Sunset Grill

After having to go to the bar for a drink because the server wouldn’t come to our table, the food that came was obviously prepackaged. Salsa was like Pace’s. Gross. The grilled chicken salad was like one at a school cafeteria. The new name and management didn’t do this place any good. Just say no.

THIS PLACE IS NOW CALLED THE WHISKEY ISLAND STILL & EATERY
During a visit to Cleveland this past weekend we enjoyed some time on a boat docked at the Whiskey Island marina, which is adjacent to the Sunset Grill. After a bit of time on the boat, we moseyed over to the Sunset to listen to the band and do some people watching. We were not disappointed!
While I have no idea about the food as we didn’t eat here, reading from the prior reviews, you may be better off bringing a cooler. You could eat from said cooler on some picnic tables closer to the marina if you so chose that option. Just putting it out there.
The location is awesome, the views are spectacular, and the people watching was a delight. Lots of drunk people (and a few sober ones) dancing, including one middle-​aged woman who’s shorts dropped to her ankles while she was gyrating to a «GunsNRoses» cover by the band. Nice purple thong, m’lady!
The beers are cheap, the crowd is fun and the band, at least on this night, was what you could hope for with no cover charge.
I’ll be back on my next visit to town, hoping to see more purple thongs.

I want to give more stars, I really do. The atmosphere is great during the summer and early fall. I highly suggest this place for grabbing a drink and checking out the lakeside scenery or live music that’s regularly scheduled.
BUT whatever you do… do not plan to eat here! It’s awful. We spent over $ 50’on slop. The salad sounded great, some kind of Caribbean chicken, but it was a pile iceberg lettuce with a few pieces of chicken on top, not very good. Nachos were plentiful but covered in canned nacho cheese sauce and cold chili. Wings were overcook badly but they were the only thing that at least had some potential.
Overall really cool place to grab a drink but don’t bother with the food. Menu makes it sound way better than it is.

Divey awesomeness!!!
Happy hour with knuckledraggers I work with on a sunny Summer evening and the world was whole and good!!!
Finger foods were fine and Summer Shandy on tap was perfect!!!
The clientele seemed to be like our party as well, out from work having an enjoyable happy hour and just kicking back.
I bet that changes as the night wears on but who cares? If you are a social observer like me it should make for GREAT observations into the human condition!!!

If theres anything more creepy than middle-​aged boat guys or Affliction wearing, weekend warrior motorcycle guys I dont know but this place has it all and its hillarious. Im not going to mention my dining «experience» or the dining «space» because Ill leave that up to the Unilocalsters. This place serves burgers, fries and wraps in a basket. They serve domestic tallboys and shots. You will have to sneak in your Founders, Dogfish Head IPA and Moscow Mules if you want a true patio experience. 90% of the seating is outdoors and I know people will cream their Z Cavariccis over that on Unilocal.They usually have some sort of local bands playing but you look up from your Apple product long enough they might actually play a Mumford and Sons song for ya! They do beer tastings for local breweries in the area which is good to see. Great mix of people watching and the shitter is always broke. I feel right at home. Phở and pupusa would only make it a true Unilocal-​worthy dining destination (crosses fingers!!) Because Cleveland needs more of that.

October is the BEST time at Whiskey Island. No bugs!
They still are carrying Red Stripe’s BIG STUBBIES! Yeah!

Freebird! Never have so many ears been assaulted by so many meathead mulleted 80’s cover bands in succession for so long. Clear Channel approved purgatory of classic rock wastes the best located bar in the entire Midwest. Food tastes like it was left on the bar in 1986, too. If the «Redneck Country Band» doesn’t scratch the itch on your ass, perhaps Colin Dussault’s seven thousandth performance of Stairway to Heaven will. Take your beer, leave, walk to the lakeshore, and thank your almighty savior you were warned. Cleveland Cliché at its worst — take a great thing, cover it with worn out horseshit Musak doesn’t even try to sell anymore, and pretend it’s the fucking Louvre.

Whether you love, or hate, the food here you can’t deny that the location make up for any shortcomings. A truly unique outdoor summertime hangout place in CLE with an eclectic crowd with above par live entertainment.

One of the worst things about going to Sunset Grill is driving past the sewage treatment plant. Once you get beyond that, it is smooth sailing. My friends and I have been coming here for a few years now. We mostly enjoy relaxing on a warm summer Sunday with some tall Red Stripe «Big Stubby» bottles. The mix of people that come up here are pretty weird. They usually have some bands playing. I am never into the music so I just zone out. It is so nice to be able to sit by the water and enjoy a cold alcoholic beverage. You can also do that right down the road at Edgewater Park but it is illegal. I never got caught though. Which brings me to think, now that Edgewater is under the umbrella of Cleveland Metroparks, they should open up a tiki bar on the sand over at Edgewater!

For as busy as they are (only bar on whiskey island), the service was pretty good. She checked up on us pretty often for our drinks. Their menu is extremely limited, so don’t come hungry unless you’re craving bar food. It’s just average bar food, nothing fancy and nothing noteworthy.

Man, I miss summer.
This is one of the only places to sit and look at the lake in Cleveland. So for that, 5 stars. Location, Location, Location.
Big 24 oz beers and twisted teas are $ 5. It’s a bit more pricey but it is a seasonal place. Food is okay. Basic bar food, a couple of good menu items like the perch sandwich but nothing spectacular.
Travel down on a nice night and grab a drink at a picnic table to watch the sunset. Don’t expect a butler.

Well, you can’t get much better than this location. Watching sunsets over the lake is one of the best things in Cleveland.
But don’t go here for the food. You’ll get in a line to order food, wait 10 minutes, and then be told you need to be at a table to order food. But lo’! There are no tables to be had. You’ll go inside and ask at the bar about food. They’ll tell you order at outside bar. What! So you wander back to the bar and figure out there is one particular line that you wait in to order food. Wait another 10 minutes. Order. Stand at the bar for 20 minutes while you friends are having fun by the water. Get told they are out of what you ordered and take whatever they give you that takes the least amount of time because you are about to freak OUT.
Stick to drinks.

Love this place. Wife and some of our friends stopped by Sunday to watch the sunset. Ordered 4 Strawberry daquiris. THEY SAID THEY DON’T DO FROZEN DRINKS ANYMORE… WHAT!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME.LMAO. You have to have frozen drinks to watch a sunset. ahahahaha Come on guys… get it together. our wives are not the bucket of beer types.ahahaha.Still giing this week. But really miss the old owners sometimes.

Great place. lots of seating outdoors. Odd mix of parrot heads, bikers, yuppies, punk rockers, hipsters, children, dogs and boaters. My only gripe is that if ya wanna walk around the park with a beer ya gotta pay the semi high prices, So an all day bbq can get pretty pricey. I wish ya could get a discount on a carry out, but i understand the reasoning. It is one of my favorite places in Cleveland.

For a lot of us getting Sunset Grill back is joyous. Of all places in Cleveland perhaps Wendy Park and the Sunset Grill most represent the wonderful diversity of our part of Ohio. Cleveland and Ohio for that matter are so diverse that outsiders disapprovingly judge us for failing to meet their limited expectations. Even many who live here do not appreciate this unique city of mills, museums and maple trees.
At Wendy Park there are planes overhead, trains to the south, boats to the east and north, and cars and trucks along the Shoreway. A short walk takes you to the busy Cuyahoga, to the architecturally dazzling but deserted Coast Guard Station, and past trees that beavers have seriously gnawed. Sunset Grill offers a place to enjoy this distinctive setting with bar food and drink. I clearly wrote bar food. No celebrity burgers, no on site brewed beers, and no designer anything. No LA pretension or San Francisco snobbery or New York know it all is here. This is where people who toil, who make things, who have common sense come to sit along the water in the sun glad to be in Cleveland.
This is a very laid back place. The pace is slow. No one rushes to get you out or rushes to serve you. Bring a book or a dog or friends. Enjoy conversation or watch boaters dock or the sun set or a train pass. Sunset is one more waterfront location that locals harshly criticize rather than appreciate. Those not enjoying Sunset and Wendy Park must be quite frustrated being in Cleveland.

This place is a disaster. You can’t beat the fantastic location on Whiskey Island. However, the service was incredibly slow, even though we could see at least 20 workers behind the counter, and many of them weren’t working at all! It wasn’t clear where you should place your order, and we waited 20 minutes in various lines and it didn’t seem like anyone was being served at all. When we got to the front, the lady informed us that she couldn’t take food orders; that was someone else’s job, and we would have to wait. We stuck with beers only, and aren’t planning to go back unless they get their act together. If you want to eat on Whiskey Island, BYO food instead of wasting your time and money at this place.

Sunset Grill at Whiskey Island is my favorite spot in the summer. Its reminiscent of something you’d see in a larger city, with the outside bar and small green space located next to a marina.
In the summer, watching the sunset over Big E is a grasping visual. In the summer, I’d say the views from the Grille beat that of any bar or restaurant in Cleveland. Literally, you’re on the water. Okay, not ‘literally’ on the water, because then you’d be some type of superhuman or one of the figures from the Bible.
Wendy Park is right next door. If you find yourself boatless, play some sand volleyball (the courts are right along the lake) or have an afternoon picnic and visit the Sunset Grill for a nightcap (you’re also allowed to buy alcohol from the Grill and take it into the park). As an added bonus, you’ll get to watch all of the fancy sunburned boaters come off their fancy boats. You’ll consistently use the term «fancy» with sarcastic tone because you’ll be jealous they own a boat and you don’t.
Pets are allowed. There’s an area to fill up water bowls. On a weekend, you can bring a blanket, lawn chairs, your pooch, listen to the band and throw back some cold ones. Who would actually throw a cold one? Where did that phrase even come from? Why am I questioning that phrase during a review when I could just erase the text before I hit submit?
The drinks are priced a little higher than your average watering hole in Cleveland, but they’re a little cheaper than what you’d find in trendy spots like the Warehouse District or Ohio City. Food was good from what I’ve had. Simple, no frills items like bratwurst, Angus burgers and beer can chicken. [EDIT: They’ve updated the menu and some of the facilities since this review, the items are the same, no frills, but still decent enough] Most of the items are under $ 10 and the quality of the food reflects the price. If the food would be a little higher quality, this spot would easily be five stars.

Kinda torn between three and four stars, but I’m feeling generous. I’m apparently one of the few people who liked Cropicana, and I don’t think much changed menu-​wise, except things are even more basic and simple now. That’s not all bad. My husband got some respectable ribs and I got a perfectly serviceable black bean burger. The service is quick and pleasant and the prices are reasonable. The crowd is pure Cleveland (I give myself license to lovingly tease as a native) — lots of mullets, jeans shorts and questionable tank tops. Maybe people will approach this place with more realistic expectations now that the Crop name is gone. It’s still a great locale to enjoy the open air and the waterfront in a friendly and inclusive setting.

This is a great place to relax and have a couple of beers by the water. Very relaxed atmosphere, picnic tables, shorts and t-​shirts. I have only eaten here once, I got the cheeseburger and it was pretty good.

It’s summer folks! Grab your sunglasses and flip flops and head down to Whiskey Island! Whether you’re there for the volleyball league during the week nights, or there on the weekend to enjoy the sun and gorgeous North Coast View, this place is a must visit to grab some libations. They have a full bar, and buckets of beers at a rather reasonable price. Best part — they allow you to bring your own snacks to enjoy at the picnic tables, as long as you’re buying alcohol. That’s a change from last year!
The restaurant has the indoor space with a bar, plus the outdoor patio with 15+ large picnic tables with table service. The patio is right on the marina and is a beautiful view. You can kick back and look at the water while incredibly kind servers bring you PBR tall boy after PRB tall boy (my preferred beer of the moment). On a nice day, the picnic tables will fill up — so get there early to grab one!
The food options are … sparse. It’s not as diverse as when they had the Cropicana experiment last summer, but it’s traditional bar food — burgers, chicken, fries, etc. Not great, but not bad.
Best part, the music! They have live music every weekend, and it’s a lovely way to enjoy the Cleveland Sunset.