Water Tower Grille and Smokehouse

I called and did a carry out. I ordered wing dings. I got 6 wing dings for $16.00, they were over cooked and very rubbery. Ordered a Blooming onion $12.00, and that was raw. The batter was dripping from the middle of the onion. call management and they dont do refunds. I didn't have a good first experience and I waited a good year and thought Id try it again, NOPE!! NEVER AGAIN!

What An Incredible Lunch! Everything Was Beyond Perfect😍😊 Big Shoutout To Chef Marshall , Dawn Norton And Kristine. We Will Most Definitely Keep Coming Back! No Better Food And Service Than Candlestone!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Welcome to the Water Tower Grille and Smokehouse of Belding Michigan! Recently added to Door Dash so i have it a try. Prices high but the quality is excellent… first off the blooming onion.. yum! delicious! and the Cobb Salad was exceptional too! I’ll be back… i really enjoyed the food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad

This restaurant is a hidden gem. They have great apps, drinks and food. The atmosphere is really nice and cozy. Bloomin' Onion was so good! I had a cobb salad which was loaded and yummy. We will return there.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I ordered food online. The original price of my item was $11 and then once I go to check out my total is $15. I was confused why it went up so much and it’s because they take their own tip. You don’t have the option to leave a tip they just automatically take it And then I had the order set for noon. I got there at 12:10 and my order still wasn’t ready. I had to stand and wait and they didn’t even have the right sauces that I wanted. The cheese curds ended up being $15 and it was literally like 10 cheese curds biggest waste of money ever. I’m never coming Back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The Steakhouse melt and all of the sandwiches were amazing. My only complaint is that we paid $10 for the truffle fries on 2 orders and they were just the seasoned ones. Still yummy, but for the added on cost very disappointed!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Krissy, our bartender and waitress was amazing! Our food was amazing and my husband ordered the Tomahawk and he loved it! We will be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great service from Kristen L

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I ordered lunch for my executive team and it was excellent. Order was correct and delivered on time!

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kristien and Jason had awesome customer service!

Kristen and Jason were amazing! thank you guys see you soon

Great food and awesome staff! You gotta try the A4 Japanese Waygu if you can!!!

Very nice for the area, food is good, atmosphere good, staff is variable, but management is both fair and friendly!

They went through a bit of a dry spell as far as bland and disappointing food, but today was amazing!! Way to recover!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We were in her hometown. Not mine. I’d never been to Belding before, but she knew every curve of the road, every crack in the sidewalk. We were visiting her parents for the weekend, and before the introductions and small talk, she wanted to stop at her favorite place to eat—Water Tower Grille and Smokehouse.

The restaurant was warm and familiar, like a childhood blanket pulled from storage. She ordered the blooming onion with a kind of reverence, and when the brisket arrived, she smiled like she was home. I watched her talk to the server like they were old friends. Maybe they were.

After dinner, we walked the Flat River Trail. She insisted we stop at the Veterans Memorial Bridge. “It’s where I used to go when I needed to think,” she said. “Where I left pieces of myself.”

I didn’t ask what that meant.

The bridge was quiet when we arrived, the river below pulsing with late-summer light. But as we stepped closer, the candle in her hand flickering against the breeze, we saw it.

Graffiti. Everywhere.

Not just names or hearts or nonsense. It was targeted. Decades of cruel scrawl berating her childhood. Names twisted into insults. Accusations. Lies. The kind of words that make you feel like the world has teeth.

She froze. I reached for her hand, but she pulled away. “How could they,” she whispered. “How could they.”

She dropped the candle. I dropped the box of leftovers. And then, as if our bodies couldn’t hold the weight of it all, we both vomited. Side by side. No drama. Just devastation.

We sat on the edge of the bridge afterward, silent. The candle rolled into the river. The graffiti stared back. And somewhere in the distance, a dog barked like it knew.

Final thought: Water Tower Grille and Smokehouse serves comfort on a plate. But if you follow it with a walk to the bridge, be prepared. Some places don’t just hold memories—they bleed them.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food was excellent. There were four in our party, and all of us agreed that the food was great. The server was excellent and friendly too.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5