Muddy Cow - Litchfield — Restaurant in Litchfield

We were traveling through and decided to stop and try this place out. When we arrived the hostess didn't appear to want to be there, maybe just having a bad day which can be understood. She indicated that even though about 2/3 of the tables were open there would be a 10 minute wait. This may have been related to staffing and again could maybe be understood. There was an older couple waiting for seating ahead of us and they choose to leave rather than continue to wait. I saw the hostess come to get them and realize they left and this is where the understanding I had went south. There were no tables that I saw that did not sit at least 4 (we had 4 in the party) and rather than just grab 2 more menus to seat us since there was now obviously a table available, she just disappeared again and we still waited an additional 5 minutes. Once seated the waitress did get our order fairly quickly but never really checked on us, we got drinks and food and didn't see her the entire time we ate, she only came over to ask if we were alright as we were preparing to leave. While sitting there (I was facing the entrance) I did not see anyone leave yet when an additional 3 people arrived who seemed to know the hostess or were regular patrons they were seated immediately, commenting as they walked by our table about them not being willing to wait 10 minutes, this table was joined by 2 others a few minutes later and was checked on by the waitress several times compared to our 1 time. While I understand that inflation is causing prices to rise, the burger was a rather small patty/portion for 12.50. The taste of the food and presentation was good aside from portion size related to cost. We travel 5-6 times a year from SW MN to St. Cloud and based on the service we won't return here again, we will drive the 15 or so miles our of the way to go to Hutchinson instead. If the score was based on the service alone it...

Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of my food. I usually do, but it literally looked so good I forgot and just dug in. The food was easily five stars. Fine dining, it is not; but for what they do, they do to perfection. We stopped in because of a weekend hockey tournament in Litchfield. The whole team went. Both of them from Wayzata, and I'm pretty sure one from somewhere else too. The restaurant (which is really more of a bar), seemed to cope quite well with the influx of forty to fifty 10 year old girls and their families. The food was still hot and fast, and the staff tolerated the kids on the pool tables, claw machines, and climbing on the cows statues better than I would've, haha. I got a Philly cheesesteak with fries. It came with some dipping cheese sauce that was amazing. The sandwich and fries both get five stars too. And don't sleep on the fries. They're not just average afterthought-comes-with-the-meal potato options. They've got some sort of seasoning that makes them even more delicious. (I did hold the mushrooms on my sandwich because there are no good funguses). My niece got an adult bacon cheeseburger and fries. She is 10. Not large by any means, and she damn near finished the whole thing, despite the burger being huge (for her). An empty plate is the best complement a 10 year old can give. And she was more preoccupied with running around and playing with her friends yet took the time to come back and devour the burger.

If you're in town, I can't recommend the place enough. Just go. You won't regret it. I'm pretty sure there are a few locations of the same restaurant in the cities. Maybe Shakopee or burnsville or something. I don't know if they're as good, but I plan on...

We went here for mother's day. We only had a party 12. Not that many, considering we have a family of about 50. We had two separate tabs going. One for the first part of the group that had arrived early. Second for the other half of the party. The second part of the group did not receive their food for over an hour and a half after ordering. And when the food was brought out it was the wrong food entirely, it was supposed to go to another table. I'm sure this location is great any other time of the year, with maybe one or two people in your party. But it seems if you have more than four people they have a hard time handling that. As I noticed the tables around us were also having issues with their orders.

On a side note, I got the wild rice soup. I love wild rice soup. But later in the day about 5 hours later I was hovering over the toilet. And spent the next two days living in my bathroom. I don't know if it was the soup, I don't know if it was how long it had sat before it was served. All I know is I still do not feel 100% and this was on Sunday. Today is Tuesday. I still cannot stomach food normally. I'm not sure if they were just short staffed or if it was someone new making the food, but everything that our table got was off somehow. Either things weren't cooked properly or things weren't the...