Dead Creek Saloon

After eating here, my husband asked me on the car-ride home: How many stars? I quickly answered without much thought: 4 stars. He responded: Why not 5? ...Good question. Why NOT 5? I did not have a good answer, so 5 it is. Dead Creek checks all the boxes for a quaint dive bar. It's located in what appears to have once been a home and consists of one main dining area and bar with view into the kitchen. The bar is decorated with signed dollar bills and old bumper stickers. Toward the back, there are dart boards. Keno and televisions tuned to sports are scattered throughout. Don't let the description as a "dive" mislead you, I found Dead Creek (including the bathroom) to be very clean.The portions were huge especially for the low prices! The food was super delicious and as I could spy into the kitchen from my barstool, it looked freshly prepared. The day of our visit, a single bartender took care of the entire dining room and I think that the kitchen was a 1-woman-show as well. Although it was quite busy for a midweek lunch, we never had to wait long for service or our meal. Overall, Dead Creek is the type of place that I would love to be considered a regular. Due to the distance from my home, sadly, I never will be. BUT, I will definitely stop in every chance that I get!

Saturday afternoon stop in. Sat at the bar. Here's what we liked:* Burgers we're good- cooked right, moist and good flavor..* Friendly service.* Drink prices were reasonableWhat could be better:* Appetizer of mushrooms were lukewarm- and basic store bought.* French fries were coated, my opinion only but a fry is amazing don't add stuff.Not a great visit, but not bad. Just ok

Every year we stop into Frankenmuth for the festive atmosphere and the good food that is all around the town. We drive by this small establishment every time but we have never stopped. What a mistake! The restaurant itself is very clean, and the staff is super friendly. The food, and the price coulndnt be better! We got the full order of beef nachos, and a 10 piece of wings. Couldn't be happier with our food choices, and our decision to stop in. Definitely will be back!

Stopped in for lunch and it was pretty dead. We ordered the cheese ball appetizer, chicken salad, and the classic DC burger. Had to pay $2.99 upcharge for a side salad instead of fries. I am obsessed with cheese curds and it's surprisingly hard to find them in Southeast Michigan, so I was excited to find the cheese balls on the menu. The balls definitely weren't what I was expecting. Rather than a gooey cheesy center, it was completely melted cheese inside. It was also pepper jack or some type of spicy cheese rather than just your standard white cheese. It was served with ranch; I think marinara would have been better. Overall, the cheese balls were okay, but disappointing compared to what I was hoping for. The burger was a standard burger. Patty, cheese, tomato, onion, and pickles. No complaints here. Side salad was also good. The ranch dressing is very good and tastes homemade. I did not try the entree chicken salad, but my boyfriend said it was good and he ate most of it. It was a nice, large portion of salad. Our waitress was friendly and attentive. They have a small portion of the menu that's only available on weekends, which we were a little disappointed about cuz some of the items sounded really good. For an appetizer, two meals, a salad upcharge, and drinks it only came out to about $30. Definitely worth it. I would eat here again.

Excellent food! I love the bar ambiance. Very friendly personal. Definitely a do over. Nice out of town place

We showed up at 6:30 PM on a Sunday. There were about 3 tables eating when we walked in. It took a good 15 minutes to be greeted which we understand, (It seems to be the going thing now). So we ordered our drinks & drinks came out pretty quickly. We ordered our food and we were there at least a good 1:15 By the time the food came out. I had ordered a Texas burger, no cheese and halfway through eating my burger, I realized they had put cheese on it, scraped it off and then flipped the burger patty upside down so I wouldn't notice. Fortunately, I just choose not to eat cheese because I get really sick if I eat it so I don't think this is going to bother me too much. We'll see. But I can't imagine if somebody has an allergy to cheese how they would've reacted to finding this. Everybody else in my party seemed to have enjoyed their food, but at this point we were all starving so we made the most of it. I did feel bad for our waitress, who seemed to be the only person serving tables in the entire restaurant.

Very good and friendly serviceFood was excellent Relaxed atmosphere, will be going back!

Visiting from out of state, and with so many restaurants to choose from, I was thrilled to find a place with Prime Rib. We found Dead Creek to be a place a lot of locals frequent and walked into a very busy, friendly bar/restaurant. I ordered the prime rib which gave me a choice of soup or salad and I opted for the seafood chowder. Hubby went with a grilled cheese sandwich (one of his favs) and bowl of chili. My soup came out first and while it had seafood flavor, it was the saltiest soup I'd ever tried to eat. I did my best to eat it and was able to get through a third of it before I just couldn't put another spoonful in my mouth. There was a long wait before the rest of our food arrived and hubby's grilled cheese was cold and hard but he really liked the chili quite well. He said the chili made the cold grilled cheese a non-issue. As for my prime rib, it also seemed well-seasoned. As for the mixed veggies, they were sooooo salty to the point of being inedible. I ate the prime rib and we called it an evening. I probably wouldn't return.

Friendly waitress. Clean bathrooms that are older. We ordered mozzarella sticks-best thing we had, hot wings- precooked, breaded & cold in the middle, chili-just okay & had to be sent back to warm up & side salads-lettuce, cheese, tomato & croutons. I wouldn't return.

We stumbled in here after the night of my wedding and Tamra was the bartender and she was so so sweet. She provided great service and kept our group happy! You can't beat the prices either!