Mullets Lake Okoboji — Restaurant in Arnolds Park

TL;DR - 2 hour wait for below average bar food.

Let's start with the good: The restaurant is in a great location in the emporium with a large patio on the water.

Now the bad: Literally everything else.

The experience stated with the waitresses working the patio making an odd and unpleasant comment about my well trained goldendoodle. Our food order took two hours. There was no notice that the kitchen was backed up when we ordered. There was no acknowledgement that the food was taking forever and no apology. It was an awkward experience as there was a patio full of upset customers, many of whom left. When the food finally arrived, the cheese curds tasted like they had been sitting for a longgggg time. I didn't notice any managers which probably explains the poor experience.

The name should probably be an indicator of the experience; There is nothing pleasant about a mullet. If you're still dying to try this place, I recommend going soon because I can't imagine this establishment will be...

I sure hope this place makes some changes or they won’t make it in a tourist town.

We arrived at 1:30 on Sunday. Our party of 7 was seated immediately as there were many open tables. Our server came quickly as well and advised us it would be 45 minutes for food. We asked if appetizers would take that long and she said no those should come sooner.

We ordered drinks, apps, and kids meals right then to get everything moving along. The apps took 45 minutes as well. They did bring some complementary potato chips. The apps arrived and they were tasty. The kids meals came about 10 minutes later. My daughter’s burger was BURNT. Not like a little toasty, this thing looked like charcoal. My daughter said it tasted ok but we did tell the waitress and they did comp that meal. The food overall was good but there is no reason the food should take that long when it...

The atmosphere was great and the host/hostess were very friendly and accommodating. The problem here is the extremely long wait time with limited server attention. Having to wait is understandable from time to time but we literally felt forgotten. In 2 hours I didn't get a single refill on water or my drink. There was no silverware and when we asked they only brought half of what we needed and we had to ask again when our food was delivered. No napkins, and two of our seven dishes were cold. I recommend that servers be trained to be attentive when the kitchen is slow and to be mindful of the basics. Just a nice, "Hey sorry your food is taking so long, I asked the kitchen for you. How about a refill", would have been nice a d may have kept my family from being so...