Lloyd’s Bar & Grill

Now this is a little gem on the island, Gross Ile that is. Plenty of parking, cold beer, warm cheap James Beam, good fish choices for Friday. Thought the bar was a little small, but hey, I had plenty of room. Great bartender, though dont remember her name. She was the blond on sat afternoon.
Anyway, fun place. Glad I stopped in.

Great fresh fish on Fridays. Burgers are fabulous, wimpy burgers are especially good for lunch. Small wine list but still great choices. Not fancy, but consistently good food.

Well it was car show time again on Grosse Ile and after a couple of years of picking different places to eat after the show, we returned to Lloyd’s Bar & Grill. The experience was once again terrific. Our server Paula really did a great job of arranging tables and waiting on us. The food and service was predictably good and we felt welcome.

Groooosssssss, out of everything ordered, only the fried clams were decent enough to choke down. Had I read the reviews, I would have noticed the gentleman 3yrs earlier had the same inedible burger like roundish patty that had been made maybe 2 yrs and 364 days prior. The kids hotdog was grey and I’m not sure it was really a hot dog. The fries were like freezer burned pieces of styrofoam and the «burgers» we’re like dog chew toys. In addition to that, zero lettuce tomato or a single pickle to mask the lack of attempt to make edible food. Go elsewhere.
PS. A kick in the gut when you get the bill too. Insult to injury.

My wife and I go to Lloyd’s at least once a week. The food is great, and their Cajun Shrimp and clam chowder soup are fantastic. It’s just a pity that the Cajun shrimp is only served on Saturdays!
We’ve always been very happy with the wait staff and we usually run into a neighbor or someone we know there.
I’m sure that if you stop by once, you’ll be back soon!

When I want a burger… Lloyds is it! Great potatoe skins too. Nothing fancy for sure. But when you are getting a burger… Keep it simple stupid right?

The place to meet-​and-​greet on the island. It fronts Macomb, the main street, and in warm weather you can sit out on the patio and wave at your neighbors. And then they can discuss how you have time to drink during the afternoon but not cut your lawn.
I’ve heard that some people have been banned from here for bad behavior, and that would be a bummer, because then you’d have nowhere to meet your friends, unless at the Starbuck’s at Kroger’s, and then people would discuss how you can’t drink at Lloyd’s anymore! So goes life on a small island!

It’s a bit of a misnomer that everything on Grosse Ile is nice, fancy and expensive. And Lloyds is a great example of it. It by far is one of the diviest places in the southern Downriver area… not that that is a bad thing.
Nestled between some of the more expensive dining staples of the area, and the Kroger that charges double the price of the one just 3 miles away, you would expect this place to be a bit… more.
We went in with a friend for a few drinks on a Sunday afternoon. The place was rather dead, but a lot of regulars seemed to slink into their normal stools at the bar. We were drinking beer so really, you can’t go wrong. You order a bottle, you’re given a bottle and then you drink it.
It was cheap, so that’s also a big plus. The place is a bit of a mess though. Everything seems like it’s been there for 20 year or more and never changed.
If you’re in GI, it’s definitely a good bet for a cheap drink, since there aren’t really many other options, and even GI needs some grit once in a while.

Worst hamburger I ever ate, I order their blue burger and what came out was a Kroger pre made burger that was on the grill for days. No lettuce, tomato, or pickle, and a sorry drop of not so good blue cheese dressing.
wasn’t worth 99cents. Will never go back.