chiku bai cream nigori — unfiltered sake, $11.
- — Shirakabe gura mio sparkling — sparkling sake, $12.
- — Sake carafe — 5 oz, choice of hot, cold, or flavored, $4.
Pricing: Sake by the glass $5–$12; bottles $20; carafe $4
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