Great time while meeting friends on a Saturday evening. The atmosphere is fun, spacious, comfortable. Drinks were great and service was good. We were not aware what live music was playing but were pleasantly surprised to see and dance to a Michael Jackson cover band. Concert like scene was a great time. We had a blast! Will definitely be back. All around a great venue and different than most. read more

I don't visit this place enough. Their menu is fine; nothing ground breaking as they rely on food trucks a bit too much. Oddly I've never been there on a night a truck is present. I really love the place though. It has cemented itself as a nice music venue and local watering hole. The staff are above average and the prices are fair. read more

Ooh, I'm first? Sweet. Anyway, went on one of the soft opening nights. I'd give them 4-5 starts for the interior. Clean, open lots of seating. Didn't get a chance to try any food so can't say anything there. Lots of space outside and can't wait to see the band lineup. Worried that they'll be keeping sound low because of sound carrying. Parking is probably going to be a big issue when bands like Blue Monday play but, that's what Uber is for, right? The only thing bringing the review down is the prices. Three beers, $25+tip. I'm not sure there's anywhere around that is more expensive. I will be back to see how it shakes out but won't be making it a full night there unless someone else grabs the bill... read more

$7-8 draft beer. I repeat: $7-8 DRAFT BEER. I had honestly never been to a spot where drinking wine was just as comparable to drinking beer until I went to BYE. They'll get away with it until the allure of being a new joint wears off. Hopefully the managers have enough business sense to understand that pricing for a commodity (craft beer in this reason) is highly elastic. Lots of space for kiddos though. read more

I have come here a few times and have enjoyed myself every time. I like the openness of the place and the fact that thy welcome food trucks. One of my favorites is here on a regular basis so I try to catch them. The place seems to never be crowded but I really like the setting. They have a lot of beers on tap but I like liquor. They also have a limited men. I have never tried the food but have heard that the flatbreads are good. Service is good. We have always had good luck. read more

I love this place. Live music, good food, and alcohol...what more can you ask for?? Atmosphere is laid back and welcoming, the updated menu now has burgers, pizzas, and a variety of salads. Just had the classic cheddar burger and it was one of the best I've had! This will definitely be my "go-to" place. read more

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Cover charge at 6:00 pm is way too early! No wait staff, the only option to eat was pizza or salad and the slices were ridiculously small and lukewarm for $11. Side salad was disgusting old wilted watered down lettuce. DJ Ronnie was way too loud. Couldn't hear the person next to me. Fool me once... read more

Staff super friendly since u open the door. Bar cte and with intense variety of adult beverages wiskey, vodkas, tequila and beers. Decor is very fantastic and food fast. Is like going to ice cream shop for Adult. Nice venue for bands, family event or just hangout. Come check them out!!! read more

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We had high hopes when we heard Galloway Hooker bought them out, but boy were we disappointed. The nachos were somewhat edible, the wings were not. Kids running around unsupervised while parents drank overpriced beer. Left and went to Eleven Lakes where the beer and food trucks were far superior. read more

HAS AWESOME POTENTIAL!!!! New...just two months open! Food is very good! Food would be more competitive at a dollar or so less. I like simple menus but this one needs some more items....burgers like Kickback Jacks serves are juicy, thick and very tasty this is a must to be successful. We are not from NC and have experienced that NC residents are very partial to their BBQ, burgers, pasta, chicken, mash potatoes and gravy. While this establishment is aiming for high quality (which is great) chicken fingers, fried shrimp, burger, baskets are still a hit for restaurants. When I was a young girl there was a place that served french fries with chicken or beef gravy seems crazy but people loved them. Need to get on the NC wavelength while making it different and a step above. A Great looking casual atmosphere. I give them an A+ for the atmosphere. Metal bar stools.....LOOK GREAT!!!!! but you must have a really skinny behind for them to be comfortable....really true. I think they did not realize that people in general come in all sizes. Also a more severely without the proper width can limit the size person that can sit comfortably. If you notice real barstools have only a small curve to fit ones back properly. Ladies if you are over a size 12 you'll need to sit at a picnic table. A woman has an average hip circumference is about 35". Same for men who weigh over about 170#. This same seating is everywhere but the picnic tables. FULL bar! The bar area is truly impressive. One of the nicest I've seen anywhere in this area. Liquor prices are a too high with no specials. Some bar owners don't know it is legal in NC to have special prices on alcohol as long as it is a daily special. AGAIN, check out Kick Back Jack's. KBJ's is majorly successful. They are only about 2 years here in Mooresville and have been doing great from the day they opened the doors. THE ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP IS AWESOME. Don't know if I could sit for 3 hours in one of the stools for the entertainment. Don't forget about possibly using Karaoke, Trivia night (fun themes), music trivia, and line dancing. When you are uncomfortable do you really enjoy anything you are doing? As for the food trucks, I don't get that at all. This place has the potential...but......FOOD TRUCKS? We have gone to many food truck events in this area and find them pricey, poor quality and small portions. Mooresville downtown has food truck Saturdays about 8 times a year. We need new and different places so lets give BOAT YARD EATS a chance. Successes are ideas that use mistakes as learning opportunities to achieve a goal. Sincere critics give honest opinions and keep going back to see the success. We have to wait and see what happens. Give this promising eatery a chance. read more

One of the best spots in the area to get out for a drink, food and some fun with a family or without. Recommendations: Order the jalapeño margarita and be sure to ask for Jillian she always provides the best service. read more

First time here and the food is great for the price. . The service is seperb,everyone is friendly. Will be returning when they have live entertainment. Ole read more

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Con: Simple bar food....nothing to write home about. Drinks are well over priced....craft beers $7.00 to $8.50. Save money and go to the brewery. Parking is a MAJOR issue. Pros: Love the atmosphere. Nice job repurposing the site! Full liquor bar! Taprooms don't touch that. read more

No bar will ever be successful if the bartenders don't acknowledge the guests. Even if a bartender is busy (which they weren't), a quick nod or even eye contact to let me know you see me waiting goes such a long way. Also, you should probably prioritize your guests over whatever you're doing on your phone. If I have to stand there and watch you text or Snapchat or whatever and verbally address you to get your attention to make me a drink, you've lost my business. It seems like a change in management needs to happen , and quick! read more

Completely unfriendly to kids. They also advertise music that they never have. The food is pretty mediocre. Seems like a place that used to be awesome and has gone to crap. With a bunch of other good places to eat in the area I would go elsewhere. read more

We checked out BYE on a Saturday night. My wife and I had a great time. They had a good band playing and place was packed. We glad a new place like this is local. Had a great date night out!! read more

First things first. New name (BoatYard Lake Norman), new management, new food, new owner. Went last night and had a lot of fun. The patio is awesome, food was great, live music enjoyable, good drink selection at reasonable prices. We'll be returning for sure. Just a shame the new owners haven't updated the Yelp page yet cause the reviews and experiences listed here from the previous ownership and before they closed down before Covid are not true anymore. It's not even the same place. So I'd suggest giving it a try. Place was packed and lively and there's enough room to social distance and practice safe socialization. Only reason to dock a star: they allow smoking on the patio and the house drinks could use an upgrade in their brand selection. All very minor. read more

We went in for dinner a bit early trying to beat the crowd. The weather was great so we asked if we could sit outside. My husband had to wipe off my chair, and I was still hesitant to sit as I didn't want to sit in other peoples crumbs and hair balls. Yes, hair balls on the seat. The table was filthy, and as we looked around I thought, do I really want to eat the food coming out of a kitchen that can't even clean up the seating area. I understand this is a bar and grill, but come on, at least clean up after the party from the night before. We decided to leave, as we were walking out they asked what the problem was and why we were leaving, my husband in a nice way said, well it's just kinda gross and dirty. The poor waiter didn't even know how to respond. read more

First time. This place doesn't know what it wants to be. Kid friendly. Good. Decent food at good price. Debatable. Music outlet. People standing around for an hour and a half for breakfast club band that was all digitized. Will never go back or listen to that wanna band again read more

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My opinion drop the food and bring in food trucks. Other than the food, the place is a lot of fun and overall one of the best spots for music around the Lake. read more

This was the worst customer service experience that either myself or my husband have ever experienced! Let me start by saying that this was our second visit here. Our first visit was all right, thanks in part to awesome service from our server. However, our order was incorrect. My husband ordered the Buffalo Chicken Sandwich and it was served without the buffalo sauce. Mega fail! But our server was very sweet and resolved the issue with grace and in an appropriate way. Our visit today was just appalling! We were seated promptly, after having to pay a cover charge because there was a music festival happening. I'm still not sure how I feel about having to pay an entrance fee to have lunch at a restaurant... we ordered our first round of drinks which we received quickly and all was good. However, shortly thereafter, our server disappeared and we couldn't find her again to order another round. Eventually, my husband got up to find her and one of the other waitresses managed to get our server over to us. She'd disappeared to have her face painted, just FYI. We ordered our food and second round of drinks. When our food arrived, the order was incorrect again. I had ordered sweet potato fries instead of regular fries but my meal arrived with regular fries. The guy that delivered the food said he would sort it out. That didn't happen. Our server came back to check if everything was fine and we told her about the fries. She apologized and came back a little while later with the right fries (that were overdone and really oily, btw). We ate and requested the check and when we received the check, there was an up charge for the sweet potato fries. This was not mentioned on the menu or by the server. So we asked to see the manager. Eventually, about 15 minutes later, the manager came over. Turns out he was the guy that came up to us halfway through our meal to ask if everything was okay. He didn't introduce himself or say he was the manager. Nothing. Anyway, he wanted to know what the problem was so we gave him the rundown, to which his reply was, we got the fries eventually so what's the problem. He was rude and arrogant and full of excuses. He handled the situation poorly and continued to attempt to blame the problems we had experienced on us. As such, if you are looking for a good place to eat, with good music and a pleasant environment, do yourself a favor and go anywhere else but Boatyard Eats! read more

Great atmosphere, probably good food (mine was cold), terrible service. Walk in, place is maybe 20% full and told "sit anywhere". Sat, 10 minutes goes by, tables all around us get served. We move to the bar area tables in hopes of service, wait another 10 minutes, even make eye contact and ask for waitress. She walks right by. Go to bar, get beers in about 5 minutes and order food from there. Waitress comes to table after I get back with beers and upset we didn't order from her. 20 minutes later, no food. Get food, it's cold read more

Had my first visit here last night and was so impressed! This place is a bar so it's not set up like a traditional restaurant and it isn't "full service". What's great is that there is plenty of expandable covered space, which means you can enjoy the entertainment without worrying about the weather. It wasn't packed when we arrived at 7:45PM so plenty of tables were available. All drinks are ordered at the bar. The bar was well-staffed, so the wait was short. Drinks prices were pretty standard--our mixed drinks were $9 each. Food was ordered at another station. It came out of the kitchen fast & was delivered to our table. We ordered the 2 protein plate (brisket & pulled pork) that came with 2 sides. The food was really priced at about 20 bucks. It was plenty of food for 2-3 people and very tasty! Staff came by fairly regularly to remove empty cups and plates. The bathrooms were clean and well stocked. They have a really nice stage & plenty of dance space. Overall it was a really fun experience! read more

FACILITY: Although I had heard a lot of bad comments about this place, my wife and I decided to "give it a try". My expectations were low so I was not disappointed. Raining outside so everyone was buttoned up inside. Very crowded and VERY NOISY. Band was really belting it out so your could not talk. Acoustics in this steel framed building are not made for inside entertainment - especially music. FOOD: I guess I would give it "Zero" stars. Wait staff said the Food Trucks cancelled so we were stuck with the BYE menu. I had heard it was bad....but had not idea how bad it really was!. It is so low you have to look up to see bad. Wound up buying the 2 hot dogs for $8. Dogs were luke warm......I guess they just put them in hot water. Certainly not cooked!! Almost raw!! The bun must have been yesterdays left overs...slightly dry. Not cooked, warmed, buttered! Anything to make it palatable. BEVERAGE: Had a beer. $6 for a 8 oz. cup. Complained to manager and he said the supply company ran out of the "larger" cups and that was all he could get. Offered to give me another free beer on the house. However declined and just cut my loses. Maybe he should have sold the beers for $4 dah? SUMMARY: If you want to go someplace that is the pits, has pricey, lousy food, and pricey bud light, then this is the place for you. Otherwise, this is not even worth a "let's try it and see" choice. read more

I was invited here by former colleagues and must say that this is a great concept. Although the genre of music that was played was not my favorite I enjoyed it! The waitress was very knowledgeable and welcoming. The band was entertaining! read more

It's a great place to go - fun and live music. Unfortunately the wait staff were completely inattentive. My only guess is that when the waitress saw we originally got drinks from the bar, she wrote us off the rest of night. Even after making eye contact and attempting to speak, we were completely ignored and everyone around us was served. Ended up having to go back to the bar every time all night. The bartenders were all awesome and prompt. I hate to give this place such a low rating and will return again but unless the service is better, or we can grab a spot at the bar, one more time would be my last. read more

A real let down. This place has cut too many corners. Beer served in plastic cup. Pizza delivered to our table in a cardboard box. No real plates, just paper bowls and baskets. Keto salad was iceberg lettuce and an egg. The food was marginal bar food. Two people with tip was $42 with one beer. Waitress was good, but apologized for the changes. Even she was taken back. read more

Came here for some good dueling pianos. They were good but it took 25 mins to get a beer..... need more bartenders. Or more bars outside.... won't be coming back if it's this crowded with the current staffing situation.... read more

My friends and I decided to go to this place for entertainment and drink's tonight.I was starving so out of four people I was the only one to order food and I ordered the black and blu burger.The waiter never asked me how I wanted my burger cooked,well let me tell you it came out not juicy but as dry as a hockey puck.when I asked the waiter why he didn't ask me how I would like the burger cooked he stated that no matter what you ask for that he could not promise that you would get what you ordered.This is ridiculous!! Every restaurant that I have ever been in asked me how I would like my meat cooked at.This place needs to train their cooks and step up their game or I will only be drinking at this place and not eating.This place is piss poor.Do yourself a favor and go to sports page to eat and this place to drink and if your lucky they might have a decent band. read more

My family and I were so excited to try this place out. Unfortunately, we were very disappointed. Not only did our waiter forget about us, we didn't get our food until after 1 hr of waiting. The staff claim it was very crowded. 80% of the restaurant was empty. We saw people come and go... we were behind frustrated. Then when we finally got our food, they had my dish wrong, so then I had to wait 10 more mins. Again we were very disappointed.. most likely never coming again. read more

Unless you want to wait for four hours for frozen wings, and cold nachos do not come here. It's almost as bad as when I cook the management was rude to our children as well read more

I have tried this place 3 times I will not go back. Food is poor. Management is worse. Food takes a long time to come out and two out of three times it was wrong. Drinks are still over priced compared to local restaurants and bars. They have music but it's the same bands over and over. I don't think the owners have any restaurant or bar experience. Lots of kids running around when bands are playing. read more

Horrible place to eat not giving them any stars horrible service , horrible food just horrible don't waste your time or money .

I did not like this place at all. The seating is very uncomfortable and for a place with 'Eats' in the name, they have a very limited food menu and the food was very bland. My wife ordered a drink and she said it wasn't very good either. My daughter did like her pasta so I'll give them and extra star for that but we will probably not be returning. read more

Great location and beautiful place. However, they need to hire about 10 more bartenders. Especially the night before Thanksgiving. I waited , at the bar, 25 minutes just to get one drink. Ridiculous service. read more

Eh Move on, is all I will say. But since yelp is asking me to write a few more words, so here is our experience. Long wait, subpar food. We rather eat a smaller restaurant/ drive through with decent food menu. If this is across tenders, I don't know why would I go there. But we did & regretted. read more

I so wanted to like this place. Atmosphere is a definite 5, service was a 4, food was a -1 (if you like Harris Teeter frozen wings & concession stand nachos then order food, otherwise eat before you come), prices were -1. Seriously, $7-$8.50 for a craft draft?!?! We go to a LOT of breweries & pubs, that price is ridiculous. Cute place but those prices & the horrendous food will keep me from ever returning. Good luck boatyard, I think you'll be sunk so read more

A lot of fun for comedy night. Tim and Shelby were OUTSTANDING bartenders dealing with the new flood of customers on our first beautiful night of the year read more

I really want to love this place. The entertainment is great! But, The food is terrible. The pizza was better until it changed to some flat previously frozen pizza shell with amusement park flavored sauce and cheese. The burgers and rest are meh. The waitstaff doesn't bus a table after you're done eating or empty drinks cups. The mixed drinks come in tiny glasses. When it's hot out, you need more than 3 sips. With some management this could be the go to spot for LkN. read more

We were there until close on Thursday not too long ago. The bartender put on Afternoon Delight and played it on repeat for a half hour until we finally left. Seriously, what kind of dick move is that. If you want us to leave, you would have a better chance just asking us, but to passive aggressively play a terrible song on repeat is just asking for a bad review. I've never witnessed a more despicable lack of hospitality. Why not just chase us out with a stick? On that note, we'll never be back. I went as far as to send an email through their website, but surprise! I never heard back. The whole place is a joke, people around the area actually laugh at how bad it is while we sit at Jack's and enjoy reasonably priced beers and GOOD bartenders. read more