My husband took me here (after three years of begging) for my 30th birthday, and it was well worth the wait. What a true dining experience. The food - was too good to adequately be described. We started off with the scallops - and I feel now that I know what scallops should taste like. We each then had a salad - both of which were creative and extremely flavorfull. For our main dishes I had the bacon wrapped beef tenderloin, which literally was like butter - and my husband had the special of the night - char. Both of us ranted and raved through the whole dinner. The owner came and offered us a glass of champagne on him, at the same time our waiter was coming with his own for us. We shared an unbelievable bottle of wine, and our dessert was on the house - for no reason. The waiter was gracious and knowledgeable without being overbearing. \r
Our overall bill about made my heart stop - but we expected it. We went all out for the occassion, but commented on the fact that had we been more conscious about what we were ordering you could have a night out there without a final heart stopping bill. I cannot wait for the next occassion I can come up with that will be worthy of another date at the Nicollet Island Inn
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