Forest Lake Restaurant & Lounge

We stopped overnight in Grand Rapids and were looking for a good place for breakfast. We came across this place and what a fantastic choice. The atmosphere is great. It looks like a lodge with big windows overlooking the lake. The service was fantastic. The waitresses were all walking around at a quick pace and taking care of of everything very quickly. It is not too often you see such hustle great customer service. This food was great. I had a ham and cheese omelet with hash browns. The omelet was good and the hash towns had a nice crisp on them. The other people at our table had a regular egg platters and a smoked sausage scramble. The smoked sausage scramble was really good. All and all, this is a great place for breakfast. The good is great, the service is amazing and the prices are very reasonable. I would recommend this to anyone looking for breakfast.

This is a GR mainstay, around for as long as I can remember... and virtually nothing has been updated in all that time, it looks a bit run-down at this point which is sad because their food really is consistent and fabulous.  
I recall going to the downstairs steak house before school dances because that was one of the most "formal" places in town.  Now we generally sit in the bar with the free popcorn.  My favorite thing to order here is the German Rueben.... YUM!  This thing is fantastic.  Add a side of waffle fries and you are one stuffed customer for a reasonable price.
That being said you can't really go wrong with anything here.  Their salads are good (they used to have a seafood salad that was delicious, but that was many years ago), their pastas are good, their meats are generally good.  
I would go five stars if this place was updated.  The bathrooms are flashback to the 80's, the carpet pretty much has wear holes in it, the table coverings are also wearing thin.  A nice place, a nice location with consistent food and friendly staff.  It needs a facelift, but that doesn't detract from the food, although it may put some people off before they even sit down.

I enjoy the Forest Lake Lounge a lot.  Nice food and a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.  A great local place and one of my favorite places for a burger and beer.

I have never been disappointed there.  Worth the stop.