Cafe Manitou - Michigan

Fabulous food, amazing staff, fantastic view! Highly recommend!

Wow! One of the most beautiful places I have ever eaten, the waiter was amazing, we told him we had just gotten married and got us a free glass of champagne! This is a must see place! The view is amazing on a sunny day

We both had the excellent white fish and local wines. Wonderful view across Lake Michigan while dinning and we then took off our shoes and walked the shore for a couple miles at sunset

Excellent area and resort is complete ! Beautiful and memorable ! Pool, accommodations, restaurant is Heavenly place , peaceful ! Right in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore of Lake Michigan

We stayed at Fiddler’s Pond in a ground level corner unit. It had a small patio that had a calming view of a small brook. The patio was surrounded by small bushes that gave a sense of privacy. The rooms were situated so that the other rooms were not visible. The second story rooms had no patios, so I am glad we did not stay in one of those. The room itself was updated and cute. It consisted of one King bed and two armchairs with a table between them. There is a small bathroom and closet, a coffee maker, and a dorm-sized refrigerator. The resort itself if gorgeous! There are condos overlooking the water on a cliff, or on the beach, or in the hills. Unfortunately the resort is understaffed, especially in the few restaurants; and they are not always open. If you arrive later at night there may not be any place to eat, even in Glen Arbor. Cavanaugh’s is a grocery that has great pizza and can be ordered and picked up, and they sometimes have a buffet that serves food by the pound. But no sit-down service. Cafe Manitou (on the beach) had slow service due to being understaffed, and the food was not very good. Whiskers was the out-door bar that was also understaffed, with usually one to two bartenders who also took the food orders (no waitstaff), and the wait could be long at times. Nonna’s was not open. Most of the waitstaff are interns from Jamaica. The garbage receptacles by Whiskers sometimes were overflowing, and someone put their leftover food around the corner on the ground, which was still there a day later. Overall, this is a breathtaking place that is understaffed and overpriced. A vacation rental is probably a good idea if you do not want to use the pools or weight room.