It was fast and lady was friendly. Mac and cheese was from a mix and brisket wasn't cooked long…read moreenough to be tender. Brisket flavor was good but it was very tough and chewy.

From the owner: Everyday menu plus lunch specials everyday. Fresh potato chips made daily! read more

Travel through Clark. Stopped in for lunch. Peggy knee the lady who owned the flower shop next…read morestore so I decided to stop in for tea and lunch while waiting for Peggy. First off: Friendly staff. Tip, I missed that the do shakes and malts. Maybe next time. Peg ordered chef salad and I order the Italian sub. Yum yum

Almost never open. Food just so so. Wish things were better- sorry. It is tolerable for breakfast…read morebut nothing special , honestly.

The place isnt fancy. It is a old school café. The waitress was so friendly and helpful. Came to…read moretown for a conference and a friend told me about this place. Got a 2 egg omelet hashbrowns and toast. Great food. The omelet was huge. As big as plate. They also have a 3 egg . Your typical café menu. A lot a food for good price.

The food was really good I had the BLT. My only complaint is that it took an hour to get my food…read more But it was also a busy day, and the longer it takes the better the food so. Yeah. The lighting is really pretty. But I miss the old owners. They had chickens all over the walls.

I absolutely LOVE this place. We go there fairly often. The food is fantastic. Rhonda does a…read moregreat job at turning out home-cooked specials every day, whether it's breakfast or lunch. (Her meatloaf is the absolute best!). Oh yeah...can't forget the best Carmel rolls in town, but get there early...a lot of times they run out. (Her pies are fresh-baked too!) All in all...a great place to eat.

Had to change my review a bit.. Through no fault of owner,…read moreRhona, The service is sporadic. She truly needs to find help. Daughter Kym is great, orhers not so much. So meals are not always consistent..locals actually call to see who's cooking. So, call to see days special, and if rhonda is there. Still, best breakfast and lunch diner in town.

Tried to order food to pick up got hung up on by two different People, still have no food and could…read morenot place an order for five people, rude and disrespectful on the phone and ended with being hung up on, no way to run a business, sad, will not be going back or supporting them in the future

The owner belittled a customer after she was dissatisfied with his wait staffs performance. Being a…read morebully to a customer in a Servive oriented buisness makes for bad buisness.

The staff is amazing. The restaurant is large, and ready to take on groups. I wouldn't drive to…read morethis restaurant, but since it is attached to two hotels, Im pretty sure I'll eat here again the next time I'm in town for an event. Our table was half adults, half teenagers and our waitress was a pro. We also had two people with celiac, one of whom was ready to really not eat much but the waitress gave her the confidence that it would really be safe. The food was fine. My burger and fries was a yes I'll eat this again next year.

The staff is friendly, which I appreciate, but the food is just okay at best. I've visited three…read moreseparate times, and while the food has been acceptable each time, it has never been served hot. It's consistently lukewarm or, in some cases, downright cold, which is disappointing. For the area, it might pass, but temperature issues like this shouldn't be a recurring problem. On the positive side, the dining area is large and they can easily accommodate big groups. Unfortunately, that alone isn't enough to make me want to return.

Wards is a very charming little place with a limited menu and small gift shop. Nice seating…read moreoutside. They serve American as well as espresso coffee. The people who work there are very friendly and helpful. However, we can't recommend the breakfast buffet. The eggs were made from powder the hash browns were soggy and we had to pay extra for biscuits. The lunch menu looks great but we haven't tried it yet. No vegan or vegetarian options that I could see.

We were in town to see the Ingalls Homestead and wanted to find a local breakfast spot. Our search…read morewas a success when we found Ward's Store & Bakery. Although the breakfast menu is small, everything on it was absolutely delicious. My kids ordered fresh toast (made with HOMEMADE wheat bread) and the ham & cheese omelette. I've never seen my kids eat so quickly! They said - "this is the best french toast ever!" and "I love these eggs I love these eggs I love these eggs!" I would agree - I had the breakfast sandwich with HOMEMADE wheat bread and it was gone within seconds - delicious! Many locals were also inside enjoying their coffee - you could tell they come here often. The prices were reasonable, the donuts were light and fluffy, the friendly staff was attentive and the coffee was quite good too. If you're in town to see the Ingalls sites, be sure to stop in, you won't be disappointed.

Located at a gas station (truck stop), Marlins provides the locals a place to come and visit with…read moreeach other and enjoy a hot meal. There are specials throughout the week (Wednesday all you can eat spaghetti & Friday all you can eat fish) to draw folks in. My experience was average. I am not a local and guess I was looking for something with a wow factor or something an actual cook prepared. I was presented the option of breakfast buffet or order off the menu. Most items are short order type food items. I decided against the buffet so I could get fresh food. I waited nearly 30minutes for my food. It tasted ok. Overall, there's nothing here to draw me back. Nothing about it earns my business over any other place in town. I wouldn't steer people away from it however. Most people here know each other and genuinely enjoy the fellowship which was a factor I couldn't share in from being out of town.

Ok so I really don't understand the hype in the ratings. I guess maybe because this is one of the…read morefew 24 hour places around? Anyway food wasn't horrible, but overpriced for sure. Again don't get me wrong, the food was not bad at all. Was not priced accurately though. Next issue. Now mind you it was 8pm on a Tuesday but still the staff was extremely disfunctional. There was one gal doing all the work, Liz I believe was her name, and that was it. The host or manager maybe? Blue shirt, he was pleasant and helpful, but there were 2 other waitresses standing around talking... For the HOUR and a HALF we were in there. Meanwhile Liz was running acrossed the place waiting on virtually every table. This is why I would say service was bad. If Liz had a reasonable amount of people to manage I believe it would have been more than acceptable. She was even correcting the cook! Liz needs a raise (substantial at that being virtually the only reason I would return) and the tools fooling around should be fired. Very poorly run. On the plus side the scenery was nice and unique, they are 24 hours, and they have Liz. I'll sum it up to that. Will not be back unless I have time to wait for Liz to bring me my food.

Dining in De Smet on a Sunday is pretty limited but the Oxbow had many vehicles in the parking lot…read moreand once inside, many tables filled. We were seated promptly and wanting a light meal, my wife ordered a roast beef sandwich and I ordered a bowl of vegetable beef soup and coffee. The soup was very good and welcome on a grey day. The coffee, well the server brought an entire thermos of coffee; normally a very good thing. In this case, the thermos was layered in dust. How do you miss that much dust and fill it with coffee anyway? Lack of attention or "who cares, they aren't local?" My wife's roast beef sandwich contained very good roast beef, but it was roast beef and pickles on white bread. No Mayo, no mustard or any type of condiment. Once she flagged down the server again she eventually got some mayonnaise. Oh the sandwich did not come with chips or anything as a side. Bottom line, the young woman waiting on us needs some guidance. The food has real potential with good flavor, but a bit restrictive in amount. Since we wanted a light meal, it worked for us, but something you might want to be aware of if you stop here. We might well stop here if we ever passed through De Smet again. We'd know better how to order.

Unfortunately, Dairy Queen = CLOSED. Subway = CLOSED. Other than the two gas stations, this is…read moreabout your only option, and you better be starving or on death's door to consider the place. Took my grandsons there this week and met by the ambivalent, unsmiling, bland young waitress with braids who looked like she would rather be pulling slivers out of her eyes instead of working for a few bucks. The food is the only thing that bumped this up to two stars, but it was mediocre at best. The 'Steak and Eggs' consisted of a 6oz ribeye that was maybe 3/8" thick. Why she bothered asking how we wanted it done is beyond me. It would be impossible to find a scale of rare to well done because anything more than 30 seconds on the grill would be burnt (it was that thin). No utensils and Miss Smiley was quick to chastise my 8-year-old grandson when I asked him to get some pre-wrapped ones from the counter. I told her that I was the one that sent him. Still ended up stirring my coffee with a knife. Eggs were fair; hash browns fair; bacon fair; sausage fair. Six of us eating breakfast and the bill was just a few dollars shy of $100. The 'Steak and Eggs' price is $18.95 and you're a fool if you pay that much. I was...twice. Let's talk about the 'ambiance' and the walls that are physically PEELING paint, the wobbly tables, the torn benches/seats and the overall filth in the place. This needs a John Tapper 'Restaurant Rescue' and he would probably turn and walk out again. Please, please tell your young waitress to get a personality and learn how to smile or she is going to be one miserable person to be around and live with for the next 60 years.

I've been here with my family 5-6 times over the past few years as our daughter attends the local…read moreUniversity. Overall, pretty decent. But tonight was quite disappointing. My daughter and I each ordered off the special "summer BBQ" menu: I had the Memphis pork sandwich and she had the pork shoulder tacos. My sandwich was described on the menu as "served open-faced on sourdough". My plate arrived, and I could barely find the meat. Half a sandwich, with three small slices of dry pork with no BBQ sauce. Lots of waffle fries, and big cups of cole slaw and baked beans...but vanishingly little pork between two half-slices of what is best described as Texas toast. Yikes. Honestly it all tasted OK, but the relative proportions of items on the plate was ridiculous. And my daughter's tacos were straight-up not good...pork shoulder was tasteless and the accompanying pico de gallo was so wet the tortillas quickly became really soggy. My wife's pizza was the saving element of the family meal. So...disappointing food overall. We'll give it another try, but we'll be sure to order off the standard menu next time.

No steak was available but no signs at entry. They are known for steak. We didn't know this until…read moreafter we all ordered steaks and waitress came back (15 minutes later) and said no steak. Waited well over an hour for food to be delivered with only one visit by waitress. She didn't say what the wait and only brought 2 water refills. Food was acceptable, kids meals were piping hot. Couldn't discount due to wait, said they could remove one meal or give free desert. Asked for one to be removed. 15 minutes later another waitress said they couldn't remove a meal (because we were taking it home) so we ordered desert. 15 minutes later... we still are waiting for desert... Poor wait service. Poor communication. Poor compensation for lack luster evening. And jt was grandmas birthday.