Skies is my favorite place to visit in Grand Forks. Unlike a lot of bars downtown, the atmosphere is a lot quieter and relaxing. It's a great place to visit after work and get a cocktail or two. Randy and Tyler are absolute show stoppers when it comes to running the bar. They are knowledgeable and make great conversation.
The food is also amazing at skies. I always try something different there, and it always meets or exceeds my expectations. From the tender gamey lamb shank to the divine chocolate decadence, nothing misses on that menu. They continue to put out some of the best food I've ever tasted in Grand Forks. Absolutely worth the stop if you can.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ms Samone
Great location, inside of the hotel. I was staying in the hotel and it is a nice surprise to have such a nice restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nomadic Steve
Great ambience! The food was fantastic - terrific flavors. It was hard to choose from a good looking menu, and wish I had room for the cheesecake, it looked delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
You've been Peeped
So, looking online it's very apparent what we ordered should have tasted better. So first off the appetizers were really good. We got the mozza appetizer and some crab cakes. We were super excited to try the main meal. Well I was a bit disappointed to see their voodoo pasta wasn't a creamy style pasta. And the shrimp alfredo is what I would have wanted but it was just the chicken alfredo. That you pay $12 more to put shrimp on. So I figured I'd just try the voodoo pasta. It was sweet and not at all what I expected. But it was still Ok. The real problem was the lamb shank. It had no other flavor the only thing I could taste was gamey flavor. Similar to liver and onions. It was our first time trying lamb and the meat itself seemed tender and it looked pretty good. But the flavor was horrible. I googled it and lamb shanks are supposed to be more gamey but not to the point of tasting like an organ. We ended up eating only the sides and left it on the plate. We also planned to get a dessert. Unfortunately, the lamb was so bad we decided to be done. Our server was so attentive and as I said the appetizers were really good. But that lamb really ruined the experience for us.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 5
Parker Nelson
Food was okay. Got the Korean BBQ short rib special. Rice pilaf was pretty plain and the short rib didn't have much of a Korean BBQ flavor, however the broccolini was cooked perfectly. Others at my table got the prime rib, they said the flavor was nice but the cuts were very inconsistent from one plate to the next. Some were definitely not 10oz. Not the best place for a meat dinner, could definitely get better elsewhere for less.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Akash Gm
Amazing restaurant!! Great food and drinks :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Carlos B
Amazing food! Lamb was awesome!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kress Germundson
Quite unimpressed, actually. Made a brunch reservation. Quite the fiasco. Was put on hold for 6 minutes, the person answering the phone finally came back, asked what I wanted (really? I'm calling a RESTAURANT!) Arrived for our designated reservation and they lost it. 3 wait staff just looked at each other. So on our special occasion, we were seated at the bar. Our waiter blythly apologized for the mistake but waited on us like any other bar patron, knowing they made a mistake but not making any effort to make it right. We could have gone to any hotel serving breakfast and gotten better service. Decided right when they sat us in the bar we were nothing special, but the regulars got chatted up like it was a Cheers episode. I expected more. Not worth the hype. Food was good, but overshadowed by poor customer experience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Garytt Banta
This place was amazing the food was incredible and our server Red was very polite and incredibly friendly I’d sincerely recommend trying this place out
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sharon Bruggeman
Had a very disappointing anniversary dinner. Food was cold and shrimp half raw. Brought back my cold rice and broccolini to eat while waiting for my shrimp. Shrimp came back cold.. so not sure what they did if anything. Definitely will not be back.
We were celebrating the sale of our home and staying at the Olive Ann hotel. We had excellent service, food and cheesecake...love it!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
FoXX RoTH
Made a reservation for my son s dinner before he goes away to the Army. He had never been to Skies. On 11-1-25 for 4pm . So we requested a table next to one of the many next to a window. When we should up at 330pm there was one table that had people. So there were many open tables. The host seated us at a table not next to the window. So I very nicely asked we requested a window . She said we are full and others requested this as well. At this time there was only one other table with people. But instead of getting upset. We decided to enjoy the dinner with my son. Our server was fantastic! The food was ok at best. All the steaks were over cooked. But my wife said she loved the pasta!. We were there for an hour a 20 minutes. When we got up to leave only one of all the window booths had people. All the rest never had a person sit in them the whole time we were there. We wanted this to be a special dinner . We will never recommend Skies nor we will visit again. We felt that this hostess had a problem with my son joining the Army. We will continue to give our business to Harry's or the Toasted frog. Where we have never been disappointed.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Sachin Shivaram
Food was excellent, service super nice. The standout was the salad, it was very fresh. Pasta was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bob Suszka
2 drinks and a craft martini. 1. 20 minute wait for said martini, 2. Tasted like a pina colada. 3. Zero customer service. There's a reason you are a slower place. Beautiful place but can't play a cocktail game. Last 3 visits were meh. Go to the rural to learn service.
Skies is my favorite place to visit in Grand Forks. Unlike a lot of bars downtown, the atmosphere is a lot quieter and relaxing. It's a great place to visit after work and get a cocktail or two. Randy and Tyler are absolute show stoppers when it comes to running the bar. They are knowledgeable and make great conversation.
The food is also amazing at skies. I always try something different there, and it always meets or exceeds my expectations. From the tender gamey lamb shank to the divine chocolate decadence, nothing misses on that menu. They continue to put out some of the best food I've ever tasted in Grand Forks. Absolutely worth the stop if you can.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great location, inside of the hotel. I was staying in the hotel and it is a nice surprise to have such a nice restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great ambience!
The food was fantastic - terrific flavors.
It was hard to choose from a good looking menu, and wish I had room for the cheesecake, it looked delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
So, looking online it's very apparent what we ordered should have tasted better. So first off the appetizers were really good. We got the mozza appetizer and some crab cakes. We were super excited to try the main meal. Well I was a bit disappointed to see their voodoo pasta wasn't a creamy style pasta. And the shrimp alfredo is what I would have wanted but it was just the chicken alfredo. That you pay $12 more to put shrimp on. So I figured I'd just try the voodoo pasta. It was sweet and not at all what I expected. But it was still Ok. The real problem was the lamb shank. It had no other flavor the only thing I could taste was gamey flavor. Similar to liver and onions. It was our first time trying lamb and the meat itself seemed tender and it looked pretty good. But the flavor was horrible. I googled it and lamb shanks are supposed to be more gamey but not to the point of tasting like an organ. We ended up eating only the sides and left it on the plate. We also planned to get a dessert. Unfortunately, the lamb was so bad we decided to be done. Our server was so attentive and as I said the appetizers were really good. But that lamb really ruined the experience for us.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 5
Food was okay. Got the Korean BBQ short rib special. Rice pilaf was pretty plain and the short rib didn't have much of a Korean BBQ flavor, however the broccolini was cooked perfectly. Others at my table got the prime rib, they said the flavor was nice but the cuts were very inconsistent from one plate to the next. Some were definitely not 10oz. Not the best place for a meat dinner, could definitely get better elsewhere for less.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Amazing restaurant!! Great food and drinks :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food! Lamb was awesome!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Quite unimpressed, actually. Made a brunch reservation. Quite the fiasco. Was put on hold for 6 minutes, the person answering the phone finally came back, asked what I wanted (really? I'm calling a RESTAURANT!) Arrived for our designated reservation and they lost it. 3 wait staff just looked at each other. So on our special occasion, we were seated at the bar. Our waiter blythly apologized for the mistake but waited on us like any other bar patron, knowing they made a mistake but not making any effort to make it right.
We could have gone to any hotel serving breakfast and gotten better service. Decided right when they sat us in the bar we were nothing special, but the regulars got chatted up like it was a Cheers episode. I expected more. Not worth the hype. Food was good, but overshadowed by poor customer experience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
This place was amazing the food was incredible and our server Red was very polite and incredibly friendly I’d sincerely recommend trying this place out
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had a very disappointing anniversary dinner. Food was cold and shrimp half raw. Brought back my cold rice and broccolini to eat while waiting for my shrimp. Shrimp came back cold.. so not sure what they did if anything. Definitely will not be back.
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We were celebrating the sale of our home and staying at the Olive Ann hotel. We had excellent service, food and cheesecake...love it!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Made a reservation for my son s dinner before he goes away to the Army. He had never been to Skies. On 11-1-25 for 4pm . So we requested a table next to one of the many next to a window. When we should up at 330pm there was one table that had people. So there were many open tables. The host seated us at a table not next to the window. So I very nicely asked we requested a window . She said we are full and others requested this as well. At this time there was only one other table with people. But instead of getting upset. We decided to enjoy the dinner with my son. Our server was fantastic! The food was ok at best. All the steaks were over cooked. But my wife said she loved the pasta!. We were there for an hour a 20 minutes. When we got up to leave only one of all the window booths had people. All the rest never had a person sit in them the whole time we were there. We wanted this to be a special dinner . We will never recommend Skies nor we will visit again. We felt that this hostess had a problem with my son joining the Army. We will continue to give our business to Harry's or the Toasted frog. Where we have never been disappointed.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Food was excellent, service super nice. The standout was the salad, it was very fresh. Pasta was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
2 drinks and a craft martini. 1. 20 minute wait for said martini, 2. Tasted like a pina colada. 3. Zero customer service. There's a reason you are a slower place. Beautiful place but can't play a cocktail game. Last 3 visits were meh. Go to the rural to learn service.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 1
Love Skies for brunch!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
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