The food is fresh and cooked very well. The service is amazing. The waitress is always refilling…read moredrinks and picking up used plates. The manager ( Jenny ) takes great pride in her service. I love this place. They are the kind of place you feel good about tipping . In my opinion this is the best Chinese food in the Des Moines area. The atmosphere is peaceful and casual. I eat here 4 to 6 times a month. Always impressed with the business. Thanks

The food was dry and not very tasty don't think I will ever eat there again it's not worth the…read moredrive to eat there

Enjoyed this and it wasnt the same old mexican place. Had the Molcatje and liked the sausage to my…read moresurprise. Loved the cheese in this!

I'll keep it neutral, I had the shrimp cocktail it was good nothing to brag about. Service was…read moreslow and limited beer options was not great.

We love this place, it's in hotel Fort DSM and the atmosphere is nice and beautiful to take…read morepictures. The food are delicious especially the pork belly Burnts end. And the affair are amazing and friendly. Highly recommend

We had breakfast here two mornings and their breakfast dishes are SPECIAL! We had amazing service…read moreboth days and they were sure to take great care of us. The place is small inside though is the only issue for larger parties. The eggs and sausage were good the first day and a co-worker got their sourdough french toast and the slices were cut so thick!! He said that it was some of the best he has EVER had. The second day, I got their Biscuits and Gravy and OMG, this is a dish that you have got to get at least once!!! The biscuits are killer, then they add sausage patties, then sausage gravy (so good) and then the topper that blew me away, poached eggs! The poached eggs were cooked to perfection and added so much flavor. Top notch place!!!

Just had a great experience at Buzzard Billy's. The food was genuinely impressive. Everything came…read moreout hot, fresh, and full of flavor. I had the Crescent City Chicken, and it was enough food for two. The kitchen was clearly putting in the effort. But the standout was our server, Allianna. From the moment we sat down, she made us feel genuinely welcome. She checked in at the right times without hovering and had a way of making everyone at the table feel taken care of. I highly recommend Buzzard Billy's for its great food and excellent staff.

May 4, 2026. Monday. Dinner…read more I hadn't eaten all day. Had an almost seven hour delay in DFW due to a broken monorail and false gate information on the American Airlines phone application. I'd missed my connection and got bumped by a last minute female runner even though I was first on the standby list. I stepped off the hotel shuttle, checked into my room, dropped off my baggage and walked here for dinner. Needless to say, I walked in the door quite hungry. I sat at the bar for the quickest service. I ordered a local lager, Des Moines Exile's Maria lager ($6.75/5% ABV). To eat, I seldom go wrong with fried catfish. This time I got the fried catfish strips, with tartar sauce, 2 large hush puppies, and a bunch of fries ($16.99). The smooth lager hit the spot and the fried dinner really filled me up. Catfish average, hush puppies had great texture and taste, and fries were hot. The bartender/waitress really wasn't too attentive. Spent most of the time talking to other customers and staff. I ordered another lager from Exile. This one was an award winning Ruthie Gold lager ($7/4.9% ABV). I preferred this lager to the first one. It had a more rounded taste and mouthfeel. The huge meal didn't wow me, but it did feel me up. Thumbs up to the two local lagers I tried. They were good. Come here if you need a large meal and mediocre service.

Traveled through Iowa and decided to stop here. The food was absolutely amazing. The portions &…read morepricing are unmatched. Highly recommended.

Excellent food. The bbq is delicious. I'm gonna try the catfish next visit…read more The personal is very nice and friendly. Made me feel very much at home

My wife, stepson, and I tried this place for the first time tonight. My wife said she wanted steak…read moreand was considering the Big Steer in Altoona. I suggested here instead, mainly because none of us had been here before. I'm glad I did. We went on a Friday night. There was snow on the ground and several parking spaces available. We walked in from the lot behind the building and immediately realized how cozy this restaurant actually is. There had to be fewer than 20 tables, and a few spaces at the bar. We were told there would be a 20 minute wait. One of the bartenders struck up a conversation with us while we were waiting for our table. We could tell there were a lot of regulars here because the bartenders greeted most of the folks by name. And most of the folks were also greeting other guests by name. When we weren't talking to the bartender we were watching him pour the drinks. They were clearly not stingy with the alcohol here. In fact, all 3 of us decided to order drinks with our food That's something we don't normally do. For our meals, I ordered the 16-oz New York strip and my wife and stepson both ordered ribeyes. We each got a dinner salad and baked potato to go with the steaks. The salads were a classic, minimal dinner salad with lettuce, cheese, croutons, and a small cup of dressing. The thing is, the dressing was more than adequate to cover my salad. While we waited for our steaks we were mesmerized by how efficiently the wait staff worked the room. Tables are fairly close here, and the waitresses were constantly moving back and forth. The service was great. The atmosphere was great. And we kept noticing all the people coming in were greeted by name by the staff and other guests. Soon after finishing our salads, the steaks arrived. They were cooked perfectly. There was even a sprig of parsley on each plate. I haven't seen garnish on a plate like that in decades. I managed to get a photo of my New York strip, but not either of the ribeyes. We all dug in quickly. My wife soon commented on how good the baked potato was. I wondered how good it could be. There were packages of butter on the table and the potatoes came with sour cream. There had been no mandatory list of questions about add-ons to the potatoes. After eating half my steak I decided it was time to find out. This was one of the best baked potatoes I can remember eating. It wasn't over-done or under-done. It was cooked perfectly. Even after 15 or so minutes of sitting on my pate while I ate steak it was still hot. Everything was cooked perfectly. The drinks were good. You could tell all the guests were enjoying themselves. In the end, I was the only one at my table who didn't take home leftovers. Our waitress promptly arrived with to-go boxes. I'm pretty sure all 3 of us are looking forward to going back. And it's a good thing I didn't drive. I was feeling my one little drink on the way home.

This restaurant has a history that 's over 60 years old with a rich history (think traditional…read more"supper club" style which provides fond memories for many). Yet, it has new owners as of this year but I'll bet nothing much has changed since "the good ol' days". As you can see from my outdoor pics, and my pic of the chairs (red vinyl), it's a throwback to yesteryear. Not to say this is bad, just to get an understanding of what you're walking into. At lunchtime on this week day, there was plenty of parking in the rear (and the restaurant was almost full). The tables were a bit close and it was a bit noisy, but everyone was polite and in good spirits. As you can see from my pic, we started lunch with Onion Rings. These are relatively thinly sliced and breaded with batter that ends up being quite crunchy. There was plenty, and then some. We shared a Garbage Salad (see my pic). This truly has a bit of everything in it. It starts off Greek style with deli meats, artichoke hearts, olives and ends with shrimp: all topped on a bed of lettuce and veggies. It's served with Italian dressing, which had usual, traditional flavors. We finished with Jess's Slow Cooked Ribs (see my pic): this is a staple of theirs highlighting their signature BBQ sauce. There was plenty of meat on the ribs, which fell off the bone with the slightest of tugs. The BBQ smoke was earthy and paired well with the sauce. Their sauce was quite sweet, ample and tasted like it was applied after the ribs were cooked

This place is such a hit or miss situation. The food is the same as well. The service could be more…read moreattentive, as people maybe needing to go back to work. I wasn't impressed with the tacos either. The ceviche was prolly the best thing.

My friend was craving seafood so we stopped in and got some shrimp empanadas. They were OK but…read moretasted a little like grease. That might be because we got there kind of late and perhaps it was old oil. There was a decent amount of shrimp in each empanada and they were in a flavorful sauce that reminded me of a shrimp soup broth. The empanadas came with a sauce that looked like mayo-ketchup but tasted as though it had a twist of chipotle. It was pretty good with the empanadas but they were also tasty with just a squirt of lime. It also came with some red salsa but I didn't try it. My friend said it was just OK, nothing special. The staff was friendly and the dining scene looked spaced out while we were there waiting for our order. We took it to go so we can't speak to table service. Overall, not the greatest shrimp empanadas I've ever had but they were good and I saw some other seafood items on their menu that I would like to go back and try.

This past weekend our family had a surprise 80th birthday party for my husband with a taco bar and…read moredrinks for 53 guests. Not only was the food plentiful, hot and very delicious..the salsa is wonderful..but Jamie and his family and staff were very attentive to our every need and enabled the party to be a big success . They accommodated my daughter in letting her come in early to decorate. It was a wonderful experience and I'm so glad we chose this restaurant. It is large, very clean and well decorated. We thank you and appreciate you very much.... Judy & Gene Ballinger

Food was nothing spectacular. We had a group of 4 adults and 2 children and we were the only ones…read morein the restaurant. Service was slow and we actually had to go to the register to ask for our check! While we were there, one of the workers cranked up the music so that we could not carry on our conversation. We were there on a Sunday at 1PM. Will not return!