ACQUA - Forest Lake

We love this restaurant! The food is great and the service was terrific. It also has a good wine list. It was nicely decorated for the holidays. I prefer this ACQUA location over its sister location in WBL and I live in White Bear Lake!

Sorry to hear they are closing this restaurant...

We really enjoyed our visit. The ambiance is great, romantic. The view of the lake is awsome. The food is excellent and the service fantastic!!!

We love coming to Acqua. We had great service and fantastic food I had the hallibut. The Irish whisky with ginger was amazing. We are sad to hear it it was closing.

Wish it were not closing. We usually go to one in White Bear but enjoy an occasional drive to this one.

Excellent as usual. So sad to hear they are closing after 1st. Of the year.

Food was a little slow I think but it was delicious!! We were having a good time talking so it didn’t ruin the mood of the evening!!! Waiter was awesome and funny!

Always good, frequent often

This is the gem of the lake and it is soon to be gone. You can eat on the cheap with a burger or live it up with pheasant - we were in the live it up crowd and the food was yummy, the presentation was appealing and the atmosphere was nice. Our only wonderment was why they seated all of the patrons on one end so we were all close together when more than half the restaurant was empty. It was fine though and you couldn't really tune in to others conversations so it worked.

Great service, wonderful food. Sorry too hear you are closing.

I used to go to Sunday brunch on monthly but the last couple of months the food quality on the Sunday brunch has really gone down. I used to need a reservation and the last couple times there has been plenty of seating.
Dinner menu is still as great as usual.

Wonderful food & service. So sad to hear they’re closing in Forest Lake. :(

Totally disappointed! Worst brunch we have ever had. First time here, and definitely our last!

This is my favorite restaurant...the food is exceptional.....never a disappointment....my daughters wedding was held at acqua and it was awesome!

Acqua is a very consistent experience. Eaten there many times, always a great experience. It's a real shame that this location will be closing at the end of 2018, but the good news is that the White Bear Lake location will remain open.

Nice brunch with a lovely view! We were disappointed that they had a number of items listed on their Sunday brunch buffet menu online but there were not on the buffet.

Very good selection of brunch items- traditional breakfast, salads, sweets, desserts. Table service was friendly and attentive. Dining room very attractive with lovely lake view. Highly recommend.

excellent food, excellent service
when the food is that good and the service is that good
i consider the prices to be a great value

I had never been here before. Was pleasantly surprised with the ambiance. We had the chicken...done to perfection. One of the best I have tasted in s long time. Server was very attentive and efficient. Will go again.

Good drinks, food and service. Kind of pricey and not a good value. Good thing it was on the expense account.

Very nice atmosphere and staff are very friendly. I had the salmon dinner my husband had prime. We savored our dinners. We were celebrating my husbands .50th birthday. Desert was on the waitress

Fig and apple pizza was great.

As always, the food was fabulous!! Enjoyed a wonderful bottle of wine that they upgraded for us because the regular type on the menu was not available. And our server was perfect - provided us with just the right amount of “attention”. Another great evening at Acqua!

ACQUA is a favorite for my wife and I, so it seemed appropriate for a birthday dinner gift for her on this occasion. We ordered mussels, a common appetizer we order here and they were wonderful as always. My wife ordered Shrimp Scampi and I ordered the Prime Rib. Both dishes were very flavorful- my compliments to the Chef. I had the Beet Salad which is very yummy. My reservations asked for a seat next to the fireplace for this occasion, but quickly noticed when the hostess sat us, this request was overlooked. I informed her of the oversight and she promptly sat us in front of it after our waitress stated she would get it turned on for us. Good thing there were only 4 other tables with quests in this area at the time and it was available. The fire place never got turned on, so I asked the waitress again if she could turn it on as my wife had wore a dress for this occasion and the waitress said she would. The fireplace never got turned on and instead of asking for a manager and bringing negativity to our night I decided to let it go. However, my wife being a little chili after our wine and appetizer, asked the waitress again to please turn on the fireplace. My wife stated to me that she figured I was not going to ask again and if I did I would be upset. I also noticed the waitress had a greeny hanging from her nose, although this was not her fault, I did inform her of this as I did not want my wife to notice. My wife has a weak stomach. This waitress was very good at explaining the menu and knew it, knew here job well, however, did it in a very monotone way and obviously did not do anything extra. Nobody said happy B-day to my wife after they had received the reservation and I told them when we got there. The waitress did finally say happy B-day after we paid and were exiting the restaurant. Overall, even though there was some things that went wrong, my wife and I had a good time together, the food and atmosphere were such that this was still a good outing.

They did not have a big selection for their brunch. I was disappointed as the last time I was there they had a larger selection.

As always, enjoyed a lovely meal with my out-of-town adult children at Acqua. Special was lamb which my son throughly enjoyed. I had the 10 oz prime rib, cooked to medium rare. My daughter enjoyed her lobster and my husband loved the maple glazed scallops.

Food was excellent and the service was right on the spot. Prices are a bit higher but a very good value for a nice place and talented people.

The meat and the potatoes were cold. The sauce that was laid over the pork shank was crusted over when it arrived at my table.

Great place to go for good food and a beautiful lakeside view. Service is always excellent, as well.

Always a great place for special occasions, had 68th birthday with friends, good food

Great food - Sunday Brunch is Well Worth it! View of Forest Lake is beautiful in all seasons! Ambience is 10+

One of our favorites. We try to visit Acqua several times a month. Forest Lake has very few restaurants that offer such variety.

Gorgeous views. Great brunch. Don't miss the butterscotch budino dessert...it is scrumptuous.

The food was great! Our server was wonderful. My husband and I had heard many good things about Acqua and decided to try it out. They had a 3 course tasting menu that had many things my husband would eat and was a good deal. I’m a bit more picky but there were several things I would love to try.

Lovely evening all the way around. The waitress took special orders. We had the pre fixe meal. Excellent! Cocktails as well and

My husband and I love this restaurant! We’ve been there a couple times now and everthing been wonderful! Consistent and delicious!

I will never go again. They have gradually and steadily gotten more casual with the same high prices. They have white linens on the tables and a two sided plastic laminated menu! Only one of the two meals got sent back to the kitchen this time. 😝

Service is always outstanding, food was exactly what we ordered, amazing, didn’t take long, perfect wine and you can’t beat the view!

Always happy and satisfied with any of the ACQUA family of restaurants. Great people, great food and cocktails. If you haven't been all are a must try. Outdoor dining at both finer dining spots in Forest Lake & White Bear have breathtaking views while you sip on a glass of wine or specialty cocktail and enjoy a delicious meal of either Bolognese, seared salmon or the BEST sushi I've ever had at MIZU.
ACQUA, MIZU, Meet markets, Grill at Forest Hills, PI Pizza, Cabin 61, been to them all and enjoy the different options for my cravings!

Absolutely perfect!