Lovely atmosphere and staff. The spiked eggnog was wonderful and the best I've had. I look forward to my next visit.
Anna Dove
Excellent service, delicious food & cocktails!
Jenise Roane
Really good (and unique) drinks. Great food, cool patio, and incredible service. What's not to love? And now they have happy hour?!?! It's a great spot for a date, a girls' night out, or just a Wednesday night dinner.
Jennifer Snyder
Great patio seating. Amazing spirits. The first server was very knowledgeable and kind. The second time the server seemed to try to get us in and out and unable to provide further explanation of the drinks when asked. Also they automatically add 20% gratuity even with only a table of two which the first server let us know and the second server was hoping we didn’t notice.
Brandy Shelar
Naan was the best most amazing beautiful soul that could have been our tour guide to take us through the history of liquor. Thank you for everything you taught us and just being you. Cardinal spirits has a special kind of human working for them!
Maggie Bott
Stopped in for a Valentine’s Day dinner. Cardinal spirits has been my go to date spot for years but the last couple times I’ve been in for a dinner I’ve had a pretty lackluster experience. The quality of the food has gotten pretty meh and isn’t worth the price tag. I’ve heard they lost their previous chef that made the food so special.More importantly, I learned they use Israeli mint as a prominent ingredient in one of their gins, so that has convinced me to not support this place.
Jennifer Perry
I used to love Cardinal Spirits, but I won’t be going back again after tonight. The cocktails are interesting, though very sweet. The problem was with the food. I ordered a portobello mushroom sandwich that was shockingly disappointing. The basic roll was small and inside were three tiny strips of mushroom, a little bit of melted cheese and a couple pieces of pickled vegetables. I think I’ve had sushi rolls with more filling than this. My husband’s steak sandwich was a decent size and pretty good but he paid $4 extra for just a few French fries instead of the chips. With the automatic 20% tip (which was fine since we didn’t have issues with our service), we were charged over $80 for our two drinks and two sandwiches and I left hungry.
April Kleber
Perfect cocktails and relaxing atmosphere. Went here for after dinner drinks not realizing they also had food.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Josh Jackaway
This place is amazing!! It’s a “must stop” every time my wife and I are in Bloomington. She loves the Flora and we always get at least one bottle of one of their unique or limited offerings to take with us as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Thomas Gerson
The atmosphere was great, drinks were great. Food was ok, but the service was not good. After being ignored for most of the night, we were charged extra for a sauce that we never ended up getting.Will probably return just for drinks. Will absolutely avoid the server we were sat with tonight.
Beautiful venue with great drinks. The staff was attentive.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Greer Gerni
This used to be my favorite place anywhere. The only thing better than the amazing perfectly balanced cocktails was chef Abel Garcia's food. There were so many delicious and creative gluten free options, so we chose Cardinal for every special occasion. After a year away, we visited last night. There was a strange smell throughout the distillery tasting room, but we did our best to ignore it knowing we were moments away from a flavor experience. The new menu has comparitively fewer gluten free options. And simple sandwiches have replaced the previously creative entree options. We opted for OMG fries and the charcuterie board --- hangovers from the previous menu. Much to our disappointment, the fries now come with bottled ketchup instead of the flavorful homemade sauces. The charcuterie board was made with low quality cheese cubes and salami served with ordinary mustard and honey. The gluten free sub for the bread was stale rice crackers. I tried not to be bothered because we were there for the cocktails...but they were also underwhelming. The terra gin cocktail I ordered tasted like spicey watermelon juice, not at all like the handcrafted spirits I came in for. $75 later we left quite disappointed. We spent our meal googling Abel Garcia -- he's at the Elks Club, by the way. We really miss his food...and we really miss the spirits in Cardinal Spirits.
Dietary restrictions: A few gluten free options, but not as many as 2022 and earlier
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Matt Adams
Drinks were wonderful. The outdoor patio seating is relaxing. Service was good, and they were well staffed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Josh Wright
Had a VIP tour from Nan and it was amazing! She was such an incredible guide and we learnt a lot tasting all the different drinks. We also got food afterwards which was delicious. Amazing time all around!
Lovely atmosphere and staff. The spiked eggnog was wonderful and the best I've had. I look forward to my next visit.
Excellent service, delicious food & cocktails!
Really good (and unique) drinks. Great food, cool patio, and incredible service. What's not to love? And now they have happy hour?!?! It's a great spot for a date, a girls' night out, or just a Wednesday night dinner.
Great patio seating. Amazing spirits. The first server was very knowledgeable and kind. The second time the server seemed to try to get us in and out and unable to provide further explanation of the drinks when asked. Also they automatically add 20% gratuity even with only a table of two which the first server let us know and the second server was hoping we didn’t notice.
Naan was the best most amazing beautiful soul that could have been our tour guide to take us through the history of liquor. Thank you for everything you taught us and just being you. Cardinal spirits has a special kind of human working for them!
Stopped in for a Valentine’s Day dinner. Cardinal spirits has been my go to date spot for years but the last couple times I’ve been in for a dinner I’ve had a pretty lackluster experience. The quality of the food has gotten pretty meh and isn’t worth the price tag. I’ve heard they lost their previous chef that made the food so special.More importantly, I learned they use Israeli mint as a prominent ingredient in one of their gins, so that has convinced me to not support this place.
I used to love Cardinal Spirits, but I won’t be going back again after tonight. The cocktails are interesting, though very sweet. The problem was with the food. I ordered a portobello mushroom sandwich that was shockingly disappointing. The basic roll was small and inside were three tiny strips of mushroom, a little bit of melted cheese and a couple pieces of pickled vegetables. I think I’ve had sushi rolls with more filling than this. My husband’s steak sandwich was a decent size and pretty good but he paid $4 extra for just a few French fries instead of the chips. With the automatic 20% tip (which was fine since we didn’t have issues with our service), we were charged over $80 for our two drinks and two sandwiches and I left hungry.
Perfect cocktails and relaxing atmosphere. Went here for after dinner drinks not realizing they also had food.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
This place is amazing!! It’s a “must stop” every time my wife and I are in Bloomington. She loves the Flora and we always get at least one bottle of one of their unique or limited offerings to take with us as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The atmosphere was great, drinks were great. Food was ok, but the service was not good. After being ignored for most of the night, we were charged extra for a sauce that we never ended up getting.Will probably return just for drinks. Will absolutely avoid the server we were sat with tonight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 2
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Beautiful venue with great drinks. The staff was attentive.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
This used to be my favorite place anywhere. The only thing better than the amazing perfectly balanced cocktails was chef Abel Garcia's food. There were so many delicious and creative gluten free options, so we chose Cardinal for every special occasion. After a year away, we visited last night. There was a strange smell throughout the distillery tasting room, but we did our best to ignore it knowing we were moments away from a flavor experience. The new menu has comparitively fewer gluten free options. And simple sandwiches have replaced the previously creative entree options. We opted for OMG fries and the charcuterie board --- hangovers from the previous menu. Much to our disappointment, the fries now come with bottled ketchup instead of the flavorful homemade sauces. The charcuterie board was made with low quality cheese cubes and salami served with ordinary mustard and honey. The gluten free sub for the bread was stale rice crackers. I tried not to be bothered because we were there for the cocktails...but they were also underwhelming. The terra gin cocktail I ordered tasted like spicey watermelon juice, not at all like the handcrafted spirits I came in for. $75 later we left quite disappointed. We spent our meal googling Abel Garcia -- he's at the Elks Club, by the way. We really miss his food...and we really miss the spirits in Cardinal Spirits.
Dietary restrictions: A few gluten free options, but not as many as 2022 and earlier
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Drinks were wonderful. The outdoor patio seating is relaxing. Service was good, and they were well staffed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had a VIP tour from Nan and it was amazing! She was such an incredible guide and we learnt a lot tasting all the different drinks. We also got food afterwards which was delicious. Amazing time all around!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very flavorful food! Coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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