Lakewood Rod Gun Club - Jamestown

I've been visiting this restaurant with my family since the 1980s. It's a private club, so the atmosphere feels exclusive. The menu isn't extensive, but the food is delicious and reasonably priced, just like the drinks at the bar. On certain nights, they offer dinner specials, often featuring prime rib, which is quite good here. During holidays like Mother's Day and Father's Day, they tend to have a special limited menu as well.

This place has some strict rules that seem a bit excessive. They require you to remove hats in the dining room, and you can’t be seated until all guests in your party arrive. Plus, no coats are allowed in the dining area? It feels more like a sportsman's club trying to act like an upscale restaurant. And to top it all off, they only accept cash. The food was just average.

The chicken tends to be dry, but the steaks and other specials are quite delicious. They should consider offering a variety of breads and rolls; the current rolls and biscuits are not very appealing.

My Dad is a longstanding member and my sister and I went with him for Easter lunch. The place is large and didn't have to wait for a table. The waitstaff is very efficient and fast. Brought rolls, butter, and our drink orders within minutes of being seated. The menu was a choice of maybe 4 entrees, which we knew ahead of time. We all ordered something different: my sister got ham, dad got breaded shrimp, and I got chicken w biscuits. Only my dad's meal included a salad and his choice of a side. My sister and I received no salad and had no choice regarding side. The ham entree included 2 big slices of ham, a scoop of sweet potato mash and a brown ? gravy. Chicken and biscuits were 2 small biscuits w a scoop of mashed potato and green and wax beans on the side. My Dad enjoyed his tossed salad, baked potato and breaded shrimp and it all looked really good. My sister and I had a less positive experience. Mine arrived cold the server happily took it but it went from cold to just lukewarm . The chicken wasn't chicken, though, it was turkey! We got there 30 minutes after the event started and maybe they ran out of chicken? I had my sister taste the meat and she said it was definitely turkey. They had to make large quantities of everything, so it's not a surprise nothing was made from scratch, relying on potato flakes, gravy from a jar, and beans from a can for my dish, it was disappointing, though. If I had to do a do-over, or find myself back there, I would find out what's included w each entree, to make a better choice, which is what I would recommend to anyone who dines there.

Great food and service for this price point, if your looking for a gourmet meal you took the wrong turn. Been a member for 35 years and no regrets. The first review was hilarious.