Shawanoe Restaurant & Bar

The food was played nice but the smokey atmosphere made sitting and eating unpleasant. Our orders were taken and fulfilled promptly but the stressed out hurried servers made me feel sorry for them because they couldn’t even bare a smile.
The mixed drinks were syrupy.
Food– large portions plated well for visual appeal however:
The breaded fried pickles, chicken wings, green tomatoes had the flavor and texture of something that came out of a large frozen box and fried to heat.
We asked for the chicken nachos. I suppose there may have been chicken I couldn’t tell, but it was covered in ground beef.
Pears on the salad? From a can.
Basically fast food.

I have eaten here at least 4 times with my husband. The food is great, the service is great and of course the prices are awesome! We usually get the grande nachos with two non-​alcoholic beverages and the total comes to less than $ 10… and it fills us up! Totally recommend this gem in the middle of nowhere!

We eat here a lot. I love the chicken fried chicken. They use panko breading so the crust is so good and crunchy. The burgers are top notch. I love the salad. The Ribeye was thin but cooked to perfection and tender, with a great charbroil flavor. The only thing I haven’t cared for were the nachos which were dry. Friendly staff. The service is good but this is not a fast food restaurant so don’t expect your food to come out instantly. Last but not least, both my husband and I can eat here and our bill with tip is usually right at $ 20. Can’t beat that!

Honestly if I could rate this a 0 I would, this used to be a decent restaurant not really sure what has happened.
My husband and I both had the beefeater the bread was nasty, it was so hard that if you didn’t dip it in the au jus you wouldn’t be able to eat it. The fries my husband got were soggy and according to him rubbery. The cole slaw I got was so bland I had 2 bites of it. The best thing on the plate was the pickle and that was soggy as well.
On top of the nasty food we were given no silverware or napkins we were not asked if we needed oh I don’t know ketchup for the fries. We refuse to eat at the other restaurant at this casino because it is also really gross, so I guess we eat before we go now.
This is the last time we eat here.

We had dinner here tonight. Two of us had the surf and turf special which was large grilled shrimp and ny strip steak. The steak was grilled very well. I had rare and my buddie had his medium rare. The tenderness and flavor was good. My wife had the tortellini which also very good. The salsa we had as a appetizer was house made and delicious. We paid about 60 bucks for dinner for the three of us which I think was very reasonable for the quality. We will certainly return.

So, we’re starving. We decide to eat here. Menu looked decent, although when we were described this restaurant, they said it was a steakhouse. So I’m expecting a nice menu.
The wait begins. We get out waters in. So far, I’m happy because they added lemon to my H2O without asking-​nice. We took a few minutes to look over the menu and place our order. I had to pay an extra $ 1.00 for my side salad and another $ 1.00 for onion rings. Dont you just hate that?
Well, it took half hour for me to get my side salad to the table, but I had ordered it as a side, not a starter. Whatevs, I’ll wait till my meal comes to taste it. I look at it, and its filled with crumbles. Like when you get to the end of the croûton bag and they just poured that crap on to my salad-​it was a huge pile of croûton crumbles!!! It literally covered the whole plate and I had to take it off before taking the picture which in retrospect, I shouldn’t have done so you don’t think I’m exaggerating. It was so super salty. Ick.
The server said she was sorry the food had taken so long but they were waiting on the snap peas … Really!!! That takes like 5 minutes to cook!
48 minutes later, our meal comes in. Presentation… Blah. My salmon was supposed to have garlic butter but it was dry, salty and burnt on the edges. By far, the worst salmon ever. The sugar peas were waaaay overcooked. I guess that’s why it took so long for them to bring my food! Lol. The chicken belle had mushroom and cheese on top and that was actually good.
I told the server about my experience and she said she was sorry and if there was anything else she could bring out. By then i was already full because when she came to ask I was almost done and I was starving that I didn’t care. I had given up on my meal. I told her it was ok. I just wanted her to tell the cook so it doesn’t happen again to someone else.
Deep Inside I was hoping to get a free dessert or 10% off or something. But she immediately brought the check and she asked me to sign the top and that was that! No visit from a manager, nothing.
Overal, Don’t wait till you’re hungry to come in… They take forever. The food is probably better at the cafeteria a few steps away. I should’ve known better. This was casino food. I guess I’m spoiled from California and Vegas casinos that I had a little bit of hope this would be at least somewhat good. But I was so obviously wrong!!! Sad face