Buddy’s Tavern

Great little place to eat. Stop! Stop! So worth the stop!
Enjoyed all our food.
Service was also very good. Again make sure this is on your list to make a stop!

It’s a bar. Service was slow. Food is bar food, but nothing special. Ordered was French dip with cheese and onions — it was good. Hamburger looked good too. Very loud and not a place for me.

Good service, nice tavern atmosphere. We split the Freedom Dip. Yummy fries, and just enough for two people!

I use to think the Alex Burger was their best meal until I tried the Patty Melt. It was the best I’ve ever had.

When we come to Chelan our first stop (and then everyday there after) we go to Buddy’s. Freedom fries– the best ever! I get the Philly or the Freedom Dip or even the Sammy (a salad). All great. And they make good stiff drinks too. My kind of bar :)

Just something to be aware of. Check your payment if paying with a debit or credit card. Our server wasn’t that friendly and didn’t deserve the traditional 15% gratuity but when we got the bank statement she entered an amount different that what was written on the pay stub.
SOMETHING TO WATCH !!!

The patio offers karaōke, a great place to hang out. Great fries. Excellent chop salad. A fun dive bar

Great service! Friendly people to talk to at the bar. French dip with a bowl full of au jus and a veggie burger with amazing, fresh cut fries that loved the malt vinegar I sprinkled on it. Good local PNW taps also. Do not pass this place up. After a hike or bike ride at Echo Ridge, come here!

Lived in Chelan for years, heard great things about buddy’s food, but I always thought people were exaggerating, or that it was just good for tavern food.
To my surprise their menu legit.
3 of us had the freedom dip aka french dip which was the best I have ever had, not joking. I think they cook the beef in the ajus and then sear it on the grill, the sauce is so flavorful, I chose to have the optional cheese and grilled onions. it was amazing. The rest of our group that had the freedom dip were repeat customers who have been eating at buddy’s for years.
The other person in our party had the bj burger which had a thin slice of ham on it, the burger was juicy and tender and it was perfectly seasoned and their secret sauce was amazing. The fries were home made, delicious, and piled super high.
Buddy’s is a tavern atmosphere but a very welcoming restaurant setting as well. And there is a large outdoor area that is absolutely lovely. The menu has uniqueness that made us think this place should be on the tv show man vs food
So far the general consensus of buddy’s from everyone in our group was, best burger and french dip we’ve ever had.

We heard they had great burgers– well that was an understatement. I had the veggie burger (& It was the best I have EVER had) Hubby had the BJ Burger and we both were stuffed. They do not skimp on the fresh toppings and they serve it with a bucket of chilled topping sauces. WE WILL BE BACK and love every thing about the place!

No better place to go for food and drink in all of Chelan/​Manson. Enjoy the atmosphere and talk to the locals. Freedom dip and fries are a must. Bar staff is fun, nice and remembers your drinks. My wife and I were in town for a Seahawk game and it was an awesome place to watch the game. highly recommended.

STAY AWAY! WHAT AN OVERALL CRAPPY EXPERIENCE. It seems that unless you are one of the bar regulars or with a bachleorette party ($$$) that you really shouldn’t consider yourself welcome here in the slightest.
We were in town staying at a friend’s place (they live right up the road). We went here after dinner thinking we would play some shuffleboard. Nope. When we asked for the pucks for the table, we were told they didn’t have them. «Must’ve been stolen again» is the response we got.
Lo and behold in walk a couple of guys — I noticed them because they walked in (emptyhanded I might add) came half way back to eye the shuffleboard table (stood right next to my boyfriend) and then they went up to the bar. They came back with a bag of shuffleboard pucks. REALLY? I asked the guy if he brought his own pucks. «No, I got them at the bar.» That was magical. How did those pucks magically appear after we asked 3 times and were told they could not be found? Seriously? You couldn’t have said something like the table is reserved (which we would have been fine with)? You had to lie? Really?
No way would I recommend this place to anyone. Anyone I know who is Manson/​Chelan bound, I’ll be sure ot share our experience with them.

Buddy’s is the place to get your kegs while in Chelan/​Manson! Buddy’s took care of my group for the seven days we camped in town. While Buddy’s is the ONLY place to get your kegs, they appreciated our business and made us feel like we were long time patrons. Bacon Burger and BLT were also top notch. Why did I give it 5 stars? Because Buddy cared so much about my group having cold beer, he started putting our kegs on ice a day in advance. Thank you Buddy!

Definitely a dive. TVs everywhere, pool table, bar stocked with a broad variety of Vodka. Flies are welcome and present guests.
Food was recommended to us by locals. It’s always great to be welcomed by «freedom» fries on the menu. Do these people freedom kiss, too? To get to my green salad I had to dig through an ¼″ of shredded, plastic cheese. Always my favorite.
The burger was fine but it took them 45 minutes to make it. Really?! I can have a locally raised, organic chicken baked with who knows what goodness in that time. This type of a wait also makes for a great conversation with a starving wife. :)
Apparently they had a big to-​go order to fill which they told us after the fact. Thanks– we had noting better to do anyways.
Not doing it again.

Ehhh, ok.
Bud Light was $ 3.25 which is an ok price (not for piss beer, but for piss beer in a bar!) I’m sure this place is poppin on a weekend because we went on a Tuesday night and there was a decent amount of people there. I liked the back patio. It’s a good place to be on a Chelan summer night… Probably high 70 degrees! Perfect!
The one and only bartender was good, quick with the service.
I don’t have a whole lot to say about Buddy’s because I wasn’t overly impressed. It was good, not great. I feel like a jerk giving a 3 but I just wasn’t blown away so it is what it is. About a C+.

It is the BEST of the BEST. Great Service with the BEST Freedom Frys and Philly Cheese Sandwich ever… They have a great outdoor patio and it is only a 100 feet from Manson Bay Boat Docks.

Not much of a choice in Manson. The burgers used to be awesome now they are just balls of grease. The beer selection is ok. The place smells like piss but I guess thats a dive bar for ya. The shuffleboard is cool, the jukebox has a good selection. The patio is cool when you come on a summer night. Overall its ok, get drunk and you’ll have a good time!!!

You can’t get a better burger and fries! You can’t. Stop looking. I quit eating burgers altogether unless I make them myself or I come to Buddy’s. I have lived part time in this little town for the past ten years and this is the only place i come. Screw the town of Chelan. No place there puts out food and atmosphere like this.

We love My Buddy’s Saloon! Bring on the Freedom Fries extra crispy for me! Our favorite is hmmmm ever thing on the menu… Sammy Salad rocks! The friendly owners and staff call you by name when you enter the door.
The outdoor beer garden is where we love to hang and get our Lake Chelan suntan going!
We love to call in a order to go when we are out having fun on Lake Chelan and enjoy on our party barge. (Just a short walk from the Manson boat dock)
Always fun times, great food and awesome service at My Buddy’s!

It’s your local dive bar with live music on a busy weekend and a juxebox on others. It’s pretty chill. Shuffle board, pool or wife swap are the games played here.
Buddy’s added a nice deck outside and every year they either have a some kind of steak dinner or lobster meal. They also have the Dave Matthews’s Band Cover band that is fucken on the spot. Buddy’s is pretty much the place to go when you’re in Lake Chelan.