Dundee Dell

July 26, 2008
While the draft selection is on the normal end of things, sometimes you will find a surprise thrown in. the bottle list is noteworthy, as are the fish and chips. If you are lucky, you might find the famous Luigi Waites playing vibraphone over the noon hour.

December 3, 2006
The Dell is an Omaha Classic. They’ve relocated from the original location (sometimes the rats just get too big), but the new site is even better. This is a place to have single malt. Perhaps one of the best if not the best selection in America. I’m not kidding. There’s oftentimes a great beer on tap (once I had Floris Apfelbier on tap here), but don’t expect too much. The bottle list has consistently had things on it that I’ve seen nowhere else in Nebraska. Don’t miss the fish and chips.

July 10, 2005
I liked the location of this place. Yeah, it isn’t just sitting on a main street, but I like that. Lunch time on a Saturday was pretty busy. Seat yourself, but we didn’t have to wait at all, there is plenty of seating. The true beer lover should ask for the beer menu for the complete list of bottled beer. And be prepared for some sticker shock. Probably the highest prices for imported beers I’ve seen in the state...Orval, $12, 500ml of Ayinger, $7, 375ml Saison Dupont, $10...ect...the American micro bottles were a more reasonable $4, so I stuck with Hennepin. Served very cold, a detraction for me. Taps were fair, with a good dose of big micros on them, but nothing seasonal or rare...NBB 1554 & Anchor Steam probably the standouts(Linde’s Fram for the ladies) The fried dill pickles were awesome! I loved the spicy batter. The reuben was OK, but I wish I would have gone for the fish’n’chips after tasting that batter! My girlfriends chicken philly was also very good. I like this place, but even though they have a great selection, I felt very limited by the pricing. I’m just not willing to pay 2X retail for a good beer that is already sitting in my basement or available at The Still. So I knock the score overall for that. Maybe at a nice restaurant I’d pay those prices, but this is a bar. I guess others aren’t like me, this stuff must sell.