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Tuddy's Tavern

4.0 (32 reviews)
Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
Updated 3 weeks ago

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The pork tenderloin sammy n sweet tater waffle fries.
Mark W.

I trip Des Moines for work a few times a year and this place was called like the Angry Goat or such before and honestly a bit underwhelming in the past. Now comes Tuddy's another somewhat odd name but what was not odd was the food. Always had a great selection of beer taps and always great people but the food is now what I call next level. In fact ive been here twice in the past month because I need more. Eat it!

Cheese sticks
Stephanie P.

The menu has a lot of very good looking items. We had cheese sticks for an appetizer and the flavor was good however two were not fully cooked and when it was mentioned to the server (when we could finally flag one down) they just said oh. Very odd response, for sure! Can I mention there was maybe 10 tables in the whole place that were occupied and it was 3:30 in the afternoon and they had plenty of staff standing around. We both ordered the French dip however now where did it say the meat was smoked. And boy was it smoked. I don't like smoked meat so I didn't eat my sandwich. They did apologize and offer to replace my meal but they really need to let people know in advance of ordering to avoid disappointment. So all-in-all I was underwhelmed but I will give it one more chance to impress me.

Heidi H.

I was very excited to try this place. We arrived at 5. So we ended up there during happy hour. The drinks were great. Our server seated me and asked what I wanted to drink before I even had a chance to sit down. Their starters are on special for $10 during happy hour. My dining companion and I both ordered the wings. My wings were burnt on the bottom side of them. My friend also ordered the sweet potato waffle fries, which came out a few minutes after our our wings. The waiter warned her they were straight out of the fryer and to be careful. She said they were great.

This is their $18 burger. Absolutely disgusting

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Not a big fan of the chicken and waffles but the service was exceptional. Music was set at a nice level to allow conversation.

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Stopped in for some March madness and a couple appetizers. Great service,food and plenty of TV's

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Nice evolution from the old eatery before it and the service was great! Food was about the same but good quality.

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The service was fantastic. And the food...it is delicious. Every meal was amazing. The atmosphere is comforting and classy.

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Great friendly staff! Mac and cheese with pork topping was fabulous! Highly recommend Tuddy's!

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The food is good and high end for bar food. The Mac and cheese was basic but truly delicious!!

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Great food and great service! Perfect place to watch a game. The French Dip and Crown Peach mule were fantastic!

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The food is very good and service is excellent. A great place to watch a game with very comfortable seating. Happy Hour specials the best!

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2.8
(240 reviews)
0.5 mi
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4.8* (out of 5) Food: 4* Atmosphere: 5* Value: 5*…read more Service: 5* Would I go back / Recommend?: 5* (Definitely) Total check/person: $40 05/08/2026 Our primary reason for stopping by tonight was to update information at www.happyhourdesmoines.com. We ended up quite impressed with the value and our server, Kelbe was fantastic - offering great suggestions off of the Happy Hour menu! Overall, this is a top-tier venue for your next Happy Hour trip (especially once they get the rooftop opened)! To share as much as we could about their Happy Hour, we sampled as many food dishes as we could comfortably eat, with all of them being solid options that we would order again. We started with a Margarita (see picture) and a Raspberry Mule (see picture) and while both were very good, it is hard to beat the value for the Margarita. For our food options, we tried all of the following shown in order of my preference (see pictures for each): Shrimp Street Tacos, Carne Asada Street Tacos, Wings (Tropical Habanero sauce), Lettuce Wraps and Buffalo Rangoons. A few comments to understand the priority order: I love street tacos, the wings were good but could have used a bit more sauce, the lettuce wraps were very good - but oh, so messy with the rice and just a bed of lettuce rather than a wrap and the rangoons were good, but a bit too overbrowned. If you found this review helpful, please show your appreciation with a Like or a Follow.

First, shame on me for not looking at the menu more closely, but I ordered a flatbread pizza…read more($12.99) and added pepperoni and banana peppers, not realizing that each topping is an additional $3 each (outrageous!). I thought a generic flatbread pizza included up to 2 toppings. However, on closer inspection of the menu, adding toppings is more expensive than ordering a specialty pizza as a flatbread. Unbelievable! I was given a flatbread pizza that was as thin as a tortilla and had burnt corners along with 10 pieces of pepperoni and 8 banana peppers. I could've made my own flatbread pizza at home for a fraction of the cost, and it would've been way better quality. I still can't believe I had to pay $21 for this poor quality food. Even the waitress agreed it was ridiculous to be charged that much for this pizza. I will never eat here again. Expensive and poor quality - it's not worth your time.

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Dave & Buster's Des Moines

Dave & Buster's Des Moines

3.2
(27 reviews)
1.1 mi

Walked into Dave & Buster's in the middle of the afternoon on a Saturday. We wanted to grab a…read morequick bite to eat and play some games. Close parking to the front entrance can be hard to find at peak times even with the business being adjacent to Jordan Creek Mall. There's plenty of spots, but you might have to hike a little. My guess is mall guests utilize the parking right in front of Dave & Buster's too while they shop. The gentlemen at the host station said the wait for a table would be 1 1/2 hours despite there being visibly plenty of open tables... Not enough staff to cover all the sections maybe? Or maybe they were reserved...? There were seats open at the bar so we headed that direction. The full food menu is available at the bar too. Seating is mostly larger open booths, high top tables and chairs, and the seating at the bar. Our bartender/server was nice enough. We ordered the following: 1x Cheese Stick Stack - "Extra-large crispy cheese sticks topped with shredded Parmesan. Served with marinara sauce." 1x Bar Burgers & Wings Platter. Wings with honey barbecue - "Smashed burger sliders paired with Bone-In Wings with your choice of sauce or dry rub. Served with seasoned fries and celery sticks with your choice of ranch or bleu cheese." 1x Hottie burger and fries - "Two cajun-spiced smashed burger patties, topped with pickled jalapeños, pepperjack cheese, lettuce, pickles, tomato, onions, jalapeño ranch, and a fried jalapeño." 2x Fountain drinks (Coke products) 1x Dangerous Waters Island Punch - "Malibu Coconut, Blue Curaçao, pineapple, and fresh citrus mix." As nice as our bartender was I think he keyed something in wrong with the Bar Burgers & Wings Platter. The wings were forgotten. They (him and a manager) straightened it out and adjusted our bill a little. The food was all good. The stand out to both of us was the Cheese Stick Stack. This is an awesome app with an epic cheese pull! The wings were REALLY good too... After our food and drinks we spent some time playing games. Just messing around... A good mix of old or new arcade games. Skee ball, basketball games, clown ball toss, whack a mole, water gun race, coin pushes, wheels of chance, etc. The place was clean and there were staff available on the floor if you ran into any problems or had questions. A decent way to kill an afternoon. https://www.daveandbusters.com/

I was organizing a company team outing here…read more The customer service on the phone was helpful as I was struggling with the options provided on the website for our small groups. IF you are trying to put together a group of less than 10 you cant utilize their offered company team building . I was informed there would have to be exceptions made to make it work. Once we figured out what would work for us we did 3 smaller groups in the middle of the week in the middle of the day. The atmosphere is loud. Even with no one else really in there. The waitress was fantastic with my group. I explained what we were doing and order the meal and play with play cards for our group. She talked me through what she was going to do and helped make sure it worked out alright. Hang onto your D&B cards, they can be reloaded. You will have to pay a small fee to reload, but no as much if you have reactivate a new card. There are some really big games. You can win "tickets" of course. I thought the place was bigger, but the gaming area is half and the eating/bar is on the other. Circling back on the food. That was a shock. It was really good. Far better than I had thought. I got the burger and was pleasantly full. Everyone in our group of 7 enjoyed their meals. Everyone left happy and full. Again my waitress was very helpful and accommodating. I want to try this again since she said the team building is actually pretty cool. I think I have an idea so that we can meet the team minimums.

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Caffrey’s Sports Pub

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3.4
(18 reviews)
4.6 mi

4.2* (out of 5) Food: 4* Atmosphere: 4* Value: 4*…read more Service: 4* Would I go back / Recommend?: 5* (Definitely) Total check/person: $32 07/17/2025 While we've stopped here a few times since living here, I hadn't yet taken the time to post a review to my website, so fixing that now. This most recent stop was to meet a friend from Church after work and it turned out to be a great meeting spot. I started with the Hot Skinny B*/ch (see picture) and as the name implies, the jalapeno tequila and additional sliced jalapenos gave it a good spicy kick! I loved it...but if you aren't into the stronger jalapeno burn, you might not enjoy it as much as I did. For our dinner, we started with an order of Southwest Egg Rolls (see picture) and then each of us ordered some Wings (see picture). While ideally I would have preferred that both orders not be fried as much as they were, both were still quite tasty and above average pub food. If you found this review helpful, please show your appreciation with a Like or a Follow.

I really enjoyed my brussels sprouts and vodka cran was delicious no complaints with my food or…read moredrink. Price for amount of food/drink was nice as well. I air fried those leftover Brussels sprouts for lunch the next day & they were just as good. The seats were very comfortable also. The service was great. We were waited on quickly and efficiently. Everyone was very friendly. However my friend does not recommend their chicken strips. I looked at them and reconsidered trying any. She did advise the honey mustard was delicious though. Will definitely be back to try other foods/drinks.

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