Restaurants near Traverse City State Hospital

Had an amazing experience in the cozy cabana. It exceeded our expectations. We had so much fun swimming in the outdoor pool during a snow storm, while it was 10 degrees outside. The pool was so warm. The jumbo pretzel and the pizza was delicious. The drinks were so good too, especially the espresso martini. The service has all around been great. We will be coming back every year!

We’ve eaten lunch there twice and had the calamari, which is some of the best eleven ever had! But we took friends there for dinner, it was happy hour so it was noisy but the food made up for it! One guest had the 4 fish entree and said it was really good, his wife had the maple salmon and ate every bite ( she said the glaze was really sweet but that didn’t stop her enjoying it) my husband had the seafood pot pie and devoured it, he’d get that agin in a heartbeat. I had the parpedelle pasta and it was huge with calamari on top ! Spinach and micro greens were the garnish which I LOVE! Both couples added the house salad to split and it was delicious! We split the lava cake and it was a good choice, it was so good and moist! Can’t wait to go back! Our server was Kayla and she was excellent as well We all had drinks and a bottle of wine , highly recommend the frenzy! Our friend orders old fashions everywhere she goes and she really liked reflect’s, I got the traverse hurricane and it was amazing!

It's a teaching restaurant, so allow 1 ½ hrs for lunch and more for dinner. Classic choices such as the beef bourguignon entree and the soup of Shredded Chicken with fennel and a hint of star anise were very good. No time today to linger for deserts which are superb. Pastry Chef Megan is a pro. Merrill at the bar always has a fun delicious special drink, plus the standard classic cocktails. It's nice to see they now offer a better range of Non-area wines , as well as local wines to please visitors. Wine choices are 8 or so of both whites and reds. Best view of the bay, even on a very snowy day. Beautiful setting.

We enjoyed our thanksgiving dinner today and plan to come back for Christmas dinner also. Server was great and the atmosphere was great.

Our pop up experience was great. We ordered two Lamb Tangines for our table of four and four small plates. Each one was outstanding. Our server was knowledgeable and our tab was surprisingly low. We hope Saffron De Twah returns soon!