If you're looking for a diner with all-American food at a reasonable price and a fun atmosphere,…read moreyou've found it. Our waitress (possibly the owner?) was so friendly, personable, quick and attentive. The food was exactly what we ordered and she was flexible with our requests. We prefer a few healthier options, like fruit or whole grains, with breakfast, and we like excellent coffee, and those aren't on offer here, but I didn't take a star away for that because the Park Diner is exactly what you want it to be - a nice, clean diner with generous portions and great staff.

Food 2 out of 5 Milk Shake 5 out of 5…read moreCleanliness 4 out of 5 Price 5 out of 5 The food was substandard. My chicken breast was juicy but the sauce wasn't that good and my wife burger melt didn't have much flavor. The milkshakes were great and no complaints there. Onto the building and service. The building was clean but the bathroom floors were a little bit sticky. Our service was good and she came back multiple times to ask use if we needed anything. All in all we probably won't come back to this place.

I always enjoy going here. I stop by most Saturdays in the fall and winter. It's just a great…read morecomfort food breakfast. I typically get the biscuits and gravy special (see photo) and it's pretty good. The food always comes out quickly and the wait staff does a pretty good job. Everything I've tried has been very tasty. It's great for the price and what you'd expect from a place like this. It's not a 5 star gourmet restaurant and you shouldn't expect that, but, for a down-home diner they do it really well. I'm not going to knock off any stars, because this place does a great job in general, but in case any of the management reads this I have feedback. 1. The slowest part of the whole operation is being seated and cashing out. Both of these occur with the host/hostess. It's a single person, and having them seat people, and most times the host will bring them their drinks, ensures that everyone else continues to wait. It's a bottleneck. Even when tables are free. Occasionally I've seen the host standing a few feet back into the kitchen area wrapping silverware or whatever and unable to see someone waiting for them. I get that you want to keep someone you are paying busy at all times, but that also causes more wait while they finish their secondary task and return to the cashier station. The customer should come first. 2. They seem to do this odd thing where the wait staff doesn't have a dedicated section of tables. Instead, each person that comes in is given a colored poker chip that is placed on their table and they just rotate through the colors (which indicate a waitress). I guess this makes it so every wait staff gets an equal number of customers, but you also get this weird situation where the table sitting in front of you, and the table behind you, could all have a different waitress. Three people stopping by the same area at different times. Seems super inefficient. I can generally get someone else's waitress to bring me a refill or whatever, but it makes it harder to flag down yours, when they are crisscrossing the place. I mean, it's their place and their system works for them. It is what it is. Just have some patience and expect a bit of a wait to be seated and again to cash out. It's not somewhere to visit if you are in a rush. It's more of a lesuirely weekend morning type of place. Worth stopping by!

What can I say? When I come down from Bemidji I always wanna eat here just plain old good food,…read morecooked the way you want it. Service like you're at home and that's a good thing. Nobody hovering over you but yet being attentive to your water needs. It was a rainy day found a good spot to park right away got in ordered our food. Ate it and the way we went back to Bemidji. All of us had eggs in one form or another each one of us had our eggs cooked the way that we wanted, which is really important. The home fries were great. Nobody had heartburn going home which can happen a lot of times when you eat fast and the food isn't so good. This food was great. Can't wait to return to have another breakfast

The only reason it got 4.5 stars is due to the watery ranch. The cup brought to us was very watered…read moredown. The chili was real good. They aren't kidding when they say it's meaty. It had a kick but not too much. The chunks of meat were like meatball size. Got the Texan burger and man was that good. It's a heart attack on a plate but had the kitchen sink on top AND on the bottom of the burger. Fries, onion rings, onions, and sauces. Yum. Oh and two cheeses. Yum. The fries were also amazing and just the way I like it. Not too crispy not too soft. This place is such a gem and if you blink while driving you'll miss it. Just make a U turn ...safely and go back if ya do.

Great food- chill was good. You can't go wrong with burgers. Pizza hits the spot too. Service was…read moregreat. ( beats most places in Minneapolis). I'd highly recommend it to anyone local or out of town.

Cute little sandwich shop downtown. Friendly service. Quick service. Nice place. I had the chicken…read moreShawarma, the chicken was just a little weird and that it was sort of shaped and sliced. It had a good flavor, however. I probably would get a different sandwich next time.

Reliably good sandwiches. Nice treat to eat out for lunch. Glad for the outdoor patio.read more

This place is still delicious!! Great prices and the portions are huge. Philly was a WOW and the…read morefries incredible. The burger was well seasoned. The restroom is outside so very cold. Service was through a window and the young lady working did a wonderful job! Will definitely be going back next time we are driving up that way.

This place is a rural gem! The portions and quality match up with the price. And free pinball?…read moreDoh-kay! The gyro bowl was plentiful and fresh. I am inclined to go back and try something greasier next time. It was fun to pass the time playing pinball while I waited for my food. This place was extremely clean and cute. I treated myself to a waffle cone on the way out, that was certainly not a mistake. If you are near St. Joe's or passing by, swing in.

I had fond memories of this joint 25 years ago as a student at SCSU ( Husky Pride)!!! Had to stop…read morehere to watch a Vikings game on the way home as we pulled in just prior to kick off. It was a great place to stop for said game! My smoking hot wife and I split a roast beef Sami it was great! My wife had several drinks for a good price and our server was excellent as my water was always full. The free chili at half time and 50 cent shots were a nice bonus! Great place to watch a Vikings game, Tony (the host) was kind and entertaining. It was enough fun that we might drive from the twin cities to watch the next Vikings win!

A cute little bar right next to the railroad! Randomly went on Sunday and entered the meat raffle…read morewhich was fun! Friendly atmosphere and friendly staff! Yummy food too! Excited to go back!

Stopped on our way back from St. Cloud. As soon as I saw the plentiful menu, I heard the Southwest…read moreBreakfast hash speaking to me and for good reason. It whispered, "I'm delicious choose me." And I did and you know what? It was delicious. Split the hash with my wife's breakfast burrito. Also delicious. Mother in law got something like an omelette smothered in something by honestly I was too focused on my southwest breakfast hash. No clue how it was but it looked fine. Appreciated that the place is very kid friendly. It's also a lot bigger inside than I thought. They have high chairs and kid friendly cups! Service was good! I guess I'm being nitpicky by not giving a 5 star because we didn't get a couple of drinks we ordered, but other than that, Twas most excellent.

My father and I went to the Lake Cafe In early October, after Gordon Ramsey was meant to have been…read more My father got Fish and Chips and it was tiny bits of fish that weren't cooked and didn't seem like real fish, also the fish came out of the kitchen two at a time. I had pancakes with bacon, the pancakes were bland and the bancon was disgustingly greasy. Im not the person to give out bad reviews I understand that many small places like this struggle but it definitely did not live to the hype and the menu was not made by Gordon it was like the original and then the owner/manager was complaining the whole time at a screen while we ate and when we left.

Stopped in here this evening to grab some dinner. Was not disappointed. We arrived shortly after a…read moreparty bus for a wedding did so we knew we would have a little wait. And of course everywhere is short staffed due to COVID. Three of the six staff we encountered tonight were all very friendly. And I appreciated that no one seemed annoyed by my three small children who are very loud. I love the decor in this establishment. It's rustic farm meets garage. They music playing was 90's rock/light rock. They have probably a 12/14 seat bar in the front and then a small bar in that the back I'm assuming for busy nights. They had probably -2 tables inside and a nice size patio for seating as well. I liked that the table has a roll of paper towels on a dispenser. I feel like restaurants are so stingy about napkins. Not here. We started with an order of mozzarella sticks. I liked that we got like 8 or 10 of them because most places you only get 6. My fiancé ordered the SOB burger and very much enjoyed it. It was a large stacked burger with cheese, lettuce, onion, bacon, and more. He ordered onion rings as his side and got a got amount of them. I just ordered a cheeseburger with a side of fries and ranch. My burger was so flavorful and tasty. This was definitely not a frozen patty tossed on the flattop. I'm certain these are handmade burgers. My side of fries was not shorted. Now for the ranch. This place make their own sauces and I will come back just for that. The flavor of this ranch was phenomenal.

It took 70 minutes to get our food, with no warning or explanation for when it would come…read more The hamburger was so over cooked and dry that it was hard to eat, coming from a butcher that is claiming such high quality of meat this was a surprise. I'm trying to think of any place at any time where a hamburger was so bad, but can't come up with anything. It wasn't burnt, it just tasted like it was cooked from frozen and sat on the grill for the entire 70 minutes we waited and slowly heated the life out of the meat. It was almost like they wanted it to be horrible. I've never been to a place that charged for fried onions on the burger. French fries were clearly from frozen and the freezer burn taste was strong. And due to the wait, arrived cold. We did have wings that were pretty good, sauces were nicely done. As far as ambiance, there were tons of televisions but all were showing the game show network, really? The NBA playoffs were on and we're showing Family Feud on every single TV, weird. This was the only food place in town that was open, in the future we'll go to another town. And I will not be visiting the butcher either, if you can't cook a burger I have doubts you'd know how to butcher the meat. I'm surprised the people who live in Kimball would ever go to this place.