Jesse's Embers In Des Mo - Des Moines

9/24: long-term Des Moines favorite, good selection of items on the menu, reasonable prices and excellent service.

We wanted to try one our favorite restaurants. It started with a 15 minute wait after we were seated for our waiter explained forgot our table was in her section). It did not get better, severed wrong order, when our steaks came the broccoli was cold and butter wouldn't melt on it. My companions filet was blood medium rare and my serlion was medium. Her baked potato was overcooked and went uneaten. Not a good dinning experience for our waitress,the cook or us.

For whatever reason I felt I was on a cruise ship. Surrounded by an aged population dressed in their Sunday best in a classic Midwest steak house.

Jessey's is a steak place. Go for the steak. Some of the best steak I've had in years has been Jessey's ribeye steak. When I want a good steak, I go to Jesseys. Get the ribeye. The sirloin is not in the same league. (Back in the olden days, they used to have aged beef. Sadly. It's gone! For those who complain about the shrimp, what do you expect? You are 1000 miles from the nearest good shrimp. Ordering shrimp is for sure going to get you frozen shrimp. They also have an excellent Cavatelli. Unfortunately, the only way to know when it's available, is to call. I wish they would put the schedule for the Italian special on the web, or maybe Facebook.

We have lived in Des Moines 19 years and never gone to Jesse’s. We went tonight. The food was pretty good and the service very good. My wife asked for a “not bloody steak”but that’s what she got. When she asked to have it cooked a bit more, the server took it back and the cook made a disgusted look. We didn’t know we were at Big Tomato. If you want to spend $90+ for two and get criticized for asking to have a steak cooked the way you want then this is your place.