Wren - Étlap

We come back every summer for the best dining experience in Leelanau County. They take reservations by phone up to one month in advance. We did the tasting menu with wine, and added the duck entree. Some of the plate presentations looked less appealing this year, but flavors were excellent. The staff is well educated and each person touched our table at least once. Highly recommend!

Thoughtful and delicious food in a cozy atmosphere with warm and heartfelt service. We had been looking forward to coming here for months and now anticipate coming back to dine with even more excitement! The wine list is small, but well curated and reasonably priced with some great food wines from around the globe. The cocktail list looks worth a visit alone (while we shared a bottle of pinot we heard our neighbors squeeling over their cocktails). The menu is local, seasonal, sustainably-focused and just plain fun with so many different flavors and techniques from accros the globe. Thank you to chef Adam and crew for curating such a special experience, we left feeling both full and inspired!

We booked a reservation 1 month out for our dinner last night for 8:00PM. We arrived at 7:45 and checked in. The restaurant didn 't have a dedicated host but rather the servers were rotating the role when reservations came in. This waitress told us that our table wasn 't available yet and we should come back at 8:00. We thought that was a little odd that we weren 't invited to have a drink at the bar, etc. Maybe that was implied but it seemed odd that they didn 't state that welcome us.After waiting outside on a bench, we came in and our table was still not available. We were told that our table was being used by the chef 's family. They had been there since 5:30, 2 and half hours. One would...