Mulberry Street Tavern

Good food and good environment. Just off Court street but worth the walk

My Husband and I were in Des Moines for a few days, and Mulberry Street Tavern was by far the best meal we had! Such and interesting menu that is perfect for casual dinning, business meetings, or a date night!

We started the meal with the delicious stirred cocktail "Broken Dreams" (which is how I felt when my glass was empty), followed by oysters on the half-shell, steak tartare, scotch egg (*which is a personal favorite, and if you have never tried this dish before you must try M.S.T.'s version. Fair warning, once you do, no other scotch egg will compare.), & ricotta gnudi (soooo luscious). We capped the meal off with the spatchcocked half chicken! To be completely frank, I do not normally order chicken entrees at restaurants, but this highly recommended entrée did not disappoint. In fact, I would come back just for that!

We were greeted with signature Midwest Hospitality that carried throughout the entire meal! If you have not been to M.S.T. you simply must, and if you have...go again!

Great food and cocktails!! Great service, fun atmosphere!! Definitely recommend trying out this restaurant!! We will be back!!

The overall dinner was wonderful. Our food was very good but took awhile to get. I thought the menu was limited but the selection was varied. We would go back again soon.

Excellent service! Halibut was delicious! Would recommend the raspberry sorbet for dessert.

Not impressed. Signature burger was like a large hockey puck. Dense with little flavor. Prices high because they are in a boutique hotel but food not worth the prices they charge. I would not recommend to others staying in Des Moines

The noise level was way too high and the music not appropriate for fine dining. I ordered the flank steak medium and it was served rare and tough even for flank steak. For $32 I would expect a better cut of meat. Our waitress was cordial and knowledgeable, however, offered nothing in response when I informed her the steak was tough and rare....only telling me she was sorry. This was a celebration of our 53rd anniversary. What a disappointment!

We were unaware until we sat down that Mulberry only offers a VERY limited menu on Sundays and Mondays. This should be flagged or at least a notification on Open Table when a reservation is being made!

2nd attempt here. First time we were ignored for 20 mins and left. This time we were greeted by a nice young lady. Waited quite a long time for drinks. And significant wait for food. 2 of us ordered steak medium rare, both came out over cooked. One order of lamb was "ok", an order of pasta with duck was "really flavorless." I had oysters on the 1/2 shell which were tiny and overpriced but good taste. I also had a buttermilk wedge salad that tasted like pickles. Strong flavor of pickles. The waitress was kind but very unattentive. She disappeated for a large chunk of time we were there. We left hungry after spending around $300 and went to Roca to have an appetizer and drink.

Good food, nice setting, friendly waiter.

Great experience, great food and fantastic service. Mavis was awesome!

Andre Was excellent! Food was good off of the pub menu. We will order from the main
Menu in the future . I would recommend this to my family and friends.

Definitely wasn’t what we were expecting. After the glowing reviews we decided to give it a shot. However, the evening we chose was a chicken and waffles pop up, so the menu was extremely limited. After accepting the fact it was a pop up I decided to order the chicken and waffles but they ran out... So my choices were a burger, a salad or pasta. None of which I was really feeling. However, I ended up with burger and it was decent but was looking for a fine dining experience not a burger.

The wait time to receive our drinks throughout the night was quite long. We requested a different server when we arrived and although he was friendly, he didn’t seem to remember some of our items upon request. It was louder than we had expected. The shrimp cocktail only consisted of six small sized shrimp. Not sure where the value is in that and definitely doesn’t qualify as an appetizer or a shareable item for the table, or even between two people.

Food was good! Had the burger and pasta and it was delicious. Didn’t have access to the whole menu on Sunday night

Friendly staff, drinks are great, environment is modern and fun.

The ambience and service were really good, the server was attentive and knowledgeable, the lower rating is because of the very limited menu. It was our second time there and it would be hard to go back third time without repeating items.

It was a pleasure to be there - the decor is beautiful and the food and service were great. It is a nice addition to the Des Moines dining scene!

Our waiter, Luke, made all the difference. Knew his stuff, lovely personality, helpful...the venue and atmosphere was great but the service bumped it up for us.

This place is a gem! Every item we ordered was spot on. What a wonderful addition to the Des Moines dining scene.

We enjoyed the atmosphere and our time there! I would reccomend it to anyone!

Please take the time and effort needed to get the air flow regulated on the dining area. The air conditioning was too forceful over the 3-4 tables just south of the bar. Patrons enjoying dinner were almost ‘blown’ away. Our server was very gracious and tried to get the situation rectified which was appreciated. Everything else was stellar.

So nice to be in such a welcoming space for a terrific dinner. Drinks and wine were excellent as were entres and small plates. Definitely need to return again.

GET THE CHICKEN. Seriously. That chicken is the best in town. Closely matched by any vegetable on the menu. The ambiance is stellar and the service is considerate. We will return many times.

The food was fantastic as well as the drinks. The portions were spot on and the desserts looked amazing. Our server was great with helping us with any questions and was around just enough without feeling like she was hovering or feeling like she forgot us. I am assuming the manager was also there to greet us and inform us of one dishes being the brainchild of one of the cooks. He was very friendly. I enjoyed to natural light coming in and the overall ambiance. It was not so noisy that you had to really yell over anyone which was nice. Parking was also not an issue but I am sure once it starts warming up the parking ramp would be the way to go. Overall my family and I were quite impressed and really enjoyed our first time here. We are sure to return.

Waiter was amazing! The space is nice. Brunch was so-so. My chicken and biscuit was overcooked and the biscuit was hard to cut with a knife. Daughter's pancakes were good but hard to mess up a pancake! Husband's shrimp and grits were great but not plentiful, which is usually the case with that dish. Will go back and try the evening menu sometime.

Mother’s Day brunch. Only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars was because drink service was too slow.

Amazing place. Very good food. Waiter was poor. Paid no attention to our table. We had to ask for things numerous times. He was very slow with beverages and even taking our order.

Our anniversary. They treated us great. Service was terrific. The entire staff did their best to make our night special.

Awesome wonderful. Great service. Food amazing.

Tyler our server honored us with a dining experience that exceeded expectations. I enjoyed my well executed meal and so did my dining companions with theirs.

Beautiful, comfortable space with delicious food. Wait staff offered just the right amount of attention.

8oz steak was over cooked and poor quality. Tough to eat

Great atmosphere. Service was ok. Good is the problem. Cold main entree. Limited menu and lack of flavors

Excellent experience. Service was friendly and helpful. Food was incredible. Not inexpensive but well worth it.

Mulberry Street Tavern is one of the best restaurants in Des Moines. I applaud their adventurous cuisine and excellent cocktail menu. The brown butter cake was exquisite. We couldn't have picked a better place to go for our first post COVID vaccine dining experience. They are going to do a strong business - be sure to check it out soon. PS - they are opening the outdoor garden seating in a couple weeks. It looked great.

While in Des Moines for our wedding, we dined at Mulberry Street Tavern numerous times over a four day period, and sent plenty of wedding guests throughout the weekend. We were blown away by the excellent service, great variety on the menu, and fun / impressive cocktail and wine lists. We dined in larger group settings, and later in the weekend just the two of us. The staff made us feel welcomed and celebrated - would highly recommend for a special occasion, or just a fun night in Des Moines. All of our guests raved about their experience, too.

They were 45 minutes late on my reservation time. Said the current occupants had paid but were lingering. Food was nothing special and costly for what was served.

Steak was amazing BUT had a large stripe of chewy fat down middle. Not my best cut of steak. Otherwise the meal, restaurant, and service were great.

Went for Saturday brunch and the food is overpriced for what you get. The breakfast sandwich was extremely greasy as were the potatoes. The Avocado toast didn’t have a taste and was only one piece of bread. Will not be going back.