the food is fantastic and staff is very helpful and friendly. would definately recommend this restaurant to visitors and family and friends

Jo Dean`s has gone steadily downhill since they opened the newer establishment. The bufett food tastes like it`s been sitting there all day, barely warm. Fatty roast beef, tasteless salads, old mashed potatoes and the restaurant doesn`t seem very clean. Will never eat there again.

love this place. have great people working for them. family friendly also

What a wonderful dinning experence we had. Every one was very friendly, even the kitchen staff was helpful. We had the buffet, what a variety of entree's we had to choose from. There was tender Roast Beef, fried walleye, Broasted Catfish, and sirloin steak on the buffet. The cooks even cook one meduim rare for me. NIce selections for the kids and all the prices were very reasonable. All around it was great! We will be back

Do not waste your time going here. We went after eating here years ago and remembering it was pretty good. We went this time with family and the buffet smelled like a Nursing home and it was stale, dried on, liver and onions and so on. Not kid friendly by any means. My husband was turned off by the buffet and ordered a steak from menu and ended up waiting over 45 min for it and when it came out it was soo tough and well done (he ordered it med) that he didn't eat it. We told the manager/owner and he said "oh well" and made us pay our HUGE bill!! We will NOT ever be back and we have told everyone we know NOT to venture up there and waste their gas or $$!!! IT was not good at all!!!!!! CLOSE IT DOWN!

Buffet style. Not much effort put into the individual foods. Service is good and the restaurant is spacious. But this poor review is on the food.

I have eaten crab on all three coasts and Jo Dean's is the best...bar none! Not only does Jo Dean's serve the best home made food in a three state area, they serve THE BEST seafood (crab) anywhere in the U.S.A., save crab boiled right off of the boats and on the docks of Anchorage, Alaska! I have been eating at Jo Dean's for 15 years and they just continue to get better and better. If you really want excellent food for your dollars, waste no more...eat at Jo Dean's.