Originally I gave it 5 stars on Google but had to lower it down after today's experience. Waited…read more20+ minutes or our 3 drinks a a croissant. While other people who ordered after us got their food. What a shame.

A very nice looking little cafe with swell coffee and lunch offerings. The staff were super…read morefriendly and everything tasted great. Well worth exiting off of 35 and heading into historic downtown Albert Lea!

We chose this restaurant by looking for a "restaurant in Albert Lea" in Maps. We were not…read moredisappointed! Great food, great service! Hubby had the "Albert Lea breakfast" special. Ham, sausage, bacon, hash browns, and pancakes plus 2 eggs! We also ordered the biscuits and gravy to share! Yummy! I had the BLT with fries. Excellent texture and taste.

My husband and I have been getting fish on Friday nights for years. We love the fish and soup…read morespecial. Last night we got the fish and it was terrible!! The batter was so hard I couldn't even eat one piece, so I broke the other piece in half and scooped some fish out. The baked potato was ok but felt old and hard on the bottom. The soup wasn't as good as it could have been, but good. We were so disappionted. I looked to see if they got new owners or maybe a new cook. We will not be ordering fish on Friday again.

One of the best delivery meals I've had in a long time...starting with an amazing salad, a…read moredelicious bacon cheeseburger & homemade potato chips for our entree, & ending with yummy cheesecake & lemon pie for dessert...thank you Elbow Room for the awesome food & excellent service! We will definitely be ordering again soon!

Supper hour. Strangely, I wanted prime rib, she wanted breakfast. The historic Elbow Room served…read morea perfect meal for both if us. She got 2 filling plates of eggs, meat & fluffy pancakes and I got a perfect medium rare cut of standing rib roast. Co-owner, receptionist and waitress was delightful and attentive throughout. A superb casual Mother's Day Albert Lea dining experience!

This place has the best pancakes in town and they are huge don't come here if you were not…read moreexpecting to get full! There is also more than pancakes including French toast bacon eggs and sausage The service is great and nice it is usually a little packed but there is almost always a place to sit I would recommend this place for any one a lot

We arrived on a Saturday morning at 8:00. Had about a 30 min wait for seating. Tiny restaurant…read more Pancakes were really good. Total time in and out was 1hr 50 min. A little too long for us. Waitresses were great.

Amazing Lunch, quick fast service! Got the hot beer commercial and cheese curds at lunch time. Took…read moreabout 5 minutes and came out delicious!

Just because others made a review and it was mainly about the "atmosphere" I am writing one about…read moreour dining experience. We had breakfast here because others shut down breakfast at 1100. I was late getting my act together and I am glad I did. I will be getting my breakfast and or burgers here in the future when we are in town. What a great egg breakfast! Cooked just like I love them, "take the "wiggle" out of the white." Seems like an easy request however many a cook get it wrong as far as I am concerned. They usually turn the yoke into a hockey puck. Just give them a try and go back in time like the old cafes were back in the day. I am not saying it is outdated, I am saying come and enjoy a meal that will satisfy you and not break the bank. Thank you for reading this all the way through.

The service is excellent. Restrooms are very clean and that's impressive. The menu is short and has…read moreamazing selections. Breakfast and sandwiches.

The best breakfast ever had in my entire life! The hashbrowns, eggs, and English muffin were cooked…read moreperfectly. The service was awesome very friendly, very attentive. The atmosphere was pretty relaxed and there's a few larger tables and smaller tables as well as some booth and countertops seating. I can't recommend them enough! This is definitely one not to miss, if you're in the area or if you're in town. I heard some of the locals say they have the best potatoes in town after having the hashbrowns I absolutely believe it. They also offer American fries or something similar. Not very often at the cook comes out to make sure that the food is good to which they did it and I really enjoyed.

We've stopped many times at the Trails but this was our first stop to eat at Skol Tavern…read more Our server was friendly and our food came pretty promptly. They do offer breakfast and carry beer. We had omelets and they were well done. The hashbrowns could have been browned longer but I do like mine extra crispy. You definitely get some of the Viking atmosphere with the dark wood, high ceilings, and huge fireplace. We didn't try Ragnor's Grill tho, Food was reasonably priced. It's a solid stop when traveling between Minneapolis and Des Moines.

Skol Tavern is conveniently located inside a large travel center with lots of souvenir…read moreopportunities & a chance to fill up on fuel once you're done with your meal. My review is based on 3 separate visits to & from Minnesota. My wife & I are both Scandinavian so of course we loved the Viking/Nordic theme with tall ceilings & a large Fireplace. We have ordered the Skol classic Breakfast/ Brisket Melt w Mac & Cheese & multiple times the Breakfast Tot - Chos ( Heaping plate of tots covered w Gravy, Cheese & Eggs ) Everything has always been very good & served quite quickly. My only complaint is that you have to go get your own refreshments & when done eating you have to go stand in line at the cash register to pay your bill. But other than that we very much enjoyed all 3 visits to the Skol Tavern & we will absolutely return again.

Our dumb asses ran out of gas in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere but Google Maps guided us…read moreon a quick walk to this gem. It's a gas station with a bar in it! And what a fantastic dive bar it is! While my husband filled a gas can (which they were nice enough to loan us) and walked back to the car, I sat down for a cold one and some conversation with the delightfully surly barmaid. The Three in One really saved our day. It was a really nice surprise. I left with a souvenir coozie and a much better attitude.

Second time stopping here. We enjoyed our first visit while going thru Albert Lea so we stopped…read moreagain and this time was just as good! Great service, delicious food! We split an order of cod bites with fries. Plenty for each of us and hot and fresh from the kitchen!

I've been here more than a few times over the years and it hasn't really changed which is a good…read morething. Good food and service everytime. It has a bit of 70s small town hangout feel to it. It is a popular sports bar with an actual screen big screen and a bunch of big screen TVs.

I stopped here for lunch on a long road trip, hoping for a hot meal that could work with the food…read moreallergies in our group (gluten being the biggest). Our server, who apparently was the lead cook on this shift as well, admitted that he didn't really know much about gluten but that he wanted to learn. He asked another server who was more knowledgeable, offered us some choices, and made sure we were okay. The food was tasty, and I am happy! Nothing fancy, but a really nice experience.

Service was poor (had to go to the bar to get water) and the nasty sticky germ laden self-pay…read more ziosk was wrong - trying to overcharge us for food we didn't order? (I find these things are never wrong on the low end and always 'mistakenly' add $30-50 of items you didn't order and certainly didn't receive - it borders on intentional scam in my opinion.) The California chicken salad was inedible - too much dressing and limp. The chicken quesadillas tasted like they had been intentionally dropped in salt - completely inedible! Who puts salt on quesadillas? There's salt in the cheese.) the only thing not over salted were the tortilla chips that were served with the bland processed tasting overpriced margarita. Yuck! Find a mom and pop Mexican restaurant. Do not waste your $$$ here.