We drove into town to look for fun outdoor senior picture outfits. Mom and daughter were getting a…read morelittle frustrated, and Katey magically popped in and saved the day! We have a handful of amazing selections for picture day and more importantly everyone left with big smiles on their faces. Thank you for having such amazing staff like Katey! She truly saved the day!!

I've been here before to take my little cousin on the ferris wheel a year or so ago. They have so…read moremuch sportswear and stuff to check out. I was looking online to see if they carry converse, as I was looking for a pair of regular black chucks. When I entered the store there were tons of staff all over which is nice to see these days. I browsed the men's section first since the shoes are pretty much the same, I couldn't find them at first so I went across the store over to the women's and couldn't find converse in women's either. I did notice the women's shoes wasn't as busy as the men's. I browsed around a bit (no one greeted me or anything in men's or women's). I did finally find them under a table display and they only had platforms for women's so I went back over to men's to take another look. I did find them and waited for a salesman to assist me. A man walked up (after me) and the shoe he wanted was next to stock room so he was helped right away. I waited and asked for help.. I was told by a rep that he had to go check on some other customers, I kept waiting and being ignored to the point I witnessed reps asking people still looking around if they needed help and finally someone came up to help me, I asked for a 7 (as I'm a 8 1/2, 9 in women's), he came back and told me the smallest size they have is an 8 which is too big. He asked who I was shopping for, I said myself and he asked me what size I wear and I said about a 9 in women's and he said "well this is men's" as if I was blind. Just didn't like the vibes all around.

Friendly Service. Good Selection…read more . . . .

In Minnesota for the summer and of course my husband and I had to get our fishing license. I'm so…read morethankful we decided to come into this shop! Chris has been the absolute best at answering all our questions. He has seriously gone above and beyond taking his time with us to help give us the best fishing knowledge! The selection in here is huge, they have had everything we needed and more! Ask for Chris if you come here, he rocks!

General Sports has been in business for such a long time for a reason. Their staff is very…read moreknowledgeable about the products they sell. Especially if you want hockey equipment. They are EXTREMELY patient and will bend over backwards to work with you to get the right equipment and get it to fit. Their prices are competitive with other stores and the internet plus the added bonus of truly amazing service. Another huge benefit of going there is that if you buy skates there you get free sharpening for life. At the typical $5 a sharpening that is quite a benefit. And they do a really good job a sharpening skates. Excellent repair work too on equipment.

Initially good vibes. Lots of folks. Thursday night football, 27 screens that I could see and ALL…read moreof them had the Bills, Lions game on. Of course it's late baseball season and our poor Twins are woefully out of the race...but 1 or 2 screens dedicated to a local team? Nope. Ordered a beer and water. Got the beer. Asked about food and with the kitchen closing in 5 minutes it was dicey!? Ordered the Devil Egg Toast, 20 minutes later, decent rendition- not spectacular. Restroom out of hand towels. Bartender charges me for an extra drink, team is not on sync quite yet. Hopefully they come around a bit. I'm up for another try.

I did a return today and the gal was quick and efficient. I appreciated her efforts. Greeted right…read moreas I walked thru the doors.

Terrible service. No one working on the second floor. Two people at the front cash register moping…read morearound. What are we doing dicks? I'm not happy. Put at least one person the second floor geez.

This place is awesome!! Two times now I went in needing new grips. They had every color and size of…read moreWinn Dri Tac grips in stock and he installed them in less than an hour. Amazing!!

I'm here on business travel and decided to pop into this store randomly, so glad I did. It' was a…read morepleasure working with Tom (sorry if I'm getting your name wrong) first off a great selection of used club and good prices and of course the latest and greatest. This place has something for everyone that's into golf. Tom was super helpful and a wealth of knowledge. Ended up picking up an odyssey AI putter at a great price.

Excellent customer service and the owners are incredibly knowledgeable! Their new space is not as…read moreeasy to find, but definitely worth it! They know their stuff.

The staff was amazing, from the moment we entered we were greeted and provided outstanding…read moreexpertise on equipment. They did not try to oversell us on equipment (I had it in my head we should get a high level Wilson catchers mitt and they explained that it was to much for a 12 year old!!). They went way above and beyond, far beyond what you would get Dick's or other sporting good stores. Well worth the trip from Forest Lake to Bloomington. Highly recommend. Rich

What a great little store, packed with outdoor stuff. I came in here with my son looking for a…read morebalaclava before we went snowboarding. I remember asking someone and they said just under the canoe, and there were half a dozen hung up on the ceiling. lol. They have a great selection of winter clothes. The clothing errs on the boomer side of things, but the coats, ski/snowboard pants, gloves, hats, etc. are really well represented. The kids section was excellent. We had a variety of balaclavas to choose from. We got what we needed and we were on our way.

We have purchased ski equipment and ski gear from Hoigarrd's for many years including all new ski…read moreequipment for our almost 14 year old this year. My son was finally able to ski yesterday with my husband after being medically sidelined for a couple weeks. Anyway, they were on the ski lift after their third run when my son/husband noticed my son's skis were chunking apart all along both skis. My son had not crashed. My son is an advanced but cautious skier and with my husband the entire time. They were at Wild Mountain doing first season runs. Nothing wild about it. Anyway, when they returned I took the skis in as clearly there was a product issue. I was greeted by John in the ski department. I was, undoubtably, frustrated as my son had ski plans for today and starts school ski club Friday. John made a rude comment about me being frustrated and how "kids banging their skis together cause that kind of damage" that immediately put me on defense. My husband and son arrived at 10:45am and I had received a text about the skis falling apart by noon. I again repeated that they had only completed three runs and asked how that was possible my son damaged the skis. John continued to blame my son for the damage. Now my husband is a life long skier, I took skiing up as an adult, and if anyone should have damage to skis it should be me. My husband was floored as to cause as he has never seen skis do this. The manager was brought in and agreed to take the skis back, replace them and bind them (thank you) but that is where the only positive customer service ended. John came back to have me sign a release for mounting and kept going on needing to talk to my son about knocking his skis together (because that is what happened in his opinion) and would not let it go, again and again, even after I again stated this was noted after three runs, first season runs, at Wild. I finally asked John if the entire interaction would have been the same had my husband been standing there instead of me. John continued on. The manager stepped in and told John to give it a rest and he still didn't want to stop. I appreciate the quick turn around help from the manager but the front facing customer service was horrific. Hoigaard's lost a customer last night.

There was a Facebook event for a softball team and attached was a 20% coupon. I was looking for…read moreHoka Gaviota shoes to try on. They only had men's. I already have Aria 8 (sp?) ones. I saw some cute Bondi 9's. I researched Hoka website and they are a neutral shoe, but will work for overpronation, which my friend says I have. They were comfortable walking in the shoe dept. I also needed a new cover for my thrift store Stanley. I did score 20% off. What bothers me is they say they have a military discount but supposedly this store doesn't do that. Scheels offers 5% off. I'm glad I had a 20% discount for these spendy $174 shoes. Hope they are comfortable for my new side fun job this summer. I will be walking a lot and enjoying concerts.

I needed to replace a broken golf club. I went to online to Dicks in Burnsville, and saw they…read moreoffered either shipping or in store pickup. For in store pickup, you had to purchase the item to secure it. When I was looking at a club, a note popped up saying "Hurry, only two available." It was Friday, I was working, but I figured I'd run get it Saturday morning. So I bought it. On Saturday morning, I received an email saying the club was not available in area stores. Shipping was my only option. I'm golfing on Sunday and I won't have the club I needed to replace. Classic bait and switch; don't use this feature, it's a trick. This is why the store "Dicks."

Update (June 2026)…read more There have been some improvements with the new ownership / Archery Country folks since my last review. Moving up to 3.5 stars. Though the parking lot bait machine and 'banking hours' are still there as tin-eared reminders to every customer who is squeezing in time on the water or in the woods that new management does not really care about your success. Come on guys, every McDonalds franchisee in America manages to have an opening crew. There's not really an excuse. That said, after a bumpy start the archery country guys seem to have finally started getting their act together in other ways. They have completed a minor reno, and seem to be coming around to the reality that in Minnesota exurbs their customers are multi-sport. Put another way: that firearms, league nights and fishing are useful cross sells and frequency drivers. That no one in this neck of the woods is 'just' an archer / bowhunter. And they've worked hard from what I can tell to retain key employees. Thank god. Bottom line: archery country management is not a replacement for, and will never beat, having a high-iq founder like Jeff, who cares deeply about bringing up the next generation of young people in his community as woodsmen, but it's a big improvement over the initial much misaligned takeover period. And heck they've even started to apply Cabin Fever's superior strategy (eg branding, merchandising depth, x-selling) to some of their other stores in the region. With the improved customer alignment and reduction in not-invented-here thinking, I think the future is looking brighter.

Not usually the type to leave a review but I had too pleasant of an experience to not leave one…read more Walked in on a Monday afternoon knowing nothing about archery but wanting to get into it. Jon immediately met me in the store and was ecstatic to help me out. Jon spent almost 3 hours shooting bows and sharing his immense knowledge with me. After we had picked the bow, he walked me through all accessories and was incredibly honest about what was needed and what was overhyped in his opinion. At no point did I feel like Jon was selling me on something I didn't need. The following day, Jon had built my bow and was ready to hit the range. He shared tips and tricks while we dialed in my sight and form. Having completed firearm safety and being a customer at Cabin Fever for years prior to new ownership, I was weary about what my new experience would be. Safe to say, I am extremely pleased with the direction this store is headed. I can't thank Jon and the rest of the team enough! I look forward to being a customer for years to come!