The Branding Iron

Tourist Review: Jalapeño corn fritters are the bomb! A bit smokey. (We are not smokers). Friendly staff & it appears locals are regulars here!

Cheap drinks, food tastes frozen, pre-​prepped. Smoky. The owner, Kelly is nice and it can be fun, but eat before you come.

Food was good but the smoke was awful! They need to have a smoking area outside. It’s also very dark inside. Fried chicken is supposed to be the best!

Amazingly good food, good pizza. good tvs. spread out fun boots in the ceiling décor. Down side is dont expect a warm reception from Zarkian locals and certainly dont expect a craft beer, a stout, a good ale or anything but Bud and Bud light. Like most Ozark bars, no imagination or keeping up to date. Worst thing is the smoke— every friggin Zarkian smokes and this place reeks. So come early for pretty good food and a Bud Light before place gets smoked out. Owner is always there and runs a tight ship and friendly but gals behind bar are as unfriendly as they come… unlees you are local, wear dirty clothes and are missing 8 teeth. Just being fair here.

This restaurant is AMAZING!!! The workers are exceptionally friendly. The food is the BEST in the area. We had 9 in our group and everyone absolutely LOVED their food! I highly recommend the chicken and the shrimp — but everything was FANTASTIC!

My husband and I just had lunch delivered. He had a double cheese burger I had the chicken philly with baked potato salad. By far the best food we have had in a long time fast delivery friendly service. The delivery charges were very very reasonable. we will be ordering again Thank you Branding Iron for the great lunch.

The food was really good but the smoke gave us a really bad headache. I had the fried chicken, hubby had pork tenderloin, my daughter had Philly steak sandwich and my son had the smoked meatloaf. Everything was really good abs was seasoned well. If we come back I’ll probably go for the Philly Steak Sandwich which my daughter let me taste and I thought it was pretty amazing!

Great family atmosphere. The décor is western. They specialize in comfort food, which is a wonderful break in an area that is surrounded by wonderful, but «On the water» restaurants. This place is located far from your typical style comfort food restaurants. They have an extremely fresh salad bar, friendly staff, and very knowledgeable kitchen staff. They do have a smoking area, but the vents and intake fans must be top notch, because no one at our table could smell anyone smoking. The chicken fried chicken tasted as if you where in OKC, OK, the brisket tasted as if we were in Austin, TX, and my youngest had a pizza that tasted homemade! My oldest son (who is never full) couldn’t even finish his cheeseburger, because it was so large. It was the best food that we had eaten on our seven day vacation, but ironically; the least expensive. If you want a terrific meal, you need to do yourself a favor and stop in sometime!

Have had dinner a couple of times and so far all has been good. Simple salad bar, but is fresh and well kept. The grilled port tenderloin sandwich is great! A must try.
Only draw back is a poor beer selection. Where are the craft beers… there is so many good local craft beers which should be east to get. Will have to get them a 3 star until the beer selection improves.
Kelly, please add a couple of craft beers to the list. How about a IPA from Mothers or Piney River. Even a stout would work.
Thanks

I don’t know what happened to Mike F. on 4÷9÷14, but we were there on 4÷10÷14 and the food was great and so was the service. We love this place and have a great time every time we come down. Keep it going Kelly.
Ken, Michelle, Bob and Chris from Iowa

Nice attentive barkeep. Great prices and flavorful food. Glad we came by, it was easy to find. The place is clean too!!!

The food was great don’t get wrong on that. But the smoking about killed us! My husband, girlfriend and I had smoke headaches for 2 days after we visited on a Saturday night. They have no smoke eaters in there, and I believe everyone there except us were smoking cigarette after cigarette. Missouri needs a NO Smoking Ban!
As for the food, it was really good, I had the 4 pc. Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, my husband had the Pork Tenderloin with Mashed Potatoes & Gravy & it was huge. My friend had the Grilled Shrimp, they were kind of small shrimps but very tasty.
Our appetizer was Fried Green Beans & Onion Rings, the beans were awesome the best I have had at the lake. The rings were just OK.
I would have rated this as 5 Stars, but due to the over powering smoke I have to give it 2 Stars. I would like to go back but will consider maybe during the week when not so busy and hopefully not filled with smoke.

Visited The Branding Iron on thanksgiving evening. Staff was awesome, drinks were reasonable, entertainment was great. Extremely friendly. We had a great time! Will be going again and again.

Great food and amazing service. I visited the Branding Iron when I visited town and enjoyed both eat in and carry out.

When we walked into this new restaurant we could not believe how transformed the new owners have made this restaurant. The atmosphere is just commanding alone with all the western décor and the food matches the atmosphere. I ordered smoked meatloaf and I was not disappointed. What a nice LOCAL addition to our community.

Love the Western motif, the food is outstanding, and there is always something fun going on here … Line dancing, karaōke, 5 stars!!!

This is a new bar and grill in Sunrise Beach. the staff is friendly and the place is roomy. We were there during a busier period which may account for 1 of our party not being served with the other 6 of us. The kitchen was baking potatoes and didn’t serve my wife’s main course while the baked potatoes cooked. The owner corrected this and offered a dessert — which she turned down. They served tasty food and will work out these kinks. As a full time resident, this offers good food at a good price.