Delicious food! Amazing wait staff! Homemade soups are excellent! Friday night fish fry has so many…read morewonderful options. Best fried chicken in town! Very large portions , so come hungry!

AE here. We went on an unexpectedly busy night. Our server was quick and super nice. She took our…read moredrink order right away and our food came out really hot. (Love that!!!) Every staff member we interacted with was so nice. Our only complaint is that it is expensive. It was $80 for 2 meals and an appetizer. Overall, we will be back, just with a larger budget!

I have had Rudy's many times and it has never been THIS bad! I ordered to go and when I went in to…read moreget my food, the dining area lights were off and the waitress was grabbing her coat getting ready to walk out as soon as I had paid. The food was sub par and I was shocked they were closing and dead on a Sunday before dinner time! I have seen they have won awards and I am wondering who is voting for them? Family? Friends? Check out the captions on my photos!

Love the Taco Tuesday special and Margarita. Also they have another thing you can not easily get…read morearound here is the Monday Asian Special. It is nice that they have a separate dining area. The front door is too challenging for handicapped so use the side door.

Delicious food, warm and inviting atmosphere. The fried chicken was the best I'd had in ages. My…read moredaughter got the chicken wild-rice pot pie--also excellent. Husband had salmon and wild rice side. Highly recommend this gastropub!

Insula is our go-to night out spot when we come to Ely, we love it! We first visited in 2015, just…read moreafter they opened, on my first (and my husband's millionth, haha) trip to the BWCA. It was great then, and as we have visited every 1-2 years since then, it's still great! We love the food variety, the presentation, the creativity. We've always had great service, whether we come alone or with the kids we've had since 2015. Highly recommend dinner here! It gets busy in the summer, regardless of the day, so just a heads up to be prepared/flexible.

Stopped here for breakfast. It's part of the The Quarry golf course. And the views....wow…read more Breakfast was excellent. I chose the pancakes. The meal came with 3 huge buttermilk, fluffy pancakes and 3 strips of bacon. So good. Husband had the Hole in One breakfast and it was a hole in one. Eggs, bacon, toast, and hash browns. Both our meals were served steaming hot. Staff was wonderful. There was even a local gentleman that told us about the formation of the lake from a mine. We sat inside but wished we would have sat on their patio. So beautiful.

Spectacular view while enjoying breakfast. Would recommend! Ordered a breakfast sandwich, coffee…read moreand a Bloody Mary. Everything was delicious!

STAY Away! I know…read morewhen I read reviews, it's helpful to have lengthy descriptions of the food and atmosphere. But I'm just not willing to spend more time typing than the cooks spent cooking my food. We tried this place twice -- once for dinner and again for the breakfast buffet. Both instances, the food was barely tolerable and my entire family walked away hungry rather than continuing to eat what we ordered. The Tamarack is inexpensive but I suspect its the only way they can get people to eat there. I'm not a snooty eater -- I love Waffle House and iHop for breakfasts but even the Tamarack was able to make breakfast food unpleasant (pancakes were crusty, ham was fatty, oatmeal was nearly solid, fruit was from a can, etc. etc. Do yourself a favor and avoid. On the second day we managed to find the Vermilion Club for dinner and SuLus in Tower for breakfast...both a welcome change from the Tamarack

We ate both the breakfast and dinner buffet at this casino restaurant. The service was excellent…read more The omelet cook made one of the tastiest custom omelets we ever have had. All the entrees in the buffet were fresh, hot, and quite tasty. Only the bacon was overcooked, but a lot of people like it that way so it probably is not an issue. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Compared to the crappy expensive breakfast we had the day before at another local restaurant, for $5.95 this was a huge value! Compare that to your average mediocre-at-best chain restaurants. The dinner also was very nice with a large variety of fish, seafood, ribs, steak, chicken, etc. Everything we tried was very good including the fresh green beans. The salmon was excellent as was the catfish, the ribs were very good, the seafood was fried but of a good quality, the steak was surprisingly good, and the deserts were very very good. Nothing bad to say at all about this buffet for $11.95. The casino is just a typical smokey casino as you would find anywhere in the country.

My husband and I played this course and loved it. We were paired with two locals who were wonderful…read moreto play with and knowledgeable about each hole. The course had received much rain over a week and we were on a car-path-only cart scenario which definitely slowed down our round times. The course was beautiful. As a golfer who tees off from the forward tees, it was quite a long course. With the extra water on the course and getting no roll, it was even longer. Despite the challenges, the holes were beautiful and fun to play. Every staff person we met made us feel welcome and were helpful as we were first time players. Carts had screens to indicate yardage. They also had messaging such that if you left a club on a hole, you could text a ranger and they would retrieve it for you. Really great experience.

Did a stay and play for a boys golf weekend. The casino was a little dated, but the golf course…read morewas amazing. Played 3 courses in the area and this was my favorite. Already planning the next golf weekend here.

3.5/5 This place has…read morebeen around so long and hasn't changed much. Live music on Friday nights that packs the place but plenty of parking. The rec room could use some love but otherwise no complaints here. It's a bar with good service and decent food. The most recent owners added a vegetarian menu and there are rumors that the next owners will not change anything. They cook Boca burgers OK, pizza was fine but dad's chicken was overcooked - we just go here to support them and see friendly faces!

Had to wait 90 minutes for food. Settled for small bags of chips that cost a questionable $3 each…read more A belligerent patron picked up my hat my 2-year-old son threw on the floor and refused to give it back until my son answered his drunken questions and demanded me to abusively force my son to say "please" to him because "you're the father and he (my son) has to learn." My son cried, no one at his table stepped in (ironically one in his dinner party gave this establishment full stars on yelp.) I eventually stopped with his games, another person had to snatch my things while he began to fight with her, all while 2 other men from other tables rushed to stop him. Maybe a little on edge with the situation since there is a sign on the wall saying "we don't call 911" with a picture of a gun. I was told he and his dinner party are regulars. Will not go back until those regulars are banned.

Palmer's looks like it was maybe remodeled recently? The first thing I noticed was how CLEAN it…read morewas! Great popcorn, great burgers and fries, great service. Lots of sports memorabilia, and what looked like a great outdoor space.

Was told to stop at Palmer's for a burger when driving through Hibbing, so did exactly that!…read moreDefinitely a local bar, exactly what I was picturing. Short menu, lots of different burgers, wings, and beers. I had a plain ol' cheeseburger and some onion rings. I also had an Arnie Palmer and it was a huge can. Not that I minded, just wasn't expecting the big can. Good little bar in the area!

After 45 minutes of waiting for our food, half hour waiting for a table even though plenty were…read moreavailable, they told us 2/3 of our food was not available. And that was only after I literally stood up and blocked the waitress from walking past us. They ran out of ribs. Brisket. Chicken. The waitress told our children that she would not make them Shirley temples. Told them they would get Sprite or nothing. Truly, an unbelievable experience. Hands-down, the worst restaurant experience in my lifetime. They've taken it to a new level. 8 o'clock at night in Biwabik, Minnesota. I have to find a different restaurant to feed my family after almost 2 hours of waiting for food. Unbelievable.

The ribs were wildly impressive for the middle of nowhere MN. Madison our server was attentive and…read moreresponsive. A great in-hotel option.

We eat here frequently. We love visiting with other locals and visitors to the area the same. Wait…read morestaff and employees along with Owners always make everyone feel welcomed. The place is cozy in the winter and relaxing in the summer. My boy loves his usual booth which the staff entertains him. Stop by... and say hello and visit with all that are visiting. You will not be disappointed.

[ After posting my full review to a local community page, the owners appeared to dox my partner and…read moreshare an appalling version of the events that transpired. Please choose an establishment that doesn't respond to negative reviews in this way! ] My partner and I (locals) brought my in-laws from Texas here and had a bizarre experience. We wanted to show them our favorite Friday fish fry and unfortunately, one of the items (steak kebab) came out overdone. We politely let our waitress know and she brought out the owner, Fitz. Fitz asked MIL to cut the steak for him multiple times and argued that it was perfect since his wife cuts the meat every morning. Frustrated with how MIL was being treated, my partner asked Fitz to get her fish instead and be done with it. After a bit of back and forth and raised voices on both sides, my partner apologized and began explaining his protectiveness by telling him that MIL is currently going through chemotherapy. Instead of de-escalating the situation, Fitz leaned over the table and sneered, "I'm sorry you have cancer, I had cancer too!" at MIL. After that comment, my partner got up and left. Fitz followed him outside and from my view, jumped into a fighting stance and raised his fists at my partner. We walked away after that. Such a disappointing and most importantly, embarassing experience to have with visitors. Just stick to Whistling Bird if you're in town.