The Pelican Post Bar & Grille

265 50th St, West Des Moines
(515) 214-1873

Recent Reviews

Happy Trees

Tony, Emma, and staff have run a tight ship for over a year. This place is great. The staff and atmosphere are awesome. Love the live music and patio. Check out the daily specials (my favorite is free beer Fridays). Oddities like grouper and not your mom's sloppy Joe on the menu. Migrate down to the pelican post and Mr. Pink will see you down there. Cheers.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grouper Sandwich with Fries

Michelle Morrison

We didn't order any food but enjoyed drinks on the large patio! Friendly service and relaxed atmosphere - an excellent spot to hang out, play bags with friends. If you ride bikes, it's right off the bike trail. Perfect patio spot, we'll be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Erin Haley

The nachos are amazing! The place was very loud and crowded. Not an everyday kind of spot in my eyes.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Nachos

Kristin Jensen

Last night we had nearly a 2 hour wait for our food which was predominately appetizers. The GM stopped by and was kind after we asked for an ETA an hour in- but having a large seating area with small kitchen makes us uneasy about going back this summer, not sure how that’s a fixable problem without remodeling the inside.

Jerry Stafford

Ordered the All you can eat friday fish and shrimp combo, I finished the first round, asked for just the shrimp on the next plate. All good, except they charged me for the 2nd plate of shrimp. So much for all you can eat. You need to explain to customers that all you can eat is more than just the initial cost!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Cody Tigges

We celebrated my son’s 9th birthday at the pelican post today and I wish I could leave a 20 star review! The food was amazing, the staff was very friendly, and the service was top notch! Mel and Emma were amazing and we will definitely be back! Thanks for a great meal and great experience!

Chad L.

Love love love this place. Are here this weekend. Staff are just awesome. And oh yeah the food is great! The only thing - don't expect to get it fast, but I'd rather wait a moment to get good food than get bad food fast.

Cole Larsen

Fantastic food and good service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Denise Halls

We were a large group, to surprise my great nephew on his 21st birthday. The GM was very accommodating and the wait staff the best. A very enjoyable evening for a special occasion. Definitely will be going again. Just a smaller group next time as we don’t all typically go out together. There were 17 of us.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Aaron Schmidtke

The food was really good. I ordered the cheese curds and chili dog. Both impressed. The staff was fun and funny. I really want to recognize the GM, Emma (hopefully spelled correctly) also. I lost track how many times, but she was constantly asked her staff how everyone was doing, running drinks/food and kept a high energy level the whole time. She personally got me refills and checked on how I was doing. Overall a great experience and I will be returning.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pelican Post Chili Dog

Philip Colon

Wife & I heard great things about the Pelican and they were spot on. Great Friday seafood fry and awesome service. Can't wait to come back to enjoy the patio.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grouper Sandwich with Fries

Stephen Busick

The food is great ????

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Caitlin Jarzen

The food was great, the service was absolutely outstanding!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

James Watkins

Good food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Nachos

Sarah Duff

Great waitress and Monday night steak night was delicious!

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