Ben O

Review of Ivar's Salmon House on Lake Un...

I used to love coming here, great prices in the ba...

I used to love coming here, great prices in the bar, great service and a nice view of the water. Unfortunately, like mentioned by Mr. Jack Morris below, since the minimum wage increase, service and wait times have been lackluster and detract from the experience. I came back a second time after a really poor experience a month previously, to give it a second chance, and I was met with the same disappointments.

Servers were not coordinated and kept passing off our table to other servers, making us wait in excess of 15 minutes to take a drink order after being seated. Our food orders came out about 45 minutes after placing the order, and there was a mistake. Thankfully, a (different) server corrected the mistake, bringing us the proper dish, though 15 minutes later, forcing us to awkwardly share entrees so that our guest wasn't left out and our food didn't get cold.

Either new, or confused wait staff kept coming by the table to take up unfinished plates (to hurry us out?) and the only thing that seemed to go smoothly and relatively quickly was getting and paying the bill. I'm sad to say that this is no longer a "cool spot" that I'm proud to suggest to my friends and visitors. Dear Ivar's Salmon House, please go back to giving quality and timely service, I miss having a nice time by the water.