Food District in St. Joseph MI Review

Where do I start... I went in with average expectations and was very disappointed. I was hoping for another great option but the food was absolutely horrid. The salad was half wilted and slimmy. The broccoli soup had a bad consistency and literally tasted like an ashtray. The fish tasted and had the consistency of grade E fish (if there is such a thing) and was over oily. The frys were really just semi-edible. I only ate half my plate and had to force what I ate down. I couldn't bare going home after spending money here just to eat a PB&J. Very disappointed. I was really hoping it would be a win. The only upside to my meal was my bottled beer. Never try a new place without getting a bottled beer. Then, at the very least, you know one thing will be for sure.

Nice restaurant. I gather that they're relatively new as the menu was a bit in flux. They had a lot of great options, the location is excellent, food was very good and the service was beyond reproach.

My only problem was with an abundance of bones in one of my pieces of fried perch. But when I brought it to their attention, it was comped and our server apologized profusely.

First time was very bad. Second time, worse. Won't be back.

What a great place and cool location. We came up from the beach with 15 adults and 6 kids, we could tell they were really busy but treated us very well we only hd to wait 5 minutes for them to get all of us seated, awesome waitress (Kayla) who even tho had lots of other tables made us feel like we were the most important group in the room. Everyone loved their food (awesome kids menu with steak ribs & fruit and free mechanical horse rides). I had the ribeye and it was incredible. I definitely reccomend everyone check this place out!

House made tortilla chips made the nachos very good. Very unique.

Definitely most improved player in the local restaurant scene - it has THE BEST prime rib I've ever had in my life. Very friendly staff and full of smiles. It's the perfect addition to the downtown landscape!

Wonderful restaurant! Amazing food!!!! Even better service! Staff is very down to earth and friendly! Will definitely come again!!!

Best mac and cheese of my life. Better than my Grandmas. Who died with recipe. Bless her soul.

Very cosmopolitan experience - alfresco dining looking out over the quant cobblestone streets of downtown St. Joe. We had heard mixed reviews about FD but have had an amazing experience the last three times in a row. Best fish and chips I've ever had and my wife's burger was out if this WORLD!

Our experience here was absolutely terrible. First day of vacation on my son's first birthday, we decide to eat here. They said it would be a 25 minute wait, which turned out to be 45 minutes. When we were finally seated, the waitress didn't take TOO long to get to our table, about 5-10 minutes. She took our order and then 45 minutes later we still did not have food and never heard from our waitress again though she walked by us 20 times. People who sat down at the same time as us had already eaten and got their bill. Upon telling the waitress we wanted to pay for our drinks and leave, she said don't worry about paying and didn't even attempt to apologize. Upon complaining to the manager, he had no apologies and said they were just busy, yet they had been dying down from the time we got our seats, and everyone else seemed to be getting their food. They showed no sympathy for making my 1 year old sit there for an hour and a half and not even get any food.