New ownership now, and it makes me nervous but excited for the next chapter. Please PLEASE PLEASE don't change the ribs! And keep the almost famous appetizer sampler!! I'm begging you! Every Wednesday for Survivor night or Thursday I order the sampler and have leftovers for lunch at work. It the best! read more

"I ordered chicken alfredo the noodles were mushy, zero flavor, and we got charged for it even though we sent it back . Do yourself a favor--skip this place!" read more

Norman Quacks is now under new ownership, in process of turning into a sports bar. The owner mentioned that they were only keeping about 1/4 of the Norman Quack menu, and the bar selection would be cut back also to go along with their new Theme, and the Prime Rib may only be available for maybe Friday or Saturday. Norman Quacks has been known for their Seasoned/Smoked Prime Rib, and their hand battered onion rings. This time the Prime Rib Was not quite as good as all the times in the past. The main reason of this review is because they always had really good drinks. However, this time when I ordered an Old Fashion, and the wife a Cosmo, neither drink was good. The Old Fashion was extremely watered down to the point I couldn't taste if there was any brandy including it was only barely over an 1-1/2" in the glass. The wife's Cosmo tasted like it was mostly only cranberry juice. Hopefully this is not a trend, and just a mixup with the bartender. We have normally gone on a Friday night, but this time it was a Saturday. Bar area was full however only about 6 tables of people in dining room. read more

Half the booths and tables in the place empty and it took almost 20 minutes to seat us. This has happened to us before but keep trying, hoping it gets better. Server (older gentleman) was decent enough. Food was average at best. 45 dollar steak was tough and flavorless. 3 strikes ur out. For a 150 bucks ill go somewhere else next time. read more

Came for the vibes. A rustic cabin-looking restaurant with a duck theme? With ducks everywhere in the restaurant next to fishing and hunting gear? Duck-puns on their menu? Of course I came for the vibes! Drove through the area and picked Quacks as our dinner spot. The service was friendly and pleasant. The food came in large portions and was tasty. My only complaint was that they only have Pepsi (no Coke Zero ._.) The open-faced sandwich was interesting because whether it qualifies as a sandwich is debatable. It was a good-sized leaf steak nonetheless. The loosey goosey, I thought, would come with cheese in the patty, but it actually was above the patty. Still very cheesy and yummy though. The onion rings really hit the spot for me! Would totally come back to try their fun-named cocktails! read more

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Burger was good, service was good. Lowered rating because of the ventilation system. The place smelled like grease.

Been to this place many times ver the years and never left feeling unsatisfied. Is it fancy? No it's just a good everyday steak and sandwich spot with easy parking and very family friendly atmosphere. The service is good and generally very quick. The ambiance is low key outdoors meats library. It's the best I can say and if you eat there's you will get it. If your looking at sandwiches I highly recommend the broadway pork and cheddar, the buffalo chicken, and the monte Christo. Their potato soup is also very good. read more

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Terrible service!! I ordered a Dr Pepper and when the waiter came to refill it she gave me Pepsi and then once I told her I got the wrong drink she said" I hope you like it" there was bones in my walleye too. DO NOT COME HERE!!! read more

Stopped in for walleye dinner and we were really disappointed. Salad was limp and brown, the panko crust on the fish was so hard it rattled your teeth. Waffle fries were 'meh' so were the garlic mashed potatoes. I think they need to change the cooking oil - slight rancid taste. My first bite of walleye tasted like dish soap. Overall the restaurant is dingy and needs a thorough cleaning. Sticky floors, grimy menus.... You get the idea. 2 stars because service was good. read more

Food & service were ok, but the ambiance of a bucket of cigarette butts at the front of the restaurant was disappointing. I'm not sure what the vibe is supposed to be: a nice chophouse or a bar that slings chow on the side. For the prices that they charge here, I was hoping for the former read more

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Service is really slow and our waitress didn't come back to check on us during meal so could get we could get additional items or refills

Very busy when we went there! Awesome food! Customer service was great. Great place to have lunch

Great walleye sandwich and waffle fries. Fast take-out service and friendly staff. Affirdable. Large inside plenty of places to sit, big selections read more

Food and service was very good. The kids love to play the games while we waited for our food. Parking can be a bit hard. I think it was a little crazy when I upgrade my kids fries to waffle fries it cost $2 the same as an adult upgrade but the kids get 1/2 the fries. Other then that we love the food and atmosphere of Norman Quacks. read more

This place is terrible, they won't make any substitutions and the service is horrible. Make sure you read reviews before you consider throwing your money away here because you will regret it if you actually go there. read more

Stay away from here, worst service ever! I cant comment on food cuz we were never served. The place was dead on a Saturday and staff walked by and stared at us for over 15 minutes and never even offered a drink...... we walked out. This happened to is years ago and the only reason we were gonna try again is cuz we got a gift card..... I guess im regifting it to someone i dont like very much... :( read more

Never had an issue with this place over the years but today was disappointing. Server had 1 other table (6 ppl) besides us (2 ppl). We were ready to walk out when he finally came over and asked our drink order, about 10 mins. By this time, we were ready to order. Place order with soup as our starter. Nothing, nothing, nothing and then our meal came from a different server. We mentioned our missing soup. She told our server and he ran back to get our soup and all he said was he forgot. Flavor...what flavor? Steak was a good cut but no flavor. Ordered MR but was over cooked to medium, but cut was good. Overall D+ due to server, lack of flavor and disgusting mens bathroom. Server never even asked if we wanted anything more such as dessert, I think he knew we were upset. read more

Dinner this evening. Wife and I shared the large prime rib. Flavor was great but this was the toughest piece of meat we have ever encountered. Salad and potato were great as well as beverages and service but that cut of beef belonged in a hamburger patty. Steak knives had a hard time cutting the muscles and tallow. We will be back and hope for a better cut. read more

RIDICULOUSLY expensive for fast food quality Slimy shrimp... MEH Usually served warm bread (complementary) but they don't anymore... Didn't have the $7 IPA beer I ordered- gave me something else instead ... weak and tasted like coors Fries were pathetic.. shoe string fries with a $15 burger Served with no napkins... no server was unavailable Server never came back to check on us at all Food was ok Asked for a to go box- server was no where to be found... Will avoid ever going back... have better service at Culver's. read more

We visited and ordered a cheese dip with nachos and the Walleye Sandwich. The cheese dip quickly cools and turns hard and the walleye was heavily breaded and thin. Onion rings under done and greasy, everything was greasy and tasteless. dissapointing for sure!!! read more

We had no issues with the wait staff, hostess or service but the quality of food was not worth the price. Potato soup was mushy, but flavor was ok. Ordered filet mignon and not only was it over cooked (ordered medium rare but was medium) but it lacked flavor and was not a good cut. I mentioned something about the temp of the steak and waitress was great about it and offered us free dessert. We picked the cheesecake to go. Arrived home and decided to have the dessert and it was probably the driest cheesecake I've ever had. Again, wait staff and service were great but sadly it was not worth the adventure out nor the $90 price tag. read more

Think it is under new ownership!! No longer offering bread before meal. Couldn't find anything in the menu that sounded good. We use to love this place. Not sure what happened but it was average read more

We love Normans - great food and service. Favorites are prime rib (Sunday special) as well as the chicken tenders and loaded baked potato soup. read more

This was my first (and probably last time) to eat at Norman Quacks. Saturday night, not really busy (we were a table of six and four of us had worked as either wait staff or cooks in Forest Lake restaurants in the past so, we're a pretty good judge of how busy a restaurant is). When our waiter (and the person he was training) finally came over to our table we ordered the onion rings as appetizers. The onion rings were good but they were lukewarm, like they had been sitting for a while. We then ordered our food - we did receive our orders in a decent amount of time, but there was nothing hot on anyone's plate except the person who ordered the salad with meat on top, which was so hot that it wilted the lettuce. Since I did not taste anyone else's food at the table I will only comment on what I ordered. I ordered the patty melt with the shoestring french fries. First, the shoestring french fries were cold and they had not been cooked long enough so they were very very soggy. The patty melt, when I turned over the two parts of the sandwich, the bottom slice of bread was completely soggy and falling apart. I have no idea how cheese can have no flavor but I tasted the cheese separately from the sandwich and it had no flavor. Neither did the onions that were put on the sandwich. The hamburger itself was bland, but it was cooked to my order of medium. While our waiter's trainee did come over to see how everything was, we just said "fine" as this was a special night out for a member of our party and we didn't want her to feel bad. So shame on us for not saying something right then and there. But this was last time we saw them until we had to wave them down to get our bill. I really wanted to like this restaurant, but sadly, that didn't happen. read more

We enjoyed our food, but not enough to return. The ambiance felt a little off, the restaurant wasn't as clean as we would have liked. The onion rings are very good and fresh. read more

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Owners are stingy. Take the tips from servers for to go orders. Charge for every little thing. They are extremely scared of Covid so you won't get normal restaurant service. read more

First time visit. And I'm still trying to decide what I thought. Very friendly staff. Terrible parking lot. I was.on a first date and we both looked and thought the same thing when they brought out the "bread". Three small slices of what appeared to be Italian bread. When I say small, not kidding or exaggerating, each about 1 inch wide by maybe 3 inches long. 3 pieces for the two of us and it comes in a little paper boat. Like what fries may come in. We could believe that that was their beard service. And it was very good bread. The side salad had a nice selection of different things but was gone in 4or5 bites. Very very small, like the bread. Don't bother thank you. My date had salmon and she enjoyed it. I had the Prime Rib. Now I know I'm a little picky about my food, which is why I here writing now. And it was OK. Nothing to remember about it. Didn't have any flavor of it own. I had it so I don't need to have it ever again if I, we, do return. Over all I'm disappointed with what we got for the price. 4 Stars mostly because of my date. 2 of the stars are for her. read more

We are newcomers to Forest Lake. The first thing we noticed about Norman Quacks was the crazy logo. In my mind, they could stand to go through a rebranding. Their menu design doesn't really fit with the type of food they serve, in my mind. They are a bit more upscale than their logo and menu first appear. Since COVID was in full swing, at the time of our order, we had to get takeout. I was afraid the fried food might get too steamed or the food wouldn't taste as great. Wow, was I wrong! They did a great job keeping the onion rings crunchy and the salad from wilting. I ordered a salmon salad (which I highly recommend). It was so delicious! I am trying to eat healthier. That can sometimes feel like a punishment. However, I would get this salad even when I wasn't trying to eat healthy. It was very tasty! My husband ordered the prime rib. It was also delicious. It was almost on par with our favorite prime rib place that we've ever eaten at out in Massachusetts. My favorite part really surprised me. I like onion rings, but I loved their HUGE onion rings. They were perfectly fried perfection! I know I'm trying to eat healthier, but I couldn't resist them. Ha! We were happy with our entire meal. While I think the place needs an image overhaul I can't say anything bad about the food, which is really why you go to a restaurant after all. Nice job, Norman Quacks! I hope to return for the full dine-in experience now that restaurants are opening back up. read more

Heading to Duluth, and 45minutes into driving you get hungry, sure enough we find a Minnesota type esk spot on the side of the road. We give it a shot and sure enough it's an answer to our questions of hunger, with a glance we notice THE SAMPLERS and they had the best chicken tenders ever our belly's have had. WithOlaf as our server he truly recommended the best prime rib dinner but at our quick day of a trip we settled for the almost famous sampler that Olaf recommended as well Definitely worth giving it a shot! read more

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Food was greasy and didn't have much flavor. In the past, food was great. Something has changed. Staff was more interested in visiting with each othe. I had to find the waitstaff more coffee. read more

Server was terrible. The starter came out after the main course. He said he forgot. Oops. Food had no flavor.

Service was terrible. Sat at bar. Menu expensive, small portions . Was there for lunch nobody in there. Was never asked for beverage. 10 minutes. I left read more

Just attempted to order dinner to pick up while on my way home. Was told they wouldn't take my order over the phone I have to order online. Impossible to do while driving guess they done get our business tonight. read more

Excellent service!! The waitstaff worked together seamlessly as a team, and the food was very good. Everything was very timely and even the chef thanked us as we were leaving. read more

Let's be honest the food over priced and underwhelming nothing on the service but ownership needs to revamp the menu and for crying out loud stop serving city water it taste like pvc piping can't say I recommend this place everyone's different I just know I didn't enjoy the food and water . read more

When we first started eating here a couple years it was great, the service, the food. However, years and current day we have been constantly disappointed by the service and food. Some items downgraded in quality and gotten rid of items that we loved. The worst was when we ordered the shrimp kabob appetizer for $11 expecting to have about 3 skewers but it was only 1 kabob (only 3 shrimps on it mind you). Especially considering you got the same shrimp on a salad with chicken which was also around $13. We felt scammed from that appetizer with that pricing on it. The place was great when we first came and are now disappointed that one of our favorite places has downgraded to a level we won't return anytime soon. read more

I got sat right away and a young lady brought bread. Looked at the menu on my phone figured out what I wanted and sat there for 45 minutes watching the dog show on the big screen after the dog show was over at 730 a waiter came by and asked if someone took my order and I told him no and he asked if I wanted to order anything told him no and walked out bread was good though could have used some water but the dog show was interesting but everyone else tells me they have great food read more

Monte Quackster. A little over cooked, but the inside was really good. Batter is a little too salty as well. Would order again though. Pretty good beer selection. read more

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Excellent! Have wanted to try this place for awhile. Happened to be in the area today so we stopped in. We were so glad we did! Ordered the onion rings and cheese curds as appetizers. You could tell they were made fresh and they were both tasty. I had the four cheese burger and actually got to order it to my temperature liking (it was a little pink inside). Again, very good. My nephew had the mini corn dogs kids meal and my Mom had the beer cheese soup. Both were great. Everything was fresh and delicious, restaurant was clean, server was friendly and attentive. We'll be back for sure. read more

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Not a fan the potato skins were banging!!! But my steak was fatty and burnt the beer was warm! service was a little slow. I'm sure I will be back and if it changes I will update my review. read more