Great place for a nice mom and pops old school feel to it I like the atmosphere music food tvs very nicely done read more

JJ’s Birds Nest - The tap selection is decent and I just lie the people very friendly - Sandwiches Near Me - Brainerd, Minnesota

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Ordered ahead for takeout, gal on the phone was extremely rude. Ordered buffalo blue chicken sandwich with onion rings. She VERY rudely says "we don't have that, that was like 2 or 3 years ago ". OK, menu says you can swap out burger for chicken, i explained. Again, she says we don't have that. So I asked do you have chicken sandwich? Yes, she says... OK, I'll have that, grilled chicken, add buffalo sauce, add blue cheese. What for a side, she asks? Onion rings I said. Seriously, know your menu and how to get to the end result without being a complete B on the phone. Picked up food, gal who took the order saw us and ignored us, we paid and left. Sandwich was dry and unremarkable. Definitely not worth what I paid for , $22.94 for sandwich and onion rings, no tip because she was so rude. Complete rip off. Avoid. read more

We've been coming here over 10 years. During that time the prices have steadily skyrocketed. Nothing new for any establishment but we visited today to be served on paper plates, bowls, and plastic cups. Real classy for their prices. We ordered the shrimp special; 5 shrimp, baked potato, salad and roll. Shrimp was good and the salad was good. That's where it ended. Baked potato was cold and the roll must've been leftover from last week as it was awful. Some ordered French fries which were mostly thrown away they were so good. If I'm paying higher than normal prices, I expect glass plates for a dinner. Paper plates need to be kept for picnics. Drinks in flimsy plastic cup's don't even deserve a mention as this was all very cheap. Seemed so cheap, we expected plastic silverware. Goodbye JJ's, we're done with you and given the amount of people on a Friday dinner time (1 other table of guests), seems we're not alone leaving you in the dust. read more

Not as great as all the reviews made it sound. I'm not sure if it used to be amazing and then they found a new food distributor or started cutting costs? They didn't have tots!!! I was super sad about this. We ordered food to go and most of it tasted like it was pre made and double cooked. The best thing was the cheese curds! They came with a prepackaged container of marinara. Entrees- Fish basket and chicken tenders baskets. I wouldn't get either again. The fish was super over cooked and almost looked like it was pre fried and froze before they refried. Overall, not impressed. I would possibly eat at the restaurant/ bar as it looked clean and maintained inside. Maybe this would be a better outcome? They did have a full bar and local brews. read more

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Food was fast and good. Stopped in as we were driving across the state. Clean and open atmosphere. Come on in and enjoy the food. read more

JJ’s Birds Nest - JJ's birdsnest on Sat around noon - Sandwiches Near Me - Brainerd, Minnesota

Service was okay - but, unfortunately we did pull tabs and forgot a winner on the table. We called and returned to the restaurant once we realized - granted I know forgetting the winner there was our fault, but the lady on the phone AND at the bar were so incredibly rude and dismissive. I also do understand that maybe the rules are we cannot cash it out it since she said "it has to be payed out within 15 minutes"... but the pulled tab was turned it directly after us leaving by the server... regardless if they are able to pay us out on it or not there is no excuse to treat your customers with such unkindness. read more

The parking lot was so full we almost kept driving but we took a risk and sure glad we did. Great bar with adjacent area with tables and high-tops. Plenty of room/tables for larger groups as well. Great bar-food and outstanding service and wait-staff. Friendly, clean, fast (we were passing through)... great drinks as well. If you are in the area, check it out. read more

Ive lived in Pillager/Baxter my whole life live and had never stopped. I missed out! 10/10 food and service. Ive dined 6 times since first visit 3 months ago. read more

Great place to eat. All 4 of us had different food and loved it all. Servi was fast and curious! Is recommend highly.

Far above average for a bar in northern MN. Great food, service and value. Only recommendation is to upgrade the fries...for $2 you need good fries read more

We were 1st timers to watch the Sunday Ice Races!! We arrived at 10:00 A.M. races start at 11:30. Our blonde bartender woman was very pleasant and accommodating!! She helped us move 2 tables together so we could see outside onto Borden Lake!! The Bloody Marys were tasty! Good selection of tap beer. Food was really tasty and reasonably priced!! It was much warmer inside and there are "real " toilets!! read more

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Just love it. Highly recommend, flew all the way from California to eat here

Great food and wonderful service. Small town bar atmosphere. Nice to see locally owned businesses doing well.

Nice place on lake bordon. Food is very good. Prices typical for a bar/restaurant. The place has that up north look, and the staff makes you feel at home. Definitely worth a visit. read more

Stopped in for dinner while we were visiting the area and I'm so glad we did! Food was really good and the service was friendly. Their broasted wings were awesome! Big, breaded and fried perfectly! We also got the Razz Melt and Walleye sandwich. Both tasted delicious. Tots and onion rings were fried to perfection. We will definitely eat here again the next time we're in town! read more

JJ’s Birds Nest - Razz Melt with Onion Rings - so yummy!! - Sandwiches Near Me - Brainerd, Minnesota

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JJ's Birds Nest is located in Garrison Minnesota. Our family has had a cabin on Bay Lake, 15 minutes away, for 50 years. Needless to say, we've been to the Bird's nest quite a bit. My wife and I just came back from dinner on a Wednesday evening. Our food was ok. But our server seemed to be pissed with us before we even opened our mouth's to talk. Also when we walked in, it wasn't very busy at all. Grabbed a table in the bar and it still took about 10 minutes before our server gave us menus and took a drink order. During those 10 minutes, our server and other servers just kept walking by our table. This place used to be great. The broasted chicken special was amazing. Now it kind of sucks. We picked up some broasted chicken a few weeks ago that was way overcooked and tasted bad. Needless to say, I don't think my family or our friends will be stopping by JJ's Bird's nest anytime soon. A good place we've been going to is called The Joint. It's about 10 minutes away from the Bird's nest. Used to be called the Naughty Pine. Their broasted chicken dinner rocks. Usually don't leave reviews for restaurants unless they're really good or really bad. Unfortunately, JJ's Birds Nest isn't really good anymore. read more

JJs was SO good! Great atmosphere, food (we had the hand made patties) were delish, and super friendly bar tender! Wish this was in Colorado! We will be back when we visit! A gem! Thank you JJs! read more