White River Yacht Club

Perhaps the best kept secret in Indy. While other private clubs struggle, the WRYC is a shining example of what good management the membership and the staff to provide good food and drink at great prices. There is a waiting list for membership in this 'feel good' environment. There are so many quality menu items. I think we have tried half of them - especially the Filet special on Wednesdays and the Bread Pudding when they have any left. We are fans if the fried mushrooms as well. I always order a side salad as they are very fresh and full. Beer prices are super, food prices are excellent too. Gotta love this hidden gem!

Food is very affordable but you must be a member to get into the club. For the price food is great, excellent service and nice ambiance over looking the river.

It's a private club that is hard to become a member of. The food and drinks are excellent. I just wish I could be a member. There is a waiting list.

Rode bikes up to the club for 4th of July fireworks. Had a nice time thanks to good friends. It's more of a glorified club house, tho. Don't expect much more than that. Guess I don't get it. In general, it's more about who you're with than the location. Definitely the case for this place. Lots of people I knew were there, leading me to believe it's a hot spot for fireworks.

If I only had a boat... We attended the annual White River Yacht Club open house. This event is free and open to the public to kind of show off what they have here, a secluded kind of secretive little spot on the white river. They have a nice restaurant here with killer seats on a deck overlooking the river. I always wondered why more restaurants don't go for positioning themselves to offer up a nice view. I think we might have a dozen restaurants in the state that offer up a lake or riverside view while dining out. This place certainly has the river view and they have a big party deck too. The band for this event was really good and they entertained us all evening. The yachts at this club are mainly pontoon boats, but they all had personalized character. We talked to a few members and they all expressed how lucky they were to have this little hide away in there backyards.

We love going to the WRYC! We are not members ourselves yet but we have friends that are so we go with them as well as attend their activities that are open to the public. The staff is friendly and amazing. They have tons of live music nights with great bands as well as days that are family friendly with lots of kids activities. They do a lot of great events for charities to give back as well. Their food is great and drinks are reasonably priced. They also have a great enclosed patio space that looks out on the river as well as an open deck along the river that is beautiful. I would recommend attending one of their events open to the public.

I'm from out of town and came here as a guest with a member of the club. Our waitress came to the table and was nothing but rude and condescending claiming she didn't know the woman with us who is a member (even though she gave her name and is on a committee related to the club) and saying in the rudest way possible that she needed to sign us in (which is fine, but we literally had just sat down and were working on it). She proceeded to continue making snarky comments and was rude to other guests around us. She more or less refused to wait on us after that. Sat for 15 minutes with food menus stacked up and she never even looked at our table again so we got up and left. Worst service and waitress I've ever had and I've been to all sorts of restaurants and clubs around the US. I was bummed because the food looked great and we felt like we had to leave. Please hire friendlier waitresses!!!

Avoid avoid avoid having your event here. By far the worst catering experience I've ever had!!! The chef told us there would be enough food when we made the order, only to completely UNDER estimate how much food we would need. The food (which was mediocre at best) didn't come out in a timely way. We had to order additional mediocre-quality food off the menu at the last minute to satiate our guests. The party was from 6:30 to 10. The person in charge (a manager, if you can him that) decides to leave at 8 pm, right before the food runs out!!! We left his poor bar staff scrambling to get us more food. Unacceptable. What manager leaves a party of 125 to fend for themselves and NOT stay to the end of the event? Ridiculous. Then, there was a complete mixup with service charge at the bar. Bartenders had a jar out for cash tips. They were generously compensated all night via the tip jar. When it came time to clear up the bill, service charge was added to the food bill, but not the alcohol bill. This was never clearly explained. When we did not leave a tip at the final payment of the tab, bartenders flipped and pressured us to add more gratuity in cash. An uncomfortable mix up that could have been corrected had there been better communication and a manager present!! If you're thinking of having an event here - DON'T. Don't bother.

The best place for music outside along the river. Great staff, great food and the beer prices are awesome... perfect date night. Only open yo the public around a dozen nights a year but if given a chance, go.

I don't get it. A yacht club in Indianapolis...on the White River. A friend of mine is on the waiting list to become a member. He thinks maybe next year...but for Indy 500 Eve...they opened their doors to all the riff-raff...namely us :-)$5 to park in between a couple of trailer hitches...wine out of plastic cups for us lowly non-members...some hoity-toity "this is a private party" wienies on one of the docks...being with my friends and smoking a Cuban Cohiba cigar on the deck = priceless!I still don't get it though...but I totally understand the nickname: Redneck Yacht Club :-)