Wood Winds Restaurant

Not worth wait. Waited 15 mins to be seated 30 for food. Ordered fish special. Fries have no salt on them and no seasoning on fish. And had dirty dishes on table for 15 min.

And yes it was the Friday all you can eat cod and as you can tell it looks nothing like the owner picture that they download so they could keep posting reviews to up the stars.
They serve frozen hence no seasoning.

Plus never got to eat more then one cause had to get to go cause after an hr I was no longer willing to be late after trying what we waited 45 mins for. Plus entrance is to crowded. Is it. Restaurant or a store? People bumping and crowed and defiantly not easy access to get threw for wheel chair bound people. My meal was $21 and change disappointed.

Dollar for dollar, the Wood Winds is the absolute best northern Michigan has to offer.  

Not a lot of flash or flare here but the place has log bench booths with some taxidermy specimens on the wall.  Hey man, that's just northern Michigan baby and you gotta love it.

First, get here as quickly as you can because it fills up fast in the morning.  Sleep in and you'll wait 45 minutes outside to get a table.  The place draws just about everyone:  locals, vacationers, retirees, bikers and people passing through either to or from Rogers City.  We personally travel 25 minutes from Aloha Township to eat here.  

Virtually, everything on the menu is scratch made in house.  All the breads, sweets, soups, and sauces are made on the premises.  The bacon is brought in from Plath's meats in nearby Roger City and it is incredible.  ***NOTE***If you're ever in Rogers City or Petosky, stop and buy bacon from Plath's.  Some of the best bacon in the entire state of Michigan.

The breakfast buffet on the weekends is $7.95 and comes with everything from scratch biscuits and gravy, two kinds of potatoes, bacon, sausage, french toast, fruit and sweet roll tray.  Heck, they even tell you can help yourself to the soup that's out there in steam pots.  At lunch, enjoy the soup and salad bar or my wife's personal favorite the BLT because the bread is scratch made, the turkey is REAL turkey and the bacon comes from Plath's.  The pizza buffet on Tuesday's packs the house from 10:30 am until 2:30 pm.  Unfortunately, I have never had the pizza but the carry out orders start promptly at 10:30 am when the first pizza customers arrive every day.

The menu is a standard menu:  soups, salads, sandwiches, dinner entrees and breakfast.  Nothing unusual, just everything done right.

What can I say?  The service is friendly and inviting.  They just are that Northern Michigan kind of nice.  They want you to be happy, so if you're not, tell your server and allow them to make it right.  They have that much pride in their service.  No one should leave hungry or unhappy.

They have a tiny gift shop, so look for bags of carry out cookies and t-shirts/sweat shirts on sale.  My wife scored a great heavy-guage, pullover hoodies for the kids.

***NOTE***If you're golfing at Elk Ridge in Atlanta or Ocqueoc Falls, stop here first or on the way back.

Good American food, good service, average prices. No complaints, just a average restaurant. I will have no problem coming back to eat here.