Tried to recover the night at the nearby White Lake Inn after the Magic Stick in Detroit fucked me over earlier today with their time strife and pizza. Â I had a JB Dollar Stretcher coupon I'd bought where you get $40 of food (no drinks included) for $20. Â NOW I need something to help me forget the food at the White Lake Inn. Â *Sigh* Â It's not been a very exciting or satisfying night tonight at all.
So I ordered the fried walleye. Â Opted for the french onion soup ($1.50 extra) and rice. Â The meal came with a (frozen?) vegetable mix of broccoli, squash, green beans and strips of red pepper, a wedge of lemon and tartar sauce in a Solo cup. Â The BF ordered the NY Strip with a Caesar salad ($1.50 extra) and fries. Â He got the same seasonal vegetables. Â You CAN get a baked potato as a side option with these meals, but ONLY after 4pm per the menu (strange). Â
The french onion soup came with some nice melted cheese on the top, but it was SUPER INCREDIBLY SALTY. Â After I consumed the cheese, it became intolerable to finish off without that cheesy buffer. Â Apparently ALL the salt and seasoning that existed in the White Lake Inn kitchen tonight went into the french onion soup since everything else on our plates was shorted and required salting. Â I personally observed my BF salt his steak TWICE. Â He always orders his steak rare (such a sexy carnivore) and it did not come out to his particular liking...more like a medium rare. Â He said he's had $10 sirloins on special at Outback that tasted better. Â And salad, too. Â Caesar's are his go-to and the one he got at the WLI was actually pretty sizable, but still lacking. Â I had to salt, pepper, lemonize and tartar-up my walleye despite the fact that it was actually cooked pretty nicely. Â The white rice I got with it was pretty disgusting. Â It was wet, sticky and had no seasoning whatsoever. Â It also seemed like it was just slapped down on the plate, vs. nicely mounded, which made it look pretty unappetizing, too. Â We actually took doggy bags home of all the leftover rice, veggies and fries (bland and possibly the battered kind per my taste test) for our ACTUAL DOGS.
We rarely eat dessert, but in order to meet our $40 non-alcoholic quota, we ordered the chocolate cake covered w/ ice cream and caramel sauce thingie ($4.99).  The only other dessert option that I saw on the menu was cheesecake.  If you feel possessed to do as we did, I would ask your server to have the kitchen double the ice cream and just  throw the pre-fab (frozen?) cake part into the trash can.  We left 80% of the cake portion of our dessert on the plate.
Outside of that we ordered 3 Summer Shandy's (on tap), which came with a slice of lemon placed on the edge of the plastic frat cup. Â No real glasses here to the BF's disappointment. Â Also had a Sierra Nevada (on tap). Â Total bill was almost $60.00, and after the coupon was applied, the receipt reflected almost $20.00. Â It was truly about a $20.00 meal in actual taste and worth WITHOUT any discounts. Â In the end, we really paid out $40 plus tip in the back and front end.
Our server, a tall blond, was nice and did her job well. Â The food came out in due time. Â The dance floor was empty on a Thursday night. Â Although they have a weird fixed prop of a big boat wheel on one end of the dance floor. Â It's an obtrusive-looking thing and seems to serve no relevant purpose. Â It was dark, rainy and a cool summer night outside so the deck part was not being utilized. Â Those in attendance clearly seemed to be locals.
All in all, I still would not order higher priced food here. Â After 3 visits so far, this is definitely a cheap food, drinking, sports/water watching (and possibly dancing) type of place. Â If you stick to that directive, you wouldn't have TOTALLY pissed your money away here.
I don't know why all the negatives!!!!
We thought the food was really good!  My salad was large and had everything on it that  I would have expected it to have.  My mother-in-laws club sandwich looked delicous, my husband's roast beef sandwich was decicious, and the burger was excellent.
We love taking our out of town guests, here. Â It's a awesome place to sit, have a drink, watch the boaters, and look at the lake!!
Well it's got location, but that doesn't make up for the food. Server was friendly, and very attentive and if I stuck to the mantra "If you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing at all" - I would stop here. However, after spending $50 on 4 beers and low quality food I feel compelled to help my fellow traveler. It was obvious that nothing was fresh. Not only was it not fresh, but the presentation was like cafeteria food - condiments come out with lids on them, drinks come in plastic cups, etc.. I am far from a snob and I don't need white linens on the table tops, however when you are charging over $10 for fish and chips, I expect more than a fish stick from Gordon's Food Service.
Again, the atmosphere on the lake is nice, and any parrot head would be right at home. I just hope they aren't hungry. Practically everything on the menu is fried, which, for a bar is typical. However, the prices are reflective of an "Inn", or nicer restaurant, which this place really could be if they cared to be. If you're looking for a lake-side setting to throw back some drinks, go for it. Just know if you get hungry ask for a side of Tums.
every now and then i would get a fish dinner that wasnt cooked that good ,but now its every time i go. i went there on 1/20/2012,and that was the last time i will ever go back ,again another under cooked soggy fish dinner and they raised there prices 1.50 a dinner,so im looking for the next place and they are hard to find,it used to be lil brown jug in union lake but they burnt down so i searched till i found the white lake inn ,so if you know of a good fish dinner in oakland county please leave a reply
Review Source:In an area that is generally restaurant-challenged, this town is blessed to have the White Lake Inn. First, it reminds me of stopping in for dinner heading up north. And it's not just the view of the water, but the overall casual friendliness of the place.
Second, let's talk about the food. If you can get to one of the outdoor barbeques in the summer, get the salmon. Whatever that grill master does, I've never had better salmon in my life. Friday fish-fry is wonderful. Nice job on the pizza.
Really my third item is what makes this place so special, that outdoor patio on the lake in the summer, with boats pulling up and folks bellied up to the tiki bar - just the best.
Take some friends and enjoy some dancing with live bands on Friday and Saturday nights.
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