Machine Shed - Lake Elmo

The food here has absolutely no flavor. everything that our whole table ordered was bland and just not good

The food is always good, service excellent. The Décor is fun, and the restaurant is clean.

This was a disappointment. I knew what to expect from ambiance, but I expected the food to be better than below average. We had a sticky roll, which came out hot like molten lava. Anything that hot is usually from a microwave. Sure enough. Within minutes it cooled down and the bread started crystalizing and getting hard. Our breakfasts were just the opposite. Most of our plates was barely lukewarm. I was a certified food safety manager, and I fairly sure the food didn't meet the standard. It all tasted fine, but was either too cold, too hot and quite expensive.

My goodness... not sure where to start. Mr. Picky and I meet his sister and Brother-in-law for a meal while they were in town visiting. We went here about 4 years ago, in our mind we were thinking about the amazing service and food we had in Iowa at their Machine Shed. Once we sat down, we started to remember the last time we dined here.... we should have gone to 5-guys is all I need to say. The young gentleman greeting us was polite. We explained we were meeting someone in a booth. He let us pass. We sat uninterrupted for what felt like 10 minutes, looking at the menu. Mr Picky wanted breakfast. I went back to the same young ma, he checked with the kitchen and indeed, we could order the limited breakfast. He then gave me the new menu, asked if it was just one diner and he tried to seat me. I again explained we were seated in the booth. Service although she was polite, was very slow. We think she was the only one waitressing. When ordering, my sister-in-law orders a Diet Coke, French onion soup, and shrimp of some sort. Her husband... potato skins and French onion soup. Mr Picky had 2 eggs over hard, crispy bacon, has browns with cheese melted on top. I ordered mashed potatoes with gravy on the side (Baked was not available). 6 oz steak med well. The waitress brought me the Diet Coke. I thanked her and passed it across the table to the rightful owner. Shortly after the potato skins came... 5 or so minutes later... she brought extra plates, thinking we would share what my brother in law was eating.maybe 10 minutes later the remainder of the food came. I received my steak and a French onion soup... I politely passed it across the table. Man o man! Mr picky looked the best. The French onion had unmelted cheese hiding under a 2 mound of crispy onions. Soup was cold. I cut into my little steak with high hopes.... Raw, broccoli- cold, potatoes and gravy... flavorless... onto Mr Picky. His eggs looked beautifully over hard like he ordered. Bacon looked super crispy just like he liked it.., potatoes beautifully browned cheesed melted perfectly. Rye toast.. had butter bonus! He ate an egg, part of the bacon and a piece of toast.... Hungrily he dipped into the glorious hash browns, only to discover the greedy remains of yester year... dripping from his fork. He tried it like good sport. Then decided it might come up. Both plates went to the end of the table After awhile the gal came back. She agreed it was atrocious said she was going to take a photo and send it to her GM. She went to get her boss... wouldn't you know it! It was the young gentleman from the front. They did wipe the bill and took off the French onion soup.... we parted ways... Mr Picky and I drove back across 494 closer to home and went to get a burger in Hopkins.

Very lack luster. Service wasn't very good waitress was frazzled and rushed us for our order. She also got the orders wrong. Food came back cold. My 12 year old got the French toast off the kids meal. It was literally one piece of bread. All in all not good. I've been to a few machine sheds and this one was the worst by far.