Good and atmosphere were decent, but the service was pretty bad. Came here on a whim after coming off of the Gunflint. We were mildly greeted and sat when we walked in. There was 4 of us. We told him there was 4 of us. He pointed at a table and walked away and we sat down. He came back with 3 waters. Never brought another water. Refilled the ones we had, but never brought a 4th. We did not have other drinks. Then my friend and I decided to split an entree. 3 times he said he would bring an extra plate. The extra plate never came. We will probably be back because its an easy place to go, but it wasn't the greatest experience. read more

We had breakfast here on a cold dreary morning. Friendly staff, quick service and huge portions! You can't go wrong. read more

Blue Water Cafe - Cafes Near Me - Grand Marais, Minnesota

One of the best breakfast/brunch spot in Grand Marais. The restaurant has a country vibe and service was quick and prompt. Our server was very helpful and friendly. The breakfast was wonderful and portions were large! My husband and I split the Gunflint Slam - it was 2 Pancakes, grilled ham, bacon strips, sausage link, 2 eggs, hashbrown or breakfast potatoes or tots, and toast...lots of food! The pancakes were fluffy and the hashbrown were extra crispy - exactly how we had resulted it. We also tried the grilled cinnamon roll and it was great. We would definitely come again! read more

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Very nice little cafe. Came in for lunch with family. Portions are just the right size. Service was great and couldn't believe how fast the food came out! Everything was cooked to perfection and had a wonderful time. Would definitely return. read more

The menu is that of a normal American diner. IMO, several things elevate it to a top breakfast experience: 1. Location 2. Delicious chili on the tent-warmer omelet 3. Perfect sourdough & home fries, aka "breakfast potatoes" read more

Great corner place for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or to pick-up a giant cinnamon roll or caramel roll! Fast service, delicious food, very clean, and friendly wait staff. The cinnamon roll is warm, large, and fluffy. Perfect sweet to start with or after meals. I recommend sharing the cinnamon roll with another person as a lovely treat! read more

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Opened at 7 which is great for an early riser! Food was wonderful, I ordered "just for fun" eggs, hash brown & cinnamon roll! Cinnamon role was slice in half and eggs we placed inside. Yummy flavor and fun take on a basic breakfast.Quick service and cute quaint corner cafe! read more

Blue Water Cafe - Just for fun: hash browns , cinnamon roll cut in half and eggs placed between like a bun - Cafes Near Me - Grand Marais, Minnesota

New owners now. The Riddle's sold it in20223. It now has Indian food in the evenings and they also have their food truck parked in back, serving very good Indian food. read more

Classic breakfast diner fare. Had the portage omelette and Denver omelette, both were good. Service was fast. read more

Blue Water Cafe - Portage omelette - Cafes Near Me - Grand Marais, Minnesota

Food was great. Menu offers a lot of options. Highly recommend the Turkey berry melt...yum. Atmosphere is low key and friendly. Service was fast and food was fresh. Will be back next time we're in Grand Marais. read more

Awesome food, fast and friendly service. Has the swedish pancakes and sausage , very good and fluffy. Would highly recommend. read more

Fantastic food: the omelettes, turkey berry sandwich, homemade soup and homemade pies. Breakfast all day. Fantastic servers and great location. Worth the stop in Grand Marais. read more

Blue Water Cafe - Walleye basket - Cafes Near Me - Grand Marais, Minnesota

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It's a homey diner/family restaurant that specializes in breakfast-all-day, burgers, and pie. 75% of our party opted for breakfast food at 2pm. Unfortunately I wasn't impressed with my western omelette. It was a folded omelette with the ham and vegetables sprinkled on top after cooking, not integrated into the eggs at all. That was weird, but even worse the whole thing was unbearably bland. Basically no flavor at all from the eggs or veggies. On the other hand, the service was cheerful and attentive, and the rest of my family liked their food (pancakes, pancakes, and grilled cheese). I kicked myself for not getting a burger OR pie. What was I thinking?? read more

I had the biscuits and gravy and my bf had the tent warmer. Food was delicious. Cute little place to eat breakfast in a great location

The amazing people were super busy but they had a wonderful and nearly historic atmosphere & it felt like I was a part of history. I enjoyed all there food and highly recommend the Brosted Chicken. For $8 and 4 pieces of chicken? What is there not to love? Being able to sit there and take in the community and the fresh food and amazing music. I would say this a must when coming to Grand Marais. And Daniel was an outstanding water and did an awesome job serving our food and checking in on us. Thanks BWC for the wonderful memories! read more

Blue Water Cafe - Poster in the restaurant. - Cafes Near Me - Grand Marais, Minnesota

We went on a super busy Saturday in July. Fortunately we were seated rather quickly. We were a party of four. We had prompt service. Good coffee. The coffee cup never went empty. All four of us ordered something different and everyone enjoyed their meal. I had the Swedish pantry which was very good. read more

Blue Water Cafe - Swedish pantry - Cafes Near Me - Grand Marais, Minnesota

Lovely place quiet, friendly, clean. We were not rushed and had a great breakfast. We will definitely go back for breakfast again. read more

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Owner or worker there like my review from 4 years ago so they must agree with my post. read more

Blue Water Cafe - Just noticed this. I believe this is the owner liking my review from 4 years ago so they must agree. - Cafes Near Me - Grand Marais, Minnesota

I don't understand why people don't care for this restaurant. The server was kind, food was really tasty, (especially since it's in Grand Marias a place not known for a bustling food scene), and the restaurant was fairly clean. Also, not crazy expensive for a brunch and I always appreciate Indian food. read more

I stopped here about 1-1/2 months ago while visiting and had the most amazing experience. the hamburger my daughter ordered was so good she didn't even need ketchup on it. I ordered a chicken sandwich melt with pepperjack cheese, very thick cut bacon and cooked on an amazing sourdough bread. We upgraded cheese curds to our order for $2 each. such an amazing experience I couldn't wait to go back. I headed back to Grand Marais two days ago looking forward to the same experience but instead this is what I received. I ordered the same sandwich from the same menu which gave the same description of the menu item. When it came it was just chicken strips on a bun with the cheese with no bacon. I questioned the waitress who spoke almost no English so she sent out the cook. He said they had a new menu now and the sandwich was no longer on sour dough bread however, we were not told this when we ordered. When I asked where the bacon was he argued with me that it does not come with bacon but I explained it's on the menu. He picked up a menu to prove to me it's not on there but found out he was wrong. He went back to cook what I thought was a new sandwich which was not the case he through two slices of bacon in front of me in a bowl to put on my now cold and even drier sandwich. No mayonnaise or anything on this sandwich. The upgrade of cheese curds for $2 turned out to be a $10 appetizer cost. They didn't even offer a discount or anything for our inconvenience. How this place went from one of my best experiences to one of my worst ever I don't know but I won't ever be back and would not recommend them to anyone read more

Today was our first restaurant experience since March 15 featuring real plates, cups and silverware. What a treat to have food served on something besides a disposable clamshell! Really good eggs with deep yellow yolks cooked perfectly runny served with thick slices of sourdough toast and hash browns smothered with gooey cheddar cheese and sliced onion - what's not to love? My only quibble (and it's a small one) is that I would have liked the onions a little more brown and crispy. Although breakfast was really great, the pie slices we took "to go" for later weren't as good. I had a slice of bumble berry pie that didn't have much flavor. Next time I think I'll skip the pie, but we will definitely return for breakfast! read more

Blue Water Cafe - Eggs over easy with sourdough toast and loaded hash briwns - Cafes Near Me - Grand Marais, Minnesota

Mediocre breakfast (lukewarm and unimaginative), can't customize omelet ingredients, dirty floor, server seemed bored.

Stopped by for lunch since they had walleye on the menu. Ordered fried chicken with mashed potatoes and the walleye basket. Everything was cold except the chicken. Not only was the walleye cold it consisted of thin strips of overcooked walleye. It was so disappointing. Won't be stopping there again. read more

Swedish pancakes were awesome. Both my wife and I enjoyed our breakfast. Will definitely come back if we are in town.

The restaurant has a nice ambiance. It has a great location in downtown Grand Marais and is clean on the inside. These were the only redeeming qualities of our meal. My wife's omelette was inedible as the bacon and onions were almost raw inside her omelette. We would have told our waitress about this, but she never came to ask and I had to finally get our check by just standing at the counter until she walked over. I get good help is hard to find, but your kitchen should know what "cooked" bacon and onions looks like if you're a breakfast cafe and your waitress shouldn't act like she hates her job to the point of impacting your guests experience. Go grab an amazing donut from Worlds Best Donuts two blocks down or make something on your own, but don't waste your time or money here. read more

We got breakfast to go. We ordered online which probably took longer than if we would have called the ordering in. We took it and ate at the beach. Everything was yummy but I think we were shorted our pancakes. (I don't want to say we absolutely were shorted because it looked like we should have gotten them per the website but it was confusing). My food somewhat warm but everyone else's food was nice and hot. Our view was fantastic. I would definitely visit again. read more

Blue Water Cafe - Just down from the restaurant. - Cafes Near Me - Grand Marais, Minnesota

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Cute little small town cafe, a little pricey but food and service was good. I will go back.

Stopped in for breakfast before heading home. The food is as great. Sadly I cannot say the same for the coffee. The pancake was light and fluffy, the bacon crispy. Filling breakfast that lasted all day. read more

This is our go to family place when in Grand Marais. We go every time we are in town on a Friday for the all you can eat fish fry. They have really reasonable kids menu prices. Almost everything is made from scratch in house. Really is the family place to eat when in town. I have been going here since I was a little kid with my grandparents. They have one level of seating but they used to have an upper floor for more seating. If you want really good home food go here! read more

The new Indian menu is amazing. Highly recommend. You can still get food off the old menu for breakfast and lunch.

We drove 2 plus hours to specifically to have lunch in Grand Marais. What an absolute failure our meal was. I had hands down the worst Philly cheese sandwich with "wild rice" soup. Serving size was generous but the bun was literally stuffed to overflowing with a mountain of limp flavorless combination of peppers onions and some form of sliced meat! I could literally wring the juices out of my,HAMBURGER bun!! My soup was some form of barley with colorless tasteless broth! My wife has broasted chicken. It was seriously greasey but somewhat edible. This is my first ever yelp review and have always had the best experiences at mom and pop cafes but holy hell my meal sucked big time. Server was sympathetic and took meal off bill, thank you. I highly recommended they take this off the meal... read more

Dear Friends an the Blue Water Cafe, I appreciate your efforts to comply with reduced capacity. My observation was that corralling all of your customers on one side of the the restaurant and closing a section might not be the best way to do it. Your approach does little to decrease transmission and enhance social distancing. We got our food to go and enjoyed it. read more

The staff was not friendly at all. Our food was cold when it arrived and one order was done wrong. They charged us to fix the mistake and when we pointed out the charge on the bill we were told that it was out of her (waitress') hands and that's just how it is. We will not be going there again! We paid $50 for cold, greasy food with bad service. read more

This place has changed a lot in the last ten years. It was one of my favorites but the locals don't even go there now. My husband got sick from the food he had and the service was disappointing. We won't be going back. read more

This was our first experience for lunch. I had the roast beef sandwich which was very tender. My wife had the fish and chips. The best part were the pies. Crumbles Berry and to my surprise a very delicious Key Lime. The pies are made fresh daily. read more

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Great food and inexpensive. We've been here several times over the years and the food is always good. Nice variety on the menu and good flavors. read more

Looks great for breakfast which they serve all day but the walleye basket was very good. I had French fries with jalapeno catsup very good and my wife had the poutine fries which were outstanding. Yes I had some of hers. The service was great. read more

Fun mom and pop atmosphere! Great food! Definitely a must when in Grand Marais had it last time we're here and had it again!

Me and some friends stopped for lunch and it was comically bad. We got 2 broaster chickens, a burger and a hit turkey sandwich. The turkey sandwich we called a prision sandwich. It was just turkey and bread. The bread wasn't toasted. The hamburger was way overcooked. The broaster chicken was good but one of my peices was completely raw in the middle. When I shows the waitress she brought it back after they just reheated the cut peice and it was dry and chewey. Lunch was terrible. read more

I haven't eaten there in three years. Last time I received a badly prepared burger served by an indifferent waitress who, I suspect, had heard complaints most of the day. I ordered two different pieces of their locally legendary Pie Place pies and when I got them home, both were as stale as they could be. I've never been back. Caveat emptor. read more