Went to dinner here with some friends. A couple of us got the fried chicken dinner and others their pizza. All the food was so delicious, we all highly recommend. Molly our server was fun, fast and friendly service. read more

Not many options to choose from around here but it's good for what it is. Pricey but when nothing else is around you have no choice. Food is good though. Fun to play bingo. read more

Thursday night at 4:40, we got takeout here. Pickup was fine, we had to wait at the bar for a few minutes, but then we were greeted and our order brought to us. The bar area was clean with both a bar and tables to sit at. We ordered the Garbage pizza and Cheesy garlic bread. Both were good. The pizza was probably a 3/5 and the cheesy bread was a 5/5 - the garlic was very noticeable and so good. We'd get pizza here again. read more

Commander Restaurant & Bar - Garbage pizza - Pizza Near Me - Pequot Lakes, Minnesota

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Service was friendly and attentive. Food was reasonably priced and delicious. Sports bar casual. We would come back.

Terrible customer service. Staff was rude. Not everyone is from the area and knows what to do to get checked into the hotel connected to the restaurant. read more

We enjoy visiting with staff at the bar and listening to music. We have tried almost everything on the menu. Excellent chicken, steak and pizza. read more

This is just a typical up north bar with bar food. That being said, the wait staff was attentive and brought pitchers of beer to our table quickly. Our group of 4 shared nachos and 2 pizzas. The garbage pizza was surprisingly filling. We had almost an entire pizza leftover. We were happy to watch sports games on the big TVs while we ate. Not my favorite place in the area, but a good hangout with plenty of space. read more

Go to this bar if you want to go to sleep. No music. No ambiance. No personality. Nothing! If you want to annoy someone today go to the Commander and ask the crabby bartender for a drink and watch his eyes roll. If you have five bucks that is all you will need because you won't be able to spend it. Get a library card and save your time. read more

Had a pizza there ,1-2-24 this was the worst pizza I've ever had. I thought they were noted for their pizzas. ???We stayed at breezy point resort. Went up there to play bingo and had a pizza. and that's where all went wrong. read more

I went for breakfast this morning. The garbage omelet was awesome My wife ordered the blueberry pancakes. Huge and delicious ! Great service too! read more

I was recommended this place by a coworker who has been there before. I was in town visiting from San Diego, and it was a great comfortable feeling with very good pizza. I would recommend the Garbage pizza and the cheeseburger pizza to anyone looking for a pub style pizza. We had a large group and had a great time. read more

Just gross. Its a bar not a restaurant so keep that in mind. Some of my family chose this place to meet up at for a dinner we were having and it was unappealing. it smelled of unclean bar and the place got packed and it was swarming with over drunk vacationers. read more

If you ask anyone to visualize a Northern Minnesota resort town that contains merely a golf course, boats, cabins, and a couple bars, nearly everyone would describe The Commander correctly. Dark wood exterior nestled off the county road amongst the pines? Yes, check. A long bar scattered with Townies drinking tap Michelob and watching college football? Yep. A menu featuring a Friday night fish special and Saturday night Prime rib? You betcha!! There's pull tabs, live music on the weekends, and an event space for a retirement party or 50th Birthday. But here's THE reason to come. Garbage Pizza. OMG. My midwest proclivity for a thinish (not super thin) crust, cheese ladened, cut in squares pizza has been completely gratified. And to all of you who don't understand the importance of squares then you must experience one of the four highly sought after crispy corners of the pie. Listen, I'm not exaggerating when I say there are people out there with scars from losing the race to score a tiny, scarce, one inch corner of a pizza sliced in this manner. Anyway, the Garbage Pizza is piled with pepperoni, sausage, canadian bacon, onions, mushrooms, peppers, and olives. Perfection, right? My Dad, who orders a burger Every. Single. Time. no matter where we go (He's like Groundhog Day) said his burger was great too. He's a tough critic on burgers as he describes most as not worth the price. With all of that said, I'm officially bestowing The Commander as my first choice for dinner when I'm too lazy to grill at the Cabin. Or if it's raining, or if I'm sunburned, or if I'm....you get the picture... read more

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It can be confusing to out-of-towners but the Commander is the bar/restaurant upstairs and JJ's Pub is the bar/restaurant downstairs. The Commander is the larger of the two and has a more extensive food menu and a dining room that is separate from the bar and stage. Expect standard fried bar food, burgers, salads and sandwiches with a few surprises: the pizza is way above your average bar pizza and the ribs which are served on Fridays are top notch. The atmosphere is very casual (after all you are up north.) There are plenty of TVs if you are looking for a place to catch the game. But the real fun happens during Thursday Bingo, Friday night Meat Raffles, the Live Music on Saturdays, and the Karaoke on Sunday nights. This place doesn't offer a view of the lake or outdoor seating but the reasonable prices and entertainment more than makes up for it. TIP: They deliver a limited menu of Pizza & Fried Chicken so if the weather is nice get them to drop it off at your hotel room, lake cabin, or at the local swimming beach. read more

Best pizza around. Lots of sauce and toppings make out to be a great pie. Crispy crust.

I have to preface this review with the fact that I really wanted to like this place. We stayed at Breezy Point Resort and wanted to get off campus...even if just outside the front gate. I love northern bars and whole scene that comes with them. I can see the Commander as a great place to throw back some beers with buddies after a day of fishing or a round of golf. That said, our experience wasn't all that good. Our extended family of 9 dined out on a Sunday evening and had a good time. It was small kid friendly, but that was largely because there weren't a lot of people there on an off-peak weekend. I can imagine summer nights are much more hopping. The food was acceptable. I had the safer "garbage pizza", which had loads of topings and was pretty tasty.. My wife had the chicken kiev, which I tried to warn her off of, but she went for anyway. Hers....was less good. A freezer to oven premade priced at a handmade scale. The tap beer was slightly flat. The service was passable, but just. Sunday karaoke was just gearing up, but that was next door in the adjacent JJ's pub, which seems to only be separated by the names from the Commander. Just know what you're getting into and you can enjoy yourself. read more

Commander Restaurant & Bar - Pizza Near Me - Pequot Lakes, Minnesota

DON'T GO! They have a mask Nazi that will yell at you if you even stand up at your table without a mask. Actually yelled at us to put our fucking mask on. Super classy...it took 2 hours to get food as well and it wasn't even good. I'm warning you! Don't go! It was not enjoyable at all. read more

First time stopping in for a drink, dark haired bar tender with tattoos was super rude and condescending. Would be a fun little spot but she killed my whole mood. I've been working In food service 20+ years and never had anyone treat me so rudely. Must say I won't be back there for so much as a pizza. The worst part was she appeared to be the manager, you think when a place is that empty they would treat their customers better! read more

Went last night with a group of friends. And our service was absolutely horrible. The bartender completely ignored us. We literally had to yell for her attention. The dj was awesome best part of the night. But your bartender needs to learn customer service skills. read more

Friday and Saturday very busy. Great appetizers, stake and pizzas. Service very good. Beers and drinks.

Before enjoying a meal here, be prepared for a couple of things: 1. Lake life. Really slow, relaxed Northern Minnesota Lake Life. Really cheery waiter (1 for the whole joint), but pretty slow uncoordinated service. 2. A non-smoking table directly next to a smoking table. 1 star for the experience and 1 star for the pull tabs (Minnesota's next best thing to the Power Ball) read more

First off I was hungry, we had pizza, I'm tough on pizza, it was pretty good medium thick crust not much flavor in the crust, the toppings were excellent, we had pepperoni sausage and mushroom. My wife had ribs she is also pretty selective when it comes to ribs she said they weren't the best ribs she's had but definitely not the worst. The best part was the wait staff the bartender was so friendly and awesome he was our waiter too he was plenty busy! But all in all it's a pretty good place. read more

Commander Restaurant & Bar - Pizza Near Me - Pequot Lakes, Minnesota

The burgers here were good, and it's close to the resort if you don't wanna drive, but beware of tacked on charges. I didn't realize until after I'd eaten that every single condiment would be another up-charge. Ex: I thought my California burger would be the price listed in the menu, when I got the bill there was another charge for the lettuce, tomatoes read more

The ONLY place to drink & party if you're up for the week/weekend. Breakfast is great, Saturday acoustic music with 2 for 1's are awesome. Come up multiple times a year!! read more

Ok. so when i stood up for one second, the guy with a man bun jumped on me about it. while his co workers Touched his back and he thought that want a big deal at all. the atmosphere is also crappy. DO NOT RECOMMEND! While he was moving around doing absolutely nothing he was literally 1 foot away from other customers and people. read more

Food was very good- I had the taco salad (ginormous) and hubby had the chicken Kiev. However, service was just ok, and restaurant was nearly empty at 6:30pm. Will likely be back. read more

Today was the first time I tried the commander and the pizza was great. A few other people in our party had some sandwiches that were also good but they liked the pizza better. I will definitely stop here again when I'm in the area. read more

Commander Restaurant & Bar - Awesome pizza!!! - Pizza Near Me - Pequot Lakes, Minnesota

We came with a large group. Scotty wasn't sure if they could seat us so we were patient and waited a bit to see if it was possible. Scotty agreed and said they'd be able to take us. If a restaurant agrees to seat a table, they need to serve it. Scotty did a good job but the female bar tender refused to serve us. I waited for 20 minutes at the bar and she didn't come over until she started chatting with some locals and they told her I had been waiting for a long time. I knew she saw me and was ignoring me - I stayed there still trying to order a roootbeer for my son. She then walked over and said we should've called ahead and walked away to go chat with people on the other end of the bar much like a 5 year old would do. Really?? They should've turned us away from the beginning. Awful!! Will never be back and will leave poor reviews on Yelp, Google and tell anyone I know in the area to stay away. read more

THIS PLACE SUCKS. NEVER GO HERE. IT IS AWFUL!!!!!!! Our waitress was just plain flat out rude. We ordered a large cheeseburger pizza and a large cheese pizza. After an HOUR of waiting, our waitress (who seemed like she couldn't care less about us or her job) brought us ONE of the pizzas (she said it was the cheeseburger pizza) we looked at the pizza and clearly saw that it was a sausage pizza so we asked her if this was the cheeseburger pizza. Without even looking at us or the pizza, she said it was the cheeseburger pizza. Then we cut it up into slices and realized it had pepperoni in it, so we sent it back and about twenty minutes later she sent back a cheeseburger pizza. But it was a SMALL pizza. She rolled her eyes when we told her this and asked if we wanted to just eat it, by this point we had already been waiting for close to an hour an a half so we just ate it anyways. Her excuse was that "it's been a crazy week in here and there's nothing we can do it about the kitchen is all backed up." Then a little bit later, the cheese pizza came and we ate that. Then we got our bill, and saw that refills were not free. The children eating with us (and us) drank several cups of soda/milk and beer for the adults while we waited (although we didn't expect beer refills to be free) and none of us would of drank that much soda if we hadn't waited closed to TWO HOURS for our food, we were just simply trying to fill our stomachs. We told her we were very upset that our refills weren't free and the least she could of done was told us when we asked for refills that refills weren't free. She said: "yeah sorry I know it sucks but there's nothing I could do about it." She then took our credit card and went into the back, but then we yelled at her to come back and she did, rolling her eyes and shaking her head and asked us "what?" So we told her that yes in fact there was something she could, the least she could of done after the crappy service was give us free refills. So she took the bill and credit card in the back and took $15 off our bill, which is better than before, but she still should of given us a free bill or at least apologized or something (which she NEVER did!!) To mention, the manager of the restaurant was out walking around the restaurant through out the night (she stayed close to the bar though for most of the night) and never once came by our table to apologize, ask what the problem was, offer to help with anything to make it better or anything, and I knew she knew there was a problem because she was trying to get the other side of the restaurant purposely walked all the way around our table so we wouldn't see her. Also the bathrooms were DISGUSTING. The men's was out of soap (how the heck are you supposed to wash your hands after being in a filthy bar?!-luckily we had some antibac hand cleaner with us!) Also the bathrooms smelled, and had paper towels everywhere and toilet paper everywhere. Overall very horrible experience, gross bathrooms (always a turnoff for me!), crappy service, unbelievable wait time (we were there for two hours in the end) and zero apology. The food was decent, but after such a bad time nobody was really hungry. Do not recommend at all. DO NOT GO HERE. read more

Food is below average. Menu is boring. Stay home and open prepared food from a market....it will be fresher and tastier. Even the bar offers nothing unique. read more

We love the Friday meat raffle - its a must see! The food is fine...typical bar food. We enjoy the pizza most. Prices are great and service is terrific. read more

My review is based mostly on food, as we didn't eat in. Their commander burger was HUGE and everything I want in a burger! My gf ordered a personal pizza & turkey club. She liked it all. Their house made chips were good, not greasy at all. When I went in, it was pretty empty since it was noon so I got to admire the gorgeous wood bar. The bartender told me restaurant had been remodeled a few years ago. She was friendly and my food didn't take too long. I'm sad for the helpers who had bad experiences, fortunately we did not!! read more

We went for the Thursday bar Bingo three weeks in a row when the jackpot was almost $2,000. We didn't win at Bingo; but, we discovered a restaurant with good food and friendly service. read more

Nasty pizza!!!!! They wouldn't know how to make a pizza if it hit them!!!! Totally gross!!!! Rude service too!!!

Pull tabs? You say you like pull tabs? OK. Then this place is fine. Big Buck Hunter? You say you have a Big Buck Hunter addiction? Then you should probably drop by. What else do you want? Booze? Ok they have that. Pizza? Check. People watching? Yes definitely. Pool? Yep. Worth a stop if you're in Breezy? Sure probably. read more

I'm a local...used to really it go here if it was a "night out for drinking and fun w friends" now since the remodel (competition fall 2013)we can bring our family here for lunch and dinner! Such a nice, clean, cozy, friendly place! Glad to add it into our list for family nights out! After dinner is over The Commander turns back into the classic/crazy/bachelorette/bachelor/golfer etc. party we are all used to with a packed dance floor, plenty of drinks and great people watching!! read more

Get really sick of snobby cabin owners and resorters coming up here and trashing the locals. This ain't SoHo. I've lived in the area for 4 years - 12 months a year, and the Commander is one of the best places around. Not like there's a whole lot to choose from, but for what it is the food is delicious. The pizza rocks. When the cabin-class goes home after labor day many businesses here shut down until the next summer season. Not the Commander. It's a popular place all year round. Nobody is in a rush up here anyway. If you're looking for Chez Foofoo you are in the wrong place. read more

This is a very fun bar to go to on the weekends. Drinks are relatively cheap and they typically have decent live music. Its where most of the locals hang out at. Food is pretty good as well, and the service can be very good too. read more

Have a place in the area so this isn't our first experience here. Rib special on Friday is excellent, burgers and pizzas are the best! However, the service leaves much to be desired. Even on nights that are not that busy, service is sub par. Waiter spends his time on the side of the bar BS'ing with the other employees. Not just one employee, but the senior waiter seems to be training all the new recruits to have the same level of service. It's been this way consistently! Love their food, but service really needs improvement. Sick of having to go to the bar to order drink refills while the staff visits at side of the bar! Love the food, but dining staff is really doing your establishment a disservice! read more

Although the waitress was pleasant, it would be best to tell people they will be waiting 70 minutes for breakfast. Very unfortunate and hopefully an anomaly. read more