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August 2024 This marks our 5th year of coming here, and each year we dine here at least 3 times during our stay. Another absolutely delicious meal, service and great value for the money... This is our 2nd dinner here this trip. Prime rib was so delicious, tender, very flavorful...mashed potatoes are the best. Sadly they don't have Scallops on the menu, but it's understandable with the cost of certain foods going so high. The Gyro meal is delicious and enough for leftovers. Nick and the staff are always happy to see us on our yearly visits. Such a gem, definitely not what you'd expect from the outside. Don't forget to try the Chocolate cake and the Carrot cake...so so good. I want to add that I've read all the reviews and find the poor ones to be extremely hard to believe, not once have we heard Nick, the owner be rude or disrespectful to staff or customers. We've never had bad service, never been disappointed in the quantity or quality of the food. Yes, it can get loud and a bit crowded but nothing unpleasant. This about our 8th visit,(maybe more)over about a 4 year time frame. We come to Stillwater for our yearly getaway, (we stay a week at Ann Bean Mansion B&B). We have never been disappointed with, service, food, or value. Scallops are melt in your mouth delicious, steak tender, very flavorful, perfect seasoning. Everything is delicious. We tell friends, people we meet through outside acquaintances, customers at my job, my husband tells his coworkers, and clients about this gem. The picture of the dining room is only about 1/2 of the restaurant seating.
Robin PadgettRobin Padgett
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The place has tables very close together but when we arrived there were very few people there. Nice view of the wooden reveen from our table. Nice that they serve Coca-Cola products. The Roasted Feta appetizer was excellent!!! The Octopus appetizer was excellent but the portion was way too small for the price. The Lagunitas Lil-Sumpin is an excellent beer. The Greek salads were good. The Linguine was very good. The duck was so tough you could not cut it with a steak knife and was uneditable, the staff was awesome to replace it with Hazelnut Walleye which was fishy tasting with so many bones I could not eat it when I was given a piece. The 10 oz Tara steak was cold and tough with it being ordered medium-rare, it looked medium-well. The ribeye was properly cooked but was very very tough. My Mussels, Clams & Chorizo tasted excellent, every clam and mussel was open but so much sand that it made the meal unenjoyable. I bet this place was outstanding at one time but our experience was such that we will never be back. The saving grace was the excellent service
Kelly DrakeKelly Drake
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The food here is absolutely incredible, some of the best food I've ever had. And the staff? Absolutely incredible as well. I don't know how the staff manages so well with how busy it is and how cramped it is inside this place. I'm giving the food and service 5 of 5 stars, and the atmosphere a 2 of 5. If you get overwhelmed like I do in small, tight, noisy, hectic environments, then I'd suggest take it out. The amount of people they pack into such a small place makes it hard to hold a conversation. The food is incredible though. I had the grilled octopus and the gyro sandwich. My friends had the pork chop and walleye. All of it was phenomenal, as well as all the sides. The staff does an amazing job considering how busy it is and that there is so little room to move about. I went Friday at 7:30pm. Maybe if you go for lunch on a weekday it will be a bit more reasonable of an atmosphere there.
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We have always thought of Tara’s as a place to go to when we wanted to enjoy a “special”dinner. Tonight was disappointing. Although our steaks(6oz) were good, the service was fair, as the waitress got the order wrong, and she decided that “I” had changed my mind. We were offered bread and got 6 mini pieces of naan bread with a plastic container of hard butter(used to be, at minimum, a dinner roll). 4 asparagus, as a side, were thick and soaked in butter. Then, what we really came for was the bread pudding. 3 sliced pieces of bread pudding was served…..definitely from a box of some sort. 2 glasses of wine, and button mushrooms to the tune of $145. No longer a special place for us! As we were leaving, another guest was complaining about cold rice. Looking for a new place 😢
Yvette NierenhausenYvette Nierenhausen
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We returned in 2014 to celebrate our 32nd anniversary. My review is the same as stated below when we can for our 29th Anniversary. This has to be one of the best restaurants in Stillwater with reasonable pricing. We came to Stillwater to stay at a local B & B and of course, dinner at Phil's Tara Hideaway to celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary. You will not be disappointed no matter your reason for dining. Exceptional food and service. I had the Tara Steak and my wife had the small sirloin. Both were cooked to order and perfection. The salted baked potato and the mashed are both good. We came on a Sunday early evening and it was no problem getting a nice seat at the window near the fireplace. The quaaintness of the log cabin feel is romantic.
Michael Hecker - Park ReviewerMichael Hecker - Park Reviewer
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The food here is absolutely incredible, some of the best food I've ever had. And the staff? Absolutely incredible as well. I don't know how the staff manages so well with how busy it is and how cramped it is inside this place. I'm giving the food and service 5 of 5 stars, and the atmosphere a 2 of 5. If you get overwhelmed like I do in small, tight, noisy, hectic environments, then I'd suggest take it out. The amount of people they pack into such a small place makes it hard to hold a conversation. The food is incredible though. I had the grilled octopus and the gyro sandwich. My friends had the pork chop and walleye. All of it was phenomenal, as well as all the sides. The staff does an amazing job considering how busy it is and that there is so little room to move about. I went Friday at 7:30pm. Maybe if you go for lunch on a weekday it will be a bit more reasonable of an atmosphere there.
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15021 60th St N, Stillwater, MN 55082
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(651) 439-9850
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tarahideaway.com
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Traditional Greek plates, plus steak & seafood, served in relaxed environs in a decades-old cabin.
attractions: Stillwater Bowl & Lounge, Lake St. Croix Overlook, Restored Thrift Store Stillwater, Smart Start Childcare and Learning Center, restaurants: Joseph's Family Restaurant, Golden Crown Chinese Restaurant, Carbone's Pizzeria, Taco Bell, Wendy's, McDonald's, Subway
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