Awesome food! Friendly. Our goto spot when we are up north. The pizza is the best ever!read more

We've been going here for years. We trail ride and stop here for lunch or breakfast. The food has…read morenever disappointed. The onion rings are something we always get. They are so big and so good! The country fried steak was okay the gravy was very very thick and probably one of my least favorite things I've had to eat here. The soup is scratch made and was good. They have a case with some amazing desserts in it!

The cutest cafe! Breakfast and lunch items available. The baked goods have made from scratch…read moredeliciousness and they offer a nice variety of pastries. Their coffee and teas hit just right as well. The staff are so nice, friendly and kind! The indoor and outdoor seating is very pleasant and there is plenty of room for a smaller space. A must stop in Oscoda.

Coffee is still garbage. Decided to try it again because…read morewe're walking back from the beach. The "regulars" to this place must really NOT know what coffee is. When you order a latte or something similar here, you basically get a "beverage" that's mostly your creamer of choice and an ever so slight hint of coffee. Again... Gas station coffee is better and higher quality than what you get here. All these 2+ star reviews are just liars. Unless this place gets replaced or new owners who KNOW how to make coffee take over, this place is just pointless for coffee.

Excellent food and service. I had one of the gourmet burgers and my wife had the perch entree. The…read morefood came out hot and well-prepared. Very well-priced as well. Highly recommend!

The setting was all you could desire in privacy and with the nature of a forest and yet the lake…read morewas just across the street The facility was adequately and spaciously designed, and the price was a gift. We are blessed.

This is really a hidden gem more in the shadow of the Lake Shore resort courses such as the Gailes…read more Red Hawk is an Arthur Hills Design. Normally, I don't go nuts over course architects, but AH courses have a special flavor that I really like. For one, he lays out holes so that beginners can play them as well as making them challenging enough for better players. He does this by minimizing forced carries (only two here from the red tees, each under 100 yards), and by allowing most shots to be rolled up to the green. He also does things such on #12. Playing 179 from the tips, all carry over water, he has a closely mown area over the green. So you can use enough club, and if you go too far, you're not overtly penalized for it. Red Hawk has fairly generous landing areas, big bunkers, and some elevation changes. It's beautiful to look at, and almost all holes have their own identity. When you drive up to #3, you'll think you were playing Tree Tops, with about a 50 foot drop (according to google earth!). Our service at the course was terrific. The girl friend and I went up to play on a Friday at 3:20, which is twilight. While we were warming up on the range, the starter actually came out to inform us that if we would like, we could tee off about 25 minutes early ahead of a group of 8. We got up there before they came, and it probably saved 1.25 hours off our tee time. The other plus is that Red Hawk has electric carts. I *hate* gas carts. I was peace and quiet on the golf course, and electric does that for you. The last thing you want to experience is the roar of an engine echoing throughout the trees (and it does echo here!). Don't pass up a chance to play this course if you're in the area.

TL/DR: Challenging beautiful course that is under-maintained from its original days -- but still…read moreperhaps inappropriately premium priced. Bring bug spray! This is an interesting and challenging golf course. I have played it several times since it opened ~25 years ago. Beautiful scenery, cut through the woods with some relatively playable holes, some target golf, and some links style holes. Carts mandatory -- this is not a course to even try to walk. Found the staff at the shop to be super friendly. BRING BUG SPRAY -- especially if you are playing in the early morning before the wind picks up. The woods are pretty generous in their donations of all manner of flying critters, and if it's calm they tend to swarm. It saddens me to say that the maintenance of the course appears to have fallen off since we last played. Several tee boxes were shoddy and a few were obviously unmowed, fairways were in rough shape in some places, bunkers weren't dragged in the morning so they were full of footprints and hard pack wet and difficult to play, and greens pockmarked with all manner of unrepaired ball marks. The last two are signs of inexperienced (or rude) golfers who aren't cleaning up after themselves...but for $90+ per round I'd hope that the crew would take better care of the course. Having played most of the nearby courses, I'd say that Red Hawk is absolutely worth playing at least once...and offer my hope that they keep the course in better shape. This course, bunkers, and greens were disappointing this time around...and there are a few other very nice and more attractively priced rounds of golf within a 30 minutes drive of East Tawas.

Great service. Fantastic food. Kind staff and great local spot! A little pricey but worth it. We…read morelove it!

Best Italian restaurant in the area hands down and one of the better restaurants in general. They…read moremake all the traditional Italian dishes one would expect to see at a fine upscale restaurant that you would find in any big cosmopolitan city along with other entree's to include fish, steak and chicken options. Food is well prepared with great visuals and most importantly tastes great. Setting has a nice darker rustic comfy vibe to it with a large gas fired pizza oven going on one side with fresh and oh so tasty bread cooking away which adds a nice Italian accent to the setting. Restaurant also has a full service bar where my Old Fashioned was very well made and oh so tasty in its own right. Also just as important, especially for an Italian restaurant, they have a very nice wine list to choose from. Overall, if you are in the north eastern side of the state and your pallet leans towards fine cuisine than this is a must visit restaurant as you will not be disappointed.

Definitely our new favorite restaurant! We had dinner here after our wedding 5.23.26 and we had the…read morebest experience ever. We had bad service that entire weekend at the resort down the road and we instantly welcomed when we entered Northwood Steakhouse Rus and his staff were beyond amazing and accommodating. The best dining service ever received in Michigan. The food was amazing. The decor is pretty cool. There's a story behind the two bears on display. Ask about it and you will be intrigued. I highly recommend Northwood Steakhouse. The best dine in restaurant in the city.

1. Probably the best fine dining place in East Tawas in East Tawas isn't known for fine dining…read more 2. The staff is always very accommodating and willing to try to make you happy. 3. Their drinks are done very well. 4. The food menu is very broad and always comes out tasting good.

Came by boat and shuttled over. Great service, walleye was amazing and owner Sandy showed us her…read morenew enclosed patio! This is perfect space to take large groups or just eat at the bar. Carly was superb server also!

Had dinner last night with friends. Walleye was excellent. Service was excellent and the beer was…read moregood too! One thing to be aware of. Dinner Menu items come with just ONE side. No bread, soup or salad. Just the entree dish and your selected side. If you want more sides, they are additional $'s. So a little pricey, but the food was terrific!

Such a nice area to walk around and shop look at sculptures and hit up Polish potter shop.read more

Stopped on our way up to Tara's. 2 delicious frappe. One mocha. One caramel. Breakfast pocket was…read morevery yummy. The star were the baked goods. The words best blueberry muffin ever were spoken. Looking forward to my cinnamon roll. Great stop!

Really good quality food. Pizza was as good if not better or better than jets. Appetizer, blooming…read moreonion, was good. Waitress was friendly and got extra dipping sauce when requested. Cool location in between Alpena and Oscoda. Felt like a bar slash family restaurant, but I felt comfortable taking my family here. We would definitely return!

Really nice restaurant located on a hill adjacent to US 23. The restaurant was recommended by some…read morelocal friends and it did not disappoint! As we entered the restaurant you could see their commercial grade smoker going with inviting aroma's of smoked meats wafting through the air creating both a nice visual and a mouth watering invitation to enter the restaurant. I get a kick out of these these bad boy smokers as too often they are hidden behind the restaurant. Relative to our meal, we got the Cod Fish and chips and the full rack of baby backed smoked ribs. Both entree's were well made and very tasty, especially the ribs, where the the portion size were so large we could easily have split both of these meals into two which is something I would suggest if you are coming here and usually eat a small to moderate portion size. For drinks we got their Old Fashioned which was well made and quite tasty in its own right but a tad small volume wise in my opinion. I normally expect 2 full oz's of Bourbon in my drink and not sure this drink hit that mark. Just a minor gripe here and did not detract from my meal by any means as evidenced by the 5 stars. Relative to staff and facility, the staff was super friendly with great follow up where the facility I would describe as clean, a bit rustic (in a good way) and most importantly a comfy environment to enjoy your meal in. Also, as it was a Friday nite and a band started playing later in the evening that just added another layer of goodness about this business and overall dining experience. Overall, I am a big fan as this business as hits on all cylinders when it comes to a nice dining experience and one not to be missed if you are in the area. As a cautionary note, they get real busy right around 5 pm on a Friday with a waiting list that moves fairly quickly. I am assuming the same thing probably happens on Saturday. if you want to get seated immediately on those evenings you should probably arrive a tad bit in front of 5pm to avoid the wait.

Friendly staff, restaurant has front and back so bigger than you'd think. Lots of collectibles on…read morethe wall. Loud, family style restaurant. Portions are big. Had the angry shrimp and pork wonton appetizer. Lot of sour cream in the wontons. No dipping sauce for those. Dipping sauce for angry shrimp not too spicy . Had the beef ravioli, large serving. Got the tomato sauce and it was good. Pasta sachettini had a thinner sauce than expected, needed a bit more salt/seasoning, shrimp don't perfectly. Added wine and the price went up - almost $80 with tip- two entrees, and two glasses of wine. Filling. Good company.

Very nice staff confirmed take out to your car is still available…read more One of my favorite places to go in this area