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Address: 593 S Evermore Ln, Pleasant Grove, UT 84062
Website: http://vanderskeep.com/
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Reviews
Sadee Jones
Like wow. Everything about this experience was unique and memorable! Our server (Dan) was on top of everything the whole time and didn’t bother us too much or seem fake.
The food was fantastic and worth every penny! I got the kobe beef steak and my companion got the fish and chips. My steak was cooked exactly how I wanted it and the mashed potatoes were on point. My companions fish actually had a thick piece of fish in it and wasn’t just all breading. They both made the clean plate club! Oh and we got the cheese curds as an appetizer and I could drink the sauce it came with it was so tasty. I will definitely be going back, only this time I am going to dress up!!
… moreThe food was fantastic and worth every penny! I got the kobe beef steak and my companion got the fish and chips. My steak was cooked exactly how I wanted it and the mashed potatoes were on point. My companions fish actually had a thick piece of fish in it and wasn’t just all breading. They both made the clean plate club! Oh and we got the cheese curds as an appetizer and I could drink the sauce it came with it was so tasty. I will definitely be going back, only this time I am going to dress up!!
Mariah Healey
If you’ve ever enjoyed the concessions at Evermore Park, then you know they know good food. I went out to dinner at Vander’s Keep with similar expectations, and wasn’t disappointed. The menu is diverse and everything I tasted was bursting with flavor. But the best part was the ambiance! With a European fantasy tavern x royal dining hall aesthetic, it’s everything you’d expect from Evermore, complete with thematic music. If you enjoy good food and having plenty to look at while you wait for it, this might be your new favorite restaurant.
… moreJosh Schiffman
Food was really good. Chef did a great job making it look presentable. It was also Delicious.
Dan was our server and was very attentive. He was sharp and funny. Made our experience enjoyable.
And for the record, we are not into mid evil stuff, but it was a fun experience we won’t forget
… moreDan was our server and was very attentive. He was sharp and funny. Made our experience enjoyable.
And for the record, we are not into mid evil stuff, but it was a fun experience we won’t forget
Robyn Blackburn
This has got to be one of my new favorite places! The service was so welcoming and friendly, the food was divine and the drinks were creative and unique. The poutine was so yummy! The hanger steak and bone-in pork chops were perfectly seasoned and cooked to perfection. I would honestly eat a bowl of the garlic mashed potatoes as a bar snack, they are that good. The barkeep is a gem! We loved the New Fashioned, Virgin Blackberry Daiquiri and the Brother Brigham’s Mule. And the ambiance! So cool, I’ve never been somewhere like this. Definitely give it a try. We’ll be back soon!
… moreStephen Cann
The food was solid, and the atmosphere is really cool. Gives off serious Three Broom Sticks / Prancing Pony vibes. I got the fish and chips, and my wife got the 8oz hanger steak. It was all cooked well, and can out fast and hot. Dan, our waiter was attentive and friendly. He did a fantastic job. My only criticism was we asked the host if we could sit at a booth upon being seated, but were told no with zero explanation and very little tact. At the end of the meal, the host sat a couple in a booth that sat empty the entire time. Would have been a 5 star review if not for the host that seated us. Overall, it was a positive experience. We’d go again.
… moreQuinton Dickerson
Atmosphere was great, servers were awesome, food was delicious! So many cool details and decorations throughout the restaurant. We went during the week so it wasn’t too busy but I bet on the weekends this place is fun. Our server, Grant, was incredibly kind and suggested a few of their non-alcoholic specialty drinks and they were awesome. Specifically the toffee butter beer. So yummy, definitely recommend it. We tried the pork chop and hangar steak. Pork was juicy and steak was perfect. For dessert, we tried the apple crisp and weren’t too impressed with it. Maybe we would try a different dessert next time. Overall, great place to try and I’m sure we’ll go again.
… moreKara West
What a classy experience! The wait staff was really friendly! The food was oh my goodness good! We did the dragon wings appetizer and they are huge and delicious! The salmon was the best I’ve ever had! My husband and I have never had venison before and it was melty goodness in your mouth! We also tried the chicken and that was super good as well! The berry Crème brûlée was amazing! As we were leaving I noticed a dehydrator sitting in the bar area and the bar keep informed me that whatever they don’t use by the end of the week the dehydrate it for garnish for drinks for the next week… way cool!
… moreSteen Sargent
Came here on a date night to enjoy the ambiance and grub. Both did not disappoint! Really cool location, feels like you’ve stepped into a different world. Then Brisket Goulash was way better than expected. Not sure if they offer a kid friendly menu, but the adult stuff we had was delish! Will definitely be coming back again to try some other items.
… moreSteven Civish
I had such high hopes for Vanders Keep. The menu looked good, the pictures looked good, and the reviews online were positive, though some of the items were very expensive. Being that it was a themed location the atmosphere was quite nice based on what they were going for, and the hostess was informative and quick, we were seated 5 minutes after our reservation time of 7:45.
Unfortunately, the positive experience ended there…
The appetizers we ordered took over an hour to get to the table, we didn’t get any food at our table until 9:05, most of the appetizers were good, I personally enjoyed the fry bread, the poutine was average.
Our party ordered multiple different entrees, and we had such a large number of people that we were split between two tables. Multiple people ordered food that came with mashed potatoes, but they had ran out and didn’t inform us until our food arrived. Rather than providing us options to change for one of the other sides, we were all given their wild rice.
My steak was ordered at a medium rare, and it came out well done and cold, the herb butter they brought out didn’t even melt on the steak, I asked if they could reheat it, which they did. Multiple other people experienced food temperature issues, including the duck, the shrimp, the chicken, and other steaks.
Pros –
Atmosphere was nice, though the lighting was overly dark.
The bread pudding was good. The appetizers were good. Food looked good though was completely under seasoned (especially the rice)
The hostess was prompt and efficient.
Cons –
Extremely expensive steaks (don’t order the porterhouse).
Temperature issues for multiple plates.
2.25 hours to get and eat food, most of us got to go boxes at that point.
They were out of multiple things that were ordered.
We sent back a plate of venison as it wasn’t cooked, and THEY FORGOT TO BRING IT BACK OUT. We didn’t get the venison again until we waved down our waitress 30 minutes later and asked if they were bringing the food out.
The waitress wasn’t proactive or aware of our food related issues like the potatoes being swapped out until after we told her, at which point she volunteered the information that they were out of potatoes. (Really poorly handled)
Final notes – I will not be returning to this location again, it was quite possibly the worst dining experience I had in the past three years. I asked to speak to the manager as I hadn’t been able to, and he chose not to come out and talk to our table. I got his name from our waitress, his name is Jeremy.
Jeremy, I can’t believe that after a dinner party paying close to $600 for their meal asked to speak to the manager, you chose not to come out. We were told you are new and have been there for about three weeks. It is unheard of that a manager won’t come out and speak to a table who has had issues, especially since you took the venison from the other table as our party was split and didn’t follow up to make sure it got back to the table you took it from, leaving our poor waitress to be completely embarrassed after such an awful experience.
I hope Vanders Keep looks at this review and takes it as an opportunity to improve and grow, and I wish them the best with their future dining experiences moving forward, which I won’t be a part of.
… moreUnfortunately, the positive experience ended there…
The appetizers we ordered took over an hour to get to the table, we didn’t get any food at our table until 9:05, most of the appetizers were good, I personally enjoyed the fry bread, the poutine was average.
Our party ordered multiple different entrees, and we had such a large number of people that we were split between two tables. Multiple people ordered food that came with mashed potatoes, but they had ran out and didn’t inform us until our food arrived. Rather than providing us options to change for one of the other sides, we were all given their wild rice.
My steak was ordered at a medium rare, and it came out well done and cold, the herb butter they brought out didn’t even melt on the steak, I asked if they could reheat it, which they did. Multiple other people experienced food temperature issues, including the duck, the shrimp, the chicken, and other steaks.
Pros –
Atmosphere was nice, though the lighting was overly dark.
The bread pudding was good. The appetizers were good. Food looked good though was completely under seasoned (especially the rice)
The hostess was prompt and efficient.
Cons –
Extremely expensive steaks (don’t order the porterhouse).
Temperature issues for multiple plates.
2.25 hours to get and eat food, most of us got to go boxes at that point.
They were out of multiple things that were ordered.
We sent back a plate of venison as it wasn’t cooked, and THEY FORGOT TO BRING IT BACK OUT. We didn’t get the venison again until we waved down our waitress 30 minutes later and asked if they were bringing the food out.
The waitress wasn’t proactive or aware of our food related issues like the potatoes being swapped out until after we told her, at which point she volunteered the information that they were out of potatoes. (Really poorly handled)
Final notes – I will not be returning to this location again, it was quite possibly the worst dining experience I had in the past three years. I asked to speak to the manager as I hadn’t been able to, and he chose not to come out and talk to our table. I got his name from our waitress, his name is Jeremy.
Jeremy, I can’t believe that after a dinner party paying close to $600 for their meal asked to speak to the manager, you chose not to come out. We were told you are new and have been there for about three weeks. It is unheard of that a manager won’t come out and speak to a table who has had issues, especially since you took the venison from the other table as our party was split and didn’t follow up to make sure it got back to the table you took it from, leaving our poor waitress to be completely embarrassed after such an awful experience.
I hope Vanders Keep looks at this review and takes it as an opportunity to improve and grow, and I wish them the best with their future dining experiences moving forward, which I won’t be a part of.
Jon Bayless
We visited Vanders Keep on Valentine’s evening and it was fairly busy but we had a reservation and were seated pretty quickly
The furniture is a bit of a mix of different tables and chairs and booths. We had a table but I would recommend a booth if possible, they seem much more comfortable and a bit more private
The service was not awesome but also not bad, maybe a bit over worked and not able to respond quickly, we had to wait almost 10 minutes to order even though the menu was pretty limited for Valentine’s day. I think they anticipated a large crowd so they took some things off the menu.
We had salmon, which was very nice but the fish was pretty small and slightly over cooked. Also a salad with chicken added. The chicken was also small and a bit dry. 8 suspect the fish and chicken might have been cooked, frozen and then recooked/finished.
We also had poutine (fries, gravy, cheese and mushrooms). Unfortunately it was mostly undercooked fries, a few cheese chunks and a LOT of what I think was bottled gravy with a few tiny mushroom slices in it. It certainly tasted ok, not bad, but not what I expected from the price and the expectations the restaurant projects.
Dessert was an apple crumble with ice cream, lots of vanilla ice cream and a little apple pie filling and very little crumble. It comes in a huge bowl but the crumble is too small and too hot and the ice cream is too much so you end up with melted ice cream soup with a bit of apple mush underneath.
It’s tasty, but not… Right. If you’ve had a good apple crumble with ice cream, you know how good it can be. This was a kind of half way approximation. Certainly not bad but it could have been so much better.
The interior of the restaurant is interesting, well designed and vaguely fun but not reaching it’s potential. It’s like they had plans when making it but didn’t quite finish. Much like Evermore, it’s getting there but not really done. The staff is just dressed in normal black staff outfits like any restaurant, so they feel out of place in what seems to be a themed restaurant, it’s odd.
So ultimately I would say Vanders Keep is decent, but not what you’re expecting for the price and not reaching their advertised experience. We’ll probably go back again in 6 months to a year and see if things have changed.
I hope they add a bit more character to the interior, the staff/service and I hope they improve the food a bit with more fresh cooked to order items and/or higher quality ingredients.
… moreThe furniture is a bit of a mix of different tables and chairs and booths. We had a table but I would recommend a booth if possible, they seem much more comfortable and a bit more private
The service was not awesome but also not bad, maybe a bit over worked and not able to respond quickly, we had to wait almost 10 minutes to order even though the menu was pretty limited for Valentine’s day. I think they anticipated a large crowd so they took some things off the menu.
We had salmon, which was very nice but the fish was pretty small and slightly over cooked. Also a salad with chicken added. The chicken was also small and a bit dry. 8 suspect the fish and chicken might have been cooked, frozen and then recooked/finished.
We also had poutine (fries, gravy, cheese and mushrooms). Unfortunately it was mostly undercooked fries, a few cheese chunks and a LOT of what I think was bottled gravy with a few tiny mushroom slices in it. It certainly tasted ok, not bad, but not what I expected from the price and the expectations the restaurant projects.
Dessert was an apple crumble with ice cream, lots of vanilla ice cream and a little apple pie filling and very little crumble. It comes in a huge bowl but the crumble is too small and too hot and the ice cream is too much so you end up with melted ice cream soup with a bit of apple mush underneath.
It’s tasty, but not… Right. If you’ve had a good apple crumble with ice cream, you know how good it can be. This was a kind of half way approximation. Certainly not bad but it could have been so much better.
The interior of the restaurant is interesting, well designed and vaguely fun but not reaching it’s potential. It’s like they had plans when making it but didn’t quite finish. Much like Evermore, it’s getting there but not really done. The staff is just dressed in normal black staff outfits like any restaurant, so they feel out of place in what seems to be a themed restaurant, it’s odd.
So ultimately I would say Vanders Keep is decent, but not what you’re expecting for the price and not reaching their advertised experience. We’ll probably go back again in 6 months to a year and see if things have changed.
I hope they add a bit more character to the interior, the staff/service and I hope they improve the food a bit with more fresh cooked to order items and/or higher quality ingredients.