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    Nomad

    4.2 (66 reviews)
    Closed 4:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    Moderate noise
    Happy hour specials

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    Nestled on a stunning harbor, the restaurant offers a fantastic outdoor dining environment. The staff is incredibly friendly and knowledgeable, making every meal a top-rated experience. We truly wish there was a location closer to where we live.

    Buffalo drumsticks
    Joseph R.

    New Five star experience all around everything was absolutely fantastic. It was worth every single penny. I would do it again in a minute. This will be our go to restaurant in Bay Harbor and Petoskey altogether. Service and food absolutely five stars highly recommend if you wanna fine dining experience. Bring the kids like we did!

    Fig and thyme negroni sour
    Jerika N.

    We stopped at this quaint restaurant in Bay Harbor for a belated Valentine's dinner before getting to our hotel in Petoskey for a snowboarding weekend. There was live music near our table, too! Drinks and presentation were great - I had the fig and thyme negroni sour, which was lovely. For shared plates, we started with the George's bank scallops which came with poblano pesto, saffron aioli, rutabaga, and butternut squash. Next we had the lasagna al forno with Wagyu beef, short rib, Italian sausage, ricotta, aged Gouda, and mozzarella. The combination sounded incredible, but it was a bit dry for our liking. Finally, we had the little neck clam bucatini with miso butter, oven dried tomatoes, scallion, and furikake. I would've appreciated a thicker or more flavorful sauce, but this was a nice experience overall and I'd come back!

    Corn Agnolotti
    Anne D.

    Beautiful restaurant right by the Bay Harbour with great decor, view of the water. The energy was underwhelming. Got seated in the restaurant toward the back and felt like the noise level was very quiet and service staff was sparse. The restaurant is family style and encourages sharing. We had two starters; Pesto Burrata and Chop Chop Salad. The bread on the pesto burrata was the star of the show. The rest felt like a caprese salad with pesto and red pepper sauce for garnish. Good...not great. Chop chop salad had all the right ingredients but just felt they were limited. The flavors were good just not much substance...very lettuce forward. We had two entrees; Corn Agnolotti and Flank + Grits. Corn Agnolotti was visually very appealing and great flavors. Could have been served warmer. Flank + Grits was solid with nice flavor profiles together. Felt like it could have been outstanding and just feel short of being special. Biggest disappoint was service. Our server was below average. Ordered a bottle of Pinot Noir. He presented the wine and luckily, I noticed before he opened it was the wrong label. He got it changed. When he poured the wine for tasting he spilled slightly on the table and the glass. I used my napkins to clean it off both as I had white pants and he didn't move to clean up until after I tested the wine. I asked him to bring me another napkin. It took two trips before he brought. When we got the bill, both bottles were on it. He removed when I pointed it out but disappointed he didn't catch it. Also when we first ordered our 4 items, he commented that we had more than enough food...almost implying we had too much. Every time he would come to clear a course he would comment on how we finished it. At the end, he came to our table with the check ready to present and said "I am imagining you aren't interested in desserts." To which I replied, I would love to at least see the options. Nothing caught our eye, but I didn't love the presentation of the after-dinner options. Even offering coffee or tea would have been a better ending to the meal. Felt like we got food shamed. The lady beside us also had to dash to the bathroom as she was served a food item that had one of her food allergies. Poor thing was in the bathroom trying to recover. Not the experience I am sure they wanted either. Feel like there is potential but service and food execution needs to elevate to their pricing levels as those are top notch.

    Fries a pretty good but there are a LOT!  They will fill you up so best if you have at least 4 people
    Bill M.

    Read lots of good things about this place so we were really looking forward to dinner. We had reservations but we got there a little early so we had to sit at the bar a while. We actually saw people being sat that came in after us so we asked about our table. They apparently forgot about us as we were sat right after that at a table that had been open for a while. Although the bar was really nice and we had some great cocktails it is not good being forgotten. Once we sat down and reviewed the menu we settled on some pork fat fries and Charlevoix cheese co bites. Both were very good. However there are a lot of fries so be careful to not fill up unless that is what you want! For our main we got the Prime smoked ribeye. This was really good the second time. The first one was over cooked. Our server was great and made sure we got a new steak cooked properly. The manager stopped by as well. Appreciated the attention.

    Outside
    Amy S.

    Walking in, the place is beautiful! The decor is very unique and well done. There was a live performer playing guitar and singing. The patio overlooks the lake and it was breathtaking at sunset Food: We ordered a popcorn shrimp bao that was my favorite; shrimp was crispy and flavorful on the outside and soft on the inside, paired with some scallions. Also ordered Brussels sprouts which were good but had a bit too much sauce that was kinda salty and heavy. Pork ribs were excellent; fall off the bone and well paired with watermelon and red onion. Service: Was good at first, then as the night got busier it became nearly impossible to get anything. We waited very long for our check and even had to ask a busser to find our server cause we hadn't seen her for a very long while.

    Menu & drinks
    Bre B.

    What a FANTASTIC place! Great location and view of the water, the inside of the restaurant is beautiful and cozy - reminded me vaguely of the inside of a boat which I'm sure they were going for. Menu seems to rotate which is nice, there were some things I had seen on some menu pics from Yelp that they didn't have. It'll be a surprise! My coworker and I ended up getting a bit of everything: faroe island salmon "carbonara", the sticky ribs, wonton chips with both sauces, "bang bang" shrimp bar, and lastly the branzino. Loved all of them - we ended up eating 99% of the fish, it was so good. Even our waitress was proud of us for eating everything! Drinks were yummy, food was yummy. Highly recommend if you're looking for a nice dinner!

    Sticky ribs
    Tessa N.

    The sweet pea hummus was amazing. The boa was also very tasty as well. All of entrees were very good as well. The only thing that was off was the sauce for the stick ribs, it not cohesive with the rest of the dish. Great atmosphere and service. Overall good experience.

    Bao Bun
    N C.

    Technically I should be giving them a three star review, but they really deserve a five. Let me explain. The food was amazing. We had the Devi Eggs, the Scallops, the Bao Buns, with the lasagna and the ribeye for dinner. Our server suggested we get our ribeye medium rare, chef's choice. Of course we went with chef's choice since I like my ribeye mooing. Our ribeye, as you can see from the photo was medium to well done. My husband was devouring the meat, it was tasty still, but I was not happy. When I pay $62 for a ribeye I expect perfection. Sorry chef, but that was not deserving of 5 stars. You were off your mark. Lesson learned... cut into the center of your steak before you eat it. Especially if you're paying $62 for a steak. BTW- the lasagna was to die for. I'll be back.

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    Food was fair not worth $$ and the service was terrible. Attempted to resolve with the manager which was pointless. Never going back!

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    2 years ago

    Good food and location, clientele is obnoxious and arrogant. Full of Karen's, would not go back because of that.

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    We'll go back to Nomad. We wish them the best. Way better than the four other restaurants the formerly withered and died in this location.

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    Amazing!! Great food drinks and service. Laura and her team do an amazing job and make you feel at home.

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    3 years ago

    Incredible service!! The food is creative and delicious. Best kept secret in the Petoskey Area. Definitely need a reservation in the summer.

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    4 years ago

    Had an awesome fixed price 6 course meal here on July 3rd, with fireworks. The charred cod was one of the best tastes ever!

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    4 years ago

    Monday night... lovely evening ... Nomad was crowded at 8pm ... best ceviche I have ever tasted!! Can't wait to try other items on the menu!

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    4 years ago

    Had several wonderful meals at Nomad. Food is fantastic every time. Try the rigatoni and the Vietnamese chicken salad.

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    The filet mignon hibachi dinner can be served at your table without the yelling, banging, and…read moresinging at the grill. I had the filet/shrimp and along with the veggies, salad, and soup, this was a 5-star meal. The steak with the yum yum sauce was the best I've had in years. Great, non-intrusive service. Best meal I've had in awhile.

    Hit and Miss. Food was good, service was good, problem is the restaurant experience and attitude is…read morenot so good. We ordered the Rainbow roll of tuna, salmon and whitefish. What we got was a whitefish roll with only a tiny sliver of tuna (and no salmon). How does ANY restaurant justify that??? We pointed it out to our server who apologized and offered to remake the roll. However, the kitchen was backed up by the lunch rush and our time was limited. The "whitefish" roll was very bland but ok, ingredients were fresh -- it's just NOT what we ordered - not even close. If you order a NY Steak you expect a steak, not a hamburger. Substituting other ingredients for some crazy reason is just not an acceptable restaurant practice. Also, while the restaurant itself is decorated nicely with very creative and interesting lighting, they then junk it up with 5 gallon buckets of floor mop water sitting next to your table, or table bussing bins full of plates and my "picky" but telltale sign of laziness: cardboard boxes of ingredients and miscellaneous "junk drawer" items on the counters and stashed around the eating and kitchen display areas -- ultra tacky! So, good food, bad judgement and housekeeping by management, substitution of (or just leaving out) major ingredients, and a tacky atmosphere turns what could be a good restaurant into a mediocre one. Management needs to clean up their act.

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