River Rock Grille — Restaurant in Groveland Township

We went here last night for our first time to celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary with my mother. We made reservations last Wednesday for 7:00 knowing that they had entertainment starting at 6:30. On our way there last night we received a phone call from them saying that their entertainment had cancelled for the night. When we got there we were greeted and seated. We ordered our drinks and appetizer. Our appetizer was just ok. For dinner my husband ordered a bacon cheeseburger with onion rings, $15. My mom ordered the lake perch, $22. I had the parmesan encrusted whitefish, $24. And also ordered a side order of mac and cheese to go with our dinners,$10. When they brought our dinner I noticed a sour smell from the mac and cheese. I said something to my husband about the sour smell. He took a taste and spit it out. And said it was spoiled.My husbands preceded to take a bite of his burger and blood ran down his chin. It was served raw. Waitress didn't ask how he wanted it cooked. Onion rings were not fresh but frozen. My moms and mine fish dinner were just ok. Not fresh but also frozen. My husband called the waitress over and explained the situation to her. He asked if anything was fresh and she said no that all the meats and fish are frozen. Which my husband already knew because he has been a cook for over 20 years. She kept apologizing and we told her that it wasn't her fault. She did ask if there was anything else she can get for him. But it was to late he had lost his appetite. While she was taking his food away my husband asked her if this happens often and she said yes it has and apologized again. My mom and I ate about half of our dinners. And when the bill came they only charged us for the two fish dinners and it was still $50 plus tip. Just putting this out to help someone else to avoid this situation.

HAD TO GIVE 1 STAR TO POST. I WOULD NOT GIVE...

Food was delicious, best hamburger I've had in a bit. Very well flavored meat. The pulled pork sandwich was delicious also very tender and juicy, maybe a bit to much for the bun, which didn't hold up so well, maybe if it was toasted would hold up better. So the most annoying thing while we were here was we heard this beeping noise, over and over for what seemed like forever. Finally I see come around the corner, our food, at the slowest pace possible. Now mind you were here because we're hungry and stopped at two other places leaving Frankenmuth for food that were to busy. So we're ready for food yesterday and here it comes at a snails pace, with the server walking behind it just as slow as the machine!! I couldn't even watch and told my wife to just tell me when the food was finally there. I've seen these machines (won't call them robots because all they do is drive around) elsewhere and they are always doing something like running bus bins from the front of the house to the back or holding them for bussers. This was just ridiculous, I mean turning a one person job into two makes no sense to me. Might be why the prices here remind of where I was just on vacation in Naples Florida. Paying a machine and a server to do the same job can add up I bet. They were not busy at all while we were there but the food seemed to take a while to come out, long trip for the machine and the server maybe idk... Luckily everything was still mostly warm. We noticed they do charge $2 here to split a meal for you, just a slap in the face if you ask me, just split it...

I visited this restaurant twice a couple years ago and it was totally lackluster. The portion sizes were very small and the food was meh. That was a couple of years ago.

Last week I decided to give it another try, with a friend, and I must say that I was absolutely impressed. The menu had some amazing options and the portion sizes were perfect. Our waitress was great. The prices were absolutely reasonable given the cost of everything these days matched with the quality and portion sizes. This place has totally stepped it up and boy am I glad that I gave it another try.

Our dinner started with a bread plate. I'm not exactly sure what kind of bread it is but it was delish - the prefect blend of a little sweet and a little savory. I had the Zoodles & Chicken (I got shrimp instead of chicken) and Bruschetta. My friend got a Maurice Salad. I had some kind of cucumber cocktail (I don't remember what it was called - sorry) and it was very refreshing. For dessert I had coconut cake. Everything was absolutely on point!

On a side note, the inside of the restaurant is absolutely gorgeous. I'm not sure whether it's an option or not but this place would be an amazing location to have a wedding or any other formal event. There's plenty of seating, a beautiful bar, lots of room for dancing and an incredible outdoor area.

Needless to say, while I may not have recommended this restaurant a couple of years ago, I most...