The positive side of this place is that drinks are affordable and if you want a place to socialize with friends or a potential date or just quietly think about your life, it will work out fine. Went on Friday night, 11/3/18, and an acoustic duo (guitar guy, vocalist girl) were performing. Now, supporting local talent is cool and both of them had a reasonable singing voice but EACH AND EVERY SONG sounded the same. A shrilly, high pitched, vocal rendition of modern tunes that after awhile, grated on your nerves. It really ruined the evening there and I was begging and praying for them to go on break for 45 minutes. I probably will go back and try it once more but I hope mgmt really takes a good hard look at who they hire as 'entertainment'. read more

The Paramount is an oasis in a land of unfamiliar social mores, holiday angst, and family gatherings with not enough alcohol. Thank you! Hubs and I needed some "we" time during our family vacation this year, and stumbled upon the Paramount for some pre-dinner drinks. Big time loved the classed-up interior, waaay comfortable seating, and fireplace. The bartender was great: attentive and capable of making a good, strong martini. Bliss! All patrons seemed satisfied, and 'twas a quiet crowd during happy hour--which suited us perfectly. Can't speak to the food, but this place definitely specializes in clear liquids. I'd recommend planning out your grub situation and leaving a clean slate for Paramount to do what it does best. read more

Straight to the point. Very nice place! High end cocktail and beverage place attached to Minerva's. The fireplace area in the back is the best place to sit. They do cary my favourite wine, Silver Oak. It can be difficult to find a place to sit but well worth it. read more

First time here, one might expect something good from the nice atmosphere but truly, the worst bartender. He Absolutely could not care less that our drinks were crappy. Will not be back. read more

We stumbled upon this place during the St. Patty's Day parade... it was the only place downtown not packed with green clad fools. The décor is very cool and laidback. They had a special St. Patty's Day menu, I ordered the Dakota-style Shepard's Pie (made with local buffalo) and it was awesome! My wife got bangers and mash... again, awesome. The service was very good. Prices seemed fair. A few good beers on-tap and a nice selection of liquors and house mixed drinks. A good find! read more

Denied service for even a drink at 8:05 pm when it says they close at 11 pm on yelp. On the door it says they are opened until they closed. However, that being said I have never been spoken to as rudely as this waitress did to me... especially while denying me service. At a reasonable hour none the less. Just lazy. As a waitress I personally would be a little more apologetic to potential customers. I would highly suggest never going here. read more

Cozy atmosphere, plenty of seating, and a great selection of alcohol. Our server was very charismatic and attentive... in fact, everything was perfect... almost.. The good news is that they did have about 4 things to eat on the menu in addition to the booze. Also, it was great that they were still serving food at 11pm. We actually went to no less than 5 other places in downtown in search of a place where we could eat AND drink. The bad news is.. I had a small pizza that cost $10.... a small pizza that was from the freezer and would cost maybe a dollar fifty from the grocery store. It was like pizza on a cracker. Totally nasty. Also.. it had green olives on it... Who puts green olives on pizza??? So that is the only reason this place gets 4 stars instead of 5. The pizza beats a blank.. but not by a whole lot. read more

I've been to the Paramount a few times now and while I love the the decor, I do not like the service or the prices. I was there the other night with my mom and her friend and we all asked about drinks that were on the happy hour menu displayed in front of us. I ordered a golden margarita and the others ordered a glass of wine each. After we ordered, the bartender took the happy hour menu away and then took our food order. My margarita was too syrupy.. meh. The bartender told us that the food would not be happy hour prices, but said nothing about the drinks. Of course, when we get our tab, my mediocre margarita was $8.50 and two glasses of wine were $18- clearly not the happy hour prices. We asked the bartender and he said the computer automatically changes over after 7pm so he couldn't do anything about it. Pretty misleading and douchey to not say, "hey ladies I want to let you know that happy hour is over." I bet we ordered at 7:02.. geez. I know it's not THAT big of a deal, but we felt manipulated. It will be a long time before we go back, if ever at all. I'm still on the search for a good 'rita here in SF.. read more

Had the Montreal NY Strip while seated at the bar. It was really dead in there when I showed up (Monday night biz travel) and I always doubt if I'll get the best service and food when this happens. However, the steak really delivered. Very juicy and flavorful medium rare temp that was spot on. Subbed asparagus for potatoes and this was a great call. Would definitely head back. read more

Food was good, however, we came for drinks and they were a major letdown. Out of four drinks, between two people, none of them were made well. They seemed to lack the actual liquor in the amaretto sours and the martinis were merely ok, certainly not worth 10.00 each. read more

Quick review! Been to parent restaurant Minerva's too many times to count, however only third trip to Paramount. Great service via Shanna all three times, great food and atmosphere for a casual evening downtown. Had Chislic and mushroom appetizers, all good, a bacon Bloody Mary that was quite tasty and Cajun chicken fettuccine, again, all good. They feature live music in a relaxed environment as well. I'll be back! read more

I had the salmon salad and the fish was grilled to perfection. My friend had the filet and fettucini. The filet was seasoned and cooked perfectly and the fettucini was delicious. read more

Love love love this spot. It repulses the hard core party croud which is just fine by me. You can order off the menu in Minervas and the Martini's are strong and well made. They have live music on weekends that is actually really good. The artists match the vibe with of the bar so they aren't screaming or belting out notes they have no business attempting. I will defintely be back! read more

Great place to have a scotch and have some quiet conversation! The spinach dip is worth getting.

um i went there last year and had a budweisser beer. It tasted fine. Then i sang christmas songs around the piano w a pianist who - tho hired - really cd hardly play the piano. One of the women there tried to get me to ask her out but i wasnt interested. Instead i kept looking down the shirt of a girl named rachel anderson who works in a chix clothes store. She was pretty hot but claimed to have a boyfirend. Anyway, its ok, but a little gross. stuff costs too much.. went back this year and some sappy guitar player was playing, sort of talentless but wdnt mind if he had better selection of music. read more

So me and my lady walked in a few steps in front of an older couple ( were in our mid 30s) and I had to ask if we were to seat ourselves. Then the server on the floor walked right by us to attend to the folks that walked in behind us. So we turned around and walked out. Bad first impression will make us never return. read more

Love this place! Awesome atmosphere, great service, great food and wine. The menu is fantastic. Love the cozy fireplace area. I am visiting relatives in Sioux Falls but wish I had a cozy place like this in the Bay Area!!! read more

Well done!! The drink and food menu was great! Staff was helpful and great... Well worth stop as we strolled Phillips street. First time in Sioux City... Will be back! read more

We go to The Paramount about 3 times a year and absolutely love it. The decor is moody and jazzy and the drinks and food are great. Last night we got the Coconut Jumbo Shrimp ( Monarch Steak House- take note this is what Jumbo shrimp SHOULD BE) and the seared yellow fin tuna. The tuna was absolutely AMAZING! We highly recommend it! The Coconut Shrimp were sweet and crunchy and the sauce that came with it was delicious. My partner ordered 2 white russians, which he thought were good, I only ordered a Mello Yellow. They had a live piano player which was nice but kind of loud, so people were loud trying to talk over it. Overall this is one of our favorite classier places in Sioux Falls, there should be more places like this here for a city of this size. read more

Great food! Great service! Always a pleasure visiting Paramount!

Let me start off by saying, I love this bar. The drink menu is fantastic, and the atmosphere is brilliant. That being said, the service is pure shit. Each time I've been there, it seems to get worse. Tonight's adventure involved bar tender #1 looking at us and saying "Are you sure you don't want to sit at a table?" - as though our sitting at the bar offended his very being. I can only assume that he felt this way because it was slightly awkward to ignore your paying customer to sit on your phone all night. Bar tender # 1 also failed to enter our food order, failed to get me the water I requested, and asked of my second drink choice, "Are you sure you want to drink that?" Classic. He also failed to have anything to do with us once bar tender # 2 arrived. Bar tender #2 was marginally better. However, while he at least pretended to give us the time of day and put in our food order after we asked about it 25 minutes after the initial order, he also poured himself a couple glasses of beer and drank them in front of everyone during the duration of our stay. One can only assume that that continued throughout the night. On the whole, I felt like I should have been on an episode of Restaraunt Stakeout. I have no issue with the price, being used to drink prices in real cities, but if service is any indication, they should have paid me. read more