Minnibar

Props to Mr. Whiskers for being such an awesome bartender! We found the minnibar minutes before it closed but were hooked up with doubles right before jumping onto our Delta flight. The bartender made it very quick and painless, the iPad system is pretty suave. We will definitely be back for more if we stop by again.

Minnibar was conveniently located right in front of the gate I needed to be at. I approached cautiously since I am less than unfamiliar with airport bars. With over available barstool, I decided to give Minnibar a try. Given that it was little past 8am, I was looking for a Bloody Mary and Minnibar offered two choices, one for $ 8.50 and another for around $ 14 — the latter prepared with infused vodka and a special mix. I opted for the former, placed my order using the iPad. I chose my preferred vodka, spice level and garnish but struggled with knowing when to swipe my card. The bartender came to me right away and offered assistance and not long after I was presented with a beautiful cocktail! My Bloody Mary was perfectly spicy with a pickle, a pepperoncini, a pickled radish and a generous piece of each, pepper jack cheese and summer sausage. The delicious drink, convenience of this location and options for entertainment on the iPad easily earn a high rating!

See my photos for a visual. This place is great. Middle of G Concourse. I pad ordering and helpful friendly staff make eating and drinking enjoyablem
Local beer on tap, fantastic bloody marys, full bar and breakfast as well.

I think when having a stop here at the MSP, everyone should hit the Minnibar for a quick drink.
I love the fact that you can control everything the way you want through an iPad. The menu is broken into categories of alcohol then contains customized selections for your drink. After you can either pay for it or open up a tab. Then the bartender goes to work and BOOM! your drink is in front of you.
I suggest getting the cocktail that contains the Kalua and almond syrup on the rocks (Forgot the name sorry!)
Anyway, go grab one while waiting for your next flight!

Great spot for a pre or post flight drink. The bartenders are ok, not good at making cocktails only their signature drinks. Easily drop $ 30 on (2) drinks.

No better place to enjoy a nice cold beer while waiting to board your flight! I absolutely love the iPad ordering system. My companion wanted a coffee and I was able to select from regular milk to half and half and even syrups! I ordered a PBR and enjoyed it while I played the slots app on the iPad. The bartender was very helpful with anyone who didn’t know how to use the ordering system and checked in on us regularly.

I landed early (#yayDelta) and had some
Time to kill til my sister picked me up, so stopped conveniently right outside my gate for a martini here
Brett was fantastic! This is a iPad order only bar… but he put my order in so i didn’t have to struggle, and my martini was delicious.
I saw a few other patrons come and go and he helped each one with the ordering (which is super easy but when the bar is slow no one wants to mess with an iPad…)
Love that there’s a nice place to grab a classy drink all the way down the G concourse

I like what they have done with the Minneapolis airport. iPads to use. Seats and tables. Order from the iPad. Pay with the card reader at your seat. The food is delivered to your table.
Unfortunately my card reader wasn’t working. Had to use the send help option. Which took… a while. And then… surprise! My card reader was linked to the iPad across from me and theirs was hooked up to mine. Which they did nothing to fix. So… have fun running out to help people anytime they want an order and can’t pay… instead of just getting someone to *fix the problem.
Food was fine. Standard breakfast fare.

Brutal. Oh, and one star to Unilocal for being a bunch of a-​holes and not letting me post a one word review. This was supposed to just say «brutal.»

How can I give this place less than 5 stars considering they serve Surly on tap? I’d have to be a heartless brute. They’d have to give me Ebola along with my drink. Magically transform me into a Republican! Or play Phil Collins on the radio. So far they haven’t given me Ebola, turned me into a hateful prick or assault the senses with Phil Collins. Instead, they’ve given me Big Mama Thornton, T-​Rex, Van Morrison, John Lee Hooker and the Surly is cold and crisp, so five stars it is.

Cool setup with ordering through iPads, staff are friendly and will help you out. Got a breakfast sandwich, looked good and tasted great.

Good food and fast. The iPad setup is nice and easy to use. Order your food and it’s out within 15 minutes. The food was good. Not amazing but good for airport food. A little pricey but what isn’t at the airport. I’d go here again.

Nope. Not even on the inflated airport food scale. I trekked to the end of the concourse because I wanted to see what cool thing Andrew Zimmern put his stamp on but I didn’t see the menu or read previous Unilocal reviews. On the way there. I bypasses a burger place because I didn’t like their choice of Krinkle fries. You’ll see why that’s relevant in a minute. By the time I got there, I was running out of time I felt I had to stick with it but now I think I should have done pizza by the slice nearby.
The menu was so disappointing. It’s just paninis. The smoked fish & egg sandwich was the only thing out of the ordinary. I got a burger, and was happy to see that you could get it without a bun but it was just a cheap burger and not even a good one. It had the texture of frozen Costco patties with filler. It came with an absurdly small number of fries: And the fries were not even the same fries pictured on the menu. They were krinkle fries!!! NOOOoooo not krinkle fries!

In itself, the iPad airport phenomenon is not a good thing. But they do it as best you can at MSP. The prices aren’t TOO horrible for what you get (just check out LGA), and the service is regular (again, compared to LGA). You can even get a Jucy Lucy in the airport! (Although it is poorly made and the cheese squirts onto your lap cause you’re a slovenly slob like me.) But in itself, these iPad places are just alienating and expensive.

I guess as far as airport food goes, it’s not terrible. I had a chicken, avocado, mozzarella Panini sandwich and it was ok. The kettle chips were crispy and well cooked which was a bonus. Service was good and quick and it was interesting being able to interactively order from an iPad and have them deliver it to table and email me a receipt. I think the prices are too high and they automatically included gratuity in the bill. Not a bad way to spend your layover at MSP.

I was so excited to find that Andrew Zimmern had a restaurant at our layover airport! I too ordered the Bulgogi ‘signature sandwich’ and was also left feeling disappointed as Melinda S. did. It was way too salty! I walked away with the thought in my head, «I could have made this sandwich… and it would have been way better!» A bit pricey as well for a salty sandwich… ($ 12). Really wanted to like it… but didn’t. :(

They have a full bar, and you order off iPads and can use their iPads while you eat/​drink there. It looks very sleek and not like your usual airport bar.
Cocktails are $ 13 — not cheap for Minnesota, but an extra bonus is that you can get cocktails to go !

Just finished up eating here… I would say a lot of positive things about the service, the décor, the ambiance, and the beer selection. But when it came down to it, I ordered the Bulgogi ‘signature sandwich’ and left feeling disappointed. Too, too salty. Maybe other items are better, but that left a bad taste in my mouth, literally (har har har). Nothing but nice things to say about the sever, Sarah, who is a sweetie, but I think next time I come, I will order something different. I’ll update my review if I’m ever back in this airport and come back.

You start by ordering on an iPad — Done. Need I say more.
As if modeled to compliment Apple products, the design of the bar is very modern and clean. The food is better than expected and the wait staff also exceeded expectations.
TIP: If you’re paying with an airline voucher, you can’t order through the iPad. Call your waiter/​waitress.