Shorty Pants Lounge Review

Their crab artichoke spinach dip is fantastic. We also enjoyed the New Orleans Medley. Their creamy crawfish etouffee was our favorite. It was smooth and had rich flavor. I highly recommend it for anyone in the Lake area.

Great food and friendly service. Loved dining on the lake!

Best cajun food around with an enjoyable view. Staff is very friendly and attentive. We ordered coconut shrimp and calamari as appetizers along with the blackened rib eye and shrimp and crawfish etouffee. Would order any of these again as they didn't disappoint!

This was a nice waterfront place to go eat. They had a fairly good variety of food and stuff. Awesome service. Docking accessible.

Always great food and beers. Service is average. Needs some spring cleaning. Will definitely go there again. Always a good choice!

We flew into Osage Beach, MO. Caught an Uber here. It was great! Food is unique, don't forget to check out the gas dock and c-store!

Delicious food and beverages, the service is well above par, althought the line to get in is fairly long most of the time. If you have children definitely bring change to buy fish food to feed the giant catfish

What a fun place to visit! In the moment you pull up your boat and someone helps you tie it off to the whole time you just hanging out watching the lake and the people eating and drinking, it is super nice. And the food is delicious! We had the same server both nights we were there, and she was outstanding!

I have Seliac disease and stuff I should have been able to eat they just kept saying it wasn't gluten free and obviously didn't care

Not authentic but pretty good cajun food. Ran by teenagers, so expect a lot of talking. Nothing on tap, just bottles. Nothing spectacular, but not bad.

Food was okay, but waited almost 40 minutes for my dessert, after I had paid the bill, amazing.

Our server was great worked hard but food was mediocre-fries were served cold and had to be sent back.. wait time far too long an hour on a Sunday night. Not worth the $ for experience or food you get

Food was good, Extremely overpriced and service was... eh and main reason for the 3 stars...warm beer

They always have great food and it's not just typical lake food. I just wish there was protection for the boats as a holes ski right by docked boats

Good service very fun place to go, everyone there was extremely nice. You will have to wait for your food on busy nights but its worth it.

The wait was very lengthy and parking is for the adventurous. Our waitress was very nice.

Fantastic place by the lake. We ate outside and everything was wonderful. Wait staff was excellent and the food was pretty good.

Super friendly, helpful staff and great food! I've been here several times. Close to authentic cajun, although there's nothing like the "real" food in Louisiana. Beautiful view too--right on Lake of the Ozarks!

Nice place, great service, affordable all the way around. Always a good stop on your lake adventure.

Excellent excellent excellent excellent , fun feeding the fish and duck

Nice to be on the water, great huge menu , excellent

Got seated right away served water and ordered cocktails, waited long long time for cocktails... finally got them and ordered lunch & waited a long time again for food. However ppl seated after us seemed served right away.

Good Cajun food. The service was good and it was a nice relaxing place.

Who puts orange juice in a Margarita? Shorty pants....weird. If you asked me about Shorty Pants last year I would have said great food, generous servings, good service and they always had a great bartender......this year I'd say the only thing that's the same is the service. We won't be returning for a few years.

This is a great stop at the Lake! Whether you are boating or driving, it's location is superb. With the gentle breeze, warmth of the sun, and the swimming fish right next to the restaurant you feel welcome. The food was so great. I had the Fried Green Tomato BLT, and let me tell you, I am going to demand a BLT like that from now on. Thier gumbo was delicious even on a warm day like today! You must go here!

Great place. Waitress was very good. Food is fair, especially for the price. Not bad, just average. But I would recommend to visit.

Great service the burgers looked amazing. Parking lots a little dicey.

Fun and friendly! Great cajun flavor. Indoor area for rainy days.

Food was fabulous, service was great. Definitely going back!

Beautiful scenery for outdoor seating. Great nachos and service!

Food was really good, nice lake ambiance. I read other reviews and agree the "laidback" approach to the restaurant's service would practically be defined as slow.

Why 4 stars? I wasn't in a hurry. Had time been more of an issue, it would definately have impacted the review.

No parking. Hiked a half mile. Hour and fifteen minute wait. I am sure the food is great but I will never know.

Very good Cajun food.

Good Mahi sandwich, good Catfish BLT sandwich, and good red beans and rice.

We especially enjoyed the corn bread muffins.

Good icy drinks.

Nice outdoor seating areas with nice views of the lake, and indoor seating also available.

Friendly and helpful staff.

My only complaint is that we had a little trouble finding this place even with GPS and signage.

Waited forever for food and it wasn't even good. People seated after us got their food before us. Spiders were everywhere! We were seated under the overhang right outside. Several spiders floated down to our table. Waitress named Macy made insensitive comment to me regarding the spiders (I have full blown arachnophobia). A little maintenance with all the webs and spiders wouldnt be difficult to give customers a more pleasant and comfortable experience. Nobody wants spiders falling onto them or their food. Won't be returning or recommending.

GREAT food, good service, pretty lake front views, & boat slips available for meals after a day on the lake. About $25 per person including tip.

Jessica did an outstanding job as our server. Food was excellent. Had an oyster Po Boy and a shrimp Po Boy with upgrade sides of Jambalaya. Definitely one of the better food stops on the lake.

Their wings are some of the best I ve ever had. Had the coconut shrimp for the first time and it was pretty good also but it was too expensive for 6 or 8 jumbo shrimp. I think it was $15 for that.

Group of 12. Group of 11 came in after us, ate before us, left before us. Waited over an hour for our food. Kids grilled cheeses were poorly made, just bread and a slice of cheese that barely looked like it even hit the grill. 2 dishes came out cold, 1 didnt even come out till 20 mins later (it came out hot at least but still). Food was bland. Soooooo so bland. Depressingly bland, not worth the wait honestly. Was a huge disapointment overall and definitely won't come back. BUT, our waitress was a sweetheart. It was clear everything we delt with was a result of piss poor kitchen staff or something, but she was very kind and kept checking in on us. Even got us half off stuff and apologized for it all. Would have given 1 star but that waitress deserves a star for actually doing her job.

Pretty good. Nothing stands out but it got the job done.

I was part of a bachelor/bachelorette party on 6/24/17. Earlier in the week, one of the bridesmaids called ahead to see if she could make a reservation for our group, and the restaurant does not take reservations, so she asked that the hostess take note that a group of 10-12 people would be coming at 7:30pm that Saturday, so as not to bombard the restaurant with a large party with no notice. When we arrived, the bridesmaid gave the hostess her name, and we were advised it would be a 45 minute wait (completely understandable for a Saturday during the summer on the lake). Half of our party went and sat on the steps leading down to the restaurant (in clear view of the hostess stand), and the other half of us asked to go hang out at the bar while we waited for our table. Approximately 40 minutes went by and the bridesmaid who had given her name went to check in with the hostess to see if any tables were close to being available, and the hostess, in turn, asked for her name again, and this time a phone number. The hostess then advised that it would be an additional 45 minutes, because apparently she hadn't added us to the list. The bridesmaid then asked to speak with the manager, who advised her that they had 'never had an issue with this hostess before' and 'there was no way we had been waiting for 40 minutes' (we had snapchats and Facebook updates that showed otherwise).
Obviously, mistakes happen.. that's not an issue. What bothers me is that the management refused to take responsibility for the error, and wanted to push it off on our group, who had a) called ahead to let them know a large party would be coming b) tried to hang out out of the way but still in view of the hostess and c) spent money at the bar. This, to me, is very poor customer service. I'd advise anyone considering Shortypants to take their business two minutes down the road to Redhead's, who was more than accomodating of our group (ask for Ashton as your server, she's great).

Have been there 4 times - food ALWAYS good! Love feeding the fish - great atmosphere & environment. If you people watch - go there! We'll be returning time & again. It's always busy, too but that's a good thing if you like to people watch.

I tried two nights, Sunday and Monday, to order curbside and they denied us both nights because they were busy . Unconscionable that they claim to be a curbside pickup place.

Smelled good, but due to a shortage of cooks and waiter staff it would be 40 until we got a table. Came by boat, it would be almost dark and the temperature was dropping. We live ~ the 7 mm. Too cold to stay.

I ordered a blackened chicken Ceasar salad the chicken was dry and looked like it was from yesterday's left overs first and last time I will visit

Food is great! Service is great! Definitely returning for more! Highly recommended

My favorite place at the Lake. Shrimp Poboy and jumbalaya is awesome

My family has been coming here for years! We always have amazing service and good food. We will continue to dine here :)

Out standing from the food to the service and the views on the dock.

Food was good but way too many flies made eating a real problem..

Great live music, super great service, great tasting food, perfect weather. It does not get better than this.

Excellent food, the waitress was very attentive but not overly so. Being right on the lake was amazing with beautiful views. I will be back!

Fun place, great food, and the service was fantastic.

Great views, good food & drinks and awesome employees :)

Man, I was disappointed. Service sucked, food was not bad, but... meh. I got blackened shrimp (6 pieces for $20) and Jambalaya (apparently sold lukewarm) and it was... meh. Would not go there. Nope, nope, nope.

Went for lunch. Had the Andouille sausage Po Boy. It was delicious. Bailey was our waitress, she was very pleasant.