Serum's Good Time Emporium - Anoka

Our waitress, Kate, was like a marvel character, seriously. Nice, sunny afternoon and she literally was covering the whole patio of like 15-20 tables (I 'm not commenting on whether I think she should have had to cover that much, but it 's relevant to the story). My wife and I are watching, as she does an awesome job, and my wife says, she 's literally rubbing. One, that makes me realize how sedentary my job is. Two, that 's sad that she has to physically run to keep up with her job, especially because of how rude and short people have been for the last several years. But the point is, she was amazing. They should give her a cape. You 're killing it! Oh, and the food was 10/10, so the day was great.

We loved our waitress, what an awesome person to have on staff, but that's where the love ended. Our food took about 45 minutes to get to our table. When it arrived the club sandwich was completely cold and made on whole wheat bread instead of Texas toast, the bacon was soggy and half cooked, mayo was barely there and the coleslaw had an indescribable chemical taste. It didn't seem safe to eat. I sent my meal back and ordered something else. My next order came with onion rings that had a refrigerator odor taste to them and the ham sandwich was not appetizing at all. It should have had mustard on it. I couldn't find that. I didn't really get a meal. The fried mushrooms we ordered as an appetizer were great as were our drinks. We're going to steer clear of this place for a while. Hoping they find some good kitchen help! The cooks failed this time.

$23.40 garlic hot wings for flavor $8.99 shrimp skewers with rice eh. I’ve been hearing such amazing things about Serums I finally got to try it. I wasn’t impressed. Upon seating ourselves, it took a hot minute for the female server to greet us. We sat in the booth right by the door; she walked past multiple times greeting taking orders from her other three tables. She took orders from tables who arrived after us never acknowledged us after the first time she stopped by. She said she’d be back never came back. Instead, like I said, we watched as she greeted conversed with other tables took their orders. We decided to walk away from her headed upstairs it still took us a hot minute to get greeted. Brent eventually came by he provided good service. As good of service as one could get at a bar. The food is mediocre bar food, certainly not all the hype that I’ve been getting. The wings were dry the hot wings weren’t even hot. The house made bleu cheese is as disappointing as the first server we had. the extra crispy flats? Soggy not even crisp. Each dish gets two stars, but that’s being generous. The wings we make at home are so much better. All in all. Serums is junk.

Clean dining area and bathrooms. Although busy, we were greeted right away, got drinks right away as well as our order taken and food arrived hot and promptly and all 4 orders at the same time. We were checked up on shortly after. Drinks refilled. Plates taken, check arrived and payment was taken. Wait staff were courteous and friendly. Delicious food and good portion sizes. Prices anyone can afford, appetizer dish with a side of fries filled me up. Lots of Midwestern specialty plates.

Owned by just the greatest Anoka couple you can find. Gary and Lori Serum, If you want the best wings north of the metro and a fun place to have a cold beverage and hangout, don't miss out out stopping by this hidden gem. You will have to most likely park in the parking ramp so expect that but it's a 1 min walk to get inside. Also they have a fun patio during our Minnesota season. See u there.