It was absolutely TERRIBLE! There was literally no one else in the restaurant (should have been red flag #1). Then we sat by the kitchen area and LITERALLY watched our food come out of a bag and cooked in a damn microwave. And the prices were INSANE! My meal was $20, my husband's meal was $25, and my son's meal was $17! And to top it off, it was my husband's birthday! The only one who cared was the bartender who served us. It was not a good experience and way too overpriced for the lack of quality of food! Very disappointing. I would never recommend to eat here. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
David Kasunick
Couldn't get served. They didn't even acknowledge my presence. I was one of only 3 people in the joint, including the bartender. Thought maybe it was only for hotel guests. Just left after a few minutes of them laughing and ignoring me.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Isaac Romsdahl
Pulled pork BBQ sandwich was really good. Service was spectacular, server was also the bartender managed to cover almost a full bar counter as well as our table. Superhuman!
seven silent
I loved this place beautiful inside and out
Alonzo Lee
Nice place to stay.
JJ Mopar
Service was good but food was disappointing.
alonzo Young
Nice place to stay.
Cindy Puzio
I eat Keto so I got a house salad and pulled pork. I asked for no BBQ sauce and they were very accommodating. Service was excellent.
Steve H
The name 'Smokehouse' is pretty misleading, it's a small restaurant attached to the hotel which does some general Americana food. Nothing I would really say justifies the smokehouse name. Services the hotel crowd well, but as they only had 1 chef on staff it took excessively long to get our food for 4.
Great service and good food. We are staying at the hotel (Four Points) that is connected to this restaurant. So far (day 1) we've eaten breakfast and dinner here. Both were really good. The Four Points Breakfast was satisfying. But the Wednesday BBQ and Brews was incredible. The ribs = awesome. The kids loved the pulled pork, cole slaw, and chicken nuggets.
Garrett Z.
My wife and I were looking for a date night place to eat on a recent Friday night and came across the Lyndale Smokehouse. We had a coupon to use and the menu online looked good so we decided to give them a shot. Honestly, hotel restaurants can be hit or miss. Some of our favorite restaurants in the Twin Cities are found in hotels so we decided to take the gamble. The interior is very modern and tucked into a small corner of the lobby. The restaurant has a full bar at the front with the seating for eating behind it. We waited for a little bit to sit down and noticed there was only one guy rushing around the tables. We finally just grabbed some menus and sat down. We soon realized that this poor guy was the only one taking care of the whole place including bar tending, cleaning tables, taking orders, and working back of house. Props to this guy, there was easily six tables and another eight people at the bar and he was juggling ALL of it. So once again, no bad mojo to this guy, he was busting his tail and deserves some crazy praise for doing the best he could. With that being said though it left a lot of things not really getting done. No refills on water, I had to ask to borrow ketchup from another table, etc. There was a taller guy who kept walking over from the hotel reception desk and we thought he would help the poor guy but never lifted a finger. It seemed like he was just checking up on the guy, seriously dude grab a pitcher of water and bust some tables for this poor waiter! Anyways, when it came time to order we were told that the menu listed online is not up-to-date and that the menu had been revamped. That basically meant we had the option of two sandwiches (burger or Reuben) a few appetizers, a few rotating entrees depending on which day it was, and a couple of soups. OK, bummer. I decided to go with the Reuben with a side of sweet potato fries and my wife ordered the Spinach Dip and a side of Chili. OK, now we were committed, we had no clue what to expect for food quality. And surprisingly it wasn't bad. My Rueben, albeit not the best I have ever had, was decent and the sweet potato fries were tasty and came as a large side order. My wife's Spinach Dip was great and was served warm (I think it was supposed to be cold which I actually do not like, so win here) with baguette bread. My wife said she really enjoyed her Chili as well. So food was actually pretty good. So if you don't mind the limited menu and are OK with service taking a little longer (we were on a date night so we were in no rush) this place isn't half bad. Seriously though Lyndale, hire someone else to help out you staff. No one person should have to juggle all of that!
SarahV Scott
Service was great but the food was mediocre
Jen N
Decent menu I did not try the food but poor service for drinks you have to go to the bar to get waited on.
It was absolutely TERRIBLE! There was literally no one else in the restaurant (should have been red flag #1). Then we sat by the kitchen area and LITERALLY watched our food come out of a bag and cooked in a damn microwave. And the prices were INSANE! My meal was $20, my husband's meal was $25, and my son's meal was $17! And to top it off, it was my husband's birthday! The only one who cared was the bartender who served us. It was not a good experience and way too overpriced for the lack of quality of food! Very disappointing. I would never recommend to eat here. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Couldn't get served. They didn't even acknowledge my presence. I was one of only 3 people in the joint, including the bartender. Thought maybe it was only for hotel guests. Just left after a few minutes of them laughing and ignoring me.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Pulled pork BBQ sandwich was really good. Service was spectacular, server was also the bartender managed to cover almost a full bar counter as well as our table. Superhuman!
I loved this place beautiful inside and out
Nice place to stay.
Service was good but food was disappointing.
Nice place to stay.
I eat Keto so I got a house salad and pulled pork. I asked for no BBQ sauce and they were very accommodating. Service was excellent.
The name 'Smokehouse' is pretty misleading, it's a small restaurant attached to the hotel which does some general Americana food. Nothing I would really say justifies the smokehouse name. Services the hotel crowd well, but as they only had 1 chef on staff it took excessively long to get our food for 4.
Service was good but food was disappointing.
Restaurantji Recommends
Very good place
Great service and good food. We are staying at the hotel (Four Points) that is connected to this restaurant. So far (day 1) we've eaten breakfast and dinner here. Both were really good. The Four Points Breakfast was satisfying. But the Wednesday BBQ and Brews was incredible. The ribs = awesome. The kids loved the pulled pork, cole slaw, and chicken nuggets.
My wife and I were looking for a date night place to eat on a recent Friday night and came across the Lyndale Smokehouse. We had a coupon to use and the menu online looked good so we decided to give them a shot. Honestly, hotel restaurants can be hit or miss. Some of our favorite restaurants in the Twin Cities are found in hotels so we decided to take the gamble. The interior is very modern and tucked into a small corner of the lobby. The restaurant has a full bar at the front with the seating for eating behind it. We waited for a little bit to sit down and noticed there was only one guy rushing around the tables. We finally just grabbed some menus and sat down. We soon realized that this poor guy was the only one taking care of the whole place including bar tending, cleaning tables, taking orders, and working back of house. Props to this guy, there was easily six tables and another eight people at the bar and he was juggling ALL of it. So once again, no bad mojo to this guy, he was busting his tail and deserves some crazy praise for doing the best he could. With that being said though it left a lot of things not really getting done. No refills on water, I had to ask to borrow ketchup from another table, etc. There was a taller guy who kept walking over from the hotel reception desk and we thought he would help the poor guy but never lifted a finger. It seemed like he was just checking up on the guy, seriously dude grab a pitcher of water and bust some tables for this poor waiter! Anyways, when it came time to order we were told that the menu listed online is not up-to-date and that the menu had been revamped. That basically meant we had the option of two sandwiches (burger or Reuben) a few appetizers, a few rotating entrees depending on which day it was, and a couple of soups. OK, bummer. I decided to go with the Reuben with a side of sweet potato fries and my wife ordered the Spinach Dip and a side of Chili. OK, now we were committed, we had no clue what to expect for food quality. And surprisingly it wasn't bad. My Rueben, albeit not the best I have ever had, was decent and the sweet potato fries were tasty and came as a large side order. My wife's Spinach Dip was great and was served warm (I think it was supposed to be cold which I actually do not like, so win here) with baguette bread. My wife said she really enjoyed her Chili as well. So food was actually pretty good. So if you don't mind the limited menu and are OK with service taking a little longer (we were on a date night so we were in no rush) this place isn't half bad. Seriously though Lyndale, hire someone else to help out you staff. No one person should have to juggle all of that!
Service was great but the food was mediocre
Decent menu I did not try the food but poor service for drinks you have to go to the bar to get waited on.