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Cozy Italian mainstay offering pizza, signature onion rings, cocktails & live music nights.
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Chuck’s Restaurant – Des Moines
Chuck’s is a family owned Italian Restaurant dating back to 1956. We specialize in pizzas, thinly sliced onion rings, and other Italian dishes!
Review of Chuck’s Restaurant in Des Moines – Facebook
Was greeted by the bartender immediately. I think he said his name was Charles. We told him and our server jade I believe it was our first time …
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Small Pates · Homemade Famous Onion Rings · Antipasta · Hot Wings · Garlic Bread · Stuffed Mushrooms · Deep Fried Mushrooms · Mozzarella Cheese Sticks · Calamari Fritti.
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Ellen Paullin
If you are looking for an interesting set up, giant portions, and good value…..this place hits your sweet spot.
Our group of 3 went on a Friday night at 630. There were 2 parties of 10-15 people, plus a few other tables occupied. We were seated pretty quickly and given menus. Then waited a LONG time for service. I finally asked how we were supposed to order and someone helped us. They explained there were 2 big parties and they were short staffed. Apologized profusely. Okay.
Appetizer choices were portobello strips and brussel sprouts. Took about 30 minutes to come out. Giant portions and both really good.
Ordered our dinners- lasagna, calzone, salad, to eat in- pizza to go. Entrees took about 60 minutes. Again- big, big portions. Most favorite- calzone. Least favorite lasagna. They were all good. The salad had a good pound of toppings.
We had half of everything, including the appetizers to take home. Also shared the brownie dessert. It was just okay. Maybe a little on the old and dry side.
Listen, we will for sure go back. This wasn’t the best experience. Or the worst! We still tipped well. Just such incredibly long waits for everything, even refills on water.
$110 for all that food!!! That seemed darn good for everything we had.
… moreOur group of 3 went on a Friday night at 630. There were 2 parties of 10-15 people, plus a few other tables occupied. We were seated pretty quickly and given menus. Then waited a LONG time for service. I finally asked how we were supposed to order and someone helped us. They explained there were 2 big parties and they were short staffed. Apologized profusely. Okay.
Appetizer choices were portobello strips and brussel sprouts. Took about 30 minutes to come out. Giant portions and both really good.
Ordered our dinners- lasagna, calzone, salad, to eat in- pizza to go. Entrees took about 60 minutes. Again- big, big portions. Most favorite- calzone. Least favorite lasagna. They were all good. The salad had a good pound of toppings.
We had half of everything, including the appetizers to take home. Also shared the brownie dessert. It was just okay. Maybe a little on the old and dry side.
Listen, we will for sure go back. This wasn’t the best experience. Or the worst! We still tipped well. Just such incredibly long waits for everything, even refills on water.
$110 for all that food!!! That seemed darn good for everything we had.
Brina West
It’s been years since we’ve been to Chuck’s. This time was a little different. We were greeted by a VERY friendly hostess which she was probably the best thing about the visit. I started with the artichoke Dip which was very soupy. The pita chips were fresh and delicious. We shared a pizza that had way too much cheese and the crust was TERRIBLE I like thin crust, but this was like air and toppings just a mess. It looked great until you grabbed a piece. The chicken tender basket was awesome I can tell they bread and fry themselves. As for our server did get our drink order and then she disappeared so I had to go find her to take our order. We won’t be back, but hopefully the place improves for others to once again enjoy. They closed at 9, but we didn’t leave until 9:14 not on purpose so apologies on our side for that, but before we left the bartender and a friend were talking about pooping their pants very loudly.
… moreAshlyn Devine
I have been coming to chucks my entire life! Linda was an amazing family friend. So when i decided to throw a party for my dad’s retirement it made sense to take it back to where everything use be. I am a planner and of course got on the books 8 weeks in advance. Just my luck it fell on the coldest weekend of the year! Emily and Luke were so accommodating. Our food was amazing! We did a buffet for what turned into 45 people! We felt terrible lots of last minute cancellations due to weather but they were amazing about it! I wish i would have taken pictures of the food but all raved about it. Homemade onion rings, raviolis and mushrooms. Followed by salad and pizza galore! We are running out of great local spaces to host events and support! Go check out this great local gem! #supportlocal #homemadepizza #highlandpark
… moreCharm of good luck
We had a great meal at Chuck’s tonight! Our server Taylon was awesome! Excellent food and service… we’ll definitely return and recommend to our friends!
… moreBella Bruesch
I really wanted to like this place but unfortunately I don’t think I will be returning. Upon arrival the vibe was very strange. Employees seemed lost and confused about what they were doing and didn’t have a clue about what any types of wines were. Since we were here for an event we ordered drinks first with the intention of ordering pizza later on in the night. The drinks were pretty standard and were made pretty quickly. After our event ended we tried to order a pizza which took a while. We had to ask for a menu AFTER the bartender/owner began taking our order so it felt very rushed and awkward. We ordered a small pizza with mushrooms and green peppers ($14) and oh my was it a sight to see. What we received was a paper thin rectangle with mangled burnt edges and half of the pizza dragging across the bar. I consider myself a cheese lover (born and raised in Wisconsin) but this pizza had TOO MUCH. Trying to grab a piece was a nightmare due to the super thin crust and mountain of cheese on top. The sauce didn’t really have any flavor and just added to the sloppiness of the slices. I did appreciate that the peppers still had some crunch to them but that’s the only thing we liked about it. Overall this establishment felt more like a bunch of friends hanging out rather than a business.
… moreDiane Wagner
Another delicious dinner at Chucks. Fried chicken livers – they make them just right, fettuccine Alfredo, cavetelli, and beef and onion pizza. Good service and good food!
… moreMary Stimmel
I was with a large group in a reserved room. My table arrived at 6pm. We asked to order quickly as we had 2 elementary age children who needed to eat. At 6:45 I noticed the waitress was taking orders at a table that arrived around 6:30. I asked to be waited on next as the children needed to eat or go home. They were hungry. Waitress took our order. Appitizer arrived 7:30. At 8:10, I asked about the main dishes (hamburger and spaghetti) and was told it could be another 40 minutes but the waitress would check with the kitchen. Food arrived 8:30 and was tepid. Bill arrived 10 minutes later. However, the waitress came back and demanded I give her the bill as she said she charged us for another person’s meal (a friend who sat with us). I said I had already paid the bill and there was no need to recalculate the bill. No apologies for wait time, tepid food temperature, need to ask multiple times for service, bill error. Clincher was that a salad came with mushy, rotten lettuce. Waitress was rude, obstinate, unapologetic, argumentative and complained that she had to work two jobs to make ends meet unlike others.
… moreMahlon White
Our group heard a lot of great things about this place, unfortunately it didn’t live up to the hype. The place is very small and the tables are very close together. Our group ordered several appetizers to share. The onion rings were good and the fried mushrooms were the size of plums. There were a couple of us that ordered fettuccine Alfredo for our entrees. It was very bland and full of butter. We added a ton of salt and pepper to add taste along with some parmesan cheese. The chicken was rubbery and ultimately we had to send them back and the waitress took them off our check. A couple of us got pasta dishes that had marinara sauce on them. It was very watery and had no flavor and the pasta was under cooked. The highlight of the night was the pizzas that we ordered. If we had to do it over I would have gotten the pizza. After our experience tonight I have no plans to eat here again.
… morepeaches
First time eating there. We had pizza and onion rings. Wasn’t disappointed in anything. Food and service were both good. My wife and I are different when it comes to food. She is a very picky eater, and there’s nothing I won’t eat. We’ve been to several places to find a pizza she likes, and for her, they have to have onion rings, too. She said that Chucks might be are go to place from now on for pizza, and onion tings. We both enjoyed it enough that we will be looking at other food on the menu next time. We will definitely be going back.
… moreJamari Tate
Ok so I ordered fried calamari and Mac n cheese for the value it was a steal but my order had some complications. I opened my order and there was like 11 calamaris. They were good yes but it was the Mac n cheese that was the problem. It was flavorless I could taste I thing I thought I was eating water. But the lady was nice enough to give me more Mac because of a calamari shortage. I don’t mean to slander but the Mac could use some work
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