Consistently good food and drinks from the bar for decent prices. Great homemade desserts and an excellent Friday night all you can eat fish fry (cod loins...not the cheap stuff ). I've never had anything I didn't like here. Even the prime rib dinner is pretty decent and well worth the price. Clean casual interior and good service. Most of the places you go in rural areas are terrible so this place is easily your best bet. read more

Best place in Coloma to eat. Friday night fish fry is the best. Rest of the menu is good but Friday night fish fry is where it's at. Great service. Sometimes has a weird atmosphere, best to sit in the back. read more

Excellent casual restaurant and bar. Food was fantastic. Peel and Eat shrimp great, walleye great and top sirloin special great. Columbia Crest red wine very reasonably priced. Also great service from Jezzie. A must go when in the area. read more

I enjoy the nice atmosphere love the detail that was brought out! Always excellent service, quick and friendly! Prices are fair for the amount of food and the quality! Thursday is great steak night with soup or salad with the choice of potato and a veggie! The warm bread is delishes! read more

I live right here in coloma & I frequent the Friendly often...it is always good & their waiter staff is very friendly! I love the atmosphere! Try the French Dip, it is awesome to me & my fav. at the Friendly! Judie L. read more

Good food good service a little on the slower side but good overall. I recommend the brisket there was some fat on it but good brisket.

One of my favorite places to eat in Coloma. Feels like family when I go in there and great food

if you are looking for somewhere good to eat in paw paw, this is your best bet. i recommend the fries. decent bar food if you are looking fot a place that isnt too sus in coloma. the wings tasted slightly microwaved, but it was better than the other food places in the area read more

It really was friendly! Solid, basic American bar food and a great beer list. Very clean, and nice service, it was a good option for us coming off of 94. read more

My family has been enjoying the Friendly for years - in fact, it's been one of our favorites in the area. My wife and I were looking forward all week to seeing their new renovations; enjoying a nice St. Patrick's Day meal; and watching some basketball on TV. Even though the restaurant has doubled in size, there are still only two TVs, both over the bar. We chose a booth with a view of the TVs. The stools at the bar were filled with young men, drinking and watching TV. Unfortunately both TVs were tuned to the same infomercial, which was selling eye MAKEUP. Sunday afternoon, on St. Patrick Day, with all kinds of sports on TV (from Nascar to basketball and hockey), and the Friendly clientele were engrossed in eye makeup. I asked our waitress if we could get something else on. She listened, but did nothing. My wife asked the young men at the bar, if they wouldn't rather watch sports - they said "no, we're not fans." The place looked great, but everything else was a big let down. We both ordered the Sunday special - Prime Rib Dinner. All the food came at the same time - Bread, soup, salad and entrees - all at once. Portions were small. Vegetables were stone cold. The potatoes and "warm" bread were room temp, at best. The Prime Rib was definately sub-prime - below average in flavor; small portions and VERY fatty. After bringing our food, the waitress did not come again until we were done with our meal. No one asked if we wanted another drink or offered refills. I am not a picky eater but I still ended up with over a third of my Prime rib on my plate - solid fat. When the waitress finally came to the table, whe glanced at my plate. When she saw the large pile of fat on my plate, she asked "do you want a doggie bag for that?" I said, "For what? That's all fat." What a disappointing meal! Like the previous reviewer, my wife and I both agreed that if this were our first visit, we would never return. We will not be back soon, but will probably give them another chance. read more

You just can't go wrong with the Friendly! Off the hook, yummy food, the best servers, great atmosphere! If you go on the weekends, be prepared to wait...everybody in town is already there! But that's ok, because you can get a drink at the bar or sit outside on the benches under the awning and watch the world go by. Great place to relax! read more

Always have great service and food is out in great time! Thursday night is steak night and is worth the money! I have never had anything I didn't like! read more

Exactly what we were looking for: local, good food, friendly staff, great prices. Fajitas were delicious. Burgers too. And pasta. Great for families. We'll be back! read more

They really are friendly. And the food is good. I got the Turkey Burger, but they happily substituted steamed broccoli for the fries to help me work on my girlish figure. A good, healthy meal for takeout, in about 15 minutes. The turkey was nicely grilled, the veggies on it crisp and fresh, and the bun was fresh and toasty. The steamed broccoli was steamed broccoli. read more

For the area, this place is pretty solid, but nothing terribly remarkable here. The fried pickles are great.

I lived in the Tri-City (Watervliet/Coloma/Hartford) area for over 20 years and The Friendly Tavern has ALWAYS been my choice of spots for my dining needs. It has a great "Friendly" atmosphere, best food in the Northern County, and is fairly priced. I especially enjoy Mexican night with the 1/2 off Margaritas. Ray Mays (Owner) and all the staff has always done a great job! Keep up the good work and even though I have moved out of the area, I guarantee I'll still return. read more

The Friendly Tavern is the best thing about Coloma (other than a great summer's day on Paw Paw Lake). The ribs offered up by Ray's kitchen are the best I've ever tasted. When I was there for lunch on November 18 with my wife I had the blackened prime rib sandwich. The prime rib was a much better piece of meat and tastier then the steak I had paid $25 for the prior evening in metro Chicago. If you're traveling on I-94 or I-196, do yourself a favor and take a side trip to The Friendly Tavern. read more

We stopped here while out of town for dinner. We were seated promptly on a Friday night and our waitress was very attentive. The fried pickle appetizer was delicious. I ordered the pulled pork special sandwich and it was good. Not the tastiest I've ever had, but it was good and a nice size. We also tried the fish fry and it was also just good. The service was great and we did order drinks from the bar. read more

This place was AWESOME!!! GREAT food, ok pricing, and customer service was WONDERFUL!!!

GREAT service. Really good smothered burger. Special requests we met w/understanding & friendliness. Thank you.

Excellent bar type food, had the Georgia Reuben and it was excellent. Food was served hot and fast, this was a great stop for us on the way home. read more

Finally found a non-chain restaurant off I-94 that was open for Sunday lunch. The place lived up to it's name. Our server, Jessica, was upbeat and extremely accomodating. The food was all right with nothing standing out except perhaps the sweet potato fries. We sampled the Black Jack and California burgers, the prime rib special and the soup and salad combos. For what we ordered, the prices were quite reasonable. The restrooms were nice as was the decor. read more

The food was delicious! I had their Mexican salad; it tasted great but was hard to eat because the tortilla bowl prevented me from mixing ingredients around. The waitress was friendly. Beware - it's cold in there!! read more

Stopped in last week for lunch with my parents. The food was good, but really didn't stand out. We would likely go back again if in the area. read more

Ordered carry out the other night. The taco salad and hamburger were both very good. I appreciated that food was ready on time and the hamburger was cooked to the temp we requested. read more

If you are looking for a truly relaxed atmosphere with excellent food and good selection of brews and tasty cocktails.. Go! don't think twice. Friendly staff and great service every time. read more

We sampled a bunch of the food here and it was all really good. The pot roast sliders though... AMAZING! Worth the 3 minute drive from the highway. read more

A decent place to have a beer and burger. Only had bad food on a few occasions, but that is to be expected with any restaurant.

This is one of my go to places in Coloma to eat. The prices are very inline with the type of food offered and the quantity and quality of the items served is right up there with much fancier and expensive places. I had the rib plate full rack special for 15 bucks as did my wife and the table of the booth we sat could barely hold all the plates of food that 30 bucks bought. The ribs were cooked to perfection the sauce was just right not overpowering like some BBQ joints serve. I am thinking it was homemade. The salads were huge and fresh with all the right fixings. More than ample amount of sweet potato waffle fries that were not greasy at all very tasty indeed came with nice bowl of broccoli as sides. The beer was cold and vast selection that changes up every so often. Quick service and knowledgeable staff. Bar area seating for grown ups and separate large dinning room for families and large groups very well done for a privately owned establishment . These folks have my recommendation any time! read more

I wish Yelp would let me give this place a negative star! Let me begin by saying that I have been a patron of the The Friendly for over a decade. Back in the day, the lines were out the door for the Thursday night special, Steak! A person had to get there extra early to get a table. Or to get their name on the waiting list. Over the years things have gone down hill for this once great Tavern. And last night showcased that downfall at it's finest. After arriving at 6:30 PM, the prime dinner hour, we were promptly seated. The place was less than half full. A very sad sight indeed for it being Steak Night Thursday and the dinner hour. After waiting for a few minutes, the waitress wandered over and took our drink order. Then, after waiting for quite a few more minutes, the waitress finally came back with our drinks and a promise to quickly come back and take our orders. We already knew what we wanted, we were just waiting for the waitress to get around to acknowledging us. Seeing as though the place was less than half full, what was taking the waitress so long to get our drinks and take our order was baffling. After taking our order, the special of the night of course, we sat and waited 37 minutes for our food to arrive. In those 37 minutes, tables that had come in after us received their orders, ate and left. The waitress kept telling us our food was up next. Next to what??? Larger groups that had come in after us were already feasting away! Finally, after the 37 minute wait, the waitress brought our food. Our COLD food. The baked potato was cold, the carrots were cold and now nasty. The steak was only lukewarm. The waitress proceeded to throw the food on the table and run away. A sure sign she knew what she was doing was not good. Since it was now 7:15 PM and we were starved and dazed over our horrible experience thus far, we proceeded to pick at our food. Our waitress made it her duty to stay far away from us. The waitress stayed so far from us and kept failing to do her job so well that I had to physically track down a different waitress to have her go find our waitress just so we could get the bill and get out of that crap hole. What was once a nice place to meet up with friends has turned into a crap pile that obviously does not need the business anymore if it can afford to pay such crappy waitresses and has the ability to serve cold food. read more

We were in town for a holiday getaway, stopped here on a recommendation from a local. Great place! Friendly, attentive service. Amazing onion rings, mozzarella sticks and potato skins! Burgers and wraps were really tasty too. Hope to make it back here again! Yum! read more

Very friendly staff. Our food for lunch was great and it was reasonably priced. I am impressed with their nightly specials for food and drinks. We will definitelyVery friendly service! The food was excellent for lunch and I am impressed with their nightly specials for food and drinks. come back if we are ever in the area again. read more

This place offers typical, deep fried, processed bar food. That's not meant as a complaint because I happen to love deep fried bar food! Service was outstanding and the beer was cold - so if you don't set your expectations too high, you won't be disappointed. read more

Amazing service and very good food! We came with a group of 12 of us and the staff was great and everyone really enjoyed the food! Thanks friendly tavern for the great experience. :) read more

Very friendly service and not far off the highway to get to. Had the salad with apples, cranberries, walnuts, and cheese. Very tasty, light and healthy lunch stop! Great decor and comfortable atmosphere. read more

The Friendly has been a staple in Coloma for Decades. My family and I still enjoy coming here, especially on Thursday, which is steak night! A good place to eat and enjoy a local brew without spending a fortune. read more

Service was amazing, lives up to the name. Food is standard pub fare, with a few interesting items. Nice beer selection.

What a great experience. The food and the service are not quite a five star, but the overall experience (Including the owner speaking directly to each and every table in the restaurant) was fantastic. Great food, good prices and good service. That alone is hard to find these days. read more

A staple for the town, and many enjoy it greatly, but I've always been underwhelmed with every version of the place. The food is decent, but doesn't stand out. Where the Friendly excels is in atmosphere, if what you're looking for is, indeed, a friendly local tavern with standard fried bar food. read more

Mac and cheese bites were SO good, as was the rest of our meal. I was curious as it was a " tavern " but the dining area is completely separate from the bar and is a family atmosphere we enjoyed bringing our young child to with us. read more