Kyndred Hearth - Eagan

Listen. Ann Kim RULES. If her name is attached to a restaurant, it will be amazing. The service, the beverages, the food-everything will be amazing. There is no such thing as too much hype when it comes to her, she is a queen. I keep pinching myself that we have a James Beard award winning chef right here in Eagan, and truly, the most beautiful restaurant South of the River hands down. Your best bet is to go with friends and sample a little bit of everything. The beverage menu has specialty cocktails and mocktails. The summer of 2023 is featuring a strawberry rhubarb margarita that is divine. Pizzas are just as good as they are at Pizzeria Lola and Young Joni-delicious. I'm a sucker for the Tavern Pie, a simple pizza topped with pepperoni, jalapeño and honey. The honey elevates this pie to something completely different. Every time I order it, I think...it won't be as good as I remembered. WRONG. It's always better. That salty/sweet/spicy combination is irresistible. The chopped salad is out of this world. As at her other restaurants, Ann Kim takes a simple vegetable to next level territory. At Young Joni, the cauliflower is the star of the show. At Kyndred? It's the broccolini. Once again, simple ingredients-olive oil, lemon and Calabrian chili elevate a humble vegetable into something wonderful. I love the hanger steak-served sliced to be eaten as wraps. The pastas are all delicious. Short rib? GOOD. Pork Belly? GOOD. Even if you're so full you could burst, do save room for the vanilla soft serve topped with olive oil and sea salt. It's a revelation.

The vibe is perfect and totally in sync with their hotels ambiance. Although the restaurant is known for their pizza, the lobster pasta should be their front runner. The lobster pasta has a delightful sauce of blistered tomatoes, thinly shaved garlic, and a hint of jalapeño. It is flavorful with thick chunks of lobster. It is perfection.

Food was great, however the table next to us had someone coughing DIRECTLY onto our table/food multiple times (obviously not the restaurants fault) but I mentioned it at least three times and were not able to be moved (again totally understandable with reservation) but would have thought we'd get some sort of acknowledgment. Not an overall judgement of the restaurant overall, but a bad experience indeed.

This is one of my favorite restaurants in the area! Anything you try is going to be amazing. My favorite things are the pizzas, chicken wings, mushrooms, and the chicken pate! I miss their potato pizza so much- need to figure a way to recreate it! Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Bland food, weak drinks, uninformed but frienfly staff. The 'Korean ' short ribs absent of any notion of Korean spice or style. The pizza wasn 't horrible, but it was very similar to what you get at pizza hut. Expensive for what u get. The waitress did not know the menu very well and got two of our orders wrong. Very clean and spacious but noisy atmosphere that you might expect from a convention like hotel. I Nonni just down the freeway vastly superior, as are the many ethnic family restaurants that have opened south of the river.