St Albans Boathouse

05/29/08

Great View, Service and Atmosphere! Enjoy!

by Cpoppler

I don't have to be a secret critic! I always judge a restaurant on 3 criteria, food, service and atmosphere. The service here has always been great and the atmosphere again is among the best on the lake. The food did start out rocky ...A LONG TIME AGO! They have always gotten better and now in the newly remodeled restaurant the food is fabulous! Their pasta chef is the best and I can only think they will continue to look for ways to improve the menu or add to it based on requests. Enjoy!

• Pros: Views, Service and Atmosphere
• Cons: Parking on holiday weekends

02/10/08

Cozy quaint atmosphere

by kloija

Since moving into the area, we have been trying out new restaurants on the lake. St Albans came highly recommended to us by a long time local. We were pleasantly surprised. I have no complaints on the food in reference to the other comments. We were inside dining. Maybe the others were out on the patio, which is typically a different menu. My husband had their walleye and I had the special that night which was salmon. Very quaint, great for couples. We sat across from their real wood burning fire place and were easily able to carry on a conversation. Our waitress gets an A+, service was excellent.

06/28/07

Great view of Lake Minnetonka, bad food

by secretcritic

Beautiful view of the lake and for that it's a must see. Go relax, have a cold beer and look at the lake. But don't eat here. This place has consistently had food and menu problems for years and it doesn't seem to be getting any better. I have eaten here on several occasions feeling like I keep wanting to give it another chance and am consistently dissapointed. So much potential to be a star on the lake! But it's not cutting it... Have a drink here, but dine elsewhere.

06/06/06

Go for the view, not the food

by specialist22

Great view - on the lake. The food here is not good. We have tried it twice and will not go back to eat - but will go back to relax, look at the lake and have a drink. First time I ordered a brie sandwich that was simply terrible. (and really - how can you screw that up?). Second time i ordered a steak salad which had maybe one piece of meat in it and was very overpriced. The inside could use a facelift, but sit outside and enjoy the view.