Irma's Kitchen

You need to stop by Irma's Kitchen at least once! We did not have a reservation as it was a last minute planning and we didn't want fast food from the Cabana by the indoor pool. The food was cooked perfectly. The service was 10/10 where our server checked on us periodically. Located at the Cragun's Resort, we thought the food and pricing would be mediocre, overpriced tourist restaurant, but no! The food was delicious that we let each other try our dish. I had the medium-rare sirloin. It sirloin was tender. The fingerling mashed potatoes was flavorful and the vegetables were steamed well with a hint of buttery taste. The walleye was coated well. The fish was also tender and flaky. The vegetables were also steamed well. The wild rice was OK to me, but my husband thought it was amazing. My Nana had the chef's special: taste of Tbilisi. I really like the chicken skewers. She loves the eggplant and bell pepper ragout. My Poppop also had sirloin, but we also shared the focaccia bread. I really like the buttered dried tomato mix. It was different than your usual bread and butter. After dinner, we learned there was a dessert menu when the manager checked in on us. She said, "make sure you save room for dessert." There was not a physical dessert menu, but our server had the list on her checkbook. My husband and I shared the peaches creme brûlée. Again, everything was cooked perfectly. The atmosphere was cozy and intimate. There was outdoor seating available, but due to the scattered rain, we opt to stay indoors. There was a mix of customers sitting in and outdoors. It is above the outdoor swimming pool, but we were able to eat in peace. Very well decorated too. We did recommend this place to another family for their date night. It is that good! Also by the looks of the reviews and food pictures, it looks like the menu change - be sure to check out their website for the latest menu.

Both my husband and I had the walleye. Loved it and the rice pilaf. Wait staff was good and really wonderful attention to details. The treat at the end was the crème brûlée! Oh my gosh so unique and beautiful presentation.

I highly recommend coming here and ordering the Walleye dinner. This was one of the best fish dinners I ever had. Perfectly cooked with local wild rice and the vegetables were also perfectly cooked. Obviously a very experienced chef. Nice location on a lake

Arrived at 8:30pm with a reservation for 5. There was some dialogue between 2 staff at the host stand because they weren't sure where to seat us (there were tons of open 4 person tables and tables outside). Eventually they sat us in the bar area at a high top table and stuck another chair at the end.. not ideal with a 3 year old but the chairs seemed stable enough that I didn't question it. I'd say it took about 10 minutes for the server to take our drink order, not great but not terrible. HOWEVER, 15 minutes later (after watching her converse with other staff and tables) I flagged her down to ask about our drinks. She admitted that she forgot and reverified our order. She apologized because it had been a "crazy night."She got our drinks and then took our order. While waiting an excessive amount of time for our food we never were checked on or asked about refills (the kids drinks were gone for at least 20 minutes). Eventually we were told they were checking with the kitchen and were given apologies that a "really big table came in right at the same time" and their order was coming out first. We also found out my husband's potatoes were all out and they offered him the Mac and cheese and as a sub. Around 9:30 the kids got their meals. This is when the kids asked for more to drink. As for their food the fries were cold. Bun on the burger was burnt. Fish was fine. A few minutes later our food came out. Steak was slightly over cooked and cool but edible. Risotto was cool. But it was late and I was starving so I ate it. Couldn't bring myself to eat the shriveled, cold asparagus. My husband said the walley was disappointing, but again was hungry and ate it. He took one bite of the Mac and cheese and got the most disgusted look on his face and didn't take another bite. He's too nice (and was probably too tired) to say anything at the time, but told me later that it was "the strangest flavor" and something was just bad about it. He felt there was no point saying anything since the kitchen was closing. They did give us a discount. It just would've meant a lot more had we not had to track someone down to run our card. Apologies don't mean much if there's no service before or after.

I would normally not like to give a poor review. Our waitress was phenomenal and very accommodating however we were very disappointed in the meal, we had dinner for four we asked for tots in MN but they were out? SIN... we ordered Pierogis and Parmesan crusted Walleye. The pierogis seemed to be microwaved as they were all hard- not buttery and soft, the walleye was ok but for the pricing I would look elsewhere for dinner, we got a bottle of wine which should make everything taste better - not this time! I would highly recommend a trip to town!

We had a very large group of family members and the staff did a good job with everyone given the conditions. The food was excellent and I would highly recommend the Parmesan crusted walleye. It was not a heavy batter but just perfectly covered. I really enjoyed this place and would go back to explore more of the menu.My wife on the other hand didn't have as good as experience as I did. She ordered the deviled eggs and the whites were hard and rubbery. She ordered her steak medium rare and it came medium well. She told our server about it and she seemed annoyed. She did offer to re-fire it and I took her up on it as I paid $36 for it. The second one was rare but better. Her sister also ordered a steak. Her meal never came. Even after my wife's re-fire came out her's still had not. When we were about to leave after 1.5 hrs and our bill was brought to us the steak came out. They didn't discount any of her steak which was odd since everyone else was done eating and ready to leave when hers came out. My son also never received his meal and when she told the waitress she argued with her about it and finally said she would take it off the bill. Two different experiences and hopefully room to improve as I really liked the walleye. I would still go back to give them another chance.

We moved to the Brainerd area a couple years ago and have enjoyed finding great places to eat - this was one of them! Great ambiance and good service! When we arrived they let us know that a 52 top was coming in and they suggested ordering soon - great tip that we were happy to have. We started with the smoked deviled eggs and bacon wrapped scallops - the eggs were good but I didn't get much smoke flavor, but the scallops were amazing, cooked perfectly and on a delicious corn purée. My husband had the ribeye that was seasoned to perfection - got the bearnaise sauce on the side, the steak definitely didn't need it but the sauce was very good. I got the walleye and it had a perfect light batter and a wonderful sauce that it didn't need but definitely added to the flavor. We had an excellent cab that was only $35 for a bottle. We were too stuffed for dessert, unfortunately - but we will be back and won't make that mistake again!

We took a large party of 12 there recently. Hadn't been there in many years, but we were very pleased. The food was excellent, the service was attentive, and the patio was delightful. They've done great things with the inside as well. It's tough to run a restaurant in this area, but they're doing a really nice job. We'll be going back!

Irma's... You've lived up to your billing. You are the worst. We stopped coming to you about 4 years ago after a few years of poor meals and awful service. We decided that making meals in our cabin at Craguns was always better than patronizing your restaurant. We decided to give you another shot after hearing some people say that the restaurant has improved. Nope. Still awful. We were seated and drink orders were taken. After at least 25 minutes of no drinks and no waiter or waitress we asked what was happening. We watched at least 17 wait staff walk by us without as much as a nod in our direction. We finally became impatient enough to talk to the head waitress who had no explanation as to why we didn't have drinks or were asked to place any order for appetizers or meals. We walked out and drove into town for a much better experience. If I could do zero stars, I would. Horribly disappointing, yet again.

The staff was wonderful. Great entertainment enjoyed the atmosphere. Would recommend this place all day long. Unfortunately the guy at the hotel wrecked it for us Stanley the security guy is real jerk that shouldn't be in customer service