LOVE Smith Mountain Lake Coffee House! We visit the lake once or twice year and I go every day…read morewe're there to get my caffeine fix. The s'mores latte is usually my go-to, though I've had several different drinks here and all have been great - hot or iced. They also have some really nice cafe food items that are nice for breakfast or lunch. We've had a number of their baked goods and have never been disappointed. We usually pick up several things to have at our rental for breakfasts and desserts. I've been often enough to make sure and get some of the seasonal options you can't always get. Their fall items are especially good. They've also got some cool merch and gift items. I've added a couple of pretty mugs to my coffee station here at home. The staff is always friendly and are very helpful with suggestions on drinks and food. If you haven't been in, you're really missing out.

Continuing my alphabet series with S is for Smith Mountain Lake Coffee House, 1 of 2 for letter S;…read moreboth places out of town for me. My girlfriend's parent's have a house by Smith Mountain Lake, and she recommended SML. We were down there during the week around 4th of July 2024. We went the day before the 4th on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. In terms of the quality of drink & food, it's subpar, but staff was friendly & accommodating, which gets it from 2 to 3-stars for me. We went for lunch getting a turkey wrap & iced chai. Turkey wrap was decent, but it was kind of a small amount of meat & wrap overall. It came with chips. It wasn't that much food, but I didn't care too much as I was ok with a bit lighter. As for the iced chai, it was weak. It was mostly milk, not much of the flavoring. I told them to add more chai to it, which they did but it was kind of too late. They were nice and remade me a latte drink since I didn't like the chai. The latte was better, but not great either. My g/f agreed afterward that SML was weaker than she remembered. It's a cute place with a gift shop, nice staff, but drink especially was subpar.

Food was good as always or most of the time. Service can be a little slow depending on how busy…read morethey are. We had a problem with one of our dishes and they wouldn't remove it from the bill. We never ask for that. We eat out all the time.

My experience at Copper Kettle on Mother's Day was extremely frustrating, mostly due to poor…read moreservice and management. Service was slow from the start. We waited a long time just to order drinks, and our waitress, Maggie, had to come back and ask for our drink order again. Later, I ordered a salad to go, and it came out wrong. I asked Maggie to send it back, but after waiting 25 minutes, nothing happened. I eventually had to ask for a manager. Manager James never came to speak with me. I was told he was "too busy" and that I'd need to wait until he had time, blaming the delay on it being Mother's Day. However, the restaurant did not appear that busy--there were multiple empty tables. After another 10-15 minutes, I still never spoke with James, and only then did I finally receive the corrected salad to go. I spent $200.66 including tip, which is a lot to pay for this level of service. While the food itself was good, it was very overpriced for what you receive, and the lack of attentiveness and accountability from management ruined what should have been a special meal. Unfortunately, I would not return based on this experience.

Loved the sausage gravy which was perfectly seasoned. Biscuit was not as light and flaky but the…read moreflavor and the grilled butter side was great. Hubby enjoyed a full breakfast with tasty fried potatoes. The bacon was a bit disappointing but could be because we are used to thick cut. The staff was super friendly and it was a comfortable place. I'd go back.

Cute "ma & pa" spot. If Cracker Barrel & Waffle House had a little baby, this cute hole in the wall…read morewould be it. Worth a visit. Limited seating.

I went for a girls weekend trip to sMiTh Mountain Lake. This restaurant is five stars times five…read more My steak was well prepared and my sides were delicious. It is in an old school building and the ambience is perfection. it's a must go to Restaurant. Reservations highly suggested.

Friendly staff. Front is a bit unorganized. They recommend reservations but no one answers the…read morephone. We sat at the bar and the bartenders were friendly. I got the scampi. Decent portion and lots of shrimp. Not sure it was worth $20 but it was ok. I would order again. Plenty of parking in private lot. All seating without arms. Walking with a device would be difficult specially in the bar area and going to the bathroom since there's an employee entrance on the way and the door swings out.

A year ago it would have been 3-4 rating. Over the past year Blackwater is lucky to get 1 star…read more Menu prices have gone up over 30% and portions have gone done more than that. Their specials are just recycled leftovers. Thursday is "prime rib night". Prime rib is , fine at best, but the next Tuesday you can have 5 day old prime rib as a "prime rib sandwich special" wink, wink. When you arrive less than an hour after they are open and there is only 3 specials left, you know it is just a leftover from the night before, which was affirmed by the wait staff. If you like mediocre food with okay service, this is the place for you.

Convenient location at Smith Mountain Lake, We sat in the…read morebar area which is nice, good energy and not too loud. The warm pretzels were awesome! Hubby had the prime rib which was good, baked potato was charred on the skin and the green beans were not seasoned and under cooked. Both had beers which were local and good.

Part 2 of 2 for W in alphabet series for W is for Westlake Coffee & Cafe. This breaks my current…read morealphabet series of places gone to with my girlfriend from the beginning of our relationship up to Easter 2025, but I had just reviewed Smith Mountain Lake Coffee recently from last 4th of July week visit in 2024 and wanted to compare the two from visiting on the 4th of July itself in 2025 here. Westlake Coffee & Cafe was a bit of a mixed bag for me and perhaps more of a 3.5 stars, but I'm rounding up in this case as I'm giving some benefit of the doubt and some things exceeded expectations. Also, a prior Yelp reviewer essentially said great sandwiches, nice staff, etc., what more could you ask for, and only gave 3-stars; never stated any reason why it was a mediocre 3-stars, so another reason I'm rounding to 4-stars. Also, I gave SML Coffee 3-stars, and I wanted to distinguish that Westlake Coffee & Cafe was superior to me. My girlfriend & I were staying at her parents' home around 4th of July 2025 and wanted to eat out for lunch. Lunch options are a bit limited, but we saw this online, menu, reviews, & seemed like a decent choice. My g/f's mom warned us that they are very slow, so have your patience. I said I know I read that online could take 30 minutes. Also, the portions are big and might consider splitting sandwich. When we arrived, I ordered a chicken salad sandwich & g/f got a turkey caprese both on sourdough bread. We figured we'd eat half of ours & switch to try each others. Also, I said we could split a large Caramel Latte, but it seems like I was charged 70 cents more than the posted price. My g/f believes that it was a 4th tier not on the menu. $5.25 small, $5.75 medium, $6.45 large, & not printed on the menu was a 4th tier Extra Large as it does say Extra Large on the receipt. This extra 70 cent discrepancy bugged me, but I'm going to give them the benefit of doubt per what my g/f thinks. The woman cashier was cordial, but wasn't quite as nice as Smith Mountain Coffee. I asked for water while we were waiting to another person, which I interacted with 2 staff members, the one I asked & one who handed me the water, who were friendlier. As for the wait time, this exceeded our expectations of the long 20-30 minute wait, it was more like 10-15 minutes, and while that's not great, I was pleasantly surprised when the food & drink was ready. The quality of the iced latte was far superior to the drink I got at SML Coffee. Huge win to Westlake on that! The sandwiches were better than the wrap I got at SML too. The sandwiches use Boar's Head Meats & cheeses. The chicken salad sandwich was great, and my g/f Turkey Caprese was solid too. As it turns out, we both liked what our original choice better than the other, but both of us like both. This is a small place with very limited seating, so better to take to go if it makes sense, but it's nicely decorated with comfortable seating. Also, the original cashier was friendlier at the end. She might've been slightly stressed with orders & our couple of questions. Overall, in spite of a couple of negatives, we'd return when down here.

Delicious coffee just the way I love it. Drive through…read moreservice is timely, and courteous too. What else could you want?

A prime water front restaurant on Smith Mountain Lake. More dive bar feel, but third generation run…read more(which is saying a lot!) and worth a visit if you're in the area. Locals know the drill, order a bucket of beer and get settled in. Don't expect it to be very kid friendly, no kids menu and all the tables outside are high tops (although they do have high chairs). We arrived slightly before 6pm, before the dinner rush- but still waited 45 minutes to get our food. Our bill was slightly discounted because of the delay, (did I mention we had to get our own lemonade refill) but I'd rather have faster food service than comped food. The view is what people really come for. Here's a snap of my drink, The Hummingbird.

Great views, good food, attentive service. Enjoyed our lunch, even outside with fans on a really…read morehot day!

You could actually take a complete order instead of taking half of a drink order and walking off to…read moreseat another table. If you don't want people at your restaurant, don't seat them. Plenty of other places on the lake. Most of them want your business. Another suggestion... when you take a food order, bring the food that was ordered. Don't bring some other random item of your choosing. Never again.

Probably my favorite restaurant of all that we tried during our week at Smith Mountain Lake. We…read moreopted to sit outside on what had been a mostly cloudy day... then the sun came out and it got a little toasty during dinner. Our server was attentive, and kept all our drinks topped off throughout dinner. I asked her about the paninis and she recommended the blackened tuna panini. Definitely a good choice! (Next time, I may opt for the wasabi aioli on the side, though.) Would definitely eat here again!

Service great Food awesome…read more Nice family atmosphere Large menu to include food kids will like Sunday morning buffet is to die for

Food and service are always a positive. We came for the brunch on Sunday. And less than an hour…read morebefore close. Afraid they might be closing the buffet down. Instead, they kept filling it up! Gourmet? No Happy and full? Absolutely!

We were in town from Knoxville & had a delicious brunch! The food was wonderful, the atmosphere…read moreis great & our service was exceptional (thank you Londyn!) Do yourself a favor & stop in here!

Such a great little place tucked away in town. The food is the perfect "home cooked" meal. Prices…read moreare good and service is wonderful!