Half Shell Lounge

Great casual joint. Good food, good prices. Fresh fried full bellied clams, cajun fish rueben, philly cheese steak, burgers all excellent. Cold beer.

This is a working persons restaurant/​bar. A great place for a beer and a sandwich or something else off their menu. It’s all good. Large portions and variety. The service is fast and friendly. A look around will reveal this place supports Detroit area sports and NASCAR. If you’re looking for a good lunch quickly and a cold one, this is the place.

The fish Rueben was unique and enjoyed by the sauerkraut people. The scallops were good too.

I cant give a zero star or i would. Unfriendly bar tender. Beer was not cold. Closes at 9. Very trashy.

One of my favorite places to eat. Consistently great food and excellent service from Lori

this bar feels like the south. deep, deep south, very deep, budweisser memorabilia, confederate flags and anti-​obama stickers everywhere which of course sends a very christian and conservative message while naturally every patron in there, at least the afternoon i was there was older (60+) male and white. what a surprise! the only other dark skinned guy present was the mexican dude working in the kitchen. this bar is perfect if youre an old and broke ricky bobby.
while i was not particularly mistreated or abused at the half shell lounge, its ambiance certainly did not make me feel at ease at all even though i was in the company of two german ladies, luckily. maybe my opinion is premature and wrong but in general terms, this dive seemed plain… and a bit too plain and radical for my taste.

Love this bar great food awesome people cold beer my first time here onion rings were the best huge portions will stop
In when I am in. Ft myers

Great simple down home food!

Great grouper fingers– Love the casual atmosphere!

Cool bar but no darts or billiards or hard liquor.

Total dive bar, with amazing seafood.

Two and a half decades of history here, primarily consisting of beef jerky, cheese steaks, the same faces and, in later years, ridiculously cheap beer.
It’s a scene frozen in time: Jimmy on the grill, Christmas stockings stapled with dollar bills and a jukebox that ages with technology while the songs played never change.
The Half Shell embodies Americana with freedom fries on the menu, offensive T-​shirts on the wall, and a comfortable seat as a top account for Anheuser-​Busch — nationwide. Yes, nationwide. So steady are the sales of Bud and its bastard kids that prior to the InBev acquisition, August Busch IV and his cronies would arrive once a year and kick back a few of his great-granddaddy’s brews at the Shell, leaving them with one-​of-​a-​kind wall schwag and a photo opp or two.
Sure the chowder is served in a coffee mug that may not have been devoid of java when filled. Maybe your fifty cent Amber Bock gets picked up a bit early and a quarter full. Perhaps August Busch’s model girlfriend was found dead of undisclosed causes at his upscale suburban St. Louis home a few days ago. Too soon? Too soon.
Shortcomings aside, Half Shell is a destination every time I’m home. Especially if I want a thousand beers with only $ 12.95 en mis pantalones.
Economy, man. Economy.

I go there once in a while. Decent pub grub and cold beer all easy on the wallet. More of a working man’s place, but friendly.

Dive Bar with great food and quirky clientele. How do you beat that?

Ok, so I been going to the Halfshell since 1990 and have to say nothing but great things about them. Food is decent, prices are decent-​they are close to the community college (which is when I found that in the afternoon between evening and night classes, they always had a spare table to let me study). Mix of blue collar, hard working people and those whitecollar folks who aren’t too uppity to recognize a diamond in the rough! Oysters on the halfshell! Hella good and the price can’t be beat! Safe enough to bring my 80 year old mom for a fried fish sandwich; occasionally I see some golfers come in to drink a beer, which by the way is as cold as ice.
My hats off to the owners, staff and regular bar patrons who have always been kind to me when I stopped by for a beer.