Louie's Wine Dive

4040 University Ave suite a, Des Moines
(515) 777-3416

Recent Reviews

Great lunch today, however we do wish we had been able to order from the regular lunch menu at noon rather than just the brunch menu. But we chose to visit on a Saturday. All in all great service and good salads.

Melody Lauer

This is my favorite place to go on my way to the airport. The food is amazing and the service is fantastic. They have the best drinks and it’s right around the corner from DSM.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nancy Finale

Very good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We have been to Louie's many times, but the experience tonight was well below par. They appeared to be understaffed because it took forever for each step of the process, taking your drink order, ordering appetizers, ordering and receiving food. I had the special which was perhaps the most flavorless meal I have ever experienced. Blackened cod that was un blackened on top of quinoa and shaved broccoli, and then a lemon ginger vinaigrette that was left out of the process. The waitress notified the kitchen and their solution was to send me a very small tin of dressing. By the time I had applied the dressing and was able to eat the meal it was cold. It would be a while before I'd go back.

Valerie Jarvis-McQuillen

Tasty brunch.Dietary restrictions: They always have a great selection of gluten free items and I've never had a reaction after coming here.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Squeaky Cheese Curds

Pam S.

it's been 4 days since I made the mistake & I put my health on the line by eating at your establishment. I have celiac disease NO GLUTEN, I placed a togo order while waiting in the restaurant for it. they made my hamburger with a regular bun.... I told the manager it wasn't gf and she was very reluctant to refund my $.or to take my complaint serious.Im sure if the owners were to get educated and to teach their employees about the damage eating wheat causes in a person like myself it would be a huge in preventing contamination. the menu looks great I was very excited to try it.id love to try your gf fish & chips some day. I think ALL restaurants need to educate themselves & their staff about food allergies. it's no joke. laying on the couch in wdm ....

La-Tica Paige

Great place overall. The service was excellent, and the staff was friendly and professional. Live jazz was performed as part of the Wednesday night schedule, which created a fantastic atmosphere for dinner. The food was served hot and fresh and was plated well. The crab cakes were delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

La-Tica Bragg

Great place overall. The service was excellent, and the staff was friendly and professional. Live jazz was performed as part of the Wednesday night schedule, which created a fantastic atmosphere for dinner. The food was served hot and fresh and was plated well. The crab cakes were delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Excellent reasonably priced food. And for those looking for safe gluten-free food, this is THE place to be! Dessert a tad expensive compared to rest of menu but they are delish if you have space left :P

Dennis Byam

Had a party of 7. Celebrating 3 birthdays.Atmosphere magnificent. Food outstanding. Kevin was super waiting on our table.The night was awesome.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Squeaky Cheese Curds, Beignets

Marna Landwehr

Wonderful food, helpful wait staff, and free jazz! Would highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Squeaky Cheese Curds, Crisp Pecan Brussels Sprouts, Beignets

JulieW

Louie's is one of our go-to places for brunch, lunch and dinner. We love the atmosphere, the wait staff and the quality of the food. We just keep going back. Even though we live across town.

M P

I had made reservations a couple days ahead for two. When we arrived the restaurant was about 50% full and they proceeded to sit us by the bathroom which was about 2 feet from the table and there were people standing right next to the table while waiting on the bathroom. Not very romantic to say the least. See pics. We asked for a different table and we were told that there was only tables for four and we could not have those tables. So we ended up at the bar right next to the cash register and the very load dot matrix receipt printer. Which was going off every few minutes. Again we asked for a better seat but were told no. We ended up having dinner, but not so romantic. Still the restaurant was about 50% full. Lots of tables for four but only two tables for two, unless you want to sit at the very busy and loud bar. It seems if there are only two for dinner you are not equal or as important as those with three or more.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 4

Michele P.

We made reservations 3 days ahead of our Friday night date. We got seated inches from the bathroom, with people standing in line to use the bathroom inches from our table. We asked to be moved. We got put at the bar inches from the register that was churning out receipts all night onto my husbands plate. While we sat there we asked to be moved to one of 5 empty table visible to us. We were told it was "too busy and we could not move" the whole time we were in the restaurant the tables remained empty while we sat at grand central station at the bar. This was supposed to be a special date but we couldn't wait to get out of there. We ate and left...5 tables remained empty. Very, very dissatisfied with how this all turned out. WE HAD RESERVATIONS - so not worth over $100

Kimber W.

We were in tonight and ordered drinks and dinner Everything was fine until our server let out a guttural scream from the back room where she was turning the chairs up on the tables. She then came into the main dining area and apologized to all sitting there for screaming Then while we had full glasses of wine they started putting up chairs on all the tables around us Super rude This was my first time there and I will not return

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