Sam's Place & Diner

Cornell, 401 Bridge St, Cornell, WI 54732, United States | ★ 4.7 (208 Review)

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Breakfast all day! Daily Specials, burgers, salads, wraps, and soft serve ice cream!
Daily Specials
Tuesday: Indian tacos, soft or hard shell, chicken quesadilla
Wednesday: Jumbo wings, all you can eat, 1/4 # burger special
Thursday: Pork Steak & Dumplings
Friday: Cod, Perch, and Jumbo Shrimp
Saturday: Chef special, call for details
Sunday: Ham or Broasted Chicken Dinner

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Randy Rurup

★ 3

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Shawn Phillippi

★ 5

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Veronica Rusnak

★ 5

I'll echo another person -- great food, friendly staff, great service. Excellent and reasonably priced breakfast.

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Peggy Turner

★ 2

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Amber Howard

★ 4

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JG

★ 5

Driving through on 64 and stopped for lunch.
Very nice folks working there.
Not sure how they manage such a huge menu, but they do and they do it well.
Wife had grilled cheese with a tomato and the garlic chive fries. Excellent.
I had a pork steak, smothered in gravy with dumplings and sauerkraut.
It was so, so good!
Prices are very low too,
Going to eat here every time I’m nearby.

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Christine Van Laanen

★ 5

Sam’s was cozy with wonderful service & excellent food. Great getaway on our rainy day.

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Ashton McCloud

★ 5

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Sarah

★ 5

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Steve Koenen

★ 5

Cool little place. Server was awesome

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Abigail Rivera

★ 5

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Katherine Simko

★ 5

Love the people. From the new nurse in town.

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Josh Henneman

★ 1

Ordered to go, steak (med rare) and eggs (over easy) and and a 2 piece french toast, both with sausage links. Steak was well done and eggs were cooked through. Sausage links we're missing entirely with one meal. Called the restaurant back about the incorrect order and was told that I didn't order sausage and that I ordered my steak medium. I have ordered med rare steak for 20 years. Also total cost of the meal was almost $31 before tip, so assuming I didn't order sausage links with my meal means they charged me $6.50 for the TWO sausage links I actually got with the french toast. What a shit show.

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Bob Siebenaler

★ 5

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Paul Schwab

★ 5

Ice Age Trail hikers in Cornell for a week. This was our go-to place for breakfast (closed Mondays). This is highly recommended. Friendly, outgoing staff with an extensive menu.

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Joe Rubenzer

★ 5

This was my 2ed time here and both times amazing food and great service and awesome prices. I'll need to stop more often.

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Megan Kvapil

★ 5

Love this place! Family owned and run and the food is amazing! My favorite is the frybread taco and chicken sandwich. My husband is crazy about their fish fry.

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Pam Cutler

★ 5

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Terry L

★ 5

Very much a hometown cafe. Very attractive & clean. Value is very good with many, many, many entrees under $10.⁰⁰. Menu photos as of July 2024. I very rarely give 5 stars. This cafe really deserves it. I would definitely come back. Breakfast served all day except Friday. Bathrooms are large, clean, and HC accessible.

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Lisa Chady

★ 5

Wonderful value and nice clean atmosphere.

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Dana Brennan

★ 5

I love it here. One of my favorite places to go. No matter what you order it tastes amazing and I especially love their chicken and the prices are very reasonable. The meal sizes are big and the size of the chicken is also big. Great place and I highly recommend it.

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Brenda Olson

★ 5

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Brenda Pearman

★ 5

We went there for lunch on a weekday. It wasn't busy so we got a table right away. The menu has a lot of options and there are daily specials. Prices are extremely reasonable. Nice portions and everything we had was great. We even got soup to go. Fast service. We would definitely go there again.

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jennifer Gilbert

★ 5

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Amber K

★ 5

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Scarlett Kadolph

★ 5

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Ken Clayton

★ 5

Wow tried Patty melt OMG was spectacular. Will be back. Great meal great price. Awesome staff

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Shelly Auman

★ 5

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David Hoel

★ 5

Sam and Phil do an excellent job and serve fabulous food! Pork Steak and Dumplings, Fish Fry and Burgers are excellent! If you like Blue cheese get the BaconBlue burger! Oh my gosh! Oh and have a chocolate shake too! Will not be disappointec!!

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Teresa Klockow

★ 4

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Acer Mound

★ 5

Always satisfied

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Jeannine Gruber

★ 5

Love the outside option to eat. Great food super reasonable prices.

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Joanne Schultz

★ 5

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Monica Steinmeyer

★ 5

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Bree V.

★ 5

Decided to treat myself to a hot meal after a night of rain while camping at Brunet Island State Park. Sam’s Place is THE place to have a lovingly prepared, delicious meal. The chicken and dumpling soup was homemade and the chicken was shredded white and dark meat. It was perfect. I ordered a burger and fries and everything came out hot. The burger was huge and the fries crispy.
The quality was great and each and every employee took the time to chat with me, both the waitstaff and kitchen staff. Very friendly atmosphere with employees who want their customers to have a great meal. I recommended 🩵

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Liz Pearson

★ 5

This was very convenient from the Old Abe trail and I was pleased that they had a veggie burger. I think it was a beyond burger.

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Roj Lacuarta

★ 5

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Alice Doud

★ 5

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Mark C

★ 3

Good food, very friendly service, decent prices. I'd probably stop again if I was in the area.

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Ben Egle

★ 5

We ordered carry out Chicken for 40 people, it was excellent. The chicken was nice size pieces, done to perfection. The sides Jo-Jo. french-fries, and coleslaw were also good. Sam and her staff was right on time and very accommodating. Will order again.

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Dave Fleegel

★ 5

We just stopped for soft seve , but it hit the spot

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Steve Bachler

★ 5

Amazing food excellent service nice find on a road trip

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Jim Arquette

★ 5

Awesome food. Best Friday fish fry we've had in a while. Great service and very friendly

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Kerri Burrier

★ 4

Burgers were not juicy. Bacon and onion rings on burgers were also dry. Definitely not freshly made. We chuckled at the small amount of chips that came with the sandwich and the sliver of pickle. Okay food in a pinch of time. 4 items out within 5 minutes.

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Kathy Sibbers

★ 5

Nice homey Cafe. Great breakfast.

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Linda Jones

★ 5

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James Monroe

★ 4

Fast and delicious

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Danielle Dubiel

★ 5

Good food and friendly staff.

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James Waltz

★ 5

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Karie Butterfield

★ 5

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Connie G

★ 4

The service was friendly and attentive. The restaurant is very small so we called ahead because we had a group. They had our table all set up for us when we arrived. The food came quickly and was very good, there were only compliments from our group .

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Jodi Daniels

★ 5

Very friendly great service and great food!

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Shari Wojciuch

★ 5

Great atmosphere, friendly staff, great service. Absolutely love

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Michael Phillips

★ 5

Great rack of ribs and fixings. Leftovers, too.

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Jay Mertes

★ 5

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Shane Gregory

★ 4

Great food, awesome service ,the atmosphere was a little crowded on the other hand surrounded by good people.

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Courtney Kraus

★ 5

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Charlie Janssen

★ 5

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Old Spoke

★ 5

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Lara

★ 5

Best Eggs Benedict I ever ate! Large portions & very reasonably priced! Very clean dining area with down home feel & home cooked taste. Nice clean bathroom. Waitress was very attentive & nice. I do recommend this Diner :)

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Tyler Burdick

★ 5

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Erin Neste

★ 5

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Chris Kolasa

★ 5

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madis seim jr

★ 5

We ordered carry out chicken and it was fantastic! We will be back again.

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Charles Garrett

★ 5

First time there everything was delicious customer service was outstanding

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Robin Warren

★ 5

Very good. Staff is friendly.

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William Tredinnick

★ 5

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David Pender

★ 5

The service is great and the food is delicious!

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Elisabeth Thurber

★ 5

A Great Place to eat the food was incredible I will go back there anytime the wait staff was the very best

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Kim Meyer

★ 5

Camping at Brunet Island State Park, decided to stop and have lunch here.
Service was fantastic and the food was delicious 😋

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Tom W

★ 3

Came in for breakfast. Food was great. Waitress was rude.

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Daisy Hill

★ 2

The waitress was sweet. The place was empty at 5:30 pm.
They were out of vanilla soft serve and flavor burst.
I ordered the broaster chicken and jojos with tzatziki sauce. The chicken breast was slightly dry. The tzatziki sauce was mostly Greek yogurt with a little cucumber in it.

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Paul Burk

★ 5

Great food, great people, and the prices are affordable! It'll be our regular stop when we vacation here.

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Bob Siewert

★ 5

We were tourists in town and were pleasantly surprised. We found our meal to be good tasting at a great value. Service was prompt and friendly. There was only one surprise. When we received our dinner check tax was already a day figured in but when we handled the bill at the register it was higher. Their credit card processor charges a fee and that was automaticaly being passed on to us. I would have like to know that before hand otherwise I would have paid cash. Once again, overall, great experience and good food.

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Adam Blaskowski

★ 5

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Ericka Vandenheuvel

★ 5

Great service, super dog friendly and the perch dinner was excellent! We had some ice cream on the patio with our dog while we waited for our carry out, which was delivered to us along with some dog pets 😁❤️

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Amy Davis

★ 3

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Laura Schmidt

★ 4

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Candice Cossio

★ 4

Best fish

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Michael Riese

★ 4

Nice place, friendly bartender

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Kellie Brauner

★ 5

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Doug B

★ 5

Good burgers

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janette penney

★ 4

Everything was good. The service was nice.

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Roxanne Hedrington

★ 5

Good food great people

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Travis Nelson

★ 4

decent food cheap prices outdoor eating is unique

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Elizabeth Jeepgrl84

★ 5

Great little Diner, was so refreshing to see some high schoolers working! Very friendly staff, also greatly appreciated the staff being chill with us eating in so close to closing! We were exhausted, and having a place to sit down and rest our feet along with a great meal was so needed tonight!! Thank you to all who were working tonight! Thanks for letting us rest for a bit!!!

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Ed Hattamer

★ 5

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Brenda Lee

★ 5

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Rich Ward

★ 5

Great service, great prices! Restaurant was clean, owner is awesome!

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Leanna Beighley

★ 5

Best grilled chicken wrap around!!😋🌯

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John Kralewski

★ 5

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Marie Tomczak

★ 5

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Travis Olver

★ 5

Excellent Perch!! Excellent Service!! Excellent price!! I highly recommend Sam's Place!!!

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Adam Haller

★ 5

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Mark Connely

★ 5

Awesome food

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Crystal Reichart

★ 5

Sams is the family and always made fresh everydAy they treat everyone like they are your family…
Open all year

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Dustin Johnson

★ 5

Fish is amazing!

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Kessea Kahl

★ 3

It was a good breakfast!

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Kathy Walthers

★ 5

Wonderful food and people! My mom has dementia and they are very patient with her and give her the time that she needs to tell them what she would like to eat.

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Carole Wundrow

★ 5

Excellent food, service and atmosphere. Will return again.

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Rick Walker

★ 5

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Todd Schwartz

★ 5

Some of the best food I've ever had. The breakfast is unbeatable.

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John Schwab

★ 5

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Jason Oliver

★ 5

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Savanah clark

★ 5

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Heather Hedrington

★ 5

Great steak and eggs.....great chicken!!!! Great people all around!

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Debbie Moen

★ 5

First time stopping and the food was great and the service was fantastic!

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Roger Lawrence

★ 5

Got the wings and they were very good.

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Alta Johnson

★ 5

Great food, Great service, always friendly waitresses! Best place to go!

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DM SJ

★ 4

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Sandy Riegel

★ 5

Huge assortment of desserts to pick from. Excellent burger, squeaky clean and good service

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Ellie McKillips

★ 5

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Chris Gray

★ 5

Good food and friendly staff

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Joe McNamara

★ 5

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Lexxis M

★ 5

Super good french toast, eggs, and sausage links!!

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Zachary “Cryth” Ellison

★ 5

Food was phenomenal, waitresses were polite and punctual. Will gladly come here again with future visits to the area.

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Christopher Popp

★ 4

Great food, priced right.

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Montana Lund

★ 5

Great food good prices. Will keep going with the kids and parents.

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Austin Woolever

★ 5

Really good food and service

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Bob Cutler

★ 5

Great food and friendly service!

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Johnny Cochran

★ 5

Awesome place, fast service and wonderful food!
Support local

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James Thomas

★ 5

We had breakfast yesterday and our waitress was amazing! Food was very good too. We will definitely go back.

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Garrett Engesether

★ 5

The food was great and they did a good job with quick food delivery. Recommend

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Rick Hines

★ 4

Very good food and great service

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Gina Chaplinski

★ 4

Veggie burger is incredibly delicious

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Natalie DeLeasky

★ 5

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Rosemary Plautz

★ 1

Very friendly owners and employees! Excellent food!

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Brad Hladilek

★ 5

Great food and service

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Sam Johnson

★ 5

They greeted me with wonderful and beautiful smiles and treated me with respect... And you got lots of food there it was well worth it... The chef did an outstanding job on the food and it was very clean.. Thank you to the team at Sam's place.

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Stevie Boneske

★ 5

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Pat Roach

★ 5

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Linda Kvapil

★ 5

Awesome

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Mark Schueller

★ 5

Great food and customer service!

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Catherine Healy

★ 5

Very tasty chili and sweet potato fries! I'll certainly be back.

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Garrett Kralewski

★ 5

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Tracy Sole

★ 5

Great food and great service. I will be coming back.

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Cliff Boggess

★ 5

We've ate here several times. Always good food and service! Prices are decent.

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Kimberly Hetchler

★ 5

Great food and great service!

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Phoenix Kane

★ 5

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Lorieanne Lilyquist

★ 5

It's a really great place to eat

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R

★ 5

Great food!

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Emily Jackson

★ 1

Food was not right, then our food came out cold, the waitress and another worker stood around talking to other people that they knew instead of doing their jobs. I will NEVER go back there again. So disappointing.

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Jeffrey Miller

★ 5

Absolute awesome fish fry's and shrimp on Friday nights! And good food any other night as well! The staff is great! Just a fantastic place to bring the family or just the two of you to go any night a week and grab some great food and or ice cream! And don't forget the fantastic 1919 root beer!

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Colleen Peterson

★ 5

Great eggs benedict. I'm tempted to buy that house across the street.😎

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Jonathan Alfonso (alfonsojon)

★ 4

Very good food, ordered for a quick bite as I wanted to try something local while camping. Strongly recommend the jalapeno burger (forgot the name...). My friend got a ranch wrap, and it had an incredible amount of ranch. Luckily, we love ranch!

Staff do not wear masks, and there is a sign effectively saying masks optional for staff and customers, citing the HIPAA. A curbside pickup option would be nice as I am not comfortable going within 6ft of strangers w/o a mask.

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Rodney Becker

★ 5

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Jeff Violet

★ 5

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Kyle Dornbusch

★ 4

Good food nice people fairly inexpensive

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Todd Schmidt

★ 1

fair food service not so good waited a very long time for food 2 tables of people that came in after us got served before us will not go back

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Becky J

★ 5

We had their fish fry this past Friday and oh my gosh the perch was so good. You get a ton of food with their fish fry dinner. Huge pieces of perch. We tried their breakfast this morning and it was also very good. Food came out of the kitchen in less then 10 minutes.

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Doug Yule

★ 5

Really good food!

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Marie Moutain

★ 5

Sam's is family orientated. They care for their patrons, their food is wonderfully GREAT!!!!!! And I'm very picky....

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Kyle

★ 5

Awesome little place! Love the many choices of ice cream. Outside seating.

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Davalyn Meinen

★ 5

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Allan Rapp

★ 5

Food is excellent! Large portions. Nice personnel.

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Shannon Carrell

★ 5

My girl friend and son love to eat here! Friendly service and excellent food, can't go wrong at Sam's Place !!

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Mae Todd

★ 5

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spyder roettger

★ 5

Never disappointed, service is always great and the food is always delish!!!

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Nancy Cynor

★ 5

Great food. Great prices.

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Mitchell Robert Haller

★ 5

Awesome place to eat!!!

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Rita Budzinski

★ 5

Excellent service on short notice, great food, very welcoming for children

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Angie Oemig

★ 4

Good food, great people. Just wish they offered more non fried food.

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Ira Potaczek

★ 5

Great service excellent food

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Deeann Rutledge

★ 5

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Scott Dayment

★ 5

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Katie Reuss

★ 5

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Bret Vosberg

★ 5

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Tammy Plummer

★ 5

Every one was cherry ana the food was wonderful.

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Allyson Craker

★ 5

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Duane Wallsch

★ 5

Great food friendly owner's

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Sommer Fiore

★ 5

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Doug Ramseier

★ 5

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Kim Huse

★ 5

Im moved to town in oct. needed a restaurant (everything was in boxes from the move) tried sam's.. great food,very friendly people.the tuesday special (indian taco)..is the best.
Great place..

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Jeff Pagel

★ 5

Good food, nice people

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Lindsay Dachel

★ 5

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Jason Burgess

★ 5

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Ryan Fredrickson

★ 5

Amazing food and friendly service

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Keith Stenback

★ 5

Great food and very nice staff

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simplepez

★ 5

Just what you expect from a small town cafe. Good food and friendly service!

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Anneva Williamson

★ 5

Great food and great prices

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Rory Minnich

★ 5

Good food. Friendly staff.

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ash ketchup11114

★ 5

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Kenny Hakes

★ 5

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Bobbi and Josh Spangler

★ 5

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Lisa f

★ 5

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Rubin Metzenbauer

★ 5

Had Taco's and a 1919 root beer services was great

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Rhonda Cook

★ 5

Excellent Prime Rib!!! Friendly staff & Great Service!!

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Earl Jennings

★ 5

Very very good food

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Austin Schilling

★ 5

Philled my gut and had a Flippin' good time

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Robert Bratsven

★ 5

Good food, quick service, and friendly staff

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adareea

★ 4

4+ Great bacon cheeseburger =) fast friendly service... love the remodel

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Jaden Stewart

★ 5

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John Rivard

★ 5

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Karie LaNou

★ 5

Great food and wonderful decor!

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Audrey Yeager

★ 3

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Eugene Mechelke

★ 5

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Hope David

★ 4

I loved the chicken fettuccine alfredo! Service was great!

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Rosemary Schmidt

★ 5

Wonderful breakfast, will stop in again when we are camping in the area. Nice menu for lunch and early dinner too

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Paul Winter

★ 3

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Dennis Mcluen

★ 5

Really good food and friendly staff. My chicken wrap was excellent. Highly recommend.

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