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El Aguila Real Mexican Inc
Mar 17, 2008 by Vanessa from West Des Moines

Overall Rating: 10
Food:[10] • Service:[10] • Atmosphere:[10]

• Food is the absolute best!
• Nothing negative!

“Amazing food and very fast! They are constantly making sure you are being helped and are happy - great food!”

Palmers Deli & Market
Feb 21, 2008 by Alissa from Des moines ia

Overall Rating: 9
Food:[9] • Service:[10] • Atmosphere:[7]

• Miguel was great also-very fast!
• Lazy, employees there, more gossip then anything!

“I went to Palmers on Wednesday the 20th 2008 to do some research for my company and grab a bit to eat. I was waiting in line like everyone else, but something caught my eye. I followed her with my eyes everywhere this girl went. She was working 20 times faster then the employees around her. Well I ended up staying for a couple hours, I noticed doing everything that had faltered (sweeping, cleaning dining area, changing trash and still making it back to serve a customer before anyone else that was just standing around behind the counter (afraid to pick up a broom or towel).”

Chi-Chi's
Nov 19, 2007 by R.M. from DES MOINES

Overall Rating: 4
Food:[2] • Service:[4] • Atmosphere:[2]

• Fried ice cream was as good as it got.
• Food tasted as if it were frozen & heated in a microwave.

“It has been out of business for 5 years.”

Burger King
Oct 28, 2007 by James

Overall Rating: 10
Food:[10] • Service:[8] • Atmosphere:[9]

• The fast food and great service.
• Hard to get to.

“I have visited this burger king many times as I travel through Des Moines on my way to Omaha. One of the great things about this is every time I come through I always receive my food hot and fresh. I usually hit it late lunch and that is what is so amazing about it. Even though they are past their peek business they sill have great food. .”

Maxies
Oct 12, 2007 by Cathie from Des Moines

Overall Rating: 9
Food:[10] • Service:[9] • Atmosphere:[8]

• The quality and quantity of the food are, overall, excellent.
• Newer employees need more supervision. Adjust recipe for cin. Apples.

“My husband and I previewed this restaurant for our sons rehearsal dinner and were very pleased with the food and our service. (The only item I didn't care for was the cinnamon apples too sweet. Famous Daves are better) then, our son and fiancé' dined there and they were also very happy with the food, the service, but particularly the host who worked with them to set up a menu, etc. The night of the rehearsal dinner, may 18, 2007, we were treated very well. The food and the service were wonderful. We had out of state family members (from both families) and they all raved about the food. It is a little pricey, but the quality and quantity are worth it. We also went there for my birthday and although the food was as good as we had experienced on the previous occasions, the server was obviously a trainee. We all highly recommend this restaurant.”

2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Maxies
Mar 20, 2007 by Karen

Overall Rating: 4
Food:[4] • Service:[2] • Atmosphere:[5]

• Very bad experience. Staff, food, prices and disturbingly long wait for drinks and food.
• Everything!

“I used to like coming to your restaurant. My daughter whom lives in mo. Knew that and she recommended to her 3 brothers and our other friends and family that I should celebrate my birthday at maxis. I was not only highly disappointed with the service. (The waitress was rude) flat rude! And slow. It took over a 1/2 hour to get our drinks alone. Dinner was over an hour. There was a diabetic in our party that had to wait so long for his food that he was starting to go into a diabetic spin. When I asked for our ticket. She said I can't give that to you now. I have to figure out all the tickets and then give it to you. I told her what the problem was. (She was extremely rude and insensitive to the problem) my daughter in law is 5 months along. And had to wait so long for her food that she got sick waiting. And when the food did come, which was a steak. She couldn't eat it. I got my food¿s ordered lobster and steak. The steak was cold. The lobster was good. But again, in waiting. By the time I got the food. It was a mute point. My daughter drove all the way in from Springfield, mo. Extremely hungry. Didn¿t want to spoil dinner by eating fast food. Wanting to eat with the rest of us. Her food was cold and bad. If you were debuting your restaurant based on that experience, I would never ever send anyone there. My family wanted so to please me by going there. It cost them a fortune. Your prices are outlandish. I asked if I could set a chair at the end of the table so I could see and visit with all of my children and their families. The waitress was short and Kurt. Emphatically the answer was "no¿ you¿d be in the way! I don't know about the rest of the serving staff. But she certainly needs social etiquette lessons. How rude! We spent allot of money there the night of march 16th, '07.and certainly didn't get anything close to what we paid for! In my opinion. I think some restitution should be made. ”

0 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Maxies
Mar 20, 2007 by Nicole from West Point, IA

Overall Rating: 3
Food:[2] • Service:[2] • Atmosphere:[3]

• The onion rings.
• The wait time. Kid unfriendly.

“In my recent experience, I personally would not recommend maxi¿s to anyone with children. I felt very cramped and high chairs were a burden with the amount of space in the area we were in. Our waitress was polite but slow. We waited 10 minutes + for refills which is a small reflection on the amount of time it took to receive our food. We had to fill our daughter and nephew up on crackers in order to keep them from throwing a fit during our hour long wait for our food. Granted, we did have a part of around 12 but an hour was very excessive. When it came to the food, the onion rings were pretty good! The rest was rather disappointing, my husband said the steak was flavorless and I actually didn't get to touch my food since I am pregnant and was starving so I had to stuff myself on onion rings and bread and therefore no longer hungry once my food came. I had a steak sandwich which came on two plain pieces of white bread and no condiments. Overall, a very unsatisfactory performance.”

1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Maxies
Mar 20, 2007 by Kelly from Des Moines

Overall Rating: 5
Food:[7] • Service:[3] • Atmosphere:[7]

• Food was pretty good.
• Service was slow and inadequate.

“March 16, 2007, fifteen of us went to celebrate a birthday at maxis. Reservation was for 7pm. We were seated promptly. It was 7:25 before I saw a beverage. People who chose to drink water were left with the short glasses, rather than be provided with regular-sized beverage glasses. Their wine selection was limited and when they had a particular kind; it was of an inferior quality. It was sometime after that before our order was taken. We were finally served food at about 8:25pm. In the meantime, even those of us with regular-sized beverage glasses were empty, let alone the poor folks with the short glasses. They apparently thought one server sufficient to care for 15 people at a time. The checks were messed up and had to be redone more than once. The manager, was more interested in making excuses after the meal, than dealing with the issue at hand. I'll tell you what I told him, next time we'll go back to the olive garden.”

1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Mosaix Restaurant & Wine Bar
Feb 17, 2007 by Vikasy from Ames

Overall Rating: 9
Food:[9] • Service:[9] • Atmosphere:[9]

• Vegetarian food is also good.
• Drinks they only have wines.

“Surprisingly good place to go for dinner. Small in size but big in impression. Tapes good is excellent. They do have some vegetarian food e.g. BarceloNA In drinks they only have wines, lots of red and white to choose from...”

1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano
Jul 30, 2006 by olivia from Fairfield

Overall Rating: 10
Food:[9] • Service:[10] • Atmosphere:[9]

• I had the best waiter ever in that restaurant.
• Nothing negative.

“There is this one waiter there that served me chicken panini. he was the best waiter I had ever had. An eight dollar tip that was how much my meal was. ”

1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Waterfront Seafood Market
Jun 23, 2006 by Deb Burt from Earlham, Iowa

Overall Rating: 10
Food:[10] • Service:[10] • Atmosphere:[10]

• Quality product, friendly staff.
• Sometimes their is line, but staff moves as quickly as they can.

“I have been using the market for many years. Outstanding quality. I never buy my seafood anywhere else. Never disappointed! Marvelous staff. ”

Cafe Su
May 29, 2006 by J

Overall Rating: 3
Food:[3] • Service:[1] • Atmosphere:[2]

• Funky atmosphere.
• This place hides a $5 on every table-- not on the menu-- just for RICE. What an extraordinarily bad business practice to gouge every customer unexpectedly!

“This place hides a $5 on every table-- not on the menu-- just for RICE. What an extraordinarily bad business practice to gouge every customer unexpectedly!”

4 of 11 people found this review helpful.

Mondos Of West Des Moines Inc
Mar 8, 2006 by Marcia from Des Moines

Overall Rating: 5
Food:[9] • Service:[3] • Atmosphere:[4]

• Fantastic menu with a wide variety of choices.
• Snobbish hostess has control over seating.

“To say that this is where the beautiful people eat, is an understatement. Mondos will hold you hostage at the reservations counter if you are not dressed in the latest style and pretty enough to get a table. The food is fantastic, and the service can be wonderful, but if you are elderly, have small children, overweight, plain to look at, or an ethnic minority that the hostess does not hold in high regard, prepare yourself for a long wait for a table like maybe the next ice age.”

1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Ohana Steakhouse
Mar 1, 2006 by matt from des moines

Overall Rating: 8
Food:[8] • Service:[8] • Atmosphere:[6]

• Great entertainment food for all pallets.
• Recommend reservations, atmosphere a little lack luster.

“A bit in the pricey side, low on atmosphere due to the outdated set up, but great on food entertainment and portion sizes. ”

2 of 2 people found this review helpful.