Willy T’s Tavern & Grill

  3.8 – 359 reviews   • Bar & grill

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Relax and refuel at Willy T’s Tavern & Grill, a bar and grill located inside Thumper Pond Resort in Ottertail, Minnesota. Enjoy a casual atmosphere perfect for unwinding after a day of exploring the lakes or golfing at the resort’s course. We serve up plenty of locally sourced delectable dishes and home-inspired favorites such as burgers, steak, pasta, pizza, and many more! We also serve drinks and have happy hour 7 days a week.

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Reviews

Sarah Saue
My husband and I stopped in without 10 year old niece for dinner. We were informed that they were short of cook staff today so service might take a little longer than usual. We appreciated the communication and the wait really wasn’t that long. Everything was cooked perfectly and correct. They had live music tonight that sounded great. Thanks for the wonderful service.
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Emily Ebnet
Wait time was a little lengthy had 2 different people leave in the line in front of us they were waiting over 15 minute and it wasn’t busy but I’m guessing this is due to staff shortage but once we got seated the wait time wasn’t bad to get our food and drinks had delicious food one of the best salads I’ve had in awhile !! Fresh and flavorful would go back again
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Tanner Schumacher
Servers basically ignored us we sat for like 20 mins before getting a menu. Never got asked if we wanted more drinks, hostess did most of the actual serving, and the dude server got us boxes.

Tuna melt was super flavorful and would eat it again. Service was shit though.
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Jodi Bauck
Absolutely Delicious! Prime Rib was Spectacular! Done to perfection and so was the flavor! Service was so kind and on the ball! Such an Enjoyable Experience!
Thank you !!!
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Brenna Roby
This was the WORST service I have ever received. A group or friends and I sat down at 6:30 and did not get our order taken for about 20 minutes, okay they were busy, that is understandable. What isn’t understandable is the fact that we did not get our food until a little after 8. Groups who arrived after us, assuming members of the club/regular customers, were served within 15-20 minutes of sitting down. Do not go here if you are already hungry, maybe a decent place to go if you are okay with waiting over an hour to get your food and you are wanting it room temperature and stale from sitting under a warmer for who knows how long.
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gary snaza
Another mediocre restaurant. Noisy 5 o’clock Thursday. Live music an hour later . 15 to 20 minutes to take order. My son got his steak 45 minutes later, I got my pizza 10 minutes later and had to grab a waitress 10 minutes after that for my wife’s quesadilla. Steak was great,pizza was a pre-made crust sauce, toppings it was just, ok the quesadilla was over done. Either cooked too long or sat under the heat lamps too long. Won’t return. Plenty of staff but very unorganized. 5 of them standing at the cash register trying to split tips. Thought I was bothering them, I just wanted to pay and leave. Not recommended.
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Beth Pearson
7/25/25 Had the absolute WORST experience here tonight. Our waiter forgot to put our orders in, and our food didn’t arrive for 2 hours. When we asked about our food and asked to speak to a manager, no one showed up. We waited an hour for a manager to come to our table, and when she came she was extremely rude and short with us. Our waiter also didn’t show back up at our table to check on us. After we asked for refunds, (some) of our food showed up (the rest never came!) and the waitress THREW it on the table in front of us without saying a word. The absolute worst service we have EVER received in our entire life, and that’s saying something!
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Adam Loftesness
Don’t bother, there are better places to eat at a similar price point in the area. I would be surprised if any food is made in the kitchen. From appetizers to dinner, everything we had was mediocre, boil-in bag, quality. The walleye sandwich was on-par with a Gorton’s fish stick and their sirloin entree looked like mechanically tenderized round steak.

Service and cocktails were good, but can’t overcome the poor food quality.
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MN NICE!
UPDATE. Aug 2025! Willy Ts you are still top of the list! Your wait staff is so friendly and hard working! So if 1 is having a grumpy day, look around the rest of the staff are smiling! The menu is so vast & delicious!, fresh meats, salads, soups, pizza, shrimp, whatever youre hungry for!-my new favorite is the bone in wings-dry rub ranch! To die for!
Happy hr during the week3-9. Crazy fun! Full bar, mostly frosted glasses!!
Patio is so beautiful -overlooking the golf course with live music- watching golfers on 9 & 18!
The place is so clean and tidy! You can tell Lisa the mgr takes great pride in her restaurant/bar!
So-Great pub like feel yet up north look!, Low wait time if at all;
Weekend pull tabs, E games if you feel lucky, (on weekends -some locals- get possessive of the PT box they play- careful! )
So hey stop in….this place has a very reasonably priced menu and amazing atmosphere! Ample parking.

June 2023- new owners. Great staff and new mgmt I see…. Smiles hustle great music and menu! Now tables of 10 of course theres a much longer wait on food etc. So the claims below are possible but I have yet to hear or see any issues…. Maybe its the competition??
Either way the staff and food speak for themselves! Great atmosphere and golf is amazing too!
*** the people visiting for dinner and drinks may be watching a game, they do not close and kick you out at a certain time – so yeah the bar area is open later.
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Curt Palubicki
Been here multiple times and the food and service are top notch. Food comes out in a timely manner and the servers have always been delightful. Very accommodating when you bring in little ones as well. Never had a bad experience here!
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