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Fresko

Fresko

909 Locust St, Des Moines, United States Of America, 50309

Full • Healthy • Bar-lounge • Farm-to-table


"Fresko fresh food! Farm to table style restaurant. Menu rotates many items to keep it fresh and new. There are staple items on the menu too that we have enjoyed the handful of times we have visited. Excellent place for group dining.Party room can be rented and is highly encouraged. Ordered the hanger steak and shrimp tacos. Both dishes came out hot and fresh. Very tasty!The hanger steak was a beautiful unique flavor. The caramelized onion sauce gave the steak its own taste. The crunchy onions were a perfect pair. The steak was medium rare and cooked well! Very tender. Shrimp tacos were spicy! Fully filled with shrimp and toppings. It wasn't my favorite flavor but it was good. Mr W and I dined right after enjoying a Yelp party at Fresko. Total came to $52.xx before gratuity Previous dining experiences were as expected. Consistent good service by serving team. Walking in was more pleasant this time around. In the past we've had questionable interactions with different hosts giving us a hard time about reservations and seating. Pro tip: MAKE RESERVATIONS (Walking in seems to make hostess annoyed and your seating may take much longer than anticipated)The booths found in the larger dining area are very attractive and give a fun dining feel.I've asked for a booth for my party of 6 with early reservation as well!!! ...and was not allowed even though a couple of them were open. I was not allowed to know if they were reserved prior to me or not or if it was first reservations basis. Not sure how they choose to seat guests. But it kind of gives a negative vibe. That would be my only CON of Fresko. Food and service is great but the seating situation has always been the tension. And it might be due to lack of information from the host."

Spitfire Grill Detroit Lakes

Spitfire Grill Detroit Lakes

1100 N Shore Dr, Detroit Lakes, United States Of America

Soup • Grill • Steak • American


"We came here for lunch today. Husband and I shared brisket and ribs. Son had walleye. The service is horrendous. Mind you I serve part time myself, this place had five tables total with maybe 15 patrons total (this is including us) and they had on a bartender and two servers. One good server could have easily rocked the place and given great service alone. Not here tho…with their staff ratio there is no reason your server shouldn’t be checking in on you and keeping your beers full. We arrived at 11:50, ordered food at 12 and it didn’t arrive until 12:50. I kid you not we did not have our server come to our table ONCE between when food was placed until received. Drinks were empty. If your kitchen sucks right now due to lack of help at least give a sorry about the delay apology and keep it he patrons happy with full drinks. But no apologies for food being slow until she arrived to table with the food telling us something about the kitchen staff just showing up?? They apparently didn’t have the side my husband ordered so the server just decided on her own to sub it with something else without asking him if he would like something else instead. We asked for tab when food came didn’t get it for 10 minutes, she delivered it then went MIA again. Luckily we paid cash and could just leave. Like what are the servers doing here when they are not on the floor. Where are they at??? The entire place was empty. Dining room closed off. There is no reason they shouldn’t be out front helping their customers or at least acting like they care. There was one point there wasn’t a worker visible (including bartender) for over 15 minutes. Now the worst part. The food. Sons walleye tasted like they ran out of fish and picked up a generic box of “walleye” at the Family Dollar freezer section. The ribs were super salty and mediocre at best. And the brisket….ugh seriously the worst thing I have ever tasted at a restaurant ever. It was near grey in color. Cold. Dry. Tasted like you put a roast in the crock pot four days ago, had leftovers and forgot about them in the back of the fridge and assumed they were still good and heated them in the microwave. Ish. $100 later after two meals, four drinks and tip we left. I honestly cannot believe this place has any business during the summer with food and service like this. As a server myself I would be embarrassed to work here knowing the food quality is horrible and fellow staff hide from customers. As an owner I would be ashamed and doing whatever it takes to save my business. At this rate it won’t be long until this place is closed. Riding the “off season or covid” excuse doesn’t cut it with what we experienced today. There is no reason for ignoring tables especially when slow. And no reason for serving that food. If you can’t provide hot fresh food due to lack of talent and or options DO NOT OFFER IT!!! I have never been so disappointed in food or service received at a restaurant ever. I would be shocked if they remain in business for another year. DO NOT waste your time or money here. There are WAY better options in the area, and if those options are full and this is your only option you better suck it up and cook for yourself. Go to the store, pick up some awesome steaks to grill and a bottle of wine and STAY HOME!! Lord knows service and food will be a million times better!"