Wellman’s Pub & Rooftop (West Des Moines, IA) Review

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4.8* (out of 5)

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Food: 4*

Atmosphere: 5*

Value: 5*

Service: 5*

Would I go back / Recommend?: 5* (Definitely)

Total check/person: $40

05/08/2026 Wellman’s Pub & Rooftop +1 (515) 222-1100

Our primary reason for stopping by tonight was to update information at www.happyhourdesmoines.com. We ended up quite impressed with the value and our server, Kelbe was fantastic – offering great suggestions off of the Happy Hour menu! Overall, this is a top-tier venue for your next Happy Hour trip (especially once they get the rooftop opened)!

To share as much as we could about their Happy Hour, we sampled as many food dishes as we could comfortably eat, with all of them being solid options that we would order again. We started with a Margarita (see picture) and a Raspberry Mule (see picture) and while both were very good, it is hard to beat the value for the Margarita.

For our food options, we tried all of the following shown in order of my preference (see pictures for each): Shrimp Street Tacos, Carne Asada Street Tacos, Wings (Tropical Habanero sauce), Lettuce Wraps and Buffalo Rangoons. A few comments to understand the priority order: I love street tacos, the wings were good but could have used a bit more sauce, the lettuce wraps were very good – but oh, so messy with the rice and just a bed of lettuce rather than a wrap and the rangoons were good, but a bit too overbrowned.

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02/02/2023

We stopped here as a compromise central location to meet our son and his wife – and really enjoyed our stop.

I ordered the Cajun Tuna and really liked it – seared perfectly and the Cajun flavoring was delicious. My wife ordered the Firehouse Philly and thought it was average…but both after eating in the restaurant and some leftovers at home thought she got a stomach ache, so threw the rest away.

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