Best Lunch Restaurants in Normandy Park

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving buffet there with my family. It was very easy to make reservations through OpenTable. Copperleaf is location in the Cedarbrook Lodge. Beautiful location... Even though there were a number of people dining there at the same time, Everything was organized and well planned. Lots of food options available at the buffet. I particularly liked all the salad options they had. The Thanksgiving turkey was perfect. Our table was in a quiet dining area close to windows that overlooked the hotel grounds. The staff were very helpful. They would be the main reason I would return. It felt like a very special place.

I was able to snag a last minute reservation for the thanksgiving meal and it was a great experience. I was seated promptly. Service was excellent and the food was very delicious. The icing on the cake was my seat was in perfect view of a basketball game that I wanted to watch. Thanks for a perfect solo thanksgiving meal.

Hadn’t been to Anthony’s Des Moines in years. Great place to meet friends and catch up.

Food and service were great ! Started off a little slow but once we informed them we were on a a bit of a timeline they kicked up a notch and were great . Cocktails were a little off tonight , They asked me if I wanted my vodka tonic on the rocks?? and when it came out it tasted like vodka water . Aperol spritz tasted odd too. But the food was delicious ! Truffle fries , seared tuna salad and katsu chicken salad and poke bowl were all excellent!

The food was over the top amazing! I had the chopped Duke salad with scallops and shrimp and my husband had the cioppino which he said was the best he’d ever had. Service was excellent. Only downside for me was the noise level which was intense. Guess it’s because it’s such a popular place but really wish there was a way to make it less noisy. I don’t know how other popular restaurants do it. I honestly think that we would have eaten there again tonight since we were still in the area, but I couldn’t stomach the noise.