Coleman Lake

We had heard about Coleman Lake from a friend and after her rave reviews decided to make the 1+ hour drive for my husbands birthday. We called ahead and made a reservation. Upon arrival we were told it would be 5 minutes, 20 minutes later we were seated in the darkest back most corner of the restaurant. After learning they no longer have the buffet that everyone raves about on this site we ordered off the menu. Almost an hour later our food comes, cold. We sat and waited, and waited, and waited some more for our server (which was the norm if we needed anything we had to go and find help from someone else) I eventually went to the front and spoke with the hostess. She came and took our plates to have them remade and said "I will take care of your bill, the whole meal." About 10 minutes later out server came back with our new plates. The food was hot and delicious. Now comes time for the bill.. And huh, $91.93. That didn't seem "taken care of" to me so my husband took it to the front and they took 50% off. Again not "taken care of" in my book. So now weve decided we're just going to pay it so we can leave, and again comes the wait for the server.. 15 minutes roll by and no sight of her (or anyone). So we just take our bill to the front and we gave it to the hostess who hunted down our server. In the end we spent 2 1/2 hours there for dinner. And will NOT be returning.  Also, be sure and check your bill because with the re-do of the restaurant they have lowered some menu prices on the menu but not in the computer.

Excellent seafood buffet.  Shrinp, crawfish, swordfish, oysters, as well as Quail & Alligator.

Their hushpuppies are out of this world too!

Definitely a restaurant that I have to visit when I'm in the area...

We drove an hour to get to this restaurant! A lot of dark dark roads to chow down on seafood and Steak! They have a really classy buffet (yes, I put the word classy and buffet together)

After all the sketchy driving...Coleman Lake was set back in this really nice location with a long walk way and fire pit next to a small body of water...not so much a lake but I guess it will do! They have plenty of seating! Upstairs, main dining area and deck!

The food was fabulous! All different types of shrimps, fish, seafood, sides and steak. The only poultry they had wasn't chicken or turkey...it was something like a hen but not..idk lol I didn't mess with it.

Everything was fresh including the salad bar! The homemade Italian dressing still has our family raving!

The Soups was good..my favorite was the chowder and the hush puppies were awesome! It wasn't salty at all and that's exactly how I enjoy them!

The service was great and our waitress was very helpful, kind, and attentive!

My main complaint was that dessert wasn't included in the buffett...not even the chocolate at the desk was free! For 27.00pp I expected something sweet to top it all off!

However, I will still go back!