South Lyon Hotel

Personally I believe its one of the best places to go and eat in South Lyon. If offers a little bit of everything. Their Meatloaf is AMAZING!!! The steaks were cooked perfect, and our waitress who we’ve had more than once now, Nikki M., has treated us like royalty and has given us and our family EXCEPTIONAL service. She always recommends the best suggestions and we trust her enough to just let her bring it, and its always so DELICIOUS! 5 Stars for sure! And if you go there,. ask for Nikki! She’s truly amazing!

We’ve stopped in here a few times while visiting family in the area. Unfortunately, every time our experience has been no better than average. Typically, the food is just okay, although the service is decent. They have a few craft beers on tap, but for a state that prides itself on its craft beer, not nearly enough. If you’re looking for a typical sports bar/​pub atmosphere and food experience, this place will do… but it’s nothing more than that.

I haven’t been to the Hotel for quite sometime. Returned tonight with my family of five. They all ordered burgers; two hotel burgers & two bison burgers. They were great & so were the fries. I, on the other hand ordered the fish tacos. It was under seasoned. Tortillas were soggy to handle. The rice was so-​so.
I’m looking forward to coming back since we recently moved to South Lyon. Will definitely get the bison burger next!

Ordered Wings tonight. Very disappointed. Over cooked and dry two times in a row, Their Chicken wings were always their signature appetizer, IMHO. Last time we ordered the antipasto it was so skimpy on meat and cheese we decided to make our own tonight, Thought we would give them a second chance on the wings and disappointed again. Don’t know whats going on but I am hoping the negative reviews will help them improve, we used to love this place.

Very very tasty I had the chicken fruit salad very good very fresh but pricy good customer service food cam out fast waitress was very helpful consistently asking how we were doing and if we needed any thing I will definitely be going back

Had them cater an important corporate luncheon for 50 and they NAILED IT. Well done !!! 10 stars

The food is good if you can get them to make it!
I used to rate the South Lyon Hotel with 5 stars, but I’ve given up trying to deal with their random kitchen hours and rude service.
We came in last night after looking at their website to see how late the kitchen served food. According to their site the kitchen is open till 11am-​11pm Monday-​Saturday.
We sit down at 10:30 and are rudely told that the kitchen is closed on Monday’s at 10pm. I pointed out what they had advertised in a polite but confused way, and the server just stared at me for a moment and walked away. No explanation or concern that perhaps someone should update their advertisements, and no apology. Well, forget that.
South Lyon has way too many restaurants vying for the dollars of our town residents to waste time trying to figure out when you can get this restaurant to serve you.

The pizza was amazing and so was the service. I had a gluten free version and it was great!

This place is full of amateurs. 21 yrs old is standard and they come here to act like assholes. For real. The staff is amazing though. I give them 2 stars only for that.

Haven’t been here for a while and I was pleasantly suprised. Sat outside on the porch. Beer prices are good and the draft beer selection is decent. Our pizza was really good and so was our service. I’m glad to see that the Hotel is stepping up their game. I’ll be back.

I strongly dislike giving bad reviews and waited 24 hours to do this review to sleep on it but it needs to be done. I know there are people out there that work very hard for their money and want a nice dining experience…
I first want to say that the gluten free pizza that I ordered with tomatoes and Italian sausage was EXCELLENT! Hats off to the Hotel for this pizza and crust!
The service, however, was awful. My friend didn’t get her rice and vegetables with her salmon (she had to ask). I had to ask twice for water and never got it (I finally went to the bar to get it). The waitress, Emily, suggested Heineken for a «low gluten» beer when I asked what they had that was gluten free (they have NO GF beers). She actually made some smarta** comment when I ordered Raspberry and Stoli, stating vodka «isn’t gluten free» and had a smirk on her face. I attempted to educate her, as I am celiac, letting her know what is and isn’t gluten free but she cut me off and walked away. PLEASE educate your staff! That waitress’s attitude was not a good representation of the South Lyon Hotel that I have been going to for many years. There were three friends with me that are new to the area. Not good. I will return once I see more consistently improved reviews.
Five stars for the pizza and two-​man band playing Motown. Also, there were two very good waitresses that were super helpful — one took our picture and another got the vegetables for my friend. Both were very sweet with big smiles. We appreciated them.

Food was good but not the service. When I got my burger it had no toppings on it as requested. The server was very slow, and we had to ask for a box twice. He could see that my wife was struggling with putting the leftover pizza in the box but seemed to ignore us. Not usually one to complain about poor service but this was a little much.

We have lived here 10 years and the a hotel is finally growing on me. I love their pizza and trivia night is fun as well. Service has been really good lately. I will give it 5 stars once they offer more Michigan beer on tap.

Slow service. Waitress brought salad after entrée. Beer on tap was flat. French fries were frozen. French dip was flavorless. Don’t waste your time or money

Since back when I used to frequent The Hotel it seems to have turned from a marauders’ bar into a nice family spot with live but quiet music being played on a Saturday night to a full dining room. Service was fantastic, from our server JJ to all the bussers grabbing plates or dropping off food to the table, I was impressed.
We started with the fried pickles and a ranch type dipping sauce. The pickles were a little bland but the sauce had a nice kick to it. I’d order them again for the table. My girl had the Hotel burger which I thought was delicious. I had the sirloin which tasted OK but it looked like it had been «rode» up to the Hotel that night, and then carved up and grilled. It was a little too grisly for my liking but I should have went with the strip steak or the burger. Their sandwiches all sounded premier and the fries were solid. It’s one of the only games in town and while it wasn’t the best plate of food I’ve had, they have a good thing going on here. I’ll be back to try more of the sammies.
I haven’t been upstairs in over a decade but they used to have a great pool and dart room… looking forward to checking into that.

Today was a 2-​star, but I’m showing an average of 3-​stars based on my original rating.
We were a group of 13, with reservation.
After ordering, food didn’t start coming out for over 45 minutes. And that was just the first batch (which didn’t even include all the kids’ meals!) It took another 10 minutes after that for the rest to arrive. And half the entrees were fish & chips or grilled cheese! I’ll just lay it all out:
Grilled Cheese: Bread tasted like it came out of a toaster, certainly not grilled. Fake cheese. My daughter had trouble even biting through the bread it was so crunchy.
Fish & Chips: Meh. No seasoning, no lemon wedges to squeeze over, and the tartar sauce was literally the coleslaw with more mayo in it. And I don’t have anything good to say about the coleslaw, either.
Grilled Chicken Salad: Chicken was fine, but greens were wilted and turning slimy, like it had been in a bag in the fridge for far too long. Yuck.
Fajita Wrap: OK, but still fake cheese.
Onion Rings: Tasted like fish; I think they use the same fryer. Tsk tsk.
Other meals were on the other side of the table, so I didn’t get much feedback from those.
Service was poor. After the orders were taken, we didn’t see much of the waitress except for the occasional water refills.
One of our party complained of the poor service, and the waitress ended up offering a small dessert for the kids — we chose cake pops… they were disgusting. It tasted like raw cookie dough, and just should never be served to anyone.
Well, at least they got the beer and wine straight. I wonder if they purposefully take an hour to serve your food so that they can keep milking you on drinks.
I MIGHT try this place again, just because our baby shower was handled well. But that was 3 years ago, and my patience has grown thin after this night’s experience. I’m not too keen on ever going back.

Daughter there with her husband for St. Patrick’s Day and ran up a tab. Found out a few days later that the server that had helped them took their credit card number and bought concerts tickets with it. Watch out for the waitstaff, they will rob you an think nothing of it. Total fraudulent charges= $ 400.00. Enter at you own risk.

Oh, South Lyon Hotel. You are so hit or miss for me. Jackie the bartender downstairs is the best! I don’t know the others but my drinks are well made by her every time. The food has kind of declined over the last few years. BRING BACK THE WAFFLE FRIES!!! Service is also very hit or miss, some of the waitresses are great, some are seriously lacking. But I feel like all of the busboys are great, if that counts for anything. They get club-​y upstairs after dark, with a mostly older crowd and a old and new mix of music.
Overall, it’s a good little place for a good little town, but if you’re looking for fancy dinner or night club, this place doesn’t do either of those well.

The prime rib was good, the carrots were too hard they need to cut them thinner so they will roast with the other veggies, baked potato was not cooked long enough, but once you mashed it up it was good. The band was terrible, it was nice when they took a break and put the music on. The waitress she tries hard but she had my husband drink made with diet coke, and it was bad, she never offered to take off the bill either.
But all in all we will go back, normally the food is good and we just have to make sure we find out who the band is, no more painted white.

This place is our favorite full service bar in South Lyon.
Food is usually very good — we typically order meals ranging from salads to burgers to calzones depending on our mood. Add flavored crust to the calzone for an extra amazing taste! The chili is also tasty if you just want a little something. Basically, the food is good/​consistent and we come here for specific things that we feel they do well. I wouldn’t come here for a special dinner or anything — but it is good for groups if you’re looking for something casual.
You really can’t go wrong with drinks at the Hotel. There are always specials, pitchers, and this is a shots kinda place. But, most importantly, they know how to pour a black & blue properly! Yes, it’s layered :)
Our favorite server, Nikki, usually works on the second floor — she’s attentive, friendly, and super sweet. She’s probably one of the main reasons we go other than proximity of thr bar to our house!
Entertainment from Jacovetti is great, he’s got the latest songs and plays pretty much anything you request! Keep in mind, this is a small & former farm town, so there is a lot of country played. He also hosts Trivia on Thursday nights which is alot of fun. The main floor entertainment is also usually pretty good from what we hear passing through. I prefer upstairs for its openness & balcony.