Minneapolis Club

Love this club and here for Club E. They do a great job finding entrepreneurs and networking them with executives for financial funding. Great place to be to meet the best in business in Minneapolis.

I was looking forward to a work event at the Minneapolis Club as I don’t know if my non-​work self is important enough to have business here. The building itself is a beautiful site in the heart of downtown with ivy-​covered walls and an air of the past.
We were in a larger room on the second floor that was set for a meal and presentation. The windows, the window treatments, the lovely floors, and fireplaces were exactly what I was expecting. Even the elevator was distinguished.
As mentioned previously, I don’t see myself getting any invitations to hang out at the Minneapolis Club soon but I was happy to experience a building that I have long admired.

I am a member of a reciprocal club in Los Angeles and visited the Minneapolis Club this month. What a treat. Truly fantastic club and it has made me want to move to MN even more then before. The food is absolutely excellent, the staff is extremely helpful and eager to please (and speaks English unlike in L.A.), and the club has found a way to maintain a classic yet «up to date» style. This is important for these clubs to survive and I am very confident the Minneapolis Club will be impressing their private guests for years to come.
I look forward to returning soon and becoming a member of this particular club as well.

Came here for a wedding– beautiful! Friendly staffed and everything during the event seemed to be executed perfectly. Of course I didn’t plan it so who knows how it really went, but it seemed to go well. The food was delicious. I don’t even mean delicious for an event… I mean I would like to eat what I had again.

As an Executive Assistant, I have had the pleasure of being invited to the Minneapolis Club for several events as of late. I was wowed the first time I stepped through the ivy-​covered gates, and I’m still wowed after every time I leave.
The building is like a fancy country club plopped smack down in the middle of Downtown, only without the golf course in back. Staff is friendly and attentive, service is impeccable (seriously, white gloves when they hand over your soup and salad), and the food is FABULOUS. I have been treated to several quite lovely meals as of late, always complete with fresh fruit platters and plentiful beverages.
It’s a gorgeous establishment. Dark wood and brass everywhere. There are plenty of rooms for various occasions — anything from a quiet, intimate meeting, to large, formal dining rooms for special events. I haven’t had the guts to meander around the Club, but I’d love the chance — I’m a fan of big old buildings, and this one fits the bill.
Long story short, this place is great. If anyone is ever short a date for an event here, drop me a line. I live Downtown, and I clean up reeeeeal nice. ;)

People writing Unilocal reviews would never be a member of this club nor would anyone reading a review about the Minneapolis Club would ever be received as a member… however, every now and then, one of the un-​washed gets in by invitation of someone who was invited by someone who knows a memeber. It’s really cool to see how the top 5% live… just like the movies.
I was invited to a black tie event held in the main dinning room. I imagine it is what dining at Windsor by invitation of the Queen would be like. The food was phenomal, the service magical and after dinner we explored the club. I felt like a tourist snapping pics.

I visited the Minneapolis Club as a wedding guest. Somehow my cousin managed to wrangle holding his wedding and reception here – I’ve heard that can be a difficult thing to do (not to mention expensive).
As wedding venues go, this one is unique and rather gorgeous I must say. There are plenty of spaces to sneak off to and decompress if the family becomes too much; richly appointed little smoking rooms (now non-​smoking rooms, I’m sure), leather libraries, rooms meant for ceremonies, rooms meant for dancing, dressing rooms, sitting rooms, powder rooms, etc. Naturally we couldn’t crawl *all* over the place (i.e. private offices) but we were allowed quite free reign on multiple levels.
The many-​rooms meant that the ceremony and the reception were both held here, and instead of having one dominating buffet there was the option to have food available in many rooms. It also allowed for a babysitting room. (This is not a feature of the club, per se, but –hint-​hint– it’s a good idea if you’re looking to hold your wedding here.)
I would remark on the food (desserts only: quite good), but I cannot be certain that it was catered by the Minneapolis Club or not.
This really is one of the most beautiful places to get married; all dark wood and detail. Wish I had known about it before I got married. Ah well. Maybe next time around*. ;)
*Honey, husband of mine, I’m kidding. No really. It’s a joke. Don’t look at me all sad like that. Humor. I’m teasing. Sweetie?. ..

I went here for a lecture so I didn’t get the fancy schmancy food. I got food, but it was about as unspectacular as it gets. So I assume it gets better downstairs. The place does reek of money and everyone around there looks terrific in their perfect suits, but I must say I was a little dissapointed.

Dress code: No blue jeans, no shorts, dresses highly encouraged.
Enter the club and you are transported into old world prestige, you can practically SMELL the money seeping from the walls and persian rugs rolled out from under your feet.
Would make for a fantastic haunted house with its gothic architecture and dark interiors, but I was there for a luncheon, sipping cocktails and white wine and looking dainty in my cashmere and trying to act lady-​like.

A dark and somber-​looking gothic building that oozes money and connections from its cracked plaster walls and leaded windows. I loved it. No cell phone use except in the phone rooms. Women’s rooms with real towels and free feminine supplies (a sign of class in my book). As you head up the staircase BW and sepia-​toned headshots of famous Minnesotans stare down at you – Kelloggs, Crosbys, Daytons.
I was there for a family event with a friend and her family, dinner before Holidazzle, a heated tent on the parade route, and then cookies and decoration making afterwards.
What totally rocked: homemade marshmallows in the shape of snowmen for the whipped cocoa. Damn.
Buffet that was NOT kid friendly, especially for a family event, was fantastic. Goose, duck, rare roast beef, kale sauteed with pancetta and sweet potatoes, swordfish with crab butter, sauteed pasta. The only thing that nodded to finicky kids was bakes potatoes, plain pasta and cheese. This was a buffet that said «Look kids, this is an adult place and we eat adult food here. Try it or not but don’t ask for chicken nuggets or french fries or your class will show.»
Ahhh… adult things!