Excellent service & great food ... there to meet family and we were not rushed which was greats, love the decor & attention to service!

This is getting such a low review because the service was bad enough that we got up and left before we ever placed an order. For some background, Timber Lodge was a steakhouse my family used to go to all the time in the early 2000's (specifically the Fridley location - RIP), so there's a lot of nostalgia when I think of this place. Owatonna is quite the commute from Saint Paul, but I thought it would be worth it for a Father's Day surprise, as this restaurant chain was special to my dad and I. I made a reservation in advance and had specifically requested booth seating. When we arrived this evening, the front desk let us know it would be a 15 minute wait for our table, no problem as we arrived for our reservation 15 minutes early. My dad and I sit at the bar, wait 5 minutes for the bartender, get our drinks, and then another 15 minutes later someone comes to seat us. My dad paid out the bartender and then walks with me to our table. The host seats us at a 4 top regular table - my dad asks if we can be moved to a booth (as my reservation requested) - the host lets us know that there are no booths available...but there are at least 8 booths open with no one seated. We accept that we'll have to sit at a table, but then wait 15 minutes and no waitress even acknowledges us. At one point, an older woman asked my dad to get out of his chair because of the way the floor plan was set up, she couldn't get past otherwise with her walker. At this point we had enough. What should have been a lovely meal with my dad to celebrate, ended up being a waste of an hour drive down to Owatonna. If there's an immediate takeaway, the staff should be more attentive and communicate better with their patrons. Will not be back. read more

This was a large place with a lodge type vibe and lots of specials with appealing options. The menu had lots of choices ranging from burgers to seafood to steaks. The service was alright. It took some time to receive some items, but they were very friendly. For an appetizer, the Asian plum wings ($14) were ordered. There were eight wings that were of good size. They were cooked appropriately and had a nice crunch. The sauce was interesting as it had a soy sauce flavoring with a spicy factor with a little bit of sweetness too. For my entrée, I had the 8 oz. Viking steak ($29). It came with a side, green beans, and bread. I chose a house salad for my side which was an added charge. The salad was alright, onions just cut too large, and not really a lot of bacon present. The bread was okay. The garlic butter was appetizing. I ordered the steak medium rare and that was how it came out for the most part. The steak was flavored nicely, but some parts were a little tough. The green beans were tasty and pleasant with the butter used. Will I go back? I would, yes. read more

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I ordered prime rib for 2 it didn't list the price, I got my beer in 5 minutes took my gal to get her drink 30 minutes later, got 2 whole slices of bread before the meal,if you won the lottery it's a good place otherwise it cost us 176$ for a a 15 ounce prime rib baked potato n broccoli!!!! Really!!!!!! Never going here again prime rib is normally 30$ per person bull shit read more

While in Owatanna for a wedding, me and other family members wanted to visit a local restaurant. We were all very happy we selected the this place. The menu was very diverse and gave us great selection options. Upon receipt of our food, every entree was freshly made and the sides were very tasty. Our waitress was excellent and was very attentive to our needs and made us feel very comfortable. I would strongly recommend this location if you are in southern MN. read more

Timber Lodge Steakhouse - Steakhouses Near Me - Owatonna, Minnesota

When I first sat down and looked at Yelp I was confused why and how a Timberlodge had such bad reviews. I get it now. Awkward interaction with the hostess when trying to get seated. And then we sat... and sat... and sat. We eventually got up and left, took ourselves to another restaurant next door. Zero interaction from the host when we left, no one asked why or even noticed we were leaving. read more

We had a great server, food was delicious! Our party had the Chicken Wildrice Soup, Pork Chop meal, and a Broasted Chicken. It was worth the stop!! read more

We loved the food, we order prime rib and was just perfect! Amaizing salad , very clean restaurant and also bathroom. Grace was great waitress, highly recommend read more

The staff was great. And the food was delicious. The chef even took a customer request for my steak and did it to perfection. It has a fun look to the restaurant. I would eat here again in a heartbeat. read more

We found ourselves here in Owatonna on Father's Day, so thought this would be a nice place to stop for a meal. The inside was pretty, but service and food were not very good. We got sat pretty quick, and got served our drinks in a timely manner. He said he'd give us a few minutes and took forever to come back. Our appetizer came out fast, but the food took forever. My husband ordered a steak, which didn't seem to be anything special. I ordered the chicken alfredo. It cost $19 and it tasted like it came from a Knorr package of instant pasta or something. It was very bland. It also had like only 5 tiny pieces of chicken in it. The service wasn't great either. The waitress said she'd bring my husband another glass of water, and I had to finally hail someone as they walked by to get it. My meal was also supposed to come with bread and I had to ask someone for it. The bread/butter was the only tasty thing there. Definitely not worth the money. The only upside was that our 2 kids enjoyed their kid meals and they were free since it was kids eat free night. Still spent $70 and it was definitely not worth it. At all. We won't be going back. read more

First we got to a seat was waited on for drinks and appetizers 30mins later they came but the sever never came back so I had to ask for plates.After 1hr later we asked about our food we were told they were busy 15mins later we were done waiting and the manager on duty said our food was ready this to out family was unexpected from a restaurant so I will not be going back again read more

Angie and Sunday made this a spectacular experience. They helped me, a disabled man (helped me in the door and to my seat) . There attendee to service was something you dont see anymore! read more

Pros: Service was fine and the food was hot. Cons: We had the burnt brisket ends for an appetizer. They were extremely fatty and were't burnt at all. I had the open faced brisket with mashed potatoes and gravy. The brisket was fatty and tasteless. The gravy tasted like it came out of a can. My wife had the prime rib dip which she said was okay. I left hungry because so much wasn't worth eating. read more

Service was great, but food was nothing special, very bland and not worth the money! If you want to stop when getting off of 35 just go next door to famous Dave's! Restaurant was clean and had a nice interior but definitely not worth the stop, 3 entrees with water came out to $87 but we still gave her a $20 tip since it was slow and she was nice read more

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So the food is great. Now that the good is stated time to work on improving the other things... 10 minutes after being seated we finally were greeted by our server. Ordered old fashioned woodford reserve because they didn't have buffalo trace or four roses. Drinks came. Uh... ok take a breath muttled Wisconsin style little to no simple sugars, red in appearance I'm assuming from the marchino cheery juice dump in. Long story short better off just ordering a woodford on the rocks. Ordered a coors light after I finished my wife's OF and mine that was good not flat wife stated her crown sprite was ok. She ordered the hot apple pie next she enjoyed that and stated it was really good. They removed the old fashioned's from the bill so that's huge! (Without asking) again food was great second round of drowns good coors light tap and hot apple pie. I did have to go to bar to get my son's 1919 root beer refilled because our server disappeared for 10 minutes. Overall nice place good food work on servers and drink quality. A follow up... we we there for a "fund raiser" where a percentage of the sales we supposedly going to support a school and now I come to find out they gave the school like $370+\- please from the time we dined there was over 30 people in the restaurant eating and drinking and that's just the 1 1/2 hours we were there. The math doesn't add up. No good! read more

What a joke. $50 for a $5 cut of meat. Almost everyone in our group of 8 was done eating before I got my food. I was told they were cutting more ribeyes. That's why mine was taking longer. 3 of us at the table got the same thing and I ordered mine the medium rare. Was told it would be 2 minutes. 12 minutes later my food showed up. Steak and green beans were cold and the baked potato was smoking hot. Steak was way overdone and had a little pink on one end. Didn't even taste good. And Timberlodge doesn't even cut their own steaks. I'll never go back again. I would have given a 0, but the waiter was good. read more

We've been back a few times over the years and things have improved. The last time we were in we went on a last-minute Valentine's Dinner Date with no reservation. The hostess was able to get us a table in the bar area quickly, and they even offered us the Valentine's Day special, even though we didn't have said reservation. We ate off the regular menu and were taken care of by the manager (assistant? floor? not sure). Our drinks were never allowed to get close to empty, our food came out within 25 minutes even though the restaurant was packed, and everything was perfectly cooked. It's a spendy date night, but if the food quality and service continue to be good like this, we will definitely be back. read more

I Visited Timberlodge Steakhouse and, oh boy, did it have the charm of a log cabin straight out of a fairy tale! The setting screams 'Instagram me!', but the food and service whispered, 'We're just okay, don't get too excited.' The steak? It was like the middle child of steaks not bad, not great, just there, hoping to be noticed. Service was like a friendly ghost present but not quite impactful. I want to love this place because, come on, who doesn't want to dine in a setting that feels like a cozy getaway? Timberlodge, you've got the looks; now, let's work on that inner beauty (aka food and service). Fingers crossed for a glow-up soon!" read more

I see a lot of negative reviews. Despite that we tried this place and had a lovely meal. Service was excellent. Food was good. Drinks were good. Atmosphere was good. Don't let these complainers keep you from trying this place. read more

Omg! NEVER! Had a bad meal and ALWAYS go there when we crave steak. Over hour drive....well worth it

The service was awesome we were seated immediately. The menu selection had numerous options for any taste. The soup of the day was chicken and wild rice, it had an excellent flavor. and It is the perfect size to start the meal. The bread and honey butter were hot and tasty. The steak was cooked to perfection. read more

Timber Lodge Steakhouse - a bowl of soup and crackers - Steakhouses Near Me - Owatonna, Minnesota

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Great service my server was Josh he was so nice and kind would go back it is a very special place

I have been here plenty of times but unfortunately not sure I will return... while the price of specials go up and up the service seems to lack. I really don't like green beans and ask to have them left off everytime. I would say 1/4 are the actually left off. And savor your soda because you may not get a refill. But I will say their prime rib is tasty... read more

The food was various. The drink option was fantastic. The service was fantastic and fast . There so fast and nice too. The ambiance the ambiance is cabin vibes. There are free apples read more

Went out for a late lunch on a Sunday. Our waitress was very nice, but we had to wait several minutes for our drinks to be refilled. Food took a very long time to get. Thankfully my pasta (Steak & Mushroom) was delicious. The sauce was one of the best pasta sauces I've ever had. Sadly not all of my steak tips was cooked the same...some were medium and some were medium-well. The wild rice soup was decent. I liked the wooden cabin feel. The Christmas lights intertwined with tinsel was somewhat odd for summer read more

Timber Lodge Steakhouse - Steak & Mushroom Pasta - Steakhouses Near Me - Owatonna, Minnesota

Good steak that is 100% cooked right with a delicious au jus. The Bloody Mary is alright but doesn't have enough toppings. The Moscow mules is also pretty good. The water glass is a basic one but worthy of 3 stars as it fits the environment. I'd recommend this place! read more

Timber Lodge Steakhouse - 16oz prime rib (rare) with fries and water cup - Steakhouses Near Me - Owatonna, Minnesota

Home of the $50 for 1 person lunch. Food was mediocre, freshly microwaved. Not impressive. Service wasn't great either, shockingly for a place of this price point. read more

It was a national day of mourning when the Twin cities timber lodge restaurants closed. But this is left and we had to try it since we were in the area. I got the special of the day which was a 4 oz. tenderloin. It was very tender. It was really all I needed. This included the signature cheesy hash browns. They were good but I like them cheesier. Basil got a fried walleye and I enjoyed the bite I had and it was a big portion. I also had a bite of his wild rice soup, just right. Iced tea to drink. Service was great. We went early so we didn't catch the full vibe of the place. read more

Had a long wait to be seated, which we were expecting as it was a holiday. We were told it would be a 25-30 minute wait. At 40 minutes we went to the counter to see how much longer only to find out they had just forgotten about us. 5 minutes later we were seated. Took over an hour to get food, once we got it it was bland, over done, and cold. None of us finished our food. Manager offered a pitiful discount, and we left feeling robbed as this place is not cheap. The bread and 1919 on tap was good, but that's about the only positive thing I can say. Overall just a sucky experience. read more

It took forever to get waited on. Long wait for food. There were only 10 people in the entire restaurant. Not worth the price.

I always have mixed feelings about eating at Timberlodge. The service is always very good.The food has always been good enough, but not good enough to justify the prices. On a recent visit I decided against steak and ordered the parmesan encrusted walleye and a Long Island Iced Tea. I've seen favorable comments about this and the walley did live up to my expectations. The side I selected was parmesan mashed potatoes. They lacked flavor. The bread loaf was good, largely because of the standard whipped herb butter that everyone has. My Long Island Iced Tea was a huge disappointment. It was somehow very weak and it looked like dirty dishwater. In summary, the service was great. The food had hits and misses. The price was too high. Walley dinner, dessert, and one drink. With a tip it was $50. read more

Timber Lodge Steakhouse - Parmesan encrusted walleye. - Steakhouses Near Me - Owatonna, Minnesota

walked in about 4:20 and asked for 1 root beer, 2 cokes and 1 cup of coffee, 1 kids menu. she came with the drinks no straws and no kids menu. she came back and I again asked for kids menu, straws and sugar and cream for the coffee, another lady who was crabby as fuck came back and she said the girl was really busy but the place was empty there was maybe 6 tables in the place that were seated, I ordered a sample appetizer and brisket was all fat and they knew it when they through it on the piece of bread and the glaze on the chicken and ribs looked like it was put on last week and this was 33.00 dollars and was shit to eat and I smoke alot of food personally. a third lady came back and all drinks were empty and still never came back with refills but took our order finally and then came back again and we needed more sugar and creamer and it was horrible. my wife ordered a steak for 39.00 I had walleye for 26.00 and kids had different burgers. we finally got to eating and it was worst batch of food ever and no wonder I have not been here since 2018 but thought I would take the family out for the night and I asked Perkins or Timber lodge and they chose the Timber Lodge and it was the worst we left and it was 5:45 and $149.18 later and I work hard for my money and I am all about customer service but this was a total shit show and I will never go back and I say again I will never go back. I had to go to the bar to pay and my main girl was busy bull shitting with guys in the bar area. not happy at all total shit show. read more

Went for Father's Day. Special was a t-bone cooked over their wood fire. Flavor was okay, but it had so much gristle and small bone chips it was hard to cut and eat. Had no choice of sides. Server was pleasant. Would not recommend. read more

We got seated right away, the waiter was good. Ordered a porterhouse and it was very tasty Cooked just like I asked. My fiancee had a steak pasta that she said was very good as well. Highly recommend this place. read more

Steak was very expensive and was not worse the money was very dry green beans were burn black never again

My family and I were just at your restaurant in Owatonna and had a very bad experience. My husband and son were taking me out for mothers day dinner and we were seated at about 4:15pm. We then watched as table after table.were seated and waited on. While we were completely overlooked. Even as the server helped the table next to us, so close, in fact, that the server had to squeeze between our table.ans their chairs. And still we went unseen and unhelped. At about 4:55pm after we'd been ignored by several servers and my son had completely drawn on his entire kids menu, we left. As we left, no one spoke to us. There were two people at the host desk who did not even acknowledge that someone was leaving. I don't know that I've ever been so utterly disgusted or disappointed with a dining experience - if you can even call it that. read more

Very good food. Had the walleye pike. A person in my group had the crusted walleye which was very good also. Highly recommended.

We looked forward to stopping at Timberlodge on I-35, but unfortunately we should have kept driving! Food took 25 minutes to get to us, pork chop was very overdone! However I later learned why...I got a bad case of food poisoning later that night! Instead of serving bad pork and ruining my Fourth of July plans for the weekend, I wish they would have just said they were out of pork chops. If there was one good thing to say about the experience, the had great buns with a delicious garlic butter. read more

Ate here twice, coming and going from Voyageurs National Park (we stayed at the Comfort Inn across the street). Enjoyed all the meals: walleye, ribeye, pork chop and 1/2 chicken with green beans and potatoes as sides. We got take out but the food was prepared timely and packaged well. Only quibble: greasy french fries. Good Value. read more

Don't come here if you're in a hurry The person was very nice but it just too long to get drinks and food and this was lunchtime We came in on a Monday at 11:15am maybe to tables were taken read more