Big Steer Travel Center

The ONLY reason this place got two stars instead of one is because it looks really good. The food pretty bad, over salted, over peppered, and dry. The server was MIA the whole time, I didn’t even get my straw.

This is a good restaurant in every way except for where it counts. There is plenty of parking, it’s very clean, and the staffing a friendly. Also there is wifi and cheap food. The only issue is the food is pretty bland otherwise I would give it 5 stars.

This is probably the cleanest truck stop restaurant I ‘ve ever seen. The seating is arranged to give a very open atmosphere. I really liked it.
I had the meatloaf, potatoes and carrots. You need to add your own condiments as has been previously mentioned, but with so many being fat, sugar and salt conscious, thats a huge plus in my book. Everything was perfectly cooked an had the right texture so no complaints there.
Chili, chicken noodle and vegetable beef soups on the buffet and salad bar. I didn’t think the water tasted «wellish» as some other person said so either they changed that or I’m so redneck I couldn’t tell.
Awesome service. :). Gonna get dessert to go so no one will see me stick my face in it and lick the plate.

I’m going to give this restaurant 2 stars. Lol! And that’s just because the core was nice in the restaurant was really clean. Okay I’ll give an extra star because the customer service was excellent.
But in my opinion the food was terrible! Absolutely no taste, The buffet was on special today and everything on the buffet looked good but taste terrible. So I stuck with the chicken noodles soup and a garden salad.
I don’t think they believe in flavoring their food here at this restaurant. So this restaurant will not get the BigCat Trucker recommendation for travelers. Keep it MOVING!

Not bad food, fairly clean only negative water Is well water

good place showers are clean avg price fast food deli was good I had the cicken and cheese sticks, store had plenty of stuff stocked on shelfs well assorted, parking lot was clean probelly enough room for fifty trucks, big drivers lounge with television I think they have wifi very good place.

Went to St. Olaf for old times sake, and then tried to find a brunch spot at noon on Sunday. Not a single place in Northfield was still serving breakfast/​brunch type foods. (Exceptions: Perkins: which was packed, and I didn’t want that, and then the Olé Café which may be fine, but just is not the same «Olé Store» that I remember from college.)
Anyway, we decided to dig into the greasy spoon style grits at the Big Steer. It is excellent small town café, greasy spoon style «Two eggs, pancakes and side of meat for $ 5» type of place.
Ambiance: its a truck stop, so what do you expect? But in that category, it is clean, mix of booths and tables, a few TVs on the wall to watch a foot ball game, good service. You get what you pay for, and today, ti was exactly what i wanted.