Delicious!! So many amazing things here!…read more We tried the homemade mozzarella sticks - so darn good. Crispy outside, gooey inside. Marinara dipping sauce. They make their cheesecakes homemade and it was so good! Salad was delicious and so was the club everything was spot on! Service was amazing and our waitress was so kind! Can't wait to go back!

Lots of light from the south-facing windows that, unfortunately, give you a great view of the…read moreparking lot. Seating consists of a mix of booths and high-tops, plus a few tables and bar seating. Service was very attentive and competent, but I just wasn't impressed with the menu offerings. I use Reuben sandwiches as my benchmark for these types of restaurants, and while it was certainly tasty, the bread, grilling and composition are not quite up to my standards (which doesn't mean that I didn't eat the entire sandwich, but I did save half of it for lunch the next day, which is unlike me). Beer offerings are middle-of-the-road, while wine by the glass was sub-par. We would certainly return if friends wanted to meet there, but there are better places in the Twin Cities for American-style food.

I'll just start by saying I could live off the brussel sprouts alone. The serving size would have…read moreto be much bigger, by OMG, they were amazing. My second favorite was the chicken with some amazing reduction of some sort, love! The olives were just becuase I was hungry and I knew they would come out fast. The seafood paella was very good, just not as good as the brussels and chicken in my humble opinion and don't do it if you are not ready to get your fingers messy taking all the shells and pieces and parts off the shrimp. The bathroom was cute. The service was fast, olives minutes after we ordered, my favorite two dishes 12 minutes after ordering and paella, 12 minutes after that. The owner Rene was the server and he was very efficient for 6 pm on the Friday before the 4th of July with him the only one waiting on tables in the smallish (10 tables?) restaurant. By the way, that number of plates (4) perfectly filled two of us. The owner is from Mexico and cooks a Mexican menu for lunch. Next thing to try...

My experience was with a group of adventurous world travelers with catholic tastes in food. We all…read morelooked forward to a great dinner at the Twin Cities' first tapas restaurant. It was not great. The problem? I think it was because owner/chef Rene Ruiz Olivar was acting as waiter, not chef. We gave Sr. Ruiz the freedom to choose our tapas, with one exception, the black ink pasta with scallops and shrimp (Tinta Negra) that reviewers have raved about. He said, no problema--he would serve it. Then he must have forgotten because we never got it. The first tapa served, almond-crusted manchego (Almendrado), was plated prettily and was delicious but oh-so-sweet. It was an odd choice for a starter, would have been better as the finale in case nobody ordered dessert. Soon came a lamb tapa (Cordero). The lamb chops' quality was uncertain as the meat was severely overcooked. El Bodegon's langoustines (Gambas al Ajillo) had given every bit of their sea flavor to the sauce, which was magnificent, we all agreed. But where were the dish's promised mussels, the rice? One shared plate, a beef tenderloin tapa (Carne Brava), had apparently lingered too long in the kitchen--the meat was nearly cold. I adore papas bravas (Patatas Bravas). I must have had the dish a dozen times or more during my last trip to Spain, in 2017, when I visited friends who live in Ronda. During my six-week stay, we toured Andalucia, staying at hotels in large cities and visiting small towns. I also spent time sola in Madrid and Barcelona. Unlike in Spain, El Bodegon's potatoes were diced to death. Never in Spain have I ever had patatas bravas that were not substantial in size. All in all, I found the vegetables accompanying the tapas unrecognizable except for the tiny Brussels sprouts. The rest seemed chopped up or stirred to pieces in the pan. Some of my friends had churros for their dessert. They deemed them appropriately hot and tasty. My dessert was cheesecake torte, decked out with a candle as it was my 90th birthday. The torte was a gold-star winner. It was absolutely delicious, its plating the most successful of the evening. It was so perfect it almost made up for the sub-par tapas that preceded it. One of us had a view of the kitchen from his seat at the table. He saw a man other than the chef/owner doing the cooking. Was he a trainee? Did Sr. Ruiz help with the plating? God knows he didn't have a lot patrons to contend with in his role as waiter. It was a slow weeknight, and there were never more than four tables occupied. I sincerely regret that our time at El Bodegon differs from so many reviewers. Like them, I want to see Sr. Ruiz's little restaurant succeed. He has a hard row to hoe, and I hope a disappointing dinner like ours does not befall anyone else going forward.

Went here for a spontaneous happy hour on a Wednesday afternoon and arrived just in time to put in…read morea happy hour order. This is a newer spot in Excelsior that opened summer 2025. Here's my review of the food we ordered: Cocktail of the hour - aka "Golden Hour" - 8.5/10 Reminded me of mulled cider, notes of honey, very refreshing Pork Belly Steam Buns - 8.1/10 Nice texture, very tender and flavorful Mini Banh Mi - 7/10 Not bad, would have preferred the more traditional pork filling Crispy Chicken- 8.7/10 This really surprised me, from appearance the chicken didn't look that special but it was well seasoned and the sweet chili glaze really stole the show and elevated this dish! Mirabelle Smash Burger - 8.9/10 I'm a sucker for smash burgers and this one did not disappoint. Nice crispy bun and a special mustard sauce that we enjoyed and a different flavor I don't usually have on my burger Sticky Ribs - 5/10 Unfortunately these were quite dry and was comparing to sticky ribs I had last week at CoV that were fall off the bone Overall good spot, service, atmosphere, and would be happy to return. Prices were also great for happy hour.

I wanted to like this place, I really did. But unless they get a different chef in the kitchen,…read morethis place is not going to make it.... Let's start with the positives! The location! Very close to the lake(walking distance) There is a free parking ramp right behind the building. The decor of this place is cute! The details seem like they were well thought out! It feels upscale and cozy! I saw a video of this place and that was what originally drew me in! The seating here is also comfortable and not over crowded. Our server was ok. I saw so many raves about the "amazing service." She did refill our water glasses, which was good because I needed it with the salty steak! Obviously the most important piece is the food. We started with the popovers. The taste was fine but the texture was almost over done. The honey butter was lacking honey flavor. Cinnamon would have really elevated the butter! I got the steak frites and my sister got the spaghetti. My fries were average. The steak was cooked to a perfect medium all the way through! I was impressed. However, it was drowning in a VERY salty sauce! I had push a lot of it off. This should be served on the side, not covering the whole steak. My sister got the spaghetti, which our waitress explained was not a regular spaghetti. I feel she has probably had to do that multiple times and honestly, it should just be renamed. It's confusing for the customer. My sister did say she enjoyed the dish and that the shrimp was ere done well. For dessert I got "Aunties iced latte" which is their version of like an espresso martini. It was just ok. Would not get again. We got the carrot cake which was good!! But then they ruined it by putting fake whipped cream.... This is supposed to be a higher end restaurant and that made the dessert feel so cheap. We also got the creme brûlée. DO NOT ORDER THAT! It is an absolute waste of money! The sugar top was so thick we couldn't eat it! The dessert had the consistency of scrambled eggs, not a smooth custard. The taste seemed ok, but whoever made this does not know what they are doing! Overall, the food was not memorable and a lot of it was done poorly. There are definitely better restaurants in the area.

This was our 4th visit. We find our hour plus drive worth every minute on the road. Varied menu…read morewith lunch menu during the week. The food is delicious and the finest Italian in Minnesota. Noah was our server. Helpful, professionally knowledgeable and intuitive. Ambience is amazing and uplifting. Expect we'll return in a few weeks. We're becoming regulars for good reason.

Tried this place tonight and was not disappointed…read more Service was great and went the extra mile Food was amazing except foe two plates being under the heat lamp/warming rack a bit too long so the salmon was a little dried out. Loved the desserts. The setting is very clean and does a great job of representing the Italian vibe We will be back

Was recommended this place by my sister-in-law as a great date spot and we came here on a Thursday…read morenight after going to the Big Stone Mini Golf beforehand, really fun spot by the way! Very pretty restaurant, out in the country. You can tell this venue is used for weddings, parties, etc. Biscuit Fries - 9.8/10 Such an innovative appetizer. I'm a biscuit lover and this was incredible, perfectly cooked. I could eat a lot of these! SIGNATURE REDS WINE FLIGHT: Pinot Noir - 9/10 Best Pinot Noir I've ever had, smells so good, very smooth. I don't usually like Pinot and was so shocked we went to grab a bottle in the gift shop afterwards. Carignan - 6.8/10 Mild flavor, can't taste the raspberry or florals that much Zinfandel - 7.9/10 Pretty smooth, you taste the blackberry, a little more bitter than Pinot, liked it Cab Sauvignon - 7/10 Not very dry, a little bitter. I might not like black currant as a flavor? Cab is usually my favorite wine by a long shot so was a little disappointed by this one. Spritz - 8.6/10 So interesting and refreshing, super carbonated and punchy at the beginning, really good for a mocktail Brussels - 8.1/10 A little spicy, Thai peanut sauce is quite good and unique, amazing how tender it is, purple cabbage is nice addition. The more I ate this dish I felt like the sauce was a little heavy handed and should have been reduced a little. It doesn't let the Brussels shine Meat pizza - 8.8/10 Really nice, chewy crust, perfectly cooked, honey is delicious a little overloaded on first couple bites, good toppings. I actually prefer this crust to the standard neopolitan style that's everywhere these days. Gnudi - 8/10 Good flavor, great burrata, not the best gnocchi I've had but still a fun dish Sweet corn blondie 5.9/10 - The ice cream was sourced from A to Z Creamery in Hopkins which we really love. I wanted to like this because that little shop makes amazing, creative ice creams in general but it was really salty and kind of ruined the dish. Tajin is also not my favorite. Even my wife who loves tajin thought it was unbalanced. The blondie was fine, still would have preferred a brownie though. :) Was debating between 4 or 5 stars and going with 5 because a few items knocked it out of the park and it's a beautiful area.

Great atmosphere but the food wasn't good. My entree was the special Hanger steak it was Chewy. I…read moreordered it medium rare it was rare. Came with chimichurri and a corn caviar tomato chutney. There wasn't any tomato chutney that I saw. Chimichurri was not fresh. It was over priced. The Brussels sprouts were good. The blondie dessert was too. I have had their pizza at the apple orchard and at the restaurant they were delicious. The restrooms were dirty. Our reservation was at 5 that's when they open... so not sure why they were so disgusting. Also it was very loud the acoustics are terrible. It was quiet when we first got there, because no one was there yet. As soon as more people got there it got very loud. Also, all the tables are two were crowded next to each other. I could hear everyone's conversation like we were all together.

Great service, great food…read more You cannot go wrong with the fried chicken. Pair it with a Korean beer.

Food here is good overall. My spicy tofu soup with seafood doesn't come with a lot of seafood (no…read moreshrimp, clam, or squid) other than a few mussels. I paid $2 extra so that definitely not worth the money. I have had tofu soup multiple times, and I don't think it's a thing to have kimchi in there, so that was kind of weird. Chicken bulgogi was good and the side dishes were good too! The fried chicken was definitely my favorite. I loved that the fries weren't too salty and the sauce wasn't sweet either. Chicken also came in bite sizes so it was easy to just grab and eat them without making a mess. Service was good overall, and the sever kept checking in on us even though it was right before they closed.

I think this might be the best Butter Chicken I've ever had. Overall, this place is fantastic. My…read moreactual rating would be 4.5 out of 5, but I couldn't justify taking away a full star, so I'm rounding up to five since Yelp still doesn't allow half stars. I'm not sure how we didn't find out about this place until almost a year after it opened. Apparently, they've been around since July 2025. The interior of the restaurant looks clean and nice. I already want to go back to dine-in sometime and I'm interested in their weekend buffet. We ordered takeout on a Tuesday for dinner and chose Medium spice for everything. I got the Butter Chicken, and I think it was the best Butter Chicken I've ever had. For the price, I was hoping the portion would be just slightly larger, but taste-wise, it was absolutely amazing. We also ordered the Wet Chicken 65 and really enjoyed that as well. The portion size was pretty decent for this. I would order it again, but I'm also very interested in trying the Chicken 555 next time. My wife got the Szechuan Noodles with Chicken and liked them. I tried some and liked them too. The noodles come in a great sized portion. My Butter Chicken came with rice, but I had to order Garlic Naan separately for an extra $4.50. The Garlic Naan was fantastic, but I was disappointed by how little came with the order for almost $5. Next time, I would be tempted to order two, but then the price starts increasing pretty dramatically. Basically, if you're ordering more than one curry style dish, you'll probably need multiple orders of Garlic Naan unless you're fine eating everything with rice or on its own. During the week, it seems like the restaurant doesn't open until 5 pm. I get it... it's probably slow between lunch hour and 5pm. But it was a little frustrating because we like to pick up takeout shortly after work. When I tried placing the order around 4:45, the earliest available pickup time wasn't until 5:30pm. I really wish they allowed customers to schedule online orders for pickup at 5pm or even 5:15. They do not charge a service fee, which is a big deal for restaurants in 2026. There was no credit card fee either. That also contributed to why I rounded the rating up to five stars. Overall, I would definitely recommend trying this place. It will likely become our new regular Indian unless we want to eat earlier and don't want to wait until 5:30. I wish the Garlic Naan portion was larger, and that the Butter Chicken came with a little more food for the price, but the food is still fantastic.

After eating here twice, I can confidently say you should get the Chicken biryani, it's good, but…read morethe portions are huge, it's like three meals. I enjoyed the flavors of the lemon coriander soup, and the garlic Naan is great. They just need to tone down the overhead fluorescent lights, especially since they have very nice chandeliers.

I was absolutely thrilled when I discovered Café de Paris in Apple Valley. It's surprisingly…read moredifficult to find a truly high-quality bakery around here, and after one too many supermarket "French" baguettes and bake-at-home loaves, this place was exactly what I'd been looking for. The bread is fantastic--crusty, fresh, and authentically French. They also have an incredible selection of beautiful pastries, cakes, and other classic French treats that look like they came straight out of a Parisian pâtisserie. And the coffee is absolutely exquisite. One thing that always makes me smile is that while the pastries look and taste authentically French, they're definitely American-sized! They're enormous. If you're hungry, you're in for a treat. More often than not, I'll enjoy half of one there with a coffee and take the rest home in a box for later. It's a wonderful little café with a relaxed atmosphere and a great place to sit and unwind. If you're in the Apple Valley area and looking for something a little different--something with a genuine European feel--I can't recommend Café de Paris highly enough. I'll definitely keep coming back.

Decided to give this place a try after being in the area. Quick review: Food was VERY tasty!…read moreService and ambiance... definitely lacking.... I walked in and saw you could either order on a large touch screen on with a person at the front. I don't mind touch screens, so I went to start my order. The problem is that there are no pictures... so you're not 100% sure what you are ordering. I stopped the order and walked over to the case to order with the employee instead. There was one woman in front of me and she got her items quickly. I ordered 5 items. (See pic below) All of them were fantastic! I really do judge a place by how well they can do a croissant, and this place does them very well!! The employees were very polite but for some reason my order took almost 15 mins to fill... I watched them pull the items from the case, so I'm not sure why it took them so long to do the order. There was only one other person who ordered after me and she had a drink and a box of pastries too... she received her items first. As for the space, it is bland and feels like an old Carribou coffee.... There really wasn't anything that felt "Paris or French" here. Very bland and not very cozy. If you plan on going(the food was very good) order it to go...

Great coffee shop with some fantastic food! They even have a wine bar! Family owned and great…read moreplace to gather with friends and enjoy!

Great ambiance and cheerful employees Just wish they were open 7 days a week!…read moreRecommend the waffles!

The ambiance and service were great. This place loses a star on the food however. The food was…read moreunderwhelming because we were expecting fresh handmade pasta and other menu items to follow that vibe. Not sure if the pasta is made in house as it didn't taste like anything special and was quite bland for a "browned butter garlic cream fettuccine." The cake also looked premade and it was one out of only two dessert options. Finally, we asked for no croutons on the Caesar salad but had to pick them out. I wasn't a fan of the Caesar because it had a mix of romaine and spinach, but was heavier on the spinach--just romaine finely chopped would have been better.

We live nearby and high hopes since this used to be amazing pasta. It was so so and the service…read morekept coming to our table so often we couldn't even have a conversation. Don't ask how are the first bites three times! Rigatoni was good and the Caesar was good too but the meatball sauce was different than the pasta vodka sauce so my guest said that was a problem. Best dish was the olive tapenade appetizer and the bar was packed.