Prairie Star Restaurant & Wine Bar

Come for the view, not the service.

The food is pretty good, but I wouldn't consider it a "good value" because the price is high and the food isn't "that good."

The views are jaw-dropping and beautiful. But, the service brings this place down a few notches. The wait staff don't seem very attentive and don't know how to talk to their customers, especially for such an upscale place.  

Overall, this place is nice on a beautiful day to bring out-of-towners to sit outside on the patio and soak in the sun and an amazing view. But, your wallet will be considerably thinner when leaving.

We've been to PS many times but this visit was on Valentine's Day and the food and service was below the level we expected.

It was my Mother is Law's birthday and we needed to go somewhere fancy. My Father in Law made a res at Prairie Star, and off we went.

Very cute interior. It was night, so we didn't get a terribly good view of the area (I was told that this restaurant has great views during the day), but that was no problem.

Our waiter was nice, but awkward. He hovered a lot. Our breadbasket contained BANANA BREAD, which is rare, like a unicorn. Who serves banana bread in their bread baskets? Only super cool places.

As far as apps went, we ordered shrimp cakes with a sweet soy sauce and calamari with a tasty aioli. Both were done well. The shrimp cakes weren't super dry and bready, which pleased me. NO FILLERS OVER HERE.

I ordered a spinach squash salad and pumpkin bisque for my mains. The bisque was creamy and spicy, it was tasty. The salad was good as well - it was doused in a vinaigrette with tiny pieces of roasted pumpkin as spinach.

We didn't do dessert because we were too full, but this place was pretty decent. I didn't feel blown away by any element of the meal, but everything was good. I'd come back.