Conroe Lake House — Restaurant in Conroe

We'd heard that this place was sold a few months ago, to the guys that own Moonshiners. Since we've never been impressed with Moonshiners' food, we stayed away until last night. I had a craving for crawfish and the weather was beautiful, plus we figured on a Thursday night in February it wouldn't be too crowded, so we decided it was time to try them again. Bottom line: truly excellent crawfish and sides, comically confused service, and very very expensive. To start: everything you could want in your crawfish boil is a la carte - you pay separately. Bugs: $8.99/lb, corn: $0.69 for a 3" piece, potato: $0.69 for golf-ball size, mushrooms: $4.99, spice: $0.59.

So I could definetly see this place having higher potential but I can only share based off last night's experience. We went here for my Brother's Birthday and the whole Family came out of town and this was supposed to be the best rated Seafood place in Conroe. The Atmosphere is stunning and I am sure it is really nice when they have live music. Outside seating is right on the water which is divine but there were a few hiccups that should be mentioned by the cooks and servers. The servers did not return to check on us to see if we needed more drinks. The servers did not see if we liked the food. The servers forgot items. The servers and cooks messed up my brothers very simple order. They remedied the issue by comping his meal and the girls were very young and nice but what really bothered me was that all the grilled seafood was overcooked and the Caeser salad was made incorrectly. Caeser Salad is supposed to have Anchovies and they make theirs with Bacon and don't even tell you of the change. Their Caeser Dressing isn't real Caeser Dressing and my Husband asked for Balsamic Vinegar and he received something else entirely as well. He also ordered some simple condiments that never came either. Now these servers were very sweet but clearly didn't have much work experience. My suggestion is for them to be provided with some training and better note taking skills to help them remember people's orders and requests. These girls have a lot of potential and I think would make great servers one day. I am willing to try this restaurant again in the future but I am hesitant because once you've had below average seafood once, you're reluctant to go out of your way to see if it will be better next time. I will say that there were no complaints about the burgers or fried seafood and the mozzarella sticks were great. I did notice that almost nobody ate their sides. So I do find that suspish and wonder if it was a quality issue and they were trying to be polite, because only one of us wanted to take any leftovers home. I think next time I want to come during lunch and not dinner and order something different and see if the experience can be better. Some people really just are great at cooking things they make all the time and will grilled items it takes only minutes to ruin them. I also recommend if you are going to serve some drinks in giant cups, you should have straws that are the correct size. I had to double a straw and the rest of the family felt awkward about digging their hands in the drink trying to dig the straws out that were less than a half inch from the bottom. I think this place really could be a 4-5 star experience, it just needs a few minor...

I can't speak for all of the staff but our waitress needs way more training, have to start somewhere though, she gave our table more laughs than we could count and it wasn't due to her overly charming personality.

However, the restaurant looks amazing inside! Huge step up from what the previous restaurant looked like. Outside is nice also for day time seating or night lounging. Night time eating is more of a struggle unless you like to eat in the dark. We sat waters edge because we came in via boat for a small bday gathering. I had to put my phone up in the umbrella with the light on so we could read the menus and see to eat, would suggest you add lights to the tables further away from the main building.

Construction during business hours was a poor decision, we had to listen to them work on the bar and saw away during our meal.

The ladies that were with us had to use the latrine and 3 of the women staff were in the restroom complaining of having to work here and how tonight's service was going. Very unprofessional, they did it again right before we left as they were cleaning the table next to us except they were bad mouthing the customers who left in front of us. Lol, sad really.

Honestly the only thing saving our experience from a 1 or 2 star review was the food. We all shared with each other. And everything was excellent. The chefs are doing their job and doing it well.

We had: The triple dipper (like the house chips) The Buffalo chicken Flatbread (delicious, recommended) Hangover burger (avg) Grilled chicken sandwich (avg) Mango wings (great flavor but very small wings) The brisket Philly (great) And the nacho burger (best burger we had at table, recommended)

Upon leaving the dew started to set in and your boat dock gets slippery. 3 of the 5 of us almost slipped, there is no caution sign on your boat dock for the unsuspecting, would suggest you add a few or put down some slip resistant strips.

I'm sure it's on the list of things, but there is no railing around the waters edge to keep kids, stumbling people or the overly phone savvy generation from walking right off from lack of attention.

Great start, looking forward to watching yall develope...