The Club At Silver Lake

The view: 4/5
The food: 2/5

The service however pushed this down to 2 - 2.5 stars. Our server was utterly confused and ran off at random times when we were ordering. When they charge what they do given their location, the service does not get a pass.

You get soup or salad with the entrees. I chose the salad. It was the typical 90% iceberg lettuce and 10% croutons. I recommend you go with the soup instead. Someone ordered the housemade chips. These were very good - crisp and a little salty. They were served with what I am guessing was a Buffalo ranch dipping sauce. I would order these again.

For my entree, I ordered the Cajun haddock with double veggies (instead, I could have chosen mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes or french fries as a side along with the vegetables). It was meh. The haddock tasted fresh but it was overall quite bland. I had to ask for lemon to squeeze on top to fix it up a touch. My dining companions who got the sausage pasta dish and steak enjoyed their meals.

And then there was my friend who ordered the Salmon (prepared Chef's choice).

When you've been eating out as often as I do, you (along with your arteries) are hardened. You think you have seen it all in the upstate NY food scene. And then you see a chef prepare salmon with crushed kiwi and kiwi slices on top. You quietly utter "WTF" as you thank your lucky stars that you didn't order that. Just...no. If you are about to order the Salmon, please ask the server ahead of time as to how the chef will be preparing it. In all fairness, the salmon was edible, albeit a little sweet after my friend scraped off as much of the kiwi as possible.

A few people got dessert (they aren't made in house). I sampled the Red Velvet. It was okay. I would just get the housemade chips for dessert too....maybe with a caramel sauce. On the fly salted caramel potato chips? Yeah, I am that good. And that addicted to salted caramel.

I might go back if my dining companions who live around there would like to. However, I am going to pay the extra money for the steak and request we sit outside to enjoy the beautiful view.

Very nice club with a great menu and beautiful view of Silver Lake from the porch.  Service was good, food tasted perfect. This place is in the middle of nowhere, but worth a nice summer drive.