CRAVE American Kitchen & Sushi Bar (Hilton Garden Inn - Sioux City),

1100 Larsen Park Road, Sioux City, IA 51103

"While traveling a few months ago, we stayed at the Hilton next door for 4 nights and had the pleasure of dining at Crave, 3 out of 4 night. The food, the service, the atmosphere, the cleanliness, the view…..everything was amazing! I highly recommend the truffle pizza and the Wagyu burgers."

"I used to love Crave, but we had an awful experience with Crave last night. First, when we showed up for our reservation they made us wait ten minutes past our reservation for an unknown reason (I'm assuming it is because we had our baby, and all the other tables around us where we were eventually seated also had babies). Then our water tasted absolutely awful, like something was wrong with it. Then our dietary restrictions were ignored. Both me and another person at our table have milk allergies, so we wanted to order the vegan truffle fries. We both had very bad reactions to our food that are still ongoing, so I'm assuming they ignored the vegan part and gave us regular cheese. There are people with even worse allergies than us, so the request for vegan cheese (on the menu) should be honored whether we say it is for an allergy or not. Our food came and they forgot the edamame and miso soup we ordered. The sushi was not good, but other things my family and friends ordered were okay according to them. My friend spoke up and said I didn't like my roll, and they did end up taking my roll off of my bill, which I did appreciate. When it was time to pay, their card reader didn't work, which is no one's fault but worth mentioning for other people's information. I used to love Crave, and am so sad about this experience."

"The atmosphere and service at Crave is on point. I had the Chilean Sea Bass, which was good, but I think the pairings of the dish were a little off. While each individual part was good (bass, risotto, and mushrooms), the blend didn’t seem to pair. The mushrooms were sweet and had a sort “bbq” flavor, the risotto was a garlic cream base, and the seasoning on the fish seemed like basic fry seasoning. The mushrooms do compliment the aesthetics of the dish, I think a different combination of seasoning would work better - maybe a typical butter/garlic. If the fish were grilled, then drizzled with a white wine lemon butter cream sauce, I think that would tie everything together. I don’t have all the answers, but I would definitely play with it and see what you come up with. Overall, happy I stopped by and would recommend this place."

"1) the chicken and avocado egg rolls The avocado egg rolls were delicious and were my favorite item tried. The roll is crispy without being too greasy. They are also extra stuffed with chicken. 2)chicken stir fry The chicken stir fry was basic. In the description the rice is called “coconut rice” but there is no flavor of coconut. Although the dish was adequate, I do not think it was worth the price. 3)chicken Rosa (chicken parm) The chicken Rosa was slightly better. The chicken breast was large, juicy, and had a great crispy breading. Overall, I’m not sure I would come back here due to the price of the entrees ($19+). I’ve tried other restaurants in the Siouxland and Omaha areas with more impressive dishes at about an equal or lesser cost. I still decided to give Crave a 4/5 due to the atmosphere and friendly staff."

"Such a good experience every single time we’ve been there! We will sit both at the bar and at a table but the bar is usually our favorite! Today our bartenders name was Griffin K. He was very attentive, checked on us, kept our drinks full, was overall good at his job! We got the King Kong roll (our fav) shrimp tempura, and the bamboo bite! All so so so so good! Highly recommend!"