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!“

“Fun and relaxed place for a meal. Food was great!“

“First time dining with guests and was extremely pleased. Pamela our waitress was fantastic! The atmosphere, views and food was wonderful. Besides everyone enjoying their meals, prentation on our shrimp dinners, walleye and fettuccine could have been on a magazine cover. Nice to see everyone pitching in to help one another (impressive). We will be back, thank you for making special.“

“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.“

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

“Food was great. Atmosphere for an anniversary dinner could have been better. Server could have been more attentive. It always seemed to be a burden or chore to come to our table to get our order or answer a question. Server took forever to refill my beverages. They literally had to be put on the edge of the table for her to acknowledge and refill. When it came time to pay the bill, we were given our check in a timely manner however, it took another 17 minutes for her to come collect payment. “

“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.“