Bayside Restaurant — Restaurant in Petoskey

Bayside has very good food! Some wonderful breakfast items, featuring unique twists on classics. Lunch offerings are burgers and sandwiches and salads, all made with fresh ingredients and masterfully prepared.

So why the low rating? When we entered, the restaurant only had a few customers. It's not a huge place, but those who were there were in the booths along one side. In the middle were several square tables seating four. Along the other side of the room were a couple of round high-top tables.

We came in with four adults and two children, a five-year old and an almost two year old. We asked to have the square tables put together. We were told they couldn't do that. We could either divide up or they could put the two round high-tops together.

We had driven a long way to visit with these people, and did not want to divide up. But a high-top table for kids - especially one still using a booster - was just silly. We were never given a reason why the square tables could not be put together. There were no customers sitting in the center area, and actually pushing two tables together would have made more room for serving around the tables.

The five-year old ended up slipping off the high stool and falling. No injury, but it was totally unnecessary since we could have been seated together at the lower tables pushed together.

Would I go back? Probably. But next time I'll be a little more Karen about the whole thing and leave if they can't accommodate a party of six...

Giving this resturant a 1 is over rating it. This place is a total 0. Showed up to the restaurant with a party of 9. The hostess put our name on the list, 2nd one from the top. Sat the people above us, sat the people below us. The second group below us, a party of 9, got seated, we talked to the hostess, she said we have you on the list. Waited a little longer and the hostess sat a party of 10. I went in and asked her why we were not seated, and asked for the manager. While she was getting the manager I looked at the list and sure enough we were not scratched off and all those parties were sat down before us. Recommend not going here if you have a big party. They have trouble keeping track of the order...

Casual diner...open seating, roomy inside with booths and tables. First time here. Recommended by friends as the place to check out for breakfast in Petoskey...and it did not disappoint!

Ordered the prime rib hash and the corned beef hash... both were delicious. Slices of prime rib and chunks of corned beef were cooked with potatoes, onions, and peppers. The prime rib version had mushrooms plus a side of au jus. Both were then topped with 2 sunny side up eggs and hollandaise sauce.

The only thing that felt missing was a side of toast or something, but other than that, the meal was excellent.

Waitress was very nice and attentive to everyone at the table.

Would definitely stop back in here to try other items...