The Roasted Pear

So this blog is just for fun. I love that show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Minneapolis has been featured a couple times. So I decided I'd start trying some of the places that are featured and other's as well and that I'd let you know what I think.

For my and my brother in law's birthday this year, we went to The Roasted Pear. I had heard good things about this place and was very excited. They have two restaurant's, one in Brooklyn Park and one in Burnsville. We went to the Brooklyn Park location.

It's a pretty restaurant, dim lighting and a very warm, inviting ambiance.

Unfortunately, that was the highlight of the experience for me. So many people have had good things to say about this place, so I'm guessing that this isn't the norm.

It took the waitress forever to take our order. Like literally 45 minutes. We were done with our drinks (just water for me)...and still we sat there waiting. So, then we ordered and we waited again.

When the food came, we had mixed reviews. My sister had ordered the Cheesy Garlic Bread Steak Sandwich. It lives up to it's name. It was literally dripping with melted cheese. Way too much. She ordered her steak done medium rare and it was medium. My mom and one of my daughter's got the club wrap. No complaints there. I got a chipotle burger that was supposed to come with a chipotle mayonnaise and that was missing so I waited for the waitress to come back and when she didn't, I finally asked the host to track her down and tell her what I needed. The burger was done and it was cooked the way I like it. My youngest got a burger and she said she'd give it a 65%. My brother in law got the walleye which he said was fabulous. More than anything, my complaints center around the service. Our waitress was incognito most of the time.

I think that I would give this restaurant another try but only if someone took me there, it's not on my list of places that I have to go back to.

So, there you have it, my first review on this blog. I don't go out to often so this blog will be hit or miss but I will write when I try something new!!

Peace :)