Tribute Eatery & Bar

Good food, nice atmosphere, can be a little on the pricier side depending on what you order, good place for a date!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was great. Service was great. Neil was our wonderful server.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best happy hour in town! Love the deviled eggs, oysters, burger and fries! Excellent martinis too. Great atmosphere and place to get together with friends!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Been in several timesnow! Great service and the food is fantastic! The Espresso martini and dirty martini are my favorite drinks so far ❤️. Definitely worth stopping in to try and then going back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Love their happy hour. Great food and service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I’ve been twice already, food was great, people were so friendly, and the environment was very aesthetically pleasing. Will definitely go again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

They comped my meal, but still feel the need to share. The Gochujang chicken and waffles
were terrible. The chicken was basically all breading—super crunchy. Could barely find any actual chicken. I ate only a couple bites. It was like it was left over at a cheap Chinese restaurant. Like it had been sitting there forever under a warmer. Do not get this meal.
The waffle was rock hard and it did not come with any maple syrup, so I asked for some and the waitress said it comes pre-soaked. I have no idea how this waffle could’ve been pre-soaked when it was hard as a rock there’s no way soaking it in syrup would make it this texture. Also, we got an order of garlic fries and they were tiny straw fries that had no flavor at all. They were just their normal fries with a crap ton of some kind of cheese on top and some rosemary seasoning. They tasted like nothing. The place is super pretty but it was not busy at all and the food took forever. I don’t understand how. Also, a few others in my group got the biscuits and gravy. Although the description says it is spicy, nowhere does it say that it’s not your traditional biscuits and gravy. The sauce was red, indicating they were using some kind of red pepper sauce or something like that. Usually, if you say biscuits and gravy is spicy, it’s because of the meat that they use in it being spicy or something like that. So those who got it weren’t too impressed with that either. Looking at the menu it looks like they have a lot of cool and unique menu items, but after this experience, I will not ever be going back. I do not recommend this to anyone.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 3

Can’t understand a lot of the menu. Decided to get 1 of every side. Everything is presented beautifully, but it all just didn’t taste that good, at least not for my pallet. Won’t be coming back, sad another failed Ankeny restaurant. Beer battered fish was good, but the coleslaw was odd and the tartar sauce tasted weird. We never leave food, but this time we didn’t take anything home. Staff and atmosphere were great which earned it another star.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Service was excellent, our server brought by multiple water jars during our visit. The lobster roll and lobster mac & cheese was well worth the money, they seriously load up the lobster and was cooked very well. The lobster bisque definitely needs to be thickened up, it was more like a soup consistency. A little flour or corn starch would make the consistency great, but still tasted amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came in for dinner with my girlfriend last Saturday and we split the arancini recommended by our server and it was excellent!! We both ordered the shrimp and lobster bucatini and easily could’ve shared it. The portion sizes are massive!! The chef even came out to check on us and he was so extremely knowledgeable about everything culinary! Will be coming back FREQUENTLY

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We randomly wandered in a few days ago and were pleasantly surprised! This place is still pretty new but the service was on-point! The bartender made some great food suggestions and created a refreshing mocktail to go with my dish. The Lobster BLT was pretty good and even had gigantic, juicy claw meat on it, but I think the Avocado Toast stole the show. It was just the right combination of ingredients and exactly what I wanted for a flavorful, but light brunch. It looks like it's one big slab of bread topped with goodies, but it's actually broken up into individual tartines with the perfect amount of ingredients on each piece. Everything was spectacular, including the décor. Definitely check this place out if you get the chance!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I look for lobster rolls when traveling and most I try disappoint. NOT here.

Plenty of lobster, not too much mayonnaise, a nicely buttered and toasted bun, combined with some tasty shoestringfries (albeit luke warm at best by the time I tried them) made for a great dinner and top 5 Lobster Roll!

Service by Austin and the entire staff was attentive and spot on.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Clara served us today. She was super friendly and very helpful. We ordered all her recommendations and the flavors were outstanding! Great place to go on a date night or with larger group. Large bar with huge selection of alcohol.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We were so excited to try this place. We came on a busy Friday night and had reservations. We had to wait to be seated. We were very excited to try all of the appetizers. We ordered three of them. And they forgot to bring them out. They brought out our food and asked if we still wanted them, we said no. Would’ve been nice if they brought them out anyways and not charged us. Had to ask multiple times to refill waters. Drinks were yummy. Scallops were ok but felt the portion was small for the price.

Would wait another six months while they get the kinks worked out prior to visiting.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 1

We went to Tribute because there was a lot of hype on social media, and it definitely did not let us down. For our appetizer we had the Arancini. The only complaint is that we wish we would have tasted the truffle a little bit, but they were delicious. For our entrées, we had the lobster Mac and gnocchi with short ribs. Absolutely no complaints. Both were delicious and even better then expected. I also had the espresso martini and it was OK but not the best nor the worst that I’ve ever had. Overall, a solid four or 4.5 out of five. It’s a great spot for a date night and it is super cute on the inside.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5