At the very least as soon as every summer season, I attempt to go to a restaurant situated at a marina on one in every of our many great East Tennessee lakes. This time round, I selected Lakehouse Grill, at Sequoyah Touchdown Marina & Resort in Vonore.
The Grub Partner and I dropped in on a weeknight however discovered the place hopping once we crossed the boardwalk main out to this floating, open-air eatery. Stunning views of Tellico Lake/Tennessee River had been the night’s appetizer, and the truth that the humidity was unusually low that night made circumstances superb as we sat at a desk just some ft from one of many restaurant’s dock areas.
The menu has a well-known lineup of marina-restaurant fare, together with appetizers like boneless wings, crab truffles, nachos, loaded tater tots and fried mozzarella cheese sticks. For these enthusiastic about eating on the lighter facet, salmon, shrimp Caesar, Tex-Mex and chef salads can be found as nicely. We had been already planning to avoid wasting room for dessert, and not one of the starters piqued our curiosity, so we cast forward.
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The rest of the menu consists primarily of sandwiches, wraps and entrees. Within the first class are gadgets just like the Lakehouse Burger, a steak Philly, a chili-slaw canine and sandwiches that includes smoked bologna, beef brisket and barbecue pork. Wrap choices included smoked turkey, hen Caesar, a membership and Buffalo hen.
These on the lookout for seafood between the buns may attempt the grouper or yellow-fin tuna sandwiches. The Partner ordered the shrimp po’ boy ($14) — seasoned Gulf shrimp ready grilled or fried (The Partner went with grilled) and served on a bun with lettuce, tomatoes and pickles. Sandwiches include a facet, and The Partner selected fries.
That left me to type by means of the entrée listings, which embody fried and grilled shrimp platters, a pulled-pork plate, chopped sirloin, hen tenders and fish tacos. I went with the fried catfish ($13) — two breaded filets served with my selection of two facet dishes. I opted for potato salad and a fruit cup. For the file, different sides embody cole slaw, baked beans and tater tots. You may as well get mac and cheese, broccoli, onion rings or rice for a further greenback.
As I discussed earlier, a lot of the tables had been occupied that night, and the employees appeared to be hustling to maintain up with the demand. Our server did a fantastic job of caring for us all through all the meal, from delivering our drinks to following up after our meals was served. In any other case, we took benefit of our wait time to understand the pre-sunset surroundings and people-watch as a variety of boaters tied up on the restaurant and joined the throng.
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When our meals did arrive, it was just about as we anticipated; no huge surprises. The Partner’s po’ boy was very pleasant, from the big, grilled shrimp to the recent bun. The shredded lettuce and different greens added textured freshness to every chunk. There was nothing revolutionary concerning the facet of French fries, however they had been first rate sufficient.
I used to be additionally pretty happy with the catfish. I hadn’t had catfish in ages, and I appreciated a number of issues about this specific serving. First, the 2 fillets had been sufficient to separate into two meals — that evening’s dinner and a follow-up meal on one other day. The fish itself was delicate in taste although nonetheless distinctively catfishy. And I appreciated the truth that the breading was gentle; many instances up to now, I’ve eaten catfish that suffered from thick crust that overpowered the meat inside. Not so on this case. The potato salad was nothing spectacular but additionally nothing to complain about. And it’s fairly arduous to screw up a fruit cup.
A number of desserts are listed on the menu, however we went with the one one which was confirmed to be selfmade — the banana pudding ($5). Our server advised us it was a beneficiant portion, so we cut up a bowl. And she or he was proper; this traditional Southern dessert was greater than sufficient for 2. The proportion of banana slices was slightly out of stability, for my part, however in any other case, we loved each spoonful.
I couldn’t rigorously advocate driving all the best way to Vonore simply to dine at Lakehouse Grill, however for anybody dropping anchor at Sequoyah Touchdown Marina, it might be a tremendous place to dine and unwind after an enormous day trip on the water. They even supply nightly occasions like reside trivia in addition to reside music on Thursday by means of Sunday evenings throughout summer season. For that matter, of us who reside within the Vonore space might do so much worse than to hang around and easily get pleasure from a tasty lakeside meal.
Lakehouse Grill
Meals: 3.75
Service: 4
Environment: 4
General: 3.75
Tackle: 721 U.S. 411, Vonore
Cellphone: 423-884-2770
Full bar service
Children’ menu
Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays by means of Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 11 a.m. to eight p.m. Sundays; restricted hours within the low season
For those who occur to be out Tellico Lake manner, contemplate dropping anchor or just pulling your automotive up for a meal at this accommodating waterfront restaurant.
