Des Moines Restaurant Guide
Des Moines Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Des Moines restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Des Moines just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Des Moines, you've come to the right place.
Our Des Moines restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
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We ate at the Drake Diner 9/25/04 for dinner and went back for lunch 9/26/04 because our food was so good. Service was excellent and the food was wonderful. We sat out on the porch the first time and inside the second day...both were fine. They were extremely busy on Sunday for lunch - the after ch...
The Drake Diner holds a special place in my heart. Not only is the food great, but so are the owners, employees, and the customers who frequent the Drake Diner. No trip to Des Moines is complete without a visit to the Drake Diner!
Very nice for the money. I was impressed. Seated quickly, orders were perfect, food was great. Enough for kids to see as well. Food is priced very nicely for the proportion size = PERFECT!
(09/25/2007)
What happened? When this place opened a few months ago it held such promise. Based on a most recent visit I'd say Dubay's is suffering from an identity crisis. The menu was largely the same, but the artwork, ambience, music and service was confusing, disturbing, and sorely lacking. My food was c...
The food tasted fresh (but nothing spectacular) in a clean and well-maintained setting. The service was slow.
This a great new locally owned Des Moines restaurant. Dubay's has found the combination of comfortable atmosphere and fine food and drinks, along with late night hours that just may take Des Moines to the next level of urban living! The food is amazing! I especially enjoyed the crab cakes, gumbo ...
This is the first time I've submited a review on the net but I don't know what the other reviewer is talking about. My wife and I have been going to DuBay's off and on since they opened in May and have been back in the last week. If anything there is a vast improvement on the experience. The new art...
Chips and tasty salsa served while you wait for your food. The food is very tasty. The service is usually excellant. I;ve never had to wait for more then 15 min.
Best fajitas in the world. Everything here is good and reasonably priced. The staff is great-our favorite Mexican place in the Des Moines area.
good food friendly service
Fantastic surprise. Away from home, on the road, hating the weather, and in desperate need of a neighborhood restaurant with good food, good prices, and a friendly staff. I found it! If you've had it with chain restaurants where the food is at best mediocre and the owner nowhere to be found, go to...
My father is a meat-and-potatoes manly man kind of eater, so when my roommate and I were in town we decided to treat him to some barbecue at the Flying Mango. It was pleasantly buzzing with friendly servers and friendly cooks behind the counter serving up food at an amazing pace. I had the 25 hour b...
Baratta's has amazing food, great service and the people that work there are so nice and really cater to your needs. I recommend this place to anyone that likes Italian food!
If you are a student at Drake, this is where you ordered your pizza from. It was fast, it was good, and it was inexpensive -- all keys to a successful college pizza experience. When I was there, it was delivery or pickup only. Coupons were common in the university newspaper.
They placed false advertisment in the Mailmart Shopper that circulated on 10/03/06. They advertised 4 large 2 toppings pizza's for $7.99 and wouldn't honor it. They need to learn to keep their customers happy by living up their word, even if it was their mistake. I'm sure someone had to approve ...
Very, Very clean and friendly..... Great Pizza....Great Service...
I am a big fan of Indian cuisine, but this restaurant just plain sucks!
The food is absolutely terrible. It tastes like microwaveable food you can buy at Indian grocery stores. Anyone who says this place is excellent has no idea what they're talking about. They most-likely work at the restaurant or they know someone who does.
I was shocked to see that someone gave India Star a bad review. It's one of my all-time favorite restaurants. I love the chicken curry and Naan. The ambience is about a hundred times better since they moved out of the old, tiny building on Beaver. The new location is clean and beautiful. The fo...
Awesome food. NO doubt about it. I have never ever tasted such a good indian food ever in US. Thanks