Barnhart's Resort & Marina

Good food and great people! Doesn’t take long to feel like a regular here! Would recommend the key lime pie drink, the burger, or the chicken sandwich with island sauce.

Came in off our boat and it was extremely understaffed. 2 servers and 1 bartender on Labor Day weekend. We waited at the host stand for 20 minutes and the servers just kept walking by and wouldn't even acknowledge us. We eventually left. Very unprofessional.

Service: 1

Nice waterside atmosphere; great attentive and cheerful service. Food was good and up to expectations. We will get back for another visit before the season closes.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

We drove all the way up here from Grand Haven Google website says open and updated four weeks ago… They are not open! Super bummed

Very busy and so short staffed that we stood at
hostess stand for 30 minutes before we were even acknowledged
We bussed a table so we could sit down. Food, when we did get it, was tasty and filling. Wives had to explain to bartender how to make a manhattan

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

Nice place to grab a cold drink and some food while enjoying the view of Hamlin Lake. Seemed slightly understaffed like a lot of places.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Did not care for paper plates.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Loved being able to eat right off the water!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

My family and I went on vacation and stayed nextdoor to barnharts. We went there for dinner the night we got into town. Their food and drinks were all great. We ordered everything from clams, pizza, buffalo chicken sandwiches, grouper sandwiches and lots more! We had a large group and the food came out very quickly. The staff was great and the view of the lake was so relaxing! We'll definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We have been going to Barnhart’s for over 15 years…the staff is fantastic, always friendly and attentive. The food is excellent…some of the best in the area, especially the fish sandwich and fish tacos. The jerk chicken sandwich and the jerk nachos are a must try. Music on select weekends right on the water as the sun sets is a must and always crowded! Barnhart’s is a must go destination!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We've been a few times with the hope that things would get better or change, but that's yet to happen! The cost of the food is very high for the low quality of food they serve. You're given paper plates and plastic ware to use, as well as your drinks. There has been something wrong with our order every single time! We waited 2 hours for our pizza, just for it to have the wrong toppings!! Having the restaurant on the lake is convenient, but for what we paid for mediocre, at best, I won't return.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

We've been recommended this restaurant ever since moving to Ludington years ago and we went today for my birthday. We reserved a table for the whole family early in the far. Nevertheless, it took a while to seat us, and we were seated at a broken table. I happened to have a whole pack of Kleenex that I was able to stabilize the table with. There were flies and the menus were really grungy (our drink menu had literal mold on it) but it's right by a lake so swimmers and stuff. It's sorta to be expected for some sort of greasy spoon restaurant maybe.
We arrived at 7:00, were seated at 7:20 and got our food at 8:30. Almost the entire restaurant had cleared out by the time we got our food and then the food was bad. There were 10 of us. Two of them are kids and they had pizza and it was fine. Two had shrimp tacos and both of them liked it. One had a Cuban sandwich and liked it. All of the rest of the food was very borderline. Mine, the mahi mahi, was inedible, but my partner decided to take it home anyway. If you are into sweet, caraway-flavored overcooked fish then this is the place for you. I asked for water several times and never received it. I got two mango pineapple daiquiris, both of them weren't blended enough to drink through a straw and had giant chunks of ice in it and not even a slightest essence of rum. I hate writing bad reviews but honestly it was a very bad time. The menu they have online is outdated and the things are more expensive now and there are fewer options. Lots of disappointments, mediocre service. We are not a picky family and that's why this surprised me enough to actually write a review about it.

Wheelchair accessibility: This is not a wheelchair accessible environment. There is not a wheelchair accessible bathroom.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

My family and I have been going to Barnharts for the last 20 years and have loved every minute we spend there. The food is amazing, always consistent quality and is our favorite restaurant in Ludington!

Everything we ordered was fantastic, highly recommend.

Caribbean paradise on Hamlin Lake! Great food and an atmosphere like none other!