I was on the hunt for a good lobster roll, and this spot did not disappoint! We visited and spent…read moresome time walking through the market, checking out all the cool things available before heading over to the café, which is located toward the left side of the market. The ordering process was quick and easy since there wasn't a long wait. I ordered the Connecticut Style Lobster Roll (around $36 before tax), and it was delicious! The portion was generous, the lobster was fresh and flavorful, and I definitely ate it way too fast because it was that good. My husband ordered The Coastal Burger and added bacon. It looked good, and he enjoyed it. We also shared some fries (which are ordered separately) and grabbed sodas from Northern Soda Company. Overall, we had a great experience. If you're looking for a satisfying lobster roll, I'd definitely recommend giving this place a try. I'd love to come back again and enjoy the patio space, and get fresh seafood. There was also seating available inside the café.

From the east coast and I finally found you! Beautiful selection of fresh and frozen seafood and…read morethe store is clean and well organized. The bairdi crab we chose were x-large if not colossal in size and tasted amazing!!! The service is second to none. Thank you to the entire staff working on Saturday, April 11 around 3pm for a perfect first experience. We WILL be back! Petersen Family Rochester, MN

We came here for restaurant week and had a very good experience!…read more Our server was great. Very personable and present without being overwhelming. The ambiance was very nice too. The place was very busy and had a good energy about it. I had the Jambalaya, which had chicken, sausage, and shrimp. It was pretty good and had a nice spicy kick. A good portion as well. Girlfriend had the shrimp etouffee with grits. It was nicely blackened and on a big bed of grits. Also spicy. Friend had the original lobster roll. He was surprised it came on Texas toast and not a roll. But he really enjoyed it. The dessert was a sinlme but delicious Cookit with ice cream. I recommend for restaurant week. And if you like seafood in the form of things like the lobster roll or shrimp etouffee that you don't get other places. I thought the jambalaya was fine but unremarkable. Not pictured here was the lobster mac and cheese. Which was only a small appetizer and I thought underwhelming (also, I don't like corn).

Smack Shack knows seafood, and the Seafood Paella proves it…read more The Seafood Paella arrives packed with perfectly cooked shrimp, clams, mussels, smoky sausage, and saffron rice that's loaded with flavor. Every bite brings something different, and the fresh seafood really shines without being overshadowed by the seasoning. The portion is generous enough to share, but you probably won't want to. The atmosphere is lively, the seafood tastes fresh, and the kitchen clearly pays attention to presentation as much as flavor. If you're looking for one of the Twin Cities' best seafood dishes, this one belongs on your must-order list. Fresh, colorful, and packed with flavor--Smack Shack delivers every time.

The food, the service and the atmosphere were all fantastic!…read moreChuck, our server was amazing and his 2nd, Maddie, was a joy and very attentive.

Philip was the best server ever!!! Highly recommend him, was very accommodating and super nice.read more

I used to go here whenever I had an extra $10 back in the 90's when I was a college student at the…read moreUofM. I loved it, it was my comfort food spot. I hadn't been there since at least 1996 but my family and I visited last weekend. The lunch deals were inexpensive IMO. Egg rolls were nice and crispy, fried rice was yummy, and the garlic chicken was exactly as I remembered it. I'd love to go back and try some of the lobster and crab dishes. While Dinkytown has changed a LOT, Shuang Cheng hasn't, and that's a good thing! Also, my bro ordered the chicken with orange peel. I don't usually like sauces breaded chicken dishes because the reading is often soggy. We all agreed that their chicken was delicious! I'll go back the next time I'm in the beautiful Twin Cities!

There is a reason why a restaurant survives for 36 years. It has to have great quality food, be…read moreconsistent, have good service, and fair pricing. It helps too to have a well maintained, attractive place to eat. Shuang Cheng has ticked those boxes for three and half plus decades. Let's start with one of the most basic items: Wonton Soup. Boring, I hear you say! Well, consider this: broth that has a deep, deep flavor and wasn't something that was an afterthought. Generous slices of roasted pork, tender wonton wrappers stuffed with a great-tasting filling. Boring? Hardly. It's literally the best wonton soup I've ever had. OK, what about something like lobster with black bean sauce. Nailed it. Sweet, generous portion of lobster in a sauce so good, you can use it as a dip for your lobster and it's fantastic over the rice. EMPEROR'S CHICKEN (15.85) - My wife varied from her usual Sesame Chicken (which she thinks is better than any other Chinese restaurant) and is a lightly breaded and deep fried chicken fillet slices of ham over a bed of bok choy and mushrooms. Perfect she said. The service is always good, the restaurant was remodeled a few years ago and if you can overcome the parking challenge in Dinkytown, this traditional Cantonese restaurant deserves a permanent place on your regular restaurant rotation. Enough said.

Amazing service at the bar from the moment I stopped in. The pesto crusted sea bass blew me away…read moreone of the best dishes I've had. The fish was fresh and buttery and the chili beurre blanc sauce was on another level. Upscale seafood restaurant with nice decor and an uplifting vibe inside. Food is great, service is great, and the drinks top it off nicely. Highly recommend. -Mr.

In a nutshell: expensive prices, small portions, lacking flavor…read more Everything was good, not great. The standout to me was the complimentary freshly baked warm bread they serve after you order your drinks. It would have benefitted from salted butter though. Moving onto our dinner portion, the burrata was yummy but it needed more balsamic and one more slice of grilled ciabatta. The Brussels could have been Caramelized a little longer as they were a little hard when biting into. They were also just sitting in a puddle of honey, so that was the main flavor I was tasting. The pasta dish was so tiny and only has 4 small pieces of chicken. It didn't really have a taste, other than cream. For dessert, we ordered the caramel sea salt custard, seasonal cobbler (peach), and the budino. The standout for me was the caramel sea salt custard, the salted caramel popcorn was a fun crunch amongst the creamy thick custard. My cappuccino was very small, but it was a nice touch to serve it with a little biscotti piece (I would have appreciated a longer piece though). If I'm in the area for a show at the Target Center again or any theaters, I would give them another shot. I would not drive from the suburbs for this though.

St Pierre is the sister restaurant to Bar La Grassa and 112 Eatery, and so far we have been…read moreimpressed by this group of restaurants. St Pierre evokes the classic steakhouse ambiance, with a gorgeous bar area and intimate red leather booths. The service was fantastic; our waiter was attentive, cheerful, and knowledgeable. The other staff were friendly and accommodating as well. We observed that they were playing Kendrick Lamar, but it was so quiet so as not to feel out of place at a steakhouse. The food tasted as good as it looks! The gougeres were light, fresh, and soft. The potato pave was decadent and creamy--elevated comfort food. The game hen was a tad too intense for me, but objectively a very good dish. The desserts stole the show, however. Both the pistachio cake and the snack bar donut (basically a creme brulee donut) were well worth the extra money and calories after an already full meal!

Attended & left for across the hall to Bar La Grassa (same ownership, even?) because digesting food…read moreto nerve jangling "music" (high pitch electric guitar tones often found in metal music) ... & some people (me included) break out in hives or break out in week long skin eruptions unique to heavy metal-like tone exposures (dolphns & whales flee from similar tone/pitch dissonance exposure). Mood music helps us (anyone) digest better. Coincidentally, no wait staff appeared cheerful. Was it the music? They were kind enough to oblige a channel change and still I was not confident about their switch but appreciate the well meaning of the wait. Sadly, they lost out on a $250 platting * but Bar La Grassa (if same ownership) had an opening at the bar just across the hall and they had a strong beat for music but just fine to dine, also reflected and evident in a fully packed place versus mostly empty St. Pierre during the early side of dinner hour. No matter how much I wanted seafood... sometimes you make a raincheck for v another day. This was that day. So hungry. I've given Bar La Grassa 5 well earned stars just across the hall. Didn't have to drive, uber, nor re-park... Just literally across the hall. It was actually spectacular there and that is so lucky. Side note, next day at a breakfast place (Bellacore) in the neighborhood had great jazz piping in with the familiar song "straighten up & fly right" & a long line out the door. Life is poetry. Good food deserves good mood music, not nerves of steel music. The food looks appetizing in St. Pierre's pictures. Sorry to miss out on this particular delicious flavor in life experience but atmosphere matters just as much or more to make it a great meal.

Jax Cafe is a must if you're in the NE Minneapolis area! We came as part of a big group and they…read moreaccommodated us perfectly! Do yourself a favor and start with one of their popovers; easily one of the best baked goods I've had in a long time. They serve it with a whipped honey butter and it's absolutely to die for. I also ordered their Polish breakfast (scrambled eggs, Polish sausage, and a few pierogi) and I was very impressed. Everything was delicious and perfectly balanced in flavor. The food isn't the only thing to enjoy about Jax, their covered patio is absolutely gorgeous. They have a big garden with lovely flowers and little paths throughout. Truly beautiful. We will be back!

A group of eight of us recently celebrated a birthday dinner at Jax. The patio was full so we were…read moreseated in a far corner of the main dining room. I was seated at the end of the table and was bumped into constantly by the servers working the crowded nearby tables. Our server was a bit annoying, taking selfies with a friend's camera and trying to be witty. We ordered cocktails and wine and they took awhile to come to the table. Once our food was brought to the table (by other servers) he never checked to see if we liked our dishes or wanted more cocktails. The food was no better than the waitstaff. I ordered the walleye pike, which was accompanied by wild rice pilaf. The walleye came lukewarm with a strange lemony sauce on it. The rice pilaf was dry and tasteless. And I paid $39 for this plate of blandness. Another in my party ordered scallops at $56, there were 5 in a tasteless sauce with a few soggy greens in the middle. I believe the friends that ordered steak fared better. I was really looking forward to finally having dinner here, unfortunately my mediocre experience left me with no desire to ever come back, especially at the prices Jax charges.

The Capital Grille was one of my favorite restaurants on the Las Vegas strip for years. It has been…read moreover a decade since I've been, and I was really craving their incredible lobster bisque. We went early Saturday evening, with a plan of cocktails, appetizers, soup, salad and dessert in the lounge, to celebrate my birthday. Our waiter, Mike, made excellent suggestions on the wine list, and was attentive, friendly and simply a delight. The lobster bisque was better than I remember, with a wonderful broth and large, tender chunks of lobster. My husband's crab and lobster cake was large, crispy, and delightful, with a wonderful sauce and no filler and just crispy goodness. The beet salad and house chopped salad were both fresh and delightful. And who could forget their classic, incredible flourless chocolate cake with raspberries? The perfect ending. What a wonderful meal, in a simply beautiful setting, with impeccable service from the moment we approached the door to the moment we left. Capital Grille is still a refined classic with exceptional food and service. Bravo!

I have never had a bad meal here! I'm not usually a "chain"…read morerestaurant person but this one in particular has never failed me From the impressive service and old school atmosphere to the high quality of food particularly my favorite Kona crusted coffee steak- sounds bizarre but trust me its amazing My only gripe is $$$$ - very spendy at the end if you add wine or cocktails so I only come here maybe once a year for a special occasion They do decorate the table and give you a birthday or anniversary card , complimentary bubbles so the special personal touches are nice and what makes this a great experience Location is not the best- we prefer to do the valet parking it's easier than finding a spot yourself or walking far from a parking garage to the restaurant as it's downtown Minneapolis

I got delivery on a Tuesday around 1130. DoorDash brought it within an hour and it was hot and…read morefresh. Food 5/5: wow, the flavor coming from everything I ordered is so well balanced! I got tikka masala, both the lamb and vegetable samosa, and naan. The masala is so flavorful and something I would absolutely get again. Out of the vegetable and lamb samosa, the lamb was my favorite. Try them both without the sauces first! Their flavors are amazing. Service 5/5: was delivered on time and came hot. Overall I loved this place! The flavors are well balanced and so savory!

Monthly dinner club brought us to Clay Oven. We walked, but I'm assuming it's street/meter parking…read moreonly. When you walk in you are immediately met with the delicious spice smells. If you weren't hungry before, you will be now. The restaurant is clean, the background music is at a good volume and we were able to get a booth right away. The booths are a bit on the smaller side for four people. Our drink orders included mango lassi, glasses of white wine (heavy pours ), and sparking water. Every glass was emptied. Pairing with our drinks we ordered chicken 65, spice level 3, and Dahi Puri. The chicken 65 was delicious but at a spice level 3 it was the tippy top of my spice level. The Dahi Puri needs to be eaten in one bite. The shell is fragile and is filled with liquid - very good but not what we expected. We each ordered our own entree, but they are big enough to be shared. Chicken Tikka Masala, Chicken Shahi Korma, Chicken Tikka, and Chicken Makhani. All were ordered at spice level 3, except the Chicken Tikka. These were milder and easier for my Minnesota spice palette to handle. We also ordered multiple orders of regular naan and garlic naan. I appreciate that they served the naan and rice together instead of individual servings. With limited table space the fewer plates the better. We had plenty of leftovers for us all to take home. Overall this was a delicious dinner and I'd highly recommend!

Beautiful, modern atmosphere with a warm and stylish vibe. I loved the unique lighting, greenery,…read morewood details, and patterned floors. It feels upscale without being too formal. The space is spacious, clean, and really inviting, especially around the bar area. Definitely a great spot for a date night, drinks, or a nice dinner. Amazing food. The service was friendly, quick, and respectful. Our server was attentive and made us feel welcome.

Old school style for a bar, food was solid enough but forgettable, the variety of drinks was quite…read moresolid, as one would expect for bar. Was here for a vendor party so didn't really have control over the menu, but the experience overall was quite good, and the round/conical main entry room definitely felt like a 50s or 60s throwback that was kept in immaculate shape, at least enough to leave us impressed.