Firstly, I do not understand the theme of this restaurant. Secondly the menu was all cutesy and none of the titles of menu items made any sense. Thirdly the food was blah! I had the whitefish, about 5 minutes from Lake Superior you expect good fish, it did not seem fresh. Go somewhere else, my gift to you!! read more

Pricey, the food is overrated in descriptions on the menu. The service was great, our waitress was very upbeat and cheerful. Tourists in the area should look elsewhere; I usually steer clear of fast food but have to say, in this case, Subway would have been a better value/experience. My recommendation to management is to overhaul the menu ASAP, so locals will also visit. This is very much geared towards tourists visiting for the Pictured Rocks tour, times of departure are actually on the menu. read more

Dogpatch Restaurant - Rear entrance - Sandwiches Near Me - Munising, Michigan

I ordered a Mediterranean salad which had pretty straight forward ingredients. The chicken had to have been frozen, or still pink in the middle. With the low lighting in the place I really couldn't tell you. The color was off, and cooked chicken isn't supposed to be soggy in texture. It really isn't even worth going. Maybe in a few years we will try it again...and hopefully have better results. My full blog review is on the link below: http://smalltowngirlfoodieworld.blogspot.com/2014/08/ohhh-dogpatch.html read more

Dogpatch Restaurant - Mediterranean Salad - Sandwiches Near Me - Munising, Michigan

Right off they put us in far back with all old people. Kid is vacuuming around us. Salad looks old. Ordered a pizza. It was lukewarm, cheese wasn't melted enough, tastes like a frozen pizza, plus it's on cardboard. UGH. NOPE NOT COMING BACK. read more

Good food, good service, and a cool little place to eat! The food was not to bland or to salty just right, and the service was very good super nice people, didn't have to stand and wait in a table! read more

I do not understand why this restaurant has had such dismal reviews. Because of this, we were hesitant to go here but we met our friends here for lunch because they said it was good, and they were right! The food was perfectly cooked and delicious, there was a wide variety of items on the menu, there was a lovely salad bar, and the waitresses were charming and attentive. Whomever left them such bad reviews, you must be the pickiest people on the planet. For delicious down-home food, Dogpatch meets the mark. read more

So we could only find this restaurant open on a Wednesday evening around 4. We knew once we left town, we would not find anything. A vast majority of restaurants were closed due to reduced staff. We were pleasantly surprised by awesome courteous service we received. Food was your typical bar fare but we appreciated the speed as we had to drive back to Detroit and it was getting close to 6PM. We will try them again. read more

Meh - decent service, embarrasing salad bar, really good wild rice chicken soup. The Pappy Yokum sandwich was tiny for $10, but the roast beef was realy nice. That had a little something for anyone, but no wows read more

Garbage. Food was unremarkable, but edible. Service was forgetful and inattentive. Do yourself a favor and eat elsewhere. read more

Stopped in for breakfast after searching for a local diner. Service was great, obviously a dinner/bar later in the day, but breakfast was exactly what we were looking for. I have scrambled eggs, bacon and hash browns. All were standard fare for morning diner food. I recommend!! read more

Friendly service! Clean restaurant, family friendly atmosphere. We were visiting from out of town and were directed here for dinner. Ribeye Special $25. We found the food to be overpriced for the quality and under-seasoned. That is the only reason for the 3!rating. Please keep that in mind when reading this review as we only both tried the special, there could be many other amazing meals or our taste buds could be defective! Either way still a fun place and worth a trip into, the pizza at the other table looked Amazing! read more

Lord, there ain't much in Munising. And there certainly isn't much in the way of dining establishments. After a long trek from Detroit to the Upper Peninsula, and after suffering through a bland ole pastie for lunch, I was ready for some good grub. I did not get it at the Dogpatch. How did I find myself there, though? How did I wind up at the doors, convincing myself that this... THIS... was the place I wanted to spend my money? Truthfully, it was the cartoons. Yes. Cartoons. How could I resist a clapboard building on the shores of Lake Superior that had Lil' Abner-esque cut-out cartoons slapped on its storefront? The simple answer: I couldn't. I simply couldn't pass it up. Entering the Dogpatch is like walking into an Appalachian moonshine operation, except for those infernal cartoons yelling at you from the walls: "Come git yer dinner!" Despite being full, the restaurant was oddly quiet: the patrons all had a glazed, vaguely Village of the Damned look about them. It was a bit disarming. But then I learned what the cause of their stupor was. It was the Dogpatch's food. So bland, so deeply average, it is bound to send even the most energetic person into a downward spiral of shame and humiliation. I wish I could tell you what I ordered, but everything has been graced with a pseudo-Appalachian moniker, like Ma's Krunchy Froot Conkers. (I just made that up.) Let's call my meal Heapy Hammy Cheese Blow-out. I call it this because the ingredients were the following: ham, cheese, English muffin, pickles, and 1000 Island dressing. Honestly, it doesn't sound that bad on paper. Then it arrives. The ham was school-cafeteria quality - thin, shaved, flavorless. The cheese. Heavens, the cheese. It was like slightly warmed-up Velveeta that stuck to the roof of my mouth like a gloppy, rubbery glue that only tasted vaguely of its intended flavor (that would be cheese, folks). The dressing was completely overwhelmed by both of these aforementioned factors, and I hardly noticed the English muffins. And then there's the crinkle-cut French fries that made Ore-Ida look like blue ribbon winners. The staff was nice, though. And I mean genuinely nice. Like, sincerely interested in our experience. I smiled and said, "Delicious." read more

Ate here twice during our trip. The chef salad was incredible! Burger and whitefish basket was great. Would definitely recommend this place. read more

If you are looking for sausage links that double as bouncy balls go here your kids will have fun. This place was horrible, I refused to pay the bill it the buffet was the worst food I have ever had. It does not even taste good drunk, trust me I know. Do not let anyone refer you here. If there is no place else in town to get a meal do not go here go to a gas station and buy something. If your are looking for a dirty place with nasty food that could possibly hospitalize you go here, and remember your kids can use the sausage links as a bouncy ball or if you have a baby they could be a nice substitute for a teething ring. read more

This place is as kitschy and disappointing as it looks. When we first walked in,there was this "smell"... I don't know what it was, but it wasn't food, and it wasn't pleasant. The menu!!!! Oy fucking VAY! If you WANT to read that much bad english, then I suppose it's fine, but it's waaaaay overdone, and you have to figure out what it is they're actually describing, which I thought was just infuriating!! I think they had a lunch special that was a burger and fries...but honestly, it was so unmemorable I can't even remember!! I do remember I got blueberry cobbler and it wasn't very good either. The people were nice, but I wouldn't come here again unless it was to get hammered.. or in their language, to git hammr'd!! /Kitschy! read more

Best breakfast I've had in a long time. Just had the special but so delicious. Hash browns were great.

We decided on a whim to stop in for dinner on a Saturday night after a full day out on Lake Superior. The 50s style decor outside was what drew us in. The entrance area was a little weird, you walk down a long narrow ramp. I felt like I was a herding steer coming off of a truck for slaughter. We were told to sit wherever we wanted and the waitress took our drink order. We began looking over the menu and it was very difficult to understand what the food items were, as everything was written in a hillbilly type slang. It was bizzare. My husband looked up previous Yelp reviews and we both agreed not to order main food items. Yelp users made comments about food being not Good enough to pay for. My son ordered a peach cobbler but they were out. He then ordered a blueberry cobbler. My husband ordered onion rings. The cobbler was good per my son. And the onion rings were ok, but the pricing was over the top. $3 per soda. $6 for onion rings. Other menu items were grossly over priced. Considering how awful the Yelp reviews are it was shocking they charged so much. The waitress and other wait staff were friendly and welcoming. I give this establishment 2 stars because we were actually scared to order food here and the mediocre food didn't justify the big bill. For our 3 sodas, 1 blueberry cobbler and onion rings we were charged over $18. We are grateful to the previous Yelp reviewers for protecting us and guiding us to make a better food selection for dinner. The decor is fun and different but they need someone to care as much about the food they are serving then the music playing and funny menu food names. read more

Dogpatch Restaurant - Sandwiches Near Me - Munising, Michigan

We arrived at about 7:00 pm on a Friday night. Not surprised there is a line because there are only a couple restaurants in town. While in line we decide to use the restroom. The condition of a restroom sometimes determines the condition of the restaurant. The rest rooms were both pretty disgusting. We sat down at our table and the hostess give us the menus. They were very hard to read. You didn't know if they were describing a dish or telling a hillbilly story about their "vittles ". Dirty place. We left. read more

We arrived 10 minutes before closing unknown to us because hours were not posted. Employees were more worried about getting out than providing guest service. In fact one actually said I kept saying are we closed loud enough over and over so the tables hear and would hurry up and leave. We watched several others come in after us and try to get served because the open light was on and door was unlocked. They were pushed away. Very very unprofessional! If I was the manager or owner I'd go in at night at see what an unproductive and unprofessional environment that's there! read more

Dogpatch Restaurant - Drive by....Don't stop! - Sandwiches Near Me - Munising, Michigan

Not the best place to eat but certainly there wasn't a lot of choices in this town. When I asked about the menu I was told the only option was the breakfast buffet. I should've taken a picture of the breakfast buffet but it was best described as old, stale and cheap type of food. While I was there they did not replenish any of the items. I guess I should've said something but my family and I were there for the day so quite frankly, it didn't matter any longer. We know that we will never eat there again! By the way, the breakfast buffet cost $10.99 per person. read more

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THis is the stupidest and worst place in the entire world. it is a horrible tourist garbage dump.. They try to be clever by callng everything stupid names and just super corny stuff.. The food is complete trash.. Everything sucks and is overcooked .. unless you enjoy a nice frozen ass burger patty.. PUKE!!! no thanks.. don"t be a d bag tourist and go here. Thanks read more

While traveling, my husband searched for restaurants online while I was driving and picked this one. We didn't want to drop a lot of money on a fancy place and didn't want burgers. He said it had 3* but when we got there, and I saw the somewhat strange entry and atmosphere, I immediately went to YELP. There it was rated 2* and every other restaurant in Munising was listed from 3-5* on YELP. It really didn't matter because the town was dead and nothing else looked open. Li'L Abner was a satirical newspaper comic strip for 30 years (1934-1964) about a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished village of Dogpatch so that is the theme at this restaurant. I don't remember seeing funny names on the menu but if there were, they are based on the language from Dogpatch. Anyway, we were immediately told we could sit anywhere by a very friendly waitress who then had our drink orders on the table in minutes. My husband ordered the perch dinner special (they were out of whitefish which has lots of good reviews) with a baked potato and side salad which was huge for $21.99. He loved it all. I ordered the chef salad and it was also huge and so fresh and delicious. The waitress let me choose more than one type of salad dressing also. I am shocked at the reviews that say their food is overpriced because I haven't see a salad that big for only $12.99 in a long time! That is very reasonable. Our food was out in minutes (there were only a few other tables occupied). The place was clean and quiet except for some soft music in the background from the 60s. We would definitely stop there again! read more

I'm sure tourists from the boats are drawn in my the kitsch but locals know this is a hit-or-miss depending upon whether the good cooks/good waitress show up on a particular day. Apparently feuds with management are a plenty...one learns this simply by sitting too close to the bar and overhearing the serfs complain about the lord non-stop. The food can be good to great, choose wisely. Teh salad bar is pretty mediocre and excusing it as "this is Michigan's Upper Peninsula" simply lets a restaurant get away with putting out crap rather than quality fare. Specials are probably your best bet and most sandwiches are good. If you're looking for something to stop the hunger pangs, go here. If you're looking for a really good meal...get in your car and drive to Christmas and hit Foggys. You'll spend the same and be MUCH happier (except they have a sucky salad bar too!) read more

The food here was really terrible. The service was actually good, very friendly and attentive, but it didn't make up for the rubbery "fresh" "local" fish, the sad salad bar, and the ridiculous no wine by the bottle policy. No wine by the bottle? Probably because they buy it in a box. Also, the horribly gimmicky decor and difficult to read menu really detracted from the experience here. Take a pass on this and get a Muldoon's pasty if you're in the area, I guess. read more

Good food good atmosphere and I love it most because of the memories involved around it and there. I have a place for Dogpatch in my heart.

The good? Cheap. The bad? Everything else. We only came here because we got in to town late and wanted something quick. Our hotel was advertising them, so we went. We were seated promptly then our waitress, who was probably 14 or 15, didn't come over for about 10 minutes. I overheard another waitress talking to ours, asking her if she needed help because she had so many tables. I knew that wasn't a good sign. We got our food after about 25 minutes. We were seriously 1 minute away from getting up and leaving. Wife had a gyro, I had fish n chips. Both looked like they were out of a Costco/Sam's Club box. Really, terribly mediocre. It was food at least. Fries were like micro fries you ate as a kid. I think they were microwaved too. I had also asked to substitute cole slaw for fries. I was charged an extra $1.75 on my bill for this. I asked the waitress what happened, she said it's an upcharge. This was not mentioned when I placed my order, or on the menu. It was also really fresh cole slaw; the stuff that was sitting at the salad bar all night. I watched her walk over and grab it from there. Total tourist trap. Avoid at all costs. read more

We pulled in to grab some lunch on our way to Au Train. First, the weird skinny ramp down to the seating area was weird and uncomfortable as you stood in line for a table. When we were finally seated, my husband and I tried to interpret the menu. I understand it was written in a certain way to be funny and unique but was kind of hard on the eyes. The food was bland, boring and way over priced. If we would have had access to the Internet to look at reviews of this place before we came in, we would have found somewhere else. read more

Ugh. One (poor) vegetarian option - only because it's build your own (pizza). And it was disgusting. Tasted like it was cooked in a microwave. Service was dismal. We heard a waitress at another table making fun of a guy who said he was having stomach issues and wanted something light. She literally shouted about it 3+ times. Is that supposed to be charming or funny? Just gross overall. Would not go back. read more

Had we had phone service we would have YELP'd place to go and we definitely would not eaten here. To begin with there is a musty smell throughout the entire place. They say that if the bathroom is disgusting, don't look in the kitchen. I can't even imagine. There was no toilet paper, so I had to go tell a server. The food is SOOOO overpriced for what you get. 10.00 for a mediocre BLT?? Ugh. Everyone's food was meh. Locals seem to like this place, others stay away. read more

Dogpatch was recommended to us by a local. I wish I read the reviews 1st. The main offering is the buffet, it just did not look good so I opted for a burger & the wife a chicken sandwich. The burger nothing to note, your average purchased burger patty. The chicken was not so good, very over processed "chicken breast". The food was just not good. The place is dark however in the few streaks of sunlight that would sneak in you could then see the cobwebs, dust & dirt, way way past due for a thorough cleaning. Also we unfortunately visited during a warms spell, inside was super hot & stuffy borderline unbearable. You would be much better off finding some outside dining if it's warm out. Service however was very good, I sensed that should could tell that we where in hurry to leave and almost seamed apologetic. read more

We were very hesitant about coming here because of the 2 stars, I am so glad we went, my daughter ordered the burger and onion rings tasted amazing. I got the white fish and fries which was delicious I only wish I had more, My husband got the pizza that was so so, but figuring wasn't a pizza place. The waitress was fantastic kept checking on us. I would absolutely go back for the white fish read more

A Munising staple. I've taken many many trips here and a stop at the Dogpatch is a must. It is fun, odd, and unique. The wood cut outs are everywhere. Each has a little story to tell. This time I got the "Urban Suburban Chic" a grilled chicken sandwich with mushrooms and swiss cheese. While nothing special it was good. All their menu items have fun names like that. I would agree with the others. The salad bar is lacking. But understand this. It is Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This is about as far away from fresh produce as you can get. So I'll cut them some slack there. Oh and they have a nice kids menu. The one I liked the best was the Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. It was only $.20 cents for every year your kid is old. The initial reviewer is wrong. The decor is Li'l Abner themed, NOT based on locals. read more

Outdated interior. Target markup is obviously an older generation. Old timey music and bad handmade paintings make it very dingy. Food was okay. Mix of fresh and frozen. Way over priced. Our waitress was nice but really slow. . The salad bar is like $10 and it's all canned food and not worth it at all. Wouldn't come back. . read more

What a disappointment :( I grew up in Munising and my grandparents took us to the Dogpatch all the time. Granted this was almost 40 years ago but it's so sad to see this place going down hill each time I pass through. This will certainly be my last visit. The server was LOUD and crass. Not sure why she thinks it's any kind of okay. When we finished eating she refused to hand me the check and insisted on handing it to my brother stating "the man pays." Are you kidding me??!! Not cute, not funny, not appropriate. The food was merely average and the salad bar had butterscotch pudding? as the only choice of pudding. No jello? The ambiance (or lack thereof) was horrible. Obviously not updated in decades. Upon walking through the door it was confusing as to whether we should seat ourselves or wait to be seated. It's too bad that this staple of Munising is in this condition. read more

Trash. There was food on the floor in the corner. Our table was dirty even after the waitress "cleaned" it. The decor is just creepy. The menus are filthy and you have to read it completely just to figure out what the goofy ass names of the dishes really are. Somehow they manage to take fish caught locally that day and dry it out with flavorless batter (for $20). They had pizza which was pre made frozen crust with what tasted like spagettio's sauce on it. I'm fairly sure their 'burger meat' that was on the kids menu isn't even meat (2 year old took a bite and refused to eat it). To top it all off, of our party of 9, 3 had to run for the bathroom immediately after leaving so I'm sure the kitchen is clean! Munising is a great place, don't waste any time here. read more

I felt like I was in an Archie comic, with the restaurant's kitschy decor. That was a fun plus. Also, our server was attentive and warm. This is where the niceness ends. We opted for the seafood buffet, which was $15.95. I chose this because a simple plate of whitefish was $18.95 by itself. It made no sense. The seafood buffet came with the soup and salad bar as well, so at least I had that...right? No. The salad bar consisted of lumpy dressing and wimpy greens, and the toppings options were few. The soup bar had one thing: Hamburger Soup. I'm a pescatarian, and decided to pass, but my partner, a confirmed carnivore, took one look and did the same. Watery sloppy joe? No, thanks. On to the fish: all the fillets still had skin on it (my pet peeve), and 90% of the options were deep-fried in thick batter and tasteless. The shrimp were majority tasteless battery lumps. Even the baked fish option had no flavor, despite a very seasoned veneer. Things were soggy and soft, and looked like they had been sitting out for a while. The green beans were bland and the hush puppies were cold. The people that were dining all around us all had the same disgruntled looks on their faces, so I'm assuming the regular dishes weren't that much better. I'm guessing this is a tourist spot, known for its "eccentricity", since it had a gift shop full of apparel branded with their name. If you're like me, and go to restaurants for the food and not the story-worthiness of an establishment, then this place is NOT worth the money. You will leave hungry. Try another restaurant. read more

For what this place is it is great. The atmosphere and staff are unique, helpful and friendly. The food won't overwhelm you with greatness but it is good. I've visited perviously and had an excellent prime rib dinner with pretty tasty mushroom soup at the salad bar. Tonight, celebrating my 5 year anniversary with a UP trip we stopped by. I order the round steak, basically a burger without a bun, topped grilled mushroom and onions. Greasy and delicious! The salad bar seemed to be in good shape. I had excellent tomato soup and I must compliment them on the quality of their ranch... I'm a bit of a ranch connoisseur if that's possible. The significant other ordered a BLT and said it wasn't the best but it was a step up from the average diner. I'm happy to hit this place up every time i'm in town... Even if visits are every couple years. read more

Dogpatch Restaurant - Front of the dog patch! - Sandwiches Near Me - Munising, Michigan

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Wuuuut. We were looking for a late-morning Bloody Mary while on vacation. Oddly the town has very few spots for such a desire. We stumbled upon this 50-year old supper clubby place. The interior was dark and dank, it smelled of old socks. The bloody was decent at best. The "country boy" platter was okay. Best to avoid this place until they update the inside. read more

Our hotel suggested the Dogpatch and noted it is family owned and has been in business for years. It was bad. We had a longer time to be seated as the wait staff are expected to bus the tables and greet guests. The whitefish basket had good fries but unappetizing fish. read more

Best place - for the price - to eat in Munising, Michigan! Love the characters all over the decor and the menu was just as entertaining to read. Craft beer menu and fresh caught fish paired well with a fresh soup and salad bar that was simply but amply appointed. It was a true delight of a dinner after taking the Pictured Rock Cruise! The nostalgic music, menu and ambiance, along with great service made our visit to Munising extra special! read more