Minervas Restaurant & Bar

It's like your average hotel restaurant. The seating is nice and wonderful customer service. The food was pretty good too. Definitely filled us up. If you was some good food with friendly service and a down home vibe Definitely check this place out.

Lemon drop martini is the way to go! Their steaks are amazing as well.

I think overall, the experience was pretty good! I enjoyed the food (wasn't the best on planet earth), the service was OUTSTANDING (my server was Mohammed who did very, very well), and the atmosphere was pretty relaxing and festive.

The only things I'd comment on are how the food was warm, but not hot when we got it. Also, the menu selection is pretty limited compared to what I've heard it used to be. I was fine with this though, as I think they had some pretty good options. I would also say that the food was good, but I wouldn't say that it was amazing. Especially for a place that is finer dining, I was hoping for a more flavor-rich, special meal. I would say the price was a bit much for the quality of the food, in my opinion.

I must say though, our server Mohammad was truly outstanding. He remembered all of our orders (all 9 of us with special requests) and his timing of everything was perfect, checking in occasionally but not too much. He was very kind and interacted with us, but not in any way that would be annoying or uncomfortable. He did great also to keep our drinks filled and our dishes taken care of. He truly made the night worth it.

Would I return here? Likely, but probably for special occasions for business or if others would like to come here, but I am not sure I would pick here first for my options to eat out.

I am so glad I tried this place again after an abysmal meal three years ago. I had heard something about new management or new cooking staff so thought I'd give it another try. Menu is definitely new and the food was excellent across the whole table. Minerva's had certainly become the place to go for steak in Aberdeen, albeit not too frequent given the prices, but that's been with most places.