Reviews for Urban Cellar - Wine Bar, Grille, And Market in West Des Moines, IA

Ate grilled salmon with Brussels sprouts and rice pilaf 11/19/22, accompanied by two margaritas. All of the food was cooked to... perfection! The margarita, which they called a Tommy Margarita, was just okay. I'd love to return for another meal. Read more

Ask for Margo! And tip her well!!! She is the best! Food was great. Had great selection of wines, beers and spirits. ... Amazing calamari. Loved the urban cellar burger. Definitely suggest this place!!!!! Read more

Great (food) menu and decent food. Saving grace that they have a self serve market for wine that they allow you to pick from... yourself to open without additional corkage (it?s built in to the retail pricing) Definitely a questionable wine list for a winebranded restaurant. Worth it for the food though, depending on what you?re ordering. Chicken Brussels might be microwaved, andthe roasted chicken was half awesome, and half tasted like they cooked it in a dirty pan that was previously used for fish. Read more

Excellent service, food options/quality and ambiance make this a winner winner? I think they even serve a decent chicken dinner,... too! Will be returning for sure! Read more

We were seated right away but waited quite awhile to have anyone serve us (over 10 minutes) and my partner had to flag someone... down to get us some help. Apparently the host didn't tell the server we were seated? That was annoying. The drink selectiondidn't have much to offer, just the standards at every other restaurant. The food was ok, but nothing was impressive enough towant us to come back. There was a request for some additional cheese but the server forgot. Just nothing special about thisplace, just an average food and below average service. Disappointing experience. Read more

Top notch all the way around! Fantastic food; polite, attentive servers; wonderful atmosphere. I cannot say enough nice things... about our experience tonight. Urban Cellar was willing to take reservations and were very accommodating. We will most definitelybe return patrons! Read more

The food here is fresh made by experienced cooks. From the margaritas to the steaks all is done exceptionally well. Come for... happy hour specials and stay for a relaxed upscale dinner. Loved the light jazz, fresh squeezed lime juice in my margaritas,hand crafted cocktails, calamari, fried eggplant, and the staff are all well groomed, happy folks who will either chat you up orleave you be depending on your mood. Fantastic market for great wine, cheese, meats ect for the next day's lunch!!! One of ourtop 10 in WDM. Read more

We started out with the seared ahi tuna Brussels sprouts. I really liked the ahi tuna. The sauce that came with it was great. I... will never crave Brussel sprouts but my friends seem to love them. I did try them and they were ok. Our appetizers came outsuper late and they comped us for them without us saying a word. I got the chicken de Burgo with asparagus. Sorry, I dug inright away before I remembered my picture. It was delicious! It?s hard to get chicken that isn?t dry at some restaurants andthey nailed it. I can?t remember what my friend ordered but I was thinking it as a steak de burgo type dish. She was not a fan.Sorry for the blurry photo! Read more