EXCELSIOR
Hazelwood Grill and Tap

Hazelwood Grill and Tap

5635 Manitou RdMN 55331-8567, EXCELSIOR, United States

Full • Pizza • Healthy • American


"Okay, I'm a little delayed on my review for Hazelwood and I apologize for that. It really is a very lovely place to dine. I was lucky enough to be taken here for lunch for watching over my youngest nephew. Fortunately, my family are a bunch of foodies, including my adult children. Anyway...we were having a late lunch in the early Spring of the year so the place was quiet, which in my opinion was very nice. We were seated in a large horseshoe shaped, well padded corner booth. Plenty of room for the four of us. Us adults ordered the Hazelwood Chopped Salad $15.95), the Salmon Bowl $20.95) and the Shrimp Scallop Scampi $28.95) with a side of their amazing hash browns. The Chopped Salad consists of tender shredded chicken, bacon bits, fresh corn off the cob, thinly sliced granny smith apples, a chopped nicely boiled egg, colorful fresh grape tomatoes topped off with crumbles of amablu cheese. The dressing was an in house Herb Vinaigrette that was just as tasty as the salad. Then of course there was the Salmon Bowl with charred corn salsa that was addicting, it fit in perfectly with the fresh baby greens, edamame, crisp juicy cucumbers grape tomatoes. The brown rice was cooked to perfection. It wasn't dry or over cooked. I can say the same thing about the salmon fillet, nicely prepared with wonderful grill marks on the outside. The flavors were mouth watering. The meal came with a side of plum sauce, which was quite good, but it was barely used. That should tell you how good a meal really is. Lastly, was the Wood Fired Shrimp Scallop Scampi. Just the presentation of this meal was beautiful. The shrimp were huge and perfectly cooked with that lovely light pink color, the scallops matched the size of the shrimp! No rubbery seafood here! The combination of vegetables only enhanced the smoked flavors of the shrimp and scallops. On a side note: Their seafood is flown in fresh almost daily 6 days a week) and immediately inspected. We really enjoyed ourselves there was no rush. Our server was welcoming and wonderful throughout our entire meal. Thanks for the wonderful food and great service! We'll be back."

Red Sauce Rebellion

Red Sauce Rebellion

205 Water Street, Excelsior, MN 55331, 55331-1824, EXCELSIOR, United States

Vegan • Pasta • Salad • Italian


"We were excited to come back here after their initial opening, but we regret picking RS for our one year wedding anniversary. When we were seated we were told by our hostess that the table needed to be cleaned and it would be taken care of. Our waitress came and nobody had cleaned it yet so we asked if we could have it cleaned. She gave a very annoyed look and walked away without saying one word. We almost left at that point but had paid for parking which is the only reason we stayed. Our waitress returned a few minutes later and begrudgingly wiped our table down (is that an unreasonable ask..? I ordered a glass of wine and my husband ordered a grapefruit cocktail. It was 14 dollars for a shot of Tito’s with grapefruit juice. Extremely overpriced. We then put our orders in and were told we’d be getting bread very soon. 15 minutes later there was still nothing and I was wanting to order a second glass of wine. Finally the hostess returned with bread saying they had to get it from the freezer downstairs. I asked if I could please have a second glass of wine which did eventually come. Food came immediately after and while it was good/slightly above average, it was just very overpriced for the poor service. We never got bread again, or dessert suggestions. We would have loved a friendly waitress that would have asked if we were celebrating something special that evening since this was our first anniversary and we picked this place..would have been nice to have that appreciation. For 40 dollars more we could have gone to Giannis in Wayzata and actually have been treated warmly with great service. This experience and waitress ruined it for us. We will not be back."