Best Lunch Restaurants in Traverse City

This not a review for the restaurant but for the heated pool and cabana.I brought my son's family including 3 older grandkids. This is our second time here. We plan on making this an annual Christmas tradition. We had the best time! The pool water was 95° and felt so good! The cabana was nice and toasty warm with hot chocolate for my grandkids and all the fixings. We ordered some food. The chicken tenders were really good and the flatbread pizzas. It was amazing because we got to have a glass of wine while in the pool! It was such a nice evening and very relaxing and we will be back next Christmas!

The yellow perch was excellent, as was the espresso rubbed ribeye. Nice Christmas Eve dinner.

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!