Quarterdeck Lakeside Dining — Restaurant in Grove

This is the perfect open-air lakefront cafe to go to on vacation! Waitstaff was friendly, and took our orders quickly. There was a small crowd there, but we still didn’t have to wait for a table or for service. The whole restaurant is an adorable patio deck right next to the lake, and there is a small, shallow pool with one or two splash pad features your kids can swim in while you eat. There are also two small playgrounds! We ordered monkey fries, which were pretty typical cheese fries but they were hot, fresh, and yummy. I had a sandwich of pulled pork, mac n cheese bites, and beer cheese that was ridiculously filling. The meat was very tender and juicy. I think I would have preferred it without all the cheese and mac n cheese, so, next time … LOL! My husband had fried catfish, hush puppies, and onion rings. My fave of the whole evening was the onion rings! They are batter dipped, hot, crispy, and have black pepper to season them. We had the opportunity to eat dinner here, but they are not open for dinner every night. Check their hours...

We boated in with a party of 12 on the 4th of July weekend. We knew we would probably have a wait time and were ok with that. The hostess said it would be about an hour and were ok with that as the kids were happy to swim in the pool while the adults had happy hour with Cade behind the bar. 35-45 minuets later we were seated at a table with Olivia as our server. Olivia made some appetizer suggestions and the onion rings, the cheese curds and the fried mac and cheese bites were fantastic. The fired pickles were about average. Some of our meal highlights were the Philly Cheesesteak, the buffalo chicken sandwich and the pizza. The food all came out in a timely manor and was very hot. Olivia did a fantastic job with everything including keeping our drinks full. We have been going to the Quarterdeck for about 3 years now and always have a great time. ...

We are locals and this has always been a great experience. Unfortunately tonight was terrible. We ordered the BLT which says it is served on halipeno cornbread. It came out on sourdough and when we asked we were told that it was not cornbread but the cook called it cornbread. The food was not bad but a bit disappointing. But the server was terrible, 1st the table cleaner had to take our order because the assigned waitress was busy, then she would not refill drinks, she did not ask if we needed anything although that might be because she never came back to the table until she delivered the check. The other waitress had to do all her work. But she happily went to the table 10 ft away every 2 minutes to make sure everything was good with them. This has always been a good restaurant and still is but it is unlikely we will return because of the...