When not tipped for an already overpriced drink, staff will be extremely rude/hostile toward you. If the owner of this place sees this post, next time I will have someone buy your establishment just because we can, and have a certain young lady fired for the fun of it. Get better and more level headed workers. Thank you.

Great food but, our server didnt know what to do... like we wanted our drinks refilled and our order taken

Lots of room for social distancing and TONS of outdoor seating both on the rooftop and on the main level. The food is good, nothing super fancy, but good. My only complaint is that the food generally takes a while to get to your table. If youre not in too much of a rush, its no big deal, but if youre there on a lunch break you wont have much time to enjoy your food.

Beautiful outdoor options. We were rooftop at sunset which was beautiful but the grotto is also gorgeous. Food was fantastic and staff were great.

The environment is phenomenal. Inside bar, patio bar and roof top bar! The staff are very quick with their work and friendly. They had accidentally given my food to another table and offered to give me alcoholic beverages on the house. 10/10 recommended for the food, staff, entertainment and environment!

Great food and great atmosphere! our server was so incredibly kind to our children as well which we very much appreciate! We have older kids so it wasnt that difficult to order, but it would be nice to have a small kids menu.

Friendly staff wearing masks but menu at noon was limited to their brunch menu today, so we left. It was also too cold for us in the dining area. They had room outside but not in the shade. Only been here one other time and the food and service was good.

I usually get the wrap and it was great, but my spouse usually gets the prime rib au jus but that last time it was gristly.

We just moved to this area and have been checking out new spots. Friday the 7th around 1pm we arrived. I would love to like this place and was hoping this would be our “spot” for lunches/dinner. I asked to sit outside and was fine with sitting in the sun, I’m 39 weeks pregnant and regardless if I am pregnant or not no one came over to bring us a menu or even waters. I saw several employees help tables that arrived at least 10-15 minutes after us, not one employee looked at us or acknowledged us. The table next to us enjoying there meal with there family felt bad for us and offered us a menu, which we nicely had to decline to get up and leave. Unfortunately we won’t spend our money somewhere to not be acknowledged and be ignored. When we left frustrated I let the host aware that we had been sitting out there with no one coming to serve us and that we were leaving. I understand if a restaurant is busy or short staffed or running behind, but the table was dirty, helping other customers before other initial customers. Very nice looking restaurant and it seemed like promising food, will not recommend to any family coming to visit. Went to 165 bar and grill and immediately cleaned off the table and brought us waters

I usually love this place. Great drinks. Great atmosphere. Good food. But this last time sitting at the bar on the rooftop had unfriendly service. And even with social distancing the bar got filled with one of the bartenders friends that were loud and pushing through the boundaries set up for social distancing. That bartender was clearly annoying the others by just sitting there with her friends and on her phone instead of serving the rest of us patrons at the bar.

I only had drinks here but loved the atmosphere. Planning on going back to try the food

We both had the tenderloin on the roof top. Excellent infection control, servers wore masks and food came covered. Food was good and evening was the best.

Was my First time there and I really enjoyed myself. Great environment, great music, nice people and great drinks. And the food was amazing as well!! I recommend going to the rooftop to enjoy your time there on a beautiful night!

Lots of TV s great live music and the Buffalo chicken macaroni is a must

Two stars because the food is fine but half the staff has their masks around their chins. It didn’t make me confident about getting take out from there at all.

Really enjoyed every part of my first experience here. The staff was friendly and attentive. The atmosphere was fantastic. The food was incredible. And of course the drinks were ice cold which is always nice.What made it even better was how helpful everyone was when we told them that the cool temps were going to make being on the top deck uncomfortable. We were quickly moved to the downstairs patio and the heaters were turned out. After we closed out our tickets we were allowed to mingle on the main floor patio and werent pushed out the door like at some places.I look forward to visiting again!

Perfect weather for the roof top. Just you want to end the week.

Stopped in with 2 buddies for lunch! Our waitress was MADDIE, she was phenomenal, i havent had a waitress actually make eye contact in years, thanx to Maddie and Wellmans my afternoon was much better than my morning!! I will see yall soon! Thank You!!

First time out on the patio this year! Wellmans has a great patio some sun some shade, whatever tickles your fancy. The Bloody Mary here is one of the best and the sweet potato fries are actually crispy. Service is usually good and it appears they expanded their wifi coverage. This is a good spot for the patio, a group (Ive done events with 16 people) and quiet lunch meetings (the booths provide some privacy. My favorite item on the menu is the Asian Tuna wrap, fantastic stuff.

Incredible views. Good service.

So many good looking girls! And the service was amazing, trivia night was a ton of fun and the wings were pretty good!

Ive only been here in the evening and only to drink - never food.The servers and bartenders are nice. I read other reviews about having to go to the bar to get drinks but I guess I didnt realize that was an issue at a...bar? I dont have any major complaints, but it does seem odd to have loud music when no one is really there. Sometimes this is a popping place and there are people dancing, but generally there is not and its just a pain in the arse to try and talk to people... but this also isnt advertised as a cozy place to socialize I guess (Im also old AF and dont get the appeal of loud music unless its live or you are at a dance-type bar). I will say that most of the music they play is great, 90s and 00s most of the time. I dont order any fancy drinks, again, Im old, I stick to my captain and coke, and those are really hard to mess up.

Food and service was great! Sitting inside the music is definitely loud but understand what they are going for!

Needs more seating, but nice place, been here multiple time and never had any negative interactions.

Great experience and a wonderful place to watch football

Love having girls night and playing music Bingo!

Good bar food and drinks with decent service. It gets really LOUD inside when busier, so if your goal is to chat with people at your table this probably isnt your best option.

Went there this afternoon for a work lunch and had the Chicken Ranch with fries. Chicken was soooooo overcooked that it was like eating a very dry piece of jerky, the shell was practically falling apart with how dry and crumbly it was. May have been a inexperienced waitress but it took forever for us to be asked what we wanted to order and I was so disgusted after knawing on my chicken that I couldnt stomach eating the rest.Straight fries were good...nice and crispy.Other coworkers ordered other items off the menu that looked good but another gal next to me had a nasty surprise when she found blue cheese on her BLT. She probably didnt read the menu to its fullest, but yuck! Another had a way overcooked egg on a burger that boasted about the overeasy egg.Cool atmosphere, awesome pictures on the wall, roof top looked neat, but I wont eat there for lunch again.

Did not like the hidden service charge. If this is suppose to be part of the tip I like to judge my tip on the service.

Comfortable setting, good food. Love the TVs, sports decor and sports ticker. More enjoyable for lunch than dinner. At dinner it was so loud we could not hear our own table talking.

Good. lot of younger people

I can’t thank Wellmans enough for the free wings for healthcare workers. I have always loved this bar but this kind gesture just confirmed my views even more. Thanks again and can’t wait to come share a beer with you when this is all over!

Almost didnt go in...staff hanging out front smoking. Major turn off. I should have known! Had their Chop Salad...supposed to be one of their specialties. WORST SALAD EVER!!! NOT served at all like described. Chicken precooked & VERY dry. The lettuce was WHITE...JUST PLAIN BAD!!!DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!

Fun atmosphere and the food is great!

Does the job. Classic sports bar with ample TVs for every game on Saturday or Sunday. Decent food options and a good beer list.

Great atmosphere with large screens and EDM custom DJ playlists Thursday - Saturday nights. Excellent dinner menu served until 10pm.

Waitress was great, they have amazing white wine sangria. I went here for lunch on Tuesday with one of my friends. I ordered the Seared Tuna Salad. The tuna was overcooked the first time with barely any pink, and I sent it back, apologizing for being picky as Im a pescatarian (I only eat fish). The waitress was super nice about it. 20 minutes later, (my friend is done with her meal at this point), its brought back remade. The tuna is COMPLETELY cooked through this time. Super disappointing. If you dont know how to properly sear tuna, dont have it on the menu. Having worked in food service as a waitress myself before, I assured the waitress that I knew it wasnt her fault and still tipped her 20%. She offered to give it to me for free, which I said was unnecessary as I still ate the salad, just not the meat. She charged it like a side salad instead.

I hate writing bad reviews, but the waitress is the reason for this review. I took my family to the roof top. The waitress (short, slightly wavy blond hair) was rude. After she brought our food, I asked for a side of blue cheese... 15 min. later I asked again... 30 min. later I asked again. Every time I asked she rudely smirked and said she put it in with the chefs downstairs and shes waiting on them to give her a side of blue cheese. My family members asked for drinks which she also never brought. She was not busy as we kept seeing her standing around on the roof. At this point my entire family is done eating and I still have my entire meal let to eat. I asked her a 3rd time and she said... If you want I can go ask downstairs about it. At that point I went to the manager and told them... he apologized and comped my meal. I cannot describe how rude she was the entire time.. my best example is a teenager that was trying to get even with someone... thats what it felt like dealing with her. My entire family has never experienced a waitress situation like this EVER... worst experience and I will never go back. I plan to tell everyone I know about this experience and I hope the manager took action and fired that waitress. As a side note, I did not like that our food was served in to-go containers... the waitress said they cant have plates upstairs... not an environmentally friendly restaurant.

I don’t know why I keep going back, maybe because I love my husband... Food is terrible and service is never good. We were disrespected by a “manager”. They have teens running this place that have no respect or understanding of how customer service works. Apparently after all the negative reviews the owner could care less. I have never left so frustrated at any place of food service before. There are tons of great places to eat in West Des Moines. Avoid this place. Quality of food/drinks suck and so does the staff.

Sit on the rooftop if you can - best spot! Food was good but typically American bar food. Drinks were watered down

Great food in a good atmosphere

Wellmans is my go to place to eat when Im in Des Moines.

Our waiters/bartender was super nice and friendly, the appetizers and food we ordered were good. The music here is unbearably loud, so much so there we had to scream at each-other even sitting next to each other. Another couple said the same thing and walked out.

Great please for a patio drink.

Apparently they have some kind of anti-cartwheel policy on the roof

Amazing peeper jack bites!! Woww

They have the most wonderful and nicest atmosphere and the waitresses are very nice and courteous and their burgers are off the chain

Great atmosphere. Mostly people in their young twenties and older thirties. Good security.

1+ hour wait time for food (including appetizer). We ordered the pretzels and BEER cheese, heads up, not beer cheese. The cheese is nacho cheese from a dispenser. We also got the wings, which sucked. Ranch Chicken Wrap also was not good. Don’t recommend for solely food. The atmosphere was good.

Great atmosphere. Good food

Worst service ever and couldnt even join trivia after first round started. Only reason me and friends came. We wont return.

A little loud but good food and nice wait staff.4% surcharge for using a credit card is pretty steep in my opinion.Pay cash!!!!!!!

Great happy hour specials, food was hot & tasty, and a fun environment to enjoy after work. Trivia night so it was busy with that & other holiday parties.

It was suggested that I swing by this establishment if I was in the mood for drinks and good people. Certainly didn’t disappoint.I went on a Wednesday (wing night) and sampled the Sriracha wings and Hot wings which were all great. I was even invited to join a couple playing trivia (also on Wednesday’s) which was fun.The atmosphere is that of a public house or gathering place so the noise can be loud which was expected. I wouldn’t say it’s family/kid friendly but more of an adult hang out spot.I didn’t venture outside or upstairs so I can’t speak for the service there; however the bartenders inside were attentive with great service.

Great for watching sports but the food is not great.

Great place to have a drink or two with friends or co-workers. Lots of TVs to watch whatever. Friendly and helpful staff make sure you have what you need or want.

Great place to get a beer and watch a game. Rooftop bar open in the summer is pretty sweet. Good food overall.

I had fun here, but it was really loud and we had a hard time getting served. I dont mode loud, especially if its a live band, but this was just a slow night and it made it hard to have a conversation.

Dont go when they are showing the Batchelor. So very loud and couldnt enjoy a conversation. Food is always good though.

Great place to take a break! Good is always great.

Terrible service no one came to our table to ask for drinks or food we had to go to the bar for everything.

Food is good. Service is good. It was a little loud inside. That is the only reason for the four stars.

Great location and fun setup.

Great atmosphere. Good food. Beautiful servers.

Service is ok..Food is ok. Good atmosphere

Amazing atmosphere. Tons of room, good food, service, great place to meet people, for parties... For any night out really. Highly recommended.

45 minutes no one came to our table. Went to bar and got our own drinks. Server finally shows up and recommends to just order appetizers if we want our food in under an hour. At this time only half of the tables were full. No one checked on us or came by to see if we wanted more drinks. Huge management failure if they are unaware of what is going on.

Great drinks and the rooftop is beautiful! Tons of heaters, lights, and seating! Travis (security) was so amazing, kind and helpful to us!! 10/10 will be back! Thanks, Travis!

Nice outdoor seating

Fast drink service, beautiful rooftop view and good music. It has lots of space.

Good food and great service. Never been there for lunch. I would definitely go back. The chicken on my salad was a little overcooked. Otherwise great experience.

Food was good, service is reasonable for this type of open bar atmosphere. My biggest beef with this type of place is the noise, its literally impossible to hear someone at the opposite end of the table, and I mean literally any table in the place. I get the loud noisy bar thing but its literally deafening and just completely off-putting to not be able to have a conversation. We were there around 7pm and there were no large groups or crazy sports events. The salad I had was very fresh and well made. Just cant get over the noise.

Visited this place again when visiting Des Moines. Wellmans got this right. Seared on the outside, just warm on the inside, on top of a generous portion of greens with a slightly spicy dressing. All at a good price with quick service.

Wellmans has rock star bingo on Tuesday nights. My husband and I had fun playing!

Love the roof top

I love the vibe and the bar. The atmosphere is great, the wait staff is exceptional. Its the warm beer and cold fries that I hate. Please Wellmans do better so I can keep coming back because I love this place. --- I have since returned several times and they listened, much better now. Thank you Wellmans.

Thought this would be a great place to unwind after work with a co-worker. Sat on the rooftop and sat and sat and sat.... buddy finally went up to the bar to get drinks. While he was up there I was approached by a server who said shed take care of us this evening. First round gone...and we sat and sat and sat. My turn to get up and go to the bar. Could have gotten better service at home on my deck. Spent most of the time watching the employees on their phones behind the bar. Horrible service in West Des Moines... Ill be heading back to the Grumpy Goat!

We had the pepper jack bites, the goat cheese BLT and the fried burger. All of the food was delicious and the fries were super tasty, too. The service is prompt and friendly, reasonable prices. I love the atmosphere, it feels big, open and relaxed. The menu is large and we want to try so much more, we cant wait for our next visit.

Our Bar maid needs to be more friendly low smiles low tip

Good food, lovely patio. Tuna steak burger is awesome and they have excellent chicken nachos. Some of their food is overpriced for what you get (Im looking at you, tuna nachos), and the service is not great. Ive had a range of mediocre to outright terrible service.

Good food and a fun place to watch games with friends.

Trivia night, who doesnt love trivia?! Nice, open atmosphere.

Great atmosphere. It was to cool outside to enjoy the patio but there is a ton of seating outside as well as inside. The food was great and the prices were reasonable. I want to go back when the weather is better and I can sit outside.

This is my husband’s first time here and we are on vacation. The roof top was not available due to a private party so that was disappointing. We were able to sit outside and enjoy the nice weather on the outside patio which had some nice scenery. Our bartender was new to the area (according to her “two weeks”. She was very quiet.) Everything seemed to go well until I was handed a cup of water. Less than a minute I noticed a long piece of hair in my cup. When I addressed this to the bartender she gave me this blank stare. We decided to stay and enjoy our beers and the weather regardless of what just happened. We went ahead and ordered an appetizer. I would have rated this high but as soon as a different waitress set the plate down I had to address another piece of hair this time long and brown that was visibly standing up in our loaded Wellman chips. No one apologized for the TWO pieces of hair that was found in our drink and food. Not even a manager. So sad that we had to receive this kind of poor service at such a nice place.

The food is great tasting and portions to make sure you are full!

Great place for food and drinks. Very friendly staff as well.

Rooftop was fun but bring your patient pants. Casual and very laid back, with a good menu.

Great location and food

Good food, okay price, service was good but food came a hair slower than I would like for lunch. Would go back again

This was our first time here for an Easter brunch. The waiting staff were awesome and very attentive but the food was both good and not so good. I had the bet the farm breakfast plate which consisted of hash browns, roasted corn, eggs and biscuits and gravy on top. The hash browns were not crispy and the biscuits were either reheated leftovers or just bad quality (dry and bready) with just a little gravy on top and not enough. This was one of their specialties apparently. We did get the pepper jack fried cheese bites and those were awesome and would have those again. I would try a burger or something else next time.

My son and l did spent time here and it a great experience.

Great food, great atmosphere, decent price

Good rooftop bar scene during the summer time. Brunch makes for a very good vibe indoors year round. Bottomless mimosas or Bloody Marys are definitely affordable and well made.

Nice looking place. Seated promptly but never had a server come to our table. Saw four of them standing around, but none came to us. After 10 minutes we left and went to Bonefish.

Great atmosphere and the breakfast was great

Showed up to the restaurant. Wanted to sit up stairs on the rooftop. Told it was seat yourself. We picked a table and waited for over 10 min. No one acknowledged us. We went downstairs and was told that they were really busy upstairs so that is why we were not helped. We were seated outside. Took over 10 minutes to get served and an additional 10 minutes for drinks. I order a Coors Light because it was on draft, but she never asked and brought me a bottle. My Cuban sandwich was dry and mediocre. It had potiential, but the pork was warm in some spots and cold in others. Fries were decent. But nothing special. I think they were poorly staffed. Cool outside vibe, but wished management allowed for proper training and staffing.

Really cool place and a fun atmosphere. Food is good and drinks arent bad for the area. Can get pretty crazy in the evenings or on weekends. Brings in a younger crowd, so be prepared for the masses.

Great atmosphere and love that they have a rooftop design and a sweet outdoor patio.

The food is delicious and they have big portions so it makes it worth your money! Service was great waitress was attentive. She accidentally spilled water and my fries and it was a tiny bit nothing to worry about. But she still gave me a new fresh batch. Definitely going back.

Wow wish we would have went somewhere else. I suggested we leave before we even entered the building. However, we where on the road traveling for many hours and the reviews online read well. So against better judgment we continued inside famished. As you can see from the pictures we took on our way out. We were greeted by a filthy entrance. Bottles and cases of empty beer, cigarettes and dirty rags outside. Again trying to give them a break as it is Super Bowl Sunday and I am sure Saturday they were busy obviously from the looks of the entrance. The rest of the business appeared decent otherwise we would NEVER have entered at all!!!! The staff standing around on phones constantly (RUDE, RUDE, RUDE!!). No checking on our table for more refills or to ask how our meal was at all! Sub par $8.oo drinks and to top it off... we only got half our full change back after paying a $53.35 on our bill. Apparently when you pay with a $Ben Franklin you dont deserve your actual change. Called management to asked why server #53 doesnt make change and the manager told us they round up the tab . So apparently the staff at Wellmans is only IPhone Cell dummy/ smart and cant count to make change properly.Recommendation eat someplace else. This establishment is poorly supervised and my prediction is the location will be sold soon and probably made into a dental office.