I crave their homemade ranch dressing & their burgers & patty melt! Everything I've had has been great. I'm sorry if the staff wasn't polite. It only took me 2 visits to get to know them & they are really great people!. Janae works in the bar during the day & is extremely busy but very good at her job. She is under appreciated and should get much more tips. If you have a problem bring it to the Manager's attention & give them a chance to fix it. They are truly great people!. I'm on my way from Oklahoma this weekend to visit again & you can bet we'll all be there every day! Try the specialty cakes! They're awesome! read more

Well the food is good, but you smell like smoke when you leave and it stuffs up your sinuses. Misses and I will not be back. Great place for smokers. read more

The no 9 or breakfast buffet at chances R is the perfect cure for the hangover you are bound to have after your weekend lake bender. The lady making omelets for the buffet makes the best omelettes I've ever had. If you're trying to avoid COVID maybe stay away from this place but the food is bombbbbbb read more

I eat here every time I'm at the lake! They have the best pork tenderloin I have found anywhere and the staff is amazingly welcome!

Chances R...you'll get sick. We happened in on a Sunday at 11:30 am and were greeted by friendly staff who offered up a breakfast buffet and a menu with only breakfast items. That's fine. We will have the breakfast buffet at $8.95/person, please. The food was decent...some good; some not so good (avoid the pancakes which can only be described as "hard-tack"), but I really wish we had been seated someplace where we couldn't actually see the buffet. While my husband was using the tongs to get some bacon, a server reached in with bare hands to grab a piece of bacon, which she then shoved half into her mouth. The other half she flung onto a table of what I can only assume were regulars, who laughed. We then glanced at the omelet bar where cook was using bare hands to separate a yolk from the egg white. She then wiped the sweat off her face and wiped her hand on her jeans, then plunged the hand into the shredded cheese...all while deftly flipping an omelet in another pan. I'm sure a lot of this stuff goes on "behind the scenes" at other places...but that's where it should stay. Ugh! We were all so grossed out by the time we paid our bill. I kept hoping the board of health would make a surprise visit. read more

Slooooow service and when our waitress came by slid our food on the table, surprised it didn't end up on the floor. Food is mediocre at best. Had the baked catfish, which was dry and mash potatoes and gravy that were cold. 14.00 waste of money. read more

I've always heard great things about this place, but I had a horrible experience here. We had to ask for spoons for our coffee, and again for silverware for our meals. I ordered the French Toast with sausage and a side of 2 scrambled eggs. The eggs and French Toast were cold by the time I got them and my sausage was still raw in the middle and had to be redone. My mother's food was also undercooked. Our server was really nice and very polite, but the man who seated us wasn't very friendly. I won't be a return customer. read more

Food is always excellent! Only suggestion I have is please add a couple of craft beers. There is a lot of us out there that like something other than beer water. Bottles does not do it, for craft must be draft. read more

Parking lot was full. Waitress prompt and bubbly. Made good recommendations. Very reasonably priced. Definitely a local favorite. waitresses seemed to know everyone. Chances R, I will b back. read more

My favorite place to eat at the lake. Food is good service is great. Weekend breakfast buffet and special weekend brunches are awesome.

It's been a few years since my last visit. All due to taking tater tots of the menu. 2ND time to have dinner. Chicken fried chicken and Philly cheese steak are great!!! And yes, they have tater tots, but chances r, you'll have the great fries. ;-) yes, I'll be back. read more

Good Service, Good food, GREAT prices. Neat original decor(in the bar area) such as old school Budweiser advertisements, a couple huge round tables, some strange hybrid shuffleboard game... You want to meet the locals, go to "Chances" read more

Excellent breakfast! The service and staff are outstanding. It does have a good homey feel!

We stumbled across this restaurant/bar at Lake of the Ozarks. We went rather late in the evening but still had great service. I ordered the chicken fried chicken which was much bigger than I anticipated, so I ended up having leftovers to take back to the resort. There was a noticeable smell of cigarette smoke in the restaurant which is the only downside. read more

Won't be back. Food was ok, took an hour and a half to get it. This is the owner/managers fault. You guys have been around long enough to know how to staff your restaurant on a holiday weekend!! read more

Great food and service evert time we've been there. Sunday is the best. Palette bar with the smorgasbord.

I have enjoyed every meal so far and it is relaxed and easy going dinning even for families. There is a bar area for weekends. Almost like eating at home but don't feel like doing all the work! read more

Our favorite place at the lake! We go every time we're here for the past 20 years. Great family place and throwback feeling. The chicken fried chicken with gravy is perfection! Excellent service! (Some have commented about smoke; I am a non-smoker with little kids and we don't notice it at all and can't smell it when we leave. We sit on the non-smoking side.) read more

Again another one that's stuck around for 15 years or so because they know what they're doing good breakfast and fun place to drink in the evening read more

Love this place. Good food. Small town atmosphere with lots of regulars and a family ran restaurant. Allows smoking in one area of the restaurant so beware. I don't mind at all and the food is excellent. Nice little breakfast buffet in the weekends. read more

What a bummer it was so nasty smoke smell we could not enjoy the food and that was in the non smoking section. What a dump

This is a good place. It's nothing fancy. They have good food, good prices, nice employees, and it's got a "throw back" feel. Whenever we're at the lake, I like to have a meal here. read more

Chances R is our favorite restaurant at Lake of the Ozarks. Great home cooked food at a reasonable price and they treat you like family. Don't miss their homemade soups or the hand breaded fried chicken! The breakfast buffet is terrific (Sundays only in the winter) you can have a Bloody Mary or screwdriver for starters, and Ann Marie makes a mean omelette! My husband and I make it a point to eat there at least a couple of times every time we come to the lake. read more

Best dam double bacon cheese burger at the lake.And the fried chicken is to die for. Love those kids jenny, will, miranda

Liver and onions special. You have to like liver this was cooked to perfection. Sliced a little thin but tasted great. Wait staff is friendly and my food came quickly. Five stars. read more

Food and service was great and my brother said best onion ring he's ever had, definitely coming back

Got there around 1:30 PM, not busy, bartender behind bar looked at us and turned her back, waitress saw us also, did not acknowledge us. We were left standing in a dining area with no one sitting at tables, I finally just asked out loud, "Do we seat ourselves?" Waitress came out and said "Yes". Not a good first impression. Ordered from the menu, Rueben sandwich, with 3 LARGE onion rings, appetizer of fried mushrooms and bacon cheese burger again with 3 LARGE onion rings. Took awhile getting food, but each order is made from scratch and really shows in the great taste and size of each order. Cheese burger was grilled and tasted great, onion rings and mushrooms breaded just right and were great also. Rueben was good, but next time I will ask for less corn beef (very large amount) and more sauerkraut. Over all great food, but could work on customer service. Ended up taking half the Rueben, 3 onion rings and half the mushrooms home. Price is good for value and size of order. We will go back. read more

We moved down from Kansas City this restaurant is short of amazing I'd highly recommend it to anyone wanting a good meal and the staff is very friendly read more