An easygoing bar known for mac & cheese, charcuterie & cheese plates, & a full wine & beer menu. Based on 783 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No delivery
Address:
2925 Ingersoll Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312
Phone: (515) 277-7828
Website: http://www.cheesebardsm.com/
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Hours
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–9 PM |
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Reviews
Truman Perry
We’d heard about the Cheese Bar a lot since moving to Des Moines, so we were pretty excited to try it. Overall it was good, but not great. The atmosphere was fun and it gave off a good vibe. We were expecting the food to be pretty memorable, but it didn’t really impress us. I had a sandwich and my wife had the bacon and onion mac ‘n cheese. We waited for our food longer than we expected. The food wasn’t good enough to be considered high-end, but it was priced and served as if it was. Overall it was a fun place to go once, but I’m not sure we’ll be coming back
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Todd B. (The Food and Drink Guy)
3.75* (out of 5)
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Kat Pittman
Was recommended by a friend and we were so blown away! Found a patio table right away, server was attentive and kind. Many NA drink options, vegetarian options, and of course, cheese was the star of the show. Had a cheese board which was delicious and explained by a passionate cheesemonger who brought even more life to the cheese. The preserved lemon salad is light yet flavorful. I had an alpine swiss grilled cheese and added pepper jam and it was amazing. Coworkers enjoyed turkey + brie sandwich and mac and cheese. We all left full and delightfully surprised by our cheese adventure. Thanks for the lovely service and food 🙂
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Joe
The sandwiches looked great but the bacon onion mac and cheese wasn’t. It was dry, bland and worst of all barely had any bacon.
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Sharon Wegner
I have been a fairly regular customer here for years, but tonight has made me & the rest of my part vow to not come back for… awhile. A staff member was rude to me, and I heard him gossiping about me to other staff members. Service was incredibly slow to the point that it was obvious that the staff was intentionally not serving us.
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Melinda Bianchi
Why haven’t I come here sooner?!? I am seriously in such awe with how well this business is run. We came in around 3pm on Saturday and each got a beer. They have a pretty decent tap list for being such a small place and you can’t compete with these beer prices anywhere else in town! Andy was helping us at this time and he told us about the Happy Hour specials which go until 5pm. We ordered one of each of the bites they had featured for this menu. I also ordered the escargot + bone marrow because I was a little extra hungry.
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Amber Maas
Attended the Mardi Gras dinner on Feb 20th. The food and drinks were absolutely amazong, they killed it. The Service is always great too!!
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Scott Rivera
Went for a Saturday fondue. We chose to sit outside. Picnic bench style seating was very rough and put splinters in both of us. It took over 45 minutes from seating to having our first drinks. The fondue came out shortly after and was good enough, but average. We passed on dessert and an after meal drink since our waiter never came back. We went inside and checked out at the bar. It’s disappointing after hearing good reviews on Tik Tok. 3 stars for food, 2 for service.
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James Camp
Quick service, best grilled cheese I’ve had in ages, great atmosphere
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Jesus Estrada
Pretty good. Decent menu, staff was knowledgeable. Food was good. Some of the pairings/combinations would benefit from a re-think, otherwise decent experience.
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