Mike’s On the Water

Great place to hang out and have a drink on the deck. The burgers are decent, nothing special, but good after a few beers watching the boats go by. Definitely worth going just for the atmosphere!

I had such high hopes for this place, but they were immediately squashed the moment we took a bite into our food!
We started with the fried pickles, which aren’t even made on site. They are GFS type pickles, the kind you buy in bulk. I’ve eaten them at other restaurants, and are not very good. The ranch is awful. No one at the table used it after the first dip.
Husband’s fish was oddly square and not tasty at all! Daughters fish sticks were literally the kind you buy in the frozen food section, and tasted nothing like fish. The breading had an odd, mealy texture, and had a weird sweet aftertaste. You are a lakefront restaurant!!! You should not be messing up FISH! Awful!
I ordered a Reuben, subbing the sauerkraut for coleslaw. It was served on an overly toasted marble Rye, which was permeated with a strong propane aftertaste. I barely ate half a sandwich before completely giving up. We took none of our leftovers home, and believe me, there was plenty leftover, seeing that we barely ate anything brought to our table. Not only was the food horrible, but the wait FOR the food was subpar also. The table behind us also complained about how long the food was taking to come out, so it wasn’t just us. As we walked to our car, my husband and I both said, «that was some of the worst food we’ve had in a loooooongggg time!». We definitely will not be back!
(The only positive comment is for our waitress, she was great, and very friendly.)

This place is awesome! Great environment, live band, good food! There was a wait to sit outside but that’s expected on a beautiful night. We were seated right by the water by the best manager, Brett, and our waitress was so nice and knowledgable too! The seafood was awesome and so was the service! Will be back very soon, plan on bringing everyone!

This is a fun place, especially in the summer. It feels like you’re down in Florida with all the old guys with their unbuttoned shirts pounding beers and tequila shots, or all the dressed-​up cougars having a nice time with their gal pals. It’s pretty fun and you can get carried away in a hurry.
A positive since my last couple visits is that they finally have an IPA on draft — hurray, beer! It was Saugatuck IPA and it’s pretty good. Beats drinking Miller Lite, god forbid. As for the food, the pretzel appetizers are still pretty good. The mac and cheese needs some work, though… not much taste and just too liquidy and not enough crust on top. It’s pretty subpar to be honest. The Caesar salad isn’t bad, though I’ve had better elsewhere as well. The ribs are where it’s really at here. Cheers.

Hope I never have to come back here. This place has a very unprofessional staff that stopped us and told us they couldn’t accommodate us because «Mike doesn’t like party busses bringing people to the restaurant.» What? You don’t want a bus full of ladies celebrating a bachelorette party to come spend money in your bar? Ok… Well Mike is obviously an idiot.

Best part of the this place is the sitting area!

Went for the first time and sat on the patio. there was absolutely no lighting so I had to use my phone flashlight to see the menu. Hostess had a major attitude when we said we didn’t want to sit in the table right by the hostess stand. Also ordered a burger and there was no ketchup or mayo on it. and no condiments on the table. The service is terrible. The waitress didn’t ask how our food was and barely came back to our table to check on us. Oh also there were NO utensils on the table so we had to eat everything with our hands. Safe to say we will never return.

The food is good (not great) but the live music and deck can’t be beat. The service was a little slow for a Wednesday night but overall a good experience.

Soft pretzels are very good for a appetizer. Warm and crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Served with mustard and cheese sauce.
The salad sandwich was light and fresh. I got the chicken salad and it has nice chunks of chicken and not heavy. Served on wheat toast.
I enjoy sitting on the patio outside to get some sun and enjoy the summer day. Relaxing and busy.
I am happy :)

Great deck bar. Fun to watch the busboys text while docking boats at their docks. Undivided attention is what killed chivalry.
Intern nick… A product of radiation poising, made clear with his awkwardly, erratic table touches and hid x-​men rogue style white streak in his hair. A man that Chris Hansen would monitor for illicit activity.
Decently priced beers and food.

Well, stopped here today for lunch. And was not overly impressed. Took them awhile to figure who would be our server. Once we got through that the girl we did end was very friendly, no complaints with her.
Ordered appetizers, they were all very good, then our server comes back to get our lunch order, and tells us oh by the way, we are out of… and listed about 8 things on the menu including lobster rolls, and Ribs. Now in previous reviews this doesn’t appear that is the first this has happened, who does the food ordering here !.
Then we waited a good 25 – 30 minutes to get our food. The food was ok, nothing bad, nothing great.
All in all like I said not overly impressed, won’t hurry back.

First time here and we thoroughly enjoyed everything we ordered. Best mussels and great crispy onion rings.

The alcoholic drinks we got tasted like pure water and I am not a heavy drinker. The bad part is that the waitress made it sound like they were so strong. Also they brought me the wrong food and not the one I ordered so my friends food was out but not mine. Had to wait another 10 minutes for mine while his was already out.

Went here for lunch on a Saturday. It’s not quite boating season yet, so we got a table right away and service was immediate.
The menu has a lot to offer, and we went for a shrimp cocktail to start, and coconut shrimp as the main course.
The shrimp cocktail was standard. No complaints there. The coconut shrimp came out within a minute of us finishing the appetizer. Loved that. The coconut shrimp was really good. Cooked to perfection and the sweet sauce that came with it was great as well. I’m not a fan of French fries, but they have some good ones. Nice and crispy!
Prices are great compared to all the other boating bars on the Nautical Mile. I will definitely be back.

Mikes On the Water Restraunt
Awesome little dive on the water in the Shores of St Clair.
Fall off the bone amazing Ribs
Great mini Fish sliders
Cheap Beers
Good fun, cool crowd…
Boat or Car what ever, Mikes can accommodate!

New selections both kitchen & bar are outstanding… the place to be for food & fun in the «naughty»! (is a family place)…if you haven’t been in a while or, at all… come on over… water’s fine (so is everything else about this place!)

Sad this place wasn’t better because the patio is awesome. We ordered the fish reuben and they were out of the fish so I asked if there was any other fish they could sub with it and the waitress talked to me like I was an idiot. When the food came we noticed a long obvious hair fried into the fish, so when we told the waitress she literally said «I dont think its hair because no one in the kitchen has that color of hair». So she took it, came back and said «they said it isnt haur but ill het another one gor you». IT WAS OBVIOUSLY HAIR!
Would possibly go back to have a drink on the patio but never for dinner

Quick tip: Drink mixed drinks or wine, not the best beer selection.

Solid perch dinner!
Crowd here is older, which sometimes is not a good thing, but we were quite pleased. Basic beer list, but they do have Sam Adams Seasonal on draft which is nice. Service was very good. Numerous servers and managers asked how our meal was, if we needed refills and took away empty glasses and plates.
We both had perch, fried. Perch came with a nice panko coating. Not greasy at all, not too heavy for the fish. It just gave it a nice, light crunch.
Lots of tables were ordering the shrimp cocktail, and we saw a few lobster rolls going on. I think I have already picked out what I am going to order on my next visit.

Giving this place five stars for service (our server Kaylee was a doll!), five stars for atmosphere (boats and water, casual, sitting on the deck. can’t go wrong), and three stars for the food.
I had the «Michigan fish and fries». two lightly breaded whitefish filets served with fries (obviously), and a tiny cup of slaw. The fish was very good; not too heavy on the breading, crispy and not greasy. However, the fries were kind of limp, and the slaw was lacking flavor. I never add salt to anything, but this slaw was the exception. Price for the fish dinner: $ 14.99.
My guy had the HAMburger, a burger with ham on it. Cute. He liked it. This was served with their homemade chips, which were crunchy, had an interesting seasoning — and were addictive. We ordered a second basket of those to much on!
Beer selection was meh. I’m a porter/​stout kind of girl, and they didn’t have anything to offer in that regard, though I did enjoy the wheat beer they offered from Rochester Mills Brewery — and Kaylee was nice enough to let me sample a bit before I bought.
All in all, a cool little place on the lake that is not pretentious, and is reasonably priced.