Seven Fires Steakhouse

The walleye was fantastic. Out waitstaff was great, I thoroughly enjoyed my first time here.

If your looking for a decent steak at a decent price nice ambience satisfactory service this is the place. You actually forget your in a casino, always get table by cooks or on the side. The lobster looked great, prime rib, it’s prime fat and very easily not cooked to perfection, but is good. The steaks seemed to change in quality from 2 years ago but stuff changes so does bottom line as you can see in the hotel. Stay in tower, other side has had csi unit at some point im sure, but the restaurant is clean elegant and good for a mood change. An kids are you kidding me carlton up the road who takes kids to a full blown steakhouse ridiculous. Stop and try,! !

Buffet at black bear casino is delicious. This place is… Meh.
With no reservations for 7, sat at the bar. Our server was actually a casino floor employee who was pulled in for one night at the bar to work. The guy was super friendly, but you can’t put someone in the bar with no experience! We asked for the daily pasta selection and vegetable of the day, he didn’t know, and given we were in a hurry just bypassed getting answers. Drinks took quite a bit to come, and I am comparing this to the quality the restaurant is trying to be-​a 4 star restaurant. Our oysters were discounted from $ 7 to $ 4, and needless to say, bad choice! One of the people in our group ate the oysters, and continued to vomit all night and morning from food poisoning. From the appearance alone they did not look fresh, smell was foul, so shame on us for even eating it. Food poisoning is no laughing matter as she is still vomiting 14 hours after dinner.
When the steaks/​prime rib came out, I will say kudos, they were cooked great. But given how slow the service is, the prices, and the food poisoning, I just hope you make sure the food is not spoiled in the future. Kudos to our server for his friendliness though!

We loved our drinks and our meal. Had the 1# $ 20 prime rib and hubby had the stuffed chicken (30 min cook time) and I don’t have anything bad to say. French onion soup was good and my husband raved about the chicken wild rice soup. Meal with four drinks was $ 75 and would go again. I would suggest reservations on the weekend. Great job on the OF too.

Husband and I ate here with our two kids (12 and 9). As expected, not much choices for the kids, appetizer or share an entrée. Three of us ordered the prime rib and the youngest had a soup. All things that are already cooked! Service was extremely slow, especially considering no prep was needed. Ordered and waited 10 – 15 minutes for salads. They were good, mixed greens with some veggies. Waited another 10 minutes after our salads were cleared before our entrees arrived. The meat was hot and very tasty. The two who had baked potatoes enjoyed them, the rice pilaf was dry and unappealing. (other reviewers mentioned this but silly me, I still ordered it!). The vegetable was snap peas. They looked good but we’re very stringy and difficult to swallow. My daughter said the wild rice soup was good. I would give the food 4 stars and the ambiance and service bring it down to 3. In addition to waiting so long, there was a couple with a toddler at a nearby table and he cried for a solid 30 minutes with no one willing to walk outside the restaurant with him.

Been here twice, and had to get the 16 oz Lobster tail both times, it was absolutely delicious, tender, sweet, perfectly cooked. I got rice pilaf and my husband got the au gratin potatoes, should have gotten the potatoes with mine because they were so good. I thought my rice was a little dry, but tasty. We also got a side of spargus that was also equally as good. I can’t say enough about their bread they serve before the dinner, all around 5 stars from me. The atmosphere was elegant dining at its best, waitress was efficient and helpful. We will be going back again to try more things if we can get past the lobster.

The food was great, but I’m not giving five stars because they were out of several items to the point where you wondered why they hadn’t sent someone into Duluth to find a butcher shop! Also, we had a reservation, but our server still appeared overwhelmed to the point it took us a half hour after we sat down to finally get our drinks. Given the lack of steak menu choices we had lobster tail and crab stuffed shrimp, which I highly recommend. Also if you aren’t too full I definitely recommend the crème brûlée.

Not up to the $ 30 plate standard.
Bread served before dinner — could have bought it at Safeway
Wedge salad. Warned by the waiter that it came dry with bleu cheese crumbles and order the bleu cheese dressing to go with it, which did not improve matters at all. Note to chief — go to Outback and order the wedge salad and imitate it, you’ll be much better off that what you are serving.
French Onion soup. Very, very dark almost black. Some people might approve of that. While the cheese was good, some actual onions and bread in the soup would have made it better. I felt I was eating something closer to a lite gravy.
Stuffed boneless chicken — not boneless, but okay. I really don’t like leg meat much, otherwise okay, light on stuffing which is was good and why I ordered this dish. Mistake on my part
Vegetables — fresh
Partners petite fillet medium rare was best part of meal.
Potatoes au gratin side dish. Was that made with cheese whiz? This was really, really something that need work in the kitchen.
3 stars for serving a good steak, otherwise it would have been a disaster. I did leave wishing we had used the buffet.
Service was good and atmosphere nice, no complaints there.

Hahaha what was I thinking here?! Instead of stopping by a local Subway Subs from my trip from Duluth to the twin cities, I thought — ‘why not stop at the casino for a sandwich?’ Woof … I wish I hadn’t. Apparently hoping for a healthy lunch option was too high of an expectation. All the sandwiches were soaked in butter and oil, and the entrees were just as loaded with calories/​fat. I get it guys, the more salt and sugar, the happier the customer, but not in this case. I ordered the grilled chicken sandwich with a side salad. The bun came out soaked in butter and mayo, the chicken was smothered in cheese, and fries were added.
On a positive note, the bar tender was an absolute sweetheart, and extremely attentive. I’m sorry for the tone in this review, but I think if this restaurant were to change things up, people would have more of a reason to stop by this casino before/​after vacationing in Duluth. Up the quality of the bar food, and people will come. Just a thought.

We had a reservation and a party of 10 for dinner for my grandma’s birthday. I would have never picked an overpriced restaurant in a casino, but alas, it was not my choice. Also to note is that we were practically the only party in the restaurant when we were dining. The freak floods of June 2012 had just hit the area, so the place was mostly deserted.
To begin, everyone in our party really liked the bread, except the lady of the hour (grandma) who thought it was too doughy. I especially liked the cranberry bread. This was the highlight of my dinner at Seven Fires.
For entrees, most of our party, including myself, got the $ 20 special with the prime rib. Upon reading the menu, it seemed like a good value. Upon getting my food, I was sadly underwhelmed. Most of us got mashed potatoes as a side, and they were absolutely terrible. I generally love mashed potatoes, but honestly, these were inedible. They were so dry you could pick up your mound of potatoes in one chunk with your fork. The meal also came with green beans that were over buttered and rubbery. The temperature of my prime rib was fine, but it was at least half pure fat that I couldn’t eat. Given that it was a pound of meat on my plate, I didn’t need that extra 8 ounces anyway, but nonetheless, it was a very fatty cut of meat, and not in that yummy-​tender-​good fat-​meaty way; it was just 2 inches of solid nasty white fat. See for yourself on the image I posted. I would rate my entrée a 1.
My dad and grandma both opted for steaks and seemed to enjoy those. My mom got the Walleye Allmandine as it is a Minnesota specialty, and she wasn’t a big fan. The portion was large, but it was not seasoned well at all. For her side, she had wild rice and it was outrageously dry too, much like the mashed potatoes. My aunt had the salmon special with cajun seasoning and I wish I would have gotten that instead, she said it was good, and it looked and smelled good. The best thing I tasted from this restaurant was my husband’s pasta special which was ridiculously simple: chicken al fresco. It literally was grilled chicken on a bed of spaghetti with a parmesan, garlic, olive oil sauce.
Oh right, the service? It was fine, for a chain restaurant like Chili’s or Olive Garden. I’ve come to expect something a little above-​and-​beyond from establishments like this, but she did her job. I was upset that considering our bill was over $ 400 and the restaurant was aware of it being my grandma’s birthday, they didn’t even bring her a complimentary dessert. A few people (including grandma) ordered coffee to finish their meal and this would have been a perfect opportunity to bring a small slice of cake for her.
For the prices of this restaurant and the average service I simply cannot award it anything greater than 2 stars. It gives the illusion of being a 5 star steakhouse, but I assure you, it is not.

Just ok. For the money we paid I expected it to be much better. My filet was overcooked and the vegetables were bland. My fiancé got the prime rib. It was decent.
Waitress was nice. Good service.

This was our question for the evening: «Are we REALLY in Minnesota?»
We live in Washington, D.C., and although I am from Minnesota originally, our dining experiences in this state have always been less than stellar (an understatement) for many years. Granted we don’t tend to stick around the Twin Cities area for more than a day but, rather, head «up north» as soon as possible to my family’s home in Aitkin. We’ve known Minnesota for many years as the land of bland food. Decent and sometimes not so decent. Definitely nothing that would ever stand out as memorable.
Two nights at Black Bear Casino Resort, owned by the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe (located just 18 or so miles west of Duluth), has changed our minds forever about FINE DINING in northern Minnesota. We enjoyed two absolutely superb dinners two nights in a row at the small, yet beautifully appointed and well managed Seven Fires Restaurant, located just off the casino floor. The décor was contemporary and elegant. The service was friendly, polished, and impeccable. But, the cuisine… that was the most surprising of all. From perfectly prepared Caprese salads (garnished with gorgeous live orchids) to penne pasta alfredo with grilled chicken (out of this world) to veal with eggplant (I’ve never had such good veal anywhere) to a delectable tiramisu… everything was wonderful. These were just a few of the dishes we sampled. The entire menu was filled with enticing dishes — it was honestly difficult to make a decision. What a chef! We could do nothing but shake our heads and wonder the whole time: «Are we REALLY in Minnesota?»
This restaurant is an incredible find — even better than a lot of places that we’ve eaten in D.C. I hope the people of this area realize what a gem they have here at the Seven Fires Steakhouse. As I told our lovely server Connie: «These are the best meals we’ve EVER had in Minnesota.»
We also stayed at the casino hotel for two nights. It did not disappoint. Everything here is a cut above any other place we’ve ever stayed in Minnesota. Think «boutique» hotel with (again) flair and elegance. This was a great place to stay and we will look forward to returning again and again! Mii gwech (thank you!) Black Bear!