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    The Deerstand

    3.6 (54 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Sunfish fillets , side of wild rice.
    Glenn M.

    Our second time here in about two years. Our meal was very good again. I had a mushroom Swiss burger with wild rice and jalapeños. We also had fried fish with wild rice. The wild rice was a very good addition to our meal.

    Cheese curds!
    Amy G.

    Cheese curds are delicious - the best around! We also had Sunnies that were cooked perfect. Friendly service. Classic bar atmosphere. We'll be back.

    Breaded shrimp special with baked potato
    Cathy P.

    It's a great place to stop for a beer, burger or entree. Specials every night. And we stopped in during a basketball tournament for the Wednesday special. Great deal for salad bar, baked potatoes and ribs or shrimp or liver was what my husband ate. The decor is awesome and there was a full body deer mount. Again my husbands words not mine. Plenty of room to park. Great staff and good t shirts, hats and sweatshirts for sale.

    BBQ Cajun burger & side of Brussel sprouts
    Anna S.

    Great happy hour until 6pm: $1 off any drink. Service was friendly and had quick delivery of plates. We all had the burger basket special w/ $3 off. Great choice of sides, but I wish I had a few more Brussels sprouts w less salt. It was a rainy night and the crowd seemed quiet but it is a Thursday. Savannah was very efficient!

    No one asked for seconds.

    we ordered pizza from the deer stand, and it wasn't good. The food was late, and pizza was burned. They also included a 4% increase if you are paying with card (so make sure you bring cash) Also, if you are picking up, they stick on a 2% pickup fee. So it wasn't worth the $63 for burnt pizza. Maybe, the other food is okay!

    Look for this along the highway
    Molly M.

    Not what I expected for a "up north" kind of restaurant. It was a great experience for us both: from the unique decor to the great service to the good food and salad & soup bar. My cajun spiced steak was prepared perfectly (medium rare, please) and my locally produced (just down the road) wild rice was delicious. The hit-outta-the-ballpark was the sunfish filets-not too much breading, not greasy but perfectly fried.

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    3 months ago

    we go there often for the salad bar and soup. Great deal. very welcoming staff. I also enjoy their crab special.

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    7 months ago

    Good fresh food! Our server was attentive. I had the Hamdingger burger and it was really good. Definitely will stop again when in the area.

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    7 months ago

    Good food and great see for our large party of 20. Waitresses were great, pleasant and very informative to the menu!

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    Great local place with a good feel very friendly staff and good solid food. Has that old supper club feeling to it.

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    7 years ago

    Great wings and pizza. Decent salad bar. Friendly staff and good beer selection. If your around this area you need to eat here.

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    6 years ago

    I wont eat there anymore most of the time the burgers are never done enough and they never taste right ether

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    Great food and Haley was a great host! Had the wild rice burger. It had great flavor and was very good sized!

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    8 years ago

    Missy is the best bartender I have ever met. Seriously so funny and engaging. We will be back for the races. So fun.

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    12 years ago

    Good service and good food. I had the French Dip, and the kids tried the shrimp basket and fish & chips.

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    The Pickled Loon Saloon of Emily - Crab cake sandwich

    The Pickled Loon Saloon of Emily

    3.9(35 reviews)
    22.0 mi

    Everything about our meal was perfect!…read more Background: we've been to almost every restaurant within 30 miles of Crosslake, most many times. We somehow missed this place. We would rank this meal as one of our best in the area. I had the crab cake sandwich, upgraded to include the dinner salad. The sandwich is one of the best things I've ever eaten. And, am pretty sure the amazing blu cheese dressing was house made. I tasted my husband's food, and can confirm... his cheeseburger upgraded to have the Cesar salad and the shrimp bisque was FANTASTIC!!! Will definitely be back!

    So many things to tell you(long post), I was searching the area near our summer rental for a good…read morespot for my birthday dinner. As I read the menu for this restaurant, I was getting that excited feeling that I stumbled upon a place where they really know good food. The Italian nachos looked promising as well as the reuben egg rolls. Sandwiches, wraps, burgers, oooh! What's this is see? Omaha Hereford ribeye? IMHO black angus is highly overrated. I love a good heffer! So we seat ourselves, the place is popping busy, they're having an all you can eat crab leg special this Friday night. We start ordering off the menu. Beverages to start, nothing fancy, just a good local craft beer and a summer mocktail. Appetizers, my birthday, I get to choose. I decided on the reuben egg rolls. For the main course, my bride orders the sirloin and I order the ribeye, we both get salad. The egg rolls arrive first, looking very homemade. OMFG, they are soooo good. Watch out for the juicy squirt (fresh sauerkraut). Ok, house salad - you'd think nothing special needs to be said about a house salad, we'll let me tell you, house made croutons, house made dressings. It's these small little touches that make a big difference. The steaks were fantastic, the sides perfectly done. The service- on point. The only drawback was the little black flies bugging my legs throughout our visit. But hey, it's northern Minnesota, it comes with the territory and can be easily fixed with a couple of Vector or Lavex bug catchers. Overall, I shall finish pontificating. My suffencies have been sorrencified!

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    Lost Lake Lodge - Crab cakes: unparalleled in this area!

    Lost Lake Lodge

    3.8(48 reviews)
    21.8 mi
    $$$

    We'd heard really great things about the food here, so we were really looking forward to trying it…read moreout, but unfortunately the experience was all-around bad. Service was pretty rough from the start. Our server was friendly, but they spilled our drinks at the table and then had to take them back because they'd been made with bad milk. It took forever to get the first round and even longer to get the second. You'd think they'd move faster getting us the second round given the first was spilled and made with bad milk! Definitely a missed opportunity to make up for the poor overall service. The bread was the highlight of the night, which is very telling given it was standard crostini bread. That said, it was warm, fresh, and served with delicious butter. Unfortunately, the rest of the meal didn't live up to that start. The food took far, far, far too long to come out and when it finally did, it didn't all arrive together. Half the table started eating while the other half just sat and watched and continued to wait for their food to come. I thought they brought it out separately to serve things hot, but the food that was first brought out was only lukewarm. I got the steak sandwich, which was fine but pretty bland. Even the sauce couldn't save it... The fries were well-seasoned but soft and floppy, which just made them feel sad and unappealing. I had an espresso martini with dinner and it was basically a chocolate drink with no real espresso flavor. Overall, the setting was fine, but slow service, uneven timing, and subpar food made this a disappointing experience.

    Very good food but not a great service experience. For food: we got bread for the table (little…read morecrostinis with a warm garlic butter for dipping) and everyone got their own main dish. I ordered the Cajun rigatoni and they were kind enough to substitute the shrimp for chicken. The pasta sauce had the perfect level of spice and everyone at the table agreed that mine was the best meal. Fully recommend the pasta! For service, we didn't have a good experience which may or may not have been because our waiter was new(?). Everything just seemed to take a long time and in some cases when he would come to our table, he would have to leave and come back because he forgot his pen or something else he needed. He accidentally spilled drinks on two of the people at my table (didn't offer to comp the drinks), and ran out half of the food for our table-- went to help a different table-- then ran out the rest of our food after a good 10 minutes. If we had had a different server, I think it would have been a totally different experience. Our friend who has been here many times said she has never had any kind of experience like this before.

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