The Lake Bar & Grill

I’ve been coming to this place a couple Of dozen times, as I finished my meal today I realized I had to write a review and share this treasure. Nice setting inside, friendly staff and I haven’t found anything on the menu I haven’t liked, quality in the way the food is prepared… After I eat I usually sit inside another 30-​minutes to and hour afterwards and just enjoy the air.

Great place to go just before you get to pyramid lake. Delicious choices on menu. Love their breakfast. Fun to watch football and many other sports there. Staff is friendly and most of them have been there for a long time if you are in the area you won’t be disappointed with the time, food, and money you spend there.

If you are going to say dinner served until 1030 everyday on your door don’t tell customers the kitchen is closed at 945. Not a very good way to do business.

Good food and good service. Our family has been going to the Lake Bar and Grill for years.

Did that REALLY just happen? The nasty female bartender asked, «What time is it?» I replied «it’s 20 to 5:00».She pointed out to where on the menu «it says dinner is served at 5:00». She flippantly asked if I wanted anything else, I said «no». The incredibly rude bartender then looked at the gentleman sitting to my right, giving him the side eye roll! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? It is Monday. There is ONE person in the entire dining area eating. There is not a single plate in front of those sitting at the bar.
It is unfortunate that in this extremely rude, and arrogant bartender should ever «serve» anyone. No tip left for the premature beer that I ordered. You will never see me or my family again!
Too bad a well deserved score of zero is not offered!

Nice place for locals, been going here for years. HOWEVER!!! Will you please update your menu!

This is a great little locals spot. every time I have come here the food has been perfect, well proportioned and served with excellent service… I’ll be back again and again…

I’m only rating this a (1) on the service. I really like the food, there isn’t anything I’ve ever ordered that I didn’t like. However, we lived out in Spanish Springs when there was no Lake Bar & Grill and were probably one of their first patrons (over 15 years ago). The service has NEVER been good!!! We have ignored it because there just simply isn’t a whole lot out here in SS. We have intermittently gone back thinking … maybe it had changed. Nope! Tonight was probably the worst. The owner’s son was our waiter. He was helping another waitress who was slammed. We probably would have gotten better service if we had the busy waitress… They all knew they made mistakes (I won’t go in to it)… and the nice waitress he was filling in for comped me my glass of wine… Thank you, but this issue never seems to get fixed. Again, we will have to avoid the place! To the owner: There is no reason for this!!! Many restaurants have great service and yours always always always is horrible! Breakfast Lunch and Dinner! Simple things like water being filled, plates being cleared, «what else can I do for you».

Always a great place for a meal. The food is great, and so is the service! The staff makes you feel welcome and like family! Whether you live in Spanish Springs, or are on your way thru to the lake it is a definitely a must stop!

What a place! It’s like a hunting lodge/​fishing bar/​sports bar/​dive bar/​family café all jumbled into one pretty cool place. I noticed most many of the patrons where regulars. I alway like to see tons of regulars at a sweet spot like this.
They food surprised me on how good it was. I stopped for breakfast. My Tahoe omelette was very good. It was nice with fresh veggies, all and all a good breakfast. Drinks are super expensive. Plan on paying for extra condiments as well.
My sever clearly had better thing to do. I read the reviews before coming in and seen that as an issues. Honestly the food out weighs the server not wanting to shine at her job.
Give them a shot, as I say the food was really good!

This place is delicious for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Their burgers are amazing, so many to choose from. Breakfast is great too! Their home style potatoes are tasty! Great menu selection! Friendly people! Yum

I have been coming to this restaurant since I was in elementary school. This place has one half of the restaurant that is designed like a family restaurant, and the other half is a sports bar. The food is delicious and they have a full bar. If you are coming to watch the game, there are plenty of televisions for you to see.
They make Mexican and American food. The burgers are delicious and my favorite! It is fairly well priced as well. I most recently went here with two friends and even after eating huge meals and drinking big beers, the bill was under $ 60.
I highly recommend. If you are on your way to Pyramid or even Burning Man, stop here for some delicious grub.

You really have to want to stop here since it’s a bit out of the way, but we had a good lunch and it was worth the effort to get there.
It’s always a good idea to ask what the staff favorites are and our waitress said the grilled roast beef is hers.
The French dip had the most flavorful roast beef I’ve had anywhere in town — now I know why our waitress liked the grilled sandwich! The fries, pickle, and a jus were very good, but the bun was a little on the soft side. With a better bun this would easily be the best French dip in town.
I’ll gladly go back to try the grilled roast beef next time!
I can appreciate the challenges in staffing a place like this — there were only a few other people there for lunch the day we stopped in, but this kind of place will have big swings. Our service was very good.

Let me first say that I am not giving this place 5 stars because of the initial horrible and off putting greeting we got from out waitress when we walked in the door. On the flip side I am not giving it only 3 stars because the food was super tasty.
My children and I were looking for a new place to have a quick lunch. I had been to the Lake Bar & Grill two or three times with my husband years and years ago. Figuring that it had been so long I thought it might be a good idea to go back out to an old favorite since I was not a Unilocaler at the time.
When we walked in I saw that nothing had really changed. It is basically a sports bar to the left, partitioned off in plexi-​glass with a smaller deli type eatery to the right. We did not see a sign that said to wait or seat ourselves and we didn’t see an employee so we just stood there for awhile.
Finally a waitress did come out from the back and asked us how many in the party. I replied to her that we had 3. Her response was to roll her eyes and stick her arm out at as booth as if to ask us why we hadn’t just sat down ourselves. As we walked to the booth she tossed the menus down and, before we got to sit asked us what we wanted to drink. It was a bit of a rough start if you ask me,.
The place was empty. A couple was eating when we first arrived but left within 5 minutes of our being there and no one else came in the entire time. Our waitress did warm up once she came to take our order so perhaps something happened in back or she just got back news. I’m not sure.
I can’t really say much else about the place except that our food was good. My daughter liked her Mozzarella sticks (those are hard to mess up), My son loved his fried mushrooms and my Sandwich was on par with any other. I will say that the fries though were pretty heavenly — just the perfect amount of crisp and seasoning.
The location really is more for locals or people traveling to or from Pyramid Lake though so I’m sure that contributes to the lack of customers and they probably have a lot of the same people. If you are coming to visit Reno and staying anywhere south of Los Altos, this place is going to be to far out of your way to be worth it. If you are local though and feel like checking it out for Unilocal fun or just because well than go for it!

Pretty bad, I wasn’t expecting much but they were the only thing open out in Spanish springs at the time I was driving through. The server was nice too.

Great food, lots of flavor, textures perfect, prices good. Wait staff (in spite of other reviews stating less than stellar) was good, they were attentive, friendly & very helpful. Definitely will look fwd to coming bk here again!

This is our go to place for a good meal. It is a small diner/​bar that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food is good, especially the breakfasts and Mexican style offerings. The service is fast and friendly. I’ve tried several of the menu items, and have never been disappointed. You can sit in the bar or take a seat in a separate dining area.

Love this place and can’t add much more than the other positive reviews…
Hometown corner bar and grill with your typical diner menu, friendly service, usually pretty quick, and always satisfying in a comfort food way. The bar has the usual video gaming built in, there is a family side separated from the bar area, and its overall an «A-​Okay» place with great value!

My son and I came in here tonight for dinner around 6. The place was pretty empty. It was a seat yourself kind of deal. So we found a comfy spot in a booth.
I can’t remember our servers name but I definitely had no complaints about service or timing. Everything was prompt. Silverware was laid out. Orders were taken promptly.
My son ordered mac and cheese with fries. I could tell that it came from a box, but that’s okay. He demolished the entire plate. I ordered the chicken pasta with Alfredo sauce. I couldn’t complain about anything there either. It was a lot of food. I took half home.
Overall I was pretty happy with the meal. I could tell that most everything was frozen or from a box but for $ 20 you can’t expect a five star meal.
I can tell that they seem to have return customers. I may be one of them :)

I cam here for the first time this past weekend and I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was ok. Not bad, not great but ok. The service was friendly enough and everyone was attantive. The menu had a large selection of breakfast items.
I ordered the Lake scramble. It had eggs, green peppers, cheese, sausage, mushrooms and spinach. I asked for no onions and it came out correctly. It was ok. Not very flavorful but pretty decent. The hashbrowns were pretty darn good. My boyfriend ordered the corned beef hash and he said the same thing. It was ok. Not bad but not great either. We will prbably be back because it is a local spot that isn’t too far from where we live.