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Decided to give this place a try before heading out to a Christmas concert tonight…read more Located right off MN-5 in a small business center strip. They have a small shared parking lot. Was greeted by staff right away and said we can seat ourselves. Inside style was more an older like setting but nice and clean. Walked past the front counter, open kitchen, then mini anti pasta salad bar and then the open mid sized dining room area. Shout out to our server Ally! She provided us with fast and friendly service which made our visit even more pleasant. Got our drinks and breadsticks. Breadsticks were not too thick but thin enough (which I liked) and was good. I ordered the Chicken Alfredo with the added one time salad bar option. I forgot to get the picture but they did have a good variety of options to pick from even though it was a small bar. The salad was good in my opinion. The Chicken Alfredo came out hot and was creamy and delicious. It came with garlic toasts too.

I love the old school Italian restaurant vibe. There's a variety of seating, and a window where you…read morecan see the kitchen making and prepping food. It felt like a family style restaurant that's hidden in a strip mall. Our waitress was great, gave us her recommendations for the menu and made sure we were well taken care of. The pizza was awesome, I'd definitely come back for that crust. Their meat sauce in the ravioli wasn't my favorite, mostly because there wasn't much meat in the sauce, but the flavor was still good! Definitely get the added cheese on your garlic toast, they're not shy with the cheese so it's worth the extra charge. We'll definitely be coming back for the pizza and the small business ambiance!

We did take out and I really liked this pizza! I like that they have both thin and deep dish…read morepizzas; I personally have a strong preference toward thin crust. I loved the Hawaiian, very flavorful and I liked that the pineapple wasn't cut too big. The cheesy bread was also yummy. Big hit with the kids too, the small slices are easy to eat!

I come here on my birthday for the Scallop entree. Husband had the tenderloin special. The food is…read morealways excellent, the service attentive and friendly and the Old Fashioneds our favorite. $$$$ but worth it for special occasions. We come often to their little speakeasy bar across the alley in the winter and especially at holiday. This time we had 5:00 reservations, got seated immediately and within 15 minutes the place was full. By 6:30 all tables had all turned and the place was empty, for the moment. Timing is everything. Get a reservation. Often if you come early, like before 5, you can sit at the bar.

Great people working, great environment and great community! We had a blast talking to locals,…read moregetting recommendations and trying all the different things!

Family run Italian with unique recipes. The best focaccia…read moreyou've ever had in Minnesota. Great service, especially if you get Paige as your server. Everyone makes you feel at home.

Wow. Spectacularly awful. If you like cold (and I mean COLD)…read morefood and pretentiousness this is the place for you. Now I will say the Tomato toast and the cherry sour drink was good. However, it started going downhill when a dish was brought out by a runner before any of the other dishes and was set on our table without silverware. She left without bringing silverware and it would be a full 5 minutes before our server was able to be flagged down to get us silverware. We noted that this dish needed to be refired and brought out with the remaining dishes. After 15 minutes more the rest if the meal came out, and you guessed it, the original "needs to be refired" dish came out 5 minutes later. My wife's pasta was cold. Not lukewarm. Cold. Think I just opened a can of chef boyardee's and poured on a plate cold. It was disgusting. Oh and the "refired spaghetti" (buttered noodles) was also cold. The chicken parm (which their version is deep fried chicken) was warm but unseasoned and the breading was oil sogged because the frying oil was clearly not hot enough. This place gets 1 star. My favorite part was when the runner was doing her makeup in a mirror behind the hostess stand in the middle of the dining room. At a price of $183 for two for pasta this place needs to rethink their workers, their menu, and how they are going to keep attracting people. Shut down for three weeks and learn how to run your restaurant! That the Strib gave these guys a glowing review is beyond me. Very emperor's new clothes.

Always great food, service & drinks! Although our table time came to an end we had some drinks to…read morefinish and took them out to the patio. Our sever came out and checked on us and helped with getting us one more round.

Just need to up their basket of bread...especially when it's $. That bread might be fine for…read morebruschetta, but it didn't live up to the food, service and ambiance at PSL. Focaccia is not that hard to make. Respectfully.

The Mushroom Risotto with Chicken was very good but the risotto needed a bit more cheese either…read morewhile cooking or on top. Alone, the risotto was bland. The chicken was nicely cooked, tender and juicy, and there were plenty of sautéed fresh mushroom slices. Overall it was a solid dish. I also ordered the basket of bread and received eight (!) thick slices of delicious, warm, herbaceous bread I will eat for days! Just yummy.

A nice casual but elegant restaurant conveniently located in the western suburbs. With a nice pizza…read moreoven and an excellent tap beer list. It isn't overly fancy and the prices are moderate, but it still feels like a special experience. I had the tortiglioni Rossa, which was clearly a fresh red sauce because it had chunks of tomato of various sizes in it. The pasta was properly cooked and not mushy. The sausage in it had good flavor and was ground relatively finely so it incorporated in every bite. My girlfriend had the mushroom chicken risotto, which she enjoyed. It was a little less of a traditional risotto because the rice wasn't as saucy, but she enjoyed the flavor and there was enough sauce on the chicken. Our service was really prompt and friendly and the food was delivered quickly and played well.

A friend suggested we give this place a try - Bode's makes for a nice evening out in a cozy spot…read more Start off downstairs with a well made cocktail (enter the Speakeasy in the back), then move upstairs for dinner I had the bolognese - very good, a bit creamy, filling. Also had the meatballs, I love a good meatball app and it was also very good.....soaked up the sauce with the bread. After dinner, move back downstairs for a digestive and perhaps some music. The owner is on site in the restaurant and has interesting stories to tell, very interesting guy!

What a fabulous meal. Our server Tucker made it special. What a great guy! The Hawaiian pizza was…read moredelicious. Fresh pineapple, perfect crust, tasty tomato sauce. The Caesar salad came with big pieces of garlicky warm bread. Had a yummy cocktail. This was such a wonderful dinner- can't wait to go back. Go see a movie at Waconia theater/ this is right next door. It's also so lovely- very cozy- love the twinkle lights.

I have been coming here for about four years at this point and I have never once been disappointed…read more This is the single best restaurant that I've had. When people ask me what my favorite food is it's zuppas. When they ask what my favorite restaurant is it's zuppas. The service is always fantastic, they are always fast and respond to me right away. They are always playing the best music and the tables and plants give a fantastic atmosphere. I'm deeply obsessed with zuppas.

We ordered from here for a work lunch for our whole office. Even though it was take out all the…read moremeals were delicious! I got the chopped salad which as absolutely fabulous! Would fdefinitely like to try in person.

We had guests from out of town and decided on Coalition to see the town and Lake Minnetonka…read more They serve brunch on weekends. Free parking right behind in the East lot, it was already more than half full at 10am. They had just opened and there were already a few tables occupied. It felt busy and maybe they didn't have enough staff for that time. There were only 2 staff taking orders. We stayed inside as it was a very hot day. We've been there for dinner before and always liked the modern cozy interiors. Our server took our drink orders and gave us a complimentary order of cardamom donuts, as if they knew it would be a while. The brewed coffees came out pretty fast but he didn't come back to take our order until almost 10:30, when we finally flagged him down. The food didn't take long but he forgot to put in my MILs side order of bacon so that didn't come out until we were mostly done eating. They had a good breakfast selection and lunch was available as well. We ordered: Salmon Eggs Benedict French Toast Avocado Toast Pesto Frittata Grilled Chicken sandwich Crispy chicken sandwich Everyone was happy with their food and we're happy to find another brunch place to take visitors to.

Nice place for brunch Love the exposed brick and low…read morelighting for ambiance Servers were very accommodating with some of our tables specific requests The lemon blueberry pancakes were delicious, tad too sweet, French toast was average The hashbrowns are a big portion and very buttery Some items could use more seasoning Decent size portions The lunch and dinner menu also look pretty good This location offers street parking and also there is a free parking lot in the back that they share with other businesses

(Last visited 4/26/2022.) Working at my company's headquarters for a couple of weeks and a…read moreco-worker of mine mentioned that this place has AMAZING pizza and some good wings. So... I came here for lunch... then again a few days later! Lol. Atmosphere/Appearance: Located in what I thought was Excelsior, is actually Tonka Bay right off of some water is this gem. It's in a plaza with a few other businesses and a part of a private parking lot. The inside isn't too crazy. You walk in and you are greeted by grand smells of pizza cooking in their huge steel ovens! The menu is overhead and the dining area is to the left. I remember a lot of exposed wood, plastic benches and just a classic looking pizza joint. Service: I can't remember the young lady's name, but Sydney or Candace come to mind. Lol. Whoever it was that took care of us was friendly and made sure we had everything we needed. However, all you do is just place your order at the counter, take the number they give you and go sit down then wait for you food to be brought out to you. Drinks are self-serve as well. Food: Throughout my visits I've had the chance to check out 3 of their wing flavors and a couple of toppings on their pizzas. The wow factor here is about big the slices are. They literally don't even fit onto a single plate. The edges hang over rim of the plate. Lol. So for lunch you can order the pizza + salad combo and it totally fills you up. The wings are also enormous and quite delicious I might add! I'd definitely get them again. Cajun and the Buffalo were my favorite, but the BBQ wasn't too bad either. Value: A single order of wings will give you 6 and it'll cost you $10.00. Double your order for $16.50. Like I mentioned, they wings are huge so I think this is a pretty good value. Any time a day you can get a cheese slice + salad + drink for only $12.50. Toppings will cost extra of course. In conclusion, I loved this place. However, coming for lunch and eating heavy makes for a slow rest of the work day. Lol. I ain't trippin' though, sometimes that's what's necessary!

Haven't been here in a while. I like the the slice combo but $14 plus $1.25 per topping is a little…read moreexpensive. Even though you are getting a massive piece of pizza. Also a good salad either ceaser or house and a drink. But its a good lunch or dinner. Where the pizza slices are bigger than your head and the whole pie is bigger than your stomach.