Phil's Bar & Grille

We ate here for the first time on Friday 12 afternoon. Our server was very friendly. Service was great. Soda was kept filled, food served hot, everything was correct. If we come back to the area we will eat there again.

I'm proud to be part of such an amazing online community. Without Yelp, I totally wouldn't have found this awesome spot to have lunch today.

Enchanted by all the cute, wow and whoa that is Saugatuk, we wandered in here for a late lunch after checking a few reviews. All signs pointed to yummy and we knew we had to try some of the things before setting foot inside the building.

Inside it's standard dark bar/grill with low lighting, red walls and a few pieces of nice upscale art on the walls. This is an upscale art loving community after all. There's a small covered patio seating area outside that we didn't notice til we were leaving. It would be nice to sit out there, but we were happy with the dark and air conditioning after wandering around in the summer sun.

Our waitress was super friendly and kept our drinks refilled before touching the bottom.

We started out with the Gorgonzola ale dip. And tho it seemed like it took forever for it to arrive (hello, how long does it take to microwave some cheese?), but upon seeing it we realized this was baked fresh. Good food takes time, and this was fantastic. Bits of nuts and cherries were added for texture and to enhance the flavor of what was already a wonderfully tasty spread.

For lunch, I had the beef tenderloin. It was served open face and topped with portabello mushrooms and red peppers and had a garlic spread. It was truly perfect in every way. Another Yelper described the potato wedges it came with as the best she'd ever eaten. She was not wrong. They too, were perfect.

My wife had the basil chicken sandwich and it was good with a capital GOOD (yeah, that good).

I would and will HIGHLY recommend a visit to Phil's and am hoping to squeeze one more meal there in before going back home.

Consistently great.  We stop here every time we are in town.