The Duck Blind Grill, Gaylord

696 M32 E, Gaylord
(989) 732-5181

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Bob Waldron

First time here. Excellent menu. Very fair drink prices. Good atmosphere. Good waitress staff.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mel Maier

This restaurant is one of the most welcoming places around. From the moment you walk in, the atmosphere makes you feel comfortable and taken care of. Trina’s service really stands out—she has such a great way of making guests feel at home. She’s amazing at helping you find the perfect drink and always has spot-on menu recommendations. You can tell she genuinely wants everyone to have a great experience. Between the friendly vibe, great service, and delicious food and drinks, it’s definitely a place I’ll keep coming back to!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jason Clement

Katrina is the best! She makes this place a 10! ❤️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

David Peckjr

Atmosphere was very nice. A place you could certainly dress well or casual. My wife and I was there is December for our anniversary. You could see the snow slopes and if clear was told you can look over the valley. The staff was very good, answered our questions about the menu and provided possible options. Good was very good with a few very attractive options. I had the Sirloin with mash potatoes and broccoli. Steak ordered medium and received it that way. It had a nice overall char and reasonable tender center. I do prefer a ribeye (not offered but does provide a bit of bias on cut of meat). I would like to try that meatloaf next visit.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Anne Sullivan

Everything was horrible. Appetizers took nearly two hours to arrive, and when the main food finally came out it was cold, wrong, and not edible. Nothing went right during this visit. If you can’t serve food or drinks properly, don’t offer them. Sorry for the negative feedback but I’m starving!!

Katie Staniszewski

Our appetizers took over an hour. Every table was waiting for food. Nothing seemed to come out of the kitchen. When we got our dinner, some of it was wrong, most was cold and overcooked, we lost our appetite. Two and a half hours later….expensive meal that we didn’t eat. But…our server was very nice.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Vaughn Lawson

My family and I came in tonight for dinner, we have been coming here for YEARS! And have always loved the food and service, tonight was absolutely horrible, all of our food was cold, we asked for a smash burger and got a regular burger that was also cold, bolognese that came dry and cold. Along with a cosmo tasted god awful. We notified our waiter and told us the manager would be over to talk with us, our waitress was very respectful for as little as she could do. NO manger ever came to apologize, not even the chef, the only thing that was taken off was the bolognese. No apologies. Very disappointed and did not feel respected at all. DO NOT RECCOMEND.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Fresh Coast Foodie

We went tonight and both had the weekend special, a local bison tenderloin with Michigan morel glacé and truffle mashed potatoes.

It was perhaps the best meal I have eaten this year. The different flavors of this dish blending together was a true culinary experience, the bison tenderloin was the star. It was thick and delicious, easily sliced with a butter knife. Their desert special was a Ginger Cake with an apple Carmel sauce and glaze. It was good my wife ordered another one for takeout, so she could have it the next day.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lori Boright

Food was top notch! Setting pristine!

Benjamin Freeman

Definitely has an old time feel. Bar was quick with drinks and snacks. Loved the view.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Olivia Al-Eisa

Everything that could have gone wrong did. We did have a larger group of eight, but this was by and far the worst restaurant experience I’ve ever had.

30 minutes to get drinks (one bottle of wine, one cocktail and one glass of wine) and then another 90 minutes to get our food. No appetizers were ordered. Half of the food had no flavor, half tasted like straight salt. Two of our party didn’t even get their meals- the kitchen forgot? Then the medium rare steak order was well, well done. Ordered two desserts and we waited 30 minutes, asked for the check and asked for the desserts to go. Not shocking, the desserts were so bad they got tossed.

And finally, like it’s the early 2000’s, they charged a credit card service fee.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Gayle Joseph

Everything was just so so.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

patricia powers

We checked out their website to see what was on the menu. We picked out what we wanted to get. When we got there they gave us a totally different menu. Not a single thing that I picked out on their website menu. All we got was a sorry, I guess we will have to up date our menu. Also the whole place smelled moldy. We did not stay to eat.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

Joel Proietti

The food was very good And what a great view. The best part of the night was.Gwenda Made it so much fun. Always made sure drinks were full and that the food was perfect. We will be asking for her every time. Definition of a perfect waitress.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Skot Danielson

Rough service, not even a thank you.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 1

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The Duck Blind Grill, Gaylord

696 M32 E, Gaylord, MI 49734
(989) 732-5181