The Buffet At The Bear

Parking, lot 1785 MN-210, Carlton
(218) 878-2327

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Kari Garton

Seafood buffet at 5pm. We went for the crab legs and it's a good thing because the other dishes were not very good...at all! The crab legs kept coming out hot and fresh. They were salted nicely and cracked easily. The cold, boiled shrimp and cocktail sauce was also delicious. The battered foods were bland and like leather. Other foods were soggy and nasty. We felt we ate our money's worth with the legs and for that we will be back.
UPDATE Thursday 4pm seafood buffet was terrible. The crab legs started out brown, slimy, and dried into the shell. Then they ran out and people were lined up waiting for more to come out. Again, the other food available was dried up. Our server did a good job and we tipped accordingly. Since our last visit all the food is now way below average and they also raised their prices. Over our many trips to this buffet, we have over looked more then most but now I can say its gotten so bad that we won't be returning.

Springy Springy Bounce

The worst seafood buffet since the restaurant named changed, new owner? The crab legs are so salty. It may prevent customers eating. Nothing else related to the seafood dinner. Recommend you need to drink a lot of water at middle at night while you sleeping. My last one to be this restaurant.

Juli

The food was very, very good, but could've been hotter. Not a lot of selection at 1pm on a Friday. $38 for 2, plus tip seems high. Desserts were delicious! Smoke-free since 2020, but still smells of smoke.

lauri arends

Fresh foods, friendly service.

Sandra

They have such a great variety of different foods, but the crab legs by far are the best!! This buffet is a must if you love seafood (especially crab legs)!! Dominic, our waiter was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, so kind and efficient!!

Lisette Hiltner

Good was no to temperature. Food,especially the fish, was extremity salty. Desserts lacked flavor. On a positive note, meatball had good flavor, and the cheesy hashbrowns had great flavor and were hot. The vanilla icecream was good as well! Prime rib was good but not even luke warm.

Mariah Vessel

Tyler and the some other wait staff at this buffet are absolutely amazing! I mean Michelin star restaurant quality servers. They deserve to work somewhere better. The selection for seafood night consisted of muscles, clams, and shrimp in the same container. There was a couple others like cold shrimp, battered shrimp and battered fish. The star of the show was only crab legs. Overall, it was missing a ton of seafood and had a ton of normal foods. This buffet used to be one of the best in the state! They have a waiting queue which took less than 30 mins so it wasn’t too bad. Most of the time the hot food was just warm and the cold stuff was also warm. Overall if you do not LOVE crab the seafood buffet at $45 a person is not worth the money. Children under 5 are free and 6 and over are adult prices which I think is crazy.

Tim Brigan

Really good food...but I'm about priced out with this latest 7 dollar jump : (

D “e” OConnor

I will admit I was not expecting much for a buffet, but I was thoroughly impressed, excellent food, real homemade soup and mashed potatoes… Bacon was cooked perfectly… Some of the best donuts I ever had… Pretty darn impressive for the price, very friendly service!!!

Nolan W

Ate here with a large group of folks, server was a good guy. Food was shit and like warm, best thing I had was strawberries and radishes, currently shitting brains out and stomach feels like crap, haven’t been here in years but went for the get together and was disappointed, again tho, server was great

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 5

Jason Wallace

I wasn't really impressed with the food. Most things that were supposed to be hot were lukewarm or cold. For $50, I feel like there's other better places to eat at. The staff was friendly and the dining area was quiet. I was kind of hoping the experience was going to be good because I haven't been there in a year or so. Overall I don't think we'll be back.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Guinn Guinnf

Nice but the parking lot has bumpy roads

Parking: Bump,bump bump rolloverstateboard down

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Crab Legs

Shaye

My immediate expectations were low as we were brought to a table that was dirty. The ground was visibly covered in milk and food before we even reached our table, and the table and chair were clearly dirty. No one offered to clean it off so we did it ourselves. Other than that, the service was good and the food was great.

Alice & Lucy NELSON

It's steak and shrimp on friday.its the best deal buffet around this area i think. I love the food there,they r quality food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wendy Eichmann

Dined on a Sunday which was Northland favorites. We thought everything was exceptional. Prime rib, ribs, shrimp casserole(?), breaded fish, great salad bar. Best cheesecake we've ever had.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

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