I went to detour for the first time about a week ago, I wasn't impressed. First off, the service was terrible,and the food wasn't much better. It seems like detour is trying to be everything Scotty's was (instead of creating their own brand) and is doing a terrible job at it.
In the past, when detour was still Scotty's I absolutely loved it. It was a great place to take my kids so they could play in the play room, and my wife and I could have some alone time. Don't get me wrong, it's great that detour still has a play area, but that's about the only positive I can think of. At Scotty's the servers and hosts were attractive, friendly, and acted like they truely enjoyed working there. At detour it seems like everyone hates the company they represent or have no idea how to work in a restaurant.
From a food standpoint, it wasn't terrible, but below average. I ordered the bypass and my wife ordered the mexi cali. The taste was ok but it seemed like someone just threw our food onto a plate. I'm usually not a negative person and love to point out the positives in a place/person but I struggled to find any in detour. I regret having to say this but stay away from detour!
I was excited about Detour opening in the old Scotty's Lakehouse as my friends from Carmel always talk about it. Not exactly sure what all the hype is about. The prices are average for the Geist area and portions the same. A whole section just on Mac n cheese dishes! Fried avocado on the appetizer menu is really good. The burgers are okay, definitely miss the Shewman Special at Scotty's. Seeing how it's next to the lake, I imagine all be back during the summertime.
Review Source:My wife and I tried Detour for dinner the other night since Scotty's Lakehouse is no longer there. Â All I can really say is that we miss Lakehouse. Â The atmosphere hasn't really changed, but the quality of service, food, and cleanliness have all went down considerably. Â The area we were sat in was off to the side of the bar, and the first thing I noticed was my feet sticking to the floor. Â In my opinion, this is unacceptable. Â I ordered a burger and my wife ordered one of their mac and cheese entrees. Â I cannot say anything bad about the burger, as it was cooked well and had good flavor. Â My wife's dinner was a different story though. Â It was essentially Kraft mac and cheese with some tomatoes and basil thrown on top. Â I don't mean to be a prude, but there are ways to add flavor and depth to mac and cheese, and this wasn't it. Â The service was alright, but we were empty on drinks multiple times. Â The prices were in line with Lakehouse, but the service and food were lacking. Â All in all, we won't be back for dinner any time soon.
Review Source:Don't get me wrong the food was great, but our waitress was a short rude Asian girl with glasses named Alexis.starting with the food our experience was excellent! My son chose the loaded Mac and he was not dissapointed, my wife got the ahi tuna because she is a sushi fan and she really enjoyed it, and I got bypass sandwich that was big and juicy and had delicious Au ju sauce to dip it in. Now here is where our experience was disappointing, after we were seated our server Alexis did not greet us or ask us what we would like to drink for nearly 20 minutes! When we finally talked to her for the first time she rushed us saying "can you kind of hurry, because I have 2 other large tables to take care of" while I was deciding if I should buy a beer but her remark made me lose my thirst for a beer and I just got water. After we got our drinks it took her another 20 minutes to ask us what we wanted to eat and when she did we asked her what she recommended and she said " I don't know I don't really think the food here looks that good." Thank god we had been here before because if we had not she would have gave us the impression the food is not very special or better than any other restaurant and we would have eaten else where. She also had a rude attitude and made my family feel like we were a burden to her. All in all we will come back to eat again but we will request to not have Alexis as our server. I hate to give this great restaurant a 2 star rating but it was a 4 star on the food and a 0 star on the service so it balanced out at 2 stars.
Review Source:Uneventful. Â This was my first time since Scotty's Lake House. Â It wasn't better or at least the same therefore it was worse. Â Two different local microbrews tasted flat. Â Server was real good. Â Food average. Â Geist prices. Â Best part of the visit was IU beat Michigan State. Â Prob won't b back for a while.
Feedback to management: Â Get rid of the corny named menu items. Â Lead with the hand crafted local brews. Â Be more sports friendly. Â Three people for greeters up front and I'm not sure I was ever greeted. Â If your going to have greeters, then have them greet!
Quick and dirty: sports bar with a slightly upscale menu. Â Service was good. Do not recommend.
We stopped in for a quick lunch on February 15th (I'm a bit behind on my reviews) and had fish tacos and the fish and chips.
Fish tacos: Â Only fair. They use mahi-mahi and blacken it. Â The portion of fish was rather small and the volume in the taco was made up largely by a huge mound of slaw. Â Definitely not for those on a low sodium diet. Â The blackening rendered the fish extremely salty-tasting, and even the mound of slaw did little to ameliorate the taste. Â Do not recommend.
Fish and chips: Only fair. Solid white fish. Breading was  soggy and disappointing.  The fish finely was able to be eaten only by removing the half-cooked coating.  Served with shoestring fries that were good.  Do not recommend.
Your mileage may vary but this is what I found.
Upon entering you may find a bunch of high school or college students leaning on the podium, you will be treated as if you interrupted their conversation, and your welcome is the most tired and scripted 'hello' you've ever heard.
We needed a table for 4 adults, 2 high chairs, and a sling for a baby carrier. We were led to a table where we stood around the table and waited for it to be set up with correct number of chairs. It was very difficult move chairs around with a several people kids around, we repeated ourselves 2 more times about what we needed in terms of high chairs, etc. Each hostess had a cell phone out or visible.
My tacos were a little over seasoned, actually, not good. Basically the food I tried was a cooks work, not a chef. Cheap velveta like cheese, pre-sliced ham, white bread was used in my wife's sandwich.
Though friendly, the wait staff seemed very inexperienced and untrained.
I imagine this place mind be fun to hangout after being on Geist, have a beer & burger, or maybe watch meet friends for a drink and watch the game, but this is not a destination for food, family-friendly-environment, or service.
I thought this place was okay... It wasn't awful, it wasn't amazing, just... F.I.N.E.
Food: decent... they have a large variety of macaroni and cheese options. It seems to be their 'specialty'? I had the Hard Hat - grilled cheese with ham & avocado. It was good. The bread choice was a little boring but the inside was solid. My husband had the fish tacos. They were flavorful and in my opinion, pretty tasty!
Service: eh -- alright. Our server was very nice, attentive and all around a good server. She was on the spot with refills, friendly with our baby. The hostesses were a little 'look downy'. You know, when you walk in and they kinda notice you but they aren't super interested and they look confused about where to seat you. One was friendly the other was unfriendly. We asked a question about when it changed from Scotty's to Detour and the unfriendly one answered us in an unfriendly way. Blah.
Ambience: It's pretty good. There are sports games on the Tv's, the decor is fine for a Grille/Bar. I didn't notice any noise problems, nothing super loud or eerily quiet.
So, you see it's just FINE. If I were going to frequent this restaurant, I'd need the host staff to be a bit more warm and a little less "i just work here on the weekends".
Just tried their special today. Â BLT Flatbread. Â YUM. Â Hoping they add this one to the menu. Â
Caprese flatbread is rather fabulous....but this was a great surprise.
Had my usual "Cask" Red wine......be ready to spend money on this one. Â Its a GREAT wine. Â Many may not realize, but its really high end and FABULOUS
My husband and I went in late and ordered the tempura shrimp, it is way too breaded and greasy and coated with spicy mayo.  I think it should be lighter, and the sauce should absolutly be served on the side. They  should totally rethink that particular dish. We did have a super great waiter, without question he took it off the bill. I personally think they have more variety than Scotty's menu and I look forward to going back to try other dishes.
Review Source:Definitely average food. I was really excited to try their mac & cheese since they have a whole section of dinner-sized varieties. I got the 3 cheese mac as a side to my tenderloin, and it was dry as all the creaminess had moved to the bottom so I don't know if it sat a while before being brought out or what. The bun to my sandwich was definitely the size you buy at the grocery store. Tenderloins, as a rule, are not going to even come close to that size, but at a restaurant, I'd like a bigger bun than what I can buy.
My husband's burger was so small and the meat was pretty dry. His amber beer was somewhat warm so they may have served it in an already-warm glass or just not a very cold tap.
Service was somewhat slow, but they were very busy, and I talk a lot so I don't always mind that.
The one thing I enjoyed was the Mother Pucker drinks. They use the Pucker flavored vodkas and you get to keep the fun plastic cup! Overall though, very "meh".
(As an aside, this used to be Scotty's Lakehouse. Everything down to the napkins is the same inside, but not the food.)
This place was seriously awful. First we ordered the dill chips with horseradish. The chips were fine, but were served with ranch, not horseradish. We asked our server to get us horseradish and were informed that 'both look pretty similar', which I guess meant we were just supposed to keep the ranch. We ordered the flatbread appetizer as well, which is essentially 6 chips covered in way too many jalapeños for $10. It was burned completely black on the bottom. We didn't eat it, which also didn't seem to bother our server. Overall we paid way too much money for some seriously sub par food. We're huge fans of Scotty's and pretty disappointed this took its place. We will absolutely not be coming back.
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