Dick’s Pour House

Best pepperoni pizza! Ask for extra sauce. People eating the ribs cleaned the bones must have been very good, they sure did smell good!

The walleye fish fry is the best! Great joint in Lake Leelanau. Can’t be beat. The laid back atmosphere and the food is part of the charm of Up North. Been going to Dick’s for years now and have never been disappointed. It’s a must visit, especially on Friday’s for the Fish Fry.

Have never had such a horrible experience! We arrived at 6:15 and were seated immediately. We were in a hurry since we had a toddler with us that had to be in bed early. We quickly made our selections and were ready to order when the server arrived, however we were told that we could only order our beverages at that time. About 10 – 15 minutes later we were allowed to order our food. Well, at 7:30 we still didn’t have our food so we tried to pay for our drinks and leave and they nearly kicked us out of the restaurant with no apology, just disgust.

I’m sitting in the restaurant right now. We got here at 5:30 and it’s currently 7:06pm. We still haven’t gotten our food. The waitress has been ignoring our table and has messed up our drink orders two different times. This is the absolute WORST restaurant I’ve ever been to. Can’t believe they’re somehow still in business. In addition, another waitress just walked up to our table trying to get our drink orders, not recognizing that we’d been here for an hour and a half AND two minutes later the customers at the table next to us asked us for some of our chairs because the wait staff didn’t set theirs up for them. Absolutely horrendous.
My food finally came at 7:20, but the rest of my family’s food didn’t show up until 7:40 and we just asked them to box it up because we didn’t want to spend another minute there.
Eating here was a horrible decision and ruined our night.

DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY! For years Dick’s has been a mainstay option. The last 5 years have been horrendous.
We’ve had many «pour» experiences including being asked to pay our bill before our meals arrived. Service has been non-​existent for «average at best» food.
There are plenty of alternatives.
Fishers Happy Hour
Art’s Tavern in Glen Arbor
Boone’s Suttons Bay
North County Suttons Bay

I’m a bit of a food snob — so, when I say the fried perch dinner was awesome, I mean it. great service and awesome M-​22 atmosphere. Decent beers on tap and good cocktails. Definitely worth stopping in if your are on the narrows.

Ron called me personally at 1030pm at night to tell me he didn’t want our wedding business. That we were «out of our mind» to think we’d be welcomed, or given space on Memorial Day Weekend. We are getting married at Fountain Point this weekend, and we’re really hoping for a local, friendly experience. I called four times in the last 6 months to confirm our party… In the back room. All the conversations up until today were very pleasant and accommodating. We love northern Michigan — this was a huge, inhospitable disappointment — definitely not what we are used to. He was very abrasive, obnoxious and arrogant — definitely not interested in out of town guests.

Love, love, love Dick’s Pour House! Best pizza in the area with yummy crust. The onion rings were outstanding. An awesome neighborhood bar ambience without outstanding food and cold beer. How much more can you ask?

Not a fancy set up, but very cozy and relaxing. Had the Perch dinner, and it was very good. My hubby had the fried chicken, it was also delicious. Decent beer selection too. Service was good. I would dine here again.

Perch was out if site. !!! Pizza really good order well done! Sandwich’s are really good! My personal favorite is the chicken wrap!

AMAZING Bloody Mary’s made with the local Horseradish Vodka and a kick ass Perch Basket! Only spot in town to get fishing licenses, which was an awesome surprise, not to mention an excuse for another Bloody!

Horrible
Service sucked, food worse. Been coming here 20 plus years and this was the worse ever. This place used to be an institution in Leelanau

Dick’s is a real, honest-​to-​goodness up north bar with a drop dead gorgeous Art Deco back bar and fabulous mounted fishing and hunting trophies. The patty melt was good, meat cooked as ordered, but a tad bit skimpy on the grilled onions. My husband’s perch sandwich was crisp and the side of cole slaw was tangy. Great bartender.

A local institution filled with well-​done, well-​maintained taxidermy evoking northern Michigan’s hunting and fishing heritage. The menu includes typical bar fare like sandwiches, fried foods and pizza but also holds a few surprises, like elk and venison burgers; also local/​regional fish. I have enjoyed some terrific venison burgers here — lean and non-​gamy; and all the burgers come with an assortment of condiments and pickles — thin dill strips, sweet relish, horseradish (yay!) and fresh onion slices as well as mustard, ketchup and hot sauce. The bar has a nice selection of beers and wines, some local, and seems well stocked with spirits. This is kind of a neighborhood joint, at least during daytime hours, and remarkably clean for a bar — families with little kids, as well as female travelers, will be equally comfortable with the there-​to-​drink crowd. You can also order your food for carryout, then proceed across the street to Boathouse Vineyards and enjoy your meal with wine on the winery’s ample back porch or lawn seating.

Worst service never would go back. Food poor

My boyfriend and I headed out to DIck’s Pour House one day while we were exploring Leelanau county. I have a lot of family in the area, even though I live all the way (haha) back in Traverse City.
It was definitely worth stopping in. I had a patty melt (which was perfect and delicious) and he had smelt. I’ve never been a fan of the «little fishies» (as he calls them), but as he is kind of a connoisseur of them, I’ll take his word on it. And the word was mmmmmmmtasty! We had a great meal, and it was relatively inexpensive. Pretty good service as well.

One of my favorite treats to myself is a Saturday afternoon Plevalean burger lunch. Can’t beat it.

I fully believe in giving stars to restaurants in relation to how well they compare to similar places within a respective niche. Dick’s Pour House rates well in the neighborhood bar/​pub that happens to also do some food category. The ambience is something between sportsman and sportsbar with a couple TVs and some animal heads on the wall near the bar. The dining room sits in the same space as the bar but with the days of smoke free Michigan upon us that doesn’t matter at all anymore. Service was very friendly and honest (the server made some recommendations to «fine tune» our order based on what she thought the kitchen was doing well that day). I agree completely with Matthew G that this place feels welcoming regardless of whether a regular or a summer tourist.
Food/​Drinks:
My wife and I both ordered beer. They have the standard bar selection of beer with a couple Bell’s and Sam Adams taps thrown into the mix. For food my wife got the turkey reuben which was excellent and I got the fried perch which was also good. Nothing earth-​shattering but food that was cooked well for a decent price. Everything you expect from a place like this. We didn’t have any, but the pizza looked really good. Several of the tables around us (come to think of it most of the tables around us) had pizza which I will definitely be ordering next time I go there.

Mmm-​kay. I did not care for what I had ordered here, but that was mostly my problem as I had never eaten smelt before and silly me I though it’d be like whitefish. Oh heck no. Too fishy and chewy, ick. However, my family tells me that there are people out there who obsess about smelt runs. No thank you.
The other people in my party ordered burgers and they were satisfied. French fries were decent. Friendly service, too.