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    3.7 (85 reviews)
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    abigail v.

    I'm not even sure where to start, because our evening here for dinner was so amazing! We were celebrating our anniversary weekend in Northern, MI and we're staying in Leland (our favorite place ever) on our last night. My boyfriend booked us dinner at The Riverside Inn, which we'd never been to before. The food and the service absolutely blew us away. The setting inside is romantic and welcoming, plus you can't beat dining right next to the river. We enjoyed delicious drinks, a few great martinis and signature cocktails. The seasonality and freshness of the menu is part of what drew us to dining there, and we sure are glad we did. We started with cauliflower as an appetizer and shared a wedge salad. The ramp ranch was to die for! Main entree was a pork chop with foie gras braised cabbage, bacon jam, and shishito peppers. I don't think there are even words to describe how fabulous it was! Just writing and thinking about it makes my mouth water. Perfectly balanced dishes when it comes to taste, portion, and presentation. After dinner we enjoyed a hummer ice cream dessert drink and an espresso each. If I could go every week, I would! It left us feeling happy and full and extremely excited to go back.

    Seared Diver scallops and smoky creamed corn
    TY Y.

    A historic restaurant up the street from Leland Fish market docks, this was established in 1902. Highly recommend making reservations, a popular place for finer dining and quality service from a team of friendly and knowledgeable wait staff. The menu has a variety of fresh and interesting selections, from appetizers, main courses and yes suggest to check out their dessert menu. Many fresh seafood choices, plus both traditional and interesting meat selections, so from beef tenderloin to duck breast, venison or lamb as well as vegetarian and GFO options. They also have daily specials, so ask your server for anything off the menu, but beware it may have limited quantities, so don't be surprised if they run out. We also tried an Oregon Pinot Noir (Daffodil) recommended by our server that was excellent, unfiltered, smooth and easy to drink with any meal selection. I tried the Diver Scallops over a bed of fresh smoky, creamy corn - both flavorful. Scallops were prepared perfectly, seared golden and very tender to eat. Also tried a side of Brussels sprouts with bacon, again cooked to tenderness and very tasty. Others tried the beef tenderloin, sea bass, cauliflower steak and the tomato bisque which all looked great! Topping it off, we shared the chocolate Opera torte with a scoop of ice cream, and the Creme Broulee Cheesecake. Both were rich and just the right touch of sweetness, so a few spoonfuls was all I needed. This is definitely a nice restaurant to try when in the area. Enjoy!!

    White Dog, I highly recommend
    Miguel C.

    Came here for dinner while in town for a wedding. We were looking for a nice place to eat, and this is def that type of place. They market themselves as a fine dining locale and they do live up to that standard. Hostess was exceptionally polite and professional. Server was very nice, professional, well informed about the menu and wine. Tables were set well and excellent silver and glasses. The people and the place were great, but how about the food. Well--it was a bit disappointing. I had the pheasant and my lady had the lamb. Both were cooked perfectly and plated beautifully, but unfortunately didn't have the flavor we expected from it's look. It's for this reason we thought that the experience didn't justify the fine dining price we paid. Riverside Inn is a beautiful location right on the water with a great staff, but hopefully our dinner was an outlier in it's disappointing lack of flavor. I would consider stopping in again in the future to try something different.

    This Scallop entree' was one of the finest dishes I have ever had. Boundless flavor.

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    Beautiful views and top notch food. Compliments to the chef. Very nice wine selection.

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    Excellent service. Delicious food and cocktails. Beautiful atmosphere. Highly recommend.

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    One of our favorite Northern Michigan restaurants. Outstanding food, attentive service. Beautiful location.

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    We loved staying at this lodge for a long weekend in Northern Michigan! The location of Falling…read moreWaters Lodge is so special. I'll never forget the beautiful views of the boats and shops of Fishtown. Van's Beach is right outside the door, and the town is a close drive to Traverse City, Sleeping Bear Dunes, and wine tasting on the Leelanau Peninsula. We opted for a balcony apartment room, which was a great decision. It is located off their upper deck and offers some additional privacy from the other visitors. The room had two beds - one downstairs and one in a cute loft area. It would be plenty of space for two couples to share, although noise could be heard throughout the room. The bathrooms and kitchenette are both recently updated and really added to our overall experience! We also loved that they are dog friendly, as it can be limiting to travel with pets at times and find convenient stays. While the price point to stay is similar to the prices of nicer hotels, we didn't experience quite the same level of service. As you can imagine with a smaller staff, they offer room cleaning only as requested and don't always have someone staffing the office. Overall, we didn't mind since we loved the location and the amazing views.

    If the owners of this business could please reach out to me, I would appreciate it. We splurged on…read morethis hotel for a special occasion and had the worst experience not only with the office staff, but with our room. The office staff said they would deduct $75 from our bill and never did. I've called and left many messages and will be following up today with an email. We have a two night stay booked next fall and I would cancel it if it wasn't for us meeting friends there and staying at the same lodge. I don't mind that this is a more low-key, no staff present at night but when you wake up and you can't take a shower because the shower isn't draining and backing up with disgusting stuff and you call the overnight number and text it and no one even bothers to get back to you once the office is opened, it's a terrible way to start your day. Especially if you're celebrating some thing. Then, to be told they know that there are problems in there with the drainage and didn't care about disclosing it or even answering their phones and addressing the issue and just laughing it off is incredibly unprofessional and just unkind. Maybe they would like to start their day standing in disgusting water on their birthday. :/ I've read a lot of complaints about this lodge. This is such a beautiful location and a very special and unique lodge but you need new management. Desperately.

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    Fountain Point Resort

    4.0(7 reviews)
    4.7 mi
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    Incredible experience! It was like going back in time to a resort decades ago. Highly recommend and…read morecan't wait to go back! One improvement would be wifi in the cabins to make it easier to work from there so we can spend even more time there!

    This is my second review on yelp ever. I am not one to complain unless I feel it's extremely…read morenecessary. First let me start with the good, the place is absolutely gorgeous and has all kinds of amenities and games for the guests to enjoy. The cabins are quaint and comfortable. That being said, the management and owner are the most unprofessional people I've ever had to encounter as a PAYING guest. My friend had her wedding here this past weekend, and instead of raving about how beautiful the place is I left that place with an AWFUL taste in my mouth and absolute disappointment. If there was a way for the manager to make things difficult on my friend and her guests, she did it. The manager was extremely rude and uncooperative from the get go. My friend came to her with concerns about cobwebs in the cabins and the manger yelled at her and accused her of "looking for problems." She yelled at my friend (THE BRIDE) in front of other guests! There was a complete lack of communication between employees. Most of them were amicable and happy to help but they would tell us one thing and the manager would turn around and tell us another. She handled herself extremely unprofessionally. Also, we had unseasonably warm weather this past weekend and the cabins don't have air conditioning. The resort has fans that the guests can request to be brought to their cottages. The day of the wedding was 91 degrees and the manager threw a fit over having to get the fans out because they had been put away for the winter already. I am in the service industry and I cannot believe the way this woman spoke to myself and many others. I cannot believe she still has a job! When we contacted the owner to resolve the issues he came around and spoke to some guests but never apologized for the manager's behavior. He instead came into one of the cabins-where everyone had moved inside because they have an ordinance that the DJ had to stop at 10pm- and proceeded to YELL and PITCH A FIT (not exaggerating) that we were being disrespectful because of the music level. Not ONCE did he address us before that in a civil manner about the music. NOR did he approach the bride and groom to ask them to accommodate the ordinance. He just burst in (didn't knock) and starting yelling like a crazy neighbor. Had he addressed us in a professional manner we would have turned it down and accommodated his requests. Instead we were all sent to bed at 12:30 like children at a summer camp. All in all, the bride and groom paid LOTS of money to rent the place for the weekend and seeing the bride sob MULTIPLE times over the treatment we all received was devastating. That is NOT how your wedding weekend should go. I will NEVER recommend this place

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