Decided to give this place a try before heading out to a Christmas concert tonight…read more Located right off MN-5 in a small business center strip. They have a small shared parking lot. Was greeted by staff right away and said we can seat ourselves. Inside style was more an older like setting but nice and clean. Walked past the front counter, open kitchen, then mini anti pasta salad bar and then the open mid sized dining room area. Shout out to our server Ally! She provided us with fast and friendly service which made our visit even more pleasant. Got our drinks and breadsticks. Breadsticks were not too thick but thin enough (which I liked) and was good. I ordered the Chicken Alfredo with the added one time salad bar option. I forgot to get the picture but they did have a good variety of options to pick from even though it was a small bar. The salad was good in my opinion. The Chicken Alfredo came out hot and was creamy and delicious. It came with garlic toasts too.

Food made us sick the next day! Plus or was bland, Go here if you want to clean out your system.read more

LOVE LOVE LOVE El Mar's!!! Been here so many times and love…read moreit EVERY TIME I am come!! The pizza is excellent -- crust and toppings. I love the simplicity of the Margherita and also love the Whoopty with sausage, mushrooms, and onions. The bagels on the weekends are also exceptional -- have bought a few packages and frozen them for later and they still taste great from the freezer! HIGHLY recommend El Mar's-- excellent pizza and not required to drive downtown.

El Mars has become my favorite bagel spot lately and easily the best bagels in town!…read more For a sweeter breakfast option, I recommend the French toast bagel with brown sugar cream cheese. One of the staff members actually told me it was his favorite and he was absolutely right. So good! For breakfast sandwiches, you really can't go wrong with the sausage, egg, and cheese on the cheddar bagel (kind of similar to an asiago bagel). Add chive cream cheese and fully commit...MMM! It is a little spendy, but the portions are HUGE. Definitely enough to split with someone or turn into two meals, so it feels more justified once you see the size. Plan extra time to your visit to wait in a small line, they're popular!

(Last visited 4/26/2022.) Working at my company's headquarters for a couple of weeks and a…read moreco-worker of mine mentioned that this place has AMAZING pizza and some good wings. So... I came here for lunch... then again a few days later! Lol. Atmosphere/Appearance: Located in what I thought was Excelsior, is actually Tonka Bay right off of some water is this gem. It's in a plaza with a few other businesses and a part of a private parking lot. The inside isn't too crazy. You walk in and you are greeted by grand smells of pizza cooking in their huge steel ovens! The menu is overhead and the dining area is to the left. I remember a lot of exposed wood, plastic benches and just a classic looking pizza joint. Service: I can't remember the young lady's name, but Sydney or Candace come to mind. Lol. Whoever it was that took care of us was friendly and made sure we had everything we needed. However, all you do is just place your order at the counter, take the number they give you and go sit down then wait for you food to be brought out to you. Drinks are self-serve as well. Food: Throughout my visits I've had the chance to check out 3 of their wing flavors and a couple of toppings on their pizzas. The wow factor here is about big the slices are. They literally don't even fit onto a single plate. The edges hang over rim of the plate. Lol. So for lunch you can order the pizza + salad combo and it totally fills you up. The wings are also enormous and quite delicious I might add! I'd definitely get them again. Cajun and the Buffalo were my favorite, but the BBQ wasn't too bad either. Value: A single order of wings will give you 6 and it'll cost you $10.00. Double your order for $16.50. Like I mentioned, they wings are huge so I think this is a pretty good value. Any time a day you can get a cheese slice + salad + drink for only $12.50. Toppings will cost extra of course. In conclusion, I loved this place. However, coming for lunch and eating heavy makes for a slow rest of the work day. Lol. I ain't trippin' though, sometimes that's what's necessary!

A clean though I found somewhat cramped space with a not displeasing, straightforward utilitarian…read moredesign. I thought the atmosphere was redolent of great Italian aromas. Serves very good pizza, tasty sandwiches with spicy chips and flavorful, generous pasta with a slice of garlic toast.. I had a large bowl of spicy chicken fettuccine with a slice of garlic toast hanging off to one side. I found the dish to be full of flavor (and to be fair probably calories as well). I devoured the toast but took home enough leftover chicken and pasta to make a nice meal for later consumption. If dining in one orders at the counter, is issued a number stand and grabs a table or booth. Orders when ready (relatively quickly) were promptly brought out by cheerful servers. Fountain drinks, silverware, plates and paper napkins can be found at a separate stations along the wall opposite the order counter (in the midst of the dine-in portion). Ate here with my son who works nearby (shout out to Wilkes Auto) and two old friends from my college days. All left with satisfied looks on their collective faces. Based upon the number of people milling around awaiting their respective orders as well as the steady stream of customers in and out of the main entrance (on a weekday evening no less) Joey Nova's appears to do a brisk take out business.

We did take out and I really liked this pizza! I like that they have both thin and deep dish…read morepizzas; I personally have a strong preference toward thin crust. I loved the Hawaiian, very flavorful and I liked that the pineapple wasn't cut too big. The cheesy bread was also yummy. Big hit with the kids too, the small slices are easy to eat!

Food was reasonable. The pizza was better than the spaghetti. garlic toast with cheese appetizer…read morewas solid, the bread is big (I'm a big guy and one pic is my hand next to one piece). Spaghetti with meat sauce was fairly basic, the person who got it felt that there wasn't a lot of meat in the sauce. 14 inch deep dish pizza was good but not exactly what I was expecting. It wasn't quite as deep dish as Chicago style deep dish (the crust under the toppings was thicker than at a place like Giordanos) but it was still more like deep dish than a regular pizza. Two pieces was plenty for me and I'm a big guy and a big eater. Pizza felt more like a 16 inch than 14. Also the ambience was excellent, like an old school hole in the wall. Jukebox. Warm inviting smell from the ovens. The service was fantastic, our server stopped by a ton, lots of drink refills, even made an awesome joke while we were ordering. Great experience, totally recommend

Best Pizza in town! Had Margarita Pizza, with large slices of roasted tomatoes and basil. Excellent…read morecrust from fired oven. pick up at bar in restaurant was easy. Will be back...

We had just moved here almost a year ago and my brother was visiting from CA and we were looking…read morefor a good pizza place, and if we could have giving more than 5 stars we would the pizza was one of the best pizzas we have ever had, they do have a sign on there door to go into the Cafe Renaissance, and it is kind of fancy, the service was also pretty good the only real bad i think was the lighting it was very low which made it kind of hard to read the menu. I would definitely recommend.

Just in time for summer, the new menu has arrived! It has tons of variety and options. Including…read morethe turkey avocado melt! Which is delicious! Enjoy!

I have been a frequent customer to the Luce line lodge over the last 15 years and in the recent…read morevisits I have been making the service and food has been not great. Last night I placed an order to go and ordered wings and my mom ordered a club sandwich and asked for season sour cream with her waffle fries. We picked up the items right when they were ready and when we got home a few mins later I discovered that there was barely any Thai peanut sauce on my wings and they were incredibly dry!! My mom didn't receive her sour cream for her waffle fries so I decided to call and let them know. The person that answered the phone didn't apologize and said she can't refund the credit card that it was purchased. Her next solution was for us to drive back to get a side of sauce.....and then our food would be cold. She said she could give a gift card and I said I would pick it up the next day. When I went to the lodge today the gift card wasn't ready for pick up and Meghan only said to give a gift card for $7 and the wings were $13. I asked why the winds weren't fully refunded and the bartender said he couldn't do anything and wasn't helpful. He just said talk to Meghan which originally she never did her job and hold the gift card. The service has really gone down in the years and you can tell cause how few customers are there anymore. The seats are dirty and need to be replaced.

I looooove this place man!!! Great food and friendly staff!!!! Very wheelchair friendly!read more

First time at Garage Bar & Bowl in downtown Waconia on First St. We visited late afternoon on New…read moreYear's Day and they seemed a bit under staffed but everyone was friendly and made the wait tolerable. They comped us our first game because of some technical issues and we used the time we were waiting to partake in some very good cheese curds from the happy hour menu. After bowling we had dinner - a Mega-roni pizza, a VooDoo burger, and a Garage BYO bacon burger. Probably the best bowling ally food I have had. The server told me about their Sunday BYO Bloody Mary Bar - sounded awesome and may have to come back to check it out.

Stopped by Sizzle Street Indian Restaurant and had the curry chicken with naan -- both were…read moreexcellent. The food was flavorful, fresh, and perfectly prepared. The service was also great and made the whole experience even better. Definitely recommend if you are looking for delicious Indian food and friendly service.

Im addicted to lamb curry and naan now.... It's basically my life now. Need nooore characters…read moresssssss

Great pizza and service. A place we will Continue to go…read morevisit . The beer choices are great and served cold and refreshing

Friends rave about Detello's. I just don't see it. Or taste it…read more The ambience, service and food is quite meduocre. One could name a gazillion Italian food restaurants that look, feel and taste the same. I have no reason to return.

Great place! Great food! Great Service! Takeout and delivery! The pizza of the month is delicious!read more

This pizza place is my number one in a 200 mile radius. I like everything from the dough to the…read moresauce to the fresh toppings! They don't have indoor seating so be prepared to take it with you. As for the service they get 5 out of 5 stars. Today the misread my order and made my pizza wrong. When I brought it up to them they went above and beyond great customer service. He offered to refund my money and still make me the pizza. You must try this place it above any other place around here.