Minervas Restaurant

Absolutely beautiful mid-20th century restaurant with excellent service, fabulous food and comfortable booths! They have a salad bar to live off of!! All kinds of salads, pasta, orzo, beets to radish! Plus cold cuts like rare roast beef, Genoa salami, Virginia ham and salmon! The dessert chocolate mousse is melt in your mouth great! I ordered the chicken breast Oscar.
It was so delicious and large enough for a meal tomorrow! Well worth the $29 price tag. Although this was an upscale restaurant, it was not snobbish or snooty.
I felt right at home.
I'm only a visitor passing through, or I would eat here once a week! Loved it!!

One of the best classic dining experiences in the region.
The prime rib was top notch! The crisp wedge salad is one of my favorites.
Starting with an ice cold stuffed dirty martini was excellent.
Outstanding service too.

Unknown to anyone outside the area, Downtown Sioux Falls has some really nice restaurants.
So I grabbed the wife, told her to get in the back of the car and we drove to Minervas. Upon entering, it's got more of a steakhouse feel as most of the decor is wood.
But it's very nice.
Probably could do without the fake stained glass window things they have but overall it's a nice place.
I believe the building has been some sort of restaurant since 1917. We ordered a Walleye Cake appetizer and 2 Margaritas.
The Walleye cakes were very delicious! Margaritas while in a skinny glass, were strong and tasty.
If I'm gonna pay $10 a drink, just break out the fat big boy glasses and fill it up.
After that I tried the Habenero Whiskey Lemonade.
That was so amazing!! Then came the dinners of Pheasant Risotto and Filet mignon with a mushroom enhancer.
Food was top notch.
The steak was the 2nd best the wife and I have had.
Only place that beat it was Hells Kitchen in Vegas.
Had I known how good her steak was going to be, I would have ordered one too.
The plating of her steak was a little poor but tasted great. For dessert we ordered the Creme Brule and Panna Cotta with Strawberry caviar.
Amazing dessert! Beautifully plated and just pure heaven.
The strawberry caviar is amazing!! One of the prettiest desserts I've been served from a plating perspective. We will definitely be back again to try more dishes and desserts.
With a 20% tip to the great waitress (small skinny blonde girl), our bill was $185.
Not great, not crazy.