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Takeout
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Dine-in
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Fast service
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Lunch
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Good for kids
Best WLM Reviews
We recommend this restaurant. It’s a small, family-run BBQ joint with a simple menu. Food is good and prices are reasonable. Service is friendly and the food is served quickly. In the summertime, you can even sit outside with a view of small lake.
6/17/20 Ordered from current takeout menu and it should have been 8.98 plus tax. When we picked it up it came to $15 and change. When questioned we were told they added additional charges for the coronavirus. If working during the coronavirus was such a concern, why didn't any of the employees were masks? We were. I think a 60% increase in price should be reported to the attorney general's office. We will not go back and neither should you.
I 100% agree with Jeff P's review. My family and our 2 friends just had basically the same experience. When we got there, we weren't greeted by either of the 2 staff members out front. There was a table of 4 being served/ waited on normal restaurant style, menus at the table drinks in front of them. They told us to just grab a menu to order. I said we'd like to sit in the dining area (we had our 3 year old and 1 year old with us ) they told us to order at the desk then take a seat. So we did. It was only us and the four top. As we were waiting, a lot of people came in the door, weren't waited on and left after 5-10 minutes. (Mind you, not one large group, like 4 small 2 person groups).
Our drinks took 10+minutes. Our food came out in waves.. me and my husband got our main dishes... then our friends finally got their drinks. Then my husband's sides came out with mine. Then 5-10 minutes later our friends got their food in to- go containers. ? . Then finally my 3 year old got her food.
The food was very cheap tasting, no flavor on a lot of it. My husband and our friend thought the pork tasted very chemically.
When our waitress asked how we were doing, I said that we weren't doing great, everything is only OK and that we're disappointed. All she had to say was, "we're short staffed"
That may or may not be true but what does that have to do with the flavor of the food?
I've worked in restaurants for a long time and have been short staffed, so I understand that things are not only the servers fault, but one server/ staff member was literally sitting at a table in the dining room for 20-30 minutes on her phone. Soo...??? I don't know, but I will not be going back.
Dine at your own risk.
Amazing food at a fair price. The owner is extremely friendly and fun to talk with. The wraps are awesome. The boneyard baked potato will blow your mind. And the best bacon cheeseburger in town without question. You will want to go back.
My wife and I have driven by a thousand times, we should've driven by again today. We arrived at the restaurant at 5:45, they close at 7.
We walked in and the girl at the register looked up and said the menu is here on the desk, and then walked away, ten minutes later she took our order, they were out of potatoes, fries and brisket, we paid thirty dollars for a rack of ribs, then she just left, we went into the dining room and waited another 22 minutes at a dirty table. They came out and had our order in a to go bag and said their not serving in the dining room anymore, we looked around at a full room and were stunned, my wife stated they didn't tell us the dining room was closed and we were told next time when you walk in if you order at the register it is for take out, I explained the girl at the register just told us where the menu was and left us, we left with our bag. Once in the car we decided to go to the park and eat, there were no napkins, plates or silverware in the bags. We just drove home an hour away.
Once home, we had to reheat the meal figuring maybe the amazing food was worth the terrible service we just had - wrong! The ribs were so smoky my wife choked and hardly ate any of them, she had to wipe the BBQ sauce off as it had a no taste /chemical taste to it, I have a stronger stomach and just ate thru the taste, I found them very plain and basically just filled the stomach. Macaroni and cheese was absolutely flavorless and the coleslaw tasted like cabbage dunked in mayonnaise, to boot they didn't put in the rolls.
Superbly disgusted by our choice to go to the boneyard BBQ tonight, we had the highest hopes and to be honest hate writing bad reviews of restaurants especially locally and family owned, but the service and food were so below the bar it needed to be known to any readers searching for a restaurant in Tawas. The lost thirty bucks for tonight's escapade was nothing compared to the service and food disappointment we received.
The meat was way over smoked. When i would burp, it felt like there was a smoker in my stomach after eating it. Wet had the pulled pork only. Perhaps we got older stuff?
Also I'm not quite sure why the cold slaw is raved about. It tasted like just mayo and chopped cabbage. I really wanted to like this place, but it was rather subpar.
Like some of you that might be looking at this, my wife and I were driving thru looking for food. Picked this spot bc I like to support small biz and like good bbq.
I normally don’t write reviews, but the food was awful. I mean, literally uneatable. I like bbq and smoked bbq. But this smoke has no flavor it’s just, smoke. The pulled bbq was awful, the fries were halfway cooked half still cold. Not to mention the awful smell in the parking lot.
If we were staying in the area longer I’d ask for my $ back. But we’re heading north.
Girl at the counter was nice.
Like I said I’m not one to write reviews. I’d make it a 1 star but I know that would more seriously damage the ratings for the biz. Hopefully they see this and can make improvements. Hopefully passerby’s will see this and be aware of what to expect.
We wanted to like this charming place (great location on Tawas River) but have to agree with other reviewers who said the food was "overly smoked." I thought it smelled like gasoline tho it tasted ok - nice sauce. Hubby thought it was too much smoke flavoring. I thought the sides were good - tomato/cuke salad and potato salad.
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