Ground Round

Do not go to this restaurant. Period. The service was awful, the drinks were awful, and the food was awful.
Just went here last night for a friend’s birthday. Staff didn’t bother asking if it was a special occasion or if we had ever been there before.
Returned the drinks to the bar because the LITs were way too dark and just tasted like Coke — so our waitress told us to just order something else because they «just push a button and that’s the drink mix,» so if we didn’t like it, that’s all we were getting. Not sure why any «bar» would be using auto-​pours on a LIT, but I can tell you, it’s not working. I ordered a water first with the intention of ordering a glass of wine, but the server never gave me a chance — she just brought the water and moved on.
Everyone at the table ordered burgers, and I got a salad. The taco salad was $ 13, which is fairly expensive for a simple salad at a family, chain restaurant. My salad was this sad, wilty mess, and everyone else’s burgers looked like skinny hockey pucks. Seriously BLACK on the outside. None of us finished our meals. The waitress saw that our food had been pushed around on our plates and not eaten, but didn’t ask how the food was or see if we needed anything. (One of the girls at the table did order a turkey sandwich, which she said was good, but it’s a deli sandwich, so it was a safe call. If you go here, order the turkey sandwich, apparently!) We all left hungry and went for drinks and dessert somewhere else.
Look, I realize the Ground Round is not a five-​star restaurant. But it should be up to the same caliber as other American eateries like Applebee’s or Chili’s or Ruby Tuesdays, and it was beyond disappointing. There are lots of other restaurants in this category in Minot — go to one of them instead.

I gave it a one because a negative number was not an option! horrendous service… bad food… and rude, unaccommodating, poorly dressed managers! No one smiles and the bartenders pick and choose who they extend heavy liquor pours to.

Here now, atmosphere looks okay, not bad for small town. My food was okay, more bread than anything for a clubhouse burger. Grabbed shrimp tacos which were not that great and that food was stone cold. The waiter didnt care all that much either. This place is a bust I will definitely not be returning here that’s for sure. Sad part is this place was recommended, guess McDonalds it is!!!

If you want your meat cooked less then medium well, then don’t bother. My wife ordered the black and blue burger and asked to have it medium, and was told that they don’t cook it less then medium well unless requested. We said yes that’s why we are requesting medium with a little pink. When the food was brought, we were told here is your medium well burger. Wait. No we said medium. And we’re then told that no we don’t cook the meat less then medium well. We then heard the kitchen staff discussing us in the kitchen, and that they don’t cook any meat less then medium well to well. If I wanted to eat shoe leather, I’d go to the shoe store.

June 17, 2015 Wednesday at 5:30 PM for dinner
9 adults and 2 kids
Atmosphere — 4 stars
Food — 4 stars
Service — 5 stars
Background — Invited to dinner by close family friends.
Atmosphere — A regional chain restaurant, but the art work on the walls feels disjoined.
Food
Drinks — A water and a Leinenkugel’s Honey Weiss. This a good summer time beer.
Appetizers — We went through a lot of the free popcorn. The popcorn is almost as good as movie theater popcorn. We also had an order of onion rings. The rings were nothing special. They were heavenly breaded; I like the breading to be light to point where you can still see the onions.
Dinner — I had the inferno burger. The heat was not there. The jalapeño peppers were not fresh, almost waxy in appearance. The burger was cooked well.
Service — For a large group she took care of us well. Drinks never ran out.
Future — Perhaps.

Went to dinner with a large group. We had two vegetarians in our group and I must say that for a restaurant of this kind I was shocked that there was not one actual vegetarian meal on the menu. We both picked a dish with grilled chicken on it and asked for the chicken to be removed.
I had the Texas tangler salad minus the grilled chicken. It had beans, corn, salsa, fried onions and ranch & BBQ sauce. It was a pretty darn good salad.
Our server was good. The food arrived hot, relatively fast and correct. I would return.

I see no need to go in to the menu because it’s ground round for gods sake. Pretty much Applebee’s with popcorn and maybe slightly less inspiring food. I go only for the tortilla soup. That’s the one thing that can always taste good. Cajun or spicy chicken sandwich is usually good but sometimes come out rubbery sometimes just ok. No reason to go out of your way. If you are starving and you can’t handle a short drive across Minot and must eat while on that particular area of town then by all means
stop in to eat otherwise don’t raise your expectations and don’t say you weren’t warned

The food was pretty good. But you have to watch the bartender. I asked for a draft beer, without asking what size I was poured a half liter instead of a pint which I figured I’d be getting. When ordering my food, she asked if I wanted the full or half portion. I asked for the half (not sure if that’s what I got, but it was a lot of food) and got charged for the full price.

If I could give less than 1 star, I would. We started off the disappointing meal by ordering our drinks. About 15 – 20 minutes later we received our drinks, 1 incorrect, and were finally able to order. About an hour or so later we received our food. Out of 5 plates, 4 of them were cold. Nothing tasted as we had remembered from previous visits-​none for the better. We’ll explore other options in the future and I suggest you do the same.

GOOD FOOD! Nice restaurant, good service, one of the few good eateries I’ve found in Minot… A family favorite for us!

i think their food is pretty good. The pretzel sandwich is very good. service was good as well.

Made a college visit over to Minot, ND. Whilst the girls ate with the softball team, another parent and I went to Ground Round for dinner. When we arrived the place was a disaster. Idk if they had been super busy or what but the popcorn was all over the floor. Anywho we still give it a chance. The tortilla soup was good, the potatoes skins were tasteless and returned and replaced with a Chicken Quesadilla, The fajitas were REALLY good. Blood Mary was delish and in special. Waiter was attentive. So all in all it was a ok place. And btw when we left the restaurant was back in order and clean.

I see now why no reviews. Yuck! Onion rings were mushy, I’ve never had mushy rings. The cheese sticks were hard &the chicken strips were just bad. How do you fudge up fryer foods? Oh & runny ranch yuck