Matey’s Restaurant

Great food. Large selection of craft beers and alcohol. Maybe the best selection in michigan city. Right near the beach. I go there all the time.

The new owners have really stepped it up! The food quality is amazing and the service is great!!! I would recommend one of their daily lunch or dinner specials (top notch). I have been coming to Mateys for years and I’m really happy to see all of the improvements taking place. It’s now one of the best spots in town to get a good meal.
After dining I stepped into the sports bar area and I must say. Woah! It looks like a sports bar now!
There has to be at least 20 tv’s in that place.
The heated ft patio is really nice also!

I would have loved to try their food however they discriminate! 21 and over only?!? Even on Monday for lunch? Ridiculous. When I called and asked their hours they failed to mention the 21 and over rule. I could understand if it was a bar only and not a restaurant. I will not visit this establishment on the future. Also it’s was really classy t have the cook sitting by the dumpster smoking and spitting on the ground as we pulled up.

Fun place. You can make a meal from the cajun seafood soup! The Sun-​Tues specials for $ 13 are a great deal, portion was perfect as we were traveling & couldn’t deal with leftovers. Draft Beer choice wasnt long but it was good. Staff was very friendly.

This local establishment became a conference favorite as word spread quickly about a cool local place near the convention center. Atmosphere was casual and entertaining. Open air seating. Adult only. Great staff. Bar food and seafood at fair prices. We had the seafood platter and everything was fresh and cooked to perfection. The coleslaw is one of the best I have ever eaten. The batter for the fish was light and crispy. It’s right next to the beach and it looks like it belongs there

Nautical themed restaurant/​bar near the lake. The food was really good. We got salad, prime rib, baked potato, fish (eh, not so good), seasoned waffle fries, & the sampler appetizer platter. Our favorite appetizer was by far the Extremers. I had never heard of them & maybe you haven’t either. They are seafood (shrimp/​crab) & mildly spicy cheese fries in a batter. I would go back just for those. My steak came & it was huge & delicious. The portions are generous & we even took home leftovers. I also had a strawberry daiquiri. It was made to perfection.
The price was what you would expect for a sit down restaurant. Our waitress was very nice & regularly checked on us. She was attentive & made sure everything was to our liking.

Just ok. The Perch basket was definitely a plus! Too smokey. Saw someone throw up in a garbage can inside the bar… ewwww. Kind of a Dive bar. It will do in a pinch.

Buffet not to shabby. Snow crab legs. Prime rib. And a bunch of other great food. Service was an A+. Almost O.D.ed on butter and crab. Worth it!

I only come here because it’s a convenient place to eat after a trip to the beach. The layout is pretty great, probably one of my favorite things about this place. I love the deck area, gives off a tiki beach party vibe. The food is actually pretty good too. I ordered the chicken wings and you could tell they were made pretty fresh, at least it wast frozen from a bag like most bars. Their drinks are ok but over priced. The atmosphere can get super sketchy depending on when you go. I think i might be a biker hangout of sorts. The waitress was one of the worst I’ve experienced. She seemed annoyed from the get go when i simply asked what the drink specials were. She seemed impatient as well because I was asking for her assistance on what’s good to order (isn’t that part of your job?). When we flagged her down to order a second around (she had not checked on us at all) she said sorry my shift is almost over you will need to go to the bar. She couldn’t even hand my card to the bartender for me and order our drinks before she left.
Th service and atmosphere are sketchy. The food is pretty good. I only go here during the summer if I go to the beach.

My friend and I stopped here after checking out the old lighthouse at Michigan City’s beachfront. We wanted some libations and boy did we find them! The staff was young and friendly and generous with their pours. We each had a purple drink that involved grape vodka with lemon/​lime soda. It was sweet but good! We also tried the Go Bananas! drink: Cruzan Banana Rum, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, Frangelico Liqueur, yummy ice cream and our special banana mix. Yummy!
For food, we ordered the Shrimp and Crab Extremers: A basket full of delicious nuggets of shrimp, crab & cheese, with bits of jalapeño pepper, and the Grouper Tenders. Both were fried pieces of deliciousness.
Sat and chatted with a Kiwi couple for a bit and had a great time before moving on for a more substantial dinner! Can’t complain about that Tiki Deck! :)

Fun place except for the biker gang «devil’s disciples» who were preying on college girls. otherwise it can be fun with the patio. definitely not a hip place though, they place horrible music and it’s basically a tiki/​beach bar with beer logos everywhere. Would not eat here, just come for drinks one night.

Location looks good and interesting. Not a family place… apparently Indiana has a law that doesn’t allow kids under 21 to eat with their parents in the restaurant if the restaursnt serves alcohol. It was 11 in the morning and no one in our group was drinking. No business for Indiana on this trip.

My husband and I dined here last night. We LOVED the atmosphere and the food was absolutely great. We both ordered sandwiches and an appetizer (very filling), and our bill was about $ 31. It was not bad at all. The prime rib and seafood buffet (which is on Fridays) is $ 29.99 a person; we will have to give that a shot sometime. Anyway, I will happily recommend this place to family and friends. Oh yeah, and it’s literally a 2-​minute drive from Blue Chip. Haha.

Matey’s is one of our favorite restaurants. Although we live in South Bend, we make the hour drive for a meal and drinks there many times a year, especially during the summer. Their buffet is awesome, crab legs, oysters, scallops, prime rib… and the list goes on. Their burgers are fire, wings are good. Drink prices are reasonable. Love this place, highly recommend it.

A childhood friend inherited a gorgeous lakehouse in Beverly Shores so I am frequently exploring this cute little town when I need a getaway from Chicago. I can count on one hand the fun bars in the neighborhood and was always curious about Matey’s, especially with the crowded rooftop bleachers. It looked divey enough and fun so our group went in to experience it. Not like the ‘Children of the Corn’ crowd at the local biker bar (don’t ask) but fun, non threatening where we won’t end up someone’s lampshade, lol. Lots of rooms but naturally we migrated towards the dark nautical themed bar. Instantly greeted with a huge smile by the tall-​hat wearing chef we coined ‘Chef Boyardee’. He talked us through the entire menu and steered us towards the endless Crab Legs. They are piled high in a Corona bucket and as much as I loved them, my eyes were bigger than my stomach and I didn’t even make a dent. Great experience from start to finish. He only left our table to cook and serve them, then came back to continue entertaining us, which was welcomed since the older bartender was too afraid to even move, much less serve us our drinks. It takes a lot to get my group to leave the gorgeous lakehouse but for Matey’s Crab Legs and Chef Boyardee’s hospitality, we will def make exceptions.

Service was excellent! Thanks Christina (our server)!! Food was good, we had dinner on the second level and the view was nice. As long as Christina takes care of us, we will keep going back!!!

Not many surprises at this place. It’s a standard touristy restaurant, complete with fruity drinks served in a bucket, promo girls with free booze and torturously high heels, and fried food in a basket. There are three decks overlooking Lake Michigan (and the NIPSCO cooling tower) and supreme people watching. The food is actually decent for bar fare, but they only serve potato chips instead of fries.
Today was my first visit to Matey’s, and there happened to be a bikini contest. I’ve never actually witnessed a bikini contest before, but nevertheless I had certain expectations. Maybe there would be an MC, or the contestants would display themselves on a platform, or perhaps a talent round or some Q & A. Nope, the lovely ladies didn’t even introduce themselves or shake their rumps. The three contestants walked around the deck a few times holding up their ID number; one of them chatted us up and explained the process («they’ll give you a paper and then you write down the number of your favorite girl»), another went on a drunken rant about unions, and the third allowed eager patrons to pose for a photo with her. A few minutes later, a server approached the table with a pen and two post-​it notes on which we were instructed to write down the number of our favorite contestant. So much for pomp and circumstance. Anyway, it was a beautiful day, all the patrons were in good spirits, and my cod sandwich was pretty good. There are certainly better places for drinks and a meal in Michigan City, but Matey’s is fun if you’re looking to waste a few hours on a beautiful summer afternoon.

Service was excellent! Visiting from NJ and the server was so friendly and knew the menu perfectly. The food is phenomenal and it’s a fantastic themed restaurant.

ahoy!
this place is supes festive. vacation-​y, tropical, pirate-​y. a biker bar.
sit up on the roof deck at the bar underneath the shade if it’s a super hot day out. i ordered the strawberry/​kiwi vodka drink. i had a few of those. just sat and people-​watched, of course.
didn’t order any food, but the burgers looked HUGE! and tasty.

This place is fun for people watching. I’ve been here a few times and I always get the cod sandwich and chips. Pretty big sandwich, you may want to split this. It’s a fun place to eat if you are having a staycation and are in Michigan City.