Ovation Express Cafe at the Guthrie Theater — Restaurant in Minneapolis

All the restaurants around were full so we came here before a show. There was a big piece of plastic wrap in one of our salads AND the salads (two of us in our group of five had salads) were pretty rotten (lettuce was turning yellow even BROWN). Ravioli was ok, mac n cheese was decent, pork sandwich was good. We complained to the waiter (good service) and we were directed to the manager. She got us all free drinks and gave us the rotten salads for free. She then came by to let us know that it was “Yellow Kale” as in that is a “type” of kale. Upon googling this, we found that yellow Kale does not exist. Good place to go if you’re ...

I was so very disappointed by this restaurant. Since it is located inside of the Gutherie Theater, I was expecting it to be a classy restaurant. As a person who does not eat meat or dairy, I do not expect all restaurants to have options on their menu that accommodate. However, most restaurants I have been to are willing to adjust something on the menu and/or do something simple like toss pasta with veggie in olive oil. I asked our server to talk with the chef to see what options we could do. The only thing suggested was a salad with no cheese. Also, we were almost late to our show due to the server not getting our bills...

Level Five is the more casual option at the Guthrie. Menu is tries to be a little creative, but not wacky, most inventions work out. Not suitable for little kids. I have had pretty good luck with entrees there, it's ok if you don't come in with high expectations like some reviewers here. Sandwiches/burgers are pretty good and reliable. Staff can get frazzled, slow and inattentive if there are a lot of plays performing at the same time. Better luck with one performance nights. Drink menu incorporates cleverly-named drinks related to the evening's show. Generally, this is a good, low-key...