Blacklake Golf Resort Bar & Grille — Local services in Arroyo Grande

The fact that this course charges almost $90 at any time of day on any day is laughable. There are hundreds of gopher holes on every fairway, and what grass you’ll find there is baked like cheech and chong. There is almost no living grass anywhere in the course. The greens had been punched recently which I understand is part of upkeep, but charging $90 for a course in such rough shape is crazy. The owners definitely have the coin to have better conditions but choose to keep the course in squalor. The guy at the pro shop was also very rude. There were no groups on either the tee or green of the better two 9s and I was forced to play the horrible oaks course. I had to wait behind multiple big groups when it sure seemed like the others were open. Only positive experience today was how nice the cart guy was, you genuinely earned a second star for this review. Everything else would be -10...

Didn’t have the best service at the grill here at black lake! I’ve worked in customer service for over 10 years and this person working the grill could use a lesson on how to treat a guest. To start she wasn’t welcoming at all. When I asked questions about the menu she tried to make me look dumb just for asking. I tried to add bacon to my sausage burrito and they wanted to charge $7 to add the bacon. She said you have to think, it’s like adding meat to a cheese pizza … I said mamm at some places for 7 dollars I can buy a whole pizza. The venue was nice but the customer service was lacking not only just from the grill but from other staff as well. I get it I don’t golf all the time and I don’t look like I golf but the condescending tone made me feel unwelcome. If I worked here I’d try to make it a fun experience. It’s a cool place to work but no one feels like they want...

The course is quick and is good to get a quick round in, however I every time I play there I get upset at myself for paying the fee. The course is not worth what they are charging, especially when you have monarch and cypress right down the street. Monarch ($65 after 1) cypress ( almost the same price within a couple $$). Black lake has potential but lacks grass and proper greens keeping. Also on busier days the lakes side often feels like open season with almost all the fairways running parallel to each other, gotta keep your head on a swivel. The fairways are also littered with gofer holes and are mostly densely back dirt, it often remind me of practicing my wedges in my back yard growing up. The course had a lot of potential however even the most basic grounds keeping and maintenance is being neglected. Spend the money elsewhere, go to cypress or catch monarch doing...