Chicken And Wild Rice
Spitfire Grill Detroit Lakes

Spitfire Grill Detroit Lakes

1100 N Shore Dr, Detroit Lakes, United States Of America

Soup • Grill • Steak • American


"We came here for lunch today. Husband and I shared brisket and ribs. Son had walleye. The service is horrendous. Mind you I serve part time myself, this place had five tables total with maybe 15 patrons total (this is including us) and they had on a bartender and two servers. One good server could have easily rocked the place and given great service alone. Not here tho…with their staff ratio there is no reason your server shouldn’t be checking in on you and keeping your beers full. We arrived at 11:50, ordered food at 12 and it didn’t arrive until 12:50. I kid you not we did not have our server come to our table ONCE between when food was placed until received. Drinks were empty. If your kitchen sucks right now due to lack of help at least give a sorry about the delay apology and keep it he patrons happy with full drinks. But no apologies for food being slow until she arrived to table with the food telling us something about the kitchen staff just showing up?? They apparently didn’t have the side my husband ordered so the server just decided on her own to sub it with something else without asking him if he would like something else instead. We asked for tab when food came didn’t get it for 10 minutes, she delivered it then went MIA again. Luckily we paid cash and could just leave. Like what are the servers doing here when they are not on the floor. Where are they at??? The entire place was empty. Dining room closed off. There is no reason they shouldn’t be out front helping their customers or at least acting like they care. There was one point there wasn’t a worker visible (including bartender) for over 15 minutes. Now the worst part. The food. Sons walleye tasted like they ran out of fish and picked up a generic box of “walleye” at the Family Dollar freezer section. The ribs were super salty and mediocre at best. And the brisket….ugh seriously the worst thing I have ever tasted at a restaurant ever. It was near grey in color. Cold. Dry. Tasted like you put a roast in the crock pot four days ago, had leftovers and forgot about them in the back of the fridge and assumed they were still good and heated them in the microwave. Ish. $100 later after two meals, four drinks and tip we left. I honestly cannot believe this place has any business during the summer with food and service like this. As a server myself I would be embarrassed to work here knowing the food quality is horrible and fellow staff hide from customers. As an owner I would be ashamed and doing whatever it takes to save my business. At this rate it won’t be long until this place is closed. Riding the “off season or covid” excuse doesn’t cut it with what we experienced today. There is no reason for ignoring tables especially when slow. And no reason for serving that food. If you can’t provide hot fresh food due to lack of talent and or options DO NOT OFFER IT!!! I have never been so disappointed in food or service received at a restaurant ever. I would be shocked if they remain in business for another year. DO NOT waste your time or money here. There are WAY better options in the area, and if those options are full and this is your only option you better suck it up and cook for yourself. Go to the store, pick up some awesome steaks to grill and a bottle of wine and STAY HOME!! Lord knows service and food will be a million times better!"