Dover Restaurant and Bar

Keep in mind this is a HOTEL restaurant. I’ve had company parties, even planned a couple of events here with the staff/​chef, and have been comfortably impressed with them. The Dover is a low key venue, not usually busy in the evening. Decent assortment of alcohol and wine. The food, per my experiences, has always been good (if not great during events). They do close if it is not busy. The primary business here is the Doubletree Hotel. It’s unmarked outside, not much fanfare. If you are looking for a no hassle, walk in-​walk out, no frills place– this is it. For events, the sommelier and the chef managed to construct a brilliant menu for our very finicky CEO. Rooms have been under construction.

Very disappointed.
Attempt #1 at restaurant– Closed down over an hour early on a Friday night without signage saying so. Justification was, «the manager went home sick.» Was offered to serve us a drink to sit outside in an open hallway area.
Complained and was given a voucher to use at The Dover.
Attempt #2 at restaurant– Only went back to use the voucher. Food was low quality. Came out too quickly. Harsh lighting. Very few people were at the bar or in the restaurant. No signage telling you where the entrance is. Also, no signage saying seat yourself. Lackluster waitstaff – also, was served by two different waitresses which is always annoying.

I decided to make an account just to give this place a review!
I recently moved nearby so my girlfriend and I decided to try the Dover out for breakfast. It’s a nice looking place with decent atmosphere, I will give it that! But, we would soon be let down.
First, there was no host to greet us, and no sign saying to seat ourselves. When we got seated and got our menus, we noticed the prices. One egg: $ 5. Coffee: $ 4.50. Hash browns: $ 5. Eggs Benedict: $ 16. And so on. When the waitress came back for our orders I told her we might go somewhere else because of the prices, and she said the best deal is the buffet, which is $ 17, so we both did that.
The breakfast buffet:
Pros: nice fresh fruit, good muffins and pastries. All you can eat, clean presentation.
Cons: I think they put cream in their scrambled eggs (which was probably fine when it was hot out of the pan) as well as their «breakfast potatoes» (which were clearly dehydrated scalloped potatoes with dry herbs and cream). Why not butter and cheese? The sausage and bacon was okay, but it was sitting in a lukewarm grease pile of itself. It was also kind of a small selection I thought, for $ 17. No pancakes or waffles or French toast. And no syrup for my sausage!
A couple more things: we never got waters, and our server didn’t even give us a pen with our credit card receipt!
Never again!

I was there for breakfast only once. When I went back a second time, I just left. I didn’t want to deal with the lousy service. I actually felt like I was bothering my waitress for a glass of water. You are better off going for the buffet, so you can serve yourself. With so many good choices nearby, there really is no reason to use this hotel’s restaurant.

I ordered the buttermilk fried chicken. The first order was bloody… I’m not really into chicken blood on my food. They sent the order back to the kitchen, brought me a new plate (no blood) and it had a nice chicken bone in it. Now the menu didn’t indicate that it was a boneless filet. However, one would assume that unless otherwise specified there shouldn’t be right???
Needless to say I almost broke my tooth on that bone. This is one of those times when you wished you had the jaws of a pit bull.
In summary, they didn’t charge me for the food and you can’t screw up adult beverages.
The server was great though.

This place would be great if the waitress wasn’t so damn annoying.
A friend and I got a shared membership to Costco across the street, and came here for lunch afterwards since we had already been to most of the other restaurants in the West End. We also had a coupon BOGO up to $ 18 towards entrees.
The food was retty good and the servings were fair sized. I got a burger and it was cooked excellent. I could barely eat all of my fries.
About the only thing bad about the food was the fries were sea salted and boy were they salty plain but with ketchup were pretty good.
The waitress came back I think 6 or maybe 7 times while we were there, to check up on us maybe or bullshit? I don’t know. It was annoying.
She was almost TOO nice. Like we were her long lost best friends. But the place was dead so maybe that was the reason.
Overall good food, weird staff.

Sloowwww service. Took over an hour to get food for our party of 8, and it wasn’t event busy and most of us got salad or a simple sandwich. Food was decent, but not mind blowing. Service sucked.

Breakfast here is good. The service was excellent! Eric, the manager was very helpful from the start. Right away, he set us up in a booth, brought out drinks, showed us the food we could help ourselves to, offered to bring us anything custom made that we would like (custom requests included in the $ 11.99 price). I had a waffle and eggs benedict. Biljana was our server; she made sure our table was clear of excess plates. Tim was the other server working the same shift. Tim has helped me in the past, and was a total sweetheart. I totally recommend staying for breakfast at Dover, at the Doubletree Hotel!

Pre-​partied before my work holiday party here and it was dead on a Saturday night. This worked out well for us since we had a large group meeting here. Since we only had time for a quick round, the timing was perfect for happy hour. Drinks were $ 3 until 6pm!

A hotel bar within the Doubletree that also has a sit down restaurant section.
OK menu with a lot of sandwiches and not real entrée dinners. I had the chicken caprese sandwich with fries. It was tasty, the fries were crisp. The other person I was with has the strip steak and subbed out the yams for the fries. The iced tea is brewed and strong.
Service was good — prompt and nothing incorrect with the order.
The prices are a little high, but what one would expect when eating in a hotel.

«Is this your ENTIRE menu?»
No lie. Those were the first words out of my mouth when the waitress brought us our water.
Please don’t get me wrong. I’m DEFINITELY NOT a picky eater. My eyes usually default to the chicken section anyway, but this menu was no longer than Lindsay Lohan’s days sober.
Aside from getting an instant stomach ache upon entering this place (I think it may have been me, but could have been the weird smell too), this restaurant was somewhat disappointing.
I actually felt like I was at an upscale Hardees.

As hotel bars go, this one is alright, but let’s be clear… Dover’s is a hotel bar, not a bar within a hotel.
Dover closes at 11pm every evening, but otherwise the drinks are strong and the food is acceptable. Plenty of HDTVs, that, and this is a good thing, were tuned to the Twins games on the nights they were playing.
Overall, Dover is acceptable if you are staying in the hotel & don’t feel like walking across the street, but I wouldn’t make a special trip here unless I lived nearby. Too many other places across the street.

Ate lunch here today while attending an all-​day meeting at the Double Tree. Better than average hotel restaurant fare. I had a bison burger with Swiss that was very good, and reasonably priced at 10 bucks. I opted for the fruit side, which was the sensible choice (and a tasty mix of fresh fruit), but, man, the fries looked really good. Several salad and veggie options as well. They were also very accommodating to our 10-​person group (separate checks, ordering ahead of time from our meeting room, table set and ready to go). Not bad if you’re in the neighborhood or staying at the hotel.

This restaurant is located inside the Double Tree hotel, so given that I live in the area and would not have stayed here, I would have never known it was there. I don’t find myself frequenting hotel bars very often, but a friend of mine had a coupon so we decided to check it out. I was very impressed with the level of service and the nice selection of seafood dishes. The waiter had overcooked the tuna that my friend ordered and the manager mentioned before we could even complain and sent the dish right back. I had a shrimp mushroom risotto, very delicious. The portions were adequate given the moderate pricing. If you want a nice quiet dinner, I would recommend this place.