Patrick Kimbrough

Review of Nicollet Island Inn

I had a date here on Valentines Day 2021 and I was...

I had a date here on Valentines Day 2021 and I was highly disappointed with the food for the price point (or any price for that matter). The restaurant setting is very nice, sitting right next to the Mississippi River allows for beautiful scenery. They have a lot of big open windows that really give a nice setting for dinner. The decor is very old school and cozy. They also offer free coat check at the hotel front desk. Now as far as dinner service I had a bad experience. 1. Our waiter had almost no knowledge of the menu, as it was our first time I was asking for suggestions and he was really struggling to help. I asked if he was a newer employee he said he had been there for a long time.... ..... now once we ordered what he said they were popular menu items they were subpar. Absolutely no flavor to the food, they lacked seasoning and were just bland. My date order the filet mignon $50 and she only took maybe 2 bites off the whole plate. I tried hers and it was like they didn t even try to season the food. My food was the same way.... underwhelming to say the least. The manager came over to our table and asked what the issue was we informed him of the food and he solution was to offer us a free dessert (chocolate mousse). $100 in entrees and his solution was to offer dessert. Not make something else to her liking or anything. So for this reason they were rated low. Maybe I went on a bad night, but Valentines night restaurants should be on their A game, especially since at this time it was only about 2-3 other couples in the establishment. So for $150 total I would have rather gone to Manny s or fine dining restaurants in Minneapolis.