Drifter's — Restaurant in Bedford

We arrived 30 minutes before they opened and placed our name down for a party of 9. We were seated promptly at 11 am. The atmosphere definitely gave off a beach bar vibe (which I enjoyed). The music volume changed frequently and sometimes was too loud. Furthermore, the music selection sometimes was a little intense and caused us not to be able to talk to our party, without yelling or feeling agitated. The waitresses shouted across the restaurant several times. Not joking, they literally shouted as they were standing right beside me. I don’t recall seeing our waitress or other staff members smile.

Our food was good. I ordered the Bedford landing burger and the meat was seasoned well and cooked as requested. I think the price of the burger was a little high, considering chips were given with the meal instead of a true standard side. It took about 40 minutes for our food to arrive to the table. The restaurant’s computers crashed and we were told to wait until they came back on before we could leave. This was unacceptable. We should not have to wait in order to give someone money…furthermore, no discount was offered after we waiting an additional 30 minutes until we stated we had to leave and another option should be given to us for payment. We then had to restate what we ordered to our waitress and she was gone again for an additional 10 minutes before we paid with cash and left. Neither the waitress, nor the manager, apologized about the inconvenience. I was disappointed with the lack of customer...

Ate at Drifters for the first time today. Walking in I had high hopes. The atmosphere seemed fun, the outside patio was right on the water and the decor was festive. That's pretty much where the good ends. I ordered the Philly cheesesteak with shrimp, my wife ordered the smoked wings and we ordered two chicken tacos to try since they were half off. My Philly was ok. Kind of soupy and didn't really have to chew it. My wife's chicken wings were burned and dry. I couldn't believe they would even serve them looking like that. The chicken on the tacos was very dry and burned as well. We told the waitress about them and she said she would get some more for my wife. At that point my wife just wanted a burger. I was able to eat my Philly and one of the tacos before her burger came out. My wife was over the whole experience and asked for our check because she was ready to go and didn't want their food anymore. The waitress brought the check and my wife's burger. My wife looked at her said she wasn't going to eat it now since I was done and she was frustrated at the wings and then how long it took for a burger to come out. The waitress apologized and left the check with us. Also, she only checked on is once after we notified her if the wings. My wife's tea was empty and was never refilled. The only thing taken off the check was the burned wings. I will not come back. The customer service was horrible and the food wasn't...

Great food, great service, lousy boat docking. I had heard good things about Drifters and decided to give them a try last Saturday. The food was fantastic. Mostly pub grub type of food so don't expect fine dining but for a casual lake place it was excellent. Great service as well. However we came by boat and the boat docking is horrible. I don't have an enourmous boat but I have a 23 foot boat and it was extremely tight getting into the docking space. The docks had no rubber dock edge. There are no cleats to tie up to and not even full slips just a piling sticking out of the water, no dock on either side so we could only get on or off the front of my boat. Some spaces had a rotted piling which only stuck up about 8 inches out of the water. It appears that most of the marina which by the way has much better docking over all, is reserved for people who rent the slips. There was only about 7 or 8 feet behind us and a boat docked on those slips. So back and forth and back and forth etc etc to get into our space. There were only 2 spaces available for guests when I got there, granted it was lunch time, but it looks like there were only about 5 or 6 total guest spaces. Because of this, I gave them 3 instead of 5 stars. I would not come here by boat again and don't recomend you do either unless your boat is under 18 feet and you are comfortable maneuvering in tight spaces. Probably not too bad with a...