Mr. Paul's Supper Club — Restaurant in Edina

Clamoring for this 'Hot' reservation? Save your time. More like Mr Paul's Disaster. My lovely family made a reservation weeks in advance for my birthday, and boy, were we all excited. Even the Resy notification text was great.

Turns out - Big mistake. Huge.

My parents were seated 5 minutes early, and we arrived a hair before our 645 reservation.

For the next 20 minutes, three members of their service staff continued to pass by our table. Not one word was said, and one even actively avoided eye contact during the dozen or so times she gathered items from a buffet. My father, having enough of the narshkeit neglect, went to the front desk to ask for a manager, as other tables seated after us had ordered at least drinks, with one already getting appetizer. Clearly, it wasn't too busy in the kitchen to get stuff out. Some guy came back to our table, said he was the manager, and offered to comp us drinks and said he would 'smooth out our waitstaff'. That last comment was odd, but would make sense a couple of minutes later. No offer to take our food order or non-alcoholic drink order...which is something I think a manager might do in a rare case like this, to get things moving. My parents ordered a drink. In the preceding 6 minutes, we got to watch 2 of the 3 service staff argue about taking our table. Real great? Side note - No one wanted or asked for anything free. We just wanted to order the hyped up food we had all been hearing about.

Ladies and gents, those 6 minutes was like watching an episode of some Bravo reality show in person, with terrible unchecked attitudes in clear display. Never have I ever been so turned off from a place before.

The 'manager' did make it back, as we were gathering our coats and walking out the door. Surprised Pikachu face on the guy...30+ minutes of waiting and watching staff who don't want to take your table will make you want to leave. The comment of 'sorry' from one of the arguing service staff seemed super hollow. If she would have just said something - anything, really - whilst we were waiting, instead of arguing with her coworker, there wouldn't have been an issue.

Like a lot of other bad reviews we read at our unplanned dinner destination, we were in the back room. Maybe close the back room if your staff doesn't want to work back there?

Plus side, they have free charging in the Nolan Mains ramp for your BEV or PHEV - perfect for driving emissions free to a much better restaurant experience, literally anywhere else.

Second plus side: We all got a very interesting - yet utterly terrible - experience none of us had before!

Would not recommend this place to anyone I like. Can't wait to see what goes in...

Food - generous portions, fresh: boudin balls, meaty and tasty, popovers & relish tray, not quite what’s on the menu but a lot of well flavored and prepared options, pimento cheese & crackers but no chutney; wedge salad with two dressings came out fast, excellent balance of greens to dressing and toppings; lamb chops with grits, star of the meal, two chops split two ways was just right after the appetizer and salads courses, grits were good but not remarkable; lemon ice box cake, delicious yellow cake with whipped cream — but decidedly not an ‘ice box cake’ which is layers of cookies and cream, typically. Negroni was perfect, really taste the chicory in the gin, Malbec tasty and well-priced, coffee sub par. Service - Gina was chatty, professional, and charming. She was often pulled into conversation by the table behind us who wanted to chat at length about living in Atlanta, but when she was attending to us she was great, just the timing of her check ins were such that we relied on the expediters and bus boy for ordering additional drinks during dinner. We were at out table for 2 full hours, and she paced the courses well, offered excellent suggestions on options, and made sure we felt comfortable. Atmosphere - outside on the patio on a warm May Saturday evening, ideal. We were first offered a small booth inside but opted for outdoors, more on that below. What time we spent inside, going to and from the patio, I can confirm that the inside is CLAMOROUS, including shouts from the open kitchen (awesome generally for us, but in addition to the other action, too much for me). I would love to come back and will likely make sure that we can sit outside or find a slow evening if we need to be inside in winter. Toasts - quality and quantity of food, priced well but not inexpensive at $200 for meal, drinks, and tip. Balloon marked that we were “celebrating” an occasion — as I’d been prompted to offer when we made reservations, cute — and it meant that our dessert was comped. A really fine and exceptional gesture. Roasts - hosts, offered to seat us inside, we’d indicated patio when making reservations and they pivoted to accommodate that when pressed, but the fact that they got some info right and some wrong indicates some area for attention; the hosts were often walking around, standing right at our table even for 1-2 minutes, on the iPad checking tables, not a horrid fault but again not discreet and shows some area for training/growth. Food, as above, some items not as labeled or described on menu, I recommend asking about particulars that you are ordering, no bad...

We were eager to try out this new supper club. Inside, the atmosphere is fun and spacious. Fortunately, we had a booth by the windows, which offered us space from other tables and conversations. The placed was buzzing, including people sitting at the bar. The background music was pleasing (but they could turn the volume down a bit for our tastes), as we went to enjoy conversing and catching up with our guests, too. and George took very good care of us.

Overall, I’d say it is a nice Twin Cities dining option when you want food and cocktails that are unique and delicious. The Mint Mojito and the Cinco de Maya Pineapple Margaretta was excellent as well as presents beautifully. One guest in our party ordered the Mr. Paul’s Supper Club Sazera and reported it was truly superb!!! It’s a rich blend of Rye, Brandy, Fennel Pollen, Bittered Piloncillo Syrup, Miracle Sazerac Cocktail Enhancer – with a wonderful taste of anise.

The stuffed mushroom appetizers and muscles are excellent. A generous portion of sausages and herbs and vegetables floated attractively in the muscles piquant sauce. We ordered an addition side of seasoned, crusted bread to enjoy every drop.

The grilled romaine with egg, breadcrumb, Caesar dressing and pecorino was served superbly cold. Two of us split it as the portion is very generous. I found the creamed spinach to be the best that I’ve ever had (or made); truly stellar!

The Halibut in a Creole bourride was okay. The clams were nice but neither of us who order it found the rock shrimp not fingerling potato in our dish. It sits on top of a large piece of bread. Both of us who selected this fish for our entre’ felt ill later that evening and through the night. Our second visit was even better. We had the Diver Scallop dinner and the Short Rib Stroganoff - both are superb. I will definitely order them again. The Poor Trinity with fennel bitters and grapefruit flavors is excellent.

The wait staff was polite, timely, and helpful. Easy to locate on Market Street. Plan time to find parking and get to this popular area during rush hour traffic. The drive there took us 20 minutes longer than planned due to long waits at...