Thumper Pond Golf Course

300 Thumper Lodge Rd, Ottertail, MN 56571, USA

Address:	300 Thumper Lodge Rd, Ottertail, MN 56571, USA
Phone:	+1 218-367-6501
Site:	thumperpond.com
Rating:	4.2

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Reviews 6

Jason Greff

The restaurant is now called "Willy Ts", we were there in the evening on Memorial Day. Although the place was not full, it took several minutes for someone to acknowledge our presence at the entrance and get us seated. Once seated it didnt get much better. There were multiple tables that hadnt been bussed yet. I counted when we got seated, including us there were 9 tables occupied (admittedly a couple of larger groups of 6 or 8), and I believe 3 servers and 2 bartenders. It just felt like the service could have been better for the staff to customer ratio. The food was hit or miss. We had a quesadilla appetizer, which was very good. For sides to our entree both my wife and I had their homemade tater tots and the turkey wild rice soup. The soup was average, the tater tots were not your typical tater tot, and we thought they were great. The wife had the salmon, which was bland. I had the barbecue chicken and ribs combo. I thought the ribs were below average, but the chicken was very good. My guess would be the entire menu is like this, with some dishes impressing and others disappointing, but I can only speak for those items we tried. My wife ordered a glass of wine off the menu. When she got it she suspected that it wasnt what she ordered. Apparently they had discontinued what she ordered and the bartender had subbed another wine which wasnt on the menu yet (without asking). He did take that glass off the bill when we mentioned it. As to atmosphere, I would consider this a typical bar and grill. The jukebox is playing, the customers may get rowdy, there are pull tabs, video games, darts, and all the usual stuff. If you are playing golf at this course I can certainly see why you might stop in for a drink or a bite to eat, but otherwise there isnt much to set this place apart from many other similar establishments in the area.

A Private User

This early evening, a friend and I went to dinner---there must have been a bowling banquet or something, because a table full of drunks was so loud that we could hardly hear each other at the other end of the room. Okay--this was the bar--they sell drinks. I ordered a Jack Daniels pork chop with baby reds from the early bird menu. I got a salad: very fresh iceberg lettuce, carrot curls, one slice of cucumber and one cherry tomato. The ranch dressing had been thinned beyond taste. My "pork chop" was three wafer-thin slices of overdone mystery meat with some drizzles of bar-b-que sauce. With this: 2 chunks of zuccini, 1 carrot chunk and 4 quarters of sorta-baby reds that looked very tired---they certainly had not been cooked recently! The server did not like the looks of my steak knife, so she wiped it off on a towel (cloth) in front of me. After serving our food, she abandoned us completely, and never bothered to inquire about coffee or dessert. On the other hand, maybe she got the idea that we felt this was not a place we would readily return. In all fairness, this was not a high-priced meal, but my refrigerators left overs would have been no worse.

Cory Tolliver

Excellent facility. Amazing golf course with spectacular views from the clubhouse. You can see the greens of 18 and 9 from just outside the pro shop. Dont forget to bring your family too; the swimming pool area is really cool.

Anne Flynn

Fantastic room, clean, quiet and beautiful scenery. Our two visits to the Dining room were delicious especially the Sunday Brunch. Friendly service, beautiful country. Coming back with my grandkids to use the waterpark.

liam Engerholm

I LOVE THUMPER POND!!!!!!!

Ron Germain

Great food Here tonight.