Great Easter Brunch. Great variety and good quality. Service was very good as well. Wait time was long, but expected for a holiday.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joel C.
Decent size of the room, and the swimming area are not great (you should not allow smoking in this area since there are kids, the buffet is great but they should be more tidy with their utensils and service is a bit slow.
Stood in line waiting for more crab legs to come out, after waiting for about 5 minutes was told by staff that it will be about 5 minutes before more came out. I only went up once and got 2 clusters as soon as many people on line and wanted everyone to get some. Not worth the $40 this time.
You can't be the value of all you can eat crab legs:)! Variety of foods was incredible. Food is always hot and delicious:)! The dessert selection is tremendous!! Our Waitress was very intuitive and friendly ?
KristenE
The food was all pretty ishy, the waitress never checked on us or gave us refills and I don't feel like we got that great of a deal. We would have preferred to go to the steak house if it wasn't closed for the evening. Very disappointed mostly in the food.
Lando Ewok
I haven't tried black bear in a few years now and we decided to try again. they had the Same old poor quality food they've had. It was awful. Sitting out. Dry prime rib. Soggy stuffed shrimp. Cheap BBQ sauce taste. Desserts are terrible. Can't recommend. Terrible selection.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 5
Shaye Doolittle
I did not stay here. My family and I ate at the buffet here Thursday evening for crab legs. Definitely use the open table app for a reservation if you want to eat at 3 when they open, reservations become available at 2pm. You really don't need to get there that early though. It wasn't packed and they keep bringing out more crab legs, no need to rush and stack your plate high as some people did.Our servers were great. Soft drinks, milk and chocolate milk are included in the price. Everything was fresh and hot. The prime rib was perfection.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Legs, Pork Ribs with Macaroni and Cheese
Shaye D.
I did not stay here. My family and I ate at the buffet here Thursday evening for crab legs. Definitely use the open table app for a reservation if you want to eat at 3 when they open, reservations become available at 2pm. You really don't need to get there that early though. It wasn't packed and they keep bringing out more crab legs, no need to rush and stack your plate high as some people did. Our servers were great. Soft drinks, milk and chocolate milk are included in the price. Everything was fresh and hot. The prime rib was perfection.
AprilS
After entering the buffet first set of people we had to wait for them to bring crab out, guessing the goal is for you to fill up on other stuff, very annoying. Worst crab buffet I have ever been at, should not have to stand in line waiting for crab for a half a hour when that is supposed to be the main event. Wait staff is great!
JaneH
Hadn't been to seafood buffet for awhile. Very tasty even though we had to wait quite awhile for the crab to be replenished. If people would only take two or three leg sections at a time it would make it easier for everyone else instead of piling their plates so high.
We paid $40 per person for the seafood buffet with little to no seafood. We were constantly waiting for the crab legs to be replenished which even then was slim. Long lines for food because the food was not being replenished. The food was very mediocre and not that along with the experience is most definitely not worth the price.
Jalal Makroum Tucson,AZ USA
$20 For SEAFOOD
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sharon Taylor
Wide selection of foods, prefab desserts, nice salad bar, prime rib usually good. Love to go for seafood but it's pricey.Kid-friendliness: Though their selection is kid friendly they charge adult prices for anyone over 5.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Legs
Rita S.
We had reservations for 2 nights at the Super 8 Motel in Cloquet starting the day after the awful shooting of 3 people, including a front desk employee. Of course, they called me to let me know that our reservation had to be cancelled. The manager told me over the phone that a list of people with reservations was to be sent to Black Bear Casino etal. and that they had agreed to the same price that we were given at the Super 8. We drove up directly to the casino and went to the hotel reservation and check-in desk and explained our situation. The employee behind the desk was very understanding, but told us they had no reservation in our name. She then asked another employee,who said we were to go to the First American Inn nearby, and that they would give us a room. So, off we go to the First American Inn. It's a very small, wooden building, which didn't look on a par with even the Super 8 which, BTW, is a very clean, updated, quiet facility with friendly employees. Though the room is okay, there is no elevator and at our age and my health issues, it wasn't fun navigating those open steps to the 2nd floor. There was no casual Continental breakfast like there is at the Super 8. To top it off, we came back to our room today to find no one had emptied trash, picked up and replaced towels etc , straightened the beds, vacuumed - nothing. When my husband went downstairs to ask why and collect fresh towels, washcloths,and soap, THAT'S when we were told there is no room service. When we checked in on Tuesday, the clerk told us they were relatively recently bought by Black Bear Casino etc. Obviously, what happened was that when BBC found out about the awful murders/suicide at Super 8, they allowed Super 8 to send their customers to BBC. Then, they decided to shuffle us all over to this poor-service, second-rate facility so they wouldn't have to honor Super 8's lower prices. Too bad, because we would have played a few machines while we were there. When we were in the BBC, we noticed there were hardly any customers, given it was a Tuesday. They obviously had plenty of rooms available, but chose to send us over to their second-rate motel across the highway. We'll be sure to let our friends and relatives know about how Black Bear Casino & Hotel treated us!
Carol Sislo
Prime rib is so tender. As good as any high end restaurant. Selection of food is plentiful. I you can't find anything to eat you are a picky eater. Desserts are out of the world. Always fresh.
Great Easter Brunch. Great variety and good quality. Service was very good as well. Wait time was long, but expected for a holiday.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Decent size of the room, and the swimming area are not great (you should not allow smoking in this area since there are kids, the buffet is great but they should be more tidy with their utensils and service is a bit slow.
Stood in line waiting for more crab legs to come out, after waiting for about 5 minutes was told by staff that it will be about 5 minutes before more came out. I only went up once and got 2 clusters as soon as many people on line and wanted everyone to get some. Not worth the $40 this time.
You can't be the value of all you can eat crab legs:)! Variety of foods was incredible. Food is always hot and delicious:)! The dessert selection is tremendous!! Our Waitress was very intuitive and friendly ?
The food was all pretty ishy, the waitress never checked on us or gave us refills and I don't feel like we got that great of a deal. We would have preferred to go to the steak house if it wasn't closed for the evening. Very disappointed mostly in the food.
I haven't tried black bear in a few years now and we decided to try again. they had the Same old poor quality food they've had. It was awful. Sitting out. Dry prime rib. Soggy stuffed shrimp. Cheap BBQ sauce taste. Desserts are terrible. Can't recommend. Terrible selection.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 5
I did not stay here. My family and I ate at the buffet here Thursday evening for crab legs. Definitely use the open table app for a reservation if you want to eat at 3 when they open, reservations become available at 2pm. You really don't need to get there that early though. It wasn't packed and they keep bringing out more crab legs, no need to rush and stack your plate high as some people did.Our servers were great. Soft drinks, milk and chocolate milk are included in the price. Everything was fresh and hot. The prime rib was perfection.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Legs, Pork Ribs with Macaroni and Cheese
I did not stay here. My family and I ate at the buffet here Thursday evening for crab legs. Definitely use the open table app for a reservation if you want to eat at 3 when they open, reservations become available at 2pm. You really don't need to get there that early though. It wasn't packed and they keep bringing out more crab legs, no need to rush and stack your plate high as some people did. Our servers were great. Soft drinks, milk and chocolate milk are included in the price. Everything was fresh and hot. The prime rib was perfection.
After entering the buffet first set of people we had to wait for them to bring crab out, guessing the goal is for you to fill up on other stuff, very annoying. Worst crab buffet I have ever been at, should not have to stand in line waiting for crab for a half a hour when that is supposed to be the main event. Wait staff is great!
Hadn't been to seafood buffet for awhile. Very tasty even though we had to wait quite awhile for the crab to be replenished. If people would only take two or three leg sections at a time it would make it easier for everyone else instead of piling their plates so high.
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We paid $40 per person for the seafood buffet with little to no seafood. We were constantly waiting for the crab legs to be replenished which even then was slim. Long lines for food because the food was not being replenished. The food was very mediocre and not that along with the experience is most definitely not worth the price.
$20 For SEAFOOD
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wide selection of foods, prefab desserts, nice salad bar, prime rib usually good. Love to go for seafood but it's pricey.Kid-friendliness: Though their selection is kid friendly they charge adult prices for anyone over 5.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Legs
We had reservations for 2 nights at the Super 8 Motel in Cloquet starting the day after the awful shooting of 3 people, including a front desk employee. Of course, they called me to let me know that our reservation had to be cancelled. The manager told me over the phone that a list of people with reservations was to be sent to Black Bear Casino etal. and that they had agreed to the same price that we were given at the Super 8. We drove up directly to the casino and went to the hotel reservation and check-in desk and explained our situation. The employee behind the desk was very understanding, but told us they had no reservation in our name. She then asked another employee,who said we were to go to the First American Inn nearby, and that they would give us a room. So, off we go to the First American Inn. It's a very small, wooden building, which didn't look on a par with even the Super 8 which, BTW, is a very clean, updated, quiet facility with friendly employees. Though the room is okay, there is no elevator and at our age and my health issues, it wasn't fun navigating those open steps to the 2nd floor. There was no casual Continental breakfast like there is at the Super 8. To top it off, we came back to our room today to find no one had emptied trash, picked up and replaced towels etc , straightened the beds, vacuumed - nothing. When my husband went downstairs to ask why and collect fresh towels, washcloths,and soap, THAT'S when we were told there is no room service. When we checked in on Tuesday, the clerk told us they were relatively recently bought by Black Bear Casino etc. Obviously, what happened was that when BBC found out about the awful murders/suicide at Super 8, they allowed Super 8 to send their customers to BBC. Then, they decided to shuffle us all over to this poor-service, second-rate facility so they wouldn't have to honor Super 8's lower prices. Too bad, because we would have played a few machines while we were there. When we were in the BBC, we noticed there were hardly any customers, given it was a Tuesday. They obviously had plenty of rooms available, but chose to send us over to their second-rate motel across the highway. We'll be sure to let our friends and relatives know about how Black Bear Casino & Hotel treated us!
Prime rib is so tender. As good as any high end restaurant. Selection of food is plentiful. I you can't find anything to eat you are a picky eater. Desserts are out of the world. Always fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5