Latin King Italian Dining - Des Moines

Update For those that remember the Latin king and how amazing it was.... I regret to say that is not the same since being franchised. The food and service that brought us back over the years is far from the memories it has brought us. The table bread now is a hard unedible roll far from the original locally owned bread we remember. The chicken spendini I ordered half and half looked the same but, lacked in flavor and sauce. It was bland and very dry. It is far from howI remember my once favorite dish being as well. Even the previous pictures show the vast difference. We are in no hurry to return to my once favorite Italian restaurant. It is very sad. It's Latin King. What more could I say than simplyamazing! We had come last night to celebrate my sisters birthday and there was finally an open table on their patio. We started with red wine and lemon drop and of course their fried mozzarella. There is nothing like it. The gooey breadedcheese is so fantastic. We can not come here and not get it. So when I come here I typically always get the chicken spedini. With knowing how good it always is hard to even try anything else. But last night was an exception, my sisterwanted to get gnocchi and we spilt them together. Wow it will now be hard to NOT get the gnocchi. Everything was awesome as always.

We was shut down for wind yesterday. You are limited as to where you can eat. We literally drove around 20 mins looking for a place and stumbled across this establishment. It was established in 1947! Treated as royalty! A little pricey....but you will NOT be disappointed! We don't typically spend this much but like we said food was limited where we had to shut down. Food 5 stars! Staff 5 stars! Atmosphere 5 stars! Family friendly 5 stars! Highly recommended!

The food was delicious and our waitress was great! She helped us with choices and was so friendly and accommodating and there were 8 of us. I’d definitely recommend.

One of the best restaurants in Des Moines. We've eaten there many times and never have had a bad meal. I love the chicken spiedini and my husband loves their steaks. Don't forget to order their onion rings! They have a nice selection of wines at reasonable prices. Good food, good service at fairly reasonable prices.

We had our rehearsal dinner here. Wonderful family to work with. We were able to do family style dining. And they blocked off a room for us. We also did a huge bottle of amazing wine which all of our guests loved. And to top it off the food was amazing and we got to take the leftovers home even though it was all you can eat