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    Mavericks Wood Grill

    3.6 (176 reviews)

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    Casual
    Live music
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups

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    Royale Burger
    William B.

    Love the dog friendly patio and green space in the back of this discreet neighborhood gem. Nice expansive drink menu, the Mav's old fashioned was quite good! Tried the "burger of the moment" called Royale - enjoyed it thoroughly, but the real stand out was the cluck me up fries. Just enough spice with multiple layers of flavor. Waitstaff were excellent and provided great customer service. Quite the the hidden place for a summer evening; will definitely be back again throughout the season!

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    Danny A.

    Is there a 10 star option? I LOVE Mavericks. Located on West River Road smack dab in the middle of a residential area, you need to keep an eye out for this local favorite! The restaurant itself would not lead you to expect what is coming from the kitchen. The space is small but cozy and the staff is top notch. If sitting outside is your thing I do recommend the patio around back. Before I get to the food I will mention the beer selection. Offering 13 taps, the selection ranges from domestics to local craft favorites as well as national craft beers. There is always something on sure to appease and it's constantly rotating. At any given time you can expect a sour, stout, IPA, cider and lager to all be on at the same time! It's almost impossible to not recommend everything as I've never had a bad meal. The Jalapeño-Cream Wantons are an absolute must every time I go. I also love the wings and the fried cauliflower. I suggest garlic habanero sauce but they offer some other great sauces if spicy isn't for you. I recently had the "That's So Tammy" and had a spiritual moment. This sandwich was amazing. Pastrami, caramelized onions, horseradish-peppercorn aioli and swiss cheese on griddled white bread. I also recommend a burger or chicken sandwich. I love that it's a base price and no matter which chef creation toppings you go with it's the same price! Mavericks is the kind of place that makes you feel at home and never wanting to leave. A hidden gem of the north metro and a must stop!

    Beef Philly
    Gina D.

    Visiting my mom from California and as we were driving I saw this restaurant, so we stopped in for a bite. The people there were real friendly, which is a plus! I tried an Old Fashioned which was delicious and smooth. My son and I got some burgers which were delicious I ordered medium well because I like my hamburger cooked with no pink it was cooked just right but I should have got medium I think because it was wood grilled but it still had a great flavor! My mom got the beef philly she was not as pleased but that is because she didn't read where it said house made cheese sauce, and she is not a cheese fan! Otherwise she would have liked it without the cheese! I definitely recommend if your driving around looking at the Mississippi River you pop in and give this cute quaint place a try. I would definitely be eating here a lot if I lived

    Kathleen C.

    The talk of one holiday gathering this year was of Mavericks, so we decided to check it out. We arrived at Mavericks and the parking lot was packed and folks were quite creative with different parking options, so following suit we parked and went in. It was a Friday night just before 6pm and there was roughly a 20 minute wait. Mavericks takes reservations so try calling beforehand or making a reservation to save the wait time, they say they'll only seat once the full party has arrived though. We were seated in time to sneak in a happy hour order before the 6pm bells tolled. We ordered the Cheese Curds and Jalapeño Cream Cheese Wontons with Thai-Chili sauce. They were a $1 or $2 off the regular menu price. The Cheese Curds were typical curds. They had a nice squeak so fit the bill. One note is that the Curds were served with ketchup and yellow mustard. Mavericks could easily elevate the Curds by serving a more creative sauce. The Jalapeño Cream Cheese Wontons with Thai-Chili sauce were tasty. The Wontons were great, cooked well with the right amount of filling. And while the Jalapeño was noticeable, it did not overwhelm the other flavors. The Thai-Chili sauce however, seemed to be a semi seasoned soy sauce. The Thai-Chili connection to the sauce was not discernible. As with the Curds, the accompanying sauce is where Mavericks could take it to the next level. My DH ordered the Smokin' Gouda Burger topped with sweet & spicy whiskey sauce, bacon, smoked gouda and french fried onions and served with fries, $11.99. The char on the burger was excellent and the burger was cooked to a nice medium. The sauce and Gouda did not pop in the flavor profile as expected, everything had very subtle flavorings. I like to be surprised and prefer to not have to make a decision, so I went with the Chef's Revenge. The Chef's Revenge was billed as "ever wonder what the chef eats? now you can find out. two rules - no requests and no complaining 16.99 due to the unplanned nature of this item, please allow extra time for preparation" The Chef's Revenge this night was shrimp Alfredo. The shrimp was six regular sized grilled shrimp placed on top of cavatappi noodles in an Alfredo sauce. Once again the flavors were very subtle and kind of bland. I was quite underwhelmed by this entree, especially considering the price. The atmosphere of the dining room was intimate. With an up north feel from the wood slice decorated wall, and soft lighting from the hanging candle fixtures. The service was also a plus with every staff member being friendly.

    Left: garlic habanero wings  Right: cajun yadi wings  Both served with AMAZING bleu cheese
    Rachelle K.

    My friends have been here before so we went for Thursday night dinner. First of all, I love the decor. It's very retro but seemed very clean. Onto the food: The wings were the star of the show! They were cooked perfectly and the garlic habanero sauce is the perfect mixture of spice and flavor. I got the bahn mi and it was pretty good. I had a bite of the burger and that was also very tasty! The Parmesan truffle fries are definitely worth the extra $4 upcharge. Service was good. Not sure where all these bad reviews are coming from. We were all happy with everything.

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    10 years ago

    One of our favorite spots in the metro. The food is always great and the service and ambiance are excellent!

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    15 years ago

    Cute little place in Champlin. Good food, great happy hour specials.

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    15 years ago

    awesome restaurant !!! great service great food. they never make you feel that you are some stranger. Awesome service great music

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    Came in at 6:20 on a Wednesday night, it wasn't very busy. There were two of us in our party. We…read morewere seated right away, the hostess brought us water and was very cordial. After 20 minutes of not one single server stopping by to take our drink order or even greet us, we got up and walked out. I've been here a couple of times in the past for banquets and the food has been great with excellent service. But after 20 minutes of no recognition, I won't be back and I won't be recommending it anymore.

    Met 2 girlfriends here tonight, it's been a few years since we ate here, Don't know why, I kind of…read moreforget about this place. Anyways traffic up 169 was absolutely terrible at 5:00!! Pour is in a little strip mall. They have added black curtains and some cozy seating areas from when we were here last. Nice updates. Our waitress was very accomdating until she got busy then we felt we were forgotten. We ordered the Drunken shrimp , bread with olive oil and the avocado toast to start with. The drunken shrimp is just as good as we remember the saffron sauce is sooooo good! but there were 3 of us sharing the apps and it only came with 2 crostini's we asked for a 3rd so we could each have one but little did we know that one very small skinny piece of bread had a $1.00 charge to it. The steak bites with their homemade blue cheese sauce was to die for melt in your mouth!! I even asked if we could buy some of the blue cheese sauce, she said no but that she would bring us another dish of it but she never did. My girlfriend ordered a cranberry mule drink, she was charged an extra $1.00 for the cranberry. We also ordered the goat cheese with sauces that were very delicious with an ample amount of crackers. We got the chocolate Ganache cake to share for dessert. But............ the waitress never took our empty dirty plates but showed up with the dessert with the mess on table, I asked for extra clean plates but she never brought them. Everything we ordered was very delicious, but as the night progressed our service got worse, we asked for the bill but she never came back to get our payment and we had questions my girlfriend walked it up to the bartender with our payments. 2 of us were paying cash and one a credit card and we were charged an extra fee of $5.18 for her using a credit card. That is when we saw the $1.00 charge for 1 piece 3/8" bread and the $1.00 for cranberry mule. Talk about nickel and diming. We would love to go back but unsure if I can get past some of these things. Also, now looking at the bill even closer, none of us had a mimosa and we were charged $8.95 for one.How did we miss that? All added up we paid $16.00 more than we should have. CRAZY!! Sadly, Don't know if I'll be back.

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    Cheese burger and fries
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    Mavericks Wood Grill - tradamerican - Updated July 2026

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