Needs new stereo this sucks. Carter was great. Can't hear Adele. Food was good and so were drinks read more

Island Lake Inn - Salad Near Me - Duluth, Minnesota

I come here once a year to shoot the Kolar ALS charity shoot and we eat breakfast here beforehand. It's damn good breakfast with super friendly service. Great portions also. See you guys next year when I'm up from Miami again. read more

Keep hoping for the restaurant to improve there time the food comes out of the kitchen. Seems to be taking too long still. Really like the rubens, burgers and pizzas but don't like to wait so long. Great location from the West side of the lake traveling by boat too. read more

Tasty fresh food. Great service. Sausage, eggs and toast were cooked perfectly. I didn't expect the big sausage patties and thick fresh bread. Put this place on your list! read more

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When you pull up outside the ILI you know what you're getting into. I hear the bar side has been remodeled lately. I hope that doesn't affect the townie bar-ness of the place. The atmosphere always seems to be quiet. Not eerie, just... quiet. The food is cheap and good. Nobody here is winning any Michelin stars, but if you want a simple burger and fries you're golden. read more

The best things about the Inn are, they have a decent beer selection and they are accessible from Island Lake. When the new ownership in 2015 took over, we were all optimistic that better food was coming. Boy were we wrong! Other than a few salads, the choices are pretty much the same. The food quality is usually very poor. Their pizzas are just OK the burgers are just OK and everything else pretty much sucks. The Inn should be a destination restaurant, instead it's a place to have a drink on your way to a destination restaurant. The ownership needs to raise their standards big time or sell. read more

Went last week with three others on Wed. night. No special on the board. Burgers all around. I had the mushroom and swiss, my go to burger, wish I had added fried onions because it was so dry I resorted to mustard and ketsup~which is an abomination on that burger. The bun was toasted~the only positive. The burger patty itself was unseasoned, dry, overcooked and lacking any flavor. Glad I stuck with chips because the fries my friends had were the homemade uncrispy kind. Margarita on the rocks nothing great either. I have been here before and would rather have frozen pizza or pb&j Two stars not one because my outlaw family ate their burgers and fries with no complaints or stated opinion~they paid and chose the neighborhood place to support. The one waitress was busy busing tables and ignored our attempts to get her attention~no wifi password for us. Oh, the flies were gross! read more

We are very excited that The Inn has a new kitchen, remodeled inside and a great sun deck that overlooks the lake. It has sun from morning until sunset which you need in Northern Minnesota to stay warm. They have a limited menu so hope they add a few more thing including some vegetarian items. Our pizza the other night was delicious because of the crisp thin crust and fresh veggies. It was served timely and included a cool serving board, cloth napkins and plates. The thing that keeps being the downer is the service. Not enough good servers and continued service until you have paid your bill and ready to leave. Here's hoping they can get someone in there that knows that side of the business. We want them to succeed because its a great place to go when you need a break from Island Lake. Good luck Inn. Update: just had our recent visit for the start of the summer ( opening fishing at Island Lake) I must say IMPROVEMENT! They have veggie burgers with any topping oh I loved the Jalapeño Popper burger. The service was spot on, even with the Wild playing and the place packed. Well done guy in red shirt. Didn't get your name. Can't wait to be sitting on your deck in the warm sun and travel Island Lake on a pontoon. See you week after week Inn! read more

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Avoid at all costs. Worst service ever. People entered the restaurant after us, ordered the same thing, and were served before we were. We had to ask for our food and was never approached during the time after we ordered to see if we wanted anything. Virtually no one else in the restaurant and it took 40 minutes to get a hamburger and fries. The server has absolutely no customer service skills. Not even an apology. Food was OK read more

If you want to wave your hands in the air like you are a true playa in order to get a cocktail...this is YOUR place. This place has terrible service. I asked my bartender Jess what was going on and she said she wanted to go home. Lots of chatting between bartenders. The owner Is losing his tail on this place because of lazy employees. read more

Went for breakfast on a Monday holiday. Only one person working, poor gal. Hard to do anything well when you have to hostess, wait, cook, clean up and wash dishes. Food here has been sporadically good. read more

Great service. A buddy and I were in the are from out of town, and needed someplace to eat a quick breakfast. We found the Island Lake Inn online so headed that way. When we got there, it looked like it wasn't open yet, so I poked my head into the kitchen and asked. The kindhearted cook said they weren't open for a while yet, but told us to sit down anyways and she's make us something. I had an excellent plate of French toast, bacon, and hashbrowns in front of me in less than 10 minutes. We wouldn't have had time to get anywhere else, so this was a real lifesaver. I will definitely be back next time I'm in town! read more

Excellent little bar with good bar food and daily drink specials. If you have a cabin on the lake, you can boat on over to their dock and have them worry about breakfast. Given how far you are from town and the dearth of other options, the lake is lucky to have a local like this. read more

Went to Island Lake Inn for breakfast for the first time. It was fantastic! We were there early on Saturday morning and had their Denver Omelet. Everything was fresh, the place is nice and clean, and the atmosphere is very comfortable. Loved it and will definitely make it my breakfast place! read more

Prime Rib Night: to be honest, I was prepared to be underwhelmed. Happily, I was anything but! Prime rib, perfectly prepared to my requested medium-rare, with sides of grilled asparagus and roasted-garlic mashed potatoes. Jacob was energetic and welcoming and took care of us newbies like we were his favorite regulars. We'll be back! read more

My parents live around the way from here, so we come here occasionally to get a good pizza or burgers. Its a typical little place, with typical bar food. Love that they have wifi, as my parents house cant get it. read more

Service was incredibly slow. Had to go to the bar to get our own drinks. Food was average at best. Ended up retuning a couple items because they were overdone. Will not go back. read more

I keep going back to this place thinking it's going to get better and continually get disappointed. Waited two hours for food, they ran out of walleye, ridiculously understaffed, they closed their breakfast in the middle of summer, their kitchen has been closed intermittently during busy days of summer, and the food is cold when it comes out. We had a server the other evening that was awesome though. He tried his best to make the best of everything. read more

If there were a half a star I would pick that. 15 minutes of standing at the bar to get a drink. Jack and coke was a teaspoon of Jack and the rest coke (obviously we are not locals.) Every table had beer bottles and empty dirty glasses. Won't be going there again. Boondocks - here we come! At least you can get a decent drink there and the tables are clean. read more

New owner, great new remodeling just finishing. Good food, fun atmosphere. Not wild crazy, but good people. Moderate priced but nice place to gather when you are sick of fish for dinner! read more