20.21 Restaurant

Unimpressed. The architectural design and aesthetic appeal of 20.21 are very in line with other Wolfgang restaurants (Spago, red seven) but, unfortunately, that's where the dining experience ends. The menu is limited and isn't kept up to date online. The tables are very small and obtaining a window seat is next to impossible even if requested a week in advance. While the staff is accommodating and friendly, the service is incredibly slow and not at all fluid. I should not have to wait 20 minutes to get two drinks and 40 min to have food served. On top of that, the food is subpar excepting the Spoon, cube&cherry dessert, which is phenomenal. I would go back solely for that dessert, with different staff and provided the dessert is still available.…

Restaurant celebrates modernity, fusion and design.. This Wolfgang Puck restaurant located at the Walker celebrates modernity, fusion and design. Located in the eyes of the Walker Art Center, this Asian-fusion Wolfgang Puck restaurant overlooks the center of the city. Through the great, high-design windows--or eyes of the robot, some say--diners can glimpse the tops of the Basilica, the glistening Minneapolis skyscrapers and the cherry on top of the spoon in the famous Sculpture Garden below. A bar offers art gallery-goers and happy hour crowds martinis and small plates--like the restaurant’s raved-about potstickers--while dinner diners nosh on entrees like Hong Kong salmon and Korean short ribs as chefs in the bustling, open kitchen move together like clockwork, preparing modern and artful dishes.…

pretty tasty food, but way overpriced and not such great ambience. The food is pretty good. However, it's not meaningfully better than the food at the Rainbow or the Seafood Palace on Nicollet ave (in fact, it might be worse). I have had whole fish at those places that were at least as tasty, and certainly about half the price. (the decor and service at those places is also kind of better.) Service was ok. Nice guy, but a bit inattentive. Didn't really care though, since i was with great company. Window is very cool, but not big enough to afford everyone in the restaurant a great view. I had a great view, so i can't complain, but it would be worth waiting for a different table if you weren't near it, since the alternative is a stark white wall. That leads me to what I really don't understand about the place: the decor. The place screams corporate cafeteria. The carpet is ugly. The chairs are like from a waiting room at an airport, and the splotches of color are just sort of cheesy and out of place. also, the lighting is totally underwhelming, especially given some of the architectural interest in the room (plus, the bar is lit up with basic rope lighting which can be bought at lowes for like $3/yard. The ceiling is also very low. It's an awkward space. For it to be as expensive as it is, and for it to be in such a highly regarded museum, which itself is something of an architectural and design marvel, i found the decor to be completely unimpressive (and somewhat disappointing) and without charm or character. Certainly not the decor of a place with $30+ entrees. This is especially troubling since most of its competition are beautiful spaces (e.g., cosmos, chambers kitchen, la belle vie across the street). One other thing -- the kitchen is totally exposed, which normally is cool, but here just resulted in it making the room very hot and imparting a sort of fried food smell. I think this restaurant has some potential, since the food is pretty tasty, but I think they need to rethink it a bit.…