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Hours
Sun
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Mon
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Tue
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Wed
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thu
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Fri
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sat
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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4.0
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CUISINES
American
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
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Is this an American restaurant?
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CUISINES
American
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
FEATURES
Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Table Service
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4.0
179 reviews
Excellent
75
Very good
56
Average
27
Poor
13
Terrible
8
TeamKalsin
Cheboygan25 contributions
Nov 2024 • family
The food was VERY good. I had the Cuban sandwich and my wife ordered a Club sandwich. Both were excellent and stacked really high. In fact, my wife generally gets her order with fries. She will eat the fries while hot and crispy and box up the sandwich for later at home. The sandwich was stacked so high, she had to push it down a bit just to close the to-go box.
Both sandwiches, both with "upgrades" to fries (instead of chips) and two soft drinks was only $37 and change. Very reasonable for the quantity and quality. Pricing almost on par, and certainly not much more than many fast food places these days. Will not hesitate to stop in again while in the area looking for a bite.
Written November 29, 2024
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GattoViziato
United States836 contributions
Jul 2024 • family
What strikes you first is that it is packed with locals and family run. They know everyone (except us.) The other thing you notice is that nobody is on their cellphones. The table next to us even struck up a conversation. We all ordered burgers which were freshly cooked, huge and delicious. We left fully satisfied. A great stop off of the highway!
Written September 9, 2024
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z3r0h3r0
101 contributions
Jul 2021 • friends
I ordered the Fried Perch basket and my friend ordered the Haystack sandwich.
The perch basket was excellent. It came with fries as a side, and the fries were delicious as well.
My friend was disappointed with her sandwich. It stated it came with onion tangles(and also was shown in the photo), and when it arrived it had no onions on it. She asked our waitress and she said the onions were mixed in with the meat and were small. ??
Our waitress left a lot to be desired with service.
Over all we will definitely be back. I highly recommend the perch basket. Maybe we’ll try a different sandwich next time.
Written July 18, 2021
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Ginny
1 contribution
Sep 2022 • couples
The food was not great. The liver was over cooked and our coleslaw was all mayo and not good. You can’t substitute a salad for a side with a upcharge they make you pay full price which I don’t mind if the meal was good. Our waitress was a good server and was very busy while you have a lot of young girls with spandex shorts on that were too small for them. I felt like we were somewhere like hooters or twin peaks but only on the bottom side. I would never alow my daughter’s out of the house like that. I don’t feel it’s a family restaurant anymore. We use to enjoy stopping for a couple meals while in the Indian River area.
Such a disappointment when spending 65.00 on dinner. We will not be back.
Written September 10, 2022
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A E
3 contributions
Aug 2022 • none
My friend and I wanted a restaurant with outside seating for lunch. This restaurant does have some outside seating, but it's quite noisy from the road traffic. They did, however have umbrellas at several tables, so we were in the shade for our meal. Menu is very basic, and perhaps we just ordered the wrong things. Our food was room-temperature at best when it was served, and other than the nice side salad (which was fresh and good), our lunch choices were just so-so. However, I should have paid better attention when walking to the outside seating, as on my way back, I noticed that most people had breakfast food, not lunch food. I'm thinking that a breakfast choice might have served us better. The service was slow (which is true almost everywhere nowadays), but our server was very good, and the hostess very efficient. If I ever went back there, I'd only opt for breakfast - even at lunchtime!
Written August 16, 2022
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Mike 369
1 contribution
Sep 2020 • couples
When we were seated the table had food wiped all over it had to ask for something to clean it, we ordered coffee when we opened our napkins the silverware had dried egg all over the silverware so we asked for clean silverware after that our server wasn't seen again for 20minutes and while we were waiting for our server I had 3 flies buzzing around my coffee cup I had to put my mask over my cup to stop them from getting into my coffee, after all of this we decided to leave. When we went to pay and file a complaint we started to get yelled at by the staff, the staff also followed us outside into the parking lot where they gave us the finger and threading us even more, I forgot to mention the manager was our server and instagater when we wanted to complain about the service. The parking lot was full of customers I wonder how many left when they saw the staff yelling and giving the finger to customers leaving. It's sad that a place that I have been telling friends and family when they come here to eat here I can't say that anymore!I hope that someone is willing to bring more BUSINESS to our area so we can once again have something special to brag about because this behavior is unacceptable we have good people here and this makes the whole area look bad we can do better we deserve better
Written September 27, 2020
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Pam O
St. Petersburg9 contributions
Jun 2022 • couples
Don’t order the perch basket! Typically perch comes in small filets. This reminded me of big filets of cod. It was very greasy and the fries were also terrible and loaded with grease. The cole slaw was a blob of mayonnaise with some cabbage mixed in. I couldn’t eat any of it. I ordered a blueberry pie to go which was also a big mistake- it was bad too. The filling was like a blueberry jelly but thick and gross.
Written June 6, 2022
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Tom S
27 contributions
Oct 2020 • couples
I ordered a club sandwich...I’ve had clubs at other restaurants, and they come cut in 4ths with toothpicks holding it together...the club at Wilson’s had to be held together by with a steak knife it was so thick! And it was so good! My wife got the baked Mac and cheese, and she loved it! We didn’t have room for desert, but we took a piece of pie to go...do NOT disappoint! Friendly staff, great, efficient service. Would definitely go back!
Written October 10, 2020
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Diann M
Manitou Beach28 contributions
Oct 2020 • couples
Cute place and good food. Chicken sliders and crispy fries were a generous portion with lots of bacon. Add some honey mustard it's awesome. Good service, keeping covid rules.
Written October 10, 2020
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buktrvlr
218 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
This place is located right at the entrance to Bear Lake state park. I recently ate there while on an ice fishing trip. The service was godd and the food came out very fast. They also offer a homemade whet bread that looked delicious. I unfortunately ordered rye. I had eggs and sausage links which were unique but very good,
Written February 13, 2020
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Traveler6466
8 contributions
Jul 2022 • none
The restaurant was very clean and the food was very good but we will not eat there again. We each ordered a fish dinner {17.99 ea} and coffee. When they got done with add ons they charged us 65.00. Didn't even get dessert for that price!!!!!
Written July 18, 2022
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_pgparkerforbes
Lake City54 contributions
Dec 2019 • couples
I must admit that I’ve almost always ordered breakfast here because it’s so good. Their soups are pretty awesome too though. When our family comes to visit we like bringing them here for a nice big breakfast.
The service is good and their coffee is outstanding!
Written January 4, 2020
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ronna1954
Cheboygan91 contributions
Jan 2020 • couples
We had never eaten out in Indian River so we decided to try Wilson’s Rivers Edge. It was winter so not busy, they had many choices, I had beef sliders, Bruce the special. Both were very good, our waitress was friendly and we would definitely come again
Written January 22, 2020
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Letty
Ashley7 contributions
Oct 2021 • none
When we arrived at the restaurant people were standing in line. The girl at the counter took our name and told us it was a 25 minute wait. Was it worth the wait. YES!
The atmosphere of this place, the waitress, and the food were all amazing. We enjoyed every bite. The cooks know what they're doing. We will definitely be back.
Written October 18, 2021
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Liz C
1 contribution
Oct 2024 • friends
Always great food and love the home cooked meals. No matter what meal, it's always yummy!!! We dine here every time we visit the arra.
Written October 12, 2024
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