12 Best American Restaurants near Pequot Lakes

“My mom and I enjoy visiting the A-Pine whenever we're in the area. Excellent food and great staff!“

“great Reuben sandwich! Service was friendly even during busy times. We will be back!“

“Wonderful food, everything was delicious! Nice selection. Staff was super! Price is a tad high, but well worth the convenience of just showing up and not having to cook or do dishes. This has been our go-to for the last 5 years on Thanksgiving. Thank you to the staff for sacrificing part of their holiday with their families to do this.“

“Excellent service, great selections, delicious food, and gorgeous wooded setting. My sunfish appetizers were fantastic!“

“We were so happy to find this new restaurant. The food was amazing ( especially the butternut squash). There are unique menu options and the service was fabulous. I highly recommend this restaurant and, next time we are in the Brainerd area we will be going there again !“

“Great Valentines Dinner, 💕😍“

“Great eggs Benedict ( and I’ve worked for years in the restaurant industry). My favorite breakfast place in the Brainerd Lakes area. Plus, they are family owned and run. Love it!“

“Great food and service! We had the shrimp tacos and a Reuben. Both were excellent. Very good tap list and drinks as well.“

“Was looking for a quick place to catch a beer and some "bar food' after a day on the lake, so we stopped in. Turns out we were wrong, this place served cold beer from a long menu, had the most courteous staff (were more than happy to deal with food allergies, with a smile) and then served us food that should have been in a top tier restaurant. To say the least we were more than happy and will always come back when in the area.“

“Great food experience. My advice is to book a reservation. The place is packed through out the evening. The food, the staff and location was great. Try the local artisan bread and burnt butter. You will love it.

Well dob“

“It was amazing food and the help was amazing as well. Great place to eat at!“

“We may have higher expectations for the food or we didn’t select the best menu items which evidently is the pork chop. At any rate we appreciated being seated by Pat and told what is good and also the history of the building.
I ordered a Cosmo but immediately knew it wouldn’t be great. It was red vs light pink. Oh well?‍♀️
Ordered popovers for the four of us. They were good. Here’s the menu items we had - the flatiron steak (chewy), shrimp scampi but must order angel hair pasta as a side otherwise it comes with nothing, the Pot Pie - very good crust but mostly vegetables and less chicken.
It was a very slow night - only 4 tables of diners. Maybe that impacts the kitchen.
We did appreciated the quiet atmosphere but not the flies that decided to dine on our food while we were eating.“