Windrose Marker 26 Lakeside Dining

Great service
Dinner was delicious
Ambience
Overlooking Ozarks, pretty!
Last night was memorable and going tonight again, let's hope it is consistently excellent! Will report if not so :):) no news is good news !

In the twilight hours, the warm glow of candle lights contrasts the cool blue light of evening spilling in through the large windows that look out on the lake. We watched a couple of boys fish and motorboats come and go as we waited for our meal and while we ate.

The honey butter added quite smooth, sultry touch to the complementary bread.

A pool of butter and herbs glazed the top of the ribeye (I ordered), which was hand cut by the chef leaving a perfectly thin sliver of fat. It really isn't a fair comparison, but it is significantly better than the ribeye my wife ordered from Redhead Lakeside Grill.

A beautiful bacon was perfectly mixed within the Carbonara pasta my wife ordered.

Pat, our waitress, was friendly, helpful and prompt. My drink was never empty and she was always available when needed. The Banana Foster Cheesecake was delectable: smooth like a gentle rolling wave on the lake.


We cannot recommend this place enough. The shuttle service driver told us before we arrived that it was the best restaurant on the lake. Make sure to setup a reservation so you don't miss your opportunity to visit this place. Don't trust opentable, give them a call if it says there is no available reservations.

Food was absolutely amazing! Service was great! We were right on the lake and the view was great.

I want to say that the staff was lovely. No complaints there. But the food and drinks were horrible, especially for the price point

I loved dining here! The food was great and so was the service! The dining room was set up so nice and I loved the little candle in the middle of the table. At the end of the meal I was also given a gorgeous pink rose which made my night, definitely going to come back!

This is a gastronomical delight. It has a very good menu. I had duck a l'orange for my entree. Roasted Brussel sprouts with a maple glaze for appetizer. A nice Riesling for my wine selection. My wife got center cut steak with mashed potatoes and asparagus. For dessert we both got the bananas Foster cheesecake. I got the Afternoon Delight after dessert liqueur. It was very good. The duck could have been cooked a little more. But everything else was great. My wife received a single rose before we left. Very classy place. It's right on the waterfront so we enjoyed watching the boats go past.

This was our first time back after the switch to Margaritaville taking control. There has been quite a change with the new branding. The dark intimate space has now been transformed into a brighter family atmosphere. Service was very good ( as before) the menu had a nice selection of entrees and the bar service was prompt. It's not fair to compare past experiences to current ones, but if you are charging $38 for the filet mignon, it should be much better that we received. Next time we come back we will try one of the other restaurants on the property as this has lost its intimate/romantic feel that we enjoyed

Horrible service. We left hungry after never receiving our food, and later ran into another couple who had done the same thing. We never even got the appetizer. We waited 45 minutes just to get our drinks (that we finally retrieved ourselves). Our server didn't even acknowledge this. We continued waiting and waiting. We were treated as if the expectation was on us to serve her. We were kind and didn't complain even as she made it very clear through a lot of sighs and exasperated gestures that she was put out. By what? The place was empty! We didn't even ask where our drinks were, didn't complain about the missing appetizer, or inquire about our food. We just kept waiting. And waiting. But we finally realized we were about to spend a few hundred dollars and several wasted hours for a cold $52 steak. We decided to just leave. We couldn't even get her attention to close us out for our drinks! More waiting. Finally, we asked for our check and wanted to just get out of there, but suddenly there's a manager at our table and the server going on about how much she'd done for us. It was almost like she'd tattled on those awful people who didn't appreciate all she'd (not) done. It was embarrassing. We didn't ask for a manager, and didn't appreciate being forced to explain why we were leaving, and then hear nothing but excuses. If someone wants to leave, just let them. Especially when we weren't the only people doing so. The other couple told us they were there for an hour and a half waiting for their food before finally giving up and leaving hungry. This is ridiculous in any restaurant. But especially a place touting themselves to be fine dining, with an extremely high priced menu. The manager comped our drinks (we didn't ask for that), but we never even explained that one of them wasn't the way we'd ordered it, and one of them had a huge square ice cube that took up most of the glass. One drink and it was gone. I can't imagine how messed up the food would have been, had we ever gotten it. But service is everything. It's not a big deal to get drinks wrong, we could have overlooked subpar food. But service is everything. This place is an absolute failure.

Been coming here with friends and family for several years. Over the last 5-6 years to the present we've notice a definite decline in quality of food and a very clear lack of professional quality in service.
Given the location is rather isolated I won't return, not worth going out of your way.

This is fine dining in an informal atmosphere (re: Margaritaville). We have been to the lake for meetings before and attempted dinners at other restaurants boasting "fine dining", always to be disappointed. My husband and I had 3 courses and everything was delicious, the service was great & friendly, and the atmosphere was calm and non-Margaritaville! They even had a kids menu for our 6 & 8 year old, which was appreciated but not required. We will be back!