Macubana

116 Welch Ave, Ames
(515) 337-1007

Recent Reviews

Gabriel .G

They don’t know how to pour a Guinness

T K

Food was interesting but we waited over 30 min for 2 small dinners, no one else in the place, while the waitress chatted with the bartender, ignoring our order that had been sitting ready somewhere much sooner. Our food finally came out only after we interrupted the waitress and bartender conversation. March 25, 7:30 PM.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Bryan Pope

Went there for lunch and was disappointed. Food was alright, but not quite up to par for $15/person. There were 3 parties in the restaurant and the food took awhile. The service was really disappointing. While chatting with people at the bar, he bragged about making one of his tables wait long enough that they would come barside to pay. Overall, I probably would not come back and would not recommend visiting unless you like room temperature tap water.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Jon81 Wayne

Fun place but it would be even better if they made it fast casual. The environment is already cozy and casual so I just don't know why they have a server...she was pleasant but she was the only one and I think that our food got stranded in the back because she was busy in the dining room. The food is fun but was not hot as we would prefer and we were surprised by how few fries came with our sandwiches. The cup of soup was laughable, the soup barely covered the bottom of the cup...just tell us that you are running out if you are going to serve so little! This would easily be much closer to 5 stars if it was fast casual and allowed us to order at the counter. Also, don't call your fries "poutine" if you don't put gravy on them...

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Mek (Iceblox1)

Menu has changed since the last time I was here and there is a smaller selection of dinner options. The food is amazing and very tasty. It was very filling this time compared to last time I was here. Highly recommend this place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Buffalo Chicken, Mac N Cheese Sticks

Morgan Abbott

Was basically told to not order any food due to them only having one chef, when our whole group came to eat dinner. Another group of the same size walked in and was not told this as they got to order food.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Laura Donaldson

Wonderful as always!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork, Yucca Fries, Cuban Sandwich and Fries, Pulled Pork Cubano, Carbonara Dream Bowl

Ian McLenithan

Food was great. Service was great. Only thing that wasn’t great was the Long Island Ice Teas.We got two of the Long Islands on their menu. Both were WAY over poured. My girl is a bartender, and she says my favorite home drink is over poured. Yet, these Long Island’s were way too strong. Even for me.We didn’t get them re-made, as it was my bro’a 21st… and he had already spilled, not one, but two cups of water. So we took it as a sign, and didn’t get them remade as an apology for having it happen twice…

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Original Mac & Cheese

Brian Want

Visited on a calm Sunday afternoon when the place was pretty empty. Our lunch was a comfort food treat. I highly recommend the "Greek grilled cheese" with mozzarella and feta, salad greens, red onions, and some roasted red peppers. Paired just right with a cup of tomato soup on a snowy winter day.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Claudia

The waitresses are amazing, however the manager Phil was very discriminatory towards my disabled friend and when confronted he said he did not care about her disability.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Molly Heston

Tastes very good, food is excellent. Macaroni had small pieces of black plastic in it.

Food: 4

Recommended dishes: Yucca Fries

Andy Longo

Excellent bowl - broccoli and chicken?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Deb Malsom

Excellent Food! Katie was an excellent server and knew the menu items and what to suggest for our next visit! Highly recommend! Parking is off street meter. Check it out! You won't regret it!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Levi Olson

Do not have more than 1 long island.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Joey C.

I recently visited this restaurant and unfortunately had a disappointing experience. The manager took over 10 minutes to take my order, which resulted in us leaving. It was frustrating and definitely affected the overall service. I hope management takes this feedback seriously and works on improving their efficiency especially when a bunch of the coworkers are sitting cracking jokes at the bar and not working.

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