Betty's Pantry - Ottertail

I wasn't expecting much but we all ended up enjoying this place. I had the country fried steak, Im pretty sure they make thier gravy in house, it had lots of sausage in it which I like. Hash browns were good though I personally would ask for extra crispy next time. I really liked the way they do the scrambled eggs, and they used real butter on my English muffin (not cheap margarine like most places)

We had breakfast last weekend and the omelet was ok. However I was not at all impressed by the $5 up charge for the “fancy hashbrowns”. There was absolutely nothing fancy about them. They did not have cheese or anything. And the kicker was they were actually a little dry. Needless to say we will never eat there again.

The restaurant was very chaotic even with only half the tables full. The coffee was absolutely awful, and they must have grabbed our first cups from an old pot. We dumped those and the carafe was normally bad, not extra bad. Basically tastes like they haven't cleaned the bunn coffee makers in a dozen years. Stale, weak...gross. Flies everywhere. Food was ok. I had the hangover hash browns and they were undercooked. Browned on the outside but 100% uncooked mush in the middle. Peppers and onions were mush. Cheese sauce used a bechamel type cheese sauce and it was not well done as you could still taste the flour. Sauce was rushed. Service was super slow and restaurant should consider adjusting the amount of seating and location of seating for more efficient flow, and to accommodate only as many tables as they can reasonably serve in an hour. I admittedly told the server food was fine because I didn't feel like running through the laundry list of things that just weren't done right. Gotta get the place clean, gotta use fresh ingredients, and gotta teach the kitchen staff how to cook they're almost there but missing some critical touches. We'll be back, maybe as soon as labor day and I'll update the review after the visit.

The food was delicious and we will be coming back. Service was great also.

Great staff, good atmosphere and solid diner food. Definitely worth stopping by.