Mylan's Waterfront Grille

"I just had my third meal at this hidden gem. The food is consistently fantastic. It's quiet, comfortable and the service is excellent. Pricing is appropriate and I can't recommend this restaurant enough. It is my new favorite in Whitehall. Well done."

"Went to dinner here last night. Great service. Everything clean. We all enjoyed our food. I had chicken parmesan. It was two meals for me but so good. The view is the best and especially nice for sunsets. You can choose to dine inside or on the patio."

"We recently moved back to West MI after a couple years away and we were looking for a date night restaurant. Mylan's was outstanding! we were able to sit out on the deck with a sunset view of White Lake. Our waitress, Skye, was pleasant and attentive and was not at all bothered that we were still finishing our dinner after closing. The menu was simple in layout and choices which is a bonus in my book since choosing good food from too many options is really hard! My husband and I split the BBQ Bacon Jam and Chicken wrap with onion rings and the Walleye Sandwich with seasoned fries to get a taste of several items on our first visit. The wrap had some heat to it. It was packed full but not sloppy or soggy. The coleslaw was crisp and delicious. We tried this even though it normally comes with fried chicken and they only had grilled. It was stellar with the grilled chicken. I think it would have been too crunchy with crispy chicken. So, if we reordered it we'd request grilled chicken again. The Walleye sandwich was my favorite of the night. The bun was soft and fluffy with just a slight crisp. I'm not a food expert but it reminded me of a Ciabatta bun. The homemade tartar was delicious. Not too tart or tangy and did not overpower the bite. The fish was crisp on the outside and flaky on the inside. The lettuce and tomato seemed fresh garden picked with the quality and texture. Truly an excellent sandwich! The fries were my preference over the onion rings. Some of the fries were a bit overseasoned. Otherwise, the seasoning was delicious. These fries certainly didn't need any additional dip though ranch cut the salty seasoning in some bites. Although battered, some of the onion rings were overdone, thin crisps that we did not eat. The only downside was they were out of brussel sprouts and that's my favorite dish to try at every restaurant. On the plus side, it is a reason to return soon and I'm looking forward to another fantastic experience! I'm sad I didn't get photos of the plates!"

"A profound mound of onion rings arrive heaped with precision on a long, rectangular plate, a separate plate with a lone metal cup of ranch to the side. They are mostly coated in a surprisingly elaborate batter: thick, puffy, and chock full of the intricate and gnarled bits of darkened batter enhancing texture and flavor alike. Likewise the color swirls between dark and golden brown in a cacophony of shades. The patchwork of batter and exposed onion is another indication that these are freshly made and hand battered, albeit lacking in precision and presentation. Though not immediately apparent, three of the eight onion rings (those resting at the bottom of the mound) are fused together like an unholy abomination, the batter locking them together like a vice, portents of dread for the near future. Mylan’s clearly takes pride in the “house-made beer batter” for these onion rings, and it shows. Whatever beer they’ve chosen manifests in a subtle sweetness and a much more explicit caramelization, most prominent in the promontory bits on the periphery. These are crunchy and shockingly flavorful, almost like little bits of onion-flavored caramel corn, a taste much better than it perhaps sounds. The onions can’t quite match the flavor of the batter, but they come closest when they are more thickly cut, though most of the plate is made up of thin slices. There’s a slight undercurrent of onion taste beneath the batter, but the batter tends to overpower it. The onions are juicy, but not too juicy; greasy, but only just. The accompanying ranch is good, but nothing special, mostly serving to cut a bit of the batter’s sweetness and give a bit of moisture to the crunchier portions. While the taste of the batter makes these onion rings soar to the very heights of what an onion ring can be, the complete failure in the execution of the batter makes them plummet as abruptly as a stalled jet, whirling in a panic towards the ground after a critical equipment failure. At first, the caramelized batter remains fascinating, endlessly folding in on itself in more and more hidden depths and increasingly fractal layers. The onions are a little undercooked and mostly on the thin side, but the artful batter comes close to making up for it. That is, they would, if it wasn’t for the tangled monstrosity that lurks at the bottom of the plate. The sweet, sticky batter managed to fuse into itself, some crude, abstract sculpture one might find in a middling and heavily-subsidized modern art museum that mostly functions as elaborate money-laundering. Shedding is rampant as the hard chunks fly away with impunity, making an increasingly unappetizing pile on the plate. I attempt to surgically separate the three onion rings with my silverware, but the result is more akin to gruesome butchery, the sort that would definitely get me sued for medical malpractice from the patient’s next of kin. At $7.95 for approximately 8 onion rings, these are about standard at premium pricing. If the entire plate was like the first few onion rings, they would have been a steal. Unfortunately, the abomination skulking in wait brings it down more than a few pegs, making me lose my appetite entirely. These are clearly the result of a restaurant trying desperately to rise above the mediocre standards of a tourist-centric lake town, counting on a good recipe and a flashy presentation to bring it to the finish line. Unfortunately, the complete failure at execution makes these more of a disappointment, particularly at the massive gap between demonstrated potential and disappointing reality."

"We had a great meal with amazing views! They had a special Carmel bacon fried fish with apple sauce. It wasn't bad all the tables around me loved it. I thought the flavors came together in a very surprising way and I enjoyed it but personally prefer my fish the old fashion way. They said they sell out of it regularly and I believe that. My husband got the risotto and flank steak."