Oh, how l wish I could have the fish basket and chips every single day! The Grocery Store at Okoboji,lowa is the best in the West, especillay as it is located near West Okoboji Lake! Robert Marshalltown
mahdee
Spot on. By the water, great wait staff. Indoors too noisy so we sat outdoors on deck overlooking water. It was 90+ degrees, but the breeze from the water helped. We had the walleye sandwich. Awesome. Good flavor, nice "branded" bun, sauce and condiments inside it were nice. Good fries, crisp and golden. It was a long drive for us, over 5 hours but just that lunch made it worthwhile. We'll be back!
Vera Banwart
Looked like the place to be, no place to sit! Took us to long to get there?
darren erlandson
This place has awesome nightlife!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Jed Siegwarth
Great bar with a smaller town atmosphere. Friendly people and bartenders. Small but great menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lezly B.
It was not great. I didn't think it was to peppery. I love pepper. Service was good but super slow. It just tasted bad!
amybG2866ZF
Do yourselves a favor and visit the Okoboji Store if you find yourself in the area. Our group of 8 (4 adults and 4 teenagers) enjoyed 3 hours there over Labor Day weekend. Just reading the menu was enough to start the fun with the clever combinations and fun titles. The teens loved the selection of mocktails. There was entertaining live music. Our food was delicious (especially the Store burger). Don’t miss ordering the Lemonade Stand dessert. I’ve never had anything quite like it and I’ll be dreaming about it for some time. This place is just perfectly crafted to lead you into a fun time. The kids played Gaga ball and basketball. We had a family cornhole tournament. And we all enjoyed watching what we coined “the boat parade” going back and forth under the bridge right next to us!
Culture19961600249
We ate here twice while on a mini-vacation and the food, service and atmosphere were all top notch. Super friendly servers, excellent food and cocktails and a fabulous place to watch all the boats go from East to West lake. We will definitely be back when we return to the area! Bought some good looking merch too.
Vince Mancuso
Okoboji is a great family spot, but man can eating out really wrack up the cost of the trip—that is until we found Smiles with Miles.Now, to be clear, it's a dive bar, but in the best possible way. Dani was an amazing host for us, giving us some amazing recommendations. All the food is fry-food, but for less than $30 we had our family of four well fed and dry during a storm.Dani was great to recommend a lot of other spots around town, from beaches to hotspots to check out. She made our kids feel at home, and again the food is delicious. Oh, and for those who may not know, a tavern is essentially a maid rite, or a loose-meat sandwich. It's delicious and peppery. Definitely recommend this place!
You guys are genius! We had 8 people .. we waited a little but when seated the service was terrific the food was fantastic. 3 of the kids were 6,5,and 4 and they were busy building legos! Whoever dreamed this up knew about kids. Loved it !
D3324SNdeborahg
Went there for lunch during family reunion week. The food was excellent, atmosphere perfect, their bar selection was great, service was excellent even with a very large crowd to deal with. Would def return in the future. The only shortcoming was that it is closed Mon and Tues.
indyfan58
Our family has been coming to Okoboji Store for years. We talk about their food all year long and can’t wait to eat there each summer we visit. Our family has grown and now includes 5 children under the age of five years old. It has been quite difficult to eat out but we love Okoboji Store. At our most recent visit, three of us arrived at the hostess stand. We asked if we could carry out. The hostesses told us when they are slow, they are able to. They told us to order food but to just ask for to-go containers. The three of us sat at the bar, ordered three drinks, seven entrees, and purchased $100 in clothing. We spent at least $300 in 45 minutes. As we were closing our tab, a man (manager?) came over to our bartender/waitress and made a scene. He was mad at her for letting us take our food to go. This was not her fault, the waitress was wonderful, and the whole scene was unprofessional. The bar was nearly empty and there were many tables unoccupied. This would absolutely be considered “slow” for this restaurant as we have come before and waited well over an hour for a table. Treat your staff kindly. It is so difficult to find workers and waitstaff work very hard.
Anna Grabenstein
We love everything about this place. Great food, people, and drinks. Our favorite little watering hole. We always have a good time when we come here and look forward to coming back all winter long. Shoutout to Nick and Dani for always being so kind and welcoming to us. We love Smiles!!!!!!
Great place in the Iowa great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Oh, how l wish I could have the fish basket and chips every single day! The Grocery Store at Okoboji,lowa is the best in the West, especillay as it is located near West Okoboji Lake! Robert Marshalltown
Spot on. By the water, great wait staff. Indoors too noisy so we sat outdoors on deck overlooking water. It was 90+ degrees, but the breeze from the water helped. We had the walleye sandwich. Awesome. Good flavor, nice "branded" bun, sauce and condiments inside it were nice. Good fries, crisp and golden. It was a long drive for us, over 5 hours but just that lunch made it worthwhile. We'll be back!
Looked like the place to be, no place to sit! Took us to long to get there?
This place has awesome nightlife!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Great bar with a smaller town atmosphere. Friendly people and bartenders. Small but great menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It was not great. I didn't think it was to peppery. I love pepper. Service was good but super slow. It just tasted bad!
Do yourselves a favor and visit the Okoboji Store if you find yourself in the area. Our group of 8 (4 adults and 4 teenagers) enjoyed 3 hours there over Labor Day weekend. Just reading the menu was enough to start the fun with the clever combinations and fun titles. The teens loved the selection of mocktails. There was entertaining live music. Our food was delicious (especially the Store burger). Don’t miss ordering the Lemonade Stand dessert. I’ve never had anything quite like it and I’ll be dreaming about it for some time. This place is just perfectly crafted to lead you into a fun time. The kids played Gaga ball and basketball. We had a family cornhole tournament. And we all enjoyed watching what we coined “the boat parade” going back and forth under the bridge right next to us!
We ate here twice while on a mini-vacation and the food, service and atmosphere were all top notch. Super friendly servers, excellent food and cocktails and a fabulous place to watch all the boats go from East to West lake. We will definitely be back when we return to the area! Bought some good looking merch too.
Okoboji is a great family spot, but man can eating out really wrack up the cost of the trip—that is until we found Smiles with Miles.Now, to be clear, it's a dive bar, but in the best possible way. Dani was an amazing host for us, giving us some amazing recommendations. All the food is fry-food, but for less than $30 we had our family of four well fed and dry during a storm.Dani was great to recommend a lot of other spots around town, from beaches to hotspots to check out. She made our kids feel at home, and again the food is delicious. Oh, and for those who may not know, a tavern is essentially a maid rite, or a loose-meat sandwich. It's delicious and peppery. Definitely recommend this place!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Just a nice place to hang out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
You guys are genius! We had 8 people .. we waited a little but when seated the service was terrific the food was fantastic. 3 of the kids were 6,5,and 4 and they were busy building legos! Whoever dreamed this up knew about kids. Loved it !
Went there for lunch during family reunion week. The food was excellent, atmosphere perfect, their bar selection was great, service was excellent even with a very large crowd to deal with. Would def return in the future. The only shortcoming was that it is closed Mon and Tues.
Our family has been coming to Okoboji Store for years. We talk about their food all year long and can’t wait to eat there each summer we visit. Our family has grown and now includes 5 children under the age of five years old. It has been quite difficult to eat out but we love Okoboji Store. At our most recent visit, three of us arrived at the hostess stand. We asked if we could carry out. The hostesses told us when they are slow, they are able to. They told us to order food but to just ask for to-go containers. The three of us sat at the bar, ordered three drinks, seven entrees, and purchased $100 in clothing. We spent at least $300 in 45 minutes. As we were closing our tab, a man (manager?) came over to our bartender/waitress and made a scene. He was mad at her for letting us take our food to go. This was not her fault, the waitress was wonderful, and the whole scene was unprofessional. The bar was nearly empty and there were many tables unoccupied. This would absolutely be considered “slow” for this restaurant as we have come before and waited well over an hour for a table. Treat your staff kindly. It is so difficult to find workers and waitstaff work very hard.
We love everything about this place. Great food, people, and drinks. Our favorite little watering hole. We always have a good time when we come here and look forward to coming back all winter long. Shoutout to Nick and Dani for always being so kind and welcoming to us. We love Smiles!!!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5