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Bear Lake Inn & Dingmans Beergarden

+1 231-384-6450
19 W Bear Lake Rd SE, Kalkaska, MI 49646 United States of America
Open Today: Closed
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Amenities

Service options
  • Outdoor seating
  • Curbside pickup
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in
Highlights
  • Bar games
  • Fast service
  • Karaoke
  • Live music
  • Live performances
  • Sports
Popular for
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Solo dining
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating
Offerings
  • Alcohol
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Comfort food
  • Food
  • Food at bar
  • Happy hour drinks
  • Happy hour food
  • Hard liquor
  • Late-night food
  • Organic dishes
  • Quick bite
  • Small plates
  • Vegetarian options
  • Wine
Dining options
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Catering
  • Dessert
  • Seating
Amenities
  • Bar onsite
  • Restroom
  • Wi-Fi
Atmosphere
  • Casual
  • Cozy
Crowd
  • Family-friendly
  • Groups
  • Tourists
Planning
  • Accepts reservations
Payments
  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • NFC mobile payments
Children
  • Good for kids
  • High chairs
  • Kids' menu
Parking
  • Free parking lot
  • Parking

Best WLM Reviews

On the TRAIL ! Great food n drink, homemade chili, friendly service and atmosphere. Dedicated parking for ORV’s , outside cabana and games. Large screen monitors for sports. Great place !
3rd time here, 3rd bad experience. 6:30 pm on a Wednesday, took 30 minutes to get drinks and over an hour to get our food. Burger was raw in the middle, chicken breast was clearly microwaved, and the mac and cheese was dry. The atmosphere was unwelcoming every time I've been there.
Recently became locals and this is the first place we stopped in for a meal - had a Hawaiian pizza and was amazed that there was fresh pineapple on it, not canned! the crust was fantastic but the sauce wasn't great. The atmosphere is friendly and we've been back since when I had the Walleye and LOVED it. As you can see from some of the photos this oasis is in the heart of the areas riding trails so I can't wait to check it out in the summer when we can hang out on the patio after a day of side by side trail riding.
Excellent food and menu! This place welcomes ORV riders with a smile. Convenient location right off the trails. Food comes out hot and drinks are cold. Thumbs up!
Extremely slow service. No follow-up unless tracked down. Food was very average and not worth the price. Charging $1 for dipping sauce for a tender basket is ridiculous.
I've been going here 30+ years. The new building is amazing. Staff is not. I realize there will be some growing pains..There was six or seven servers standing around most of the time, our particular server couldn't really answer any questions about the menu and we sat there for 45 minutes with dirty dishes all over the table. Well give it another shot based on the better reviews, but our experience on 10.29.21 was a downer. Food-meh.
New Craftsman style building, lots of food and drink options. The sirloin beef bites and chicken fingers were yummy. My veggie burger was meh. But we still enjoyed the atmosphere and experience in general, will go back and recommend (just skip that veggie burger)!
Literally had the worst experience, everyone on the staff was drunk, kitchen manager was making another employee cry and laughing about, before they took her third smoke break since I sat down. The owners were there, but hammered. Tried to ask me how my meal was(it was terrible) but couldn't even form a coherent sentence. It makes a dive bar look classy. Rather eat out of a McDonald's dumpster than waste my time or money here. Also pretty sure someone was smoking meth in the parking lot.

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Opening Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 02:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday 02:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Friday 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Saturday 11:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Sunday 11:30 AM - 09:00 PM
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