My husband and I ventured off the beaten path during our road trip through the south. We stayed at Creek Side Lodge in Dadeville, AL and Oskars is conveniently right next door. The locals were extremely open to striking up a conversation, which is just what we love. We had some delicious Cheese Balls to start our meal - AMAZING! The catfish dinner was tasty and the grilled shrimp were scrumptious! It took a while for our wine and beer, due to the rush of guests and under age servers. That aside, it was a great place to get our southern fried food fix! read more

Update - still a Lake Martin classic. I get the the Big Kahuna sandwich - catfish - but I get it blackened not fried, no tartar, no onion. There are lots of great things on the menu but that's hard to beat. I also get the veggie plate - always a winner! read more

Stopped by to get a quick bite to eat in route to Dadeville High School and what a treat we got in return. Friendly service, great prices, amazing food. I didn't know what to choose so I just got chicken fingers but that double cheeseburger at the next table looked awesome so I'm getting that next trip. Maybe even this Saturday leaving Dadeville after our football games. read more

Oskar's Cafe - Weekly lunch special chicken fingers with fries, cole slaw, and sweet tea. Yummy!!! - Seafood Near Me - Dadeville, Alabama

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Oh, Oskar's - going here is part of my summer lake routine. My grandmother's lake cabin is just a few miles away and every time we go out there, I must head to Oskar's for some grub :) While they have all sorts of yummy things on their menu, my favorite is the chicken finger plate. Fries, one of the side salads and a squeeze bottle of their "special sauce". The chicken fingers are big and made fresh to order. The batter is just delicious and it is not the kind that is as thick as the chicken. The salad is a simple mix of shredded lettuce and onions and tomatoes, but it's one of my favorite things - this might be because of their awesome homemade ranch dressing (also served in a big squeeze bottle) and crackers - something about this just makes me devour it! Then...the special sauce. This is really my favorite thing. I'm a sucker for condiments and I love it when a restaurant gives you free rein on sauces. I always want to take one of those big bottles of sauce home with me :) Also good, the fried popcorn shrimp - they are HUGE! :) If I can bring myself to order other things than the chicken fingers, I'll review again. read more

Does the perfect restaurant exist? The answer is yes! Everything here is amazing. The building, the staff, and especially the food, is nothing short of great. Since moving to the area, we've been looking for the perfect "spot" to call our own and to tell our friends about. We found it here! This restaurant is my proudest yelp find, and is the perfect definition of a "local favorite". read more

Oskar's Cafe - The World's most perfect onion rings. - Seafood Near Me - Dadeville, Alabama

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This local place has very good food and very good service. If you like home cooking to seafood your go to place. Friendly atmosphere and the cheeseballs are awesome. Oh, by the way don't order the chocolate fudge with ice cream you will leave hurting. LOL read more

Food is okay at best. Staff is very unfriendly and COVID is not and has never been a concern for the establishment even when they had to shut down due to half of the staff falling sick. read more

This place was fantastic! The menu has a little bit of everything- it was hard to choose! The Burger and onion rings were great and the country fried steak was the best we ever had! Excellent service and the owner checked on us to make sure everything was perfect and was super personable. All around great experience and we will definitely be back! read more

They need to update the online time line. Walk in 8:10pm and told they close at 8?? Online says 9pm.

Wonferful food and wonderful people. Hands down our favorite place on the lake and in the area. Cheeseballs and grilled catfish are our favorites and if you have been working out and deserve a treat then the pecan cobbler is a must! read more

This place has a super casual, child-friendly atmosphere with smiling service - the way a local restaurant in Dadeville, Alabama should be. The food is good. I had a French Dip sandwich served with au jus for dipping. The beer battered onion rings are also good. By the way, this is not a place where people go to lose weight or live a healthy lifestyle. Just saying... The prices are reasonable, too. We'll hit it again. read more

Everything is fried. If that's what you want, then this is a good place. The only items not fried are the wood grilled burger and steak. Otherwise, just too many fried items on menu. read more

Nice out of way little restaurant. The fried oysters were perhaps the best have ever eaten. Great service and atmosphere. I felt like I had grown up in the area the staff. Treated my family as theirs. read more

Oskars is our go to restaurant whether our running errands and grabbing a quick burger or blue plate special. Or going for dinner with friends and family. The fried catfish is fresh, crisp and excellent. The grilled chicken breast with their special sauce is outstanding. And if you have room, their chocolate cobbler is not to be missed. Great service, great food, great read more

Cheese Ball appetizer is amazing! We had a very nice and friendly waitress and good customer service! I will def be back! read more

Oskar's Cafe - Seafood Near Me - Dadeville, Alabama

Love it Love it.. The food is out of this world and the service is awesome. Awesome customer service. Our table had the chicken livers, fried oysters and catfish plate. Tons of food.. the Brunswick stew was awesome! read more

This was our first visit to Lake Martin, yelp reviews of Oskar's looked positive so we gave it a try, so glad we did. Owner seated us, really nice lady made us feel right at home. Food was awesome, had the oysters, service was very good even though they were very busy on a Saturday evening. A must go when you visit Lake Martin. read more

We are visiting from Texas and are dying to pick up Oskars and bring it back home with us. The cheese balls are a MUST- along with the homemade ranch dressing! I had the Philly sandwich- it's the best I have ever eaten! The meat was thinly sliced, tender, and FULL of flavor! My husband had grilled chicken breasts and I wanted to take my roll to soak up all the juice coming from his chicken. If I could give more than 5 stars I would! Absolutely delicious.. We will be back as much as my purse will allow until we make are trip back home! read more

Oskar's is a lake tradition. I have never had a bad meal here. The quality of the food is always good. The atmosphere is homey. Be aware that on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons it can get quite busy, but you don't typically have to wait too long. If you did, your patience would be rewarded. read more

All I can say is 5 stars is a let down for a 10 star place to eat. You can have it all. Cheeseballs are the bomb. Hamburgers great. The whole menu is a winner. The whole family will enjoy themselves. We drive 20 miles one way for my Oskar cravings all the time. This has been my favorite spot now for almost 14 years...once I had there take out cheeseburger, then went in the next night and had fish I was "hooked!" Way to go, great job as usual!!! Jennifer in Wetumpka. :-) read more

My family has been visiting Oskar's for years, but I only recently discovered their grilled chicken. It's by far the best thing on the menu. Oskar's is phenomenal and you can't go wrong eating there! read more

Just left Dadeville a few days ago to head back home to VA Beach. Let me just say, best BBQ I've ever had! I've lived all over the place, and nothing quite compares, and not just the BBQ, but the rest of the menu is also wonderful. My grandparents have been frequenting this joint religiously over the past 20 years, and swear by it! read more

Hurts me Oscar's but you are slipping - nothing special my last two trips in. You better get back to customer service and great food or it could be a downhill slide. Even my 80 year old parents are becoming critical and said lets go to Niffers. You don't even seem to care about the T-shirts anymore. I wonder if there is new management.....just not the same. read more

Ribs, chicken livers, onion rings and Hamburgers are super. Great place to eat and chill with great service!!! You go CC you are the best.

We just love Oskar's Café. The atmosphere just screams you are at the lake. The food is simple, but delicious. The people are very kind and welcoming. My wife and kids love the chicken fingers. I have a tough time getting anything other than the burger. Great catfish and BBQ also. Oh, and the cheese balls...yum read more

I can't say enough good about this place. The waitress are always nice and owners are the best. Food is outstanding you can tell by the wait to get in but good food is worth the wait. Cheeseballs are out of this world. read more

Oscar's is the best in the Lake Martin area! I've been eating there for as long as I can remember. The staff is always friendly and the service is great as well. Their menu has a good variety and even some originality! (try the cheeseballs :-) you won't regret it!) read more

I just walked in Oscars. The worst service I've ever had with visiting this place. Typically it's very good. I stood at the counter waiting to be served no one ever acknowledged me. Finally I got a table to set down. And then no one came to take my order. I just walked out. read more

Oskar's had a wide variety of food on their menu from burgers, sandwiches, BBQ, and seafood. We had great service and the best onion rings I've ever had! read more

We are from California and had no idea where to go..We stumbled onto Oskar's and the food was really good the service was amazing. I would highly recommend this place! Oh ya and super clean read more

Our favorite Lake Martin eatery. Great sea food. Try the barbecue salad, if you haven't. It's very good.

I used to love Oskars but the service has become sub-par. When you are told 15-20 minutes and you arrive at the twenty minute mark and still have to wait another 30 minutes for your food it's sad. This has happened several times lately. Fifteen minutes into the thirty minute wait, I get asked to confirm certain parts of my order. When I got my food it was cold and wasn't very appealing to have cold cheese balls. I hope they fix this soon or they will lose my business. read more

Omg they are the best. If you go get cheese balls and the BBQ. Staff is the best as well. Go you won't regret it.

I love oskars. My family and I have been going every so often when we can. It is a little pricey, however it's a lake restaurant. The people are friendly. The food is great. Especially the cheese balls. Being a local I am proud to tell visitors about this place. Keep in mind when you go you can be waiting a little bit but only because they are busy. But they do their best. read more

I love this place great food great people. The best part about the place is when you take someone there that has never been and you order cheese balls. The look on their face of confusion. Then when they take their first bite you can just see their eyes light up with amazement of how great they are. I live a ways off but worth the drive every time read more

Oskar's is probably as good as it gets as far as deep fried Southern food is concerned. If you love chicken fried steak, you should definitely eat it here. I have seldom had a chicken fried steak where the meaty goodness hasn't been processed out. Though, I would ask for the gravy on the side, because it was a bit too salty for me. The fried okra was perfection. Seldom do you find a fried okra that holds onto the pepperiness of the okra when deep fried. The fried crab legs are awesome. Brunswick stew was probably the best I have ever had. The fried pickles were tart, crunchy and delicious. The catfish fry (fingers, fillet, or whole) is perfection with its lightly fried cornmeal coat. And last, but not least, is the chocolate fritters. I tried to decline, because there was just no more room in my stomach; however, after one bite of that crunchy fritter along with the warm chocolate and vanilla soft serve, I just couldn't stop. This place is what I imagine life in the South is all about! read more

if you like the fried seafood, southern fixings and beer, this is the place. it has a little local color and doesn't feel corporate (not that there are a lot of place to go around here). They offer good portions of good food for a fair price. the sides are all good too. is this five star fine dining like you find in DC? No. will this fix the hangover from a hard night of drinking on the lake? Yes. read more

Be super careful eating here. Just got home from a hospital stay due to catching hepatitis from "shellfish". I had a chicken sandwich, so cross contamination here is probably a concern. This is the only place I have eaten that served shellfish since I went to the coast over a year ago. Be careful, guys. read more

Hello 0 yes zero stars from me.. well to be honest with the high cost of lake living me and my husband do not treat ourselves to a night of dining out as often as we probably should so when we do go we definitely look forward to a nice experience. My first time to oskars I ordered 2 bbq sandwich plates to go and waited over 45 minutes to receive and felt overcharged only to get them home and find I had instead gotten bbq plates which are more costly it was good so I chalked up the extra due to me myself not doing a check of things, however last night I excitedly waited for my husband and our planned dinner date to Oskars only to be terribly let down our waitress came 2 times before the bill which was our drunk order and then our food order .. another young lady delivered our food and at this time I ask if I may have my salad I had ordered and never received. After 10 more minutes I received it ate my BP went into eat my steak only for the meat to taste completely rotten ..I thought perhaps it was just me as my husband was loving his dinner of choice nope he tried it somethings wrong he said. For 20 minutes I wait to get my servers attention to explain , needless to say she acted as if she had no clue what to do or say the red head I hear is suppose to be Oskar comes to the table offers to recook.. pffftt sorry but who when served rotten steak would like to be given more cooked anyway at all from the same place.. not to mention my husband's dinner was gone thus time to leave after our wait time. I told her I ate a few bites of my salad which was visible (since it came out late) / and my baked potato as I was hungry. She left table and sent waitress back with a bill of 36.81 or something close she charged me 4.50 for salad 3.00 BP 2.50 drink. Which is fine but I do think I should of been given the courtesy of I apologize. . Maybe even deducting the salad made of only lettuce and tomatoes that I barely touched due to arrival time.. she didn't even apologize. I was appalled at her lack luster care for a customer so Niffers it is when we can take the time for luxury of a dinner date again or possibly poplar d. Cj and Brian #notgoingtooskars my profile says lugoff but we live in Dadeville now read more

over all it was good food and nice folks. though the day we were there the BBQ sandwiches had black pieces of smoke that was bitter. otherwise great! read more