The patio in the summer is awesome! It's covered, and there's a great view of the neighboring lake. Bring your sunglasses (just in case)! There's two TVs on the patio as well. Didn't get a chance to go inside, but it's nicely lit with string lights across the ceiling. There was live music inside the evening we were there and people were dancing. Now, for the food, the onion rings are great! They are beer battered, so I am particularly a fan. I got the chicken parmesan sandwich, which I would say came out exactly how I expected it to. It didn't knock my socks off or disappoint. Very middle of the road. If you get a fountain drink it comes in a GIANT cup. The service is where they lose a star. The food came out EXTREMELY slow. It felt like our server was trying to avoid our table, probably because our food was just taking forever. She was very apologetic about how long the food was taking, but the food we ordered are definitely not orders that should take as long as they did. Despite this, I'll be back! The view is unbeatable! read more

One thing you can count on at this place is consistency. I have been there about five times, and on each occasion, the person deemed to be our waitress ONLY showed up to sling a pinch of sweetness our way when she delivered the bill. Not once after we sat down did we see her. Other than that, our party, usually 4-5 persons each time, has to leave the table and seek any wait staff, bartender, or bus person that would give us eye contact (once standing in front of them) to have basic needs met. I need to say that we are always courteous, never demanding, and don't dare complain because we realized early on you can't say anything simple like are "you are waitress, can you help us?" without flashback. I made that mistake during my first visit at the restaurant and the actual waitress showed up to tell me she was busy, but that SHE was the waitress for the table. She quickly bounced out of there not to be seen until the bill was delivered. In 99.9% of the restaurants I've been in, the type of service we expect is pretty BASIC: (BTW we wait up to 20 minutes before tracking down someone). On our latest visit we left the table for those basics 1) get menus, received one menu 2) left the table to locate someone to order food 3) left the table to seek silverware to eat the food with 4) left the table to seek beverages. One of the waitresses (ours supposedly) is consistent with her attitude. Maybe she needs a different type of career, as she certainly doesn't seem to appreciate the restaurant business. Normally I'm a very good tipper. This time I forced myself to give 20% to the waitress who did NOTHING!!! Additionally, during this last visit, one of the meals ordered by a person in onever made it to the table. Ambiance?! How can you feel the ambiance under these circumstances. This review represents the opinion of multiple persons in our group of 8. read more

Outside on the deck looking at the lake was nice! We ordered a pizza and chicken/ranch baked sub- both were delicious!! Our server was extremely busy with many tables but was very efficient in making sure we had everything we needed. Highly recommend and can't figure out the relatively mediocre overall rating - be sure to stop in for a beer or meal! read more

We love this place for lunches in the winter months. Great service and good food. One of the best Rubens I have ever had.

I have visited Lakeview Inn, since I was a small child, with family and friends and I am now 65. Always a wonderful experience, excellent food, service and atmosphere. This past Saturday night was an exception. The food was great, but, horrible service by our waitress. We arrived for dinner and seated ourselves near the back exit. No one greeted or waited on us for nearly fifteen minutes. A young woman arrived and promptly removed two tables and multiple chairs from the table where we were seated. There were several empty tables and many chairs when she did this and then she left. Another ten to fifteen minutes passed and the young lady returns. No greeting, apologies for us waiting, no menus, no silverware, no waters and we literally, shouted for two Bloody Mary's, as she is walking away. I also, asked for her to please bring us two menus. She heard and ignored me. We wait another ten to fifteen minutes and my friend retrieved menus for us. Waitress returns with our Bloody Mary's and literally, places them on table and turns quickly again to leave. We yelled that we would like a basket of fried mushrooms. She barely acknowledged our request. Still no communication, silverware, offer of menus, water or apologies for time that had passed. She returns with mushrooms and we quickly place orders for entrees before she leaves again. She never extended specials or substitutes for items in our orders. We yelled again for another Bloody Mary while her back is to us for the third time while requesting drinks, appetizers and food. She never once checked on us. When the food and third drink arrive I asked for water and before we could request two glasses of water she was gone again. The Bloody Mary's were good but missing any olives, pickles or other dressings, that usually accompany even the most basic Bloody Mary. The fried mushrooms were absolutely delicious, as were my friends burger and my perch basket. We retrieved catsup ourselves from another table for our french fries, as we did also, with the menus. Several tables that arrived nearly a half an hour after us were greeted, given menus, drinks and food before we had the opportunity to shout out that we needed menus , drinks, appetizers, water and food. We were literally unable to ask about specials, substitutions, desserts and other items before the waitress disappeared. Her rudeness and lack of most basic customer service skills placed a damper on our entire dining experience and evening. We both left the restaurant angry, although, our food was wonderful. We both are usually generous tippers and are very understanding about servers having an off night or extremely heavy amount of customers to serve. Our waitress appeared toward the end of our meal, when we were almost finished, as if she thought this bare, minimum, single, gesture, would still find a generous tip for our nearly hundred dollar meal. I felt no tip was justified. My friend left very little tip to extend our extreme displeasure at our service. The waitress suddenly appeared at our table as we were leaving. It was the only time during our dinner that she took an interest in servicing our table and it was when we were finished, paid and leaving. Terrible customer service and waitress. If I return I will absolutely refuse further service from this waitress before placing any order. This has never occurred here before and our past servers have always been wonderful. The food was very good, as it has always been. The waitressing skills were nothing short of deeply disappointing. read more

We're continuing our search for the best bar burger in our area as we stopped going to our old one because of the new owner trying to save a dime by keeping the heat very low and hiring cheap help. Lakeside Inn is NOT it! The waitress was very rude by coming up behind me and slamming silverware on the table right in front of me scaring the sh@! out of me. The burger did not taste to good and smelled like fish! WON'T be back read more

This place exists because there is so little competition, and that is the only reason. Food is not good, just meh. Service is rude. They do not allow you to bring your own water in...they force you to drink their disgusting tap water that tastes like human farts. Let people bring their own non-fart water in please. It's 2025. read more

An amazing atmosphere, good music and outstanding food! Nice wait staff and the bartender is the best!

Couldn't believe the disgusting way the bartender talked to my deaf grandfather. Clearly he can't hear and she is calling him names and mocking him. She kept calling him dumb deaf randy which is crazy because his name is Ralphie. Couldn't believe the disgusting way they treated all their customers. Disgusted!! If I could give this 0 stars I would! - Kevin Langford read more

Terrible service! Mid food! The service here was absolutely terrible, I would never come here again. My friend has a peanut and sesame allergy, she had asked my waitress to check with the kitchen to see if there are any sesame and or peanut in the ingredients. The waitress said she has no absolute answer for her since she refused to check with the kitchen. So we went to another waitress and she gave us the answer we needed. Although it may seem like no big deal that waitress was potentially putting my friends life in danger since my friends lungs will immediately start to close. The food here is not worth the money. It took over 45 minutes for a couple of appetizers to come out, and they were not worth the wait. They even made us pay for the ice. The portions were incredibly small especially for the money we payed. Tip for the waitress, treat your costumers with respect. read more

Delicious food! Reasonably priced. Enjoyed sitting at the bar while waiting for our takeout.

My wife and I tried their buffalo wings, garlic bread with cheese and tomatoes and a 12" homemade pizza. The wings were the best around, crispy and sauced. The garlic cheese bread with tomatoes had such a rich garlic flavor and the tomatoes were fresh and juicy too! We waited till we got home to try the pizza which was also very good. The crust was my favorite part! Very good food all around and the service was great. We will definitely be going back to try their plenty of other food options as well. They get 5 stars from us for sure!!! read more

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Went to dinner 8/17/23. Food and service were done. Great to have a live band (whisky retreat). It would be awesome to see if it was even better on the front porch. read more

Oh boy, I found a new place for pizza. We stopped by the Lakeview Inn last Saturday as we heard they have live music. They didn't have music when we were there but D did talk to the manager about playing there. On the advise of our waitress, we ordered their onion rings. They came out piping hot and were very good. We chose the meat lovers pizza which came overflowing with pepperoni, ham, sausage, and salami. I have to admit it was one of the best pizzas I have had. The crust was perfect, sauce had a sweet bite to it, and the toppings were all fresh. I'm so glad we stopped into this small but friendly tavern. read more

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Awesome casual ambiance that totally embodies lake life. Service was amazing so was the food (especially mozz sticks!). Great beers on tap. Highly recommend! read more

Husband and I went to Lakeview Inn Saturday late afternoon and had the deep fried mushrooms and onion rings. Both items were very good and the Bloody Mary was excellent!!! Ordered a small meat lovers pizza to take home and we're very impressed how good it was as well. It was awesome and will definitely return. That Bloody Mary though!! Must return for one of those!!! Service was good too, all around great experience!! read more

Terrible Service Over Priced Attitude Dirty Nasty Food Greasy Trailer Trash Clientele If this is what your looking for I highly recommend! read more

I really liked this place before the pandemic, but now that they have a brunch menu (and mimosa to appease the wife & sister in law) it's so much better. The breakfast pizza is AHHHHMAZING. the staff is so nice. I think we've been there every Sunday since they started doing brunch. See ya there!! read more

This is a great place to take your family after a day at one of the nearby Sister Lakes. The food quality is good, the prices are affordable, and our waitress was friendly and prompt. They have worked hard to improve the seating area and the bathrooms are clean. Don't miss Taco Tuesday, and some of their other weekly specials! read more

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One of our favorites! We always stop here when in Sister Lakes-good food, great view, great service!

I genuinely dislike leaving negative reviews, but I'm compelled to share our experience. Party of two, simple orders, 90+ minutes to get our food. Once received, the order was incorrect, but I wasn't about to send it back after our wait time. However, none of the above is the reason for the single star review. The low rating is due to my wife and I witnessing 3 other (larger) parties arriving 15 to 30 minutes after us receiving food before us. Lakeview Inn, you can do better. read more

Easy, greasy, and decent food. Bar food with ok salads and better than average burgers. Is this gourmet food? No. But it is a great option when in the Sister Lakes area and you don't want to go far. Outdoor area in the summer with live music! read more

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Cute Lakeside restaurant, great view ,great ambience. Some of the staff members didn't know how to make certain drinks that are pretty commonly known maybe mgmt. should have some signature drinks that everyone knows how to consistently make. Definitely needs more seating ,would like to see keto Paleo friendly choices read more

Ok talk about a 180! Very good service! Food was so much better and the Manager was what made us want to come back! Our waitress Jess was fantastic!! We will be back! read more

Keeping in line with covid regulations while providing good food and service. Old fashioned neighborhood bar that has been brought into the modern era while keeping its original charm. read more

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I've been here before and have no complaints but I tried their pizza for the first time today & I do not recommend it. Tasted like cardboard! Great sauce but the crust needs work. read more

Very nice updates. Beautiful deck with tables and umbrellas. Food is delicious Perfect atmosphere

Outstanding food! Best onion rings and mushrooms ever! Their batter is to die for! Perch, buffalo chicken pizza, Reuben with house made corned beef are delicious. The only thing is the speed for getting food. It.takes.forever!!! No joke. We went for the food knowing this. It was fairly light on the crowd and still took a looong time. read more

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Our food was absolutely delicious and service was great! They have really reasonable prices, and overall enjoyed the friendly conversations we had with the girls that were working. We Will definitely be back!! read more

Long time resident and frequent Lakeview often.Particularly enjoy specials such as burgers and fish. Was really turned off Friday 8/14 when I ordered fish to go for my grandson who works late. Didn't mind paying $10 for his burger the week before during $3 Burger Nite, but $20 for what was supposed to be a Perch Basket was over the top. First, it was not perch: was tasteless; and no slaw or side salad included. My grandson told me the piece of fish I brought home from my All You Can Eat Fish Dinner was far better. I understand why you charge more on specials nite for to go items, but the fact that you have NO reasonable fish baskets on your To Go Menu is an oversight. I will be back for specials, but will not order a $20 fish basket. read more

We love lakeview! They recently got a new menu and re did the inside and deck outside! It's awesome! If you haven't been since May 2019, I would highly recommend to go again and try-- you won't be disappointed! read more

This place has done wonders to the building! The outdoor area is big and beautifully redone! The food is great and the prices are even better! For sure an awesome hangout with friends and have a few drinks atmosphere. read more

Love this place. Great food and atmosphere!! I've gone with friends and with the whole family and everyone loved it. The menu is diverse and delicious. Sometimes they even have live music! read more

Great place for lunch out on the deck overlooking the lake. Good BLT, home made chips, and service. But unless they read this and hopefully change their pizza dough, do not order pizza. Good sauce, great toppings, but worst crust I've ever had in my entire life. Like chewing on plastic coated cardboard. It's like it didn't rise or crisp or whatever it was supposed to do. read more

Horrible service,waited 45 minutes after we ordered, our food was given to another table. When we asked the waitress about it, all she said was "I don't know what to do." The manager was greats out it and apologized. We left without ever eating. read more

waited 2.5 hours for chips and salsa, ice in the chocolate milk because they were running out, horrible management. coming from a woman who was born into the restaurant business and knows both sides. never. going. back. read more

If you decide to try this place bring your patience with you. It was 45 minutes from the time we ordered till we got our food. It was not very crowded ....I would hate to see how long it would take if they were busy. My Italian sausage sandwich was burnt on the bottom. My wife had a fish sandwich which was OK. We are local folks and we were hoping the new ownership would provide a good place to eat. read more

My family enjoyed our breakfast at the Lakeview Inn this morning. Food is made to order, with love and care, so yes, you might have to wait a bit. A bottomless bloody Mary (just $8, delicious and a great deal) kept me company as we waited. As far as breakfast goes, I think the food is more affordable and better than the other local option, the Wright Place. We are a sharing type family so I tried a bit of everyone's food. Everything ranged from good to great. I loved my omelette -- a somewhat strange but delicious beast with hash browns, sausage and cheese inside and sausage gravy on top. My wife's corned beef hash was one of the best versions I've had and may have converted me from a corned beef hash skeptic to full-on corned beef hash lover. This is a low key place, nothing fancy, but it has the right vibe for the location. Everyone working there is friendly and clearly cares about the establishment and its customers. We will be back again soon. read more