Restaurants near Central Lake

“Best place in Northern Michigan 🍧🍬🍭”

“Y’all are the real MVPs. 😄”

“Don’t skip this gem. Their burgers are absolutely delicious. Hands down among the top burgers I’ve ever eaten. Since discovering them, we have been back several times for more burgers. This place is a no BS dive bar with the sweetest bar dog, Lacey. I love a good dive and the tavern checks all the marks. Chris and staff, thank you for providing locals with year round delicious eats and great service! We appreciate you!”

“We had dinner here this evening and everything was wonderful. Our waitress Gabriella was amazing. She handled our group of 11 like a champ! Thank you!”

“Love this place. Pizza is out of this world. Best pizza in Northern Michigan. Prices are awesome.”

“Best pizza in the north. Also amazing drinks- great values and service”

“My son enjoys his “donut walk” and the owners and their staff are always so sweet! Irish cream cold brew with the cold foam is absolutely delish.”

“Ruthann’s pull apart garlic rolls are addicting. When my kids are visiting,it’s a must to stop at the bakery. Too many choices to make and everything is excellent.”

“As good as it gets. Great cocktail’s great atmosphere”

“We loved our food!! It was our first visit. We will come back soon!!!”

“The best local hangout with great food.”

“We were having a horrible day on our 31st anniversary and our waitress Abby turned it all around. Excellent service, and great food. My husband had the house salad followed by the special, ribeye with leek butter-delicious, I had the onion soup with tenderloins with demi glacé. The crème brûlée finished an amazing meal. Good ambiance and fast service”

“Always a favorite stop when I’m in town. Excited to see a location coming in Walloon!”

“We have been stopping in at South Arm for several years now when we are in the East Jordan area! Great menu, awesome food, and service with a smile, always! My favorite is the cinnamon toast!! Ahhhmazing ;)”

“Best pizza in the north. Also amazing drinks- great values and service”

“Visited during Shortsfeat, and saw Trophy Boy play. What a blast. Great place to hang out and watch a good band. Stuck On Dirty would love to play here sometime.”

“There are several pizza options around and after tonight Papa K’s will be at the top of my list. Excellent “pizza pocket” and the normal pizza is pretty great as well. We also got some chicken strips, which were pretty decent.”

“Great food with a beautiful garden in which to eat. We might be back for a second time this week, because it's that good.

Kid-friendliness: Kids liked the grilled cheese and PB&J”

“Friendly atmosphere. Small town appeal.”

“Their products are made fresh and from scratch, the produce is absolutely wonderful. The market is always clean and the employees are always ready to help you. It’s a Great 3-generation family owned and run business!!”

“Came here after no one Waited on us at another place. We had great service. The two girls running the bar killed it w their tag team approach and friendly attitude. Burger was great thank you !!”

“We have had great service here in the past and great food. They even made a special pasta for my granddaughter. But last night was a disaster. They were out of so many options on the menu. When we ordered our burgers she said she cannot guarantee they will be made the temperature we requested because they are so busy. Wow, really? When ordering drinks so many options of beers not available. She didn’t know what brands of scotch and vodka were available. We asked for a drink menu but she couldn’t be bothered with that but continued to muddle through her iPad lists. When our food came, I had asked for my burger to be without bun. But they didn’t include the aoli sauce so I asked for some for my burger. My husbands wings came out very dry and just a dab of sauce in the bottom of the basket. So he asked for more buffalo sauce. Waitress said “oh they were tossed in sauce already. Maybe they were just sitting for awhile waiting for the other food to be done.” WOW, really? Well they are too dry. Need more sauce. Then when the bill came they charged us $2.00 for the sauces! We complained and she said she had to charge us. We asked to speak to the manager. SHE argued with us. She said she watched them toss our wings in the 2 oz of sauce and they were fine. I said there absolutely was no white aoli sauce on my burger. She said she would be ok taking that charge off. But since when do you argue with a customer? Especially someone who is a regular and have gotten those same things in the past and had appropriate sauces. Just too bad that even a manager would act this way. We hate being nickel and dimed for everything. Give it a try. They normally do have good food. Most of the time we have good service but last night was very trying.”

“This is a nice, friendly, sit down style, family restaurant. It has good food at very fair prices. It’s a very well run restaurant and I would highly recommend it.”

“Amazing fresh quality pizza ! I love their pizza !! The best pizza !! Specially i love the pickle pizza its hard to point just one favorite they are all soo good !!”

“We had our wedding at the Lakeview Hotel at Shanty Creek and it was absolutely beautiful! Our coordinator, Amber, was fantastic and kept everything moving as we’re were planning the wedding and during the wedding itself! Great food, friendly staff, and overall a positive experience. Thank you for a day I’ll never forget!”

“good food good people good service”

“Warm friendly place. Brought 15 people (called ahead). They were very accommodating. We were looking for appetizers for the whole table and the bartender suggested Mombo (?) baskets. They were a bit of everything from the fryer in each basket. Perfect”

“The arcade was fun and, while we weren’t good at it, we bowled as well. It was a lot of fun and the service was really friendly. Surprised more people don’t come here! (Didn’t eat any food though, but it looked good.)”

“Great service, always with a smile and always has great spices. My all time favorite is Maple Bourbon Jalapeño!”

“The fish is SO GOOD 10/10 & the olive burger 12/10 and Kaylee is a great server so attentive & nice & funny!”