Skip's - Des Moines

What a great place! great food and the staff is always so friendly and helpful for whatever reason you want! read more What a great place! great food and the staff is always so friendly and helpful for whatever reason you want!

We had to take our daughter-in-law to the airport for her flight back to California. Skip's is a perfect spot for a pre-flight meal. It's close to the DSM airpo... read more We had to take our daughter-in-law to the airport for her flight back to California. Skip's is a perfect spot for a pre-flight meal. It's close to the DSM airport but there's no noise from planes. There is plenty of parking available. Our son and his wife drove to Iowa with their standard poodle and found a nice grassy area next to the parking lot to exercise the dog. Our waitress was excellent, very helpful, and knowledgeable about the menu and beer selection. My wife had the Mussels, which were plentiful and delicious. I enjoyed an Italian Sausage Sandwich (without bread) and it was fantastic. Our son had a BLT, which he loved, and his wife's sandwich was also well received. It's a shame our son had to drive back to the West Coast because Skip's is definitely a place we would return to for a meal.

Skip's is fantastic. They make everything in-house with high-quality ingredients. I rarely take home leftovers, but I did from Skip's because the food was so go... read more Skip's is fantastic. They make everything in-house with high-quality ingredients. I rarely take home leftovers, but I did from Skip's because the food was so good. I ordered a bourbon drink and it was strong, not watered down like in some other bars or restaurants. It may be a little pricey, but the quality is definitely worth it. We will definitely be returning to Skip's in the future.

Everything was very tasty! Loved the atmosphere had a very similar vibe to Greenbriar and Chicago speakeasy. read more Everything was very tasty! Loved the atmosphere had a very similar vibe to Greenbriar and Chicago speakeasy.

This is actually the first review I?ve ever written, and I?m writing it because I feel that our experience tonight shouldn?t go unnoticed. We came in at like 9... read more This is actually the first review I?ve ever written, and I?m writing it because I feel that our experience tonight shouldn?t go unnoticed. We came in at like 9 and they close at ten, our server was Julie and she was amazing, I don?t think I?ve ever had abetter server anywhere, and that means a lot coming from me because I?ve been a server myself for many years until the past fewmonths. The food was amazing, like it has been the 3 or four times we?ve been there, steak a perfect rare, asparagus cookedperfectly, etc., that also means a lot coming from us, because my husband is an ex chef with 20plus years experience in thekitchen, and we are used to perfection at home(when he cooks ????)When we go out to eat, we like to try the various higher endlocal restaurants as opposed to the chains, and of all the local Des Moines restaurants Skips is the only one we?ve been to morethan twice, and I think there is only one other we?ve been to twice. Now back to the service, we were made to feel comfortableand so encouraged to enjoy our time by Julie, I was seriously amazed and I have never been so impressed. We were even thosejerks who stayed past closing (but we didn?t even know it until we looked at the time ourselves), because we were treated sokindly. My experience today at Skip?s with Julie as our server really made my birthday special, and I thank the Lord for such ablessed evening ?? -edit: I guess I wrote a few reviews years ago and didn?t remember