Minervas Restaurant & Bar

This was a verrry saddening breakfast. We hand my parents (grandparents) here to visit from out of town. I have been going to Minerva's for years and this was just sad. We, the five of us, went Sunday, October 27th for breakfast at approximately 10:30 a.m. The waitress came and took our drink order and food order 10 minutes later. We waited 15 for our drinks (coffee and waters) then an additional 30 minutes for our food. Between that time (45 minutes) the wait staff DID NOT stop by our table once to refill our drinks or to let us know about the wait on our order. My significant other had to go to the wait station to get the water and coffee carafe and pour us refills. There was absolutely no communication from the wait staff to us the patrons. $100 on breakfast and extremely embarrassed that I suggested going to Minerva's for breakfast. Awful?‍?

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

We were at the top of the hotel bar for drinks and decided to give this place a try. We are locals and know the downtown TC dining well and had heard decent reviews.
Of four dinners two were average and two were way below.
Cajon chicken and pasta dish were fine.
House special prime rib and walleye were both way below expectations.
Wait staff was poorly trained and uninformed. When asked about the prime rib she didn't even know it was the special.
This place is not cheap and we expected way better.

Much better options available in the downtown area.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

Love the happy hour menu!! Sarah the bartender is amazing. So nice and very funny. Chicken, bacon and ranch pizza was good. Spinach dip too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pizza

Didn't eat anything, but our server was good.

Atmosphere: 3

Service: 5

Visiting Traverse City from NWI and Lafayette . Chose Minerva's for lunch. Food was excellent, nice variety. But what stood out was the awesome customer service Tony gave the 7 of us. He was polite, friendly and made suggestions. Even went the extra mile . Came outside and brought my prescription sunglasses, which I forgot on the table. I really appreciated that. Try Minerva's you won't be disappointed.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: White Chicken Chili

Food is fine. It's an alright place to kill time and eat before checking in to your hotel room. I wouldn't come here purposefully other than that. Service is fine. It's incredibly dim in the restaurant.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 3

Didn't get a chance. Stop to get my wife a hot tea and maybe a bagel or muffins because she was not feeling well.And the lady behind the bar snapped that they were closed for conversion from breakfast to lunch in a half hour.Not happening.

Service: 1

The black and blue was done perfectly, the potato soup was fantastic, the a salad was fresh and crispy, the chicken marsala was decent (I won't knit pick it was good)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Absolutely LOVE coming here!! Sarah is the absolute BEST :) the food is amazing

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Trivento Malbec, White Chicken Chili, Margherita Pizza

My wife and I saw that Minervas was one of the very few restaurants to have a happy hour on a Saturday and decided to give this place a go. All I can say is wow. Not only was the food and drink surprisingly inexpensive, but it was absolutely delicious. Tony was our server and he was super attentive and very charismatic. This is one of the best experiences I've had at a restaurant in a long time and it's a shame that this place isn't packed full on a Saturday night. I will certainly be recommending Minervas to anyone I know traveling to the area.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Potato Pizza, Chicken Wings

It was unfortunate that our large gathering of 23 could be accommodated but not served in a timely manner. While we expected orders to be served spread out some orders were doubled for a sad waste of food, some had missing ingredients, and others just never arrived.I regret not remembering the gentleman's name who took "control" of things and worked very hard to make the best of a situation that was already too far gone when he made his appearance.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

Unbelievably delicious.Service was spot on.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The menu was very limited, the waiter was busy doing something else.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Well I ate lunch at the bar so the bartender took my order, she recommended the white bean chicken chili, I took her advice and had it ?, it was the best chili I believe I've ever tasted, also the bartender was very nice ?.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Service and food were excellent! It's a hidden jem in downtown Traverse City.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5