Staying in an AirBNB in Lake Benton, MN. Yelped for a local coffee place, and found this little…read morejewel of a coffee shop (clean, friendly, hospitable hosts, good prices, great coffee, simple menu with really good food). I had the Lumberjack w/ French toast, sausage links & sausage patty. It was very, very good! If you are in the area, stop in and check them out. 2 things to be aware of: they are hard to find (just to the left of Homer's bar and grill) and they take cash or check.

This is a fantastic stop for any type of candy/chocolate gift for friends and family!…read more We stopped in to Choco Latte during a road trip, it was so good we made a special stop on our way back home as well! We bought the chocolate dipped Oreos, all varieties of fudge for a 100th birthday present, caramel, and tried the black and white mocha - everyone that received them raved on how good they were! The service was excellent, they went out of their way to individually wrap, label, and put ribbon on boxes of fudge we bought as presents. There's a lot of space in the store, and it's set up with individual tables to enjoy coffee, tea, or Italian sodas. We'll stop in again when we head north!

Welcoming atmosphere, hot fresh coffee and delicious treats- I really enjoyed this coffee shop. The…read morefudge is especially creamy and delicious!

Great coffee!! There's beautiful art inside and service was awesome. It's very spacious with good…read morevibes!

Excellent service and the vibes were really good. The coffee hit the spot as well! Will definitely…read morebe back.

great food good atmosphere…read moregreat location parking?? pets, Nooooo ! great food good atmosphere great location parking?? pets, Nooooo ! I dont like dog hair with my food...

Had breakfast with my grandchildren today. It was crowded because it's a Sunday but the food made…read moreit worth the wait. The kiddos enjoyed the pancakes but the ham and cheese omelette was a clear winner. The kids size scrambled egg (1egg) was enough for 3 people and it was hard with no taste. But, Confetti Cookie Sandwich along with the Iced Cinnamon Bun were a huge hit. I had a GF fruit muffin which was delicious.

Just there for espresso. The hotel had lousy coffee. The gas station of course. Surely this is it…read more I tipped good too. I ordered small cup, over ice. So weak. I wanted to like it. They could have really impressed me. It was not ok. Found good coffee 2 hours away.

The Bean is a favorite stop when in the area for work. It's always the same server in the…read moredrive-through and she is always so nice and also efficient. The coffee is very good as are the muffins bagels and biscotti that I have tried. I love the little bean you get on top and also the little stickers that are seasonal... It's just a nice little touch. I will return each time I am in the area.

If you like extra crispy bacon and burnt pancakes this is the place. I ordered a blueberry pancake…read morewith a side of bacon and my husband ordered #4. We also ordered 2 hot drinks. The drinks luke warm. My husband's meal was good except the extra crispy bacon. I sent my pancake back and the second one was similar to the first. No apology given.

Slow to acknowledge our existence when we walked in. My granddaughter's bacon cheeseburger order,…read morewith instructions to hold everything else apparently meant hold the cheese as well. I had the $14.50 grass-fed all-beef burger (the menu promised "incredible flavor"). It was incredibly tasteless, possibly because it was incredibly overdone, as was the bacon cheeseless burger next to me. We ate our meals on a very sticky table -mentioned in other reviews. And by sticky: my granddaughter's stuffed toy had to be peeled off the table, leaving a little fur behind. No one asked us 'how is everything?' They learned that restraint from previous frank responses. And I am sympathetic to the suggestion of 'just send the food back.' Or 'just complain to the management.' But consider particular circumstances and time constraints - never mind the chance of resolution, given the apathy in the room. This will have to do as a complaint to management. Hope it improves their food and service.

Stopped at La Luna Cafe while passing through and had a mixed experience. The staff were friendly…read moreand the service was genuinely good, but unfortunately my iced latte really missed the mark. It was extremely heavy on the milk with only a few small ice cubes, so I couldn't taste much coffee or flavor -- I ultimately didn't want to drink it. My partner ordered a hot latte and said his was decent, so maybe it was just an off drink or an off day. Still, based on this visit, we wouldn't plan to come back.

Cute cafe loved my "half chicken salad sandwich". Salad on toast that I could have lived without…read more Plated beautifully but the narrow plate gave me pause on how to eat without it all tumbling to the table. My friends split a quesadilla and said it good and repeatable. The self serve water was tap and could have used a bit of lemon and/or ice. If you don't want lattes or shakes nothing else to drink. I would have liked a lemonade or similar option.

Delicious food. I got the orchard wrap: Candied walnuts, apples, chicken, how can you go wrong…read more Pickles were only okay though. Too sweet for my taste

My family and I stopped in shortly after the kitchen closed but we ordered online ahead of time and…read morewe all really enjoyed what we had. It was very quiet today (July 26th, 2025), we were pretty much the only ones there so we got to browse the gift shop and sit wherever, unimpeded, while we enjoyed our food. I'm pretty picky so I went with the ham & cheese w/ bacon and the grilled cheese w/ bacon off of the kids menu and they were really good, albeit a little pricey for a simple, half sandwich each. The cookies and cream shake was quite good to go with it. I heard glowing reviews about the Uffda, in particular, as well as the coffee. The sauce on the Yayoubetcha "made the sandwich" from the sounds of it. The green apple shake was "tangy and delicious" and they both "loved it". Very enjoyable atmosphere overall and the staff was very friendly. I'm not a big coffee shop guy myself, but I could see myself coming back. Certainly better than the franchise coffee shops; gotta love a local, thematic, small-town business!

Don't have time to get all dressed up but you want a fine steak, at a GREAT price AND with great…read moreservice? Willing to drive a little outside Brookings town limits? Knotty Pine Supper Club is where you need to go. Fact: Go to Knotty Pine and you will not leave there without having a great steak and you should still have money to go out on Main Street when you get back to Brookings, SD. We went here after a long day at The Summit League Tournament and we didn't have time to change into a collared shirt but they let us right in without any judgment. I will go back every time I'm near Brookings, SD

This winter (2022) my fiancé brought me here for the first time after our engagement. Tonight…read moreafter a long day of work we decided to come here with my parents for a pre-wedding dinner. The last dinner with my parents I'll have as a single woman, lol. We came all the way from Sioux Falls with the plan of a nice dinner and then getting back with in enough time to sleep and enjoy the evening. It is currently 10:08pm as I right this and we are still on the Highway. So let's recount this experience which is why we will never return. We arrived and were seated after being looked at as if we were not in the right place. After being seated about 10 minutes our drink orders were taken. Two fountain drinks, a water and one bar drink. About 20 minutes later nothing, the manager came around and asked us how things were going. She then brought us our drinks. My father ordered a bottle of wine at this point. The sodas have arrived but the water still had not. Our server came with the bottle of wine and asked my mom "would you guys like glasses with this?" My mom responded in the most perfect way "No, I think I'll just drink it from the bottle." LMAO. "Yes, I think we should use glasses." She responded after her chuckle. The server came back with the glasses, but she never got the water. Then she came to take the order. We ordered three steak dinners. The bill was simple please put the alcohol on one tab and everything else on the other. This is the good part and the only reason there are stars given at all. As always the food was amazing. The quality and consistency of the food is the best. That's where the positive remarks end. The server checked a couple of times on our table but did not respond to any requests in a timely manner. We arrived at 7:30pm and didn't get our bill till about 9:45pm. We had asked for our bill and it never came, finally our server came to the table and asked us if we would like to close our bill, and asked for our form of payment. We gave our cards only to find out the bill was done completely wrong but the cards were already run. My fiancé has management experience in the restaurant industry and decided that was not going to work. After much struggle the bill was fixed and ran correctly (I'll update if this doesn't stay correct). Here's the part I don't really understand. I talked with the manager and explained the issues we had with the massive wait time, not getting an appetizer we ordered, not receiving our drinks or the bill BEFORE our cards had been ran. Her response was ..... I don't know why that happened. That was it. No I'm sorry, no "your server was new". Nothing. With that said I leave this experience learning a few things. One: I need to be a little more aggressive when things start to go wrong. Two: I need to demand an itemized bill before paying ANYWHERE, and Three: good food and a pretty drive doesn't equal a good experience. As of now, we will never make this drive again. I love the Brookings/Elkton area, but we won't be returning. This was an embarrassing experience. We chose Knotty Pine because we wanted to take my parents somewhere nice, somewhere that isnt a chain, somewhere enjoyable, somewhere South Dakota. This was our last time here, it's too sad because it we had some great experiences here before... 2025- I got on to help for the first time in years to see this was in my drafts. I contemplated not posting it because of how long ago this was...but decided it was a bad enough experience that we have still not been back so it was worth posting. I still stand by my review and do not recommend this place. There is a great place called The Rusty Nail in willow lake if your looking for a small town eatery with amazing prime rib and steak.