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Address: 205 Water St, Excelsior, MN 55331
Phone: (763) 273-1760
Website: https://www.vagabondomn.com/
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Reservations: opentable.com
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Reviews
MarieT Mat
Ahhh-mazing! From start to finish, everything was BEYOND our expectations. The decor and ambiance of the restaurant were top notch! Started w the salad and burrata, so so good! Gorgonzola gnocchi, bolognese & lasagne was wonderful! The gnocchi was so rich and done perfectly. The rigatoni in the bolognese was al dente and had perfect flavors. The owner was in and checked in with us, that was such a special touch, explaining when he was a little boy coming home to make gnocchi with his grandmother. It truly made for the cherry on top of the evening! We ended with stuffing ourselves with the pistachio cake, tiramisu and chocolate mousse. Could not have asked for a better experience! Thank you vagabondo!
… moreR D Algole
Food was really tasty. I wish they wrote down while ordering.
I ordered sicilian baked omlette pie without meat. After a while, they said cook is remaking it as they added meat.
Turns out they made Ambrosia Benedict with meat and remade it. I only asked if that ambrosia benedict could be made without meat earlier before ordering omelette. Anyways, Benedict was also tasty, so it’s fine.
… moreI ordered sicilian baked omlette pie without meat. After a while, they said cook is remaking it as they added meat.
Turns out they made Ambrosia Benedict with meat and remade it. I only asked if that ambrosia benedict could be made without meat earlier before ordering omelette. Anyways, Benedict was also tasty, so it’s fine.
Mark Barry
The food was amazing. The flavor of every dish was savory and perfectly seasoned. Must do alert. Order the Calamari and mussels! It was a flavor bomb. I would recommend and can’t wait to try the pizza again. If you have enough room for dessert, go for the chocolate cake.
Service A plus. Everyone is happy and wanting to make your experience feel good!
… moreService A plus. Everyone is happy and wanting to make your experience feel good!
Karen Tan Hanson
The restaurant is beautifully decorated. Service and ambience were top notch. This is definitely a popular restaurant as waits for tables (without reservations) were over an hour and a half. We ordered the pizza margherita, pasta alla norma and pappardelle pancetta carbonara. The pizza was delicious but the crust was thicker than the typical Neapolitan-style pizzas, almost closer to a Roman-style crust. The pasta alla norma was way over-salted and it was difficult to taste the actual flavors of the dish. The carbonara was delicious— highly recommended. For dessert we ordered the table side tiramisu. I’ve never had the opportunity to experience having it presented table side but since we were seated downstairs, we were told that the cart wasn’t able to come to us and we were presented with a blob of tiramisu on a dish. Honestly, we would have ordered a different dessert since the presentation was the main reason for getting the tiramisu. This new restaurant was worth trying once but I don’t think I’ll return.
… moreScott
Ben our waiter was AWESOME- he was energetic, very knowledgeable of the menu and gave great recommendations to us.
We ordered
2 glasses of Barbers wine
1 Negroni
1 Peroni
He recommended a salad that was shareable, which was absolutely delicious as well as a shareable side of cauliflower made to perfect perfection. Flavor crispness were spot on.
The Sicilian pizza – was delicious, flavorful, firm, and dough cook perfectly. They use very clean ingredients and it comes out in the taste.
As wonderful as all the items were – the best was still yet to come . The tiramisu. This was not the typical Italian tiramisu but Sicilian version. WOW. Perfectly balanced and sooooo good.
David Fhima and team did it again. Well worth the 50 minute drive
… moreWe ordered
2 glasses of Barbers wine
1 Negroni
1 Peroni
He recommended a salad that was shareable, which was absolutely delicious as well as a shareable side of cauliflower made to perfect perfection. Flavor crispness were spot on.
The Sicilian pizza – was delicious, flavorful, firm, and dough cook perfectly. They use very clean ingredients and it comes out in the taste.
As wonderful as all the items were – the best was still yet to come . The tiramisu. This was not the typical Italian tiramisu but Sicilian version. WOW. Perfectly balanced and sooooo good.
David Fhima and team did it again. Well worth the 50 minute drive
Brooke Wassenaar
Amazing experience at vagabondo. Aylen was phenomenal, she was extremely personable and made our experience extra special, like family. Thanks for an amazing dinner! We loved the Sicilian chicken and bolognese.
… moreSarah Horness
My salad was good, but the big chunks of onion were a little much. The chicken was served in a cast iron skillet. Very hot! The flavors all sort of ran together. It was good, not great. Same for the chocolate mousse cake. The mousse layers were very solid. Not easy to eat. Loved the chocolate sauce.
… moreRichard Salonek
Recently enjoyed family dinner at Vagabondo with my wife and 2 of our sons. Best part of the evening was the excellant service. Cocktails were terrific. Food was very good.
… moreJeannie Hill
A refreshing venue and menu for the downtown Excelsior, MN community. Fun French influenced patio tables and chairs outside and an eclectic decor vibe inside.
We were unaware that there is lower level dining. It’s still first class. A large, well-lit screen provides rotating images; each one of interest and adds a nice decorative factor. It adds light familiar to a large window.
Our server was excellent; very knowledgeable, polite, and passionate about the chef’s entrees.
Great food! Every dish that our party of four tried was exceptional.
… moreWe were unaware that there is lower level dining. It’s still first class. A large, well-lit screen provides rotating images; each one of interest and adds a nice decorative factor. It adds light familiar to a large window.
Our server was excellent; very knowledgeable, polite, and passionate about the chef’s entrees.
Great food! Every dish that our party of four tried was exceptional.
Angela P
First and foremost, the pizza is potentially the best I’ve ever had. The toppings are quality and the crust, from a 100+ year old sourdough… Forget about it! The video I’m posting is of the crust pull, not the cheese pull (check it out); remarkable!
Next on to the reasons for 4 stars and not 5.. first, for a fine dining establishment, I would expect full service… Meaning water being repoured for us, napkins being folded when we step away to the restroom, a follow-up on the glass of wine I ordered when I didn’t know anything about it… It’s the little touches that go a long way when the words fine dining are used. A bottle of water was placed on the table that we had to pour ourselves and while I’m not above pouring my own water, this is typically something expected at fine dining. The server explained the wine I asked about was her favorite, so it would have been a nice talking point to ask how I liked it… She completely forgot to ring in the second drink I ordered and only didn’t when I reminded her. We were seated in the lower level and the whole time it felt like we had the JV squad down there, we didn’t feel we were attended to as one might expect from most restaurants, fine dining or otherwise.
The ambiance was nice, lower level is loud, and then they turned on loud music on top of the chatter; made it hard to converse. Beautiful decor from tables to lighting fixtures, to chairs to booths/couches.
Aside from the amazing pizza, we ordered 2 pasta dishes that were wonderful.. the pappardelle pancetta carbonara was very rich, borderline too salty, but it was flavorful and good, no way could I have eaten a full portion as my meal. The sauce looked to be perhaps creamy, not sure entirely, just not the light sauce that carbonara typically comes looking like. The busiate al pesto trapanese was a great dish as well, this pesto is creamy and was explained as such. A very different dish from the carbonara and my companion mentioned it would be lovely if it had some spice/heat to it to really round it out.
While I understand these dishes are likely full of family history, I don’t want to assume that I know Sicilian recipes better than the next guy, these are just my opinions.
… moreNext on to the reasons for 4 stars and not 5.. first, for a fine dining establishment, I would expect full service… Meaning water being repoured for us, napkins being folded when we step away to the restroom, a follow-up on the glass of wine I ordered when I didn’t know anything about it… It’s the little touches that go a long way when the words fine dining are used. A bottle of water was placed on the table that we had to pour ourselves and while I’m not above pouring my own water, this is typically something expected at fine dining. The server explained the wine I asked about was her favorite, so it would have been a nice talking point to ask how I liked it… She completely forgot to ring in the second drink I ordered and only didn’t when I reminded her. We were seated in the lower level and the whole time it felt like we had the JV squad down there, we didn’t feel we were attended to as one might expect from most restaurants, fine dining or otherwise.
The ambiance was nice, lower level is loud, and then they turned on loud music on top of the chatter; made it hard to converse. Beautiful decor from tables to lighting fixtures, to chairs to booths/couches.
Aside from the amazing pizza, we ordered 2 pasta dishes that were wonderful.. the pappardelle pancetta carbonara was very rich, borderline too salty, but it was flavorful and good, no way could I have eaten a full portion as my meal. The sauce looked to be perhaps creamy, not sure entirely, just not the light sauce that carbonara typically comes looking like. The busiate al pesto trapanese was a great dish as well, this pesto is creamy and was explained as such. A very different dish from the carbonara and my companion mentioned it would be lovely if it had some spice/heat to it to really round it out.
While I understand these dishes are likely full of family history, I don’t want to assume that I know Sicilian recipes better than the next guy, these are just my opinions.