Boundary Waters Lodge

We have gone to Boundary waters a couple times recently and overall were pretty satisfied. The prices are a bit high but its worth it for not having to drive north. You have never tried Chicken Strips until you’ve had theirs. AMAZING. The ranch dressing is even better. I believe its homemade and I would kill for the recipe. Service is hit or miss they tend to run out of a lot of things but I’m sure its hard to gauge what their customer flow will be. Overall pretty good I would say. My husband loves their wings. They have Angry Orchard on draft which is always a plus in my book!

I give it three stars cause I do happen to love bread and they will give you as many fresh baked loafs as you want, but other than that, it’s very expensive for not that great of food. Not exactly awesome either when the pop and tea taste funny cause of the water.

We’ve eaten 2x’s at the Boundary Waters Lodge. Nice décor. That’s about it. Staff is adequate, at best. Seemed that they were more interested in visiting with each other… than serving the customers…
Menu… it has some variety… but the preparation and presentation is definitely sub-standard…IMO …pricey for what you get. We’d rather drive an extra 20 miles… pay the same… but get better food and service.

The food is nothing special. We had the nachos appetizer. The cheese was runny and had a funny taste. The wraps contained undercooked, hard, rice. The glassware was very hazy and I received a glass with a crack all around the middle. We visited three times total. The service in the dining room was unacceptable. They were never very busy and had several employees standing around socializing, but not serving the guests. It also smelled like someone was smoking in the restaurant despite the smoking ban. We won’t be back.

The place looks very unasumming located in a strip mall off the main drag in DeMotte but once inside it has a very rustic northwoods lodge feel to the place. Upstairs is non-​smoking dining and downstairs is for smokers and the location of the big bar. They have a poll table and air hockey table for amusement. A side room is where the bands play. Okay on to the food… the menu was varied with everything from steak, shrimp and ribs to burgers and pasta. Had the BBQ Combo of ribs and chicken. Portions were large and since we were eating late we could of shared the plate cause we took home half on each of our plates. The sauce on the ribs was sweeter than I personally care for but tasty… I like my bbq a bit more spicy and tangy… prices varied and they offered an all you can eat on perch or shrimp for $ 21 bucks… all and all it was good and will go back again when in the area…