Erté & The Peacock Lounge

Very expensive and unfriendly restaurant. Walked into the bar. There were 4 customers in there, and the bartender was talking to one of them for 5 minutes, never greeting or acknowledging us. So no drinks for us. Went into the restaurant looked at the menu. Basically 4 steak and 1 pork chop meals on menu. And to add mushroom and onions to that $50 dollar steak was another $14. Decided this establishment wasn't for me. If I'm going to spend $100 on a meal, I at least want to feel welcomed.

This place is simply outstanding! Each dish somehow topped the one before it. The flavors are complex and delicious, and we had a very satisfying meal. Fun atmosphere and a great dining experience. Highly recommend!

Exceptional food and service. A strong menu carried by local chefs and serving staff alike, Erté presents a high class dining experience. Very solid steaks and a wide variety of interesting takes on French cuisine. Friendly staff and great cocktails

We had a fantastic dinner here for Restaurant Week! They had specials for just this week and I think got to try some fun new dishes. Everything was really tasty: crab Oscar, crispy branzino and a sweet potato turnover for me; merguez sliders, short rib tacos and apple spice cake for my hubby. We thought the sliders were good enough to put on the permanent menu! We will definitely be back to try some of the regular menu. The service was very attentive and decor is lovely - art deco and quite chic.

The food was great and so were the drinks. I hope the food and drinks do get slightly better with the new menus coming soon.

I am not one to write reviews, but in this case I was pretty dissatisfied. I have spent years hearing about what a good place this was and was very excited to try it. My friend and I arrived around 5 on Thursday evening.there was maybe two other tables in the whole place. The first awkward thing was about what area in the restaurant fell under the happy hour menu. Second, we ordered some apps and the waiter seemed really unaware of what could be made vegetarian and also what was actually available in the menu as he came back multiple times saying the items we choose were unavailable. Third, the appetizers we did end up ordering took forever to arrive even though we were like the only ones in there. All food we got was so exceedingly bland and underwhelming, then we ordered the lobster uncrustable that could’ve been good but was so unbelievably salty and only copious amount of sauce could make it edible we also got the mushroom pealla which was okay but 100% should not be branded as a pealla. Over all everything was bland, majorly lacking in flavor and super annoyed to be paying 20+ dollars for each dish.

During our stay in Minneapollis for a week we had two dinners at Erté. On both occasions the food was great. Creative, good portions and delicious. The vibe has a low key feel but nice. White tablecloth resturant without the stuffy feel. Highly recommend.

I wish I had been to Erte when it first opened as I heard wonderful things about it. What a huge disappointment. Our server was very nice; that’s about it. We paid $6 for a few slices of a baguette that wasn’t even served warm. The bartender was surly and my cocktail (one I order often) was horrible - I’m pretty sure it was missing an ingredient or two. My steak was cooked into the well-done range while I ordered it medium to medium rare. The menu is SO overpriced. For those prices it would have been nice to have my water glass refilled at least once. And it was NOT busy. There seemed to be no pride of ownership. It was sad.

Years ago I loved Erte and, after a long absence, looked forward to enjoying dinner here with friends before the theater. What a disappointment. The server seemed distracted and brusque like there was other places he wanted to be. I ordered the Duroc pork chop and soup of the day and asked that the soup be served after I finish my salad. They came out together essentially with the explanation that the "chef" had already bowled the soup. The salad was utterly uninspired; a handful of peppery greens like those from CostCo, a little wedge of tomato, and a few wisps or purple onion. Or maybe that's what Maison means. The "Duroc" pork chop lacked the characteristic reddish hue and marbling and was dry, tough, and unseasoned. It was undistinguishable from a common domestic pork chop sourced from Cub. I paid $16, an unexplained and uncredited upcharge from the advertised $14, for what was billed as a lemon cheesecake with blueberry jam. There was nothing lemony about it and the crust, like chewing on GrapeNuts, was thicker that the "cheesecake". The blueberry "jam" had the appearance and flavor of commercial blueberry pie filling. Topping it all was a blob of whipped cream with marshmallow overtones as if it had been flavored with too much cheap Mexican vanilla. My companions, holders of season theater tickets and more frequent Erte diners, have noticed the drop in quality there last couple visits and are unlikely to revisit. After the theater we explored the neighborhood a bit for other options. Next time, Mayslack's! Likely better cooking and without the pretense and ambitious claims.

The atmosphere and design are lovely, but I was surprisingly underwhelmed by the food, which is very expensive but tasted mediocre. The mushroom side was delicious but the oysters and scallops tasted fishy and the risotto bland. Gluten free options were not marked, and I had signs of gluten contamination after my meal. Celiac diners have many better choices in Minneapolis - skip this one.

Erte' I gave you 5 stars 2 years ago, and now I have to reduce it to 2. The holiday dinner a group of six of us had resulted in 4 getting covid-19. The $50 steak I ordered and several other filets came to the table nearly raw. The waitress brought a drink in a dirty glass. I had to ask for clean silverware. One of the six guests waited 30 minutes for her steak, while the others had their dinners nearly eaten. Overall the experience was a huge holiday disappointment. Too bad too, because it used to be a quality dining experience. Peacock is still elegant. Now step up the cooking and you have it. No excuses. Either reduce the service (# of guests) so you can handle the menu or reduce the menu so you can handle the service.

My partner and I attended what we were hoping was going to be a romantic night with a predetermined course. When we arrived we were seated past the main area into a side room reminiscent of a small party room at a Perkins. This was completely fine, minus the fact that the backs of our chairs were nearly touching the other guests behind us, the room was dreadfully cold, and the light would flicker routinely throughout the night. We stayed positive for the food and drinks, neither of which were impressive for what we were paying. Like others have reviewed the cocktails were watery and the food was just okay, often falling on extreme ends of the flavor profile (ie using ingredients so sweet that they canceled out others). The wine pairings were decent, and some of the courses were delicious, albeit nothing advanced. All and all we were incredibly disappointed with the whole night, but the location and staff were wonderful.

Happy hour with a friend.... The service was impeccable. The atmosphere comfortable. But the food was only so so. My friend had the $24 crab cake that appeared to be burnt and was very dry according to her. We each ordered the fondue. Mine was more like milk that had been flavored with cheese with some curdled globs in the bottom of it. Hers did not appear as if it was even melted cheese but a congealed glob in crock. The flatbread was fairly decent and tasty.It was my first time there and I'm sorry to say I probably would not go back.

Incredible steak and the brussel sprouts were remarkable! The atmosphere is great for a quiet date night and the service was so wonderful and attentive. Will definitely be back! ?

Super fun venue, great music, attentive service delightful drinks and menu choices… relaxed yet elegant… highly recommend!