Friendly staff. The owner talked with us for awhile and provided local suggestions. Great music…read more The food was delicious!

Very relaxing space, great beer garden and the IPAs we had were very good. Great, friendly serviceread more

This place serves no frills, very good comfort food. Walked in here after a long day at Mackinac…read moreIsland. Our server Lisa was so warm and friendly (as if she was your mother) and took great care of us! Got the parmesan topped whitefish with creamy mushroom soup and coleslaw. The mushroom soup was creamy and hearty. I liked the coleslaw - just the right amount of sweet and sour for me. I enjoyed the fish very much. We would have gotten some desserts but we were so full. We did see that the cheesecake slices were huge! Would definitely recommend this place!

Excellent, friendly service from Lisa. Ambiance is small town family restaurant with wooden booths…read moreand lots of light. To place a carry out order, you must come inside and sit down at a table, then tell your server that you want to place a to go order. Lisa was helpful, told me the order would be out pretty quickly, and she brought me a glass of water for while I waited. I ordered the mackinaw burger with onion rings, and hot ham and cheese with fries. I also ordered a coconut cream pie and a Dutch cherry pie slice. All of this was to go, and she packed it up and brought me carry-bags for it. The coconut cream pie was good. The Dutch cherry was ok but, I have had better. The French fries were good--crispy and lightly seasoned. The onion rings were large and hot/fresh, but they are battered (I prefer breaded), and they are pretty greasy. The burger was nice sized and cooked well done, which I like. It came with cheese, lots of pickles, relish, lots of mustard, and just a little ketchup. The hot ham and cheese was okay. I chose white bread rather than rye or wheat. The bread was not special--seemed like white bread you'd buy at any grocery in a plastic wrapper. There's an up-charge for the onion rings. I say skip that and get the fries. For the 2 sandwiches, 1 with fries, one with onion rings, and 2 pieces of pie, my bill was $51.36 before any tip added on. I get that it's a short season up north here, so I expect everything to be a little pricey. If the burger had a bit of char and came on an upscale bun, if the hot ham and cheese came on a thicker toasted bread, I'd say ok. But for what we got, it was overpriced.

Really awesome service and awesome food they really good burgers. The place is a little bit small…read morebut if you wait for having lunch later than 12 you can sit. The price is little bit higher but for the quality is worth it

I hate doing this to a new business, but an FYI: I was passing through Mackinaw and wanted to try…read moresomeplace new. Found this place on Yelp and BBQ sounded pretty darn tasty. Denied. It was closed at 7:30 on a Friday night in August. No hours are posted (well, they were erased off the sign on the front of the business) so who knows if they're still open. Guess I'm having fudge for dinner.

I love bars like this. I was on a trip with one of my friends. We decided to try the Keyhole…read moreafter another restaurant did not no meet our expectations. (I wanted to go to the Keyhole as my first choice but was overruled) I had the steak hoagie with onion rings, and he had the white fish dinner. Both were very good. We sat at the bar to eat and the bartender was great. The food was delivered quickly and there were lots of TVs to watch as you ate. I will be going back next time I am in Mackinaw City!

The inside feels like a dive bar, less grungy and more clean though. Our server was rude when…read moreasking about the menu, acted like we were dumb for asking. Outside of that came around often to check on us. The food was above average 7/10, if you come get the fish. The Parmesan crusted walleye was pricey but big and cooked perfectly. However, the Parmesan made the fish a little one note. Outside of the fish the other food doesn't raise above any other pub food.

Audie is one of the few good restaurants in the area. Their restaurant split to two. One of them is…read moreregular dining hall. The other is the exotic dining hall. We got to regular dining hall. I got the New York strip. The local beef is something different in Michigan grass feed. Meat is softer in compare to Florida beef. I like the different experience of taste. We also got the whitefish sandwich. This is ok dish. Overall service is good. We like the food.

I didn't see reservations online but we were able to park and get seated right away on a weeknight…read morein the summer. We had the whitefish, soup, and burgers- all delicious. Very casual location with friendly staff and a fun theme.

Mixed feelings about here…read more I enjoyed my whitefish basket & fries, girlfriend enjoyed her salad too. Live music on a beautiful late afternoon made dinner more enjoyable. Dollar bills all over the place which was interesting and seeing all the marker and crayon drawings on the table was unique but also felt dirty. Service was spotty. Host after directing us to where the wheelchair ramp was then chased us down challenging the legitimacy of our service dog asking for papers. It was busy so took a while for someone to get to our table for drinks. We did talk to someone about our earlier experience and they understood our concerns and passed it along to upper management.

Dixie Saloon Brewery, Mackinaw City, Michigan…read more Traveling from Grand Rapids with friends, we arrived at Mackinaw City on a weekday in June 2026. Our destination was Mackinac Island, and our ferry would be ready for boarding in about an hour, so we looked for nearby restaurants. We selected Dixie Saloon Brewery, which is located across the parking lot from where we would catch Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry. The Dixie Saloon is spacious, with a high ceiling and rustic décor. Included in the multiple themes decorating the place are towers to which all manner of currency has been fixed, suggesting years of the accumulation of real paper money. Between the four of us we shared a basket of onion rings ($9.99) and fries ($8.99) - they're on the menu featuring side dishes, but they easily fed the four of us. I had a Kentucky Mule (Bulleit Bourbon and ginger beer, $12), so our bill came to $46, which included state sales tax and a 3.5% Michigan administrative sustainability fee. Not a bad bill for lunch for the four of us. Service was great on a very busy Tuesday afternoon, and noise levels were moderate, allowing for easy inside-voices conversations. The waffle fries and onion rings came out within 20 minutes of our ordering them, drinks even sooner. They were piping hot and perfectly seasoned, with servings large enough that we didn't finish them by the time our ferry was starting to board. With just a five-minute walk we were on board and headed to the island. A very nice way to spend some time with friends over a light lunch.

Disgusting food, limited menu, dirty. Ordered a smash burger and it was not a smashburge. Generic…read morecondiments and expectedly overpriced. r

We had avoided this restaurant for several years due to a couple of really bad experiences. We…read moredecided to give it another chance because we had our dog with us and she was allowed to sit on the patio. We are so glad we did. We went about 6:00 on a July Friday evening. The beer was cold, the burger, chicken wrap and BLT were great and very fast service. Also great people watching from the patio.

Upscale, decent burgers and fries, good beer selection, great service. One of the better places to…read moreeat in town.

We came on a Saturday night in the summer and there was no wait but they do take reservations. The…read morestaff were very nice; our waitress did seem new and took some time getting our order in, however everything came out perfect. The artichoke spinach dip was good and came with plenty of pita chips. The blue gill (ordered without the Cajun seasoning) was good as well. Our side order of veggies (asparagus that night) was very tiny for the price. Overall everything was good but nothing stood out to us.