Panka Peruvian - Des Moines

That was delicious. restaurant is very stylish. will take friends and family when they visit from the city.

This place was from the chain. the food and service was excellent.

Overall, it was just ok. Not the best for intimate conversations. The seating was crowded and there was no where for patrons to wait for a seat. We had 4-6 people looming over our table all throughout the night. The food was decent for the price. The seafood entrees were very good, but my steak was like chewing a shoe. Possibly I ordered incorrectly? Or, chef had a bad night? Our server was excellent. All interactions with the staff was positive. Would I try again? Definitely.

Arrived at our reservation time and the restaurant was almost full. Took a moment to be seated without menus. It became clear this was an attempt to slow our ordering process because they were over their capacity to serve. Not sure how that happens with a reservation system, but it did. At our first opportunity to order anything (30 minutes after we were seated), we ordered drinks, appetizer, and main course at the same time in hopes that would speed up the service time it did not. Long story short we did not get served our main course until 95 minutes after our reservation time. Unfortunately, we had to get our food to go at this point because we were late for a show. Gave them one extra star for the two bites of food we had that were pretty good. However, my grilled octopus arrived with only two pieces when every photo I have seen shows three. Overall very disappointed with service that did not match the high end pricing of the restaurant. Also tried to contact them directly and got no response.

Excellent choice for our dinner out while we were staying at a nearby hotel. Will definitely add this to our fave Des Moines restaurants list!