1951 West

I'm usually not one to complain, but my experience here at 1951 was terrible. This is the first one star review that I have ever written, so I will do my best to explain my experience. I came with a group of 8 on a weekend, but we had a reservation so getting seated in a timely manner was no problem. This is when all of our problems started. First of all, we didn't even see our waitress for at least 15 minutes. It wasn't a very busy night, so we were perplexed as to why the service was so slow. When we finally were able to order our drinks, it ended up causing more problems. Three of the people at my my table were unable to order the drinks that they wanted. Two of those drinks were on their specials menu, but they were "all out" of the particular liquor that it took to make that drink (both bourbon and Crown Royal). Also they couldn't make a Moscow Mule because they didn't have ginger beer. Anyways, after we finally placed our drink order, it took us another 20 minutes just to get them. After the waitress brought out drinks, she said that she would be back momentarily to take our order, but it took another 15 minutes for her to come back. When we were finally able to place our order, I wish I would have know that I was in for a long haul. Fast forward about 50 minutes and our food finally starts to trickle out of the kitchen. The soup that I got was actually pretty good, but I wasn't expecting it to be the highlight of my entire meal. My entree (prime rib) was decent, but not all that great. The real disappointment came to the two unlucky souls at my table who were unfortunate enough to order the $30 steaks. These steaks were absolutely horrendous. I don't think that I have ever tried a drier steak in my entire life. I probably wouldn't have fed that steak to a dog. A few of the people at my table tried it and they all agreed. After eating this disappointment of a meal, our waitress thought that it would be a great idea to add 20% gratuity for her horrible service. (Also had to wait another 15 minutes to get our bills). 10 out of 10 would not recommend

We had a reservation but had to wait 15 minutes to be seated. We were seated at a table that was open when we came in. So I am not sure why we needed to wait 15 minutes to be seated. The restaurant was less than half full.

Food was ordered, steak and lobster. Brought out steak and then informed us they didn't have lobster. Why wouldn't you tell us that before bringing out half our meal and then ask us if we wanted something else. Dessert menu didn't have all items listed, waitress had no personality.....not impressed..wouldn't go back.

The food was good, but I wouldn't call it great. The mushroom ravioli was so swimming in sauce that we weren't sure we received the right order and thought it was a chowder. The pan fried walleye was done well enough, but the breading was still soft, mushy even. And the veggies that went with it were underdone. We ordered dessert drinks after dinner which took about as long as the meal did to arrive.

The service and food are the best! Always a great place for Sunday Brunch!