Absolutely love how this restaurant is before the bridge to downtown Charleviox. If you want a stress free lunch or dinner before going downtown, Jax offers a price worthy selection of food & amazing service. The atmosphere is peaceful & inviting with indie vibe music. The dining area offers booth seating & a soup/ salad bar. The bar side is dimmer with an L- shaped, wood bar top, high top tables & tv's in coordinated areas (no head turning needed). The Petosky stones embedded on the bar top adds an up north creative touch. Drink - Petosky Stone Gin Lavender in a cosmopolitan. Food - French Onion (as an appetizer) had the prefect salt balance with plenty of cheese, onions & croutons. - Caesar Salad (quality & quantity) had fresh romaine & caesar dressing (loved the amount - wasn't drenched) - Soy Shrimp ( Appetizer ) is delightful on a caesar salad. The ginger & soy is well balanced with the sesame seeds & very light spice.

Extremely good, flavorful restaurant right off the main drag and golf course in Charlavoix. All of our food was perfect from the wings, to the pasta, and the burgers. Would highly recommend if your driving down the western coast of Michigan.

We stopped in after Boyne Thunder and so glad we did. Parking is generous and easy, and not within the congestion of downtown. This neighborhood gem was wonderful. The spinach salad was fresh with lots of goodies in it, and the homemade hummus and chips were to die for... I was really impressed with the prices, very good value. Service was awesome friendly and we will make sure we make this a regular visit when we are in the area. Highly recommend!

We went for a late afternoon lunch. There were only 2 tables taken when we arrived. There were 4 seating areas: bar, main dining, enclosed porch and patio. We chose the porch. We had a couple of vegetarians in our party. There were a few vegetarian options and they were flavorful. We also had kids in our party; there is a small kids menu. The kids cheese pizza was rectangular and premade (we couldn't customize the toppings). I didn't like it but my kid did. The food: the burger is a good size. The spinach orzo salad was a bit plain but the dressing is nice. The vegetable grilled cheese was tasty. The service was very slow, though, which was surprising for how empty it was. In addition I would not recommend the enclosed porch because it was connected to the patio and had a number of flies inside. All in all it was fine but not somewhere we would rush back to.

Although we have gone to Jax many times, we went for an early dinner the last time. The very friendly staff greeted us and sat us outside. Although the day was great, the food and service were fantastic. Jax is consistently great. Their menu is also changing with some very tasty additions. I recommend this restaurant for a casual evening out!