A nice space in the Marquette hotel, overlooking the inside of the IDS center from a balcony of sorts. The menu is pretty varied, and pricing isn't bad for a downtown hotel restaurant (most entrees are around $25 in Feb 2025). I ordered the quintessential Minneapolis pairing of bowl of wild rice soup (technically a vegetable soup with wild rice in this case) and the walleye fillet. The soup, accompanied by crostini with goat cheese, was quite good (atypically flavored, though not in a bad way), and the fish was likewise decent, though the slaw it was plated with could have been marinated a little longer and a little less oily. Service was prompt and friendly. Overall, I was satisfied with my meal on this bitterly cold night, when the weather kept me from wandering away from the hotel. I will return, but will likely try something different as an entree. read more

This restaurant is hidden in the 3d floor of the hotel in the IDS center. There is a nice balcony (inside) that overlooks the main floor, and the skylight lets you pretend that you are outside while you sit there. It was absolutely deserted at lunchtime on a Wednesday, but our server was fantastic. She suggested cost-saving menu items as well as dish combos that were popular. I will say, our food took longer than I thought to come out given the non-existent crowd, there was a burger to be cooked and fries to be, well, fried, so at least those were fresh. But the other 2 meals were salads, and we ended up having to rush out lunch a bit. Our server was happy to provide boxes and utensil, however. read more

Jolliet House is closed. I went and the doors are locked and staff said it closed Feb 26

So I had relatively decent expectations for this place but there were overall a lot of misses here. First and foremost, service was not great. We waited about 20 min after we sat down before someone came and greeted us and took our drink orders. There weren't many people there and it looked like they were definitely short staffed. Food we got was not great, chicken I got was overcooked, chewy and dry. It was also very much lacking in flavor. Could not finish it. For the bill, we paid almost $100 for 2 mediocre entrees, a soda, and a cocktail. Not very good and now I am not surprised why there weren't that many people there. Do not recommend and definitely stay away. read more

Jolliet House - Half Roasted Chicken w/ Mashed Potatoes and Vegetables - New American Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

I attended a company party at this hotel restaurant. It was tricky to locate within the IDS building. You will have to enter the Marquette hotel and then take the elevator to level 3. Once you exit the elevator you will see a room with Foosball table. Go pass this room and walk towards the balcony area where I found my coworkers. Food was delicious, I ordered filet mignon, ceasar salad and fries with alioli sauce. However we only had 1 waiter working that evening. There were other tables as well that he needed to tend to. He took orders from half the group and then came back later to take the rest of our order. I thought that was odd, but whatever. 2 of my coworkers food was not made and waited for their meal, while the waiter asked if anyone wanted desserts. Couple of my coworkers went to the simulator room to kill some time and came back looking frustrated. An employee advised them it will cost money to play by hour. They said no thank you. Aside from dinner, the building hosted a holiday event in the lobby, we can hear them calling out bingo numbers below. I hope this restaurant finds more servers, i felt bad for the waiter. read more

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I tried Jolliet House this Saturday! Very cute space and m server Jan was a delight! She was so kind and attentive. I had the club sandwich and it was decent. The fries are really good and great mimosas. I would return for brunch or lunch to try other menu items. read more

Amazing and delicious breakfast buffet in this immaculate and classy downtown Minneapolis hotel. I loved sitting at the Mary Tyler Moore table - complete with a stunning view of Crystal Court - and enjoying the fresh and varied buffet choices, including overnight oats, vegetable frittata, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit, and smoked salmon. Everything was delectable! The beautiful and attentive waitress, whose tenure with the restaurant goes back several decades to its days as Basel's, made the experience even more special. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" fans will remember the locale from the opening show credits. A 10 in every category! read more

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Decent breakfast buffet for hotel guests. I was offered eggs Benedict that was delectable!

Love the TopGolf! Food was awesome, love the salmon salad and Jan is amazing! The views on the Terrance are wonderful too! Love the "outside" vibe. read more

Jolliet House - a man playing golf on a large screen - New American Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

We had just arrived from out of town, and we were blown away. I had the filet mignion and my gf had the walleye both were cooked to perfection. Our server Crystal was wonderful and very responsive, and consistently checked in on use. It was a great place to eat. read more

I was staying at the Marquette for a wedding and decided to stay close for breakfast. The setting is nice greeted warmly wish I could say the same about the food. Very standard buffet not sure it was worth the money recommend having the made fresh eggs Benedict and nice to be able to take coffee to go. read more

Amazing experience. Great fun in the Topgolf Swing Suite. Played zombie dodge ball along with other games since I'm not a golfer. The food was top notch and service from Crystal and Manny was friendly and attentive. I will definitely go back! read more

My coworkers and I just had the most relaxing lunch on the veranda at Jolliet overlooking Crystal Court. I hadn't been there since it was Basils and wanted to try out the menu. They had a nice looking lunch salad buffet with salmon and flank steak but some of the regular ala cart items were too good to pass up. My friends both got the Truffle Mac and Cheese, while I tried the Meatball, which came highly recommended. Everyone loved their food and I especially appreciated the richness of the three hour sauce on my meatball/polenta. Service was great, prices reasonable, and view to die for. I'll be back! read more

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When you wait too late to reserve a restaurant for Valentine's Day you're left with the "bottom-of-the-barrel" selections. Jolliet House, on this occasion, was definitely in that category. I reserved a table for my wife and myself for the Valentines buffet. Upon arrival to the third floor establishment, I was not offered a coat check, though it had been snowing pretty hard that evening, and it would have been nice to have my coat hung. Anyway, we were seated in the atrium facing side, which was nice. The complementary glasses of prosecco were nice. However, the signature drink, some concoction of syrupy fruit juice and, maybe, vodka left much to be desired. The buffet "seemed" like a good selection of food: green salad with you choice of dressings, green beens, mashed potatoes, chicken Florentine, grilled salmon, and sirloin steak, and various bread rolls. The best thing in that whole selection was the salad! The chicken was so dry I refused to finish after eating a bite. The rolls were dry and hard, and my wife's steak was flavorless. The kicker was the final bill which came to about $185.00! I will not be back... read more

Absolutely incredible food, service and ambiance. Crystal was a ROCKSTAR!! (Highly recommend the walleye!!) 1000/1000 recommend Jolliet house #ChefsKiss read more

I recently visited the Jolliet House and was recommended the open salad bar by a coworker - typically I wouldn't order a salad, much less an open salad bar, but I was pleasantly surprised. There was a huge variety of toppings and nearly full size salmon fillets with dill sauce to top it off alongside cajun chicken as another option. With the salad bar, hummus and chips were included, soup and bread, and desserts! All of which were quite tasty and the price was reasonable for the location and all the toppings ($17). The coworker I was with did order a salad off of the menu and they were left unfulfilled, so definitely go with the build your own salad. Service is a little slow, but if you go with the order your own, it isn't so bad. Pros: Open Salad Bar with variety of options, you get a lot for the price Cons: Slow service, not sure if I would order off the menu I would go back for the salad bar. read more

We had a blast here while staying at the hotel! The "Top Golf" experience was fantastic, and offers much more than golf. Big thanks to Crystal for taking such amazing care of us! She was so good we came back twice in one day!! read more

Wonderful food and service at the Jolliet House. The restaurant is great for a group, especially with the TopGolf simulator in the same building (if you're looking for something to do after dinner). Our wonderful server, Crystal, was attentive and lovely! read more

I'm so fortunate to be the first to review the new Jolliet House but...unfortunately for them, it's about to get ugly... Came here for Sunday brunch 6/17/18 @ 11:30am, got seated, ambience was great. 10 min went by and no waiter to be seen or even anyone to fill up waters. My gf ended up getting up to flag the hostess down to at least take our drink order and fill water (already off to a garbage start.) Another 10 min go by and no waitress to be seen. I look around and Jolliet House clearly only had 1 waitress running the show, Jan. Jan shows up finally to take our order with no apology for the obnoxiously long wait or anything, she didn't know the menu at all and left without taking our menus away. The food comes after about 25 min and wasn't anything to rave about. Walleye Benedict had over cooked eggs and the corned beef hash looked so uninviting and lame, weak portion size as well, taste was okay. Finished our food and Jan was not to be found. Hostess comes by 10-15 min later to take our dirty plates and we proceed to just give her the credit card without even waiting for the check. This may have been the worst service I've ever had at a restaurant. It was atrociously bad and I wouldn't recommend anyone ever going here to eat. read more

Run don't walk away from this place. As far away from fine dining as Golden Corral. Atmosphere on entry is like bad dive bar and the interior seating is virtually nonexistant. They are working off the allure of the Terrace looking over an open indoor mall which is nice but not special. Arrived 5 minutes before the reservation and were told they needed to clear a table. As we stood and waited to the side two other couples walked in and were seated by the same staff member we checked in with on arrival. Apparently tables were clean ! Mentioned to the staff we were waiting and she seemed surprised we were there (standing 10 feet away rhe whole time) we were then seated at a 6 top table that was clean. 10 min later still no staff or server to greet us at which point after looking at the menu we decided that the food cannot overcome this experience and walked out. Went downstairs to NOA and had an amazing meal, quick service and amazing staff. Expect Jolliet House will close before years end. read more

I stopped for breakfast and could not believe how horrible it was. For the $22.00 breakfast buffet, it started with a server who was not very welcoming and a manager or supervisor who seemed aloof. I was the only person in the place and they were fumbling with trying to turn on the TVs most of the time. I finally got my coffee and helped myself to the buffet. Warm yogurt sitting out at room temp. Very inedible looking egg bake or something. Runny scrambled eggs. Vegetables were dried out, overcooked asparagus and white mushrooms. Tator tots that looked like a fast food offering. I had some scrambled eggs and some tater tots. Same meal, only better, would have been about $4.00 elsewhere. It looks like they invested in the decor and furniture, but skimped on hiring a trained chef which must be embarrassing and awful for hotel guests. read more

Hard pass. Stopped in for lunch and got the Cobb salad. It seems like the chef has no idea what they're doing--apparently they ran out of ripe avocados so they thought it would be okay to just slice a piece off of a rock-hard one and hope I wouldn't notice. It was so hard that it had pieces of skin and pit stuck to it, and I couldn't even get a fork through it. Instead of wasting an avocado that would have been perfectly good in a few more days, they could have just told me they were out and I would have gone to the salad bar or ordered something else. Even if it wasn't for the avocado, however, the food was completely bland. I could have made better myself with ingredients I picked up from Target. Stars are for the polite host/server. I won't be going back though, which is too bad because of the great location. read more

This place has great cocktails and even better service. Alex knew everything about the beverages they were serving, down to the fog over the town in which they were brewed. Definitely recommend coming here on a rainy or sunny day to enjoy a drink with welcoming staff and a clean environment read more

Had my breakfast here this morning. As a Hilton Honors Diamond member and this is by far the worst breakfast I had in a long time! The service was rude and cold. Do not spend your money here. Go to McDonalds and get your breakfast there their service is by far better! read more

Great brunch spot. Used to be the old Basils Restaurant. They place has been converted and service as well as food was quite good.