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    3.5 (84 reviews)
    Closed 4:00 pm - 9:00 PM
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Chocolate cake
    Yvette B.

    Ambience was lovely! My fiancé and I brought my mom here as a little treat. She's visiting for the week and she said it was very good! She's been craving steak all week and it definitely hit the spot! The service was very friendly and we appreciated the constant check ins we received. For the drink I got - I think the ice cubes were made of something spicy. (As my drink melted it got a little spicy) was a good drink but if you don't like spicy then this drink might not be for you. The steak tips were wonderful was an entree for me and the chocolate cake was a perfect size to share to end our night.

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    Kathleen K.

    I had been to all the other short-lived restaurants in this building (haunted??!!) but had yet to try REDEMPTION. We tried it out today for Sunday Brunch and had a great experience. Attentive staff and a nice layout... and the food was great!! The prices were very reasonable and the quality & portions were solid. There were giant screens for football fans and a long bar area to the east. It is a beautiful space with a lot of natural light. Nice downtown post office views. It took a long time to get our food, but they had a big group in the back apparently... so maybe save this place for when you have time to lounge. -Note on the hash photo-- they forgot my eggs the first time around so they didn't make the photo, but our server resolved the missing eggs ASAP! Re: accessibility, the bathrooms are located in the basement and a staff member has to send the elevator to the first level due to apartments in the building. FYI for wheelchair/walker users in your party! Definitely recommend Redemption brunch, and I hope they stick around!

    The... carbonara.
    Susan C.

    I was meeting up with an old buddy after about 2 years of not going out to lunch together due to the pandemic and other life events. It was mid-afternoon on very warm Sunday and many of the small restaurants in the Faribault area (specifically American fare) had closed early or were only open a few days during the weekdays. We were both surprised and quickly looked for whatever was still open (and new to us) and my friend ran across Redemption Restaurant. They were open for a few hours yet, and had menu items that seemed to match what we were looking for, so off we went. Buddy tells me the building housing this restaurant used to be an old furniture warehouse back in the day. It's big, spacious, brick, with tall ceilings and one can see a pretty penny has gone into remodeling it. It's more upscale than most restaurants you'll see in a small town like Faribault--more something you'd find in, say, Lowertown St. Paul. Most patrons were in groups of 4 or more, some bigger groups looked like they'd just been let out from church. It wasn't overly noisy and still felt a little empty. Nice ambiance for a Sunday afternoon. My buddy ordered the smoked beef brisket, minus the potato puree. While she enjoyed it (she was famished), I thought it was just "okay". It definitely needs a starch (the potato puree), and I felt the caramelized apple/bourbon sauce was a bit thin. I didn't like the cut of meat--too stringy and a bit tough to cut through. The grilled vegetables were sheet-cut yellow and green zucchini. Maybe I tend to set my bar too high, but I felt the plating/presentation/cuts were amateurish. I will point out that my buddy was not wowed by this dish despite saying it was good. I had decided to play it safe and ordered the pasta carbonara. There had been some hesitations prior to ordering because I'd looked at the photos and reviews of this restaurant on yelp--most of the positive reviews were more about the building and staff than the food: a red flag to me. I should've listened to my gut. When the pasta carbonara came out, it did NOT look right. The cook had messed up big time--there were a bajillion little lumps of boiled egg yolk instead of the smooth, creamy sauce one would normally find in this dish. I stared at the plate, wondering which step they had screwed up on to get this result. Yes, I did taste it--it was tasteless and dry. Where was the garlic? There were no chili flakes either. There were perhaps about 6 quarter-sized pieces of grilled chicken, about 6 tic-tac-sized pieces of diced pancetta--and let's not forget the one short, dark, curled hair that I also found buried in the pasta. I pushed the entire plate away. I had had better-tasting play-doh. The young server, while polite and neat in appearance... that was the extent of her skills. Maybe she's new? Maybe she's nervous? I had asked her if this was supposed to be what I'd ordered. I even pointed out the wrong photos on their online menu--to which she made a show of admitting that the site needed to be updated. But she didn't bother asking whether there was anything wrong with my dish (hint: something is obviously wrong if a patron barely touches their food). She was more invested in questioning repeatedly whether or not she should keep the change for my friend's bill. For what it's worth, I tip 20% minimum at all restaurants in the USA (even for crappy food/service) and my buddy followed suit. Restrooms are down the steps, past an iron cage (dungeon-like, anyone's guess as to why an old furniture warehouse would have this). Clean, no thrills. Toilet flushes are super weak though. Is the building pleasing to look at? Yes. Are the servers nice? Polite but very basic. Is the food good? Absolutely not. I can understand and maybe appreciate that Redemption is going for a more upscale vibe in a small, dead-ish, midwestern town, but that's likely the problem there. Perhaps the lack of patrons means the cooks don't get to practice making the signature dishes much, and therefore the dishes look/taste like they're cooked and plated by a grade-schooler. The restaurant reuses paper menus spattered with sauce, and don't even bother updating their site. The price points of their dishes are too high for such abysmal quality, and front of house staff need training on the finer points of reading their patrons/patience/and the ability to hold brief conversations about the establishment/menu (current staff seem more appropriate for a dive bar or fast food place). The cooks either need to be let go or undergo heavy training under a watchful eye. Allowing this carbonara to even come out of the kitchen is embarrassing. I'm being kind, really. There's potential, it may be far away and it may require more work than what the current owners are willing to put in, but I believe every small town needs at least one nice, fancy restaurant. Unfortunately, Redemption likely won't get a chance to redeem itself with me.

    22 oz ribeye
    Devon B.

    The food is good but the wait staff should be more personable and if you serve good Whiskey you should have good water as it is important to the palate in food as it is in alcohol so at least have a good water filter if your putting it in nice bottles & good eye contact when you're talking to customers goes along way's. I prefer the Depot restaurant down the street because they cater to your liking and the Chef comes out to ask if everything is ok and wants feedback.

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    Wonderful food! Super friendly staff! Good portion size for the price and the best chocolate lava cake i've had in years!

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    Excellent!! Can't wait to go back. I've been twice at two different times a day and two different seasons and it did not disappoint

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    Good food, pricy but worth the cost. Solid service. Takes you back a bit inside. Available to go adult beverages.

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    The food was really good but the sides could have been a bit warmer. The drinks were excellent and the service was great!

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