Boathouse Restaurant

Was here for restaurant week. Everything was beautiful and cooked perfectly! Our server was attentive, friendly, and knowledgeable. Definitely will be back! So delicious! Thank you!

I’m knocking the food down one star due to the inconsistency of the seasoning and flavor. But first the high spots. The place is beautiful! The location and the views are amazing. The staff and the owner are super friendly and welcoming. The bartender was excellent! Great martinis and brandy old fashioned. They have a good wine menu. Local wines and wines from other areas. I had the Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon and it was delicious! My one small knock all three glasses of wine were served in wine glasses loaded with water marks. At $25 a glass this should never happen. Our server was Jasmine and she was very sweet. The other two servers we observed we knowledgeable, attentive and offered great service. The oysters on the half shell were Lucious. We did 6 of each kind. They each offered somet

Dinner at the Boathouse was unbelievably fantastic! This is definitely a 5-star restaurant for food, service, and ambiance! We started with cocktails and appetizers. Our appetizers were the fresh spring salad and the shrimp cocktail with fresh horseradish. It included 6 jumbo shrimp and the fresh horseradish was really good, although I would personally prefer more horseradish. Next time I’ll just ask for double horseradish because I really like it spicy. For entrees we thoroughly enjoyed the 3 large scallops on top of mini lobster cakes with grilled cauliflower and broccolini, and the halibut over risotto with mushrooms on the side. These dishes were all perfectly prepared and delicious! Our server, Brian, was fantastic! He was friendly, knowledgeable, and efficient. We will definitely be

I am so impressed with Boathouse!! This is my second time coming here and I'm still in love with the quality of food and service they provide! We were seated immediately in the sunroom upon arriving to our reservation of 6 people. The view from there was wonderful during the sunset overlooking the water. Our server, Mary Grace, greeted us immediately and put in our drink orders. She brought them out right away and they looked beautiful and tasted even better. I'm not much of a drinker so I was really excited to see they had mocktails and even more that they had an alcohol free espresso martini. I cannot even describe how amazing it was, it was so good. It was a foamy coffee drink with a cinnamon rim that just hit the spot. We also got a blueberry lemon drop cocktail and Manhattan that were

We were out wine tasting on the peninsula and decided to stop here for dinner. We'd never been before. It was outstanding! We had a wonderful waitress Kathleen. She explained the menu items and made our experience a delightful one. We both had soup, mine was the morel bisque that was delicious. My husband was not fond of the seafood one at all. We both had the waygu filets prepared the classic way. Absolutely delicious. We ended our dinner with a coffee drink and the shortbread dessert that was too die for. We look forward to dining here again on our next visit to Traverse City!