A pretty good place to grab lunch before heading to the beach/on vacation and not wanting to cook for a crowd. We had a pretty decent spread from the menu and everyone agreed the food was pretty good. Nothing was super fancy or exceptionally delicious but it was all very filling, typical lunch food. The burrito was more of a plate of Mexican food but for the portion it was a good deal. Do not attempt eating if you can't use a knife and fork. The full grown adult man at our table struggled a bit, but that is his burden to bear and not the restraunts. The struggle is real. We had a table of 7 and got a table really quick right around lunchtime. Our server, Erica, was attentive, cheery and honest about her occasional clumsiness, which I appreciated. She gets 5/5. Our food came really quickly, which was supprising considering the size of our groupm It's kind of dark inside, but it's a bar so, you know, no supprise there. The bathroom has a fist shaped hole in the wall. In my opinion this helps the ambiance. 4 stars because it's good, tasty, cheap, but isn't super unique or exceptional. They don't take Discover, for your information. read more

Antler Bar - New American Near Me - Pentwater, Michigan

If your server is Marty, then you'll be fine. She's friendly, she's funny, and she's quick. Ancho-chipotle wings were more on the sweet side, and it would be nice if it were also spicy. Hot wings were on point and complements the ancho-chipotle wings.... Just make sure you eat the hot first, and build that tingling in your mouth before diving into the sweet smokiness. Can't go wrong with the price either--4 apps, 1 side, 3 pitchers of beer came out to a little over $50. read more

Great atmosphere. Good service. Rice bowls would have been better without enchilada sauce. Personal preference. Reasonable pricing for a rainy Saturday afternoon. Will be back! Thanks Pentwater. Always enjoy our visits ni matter the season! read more

I love this place! The food is great and the atmosphere is pure Michigan! Last year we came on a Friday night and it was packed- the people were so friendly! We had all you can eat perch- the best perch I've ever had. Today I had the perch again- not disappointed! 5 huge pieces and sweet potato tots. Wow, I should have split it. Great value, excellent food, nice people, rustic decor! Love it. read more

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Up in Pentwater for vacation. Looking for some dinner so we stopped in. I was very under whelmed. The food was not good. The beer selection was okay. This is just a local dive bar. read more

Wonderful food and service! It can get a bit busy during the summer so you may have a bit of a wait. Menu offers a large selection of appetizers and entrees. Pretty extensive menu for a bar! Full bar service. Fun atmosphere. They have a music box, Pool table, and a couple televisions that typically show sports. The staff is friendly and helpful. They do see some bar merchandise too. Highly recommended - one of my favorite spots in Pentwater. read more

I'm a newbie to Michigan and my orientation took place at the Antler (Locals call it Bar A). The atmosphere is great. Old time bar with period fittings. Game heads on the wall, (festooned with beads and other irreverence). Just a nice rustic feeling; neither touristy or dive-y. Good local beers on tap. Every question was answered with a taster. Nice touch. Nice food selection. A friend wanted something light that wasn't on the menu. The kitchen provided toast with sliced avocado. Your chain food-mills don't do this! Salads are huge and varied. Customers and staff are friendly. Blinking neon out front is the perfect invite. If this is Michigan, sign me up! read more

The Antler Bar has a large menu and amazing food. The service is fast and made up of nice people. It also has some arcade machines and a restroom. I would 100% come back. read more

Sunday, Bloody Mary Sunday!! Returned for a second consecutive Sunday 'cause the Bloody Mary's are that #%=*! good!!! The spicy ones are a must. The boneless chicken wing special is also a great deal - this week we ordered the appetizer version as it gave more options for sauces; barbecue, Buffalo wing and Serrano chili sauces are all very good. And the sweet potato tots are soft pillowy nuggets of delightfulness. Many people say the Mexican food are their best dishes-we'll be back to try them soon!!! read more

Better than average Michigan local bar. This bar is kinda old-school to say the least. It looks great inside, the downstairs is a dark wood, Taxidermy filled (who would have guessed) BAR with a pool table and jukebox. Upstairs is a bright new barroom with games and jukebox and a big patio overlooking the harbor and the village green! They certainly accommodated our large group of revelers for the whole Labor Day weekend! Friendly staff, friendly locals and good variety of beer and music! Maybe not a typical summer tourist family hangout, but a very cool place for good times and local color read more

This is the Best spot in Pentwater. Unfortunately there is no patio. The food is great (lots of burger options). The staff is friendly and easy going. There is a jukebix read more

Atmosphere is decent. Service is worst I've seen in a long time. Don't know about food yet because we are still waiting for it. Sitting here for 1 hour, 15 minutes and just got someone's soup. Wait staff doesn't seem to care. No manager here today. Would never come again no matter how the food comes out. Can't believe they are still in business. A few other "angry" tables around us. read more

Gotta love an old school bar. The portabella mushroom fries are yummy as well as the homemade soup, Mexican, burgers, and spaghetti. That's all we've tried so far, but we assume the rest of the menu is similar. If you are lucky enough to sit by a townie ask about the history of Pentwater....it will keep you entertained for hours. read more

Love this place. Usually the food is great, especially the Walnut/Michigan Cherry Salad and the Wing Dings. A very comfortable place to go, although the noise level is sometimes a little too much. read more

Started off with slow service... Great mushrooms and Guinness once the bartenders acknowledged us! read more

Antler Bar - New American Near Me - Pentwater, Michigan

TLDR - Great for drinks, but can't handle a light lunch crowd: Expect very poor service. Typically the Antler is a great place to get drinks at night, and so we gave it a shot for lunch today...It turns out they aren't up to managing the lunch crowd and served up one of the worst customer experiences I have ever seen due to their inability to manage the slightly busy environment. We walked in and were told to seat ourselves after asking if we should put in a reservation. Upon waiting 30 minutes to find a seat we were then told we had to be one their long list which started after we arrived. Trying to explain the situation to the manager she was obviously stressed and rather than seeking to understand and manage the situation she immediately escalated the situation by raising her voice and told us we would be better off just leaving - which I have to say was pretty sound advice. Hopefully she gets some time off to de-stress and perhaps the Antler will figure out how to handle lunch someday. Went to the Village cafe and had a great lunch! If the owner happens to see this, the manager in question was a woman mid 30s on Wednesday July 26th at 1PM. Please give her some much needed vacation so she doesn't ruin ours! read more

Good food and atmosphere in the area. The fish tacos and sweet potato tots were yummy! A bit of a long wait for the food but it was fresh and hot when it arrived at the table. read more

We own a place in Pentwater on Lake Michigan from time to time we stop in the food is good the place is a little cramped on a busy night but we expect that read more

Food was good and service was great. A number of good micro brews on tap to choose from. I would come back when I'm in the area. read more

Antler Bar - Neat atmosphere and great food. - New American Near Me - Pentwater, Michigan

Fast and friendly servers. The deep fried asparagus was the best! The taco special is what we chose. Very fresh and delicious!

Rented a cottage for 5 days and there was a menu in the house for this bar. We were real excited to go, but were disappointed after the food had come. Server was good and timely, and he recommended the white fish. We all had shredded beef nachos (nothing special), 2 things of fried whitefish (should not have been recommended), fried chicken that was all you can eat on Tuesday's (can't really mess up fried chicken), and a burger that was just okay. Our grandma really loved the tomato bisque soup though. Over all it was a pretty mediocre experience. read more

We enjoyed our lunch here. The kids played a game of pool while we had a Tito's Moscow Mule. The buffalo burger with gluten free bun was great! It was busy when we arrived, and a couple of tables were dirty but the servers got caught up fairly quickly and were polite and attentive. read more

During the off season this is the best place to get dinner. The staff are nice and efficient.

Been here several times this summer. Always great food, Steak and also the Friday all you care to eat Perch is very good. Drinks are always good as well. Fun atmosphere with fun staff. You need to checkout the antique bar area with vintage lights !! Oh and the Cops & Doughnuts McDonalds Precinct bins are great. Which means great burgers !! read more

One of my favorite bars in the country. Great food... shredded beef bowl is great! Staff is awesome. Best late night place in Pentwater. Never miss it when in town. read more

The Antler Bar is an old favorite. My parents made their first visit ~30 years ago when they bought our "Up North" summer cabin, and my family still makes the half hour drive from the Rothbury area to Pentwater mainly to go to the Antler Bar. My parents tell a great story about a night at Antler in the 80s when a large group came in carrying a coffin. Four guys plopped the box on the bar, and the 50th birthday boy jumped out and started throwing back some more over the hill beers! Ambiance The Antler Bar use to be a smokey dive bar. Michigan's no smoking laws changed the former, and the bar was updated a few years ago. It's now a lot lighter and brighter inside, and doesn't look like the old-school dive it use to be (good overall, but a little sad too.) There's also a new upstairs that opens to a patio. They don't serve food up there yet, but hopefully they will soon. It's still a good old northern Michigan bar and restaurant. It's a perfect place to go with a small group for a casual dinner, sit at the bar and catch a Tigers game with a pint, or play some pool later in the night. Food The thing that differentiates Antler from a lot of other little northern Michigan bar / restaurants is that the food is really solid! They have always had a focus on "Mexican" food. There is a selection of burgers (angus beef, buffalo, and elk), sandwiches, and some other entrees too. On our last trip my dad and sister had beef tacos and enchiladas, which used the same ingredients in different shells but were pretty tasty. I had the Southwestern Chicken salad. The chicken is fresh and the spinach iceberg lettuce mixture make for a surprisingly fresh and tasty salad. We're not talking about any innovation here, just solid food in a fun atmosphere. Now that I live far away from the land of Oberon, I always enjoy the cold Bell's on tap more than most! To be honest, in a more culinary area like Boston this would only be 3 stars, but compared to the frozen and really bad food (trust me, I'm not picky) served in some other nearby establishments this is a really solid spot. read more

4 Stars for being a U of M bar and 4 stars for having some pretty good grub. Everyone in there were super nice (we were Mich fans) and the bar itself, bathrooms, walls, etc. were nice and clean. I could easily see myself ponying up on a Saturday afternoon for some college ball, burgs, and some delicious wings. read more

Excellent food!!! I was here several times during my stay in the Ludington area, and each time had great food and great service! This will definitely go on my list of favorite local spots! Well done, Antler Bar! read more

Great food for a bar, but the place has been in business for years apparently so we expected it to be pretty good! I was here with several friends and got to sample a lot of food: The sweet potato tots were delicious if you are into sweet potato things, I am not, but they were crispy and hot and everyone who had them loved them. The seasoned fries were delicious, and my baked potato was big and tasty with plenty of sour cream on the side. The wraps, sandwiches, and burgers were all pretty excellent and came with a satisfying amount of fresh veggies. The burrito was a pile of Mexican awesomeness. I had the 4 piece fried chicken, but I'm pretty sure the "wing" and "leg" were actually just a full wing split into its two parts because they were comically small. It's fine though as everything tasted delicious, and I wouldn't have been able to eat four full pieces anyway. Our meals came out quickly, and the bar was fairly busy when we arrived. All the food came in baskets except the burrito which was on a plate. This was fine, but I ended up ripping the wax paper to bits when eating my fried chicken and baked potato so maybe ask for a plate if you have any knife work to do. Our server, Erica, was friendly, personable, attentive, and all-around excellent. A great place to stop for a casual meal and a beer! read more

Basically there are other better places to eat in Pentwater. The waitstaff was friendly and quick though and they didn't seem to have a problem with large parties. read more

The Antler Bar is your basic small town pub, but it was our favorite place in Penwater. It seems that most of the local restaurants employ high school/college kids who are clearly just around for a summer job, so it was refreshing to have a server who knew the art of waiting tables. The service was fantastic. Our table tried the BLT, a couple of hamburgers and one of the rice bowls. The food was great, and arrived pretty quickly. Our server brought extra napkins and take-out containers and refilled drinks before we even asked. My kids noticed that employees were smiling and laughing a lot, and I think that says a lot about a business. read more

Here on vacation and was told this place was a great place to eat. Ordered the Cobb salad and it was wet from I'm assuming the ice burg being washed and not dried. Made for a not so good salad. Also had to sit under the air and it dripped so we had to keep our drinks covered with napkins. Also our server was not very professional she didn't even give us a name. And the place was VERY dirty read more

This was one of the only bars in town that offered Guiness on tap. That alone makes this rustic charmer of a towny bar worth it. Add in that the nachos are pretty kick-ass and you have something to do while your lady shops. Boom. read more

I had a buffalo burger with sweet potato tots and the burger was very tasty and the tots were too. The bun was fresh. My wife had the Mexican Plate special for Saturday and that came out hot and very tasty. Overall very good food. Service was friendly. Very positive experience. read more

A Labor Day Pentwater escape brought us to this towns rustic bar. The menu was very extensive, from bar food to Mexican, it's there. I settled for the lake perch, which was lightly dusted with flour. Nice pieces and delicious. We chose the fried chicken, which was equally good. The chicken was fresh and meaty.The service was efficiently presented . Overall this was a pleasant experience with very good bar food. I would come back to try the Mexican. read more

This was the worst dining experience of my life. We were seated to a dirty table and they wiped all of the mess onto our laps. The food took about an hour to come after ordering and most of it was either wrong or cold. The chips were straight out of a bag from the grocery store, fries seemed like left overs, and soup seemed left over & seemed like it was from a can . The waitress had a constant attitude and was very inattentive. Don't waist your time. Go somewhere else. read more

Perfect spot to grab a burrito or burger. Casual dining in bar area. Outside is only open Friday and Saturday. Watched some olympics and drank some local beers. Nothing wowed us but it hit the spot after being on the lake all day. read more

Can always count on the Antler! They have great customer service and the food is amazing. Friday's are the best cause they usually have all you can eat fried chicken and perch or cod. Even open on Christmas Eve! We'd give them more then 5 stars is we could! read more

We had tacos, their wing zings and a burger. All were good, including the burger which you have option for beef, buffalo or elk. Plus they offered gluten free bun! Their ranch was so good. read more

Well, my wife and I were in the Pentwater area on way to Manistee. Stopped at the Antler Bar based solely on reviews. Wrong decision. Tried the buffalo burger which had no taste and half raw.. My wife got children tenders that were low quality right out of the box. Sides even sucked.... Dimly lit with a couple of tvs.. won't go back... went across the street at Brown Bear for nightcap and Sub to go. Great everything .. atmosphere, food, ... read more