On our way home from the Black Hills, we stopped at Marlin's Family Restaurant in Mitchell S.D. We were seared right away and I had a cup of coffee within a minute. I had the French toast with eggs and bacon. Nancy had eggs and Ham. Service was good and the food was hot and fresh price was good. All in all 4 stars. It was a good break from Driving. By the way Marlins is connected to a gas station if you need petro or just top it off read more

Marlin's Family Restaurant - Eggs and ham - New American Near Me - Mitchell, South Dakota

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Stopped here on our way to Sioux Falls. Good size place connected to a circle K gas station. I got two eggs, toast and ham. It was good. My husband got French toast, eggs and bacon. Service was good they had quite a crew working too. We'd stop here again. read more

Marlin's Family Restaurant - Eggs, toast and ham. - New American Near Me - Mitchell, South Dakota

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Great "go to" where you know the food and service are always going to be good. Casual comfortable dining with reasonable prices.

The host was very friendly and professional. Our waitress, Susi, was lovely, polite and a great server. Sadly, my breakfast was just so so. I had two over hard eggs with a ham slice and pancakes. Every once in a while I get eggs that I don't like the flavor of whatever they are fried with. It doesn't taste good like fresh butter. They are oily. Maybe a poor butter substitute? My pancake was left too long on the griddle giving it a crusty top. I prefer soft and spongy so the butter can soak in. read more

Actually just came here for supper! The French toast is phenomenal and the menu said 2 French toasts but the great waitress gave me 3!! I was so thankful and my family loved it, as well as my sister running around the place like it was a scavenger hunt! The vibe is so nice! Go to restaurant for supper! read more

Marlin's Family Restaurant - My excitement at this restaurant! - New American Near Me - Mitchell, South Dakota

We got off the highway to go to Perkins pancake house only to find that it burnt down or something because all there was was a concrete slab. So we switched to Marlins. Food was OK. Service was not the best but everyone has an off day I guess. Update: The manager promptly reached out to get details of the issues we experienced. It's always a great sign when the management is concerned and looking to improve the experience for their guests. His concern was appreciated and I'm confident any issues will be addressed. read more

Their pancakes are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!

Tried buffet, not worth the money. More bones than ribs, no meat in the spaghetti, food was just barely warm and had to ask several times about dessert. Service was lacking. All n all a disappointing stop for dinner. read more

Where do I start... the workers got upset at each other, and we heard cursing from the kitchen. The eggs were good, hamburger dry, chicken was garbage, and the potatoes... don't get me started on those... they were disgusting, undercooked, and the type of food i will never eat again. read more

They should call this everything is bigger at Marlins! Perfectly cooked hash browns...more food than we could possibly eat. Everything was delicious!! Great waitress too!! read more

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Stopped at Marlin's this morning. We stop there often when in the area. Very good food, reasonable prices. Good service. And we had great service from our server today, great food too. Now for the male manager today was very out of line & rude to a male waiter who was a great server!! The manager is the one who was out of line for not seating us, tryed to discourage us from even eating there as they were busy. I have managed & worked at restaurants off & on my whole life. They were not that busy. The manager made us wait to be seated even though there were several empty tables. The server was doing his job after seeing us standing at the door for about 10 minutes & seated us. He was doing his job & then the manager chewed his butt off for it, in front of customers. Very inappropriate!! read more

Best bourbon ribs i have ever had. Karin was a superb waitress. Going back today for the homemade apple pie.

Big breakfast menu-good all day. Reasonable prices and large portions. Needed to try a "new" food and went for the Tater Kegs. Tasty oversized tater tots, 1or2 could make a meal. Serving feeds the whole table! Plenty of tables and booths but decor is dark,a little dreary and showing its age. Very busy for Saturday night dinners. read more

From the city of the one and only corn palace, we send forth this cautionary tale to the traveling diner. If you think to yourself when you arise in the morning, I would enjoy and hot breakfast prepared for me. You will look for breakfast options in this fine city and find one. Rather than take the plunge into the the turbulent tides of Marlins family restaurant, break out the pans and make your own culinary delight. We dined in this establishment and we found a meal fit for subaverage expectations. Do not look for waffles, toast that was toasted butter "not spread" , benedict that has hollandaise. We enjoyed the wait staff and it was quick and the food sufficed. As a last resort this diner will do in a pinch. read more

Omelet with green peppers and onions and ham was fabulous! Have kidney failure so it was a one time treat! Ordered Extra Crispy hash browns too. Delicious read more

Yummy I like Marlin's. I had cinnamon French toast,with over easy eggs and bacon...yummy. I also had pancakes it was delicious 4 stars read more

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Food was good but my eggs were cold. Prices were reasonable. They serve a lot of food for the price. No fresh ice tea. (Bummed)

Super friendly staff. We were seated right away with coffee served within seconds! Excellent value and delicious, too! You have to try the caramel rolls! Pretty top notch. Great value & friendly staff. read more

Marlin's Family Restaurant - a white coffee mug with the marlin's family restaurant logo on it - New American Near Me - Mitchell, South Dakota

Conveniently located off I90. You can refuel and fuel up. Great choices on the menu. Typical American fare. Service was great. Sam was attentive and always smiled. Hard to stand out with this type of food. You get what you expect. Don't be afraid of stopping by. Seems like manny locals visit during the week so it can't be a bad thing. Communities that eat together work well together. read more

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Nice truck stop with friendly service, but wasn't impressed with the breakfast burrito, which I was hoping looked like the advertised picture (with eggs). read more

Marlin's Family Restaurant - Bacon breakfast quesadilla. - New American Near Me - Mitchell, South Dakota

Nice little 24 hour cafe/restaurant. Pretty basic food but good quality and nice service. A good choice if traveling by or live in town. read more

Amazed at the quality and price of their lunch buffet!!! Always tons of delicious options, and I eat keto to top it. Staff is always super friendly as well. read more

Great truck stop diner. Had the appetizers sampler, came with cheese curds, onion rings, chicken strips, southwest egg rolls. Club sandwich and bowl of chili. Chili was just the right amount of spicy. read more

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Cute little place. Plenty of room for my large family and the wait staff was nice. She never did bring me a water though. I had the buffalo chicken sandwich and fries and it tasted really good. The kids had a mix of breakfast, chicken nuggets, mac and cheese and cheese curds. No complaints from any of them. My son did say the cheese curds did not taste like the ones from Wisconsin but they still tasted good. Prices were reasonable. Would definitely stop again if we were near by. read more

Marlin's Family Restaurant - Buffalo chicken and fries - New American Near Me - Mitchell, South Dakota

Food is subpar, low grade no flavor!!! Looks like they don't make the food themselves!

Cherish was my server. She recommended the potato soup and it was delicious. Cherish was super sweet and nice, excellent service!! Thank you guys!!! read more

Flies In dining room. Raw center on chicken fingers. Inattentive waitress. Wouldn't recommend this place for lunch.

Customer service was good but I tried to order over the phone and nobody answered. As I waited for my food to come out after going inside to order the phone just kept going off and didn't get answered. I wanted the pot roast dinner but they were out, no ribs and no chicken tenders. The waitress looked super busy while 2 other workers were just cleaning, waitress still did a good job so I tipped her. It's not her fault y'all ran out of ingredients. I took a picture of the menu in case anyone needs an updated pic of it. read more

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We went for breakfast and had excellent service and enjoyed the food. I had the breakfast special which was eggs, hash browns and pancakes. My husband ordered the veggie omelette. The scrambled eggs were cold but the hash browns were made exactly as I requested. They had no problem quickly taking care of the eggs. Everything was good and the portions were generous. We couldn't finish everything. We were there on the day they had a special with coffee just a quarter. This is a place the locals visit and I see why! read more

Love a truck stop diner combo. You can end up getting some great food. This is one of those times! Got seated right away and helped by a very kind smiling waiter. Love the mason jar glasses and the old fashion gas station decor. Our food took a little bit as the crowd started coming in but worth the wait. I tried the cinnamon roll French toast. Oh yum! So sweet! If you like both those things you will be in heaven! I put a little syrup on it but really it didn't need it. They take their fresh made cinnamon rolls and slice in half and cook them up like French toast. So much food! Hubby got the pork omelette. It was an omelette stuffed with pulled pork and fried onions on top with hash browns, and toast. He couldn't finish it all. We were both stuffed and the service was great. read more

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We enjoyed our meal. The food was delicious. Wait staff was friendly and courteous. The restaurant was packed and staff did a good job. read more

Marlin's Family Restaurant - Listening to a very interesting story! - New American Near Me - Mitchell, South Dakota

Stopped in for fathers day brunch. Was the worst i have ever had. spent over $70 and in the end went to culvers and spent $40 and got filled up with great food. I don't know how anyone could have proud of that buffett read more

We stopped to have breakfast the hashbrowns are very good and very nice and hot. The service was excellent. We drove all the way from Kentucky. read more

Marlin's Family Restaurant - The big breakfast - New American Near Me - Mitchell, South Dakota

Friendly staff. Quick service. Excellent food. Highly recommend the French toast. Don't let the full parking lot scare you away.

I want to love Marlin's but it just keeps missing the mark. We've been coming here for years. Unfortunately, Marlin's is understaffed like many restaurants. The staff they have worked like crazy while we were there, but we still waited 20 minutes for waters after being seated and 65 minutes from when we were seated until when we were served our food (3 people in our group). We saw many people leave after waiting so long, but decided to stay. The food was just mediocre at best. I would suggest the breakfast menu. read more

Very friendly service. We ate from the buffet. Very good ribs and salad. Chili was really good. Good variety on the buffet. Reasonable.

It was really bad food..... I had the #2s after eating their breakfast. Everyone that I was with got sick after eating at this restaurant.

This Is a family friendly restaurant. It was very good; they cooked our food to our exact specifications. My husband had the bacon cheeseburger which came with four slices of bacon; it was very good and I had the hamburger steak with tator tots, salad, and corn; it was very good too. Service was good, the food was a little slow coming out but that was fine with us. If you just need a bite to eat this will be able to take care of anyone in your group. PS. Breakfast served anytime. read more

Marlin's Family Restaurant - Bacon cheeseburger with fries. - New American Near Me - Mitchell, South Dakota

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I have been to Marlins several times and it has always been a treat. They have a great menu with something for everyone. The servers have always been friendly and helpful. I will return whenever I am in the area. read more

We had a very nice breakfast here. Everyone in our party enjoyed their food. The service was good. The restaurant was fairly clean, but a bit worn. read more