Staff is nice and kind I'll give em that but after my last review I felt I should update my ratings on this place. We came in at 5:30pm? Got a booth. Sat there and waited and waited and waited. Nobody came to ask us for drinks until after sitting there for 25 mins! I even checked my Life360 cause I couldn't believe it was almost half an hour til we got served after sitting down. Hostess was kind and apologized and said the waitress was in the back mingling. Lovely. The setting is usually always quiet and calm there. There was also another time my bf and I came in and he likes his steak medium rare. We got a blue steak instead lol it was super raw I have a pic of it as proof. The food is great (when it's correct) but the customer service must depend on the day. Overall 2/5 read more

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery - Like this if you think it's medium rare Wow this if you think it's blue - Bakeries Near Me - Bemidji, Minnesota

Gosh, I still love this place. Great late night spot for me as a teen, a college student, and a middle-aged lady(?). My daughter and I sought refuge here during a brief, brutal evening storm. Our server was very busy, but we enjoyed our tea and pie very much. I would love to see more staffing so service could be faster, but I understand that we stopped by at an unusual time. Only major note- the windows leaked. Fix 'em, dear owners. Keep on kicking, Perkins! I love you. read more

We love food with flavor and ordered Teriyaki Salmon & Hibachi shrimp. Taste was amazing. We had a nice server too. Place was very clean. Overall a very nice experience. If you are in the area make sure to stop by. read more

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Bemidji, Minnesota

This place is GREAT!!! We came here on a school field trip, & The service is pretty fast. The food is delicious and the ambiance is calm. read more

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery - The Breakfast Burger - Bakeries Near Me - Bemidji, Minnesota

The service is awesome and the food is very tasty! We're new in town and this is our go to place! Breakfast, lunch or dinner once or twice a week! I love their meatloaf dinner! read more

I come to Bemidji several times a month for work, and have found the Perkins here to be terrible after eating here twice in the last few months. Both times, I waited patiently after walking in for someone to seat me. It took 5-10 minutes today, and there were only a couple of tables occupied. A young man finally walked out of the back. I told him I was by myself and he seated me without even asking much as a "Hello." It was almost like I was a bothering him. It took another 10-15 minutes for a waitress to appear. I was just about to walk out when I overheard what was likely a manager chew some workers out in the back for just "standing around." The waitress, a young teenager, asked if I wanted anything so I ordered both a drink and my food. She came back a few minutes later and asked if I wanted sausage or bacon. Not like she couldn't have asked when she took my order a few minutes earlier. Another couple was seated nearby a few minutes later, and they also waited a good while for anyone to take their drink or food order. The same waitress came back a few minutes later and asked to clarify the order. Obviously new, but little supervision or training had been provided. Paying was also frustrating. I waited at least five minutes at the counter to pay. I had to tap the counter a few times and ask if anyone was back there to get the same apathetic young man to come out and let me pay. Again, he said absolutely nothing. Zero engagement. I often eat at Perkins restaurants all over the state. I won't be back to the one in Bemidji. read more

This place has really upped their game I love the comfort food options and friendly staff!

Order food togo for after football practice. Food was burnt, meat was dried out and like rubber, broccoli was brown and burnt. They even flip it over so we did not see it. Covered in gravy so you would not be able to tell at first glance. I ordered a baked potato. They gave me Mash. When I said I did not order mash....she proceeded to argue. Terrible food and customer service. On top of all of that, the place was unclean and not welcoming atmosphere.​ read more

Service was horrible. Sat in there waiting for someone to say hi. Finally, ordered coffee and breakfast. Coffee was disgusting. Breakfast finally came, cold, undercooked. No one asked if all the was ok. At the end I told the server it was disappointing. She said " are you sure"? I laughed and said absolutely. I don't recommend this place to anyone read more

I ate here last October. Honestly the food was just awful. Waitress was ok. Never again...

Absolutely awful. I understand they were understaffed and our server was possibly new but we had to wait an HOUR and a half for our food and a bunch of tables who came in after us got food way before we did. Food was chewing on a foam mattress and cardboard, they also got our order wrong. Never coming back. read more

Coffee was good and the over medium eggs were cooked perfectly. I was sadly disappointed by the biscuits. This place bills itself as a bakery restaurant, I have had their muffins and pies before and they were good. But how can a "bakery" serve dry presliced food-service previously frozen biscuits? Bleh. read more

We ate breakfast here. The food was very good. The service was fast and friendly and the restaurant was clean and welcoming.

Got seated and waited around for someone to take our order and people order us got seated after us. And they instantly got the waiter as we still sat there with no help. This is the second time it has happened to me at this restaurant. I will not go back to this Perkins again. read more

Good food. Good service. Zero healthy selections. Terrible for a business traveler that eats most meals out. Great for a family that wants a decent dinner. Pies and muffins looked terrific, but didn't try them. read more

Had a great breakfast for 2. Everything made to our specs. Server check on us every time she went by. Clean restroom. Will come again.

Apparently this place is incapable of Staffing a kitten if anyone get sick they close the restaurant they make no effort to get replacement staff in. Paragraph if you are coming here late night I suggest calling ahead to make sure they are open read more

terrible service, they sat us down and multiple waiters and waitresses walked by without acknowledging we were even there. eventually we got tired of waiting and went had an absolutely amazing meal at the country kitchen just down the road a block or two. highly recommend checking out the country kitchen for fast amazing dining experience! read more

Took over 10 min to get a seat. We're maybe 8 people in the whole building. Took over an hour to get our food and when food finally came it's was not was advertised and was cold and really nasty. Will never eat here again food was disgusting and gross. Ordered a couple of steak and was very tough like leather. Staff never asked or came to see everything read more

Disaster...do not bother going here. Sat down...20 minutes for a hello, 20 minutes later got water then 1hr 15 min later we walked out along with four other tables. A Saturday only had one cook and blamed the horrible wait and service on inability to find staff. This is Saturday Jan 15th the Bemidji State students have returned. I did speak regarding the two hours never to receive food and manager seemed to not care.I said we would Never return unless they could make this right and she didn't want to offer even a free muffin or cup of coffee. Loved in this town for 20 years been to Perkins at least 50 times but it is a disaster there. The manager has not tried that hard to find help. I talked with manager for 10 min giving ideas on how to find help. Kept seating when they knew the wait would be well over an hour. I am 60 yrs old and have NEVER walked out in any restaurant.Her standards are very low now. Waste of major time. Many hockey families visiting for tournaments walked out. Disgrace for this town absolutely no excuses for this. Manager said well this is just the way it is now and I pointed out three to four places including Country Kitchen next door is not experiencing the staff shortage.The manager and head weekend hostess both never once swept thru to back room so it is easy to forget your hungry families. Extremely disappointed as this place used to have standards. read more

Came in here the other day with my grandpa.... Sat here for so long his oxygen tank ran out. I was able to go home get a new tank and make it back and still didn't have my food. read more

Slow service, frozen food. Last time we were there they didn't take our order for 0 minutes when they came back with our food it was fryer food- it was all over fried. read more

Normally I don't expect much from a restaurant like this but when you order a meal and your meat comes cold, they give you something in the meal that you asked specifically not to have, didn't give you the right dressing and we had to go all the way back to the restaurant just to get it right but then they get it wrong again, I am thinking we will not be going there again. read more

It took us a half hour to get our food. Are party all got are food at different times every one was done eating when I got my food are waiter was nice but the rest of the staff where very snotty. All the floors where very dirty, and the bathrooms where nasty. The food wasn't good wasn't bad either I would not go again. All the high chairs looked like they have never been washed ever read more

Awesome pies,only thing missing is fresh cream. Lunch menu is also good. Service was very polite and genuine. Would be nice if they served wine with dinner but that's a small issue. read more

Prompt service for lunch on a Monday. The bbq shredded chicken sandwich with onion tangles was delicious, as was the crunchy chicken salad. Drinks stayed filled and food came out quick too! Long line at the cash register but there was a group of ladies with separate checks. Pies looked delicious and we may come back for our 4th celebrations. Good experience! read more

I ordered a breakfast. Cinnamon French Toast with eggs. Even though I was there around 10pm and the restaurant was not busy my breakfast arrived cold. Waitress was nice but nothing special. The inside of this Perkins is very big and nice. It is located right next door to the Americ Inn. read more

Food was fine and service was fine, but I don't get into waitesses/hostesses with tattoos up one side and down the other, and with rings through their noses...which I've always thought was disgusting whether guys or girls do it!! @ Country Kitchen down the road, the waitresses don't have that problem. I may have to go there next time. read more

This was the most terrible restaurant experience I have had in my life . Waited 25 minutes, while tables that came after us , got served before us . I finally had to go ask who our server was , one of the servers in our section walked by us many times and gave us dirty looks every time and served tables that came after us . I spoke with the manager dawn marie , who had excuses and didn't even know what servers covered which sections or she was trying to cover for the server . I am Native American and know I just dealt with racism and discrimination at its finest . Will never eat at this restaurant again. read more

First off, the food is very good. It was cooked to perfection, but the service was not the best... took us 10 minutes to get drinks. The waitress was very nice and respectful but wasn't very attentive to our group. Also the atmosphere. There were teens who were yelling across the table loud enough for us to hear them on the other side of the room. Tough to enjoy a meal and conversation with friends when you have to wear ear plugs to not hear people yelling. All In all, good food, below average service, and noisy teenagers who don't care about respecting others. Oh well. read more

I never come to this Perkins because they always have us standing and waiting while they sit other people that come in after us. This visit we came at 8:53pm and they sat us right away but took others orders before ours and we didn't even get drinks for half an hour when they finally took our order at 9:40. Beyond disappointed and if me and my partner weren't hungry we were just going to leave. We've been at Perkins for almost an hour and watched three groups get their meals before we even got to place an order. If I could give a zero I would. read more

This is a pretty nice chain if I'm with my family with exceptional waitstaff and a nice sized menu. However it is a bit of a wait, but as a whole it is a nice place for eating with the family. read more

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery - The parking lot and building. - Bakeries Near Me - Bemidji, Minnesota

Food has been good, freindly customer service, lots of people come here and I love there drink selections too. The late night appetizers are a good hit and when equipped the service is overall great If you ever need something they're right on it and try to keep you satisfied. For 24 hour service it's pretty good of variety read more

Perkins is the place for teens to eat at night and some of us can be pretty loud but they've overall been great every time I've been there. Whenever I go there I like to get food and chat and sometimes that chatting will last well over 2 hours and I've never been rushed out even after I finish my food. I've only gone two times not at night so I'm not sure how they are during the day with service but they always get my food out fast. The food is good, nothing really special at all but I don't eat meat so I can't have most of the menu. Good place! read more

Overall terrible! I ate at this restaurant with some friends at around 10:45pm. We walk in to see the waiter sitting down in a booth with a customer. After standing around for 5-7 minutes the waiter finally yells at us from across the restaurant to grab our own menus and seat ourselves. After seating ourselves the waiter takes around 10 minutes to come take our drink order. Two friends ordered shakes, to which the waiter rolled his eyes and said, in a rude way, "of course." He did not write anything down so ended up forgetting a persons drink. Then waits another 5 minutes to have a coworker bring out the shakes. Another 10-15 minutes go by before he finally take our food order. When taking our order he pulls up a chair and sits down! Then, before we get the chance to talk he says, "so here's the deal, we're only doing appetizers right now because my cook doesn't really want to cook right now." We love past it and order different food than we were hoping for but at least we had ordered. After putting the order in he goes and sits back down with the same customer in the same booth as when we walked in. Meanwhile, there were 4 other dirty tables, with food still sitting on them, that he could have been clearing. When our food arrived it was all mixed up and the proportions were way off. We asked for boxes and our bills right away. We ate very little of our food before leaving and paying our bills. When handed our bills two out of five of them were wrong. None of us ended up tipping him and he rolled his eyes at us. He was very unprofessional, had terrible hygiene, and was overall very lazy. None of us are impressed and we will not be attending a Perkins for quite some time. read more

It's a Perkins! What else can you say? Like any other American food chain, there isn't anything that is going to knock your socks off. You can usually count on decent food though and an okay selection. The biggest thing with this place though is how hit and miss the staff is. The food is usually pretty consistent, but the service is not. One time you will have an amazing server, the next time you'll want to throw spoons at them! There isn't much in between. read more

Decent food, although it was a long wait for the server to check on you about your food or request they bring you a to go box. The food I ordered was wrong, though they did offer a slight discount on my meal (a few dollars off the total). Only one server was working 10+ tables at about 6:30am breakfast rush. She was nowhere to be found. Ended up waiting for 4-5 minutes before the server came out of the back kitchen area so I could pay for my meal at the front register. I didn't even ask for a to go box for my food as I didn't want to wait another 4 minutes for a box. Overall good food but the wait times wasn't worth it. I would try somewhere else or coming in on a different time. read more

It wasn't worth it. They got our order wrong, we waited 20 minutes to get our boxes for food. Ugh. I went one other time and it was delicious. read more

I've never felt the need to leave a review anywhere until now. We arrived with a group on 10. It only took about ten minutes to get a table but once we were seated, we weren't even greeted by anyone for over 15 minutes. Multiple tables got sat and got their drinks before we were greeted. Our drink orders were eventually taken but at that point we put all our food orders in too. Only 3/10 of us ordered coffee, and none of us received a single drink for ANOTHER 20 minutes. She brought out coffee for every single person, and i had to tell her i didn't want to be charged for something i didn't order. Our waters came out at the same time as our food, and she neglected all the other fountain drinks and juices that we ordered. When she was carrying out our food, she dropped ranch on my friends head and water on a different friends back. Not once did she apologize. As a waitress myself, I understand exactly how the job worked and I am typically extremely lenient because I understand how difficult it can be, but this was unbelievably awful service. The amount of times our entire table was completely ignored is unacceptable. it takes a LOT for me to not leave a tip because serving is how i make a living, but this was by far the worst experience i've ever had at a restaurant. We sat there watching people who came in after us who were done eating and paid before we even got water. Once we got our food I think she sensed our frustration and gave us more attention, but I genuinely feel that we were just being ignored. read more

Vile, tasteless food that's been kept too long. The "potato pancakes" weren't crispy and flavored with onion as they should have been -- instead, just pour some batter and throw hash browns in! The "Heath cheesecake pie" was spoiled by the cinnamon-heavy crust and eternal-life fake cream that together left the supposed cheesecake just another layer of whipped shortening. Never, never going there again. read more