Very friendly and very personable, and actually showed concern if you were content, more so than some of the tourist oriented joints. Plus good burgers. It's on the edge of town, walk the exrta block to get there. You'll be happy, and full. read more

This wasn't my first time here, I've been in to listen to live music. We had a group of 8 and even though there was only one other table, it took a while to get our table. The whole time we were there, there was never more than one other table. Our server was fabulous. The menu was completely overpriced. This place (even with Mario Batali's positive review of the olive burger) does not warrant these prices. The food that the group ordered was nothing special. There is no item on the menu (even appetizers) under $9.00. The lack of other customers on a Saturday night should have told us to go elsewhere. If Little Bo's want to be around another 50 years, they need to cater to locals, drop their prices and have the owner be much more personable. read more

What a great meal we just had! Delicious stroganoff--and the best carrot cake I have ever eaten. And I'm a life long carrot cake connoisseur! read more

Olive Burger with side of Cole Slaw plus a few pints... Amazing!! Nancy is great for conversation! Be back soon

Very rude staff, I was in my car on the phone waiting for the rest of my party to arrive, and a guy from inside came out yelling at me! He said I couldn't park there, and I replied I was waiting for my family to get there so we could come in and eat. He continued to say it isn't free parking, threatened to call the cops, just as my family arrived. All 8 of us (reluctantly) ended up going in, ordering food, and was treated horribly by nearly every staff member we encountered. Another thing was they didn't have a straw for my 7 year old son... ??? The food seemed overpriced, was actually bland, and I won't even start to explain what happened when one of our orders were not prepared correctly. I personally have over 20 years experience working in customer service, am from N. Michigan and am always willing to give anyone a 2nd chance, but this place failed in so many areas. . . I would suggest hiring a customer service professional to train your employees. Your business may improve and people won't walk out as we also saw during our visit that day. read more

Served my child chicken strips so undercooked they were raw. No apology. They reluctantly took them off the bill but charged for the fries that came with them. read more

What a find in Traverse City! Little Bohemia did not disappoint! We had delicious appetizers, great meals and unbelievable desserts! My olive burger lived up to its hype and was one of the best burgers I have ever had. Thanks for great service and an enjoyable atmosphere! read more

We've spent lots of time in Traverse City and had never tried this place. After seeing it on The Food Network we thought we might've been missing a gem. Not really. We were not greeted in a terribly friendly manner--we were pointed to the area where we were to sit. Our server told us that the perch dinners we ordered would be the best perch we would ever eat. It wasn't. For 11 bucks the portions were disappointingly small, and the perch was just not great. The seasoning in the coating was just odd. What really turned us off, though, was that the server told us several times how they'd recently been featured on tv, and how we HAD to order dessert---it was really high pressure and actually really uncomfortable. For $9.25 we were NOT going to order bread pudding! That's ridiculous. She kept telling us we needed to order it to eat for breakfast in the morning. Unfortunately we won't be back. read more

I wrote a poor review for this place in July. This morning, I received a nasty private message from the person that runs their Yelp account. I tried to post a screenshot of the message but the site is not allowing me to do so. Here is the message: Well, you can do or say whatever you want JENNIFER P, but we know that you are a liar! No one said or did any of the things that you claim. An we get nothing but compliments on our LAKE MI PERCH DINNER everyday! The full meal is 6 pieces, the half is 3, so you OBVIOUSLY ordered the half meal and the portion of the salad is much more than you claim as well. We highly recommend that you stick to the chain restaurants or perhaps the ALL YOU CAN EAT places, as you have no taste for REAL FOOD! I never referenced their perch dinner in my origianl review so, clearly, this is directed at someone else. Seems like it is a response to Noelle V.'s review on 11/10/2014. If you are going to be a psycho and start private messaging people that leave reviews, at least message the correct person!!!! And FYI, I WOULD RATHER GO TO A CHAIN RESTAURANT THAN LITTLE BOHEMIA! read more

I heard awesome things about this restaurant for quite some time and was very excited to try it out. I was thoroughly disappointed. The server was very "pushy", kept asking my table if the service was "quick" enough for us....every time she came to the table, pretty much interrupting our conversation. Turns out our server was the manager of the restaurant, I at first thought she was the owner because of the way she was conducting herself towards other servers. My husband was absolutely appalled with the service and the amount of food we received, so he ended up getting up and leaving the table before I was even finished because he didn't want to start a fight with out server inside the restaurant with other diners. She did question me on why my husband had left, then asked or stated something to the effect of posting our experience online for a review. She did tell me she was getting a lot of "bad reviews". Now the food, what food, there was hardly any food on our plates.My husband and I both had the fish dinner which consisted of 3 tiny pieces that were comparable to the size of a saltine cracker. His salad was on the same plate, about the same of one piece of Fish. Barely any french fries were included. We both eat a lot, made sure we asked for the full special because we were made aware there was a half order. My husband and I never order a small or "half" portions anywhere we go, we like to eat a lot! We paid well over $10 each for our meal, and we had to stop at McDonald's on the way home in order to get filled up. It was horrible. Do NOT recommend. Did have someone affiliated with Little Bohemia leave me not 1, but 3 messages accusing me of lying. So, I did update my review, I have a great feeling the person who messaged me was our server, whom I believe actually manages the place. I wanted to be sure to have everything as accurate as possible for the "lies" I had initially posted before. We were also told that we "OBVIOUSLY" ordered the half order. Well, I know for a fact that I have never ordered anything half size or small size in my life, and my husband is a big guy who would not, so our order possibly could have been messed up since the full order is 6 pieces of saltine-size fish fillets. read more

I was forced back here over my objection. (See previous review) Our crew was starved and the rest of the town was packed - not surprisingly Bo had open tables. I can reasonably say that you are better off going hungry. The only reason that I can think of that somebody would give this place a positive review is that they know the owner or they were paid to do it. Either that or it has gone down hill dramatically since 2011. Two people in our group ordered the exact same grinder - but they contained dramatically different amounts of product. The "classic" Bo Burger? Cooked well done when ordered medium rare - served with exactly 12 fries. $8.95 plus extra charge for lettuce, tomato, cheese. $10+ for a burger that didn't meet "Whopper standards". The waitress was embarrassed - we could have sent everything back but we chose to laugh it off. Some music started in the front as we finished our meal so we were "up-charged" a dollar per beer even though it was ordered before there was any music. The self serving menu proclaims nearly everything to be the "best in TC" - it is a historical spot but needs new ownership. If you want to see how not to serve food - go to Bo, it comically bad. I would give zero stars because, if possible it's even worse than before. Most of the poor reviews seem to get hidden - but they are the truth. I rarely review places to give negative reviews because they could be having a bad day, but after multiple experiences here this travesty gives TC a bad name and should be avoided. read more

The cocktails are way over priced and the service is the worst. Music was the only good thing

Wife & I went here for restaurant week 2019. Wanted to try a new place for us. The lasagna was homemade and to die for. A lot of the dishes are good homemade comfort food, like goulash, meatloaf & an olive burger. The restaurant is nothing fancy but very cozy & the wait staff will make you feel right at home. This is one of 2 oldest taverns in Traverse City. If you have never been it is definitely worth a visit & has its own off street parking. read more

been in t.c for 55 years,, saw a lot of changes at lil bo's,, me daughter even worked there many years ago. many years ago the cops would hang out around there as a fight usually broke out. especially on beer an schnopps nite for a $1.. a few years ago a group of us went there a few times for lunch but were disappointed in the food and cost and stopped going there. well, because they were on the two on the town, we thought we would give the new owners a try. we did and were very please not only with the service, jill, but with the taste of the food and the price, we had the chicken sandwich and the philly,, we are going back this weak to try a couple of other things.. keep up the good work, we will tell others, and thanks for the two on the town read more

No stars! I used to visit this place years ago when it was Lil'Bo's every Monday night and had Jazz Night... so many great memories! I have not been back since though. Well my dad was visiting from St. Louis, Missouri and we wanted to show him one of our friends and favorite bands Billy Strings and Don Julin. We were excited! We arrived to a packed bar which did not surprise us because of the music... we found seats at the bar.. Great! It took a little while to get service but they were busy and we gave them the benefit of the doubt... We had Nancy the owner serving us. Finally got our drinks nothing fancy a couple beers and a glass of wine and some fries. We settled into our night. Then the trouble began ... a couple of women sat down beside my dad and we started talking. After a while no one had come to serve them so my dad was being nice and tried to get Nancy's attention and help out a bit, when Nancy bit back well we are a little busy here ... my dad did respond with you have got to be sh*tting me... which whatever it was a bit snarky but no big deal.... Nancy then took a plastic jar that had a sign taped on it that said no swearing and threw it in front of my dad and told him to put money it... we all laughed and brushed it off... we just continued throughout our night with my sister put in charge of ordering the drinks from then on...at one point my sister did hear Nancy call my dad a dick ... well we ignored it we wanted to listen to the music... we had a great time and the music was wonderful! if you get a chance to see Billy and Don anywhere else go ahead. Also while sitting at the bar I witnessed at least 5 people come in and try to get a drink at the bar and leave. I worked at a restaurant and a bar so don't get me wrong I get it, it is tough when you are busy. But you never want people to leave. We were getting our bill. We knew we did not want to tip her, which was tough because we are family of hospitality people and we know you work for tips but you don't call a customer a dick and you don't throw a swear jar at a customer and you don't ignore customers. We paid our bill and were heading out the door when Nancy greeted my dad and my sister at the door and said thanks for the tip and then proceeded to flip of my dad... she then very much deserved the no tip we gave her. We won't be back and we will be telling everyone we know to not visit too. read more

Perch was excellent! Perfectly fried with a light but hearty batter. Service was fast and friendly. There was a heat wave the day we went and the air conditioner was not working so it was a little warm. Other than the air temp, great place for a meal. read more

Had wonderful perch dinners tonight at Little Bohemia. It's a beautiful room, with old, original woodwork and neat murals. Service was great: prompt and caring. I think some Yelpers maybe don't realize that perch are actually small fish, and the filets cut from them are necessarily even smaller. Other inaccuracies on this site include yelpers claiming you have to pay before you get your food (why do you think that might have happened?), that the wine is overpriced (where can you get an 8 oz glass of local wine for less than $6.50?), or that the service is slow or pushy. Some comments are just plain off-topic, rude to the owner or other patrons. Personally, I don't think it pays to be high-maintenance or uppity in sole proprietorships the way you can in corporate-run restaurants. And the owners hairstyle? Well it's NOYB. You're not the NY Times food writer, you know! And this ain't the Four Seasons! What it is, is a long-established local tavern serving traditional and well-prepared meals, sandwiches, pastas, appetizers and desserts alongside local music for well under $15 a plate. It isn't hip or contrived. If Mario Battali thinks the place rocks....well, chances are he knows a little something about food. Traverse City has a rich dining scene, heavy on the nouveau side. It would be a poorer place without Lil Boho. read more

I didn't care for this place. The Eggplant appetizer house specialty was hard, not fully cooked and bland but the waitress was gracious enough to take it off the bill. The pork dinner speciality was so-so. Weren't many people there on a Sat night when all the other places we tried had 30-60 min. waits.Overpriced gnocchi app. I would not go back. read more

My husband and I are in Traverse City for the Cherry Festival. Our B&B hosts recommended Little Bo as a possible dinner option for us on our first night in town. How happy we were with his suggestion. We sat out on the patio (the weather was perfect). There was live jazz music in the bar which added to the positive feeling at the restaurant. Dinner was great! My husband optied to get the gnocchi appetizer as his dinner selection...which was fabulous! I ordered the 1/2 order of the perch. I thought it was great too. Yes, it is a smaller size portion, but that's what I wanted, because we really wanted to try the cherry bread pudding. So glad we saved room for dessert......was AMAZING! Service was terrific! Everyone we dealt with at Little Bo's were so friendly and helpful. We would definitely come back again if it was a little closer, but it's not really driving distance from Austin! read more

Great service, friendly staff (they don't want you to know that) and amazing olive burger! Found on a whim and it was a gem.

If you visit Traverse City and want the best dip in town, visit Lil Bo's. The staff was awesome and friendly. Thanks!

In spite of the construction traffic out front this has the most amazing perch dinners available to mankind go there you will not be disappointed read more

To Gina R. and your husband Anthony R. This isn't Chicago. You missed out on great food and even better company. The locals know where to eat, drink and be merry, and it's definitely not Red Mesa. Patience has its rewards! read more

Hands down the best "BO" burger in traverse city. Nice atmosphere and great service don't miss this stop when your in town Can't wait to come back my girlfriend had the perch sandwich and she said it was the best she has ever had and the drinks are awesome also read more

This place is good. Great history, service is good. Prices are rather expensive and they use local which is good. They have won lots of awards. The olive burger was good but not worth the $11. The Cherry walnut mayo was also good too and would be good on lots of things. Overall, they put a lot of heart and soul into their place. read more

Over rated and over priced for sure. Portions were small and the food was mediocre at best. We should have known when we pulled up on a Saturday evening and there were only two cars in the parking lot but we wanted to try something new. There are way too many better options in TC to ever consider this place again. read more

We visited Little Bohemia for the first time last week and unfortunately, weren't impressed. Service and food were meh. We ordered the perch since the menu said it was voted as Traverse City's best...even though the waitress said the perch came from Sysco but was battered with their in-house batter. Yeah, we should have known it wasn't going to taste good. The shoestring fries were good, but that was it. We don't plan to return. This paragraph is in response to the business owner who replied to my review above: Thank you for reading and replying to the review; it's unfortunate many business owners don't do the same. We thought about sharing our thoughts while we were there and decided not to because there wasn't anything that could be changed or fixed; it was a matter of opinion. Our first impression wasn't positive enough for us to return, yet we wish Little Bohemia the best! read more

Good burgers and sandwiches. My mom and I stopped in here on a rainy, cold August day for a late lunch. The place was empty. Had a large bar area with some tables and chairs then a back area just for dining. We ordered coffee, burger and fries, and a Traverse City turkey sandwich on grilled rye. Our waitress told us she invented the sandwich and the mayo (cherry mayo). It was pretty damn good. My burger was juicy and cooked just right. The fries were crispy but still soft inside. Split a huge piece of carrot cake ($8.95!) but wasn't that impressed. The cream cheese frosting was tasty but the cake part was a little dry and bland. No nuts or raisins in it either. For $9 we expected a little more. Overall, the food is very good and fresh and there are many choices besides just sandwiches and burgers. I would pass on the dessert next time but there were many choices so it may have just been the carrot cake that wasn't that great. Little Bo' has been open since the 1930s and you can tell there is charm here. I can see why this is a popular place for locals and tourists alike. read more

Pros: Staff was friendly, established in 1932 or so the sign says- nice to see patronize a restaurant that's been around for a long time, ambience was neat. Cons: Can I say....Small portions all the way around.... We got the perch dinners. 3 small pieces for the half order and 6 small pieces for the full. At least, they could have beefed the dish up with fries but that portion was small too. Came with a very small cup of cole slaw to go with. Up charge of $4 for sweet potato fries (again small portion). $7 for bowl of broccoli soup! Butter noodles for the kiddo was small too. I really wanted to like this place but I spent $50 and got go get more food to fill up. read more

Order two meals!! Small portions!!! Left happy but hungry!!!

The food wasn't horrible but it wasn't really good either. Seemed quite over priced for what we got. What was absolutely horrible was the service. It was so incredibly rude that I left a 0 tip for the first time in probably 25 years. I'll never go back. read more

Wow, wonderful live Jazz, swing and blues music on Thursday. Food and drinks are very affordable, people there are especially friendly. This is a place where locals seem to gather, but many tourists too. The band does Frank Sinatra covers and many show tunes. I love how the man sings, with great passion. Guitar players are top classes. Piano is my favorite. They are all individually great musicians. I love the dancers there; some are really good, but that doesn't mean you cannot dance. I had seen people dancing by themselves and not so good dancers. Anyway, it's a place to stop by easily. Cheap drinks and special martini on Wednesday. I loved that Pama Marini! Very Yammy. read more

Awful experience tonight. Waitress was underage, untrained and uninformed on alcohol availability, but tried. Her "boss" Nancy, was unpleasant and rude to her and us. Food was just okay. Orders were not right the first time, and they were far from busy. Won't go back. Too much competition near by with better Service, food, etc. read more

This was our first visit, should have come sooner. Great service and awesome food in an historic local eatery. The Cherry Bread Pudding was loaded with cherries and fabulous ala mode. read more

The owner of this business is truly unbalanced. She mistreats her employees horribly. I saw her on one occasion telling a staff member to give her the tip that person had just received. Telling same person that they didn't deserve it. I have witnessed her bring one staff member to tears because they didn't fold a napkin the way she wanted it. She will talk about her employees to anyone that will listen at the bar and not in a good way. I have heard horror stories about this woman through some of her former employees and the staff turn around there is a revolving door. The drinks are extremely over priced, the food is mediocre at best. I've seen enough and I won't be going back there. read more

Front of the house ~BIG FAIL. Rude arrogant unfriendly waitress/owner. Food was pretty good.....too bad....wont be back.

I am a local resident. I used to love this place but will not be back and I do love the the olive burger!! However, the owner is very rude. I have been back several times because I always thought that maybe she was just having a bad day. My latest experience, during this past week with her rude temperament, has solidified my decision not to return to this establishment. read more

Great place, clean and the atmosphere is unique. Food is home cooked and out of this world. Try the deserts like the Carrot Cake. Just a fun place and great food. read more

We had a great dinner. Bohemian special was delicious. Desserts were outstanding. Excellent service. Highly recommended. Split the dessert

I've already reviewed this restaurant on Trip Advisor where it has become clear to me they are posting fake reviews. How is it on YELP they have 2.5 stars but on TripAdvisor, they are ranked 5th best restaurant in the Traverse City area 200+ places. Notice 5 star reviews among 1 star responses to negative user reviews. I've eaten here since they redid it. They improved it but the food is average to below average. There are literally 30 better options in the area. If you want to go see some music, maybe your friend has a band there... whatever. It's a fine place to go watch a band and drink a Bud but the food is 2/5 stars... maybe 2.5. read more