Menu looks amazing - Service is good and the food looks amazing. They make 3 different types of…read moredressing for their Salads. The Blue Cheese Dressing is awesome.

Saloon type atmosphere. Friendly staff but had to send the steak back as it wasn't cooked properly…read moreat first. Generous potions

So the only thing that takes away the star is the blandness of the food. Coffee was flavorless and…read morefood just needed some seasoning. Staff was EXCELLENT, i'd go 5 stars for them alone. Just add a dash of salt and pepper to your food and skip the coffee and you're good.

I need to review two parts of this establishment. The food and the service. The food is 5/5. It's…read morealways fresh, delicious and filling even tho the prices have gone up, but who's hasn't? Now for the service. I believe her name is Jessie? She is a server there with dark hair, usually wears a bandana or beanie with hair in side ponies. She is so rude! I am always a nice person and she has visibly rolled her eyes, pursed her lips and made my interactions with her very uncomfortable and unprofessional. I do not know how the owner has kept her on all these years. I cannot be the only one who has thought of her as being very rude. She is rude in resteraunt and when I pick up orders as well!

We are from out of town and after we rode the Duluth River train, we pulled up the gps map to look…read morefor some restaurants in the area. We drove by a few that didn't look as interesting as we thought they would, and then decided to try this one, even though it was way away from where we were it looked like a good menu. We were not disappointed. Service was great. Food was great. We are an older couple so we're happy to see that they had seniors menu with some smaller size burgers. Amazing flavor on the burgers and the best french fries that we have eaten in a long, long long time. We only get to Duluth about four times a year, but we decided that this is where we're eating every time from now on.

Accidentally found this place on maps. Tip: always zoom in and out in an area when looking for food…read moreas the buttons seem to pop at different "elevations". SO glad I stopped. I had the special, a simple cheeseburger and fries. Simple it was not. This will now be my go-to place for a burger whenever I'm in town. The burger is never frozen, the fries are real and fresh cut (but they do it right and soak them in water). OMG, I was expecting a typical flat little burger and a half a dozen bites of fries...oh no, bring your appetite my friend! The burger was juicy and thick but also fully cooked. The fries were divine! They were golden brown with a perfect crisp, skin on for flavor, and not too skinny nor thick AND didn't leave me wanting more. I ALWAYS want more fries. I made the mistake of saying "no" to tomato and lettuce and onion. They are usually a little limp leaf of nearly white lettuce and a paper thin slice of lacy flavorless wet tomato. Nope, not here. I saw them preparing other baskets as I was sitting at the counter awaiting my order...the fixings were thick, bright, and crunchy! Don't skip it. I'm also super excited to try their other dinner selections like meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy. I have a hunch the potatoes won't be instant. I'm curious about breakfast too, although I'm never in town that early. They have a small selection of desserts as well. They also serve my favorite root beer, 1919, along with 1919 cream soda which I didn't even know they had! Just like the quality and quantity of food, the service is what I remember it used to be. I was greeted with a genuine warm and welcome smile. I wad given an appropriate amount of time to decide before being pestered multiple times. My questions were answered without a look of annoyance and I wasn't made to feel like a bother. The small talk was personable and appropriate. Service sets the tone and I felt comfortable and belonging. The ONLY reason I didn't give it 5 stars was it kinda yucked me out nobody wore gloves at any point. Grabbing fistful of potatoes out of a bucket of water would require a type of dishwashing glove, and I get that they are fried in hot oil so that didn't bother me as much. It was more the handling the raw fixings without gloves and noting that the lettuce (as beautiful as it was), and I'm assuming the other vegetables, we're not washed prior. I don't think many restaurants do for the reason of preparation speed and ingredient longevity. That part bothers me everywhere because all I can think of is pesticides and germs. I don't typically end on a less than positive note but, I knew this one was going to be lengthy and people's attention spans short. I lied, I will say this...I left very happy and satisfied and NOT smelling of grease! In summary, GO!

LOVE IT HERE! The diner is a classic diner, not too fussy. They food has been great every time I've…read moregone in. It's not fancy but its perfect. They get it right every time. The servers are very friendly, and I think the customer service is exactly what it needs to be. Keep up the great work Sportsmans

Cheerful family atmosphere, friendly service, and the food was great. Very clean restroomsread more

We called early in the day to make 4:30pm reservations for the Friday fish fry . Shortly after we…read morewere seated at a table for two we were asked to move to a high top table in order to accommodate a larger party where they had to put tables together. A couple walked in and they were seated at the table for two and a party of three was seated at the other table. The fried fish here is good although many of the pieces were narrow and mostly beer batter. The all you can eat is really the all you can wait special. It takes a considerable amount of time to be served more fish.

If you've never had a Juicy Lucy cheeseburger this is the place to go. The cheese is in the inside…read moreof the burger. But be careful. Cheese is hot. Great bar and grill, food was excellent, and service was fantastic. Julianne was our server and she did a great job. Great little bar and grill.

great place. we came here for lunch. I had a fabulous hamburger. That was very yummy. We came back…read moreagain in a couple days later have had very good appetizers. We had a date no pork tips and we had that roasted brussels sprouts, which were very good. I also enjoyed my blonde beer

Came here over the holidays to visit my family and grab some dinner. I only get to come home maybe…read moreonce a year and I said we should go to boomtown. (I should've just said sportsman's...) We had Hannah as a server. She came over after about 10 minutes with no one telling us they'll be with us soon. The host sat us but no server told us be right there. When she finally did she said "ok did you want anything ?" With no smile no hello I'm Hannah. Just a plain angry unfriendly face. We all are in the hospitality industry so we smiled and gave her a chance and were polite. She took forever to come back to get our orders and again said a very curt "what do you want" instead of May I take your order or did you have any questions or were you ready to order. She started walking away before we got to say we wanted an app and were ready for entrees I had to stop her while she turned around and said oh sorry we're ready to order too. My parents shared a burger and she said want it cut in half ? But didn't get them a plate or give us plates for the app. Didn't offer refills or check on us. Food was not good. It used to be better. I know I've had better experiences here and it's sad to see it go downhill

[ 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.

Garlic Parm chicken w\pasta and sauce very good. I knocked 1 star b\c it was a long wait, however…read moreit was a group of 32ish people

This place is on the grounds of Giants Ridge so a nice short walk if you are staying there. It was…read moresteamy hot so we ate inside but they have a patio with beautiful views of the ski hill. I chose the Greek salad, one of my favs, and it was a very generous portion full of cucumbers, tomatoes, Kalamata olives and feta cheese, oh and a bit of lettuce - my kind of salad. Very good. Wish I would have remembered to ask for dressing on the side as it was quite covered but still good. The waitstaff was 2 people for the whole restaurant so they were super busy, especially with a couple large tables but they were friendly, warned it could be a bit of a wait and in the end, it was faster than many other restaurants we had been to. No worries there. They did a great job.

Ate at the restaurant after a day of skiing. The overall group vibe was that the Burnt Onion was…read morejust okay. The fettuccine Alfredo was bland, the soup could have bought at Panera, and the fries and Cesar salad is nothing to write home about. The service was excellent! We had a large group and they were very attentive! If you are staying at Giants it's an easy place to eat at, so I wouldn't totally rule this place out.