Abel's On the Lake

I had high hopes for this place after seeing the episode of "Chef Wanted" but it fell flat. After finding two decent menus online we arrived to find they had changed the menu again and there wasn't really anything that sounded appetizing (They took all the good items off and they trick you into staying by making you order a drink before they bring you the food menu).Despite there only being two other tables of patrons it took the wait staff about 10 mins to greet us. Waiter did make sure we always had a drink but we waited about 20 mins for two sandwiches. I got the Gulf Catch sandwich which was very bland. Added salt but still didn't do anything. I would not recommend this place. Go to the Hula Hut next door. It was packed and looked like fun.

This was my second time going to Abel's on the Lake and I went for the 50c oysters happy hour from 4-6 Mon-Fri.

3 stars for the great scenery and good food. I ordered queso and chips for an appetizer and oysters and sweet potato fries for the entree. The queso was excellent and our waiter gave us a lot of chips. The oysters were inconsistent in size, but overall good. Sweet potato fries were fantastic and well seasoned.

Cons would have to include the wait time for food. There was hardly anyone there when we went and the food took forever to come out.

However, I would definitely recommend making a trip to eat here for your birthday because you get a free drink or free t-shirt!

Went on father's day, this place was pretty busy, but we were seated promptly in the billiard room and had a nice view of the lake.  Our waitress was great, very helpful.  They have a nice selection of beer on tap, also the mexican martinis are the bomb!  Had fried pickles, jalapeno bombers, and their chips and guacamole (spicy!).  It was all good.  Had the Cali chicken sandwich with onions rings, they were both great as well...  A nice place to check out if your in the area