We were here on a Weds. evening, music was flowing nd the place was packed by 6pm. Our party of 6 had a great time listening to the music and watching people have a lot of fun , lots of dogs and kids running around having fun. The food was great, had the Mahi sandwich- wife had the chicken tacos& both were very tasty. Our friends each had a wood fired pizza. The wine and beer selections were very good. Word of warning and the staff posts a board up front as you get seated- 45 min or more wait on food as they are short staffed. read more

The sign says 'tasting room'; I went in to pick up/try a couple of meads (which I generally love, and was really excited about!), since I couldn't stay. The 'bar' is not a bar (again despite the sign saying so); when requesting a taste of one I was met with such snark I just understand why this place is so popular. Unbelievably disappointing. read more

They (mostly) have a really good thing going here! Beautiful property, live music, large area for kids to play, pet friendly, tons of outdoor tables. Food was great, drinks were good, although a bit sweet for our liking. But that's just personal preference. We were really impressed at first! I think their downfall is the way they run the tables. I don't think they assign waiters/waitresses to each table, it seems to be a free-for-all. We had 4 different people come to our table and not very frequently. At one point we placed a 2nd drink order and it never arrived so after 15 minutes we asked about it and she said okay and brought it right out. They ended up charging us for two of that drink when it never even came out the first time we asked. When it was time to pay, we waited for 20 minutes for someone to come by so we could pay but they never did so we had to go inside and hope the lady in there could help us. She did! With a little system changing on how they wait on tables, I think all could have a wonderful experience! read more

Great chat with staff. Knowledgeable about all the meads and cysers, made great recommendations that led to a lovely tasting. Use your hop passport! Will return! read more

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Our girls wine group stopped here at the end of trip which happened to be one girl's birthday. They let us eat our birthday pie and provided plates and forks. The cyser and mead was delicious! We liked the shop, too. read more

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We have tried to eat here many times this summer... we love this place and I will only recommend it in the off season DO NOT GO in the summer They close their kitchen without warning HOURS before they show online. Totally over run. It's unfortunate read more

Okay, I love trying drinks that are "different", and the cysers really hit, the cherry haze being a cool nod to local food culture. The eats were good too, the fries were seasoned well and chicken tenders shared with my niece were yum. Loved the live music and comfortable outside lawn to enjoy flights and food, looking forward to coming back next time I'm in town. read more

Really enjoyed our visit here to try out some local meads - and I'm not a big fan of honey,but my husband is,so I just had to join :) huge grounds with a lovely patio for people to enjoy (doggos allowed,too),great selection of both reasonably priced and varied flavors of mead,along with some food (sandwiches,fries,pizza) available to order from the kitchen. We ordered a flight of different meads,I had honey cider and we had pizza with hot honey sauce,which was lovely. The only downside was that we waited for our food order for nearly an hour,but it was reaaally busy that evening,so we weren't too upset about it. Good selection of merch and bottled meads to go. read more

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Don't let the vibrant menu descriptions deceive you, this place is a must avoid if you're looking for edible food. The pizza dough is seriously lacking any flavor and comes out burnt to a crisp. The Buddah bowls aren't bowls at all, rather reheated frozen protein on mixed lettuce in a paper tray. We were shocked at how busy it was given the quality of the food and the drinks. This place is your typical up north tourist trap money grab. read more

St Ambrose Cellars - Burnt pizza - Wineries Near Me - Beulah, Michigan

Great pizzas, tacos, burgers and ambience. Very family friendly. Lots of fun music, bocce ball and disc golf to keep everyone busy.

Service is amazing and ambiance is fantastic. Awesome drinks and my family raves about the pizza! Outdoor area is so nice and indoors is great too. Must do every trip for us! read more

St Ambrose is perfect for enjoying some ciders or wine while taking on the beautiful scenery they have to offer! There is plenty of activities to keep the entire family entertained. Whether it is the live music, cornhole, or simply chatting at one of the many cozy spots, you will love to pass time here. There are plenty of things to snatch up in the gift shop. The staff is super helpful and friendly. Be sure to make St Ambrose a stop on your up north journey! read more

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As a mead enthusiast, I definitely appreciate St. Ambrose Cellars! It's one of the few places that truly specializes in mead, and they do it exceptionally well. Whether you're into dry, sweet, or fruit-infused meads, they've got something for everyone. They also have live music, and a large yard for disc golf/lawn games, making it the perfect place to hangout with friends in the summer. If you're in the Traverse City area, this place is a must-visit for any true mead lover! read more

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This place has become a favorite spot when we are up north for vacation. They have a large selection of meads, cider, beer, and wine, plus non-alcoholic beverages. We have yet to have a bad bite of food from here as well - my family especially loves the pizza! The staff is helpful and friendly and food service is pretty quick considering there's usually a lot of people there. They've also grown over the years and now have a huge seating area outdoors with tons of picnic tables equipped with umbrellas. This is a family and dog friendly environment offering plenty of games including corn hole, ladder ball, and bocce ball, plus they have live music and other events. read more

St Ambrose Cellars - Flight of anything off the menu and a basket of fries - Wineries Near Me - Beulah, Michigan

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omg why did I not come here sooner. the ambiance with the picnic tables, barn, and the buildings is amazing alfresco. The food was great. truffle fries, strawberry salad, wood fired pizza, and the burger were great. had their signature IPA real good. The syzer is mead and seltzer combined with spot on flavors. This could be my new up north favorite spot. Kid friendly, live music! great service! read more

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Great place to relax and listen to live music. Good basic menu that does not pretend to be more than it is, basic food done well. Good selection of meads and ciders and wines but not much on beer, which is okay. Great in the summertime outside but very cozy in the winter. read more

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This is a fun restaurant with great food and a fun atmosphere. Lots of outdoor things to do! Service was great and quick. We really enjoyed our visit there. We tried their cyser, which is a combination of cider and mead. read more

The beverages, and food is extraordinary The atmosphere is layed back. Perfect! But to stop in and grab some goodies to take back home 3 hours away, with a friend, was the most shocking and embarrassing service I've received at ST, ABROSE, since thier buisness opened. I talked this place up like it was the ultimate destination place in Lower Northwest Michigan. Passing through Benzie county we stopped for take out beverages and we felt like we were inconveniencing the woman talking our order. She was just miserable waiting on us. Loving their products so much, I still spent $100 and sucked up the unacceptable service. The embarrassing part came when my friend said, "After that experience, I definitely wouldn't come back here. I've never have felt so inconvenienced being waiting on by anyone like that". All I could do was apologize for wanting to stop. read more

Went this past weekend for drinks with friends for my birthday - such a neat spot! We were seated right away and the the drinks & fries were amazing. Highly recommend the XR cyser! read more

Outstanding food, great live music, and delicious meads! Our family of seven enjoys St. Ambrose mead with the margherita pizza, but I tried the cod sandwich and loved it too! Our server was friendly and turned out to be a great cook as well! We always get a couple bears of star thistle honey to drip at home between visits. St. Ambrose -- Great place to bee! read more

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The pizza is absolutely amazing. If you love thin crust, brick oven style this is the place for you. We got the hot honey and it was a 10/10. The service was great, and the spot is very unique as well! read more

Hidden gem! Great upscale bar type food, loved the meads and cyzers, fun vibe, attentive service! Be sure to get a flight and try as many as you can! We had so much fun rating each sample and enjoying the clever names! I can't wait to go back! read more

I am a huge fan! We came up here to camp for my birthday weekend, and as luck would have it it was a gray, drizzly weekend. We came here for lunch one of the days and it was excellent! We had our dog with us, and he could sit with us on their heated/covered patio - it was absolutely perfect. Each table had its own overhead heater, which was lovely. We tried a couple of flights of wine/mead and really liked everything. My favorite was the ginger mead. The food was good too, and works on a buzzer system where you just go get it yourself when the buzzer goes off. There were a lot of lawn games/chairs out too, and on a nice day this would be a great place to hang out! read more

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If you love mead this is a good to spot. Amazing variety of both carbonated and stilled meads. I personally love still mead but all in all it's wonderful. I got a Mead type Toddy and my table ordered a couple wood-fired Pizzas. The Angry Bee was everything I wanted in a pizza. The Drunken Goat was tasty but the artichokes were not for me. Over all wonderful experience and delicious stuff. Staff was also very helpful with my friends who had never had mead. read more

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My wife and I were in the Traverse City area for a weeklong getaway. While on our way back from a drive along the Lake Michigan coast, we stopped at St. Ambrose Cellars. We're big fans of craft beer and visited most of the craft breweries in Traverse City, but this stop was hands down one of our favorites of the trip! The grounds and facilities are beautiful -- casual, comfortable and family-friendly. The staff were also welcoming and accommodating. As far as menu, St. Ambrose Cellars makes their own mead, cider, wine and beer. All were available for flights. My wife and I tried most of the meads and one of the ciders. Everything was really fantastic! Standouts were the X. R. Cyser (apple pie in a glass, yum!), Rythm & Blues Black Currant and Blueberry, Shotgun Wedding Strawberry Rhubarb and Bourbon Barrel Aged Royal Reserve. We didn't eat anything, but the pizzas coming out of the brick oven looked and smelled delicious! St. Ambrose Cellars was a standout of our visit to the Traverse City area, and I'd highly recommend making a stop or going out of your way to visit! read more

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Showed up around 5:45 P.M July 31st, 2025. Place is packed outside. They were not allowing anyone to eat inside the restaurant. There was a sign that said the kitchen closed at 8 P.M. The hostess said there would be a15 minute wait to seat us. I asked her if there would be enough time for us to eat and she assured me there would be. We actually were not seated until 20 minutes later. We sat down and watched as a waiter took an order from a bachelorette party. He proceeded to go to all the other tables that actually had food already. We watched him speak with a table that were finishing up and spoke with them for 20 minutes! By the time he got to our table we asked if we could order food, too. He said he would take our drinks order and be back "in a second " with a buzzer. The drinks took 10 minutes to arrive. When he brought them back he told us that it would be an hour wait to get food! All this to say is they led us on just to get more drink orders and a tip! I definitely do not recommend this place. It is very poorly run. Not enough wait staff and the communication between the kitchen and hostess is severely lacking. They should have stopped seating people at 6 p.m. It just seems like the owners are greedy and that shows especially with the lack of waitstaff. read more

I love everything about this place! I've been fortunate to visit this place both in the winter and in the spring. The winter is just a different vibe up north. I loved the snow falling and having some drinks in the igloos. It's a blanket of white with twinkling lights in the night! There is something about winter time that I just find enchanting. The spring time is fresh and new. We found some seats outside and enjoyed spending some time in the warmth of the sun. The property itself is adorable and we just loved the red barn. They have a fantastic selection of wines, ciders and beers. They have many options for food and even have a food truck on the property.I can't wait to come back and visit when we are able to sit indoors and check out the decor of the inside it looks beautiful. You will be pleased to find that they participate in the passport and carry tagabrews. Don't forget to check out the gift shop before you leave. read more

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Wonderful selections of beer, food, mead and cider! Great atmosphere and lovely service too. read more

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Lovely place. Every time I come here I have an amazing time. Concerts on the stage are always so good. Food is also great. I recommend.

They have the best mead flavors. I purposely drive 2+ hours to come here. The pizza with the hot honey is amazing! It's a great size for 2-4 people to share. Love this place and very accomodating with having dogs. read more

We really enjoyed the atmosphere at St. Ambrose. We were in town for a wedding and decided to give this a try. My husband really likes mead, where I'm more of a Cyser gal. He really enjoyed the imperial mead, and I think my favorite drink of the evening was the pumpkin Cyser. I also really enjoyed the frosé. We didn't have to wait long for a table for 2 (even though they were busy), but walking around the small shop killed some time. The only downfall of the evening was the wait for our food. We placed our order pretty quickly after sitting down, and our drinks came out really fast. Our server was excellent, and had no control over the speed of the food coming from the kitchen. When the food made it out the pizza was absolutely delish! I'm glad we got it without the red sauce because that would've been too many things going on. The fries were tender and perfectly salted as well. There was live music going on, a lot of families, and so many dogs!!! That made my day! If you have time when you're in the area, I'd definitely give this place a try. read more

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What a fun spot! We came on a beautiful Friday night, so it was busy, but we didn't have to wait long for a table. Outside seating was spread across the lawn, in front of the barn, where a live band was playing. Atmosphere was casual and fun. Our group of 4 ordered a mix of beer, wine, and cider, and everyone enjoyed their drinks. 2 of the people in our party had been to St. Ambrose before and recommended the fish tacos for dinner, but I ended up with the fish and chips. It was just ok, so I'd probably try something else next time. Everything was reasonably priced, and service was good. I would definitely return! read more

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Didn't eat today, but have enjoyed everything on the menu in the past. Today, just a couple of glasses of mead. Were waited on right away. Great ambiance. read more

St Ambrose Cellars - Wineries Near Me - Beulah, Michigan

Fantastic place. My husband and I have been coming to this part of Michigan for past decade and just stumbled upon this place a few years. Since then, every year we come to Michigan (from northeast Ohio where we live) we have to stop here. The service is phenomenal. The mead is beyond measure. Like seriously amazing. I'm mostly an IPA beer kinda girl and some sweet wines but this mead is so damn good we usually trek growlers worth of it back on our 7 hour drive. The place itself is so cute- lots of outdoor seating and activities and even beehives to see! The food is great. It's overall a great and chill place with fantastic mead. Great for families or dates or whatever. Highly recommend (pretty sure this is my first ever yelp review.. that's how good this place is. Seriously!). The staff is so nice one literally brought us ice packs when we inquired about how cold the mead needed to stay traveling back to Ohio given we had only two small coolers. read more

We have always enjoyed the open atmosphere here, but they have really taken it to a whole new level now since the last time we came. They have their own onsite kitchen with a great little menu. We chose one of the wood fire pizzas and it's one of the best pizzas I've ever had. The crust was super thin and just amazing. They've added a nice beer selection to go with the meads. Service was fast and staff was very polite. With music onsite quite a bit, this place is becoming a destination hangout in N. Michigan for sure. read more

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St. Ambrose was such a fun place, good for all ages. Our family was in the area for a family vacation, our ages ranged from 3 months to 64 and everyone had a great time! We sat outside on a beautiful afternoon. The drink menu has lots of options, something for everyone... from mead to cider, beer, and wine. You can even mix and match flights. Plenty of lawn games to play, and interesting drinks to try. Especially the mead, made from honey! (St. Ambrose is the patron saint of bees). Very friendly staff. We hope to return! read more

This place has an amazing atmosphere/ambiance! Popular for a reason! Don't be surprised if there is a crowd on a weekend summer night, but you can order drinks while you wait and enjoy the live music. Once seated on the lawn, you can continue to order drinks and food. We tried the Angry Bee pizza, which was really tasty, a little kick but not too spicy! Highly recommend! read more

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Incredibly impressed with this staff. Our food was late but we didn't mind. They made up for it. Space for the kids to run. Chill space. We will be back with everyone. read more

It's a holiday weekend so we expected a wait. The sign said food wait was 30 minutes but after over an hour I went to the pick-up window to get the status of our order. Clearly they lost our order but did not apologize. We finally ate and finished our drinks. Once she brought the bill, she just said the total and asked for a credit card. After paying since we had no way to view the bill, I see we were charged for a flight of frose which we did not order or receive. Not a good experience. read more

Great atmosphere, outdoors, live music. Good food. Nice beer selection. Casual and laid back vibe. read more