Great food and great staff! There is a reason they have been going strong for so long. Keep up the good work.

I have dined on the Pecan Encrusted Grouper, the wonderful Prime Rib, with a slice of key lime pie, and shiner bock to wash it all down. I have never gotten a bad meal there and enjoy celebrating holidays, and family events there. The appetizers are great to enjoy while trying to decide on a main course. read more

This was one of the worst dining experiences I have encountered. I travel a lot but have low expectations, as I am from a small town. It took an hour to get our first order of food, staff is not attentive and slow. We had 4 additional people join us for dinner and their order still did not arrive, yet another hour of waiting. We asked on the progress and were told it would be a while. Twenty minutes later, still nothing, so we asked for it to go, another 20 went by and no to go food. So, I asked if we could just leave, this is now 2 1/2 hours in their restaurant. No one said were sorry, the food is ready, let us make it right, Nothing. I asked the manager "why?"on the way out and he said "we had your food ready." Not a customer service driven restaurant and coming from close to Louisiana, the food was bland and cold (what we were able to taste and it finally arrived). Do not waste precious time and money here, your better off at TGI Friday's. read more

This is our favorite date-night place. Go during the week or get a late reservation on the weekend. Everything on the menu is good. Our favorites are the fried green tomatoes, shrimp fritters, and the aged rib eye. The Parmesan spinach is also yummy. The service is outstanding. If we have ever had to wait for a drink refill or to order, they have given us a free dessert or appetizer (this has happened several times now), even when we didn't feel the wait was very long. There's not another restaurant in Conway that comes close to the service & attention you get at Mike's. read more

Pretty good. The menu is pretty big which is usually an indication that they will screw something up. The deserts are pretty good, the bread pudding and turtle cheese cake were nothing special. Both chicken meals we had were kind of dry. The Crap cakes were very good and so was the baja shrimp. I was not a fan of the zucchini fries and the coconut shrimp. read more

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I took my wife there for her birthday and we were very happy with the food. The salmon and my medium rare steak was cooked perfect and the gumbo is to die.for and our waitress was awesome! Great friendly people great food you will not be disappointed read more

Mike's Place - American Near Me - Conway, Arkansas

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On several recommendations from some locals, I took my husband to this restaurant for his birthday. I did make a reservation even though it was a weekday because so many commenters said they were a good idea. For a 7 pm week night reservation, the restaurant was not empty but not very crowded either, making for a perfect date night. The service was excellent; our server was the the right amount of friendly and attentive without being intrusive. What made my day was a special 2 page gluten free menu! There was a good variety available from each category. This means a lot to those of us who are usually left with salads to choose from at most restaurants. The food was very good. I had the prime rib medium rare and that is how it was served. Hubby ordered the bronzed whitefish with creole sauce and was very pleased with the portions and the flavors. Since it was his birthday, he was brought a dessert with a candle! We will definitely remember this restaurant when wanting to go out for a nice dinner. read more

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I get hungry just thinking about it! Paul works hard as well as the whole staff! Phenomenal place to be!

Consistent. We've been going for years, and they have maintained the same, quality, consistency. Highly recommend this place.

This is a fancy place that I like to take out of town guests. It feels special to go here and we went for my mothers birthday. The food is pretty good and the service is stellar. I'm not a big fan of seafood but it is good here. I really love the desserts! It was a good experience and I'm glad we did birthday lunch here. read more

From out of town, recommended by my Hotel. With all the great reviews, I expected an excellent dinner on a Sunday night. Arrived around 7 pm and was seated immediately at a booth in the bar area. Waiter was attentative and professional. I think my main mistake was ordering the salmon. All the reviews I read while waiting for my meal raved about the prime rib and steaks. I ordered the salmon with the citrus Dijon sauce- both were bland. I had the mixed vegetables and green beans with bacon. The veggies were zucchini, summer squash and red pepper- tasty and nicely done. 2nd mistake was the green beans. I expected savory but got overly sweet from some kind of brown sugar sauce- maybe good with beef but not with fish. Had a 30 minute wait for my meal- was it me dining alone? Brief apology...service slow due to several large parties. Overall a very expensive but satisfactory meal. read more

Best steak house in Conway. And Little Rock actually. Service is always amazing. We eat here weekly. Prime Rib is always perfect!

So so good! I love to come here for my birthday or anniversaries. I usually always get something on the seafood side. Shrimp or crabs and it's delicious every single time. I would definitely recommend. read more

My parents and I ate here for the first time a week ago and the place and all we could say was how good the food was. I ordered seafood crepes which were amazing, and my parents ordered the prime rib. I tried some of the prime rib and it was the most amazing cut of meat I have ever tried. Believe me when I say my family knows their cuts of meat. We are still talking about how good the prime rib was over a week later. The waitress was really nice and the the whole staff in general was really nice. The place is tucked away and I would definitely recommend it as nice getaway. read more

This place was amazing! Great atmosphere, great service and fantastic food for a great price! I loved everything we ate! Can't wait to go back again! read more

Great food and great staff. I have a hard time eating there because of the smell, though. Not sure what it is, but it smells sort of musty. Maybe using a mop that isn't being cleaned after each use or reusing a dirty rag on the tables. Fujis has the same smell. read more

Very consistent flavors and presentation. Doesn't change a lot so you know what you're going to get and you'll be generally pleased.

Nice water patio. But the food was not good. Had the chicken which was smaller than ever. Changes to fried chicken and let's say the chicken was blaaaa. The fried part or the skin, was salty the chicken was bland no taste at all. I can say the bake potato was also not good was not even hot. And I found water at the bottom of the potato. Food here is not the best at all. Bland bland bland at a price which is Tomuch. And to add it all the place had people and pricy but the food is not good at all. read more

This was the first time I ate there. All five of us did not have anything left to take home. It was great. Service and staff very nice and makes you feel like at home. My opinion this is the best place in Conway. All of us will be back. read more

This place was great. We had the rehearsal dinner for my sisters wedding here. The private party room was lovely. They had appetizers ready for us when we arrived from the wedding. And the seafood quality for being in Arkansas was amazing. I would definitely recommend the sweet potato fries with the praline dipping sauce. read more

Prime Rib was superb as stated numerous times in many reviews. I'm normally 100% a ribeye guy but the pictures and reviews sounded/looked so good I went for it. Glad I did. I've not had decent Prime Rib experiences in the past if I ever branched out. This one repaired my image of them. Potato was run of the mill but hey, it's a potato...what can you really do? Salad was good and the croutons seemed to be homemade. Waiting on bread pudding(I really shouldn't but...). I wish I had more to compare the bread pudding to but my wife won't typically let me have desert. It was ok, not slap ya mamma, but good read more

This used to be my favorite restaurant back when I was a student at Hendrix college. During a visit my fiancé and I decided that we just had to eat dinner here, and boy are we glad that we did!! It is every bit as amazing as we remembered it being. The fried green tomatoes are a must, and my prime rib was melt in your mouth delicious. The waiter was helpful and very friendly. I literally have nothing negative to say. read more

What can I say? It's Mikes Place! The food is always amazing. The service is always the best and I always leave with a big smile on my face. Especially when I've ordered the seafood crepes. read more

This is the best restaurant in Conway, hands down. Walking into Mike's you wouldn't even think you're in Conway, Arkansas. It's super classy and has both a bar and restaurant area. It does get crowded and the wait can be much, so plan ahead. The menu has great options and the food is great. I highly recommend Mike's Place. read more

Had a business dinner and was delighted to see the many options on the menu. The signature drink called a "Toad" is a nice treat. One person in our party asked for the Brently sauce in which to dip the fresh warm bread - GENIUS! Our table ordered a variety of dishes, that were all delivered promptly with a smile, and all special requests were honored beautifully. I'd definitely return and would recommend to everyone. read more

I have dined there on several occasions out of convience of location. The food was always overpriced and overcooked. The staff were rude and were planning what they were going to do after work while we were waiting for service.I have not been back since I dared to go out without my wig ,after chemo.I'm 40, and was nervous. while we waited at the bar I was ordering my second glass of wine and was cut-off!! My husband wanted a explanation, and they told him I was drunk! and escorted us out!!!!! I have never been so humiliated in all my life!! That was NEW YEARS!!! Rude service and the food is overpriced and mediocre at best. read more

Mike's Place is perhaps the most underwhelming "fine" dining experience one will have in Conway. To be fair to them, they have it easy. The nearest "Louisiana-style" food joint that is meant to be at the same caliber is in Little Rock, at least a 30 minute drive, and just as expensive. There isn't much competition for Conway's lavish dinner market in general. But this has got to be the worst of them. The ambiance was fine. It's quaint, a rather sizable restaurant laid out so that it doesn't feel huge, but organized into little nooks here and there so one gets the feeling they are in a smaller, quieter place. Our waiter, Ryan, was briefly attentive, with the kind of Matthew McConaughey southern drawl that really draws you into a conversation. That was great. The only problem was, he did very little speaking. In fact, I'm fairly certain the only words he said after introducing himself were in order to take our orders and bring us the check. There was no helpful banter about the menu, no specials mentioned, and little to no personality within Ryan's comings and goings. This isn't the end all of the restaurant, but compared to the wait staff of many other upper-end restaurants in Conway, he had the personality of a McDonald's employee. It wasn't what I expected. Nor did I expect the woman who brought our food out to not say a single word, and set my wife's plate in front of me, and mine in front of her, then leave without asking if everything was in order. It was mind-boggling. But hey, we had some amazing, 20$ plates of food in front of us, and we were on a date night, our first since our child was born. It had to get better, right? It didn't. The food was simply the most underwhelming thing to enter my mouth at a restaurant in Conway in quite some time. My wife ordered a pick-two-entrees sample meal, and her options were bacon-wrapped scallops and Brantley shrimp. The Shrimp were not even warm, and the scallops were well overdone. I tried them both myself because I barely believed her, but she was right, and it was barely edible in the state in which in came to our table. I ordered fried shrimp, which was fine. It's fried shrimp, and hard to do wrong for even the most rudimentary chef. But they got my order wrong, and brought me broccoli with some powdered Parmesan on top. No big deal, I thought, I'll just ask Ryan about it and have him bring me the fries I actually ordered. Ten minutes after our food arrived, when he finally emerged at our table once more, I asked him about the fries, and he brought them, commenting that I could keep the broccoli as a "bonus." Gee, thanks, I thought, as I touched the cold, hard, broccoli on my plate. It was as if they microwaved broccoli and scooped it on the plate. I also had fried okra, which was fine, but again, can be obtained almost anywhere and even a new chef could master fried okra rather easily. I could go on, but suffice it to say that we paid over 60$ for a meal with quality little better than an average chain restaurant, which would have cost us half what we paid at Mike's Place. As I said before, Conway has far better options, and perhaps someone will come along and challenge their reputation by delivering quality bayou-based cuisine in a much better way than Mike's. The worst part is that Mike's Place is a locally owned joint with a customer base that lives for the idea that locally owned is best. This is actually great for our community. We don't have to live off the Olive Gardens and Red Lobsters that many other cities have come to enjoy, never knowing that a place like Mike's can stand out in quality and service. It's the kind of place that can and should thrive in Conway, but to be frank, Mike's Place just doesn't fit the bill, and the people deserve better. read more

The decor and staff are better than the food. It's a bit pricey for the quality of food (IMHO). However, the Caribbean chicken salad is spot on! I tire the blackened grouper (which was good), the étouffée (very average), and the ribeye (very good). The wild rice was a disaster but my sweet potato was cooked well. read more

Had the sampler and everything was great. Loved the atmosphere and staff was awesome. Prices were very reasonable.

I love this place! The ambiance is good, the food is excellent. I've had just about everything on the menu and I've only had one instance where I wasn't happy and they were quick to fix it. I can take my family here, or just go one on one with my husband. read more

I can't think of one single negative comment about Mike's. My husband and I love to visit Mike's for special occasions; birthdays, anniversaries, etc. They serve the best steaks in town, the calamari is perfection, and the service is top notch! read more

The best summary of this place is "Amazing". The food was wonderful and the service has been great each time I've been there. Each time it is just me, so it makes it difficult to try a small amount of multiple things. Their choose two platters are perfect for this situation. I recently wanted to try a half portion of an appetizer and they were able to accommodate. If they had been unable then my order would have been a little smaller. Great customer service results in more $$. read more

The cool thing about Mikes Place is it is locally owned and nestled in historic downtown Conway. The decor and over all layout is unique by comparison to most. There are two slightly different areas to dine...as you walk in the front entrance to the main floor, the ambience is bright and friendly with the kitchen and chefs exposed to watch as they do their thing. The second area is partitioned by large brick columns and is a much more intimate setting for you and your sweetie pie. I have dined here twice, once for dinner with friends and another for lunch with my boyfriend. At night the atmosphere is fun and vibrant. Now on to the nitty gritty...THE DRANK & EATS! The food is decent, not bad but definitely nothing impressive considering the price of the main menu. To be honest I've had better chicken dishes and prime rib sandwiches at chain restaurants. Luckily they serve their lunch section 7 days a week. The drinks are so so so very basic, too much grenadine and puckers and not enough fresh ingredients or ALCOHOL! (Ha) Personally I am a lemon drop martini kinda girl and I was extremely disappointed. Overall, the atmosphere is pretty cool, the waitstaff is friendly, and the food and drinks....are meh. read more

Great food, great atmosphere! I would say this is the place to go in Conway. I don't live there and went here for dinner on a business trip. Food was great and cooked to perfection! I would go back again, and highly recommend it! read more

So I've been hard on Mike's before, but I tried them for Lunch yesterday and couldn't be more pleased. Fast Food costs have skyrocked as of late, so I decided to go to a sit down resturant, and I am glad I did. The Service as always is on point. I ordered the Shrimp lunch for 8.99. Now this meal comes w/ bread, salad, and the shrimp (5 or 6 good size shrimp) and honestly this was a steal. The salad here is always top notch, no skimping on lunch salad, you get the same great salad you get for dinner. The bread good, and the Shrimp spiced nicely. 13 to 15 bucks and I was full. Good value read more

The food gets nothing but the best reviews. Please order the steak it will melt in your mouth. I have had many steaks before no sauce needed. Will be back. read more

Driving through Conway we found this restaurant on yelp. So glad we did! Taste of Louisiana all the way. Great fried shrimp and good wine list. Also discovered Old Town Conway. read more

This place was very good, extremely friendly staff, very nice atmosphere. Prices were decent and so much to choose from. Steak had a lot of fat and gristle tho but ya never know with that. Will def be back! read more

We liked the decor and atmosphere. Food was average, not really what we expected. Server was good. Overall average place.

So the food is pretty ok here. But the prices are stupid. For instance, I had the blackened bleu chicken salad and added on the Beef Tenderloin. This was $28.48. The beef was good. The salad was Romaine lettuce with some tomatoes and croutons. (So, I replaced the chicken with the beef but did not get charged any less so may as well have kept the chicken for another meal - maybe the price would have then been worth it). Let's compare this steak salad to the one at Brave New. The one at Brave New is $28.50. This salad also comes with 6 oz of beef, but it has lettuce, artichoke hearts, vegetables, roasted tomatoes, and an array of fancy cheeses. I think Brave New's salad is expensive too, but I get 2 meals out of that one and for 0.02cents more, it is worth the drive. read more