Vernales Restaurant — Restaurant in Little Traverse Township

Do your self a favor Go somewhere else from a dinner tab for 2 well over $200. FYI This is from two people that love to cook ourselves So Let's see now with at least 10- 15 empty tables they seat my brother in law and I in the " wine room" at a small bar type table that faces the kitchen and is next to the service bar. The first thing the waiter Scotty does is spill water on my lap and does not seem all that concerned and takes away the menu and has to be asked to wipe the table dry. Then has to be asked for the menu back. I could go on but let's address the food the ceaser salad dressing both of us were sure was store bought ( I usually like to make my own) then the garlic cheese bread that I think was just slightly garlic bread that had cheese on top had dipping sauce just like if you went to Little Ceasers sad each of us had 1 piece and were done with it. My Prime Rib for the first time in my life had gravy not aujus "from a jar I am sure of" on it that I had to scrap off only to find a flavorless piece of meat (now I know why the gravy). The waiter does not ask how is everything until the end of the meal almost. FYI my brother in law had a Woodford Old Fashion I had to ask a waitress walking by for another Stella. I still not sure about this but some random waitress says ranch dressing and puts a tub on our table and just walks away??? My bother in law did bring the remainder of his $99 tomahawk steak asked for rare and received medium steak home for my sister's dog who lives two houses down the lake. I could go on but this has already wasted to much of my time (this is just a heads up for...

Worst dining experience in our 30+ years visiting petoskey for vacation. Very poor value as way overpriced for what you get. Poor quality beef at high end chop house prices. Inept and standoffish staff, from the greeters to the servers. Refused to seat us in the bar area despite many open tables, just because we had a reservation. We offered to give up our reservation to be seated where we wanted, but still refused. They forgot the bread that they say on the menu comes with meals, then acted like they were doing us a huge favor when we finally asked about it. They did not replace a steak that had a huge piece of gristle running right through the center and was over cooked, then were very argumentative when we politely asked why. We Had to ask for drink refills multiple times. We were surrounded by loud and unruly crowd. Whole experience literally gave me a headache. And to top it off, they counted our toddler as an 8th adult so they could add on their own gratiuity, which was way more than their “service” deserved. Will never go back.

Update: Please see response from co-owner below that is as disappointing as our experience at his restaurant. It will tell you everything you need to know about the thoroughly flustered and dishonest operation of their establishment, from the top down. Their time would be better spent improving their product. In that endeavor, I wish them...

I was excited to finally try this place after visiting the area two other times. Unfortunately, the restaurant did not meet my expectations.

Our table had pieces of food on it from the previous diners, and instead of apologizing for seating us at a dirty table, the hostess rudely said we couldn't sit anywhere else because the other (empty the whole time we were there) tables were for groups of 6 or more. I didn't even ask to move - I just told her the table was dirty. That should've been my clue to walk out.

The food was average, at best. My fries had a large dark hair cooked in them (I'm blonde - wasnt mine), underneath the fries I ate. It left me not very hungry. Our server apologized and took my plate away right away once I told her. The second plate of food had cold, soggy fries and were not edible as they were. The burger was average. The table next to us (a different server) didn't even get the 4 meals they ordered. The guy who got the wrong item was gracious and just ate what the server brought out. I'm not sure if they were all just having a bad night or if that was the norm for them.

Very disappointed in this meal, especially for the cost (over $100 for 2 people - no alcoholic beverages). We had two other dinners on this trip that cost less but were much higher in quality and taste than this meal. Don't waste your hard-earned money here -...