Kazarelli's at The Beach Club

Wonderful local family owned and great food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loved the atmosphere! Staff was wonderful!

One of my favorite places to go! Food and service is top notch and I love the The Inn for the new location!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food, good service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I called for reservation and it cost me $10 per person to reserve a table for eight. Total charges were a little over $85 with sales tax. About an hour or so before, one couple was unable to be there due to illness. I called the restaurant immediately and told them this. When we arrived they had a table for six set up. When we went to pay our bill I was still charged for eight people, even though I had called an hour before about the change. Instead of simply clearing the $85 charge they provided us with a bill that showed all kinds of weird discounts against the food order that we had. It was very difficult to understand. I spoke with our waiter, who said he would contact the owner and get things cleared up. When she appeared, she said that we still had to pay for the two people who did not show up even though we had called ahead of time. What was equally insulting was the fact that the restaurant was half full? It was not like there was any pressure for tables that night. Our food was mediocre at best. I would not recommend this restaurant.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

6:15 reservation, took over 30 minutes for soda to be delivered to the table. Ordered appetizers, calamari was lukewarm at best. Salads came, lettuce was old, asked for bread it was served to one end of the table on 2 tables together with a minimal amount of oil on one end. Once food was delivered, the chicken parmesan was cold as was the accompanying spaghetti. The entire time Martin, our server, made every request feel like a HUGE imposition, and he was not knowledgeable about the menu. Kazarelli's took a family birthday meal and made it feel awful.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Love Kazarelli’s! An Okoboji classic. Great food and excellent service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kazarelli’s new location has a modern yet historic vibe and is situated close to Arnolds Park, which is very convenient, especially on the weekends. For many years now, locals and summer visitors alike have known that Kazarelli’s is a premier restaurant of Okoboji - and that remains true with their new location.

The list of continually changing specials is always the first place I look to find exciting, gourmet items - it also reflects how much the head chef cares about creating genuinely unique, delicious food. The creamy thai peanut alfredo pasta with shrimp special was easily the best and most innovative thing I’ve eaten in Okoboji all summer.

Fully booked, (possibly 3-4 course) restaurants in the heart of Okoboji mean that anyone should realistically expect a little bit of a longer service time. Nevertheless, our service was prompt and continual from start to end. Always wise to book reservations in advance.

Excited to return to Kazarelli’s at the Beach Club again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

An open letter to Okoboji, my family has been spending our summers on the lake since 1953. We've owned our home here since 1971, we loved Kazarelli's when it was across the lake in Millers Bay. We were so excited to hear that they had found a new home at the new New Inn. I would say overall our experience was good. Having reservations at 6 today pm and being there for 2 hours was a bit long. I know they are still working out the kinks of opening in a new place and we will definitely be going back. However the head chef and kitchen staff need some more time together to be more in sync. Two out of the 4 fish entrees were served raw and when our waitress told the cooks they sent her back to do their dirty work by telling us that that's the way it's supposed to be. Sorry but I have a brother who's a professional chef in Maui and he cooks Ono all the time, or as they call it at Kazarelli's Wahoo fish. The kids pepperoni pizza didn't have pepperoni on it at all. It had salami with big pieces of pepper. Most kids I know don't like big pieces of pepper or the fact that their pepperoni pizza doesn't have pepperoni on it. So yes there are some kinks especially for an almost 400 dollar bill for 5 people. But we will be back because they are worth a second try when they get their groove going it will be great!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Love Kazarelli’s!! Our family goes every year as one of our traditions when we come to Okoboji. This was our first visit after they moved locations to the Inn. The food is 10/10. This time I got the New York Strip and the flavor was fantastic. Honestly, one of the best steaks I have had.

The reason I am rating it a 4/5 is the service and the patio. The service is slower moving, and more often than not, there are oversights. For example, ordering a drink, then not getting it, etc. If you come with expectations on the slowness and accept it as part of the charm, then you will enjoy it.

Last thing is the back-covered patio. Although beautiful, there are functional issues with its set up that made the experience unpleasant at times. For example, the covered part didn’t have any fans and is also closed off to the breeze, which increases the temperature and the number of bugs pestering you. There is an open cut-out where the smoker is, which the sun pours into, and whoever is sitting there is cooking. A simple shade could be installed to mitigate it easily.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

We have gone to Kazarelli’s for years and were excited they had a new home. We used to eat inside the restaurant and pickup their food.

Our kids ordered a meal tonight and could only order fountain pop with their meals. We asked if they could have lemonade or milk but that was going to be another charge. We aren’t super health nuts, but aren’t interested in giving our three year old a Coke.

After an hour and half waiting for our food, I asked the manager for a bill for our drinks so we could leave. Our food came out minutes later and was not hot. We were offered a dessert to make up for the wait but we declined.

I have worked in food service before and empathize with people that work in the industry. Our waiter did not seem happy to be there and when we flagged down the manager for our drink check, she did not discuss anything with us, but turned around to go find our food. We were ready to leave and find food elsewhere.

We are so sad we had this experience.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Overall good experience. Was recommended to us by a friend. Calamari and Edamame were great. Everyone in our family who ordered Italian loved their dishes; especially the lasagna. I ordered the New York Strip Medium rare and it came out Medium Well to Well done causing it to lack flavor. Definitely would go back but would stick to the Italian dishes.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

We went for the Mother’s Day brunch. It was HORRIBLE, dried out food and limited amount. We got there at 12:30, maybe that was the problem as some items must of been in warming tray to long. One of the 4 wanted pasta, no pasta there. She ate scrambled eggs, one half slice French toast and 3 cocktail shrimp but said nothing was good so did not eat anything else. I tried the too smoked prime rib, dried out cubed potatoes, the bun was good, then quit too. We all agree it was about a 3 out if 10 meal, what a rip off for bad food at $48.00 a plate!!!

This was our first visit to their new location. I loved the atmosphere, the service, and the food! I had the walleye and my husband had a steak. Both were perfect. Our server was very attentive, quick with drinks and refills. A great experience and we will be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Awesome food , great environment

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5