Very cool atmosphere to bring the 'kid' out in you. Delicious flavored 'moonshines'--they're let you taste before you commit. Free popcorn. Fun staff. Cool activities--like writing on the ceiling with chalk, etc. Just a fun place to hang out with friends and enjoy a tasty beverage. read more

Drinks are good, but not lots of options . The walls are amazing to draw on and they provide games, it's a great place to chill with family and drink but there's no food. Bartender is nice read more

Great local bar and Grill. . Set up like a treehouse inside. . You can write on walls with chalk. The menus are in old golden books. . The food is slow to come but worth the wait. . Burgers are the best. . If they have it try the carmal apple moonshine. . It was yummy... Great place that mishawaka has.. read more

Treehouse Shinebar - a game of drinking - American Near Me - Mishawaka, Indiana

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Tree house is a lot of fun. The sugar shine is pretty good, service is always very friendly, and prompt. The crowd varies from night to night but its never boring, and we have met some interesting people. Every time I go there everyone seems really happy. Occasionally they will have a band. As previous reviewers noted the decor is eclectic...there are all the games from your childhood on the tables...connect 4 , chess, rockem sockem robots, pickup sticks etc. and there are made up drinking board games on some of the tables....the cooler for the sugar shine is a big clawfoot bathtub. At times it seems as though its the cantina from the first Starwars movie... The only food I have ever tried was a bite of someone else's grilled cheese...so I cant really review the food. I'll update after I try some. read more

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I am in town visiting family. I walked in and as I ordered a drink, one of the patrons immediately started loudly declaring racist statements. The bartender just laughed as he handed me my beverage. Very uncomfortable. I ran out of there. read more

Randomly met the owner and was told about their Groupon. I'm a risk taker and the deal was pretty good so I decided to check it out. The positive from my experience -The burger was amazing and so was the spinach cheese dip -The atmosphere was fun and energetic -Really gives the feel of an old school tree house with games and sidewalk chalk Now the negative -It took 80 minutes to get my burger -The shine is actually infused/flavored vodka -They allow smoking because they "offer" hookah, but don't have it -The bartender served drinks with a cigarette in hand -Most games were missing pieces and unplayable -Service was inexperienced, extremely slow, and unorganized, but very polite. -Orders are taken on sticky pads and paper. No POS system to keep customer orders correct -The final bill was JACKED up. -Total time spent for dinner in this place just shy of 2 hrs 30 min. This place has some real potential, but its far from good. Where's Jon Taffer at? read more

This has to be the best bar I have ever been too. The owners are sisters and they are the most relaxed funny women I have ever met. They specialize in Moonshines and they are homemade recipes. I tried the cotton candy moonshine which was soooo good. It's sweet and has a slight bite but it's delicious. The moonshine I went with was the chocolate covered Strawberry moonshine. It tasted like strawberry preserves and Hershey's syrup. You taste no alcohol and it was a blood red moonshine. I'm still shocked at the strong taste of chocolate and it was bright red color. The bar has a laid back feel, tables have drinking games on the tables. It has chalkboard walls to write on with chalk supplied. The bathrooms are also a fun sight to see. If your looking for a new place to go to or just wanting a new environment. This is the place to go. read more

Treehouse Shinebar - Drinking games on the table. - American Near Me - Mishawaka, Indiana

It's good when Ashley's at the bar, otherwise service isn't so good. Disappointed in that. It's smoky in here, but it doesn't bother me unless I'm trying to eat. All around, this childish game place can be fun (though small) and I like the infused vodkas. I don't think they are all that strong, but that's just my opinion. read more

Treehouse Shinebar - Chocolates no one wants to sell - American Near Me - Mishawaka, Indiana

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Dear bartender - sorry to ruin your night by asking about the shine (which your bar is named after). Also, sorry to inquire about the abv of said shine. I was wrong. Stay angry. read more

ok, heres the update. I still like the bar, but the prices have gone up. Went there a week ago, the bartender, who was less than nice, told me a 16 oz. PBR was 3.50. Are you kidding me? I can get a 32 oz Yuengling at That Place bar 3 blocks away for the same price. I used to love this place, but things have apparently changed. Same ambience ( minus the cranky bar wench), {not the owner, who is cool, but whom I haven't talked to in about a year}, but the prices are not right.I am moving it down a star, I no longer think it is what it was trying to be when it opened.Sadly, now it is just another business.......will keep you posted, haven't given up on this place, things ebb and flow.....definitely ebbing at this time. read more

The menu is a little narrow but the staff is great and the drinks are just as good if you're not a smoker you might not like it there but the live music is good and the people there are just as entertaining my girl and I love the tree house are recommend it read more

Horrible service. Even with the co-owner working, drinks would take forever. Food wasn't edible. And while waiting for our check the bartender took a smoke break. read more

One of the best bars and well-kept secrets of Mishawaka. You can't have fun here you need to stay home. The shine is one of the best I've ever had and I make my own. This is definitely a no bulshit bar try it out you will love it. read more

I favor places like this, for real. Even with mediocre food, a limited beer menu, and watered down booze, this place shines because it has a great atmosphere and crowd. I like places with friendly people who give a shit about each other. read more

The worst bar/restaurant I have EVER been to. VERY SMOKEY! They were out of almost everything on the menu, food was cold, way overpriced for what little cold food you got, and it took them forever to get it to you. I had to ask for our bill 3 times and over 30 minutes later finally got it. I would NOT recommend this place to anyone! (Unless you want to pay for overpriced cold nasty food and crappy slow service!) read more

We had a great time. Went with a few friends. Shines great, service is great. The food is Amazing for what it is. Best fried bologna I've ever had. Cool concept keep up the good work. read more

A great bar that is hip and has a electric vibe and interior. The beer choices are great as well and is worth a search ad visit if passing through. They make out of towners feel welcome. read more

Kinda scary looking at first. Great place if you are in the mood for a really good burger and willing to kick back a little and wait for it. It's worth the wait. Will definitely go back. You can get carry out too. read more

Definitely a bar as listed on the sign. It's really cool! Their decor is very sporadic, which is interesting to look at while escaping at a bar. I had one of their beers off tap, which was excellent. Their glassware is all a collection of random pieces. That gives it an even more "home" type feeling. There are chalk drawings all over and the place definitely feels like somewhere you can go to let go of things after a long day and they like when you "come to play at the treehouse". read more

Very interesting spot. Almost didn't walk in but so glad we did! They have the best burger I have had in a long time and some of the nicest staff. The place does allow smoking so that is a little tough to take but the people are so nice and the atmosphere so friendly, you almost forget. Were it non smoking, I would give them 5 stars. read more

I had never been to Treehouse Shine Bar before and decided to check it out after some co-workers told me how great of a place it was. I went there for the first time last night with a few people and if it was the last bar to exist in the city of Mishawaka, I will never set foot in there again. My friends and I waited for someone to greet us for over an hour. I've worked in the restaurant industry for 10 years and I understand how it works. I also understand how it feels to be busy on a Friday night, but that is no excuse to disregard a table. Tables were clearing out left and right, a waitress was attending tables all around my friends and I but never came over to us. All four of us ended up walking out after an hour and if I could give this place -10 stars as a review, I would. Great job on successfully leaving all four of us with the shittiest first impression ever. read more

Their atmosphere there is unlike any other, they have different flavors of moonshine all the time, live bands that are sure to get your feet stomping. Their menu is out of this world to boot! I strongly recommend a trip to see the wonderful people at Treehouse read more

best bar in this area! the whole bar is like a giant Pinterest DIY feel, great moonshine, and amazing employees that have been friends for a very long time. they should be proud to have such an awesome bar ! read more

Stay away from this place. I don't eat out much and have pretty low dining standards, but this was the worst dining experience I've ever had in the U.S. Almost epically bad had our server not been apologetic and polite. Makes me question the utility of the review process seeing all the positive reviews here. Had I not already been $50 in with a GroupOn, I would have turned around simply by looking at the outside of the place. It didn't improve inside: *Racist music on jukebox repeatedly played, would've felt even more mortified had I brought a friend of color as guest. *Unprofessional, hand-scrawled signs on door ("No a--holes"), bathroom, and kitchen (something like "If your food isn't ready ask your server don't talk to us") *No one answering door at 5:30 pm on a Sat. *Didn't get food or even appetizers for an hour for a very basic order. Had to get up and ask my server for anything at all to eat. *Chips thoroughly burnt to crisp, served cold, unbelievably salty. I used to serve and never would have set that before a paying guest. *Actual meat and bun of burger was good, mostly because I was famished by 7 pm. The mushrooms were cold. *I figured $50 would get us beers, but the GroupOn included only 7 tiny super sweet shots with barely discernable quantities of alcohol (you could've fooled me into thinking they were non-alcoholic even after 5 of them). *Environment dirty and dingy, chairs wobbly. *Don't go here if you're a non-smoker. *Bar-tender was smoking while serving. *I will say that server was apologetic, and may have been short-staffed, but did not go out of her way to offer anything to eat while waiting 45-60 min for appetizers, or any drink to compensate. If literally all you want to do is drink and smoke and play Connect 4, this might be your place. If your party doesn't have any racial diversity. I honestly don't mind a place rough around the edges if there are things to compensate (service, food, price, atmosphere, etc)... I'm thinking of a place like the Heorot in Muncie. But this place needs a health inspection pronto. read more

Smelled like marijuana in there and the bigger curly haired lady acted like she was too busy to serve us

Worst service I have ever had. This place is a joke. One of the "owners" was there and didn't even help the bartender/ server with any of the customers. It's sad that this place could have potential if they just had decent staff and owners that actually cared. read more

Heard great reviews about the drinks here, and they were great! However, the service was not great... The bartender took our drink orders but NEVER came back to see how we were doing, if we needed refills, if we wanted to put in a food order, etc. We waited 20 minutes before the other bartender pulled away from her phone and asked what we needed. We put an order in just for a basket of fries and it took HALF AN HOUR before they gave us this basket of what tasted like old, moldy, bottom of the frozen bag potatoes. It's definitely your typical dive bar. If you're going to order drinks, order two at a time because you'll be waiting forever. Don't order the food. read more

If I could give negative stars I would. Used to be my favorite bar months ago! I recommended it to everyone I talked to, always had great service and food. I now have gotten stuck with not one but two groupons. We went there for food only to be told that they no longer serve food because they don't have a cook, so we went somewhere else for dinner. After we ate somewhere else we realized we had another Groupon for moonshine flights which were my favorite, so we decided to go back. Keep in mind the Groupon expired tonight. We walked in and it took 10 minutes for the waitress to acknowledge us, and then she told us oh now the kitchen was open. We explained since 20 minutes ago she told us it would be closed until further notice we ate somewhere else, and would just be doing the moonshine flights. She then listed all of three flavors they had which was beyond disappointing seeing that in the past, there would be at least 8-10. This has been my most recent of several horrible experiences in the last few months. I will gladly eat the money I spent on their groupons, if they continue to run business this way they will certainly not be open much longer, which is a shame they had a good thing going for awhile. read more