Great consistent brews with a bevy of very creative pours. Boy had the jalapeño Mac. He was a…read morefan. I had the mutilated lips pie. Get one every time I'm there. Great pizza! Newest room is loud. That is the only down side. Prefer summer visits that can be outside. Still, a winter trip to Short's makes me think of summer.

This is such a cool place, very friendly and attentive service, and all the food we got to try and…read morethe beers were really good. We started with a flight and then had some of their more traditional beers. Overall, it's a good spot to come with family or friends and definitely have a good time.

The good: the ambiance is beautiful and the service is amazing. We had a really excellent server!…read more The bad: the food was SO subpar, especially for the prices. The mushroom soup was just okay. There was too much pepper in the soup. The hot toddy was a good drink. The elk meatloaf was just okay. The bbq sauce was a little too sweet. The mushroom pasta was not good at all. It was so unbelievably bland. Over $40 for the most bland pasta I've ever had. I am not sold at this point in coming back. Again, the service was amazing! The food was not worth it for the price.

A characteristic of a great restaurant is; Fresh Quality Food, Servers and Staff who are long…read moreterm, Great Ambiance and established clientele. We have been dining at Bennethum's for 15+ years based on all of these. The best upscale, (but not pretentious) option in the Gaylord area. Josh and his family go the extra mile to insure their guests feel welcome and receive great service. On our most recent visit, I had the Perch, a menu staple. Always fresh, lightly dusted and flash fried, nice portion and great flavor. Accompanied with jasmine rice and green beans. My wife had the BNI Blue Wedge Salad, blue cheese dressing , applewood smoked bacon, tomatoes, onion, with shrimp added for protein. Shrimp were plump, juicy and flavorful. And a meal is not complete without a loaf of their BNI bread. :) Great cocktails, warm ambiance. Be sure to check them out when in Gaylord area.

Oh how I wish this place would have been better. It's a…read morecute place and our server did a great job overall. Those are the highlights. My friend ordered the kabob dinner and said it was good...but over $20 for some veggies is crazy. My gyro and truffle fries....honestly I should have just sent them back. This is one of the most disappointing meals I've had recently. They put a tomato paste on it that I almost requested without, but trusted it would be interesting. It literally tasted like cheap canned tomato paste. Gross and certainly doesn't blend well on a gyro. The lamb meat itself had a decent taste, but the way it is served makes it difficult to eat in a pita. Gyros are typically chopped or shaved lamb which makes it easier to eat and helps ensure you're getting more lamb per bite. Served in these strips, it was just falling apart and not blending with the feta. The fries...terrible. Just terrible. $6 to sub truffle fries which seems like too much but I hadn't had them in a long time so had to go for it. Listed in subs it simply says truffle fries, so I didn't know they were going to be covered in liquid cheese. They ARE listed in appetizers with the full description but I didn't look there until after bc I didn't order an appetizer. The cheese was awful, completely overwhelmed the TINY bit of truffle taste, and SO salty! Take a look at the picture and decide for yourself if the gyro and fries is worth $23. I eat a lot of gyros, and this being the most expensive one I've had is the worst. Heads up that they charge a service fee. Doesn't bother me as I always tip at least 20% but no one pointed that out and I'm not really sure what it's for. Does that go into the servers pocket or? Won't be going back to find out.

I got a chance to grab a drink here on a rainy Sunday afternoon with friends at the bar and it was…read moreabsolutely packed! Their bar area is huge and they have quite the extensive food menu as well, while everything smelled delicious, we opted not to eat there and just grab drinks. The service was a bit slow but they warned us of that due to the amount of people they had, which we were totally fine with. It's a great location and they were really chill. I'd love to come back and grab food here another time!

If you're rolling into Traverse City around lunch time on a Saturday, just go straight to 7 Monks…read moreto get your weekend properly started. We got there around 1pm and it was packed, but comfortable. We snagged the last available table and appreciated the good selection of beer and cider. Service was friendly and fast too. Which was good since we were starving. Fried pickles and cheese curds were fresh and not at all greasy. I always appreciate when a kitchen knows how to handle their frying oil. We split the fried apps and a karaage rice bowl for a fine lunch to launch us into the rest of the weekend. I would totally go back to this place.

Although this isn't technically a brewery, it kinda feels like one.it is a tap room with not a huge…read moremenu, but enough variety to please anyone who enters. I've been here a couple times now while visiting TC for work, and I'd come back. Service was great, and food and beer is good. What more do you need? The interior is kinda dark but bright enough to see who you are talking to. I'd come back again.

Holy nachos, they were amazing! Great little atmosphere. I had a special which was like a chicken…read moresandwich with truffle Parmesan and it was amazing and my husband had the Reuben and I'm assuming it must've been good cause he ate it all. We actually returned that evening in order two of their pizzas to go to hang out at the winery with! Everything we ate, there was great! And of course I had to get the vegan chocolate cake to go with the pizza! Our waitress was wonderful also!

Talk about a perfectly timed pit stop! We were hopping between wineries and had Jolly Pumpkin on…read morethe list from a friend. We couldn't be happier we stopped here. They had a wedding slated for the afternoon, so we were unable to enjoy the outdoors areas. But the inside is super cool and we had a great server. We grabbed some beverages and were in dire need of food due to our prior decision to enjoy copious amounts of wine prior to arriving. Maybe it was the wine prior.. but i dont think so, the Bison Sloppy Joe was amazing. Ton of flavor, good serving size and a very good bun. everyone else in the group enjoyed the food and ambiance. We will definitely put it on our list for our trip next year.

We've been visiting Elk Rapids for almost ten years (and just bought a place this past fall). We…read morevisited Riverwalk for the first time last night. We were positively, completely surprised. They have the place totally holiday themed. Very pretty. Service was great and the food was really good. Totally satisfied and we will be back!

Service- impeccable. Thank you Riley! My daughter (the cute gal who dropped the whole ball of…read morebutter in her hair) remembered your name and kept mentioning how kind you were. My mom loved the potato's and wings as did I + asparagus was daughter says the lobster was not so good but good. We will be back again. Private for chaos and kids private for romantic evenings! They accommodate 100%

We love this place. We are local and come in often. The cold brew nitro martini on tap is so good…read more Very good, food selection is great and very good. The staff is always friendly. Today 4-15-2026 we had OG Tyler at the bar and he is always awesome. Best beard. Best bar tender. Great guy.

Stopped in for a quick bite and we both enjoyed the pub burger and shared the pecorino fries…read more Burgers were great and the fries will ensure a return trip! Beers were ok. I tried their Oktoberfest and it was good. Our server was awesome! Really talked up the town and gave us some ideas of things to do. I really enjoyed my time at Rare Bird and will return.

I joined some friends at this brew pub. I was impressed by the length of the list of brews. Being…read moregluten free, I can't comment on the beer. I had a hard cider, which was good. I really liked the GF pizza crust. I ordered a chicken quesadilla, but served on the pizza crust. The crust was good and chewy--chewy bread is rare for GF diners. Servers were attentive, atmosphere was conducive to conversation. I would go again next time I'm in Cadillac.

This was the best overall meal and experience we've had at a restaurant in a long time. The Clam…read moreLake Vanilla Shipwreck beer was great, their buffalo chicken dip appetizer was such an amazing, elevated version of that classic app, and their special dessert for the evening (tres leches cake) was to die for. That's not even to mention the incredible pizza we had! We got a build your own pizza with candied bacon, pepperoni, jalapeños, and pineapple. This exceeded all expectations. They make their candied bacon in-house, and I don't think any pizza will ever come close to what this simple ingredient added to the flavor of it. Lastly, our server - Randall N. - was so kind, fun, honest, and engaging! He truly topped this experience off for us.

So I want to be cautious here as I know there is new ownership from what I heard. My wife and I…read morecame here spontaneously as we were in town for the weekend. When we ordered, the bartender didn't drink which made it hard to know what certain beers taste like, but honestly, no judgement because he did the right thing and offered tastes of beer which was awesome and helpful! So service wise I would say great! The beer tasted really good as well and was decently priced. They had a bourbon barrel stout which was pretty good and newly released. The biggest issue we had was with the food. I ordered the spam sandwich with chips and my wife ordered the chicken quesadilla. While the food was cheap, the quality of the food also seems that way too based off what we ordered. The spam sandwich was supposed to be teriyaki flavored, and didn't get any of that. There wasn't a lot of thousand island dressing on it too, which made the sandwich dry. The chips that were served were clearly out of a bag as they were cold, which made it seem like I could have just gotten a bag myself. I would have paid a few dollars extra to get something fresh like fries. While spam comes from a can and I know this, my wife's chicken quesadilla had chicken that was clearly from a can - it was sopping wet, and the meat was very chunky, and very salty. This made us worry the rest of the food may not be very fresh. While we did have that experience, I will say the pretzel bites were really good and did seem fresh, and they were sourdough! So that was nice. I think this place has very good beer, and a really cool bar setup with a nice stage, arcade machines, and much more. However, I wouldn't come back here for lunch. Instead, I would make food at home. I would highly recommend more fresher options, and I would pay a little more for better quality food.

Had tacos and chips during our independent bike and brew tour…read more The Stevedore cider was amazing. Nice place, quiet due to 9/1. Will return.