Dock and dine with my insider’s guide of Table Rock Lake restaurants to anchor your boat – and appetite! I have compiled a complete list of Table Rock Lake restaurants on the water, accessible by water and with a view with hours, menu, docking details, a map and more!
Table Rock Lake is nestled in Southwest, Missouri and boasts beautiful views, clear water and an abundance of outdoor fun. It spans over 43,000 acres and 745 – 850 miles of shoreline (depending on the pool level), with fewer restaurants, marinas and docks than nearby Lake of the Ozarks.
As a lifelong visitor and part-time resident of 11 years, we have dined at nearly every restaurant on this comprehensive list and documented all the details so you plan the perfect day on the lake with amazing stops along the way!
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Bookmark this list for easy reference on the water. Restaurants, docking and hours frequently change and this list is updated often for your convenience.
Table Rock Lake Restaurants
Boat-to-Restaurants on Table Rock Lake
Make waves and memories at restaurants accessible by water onTable Rock Lake! Soak up the scenery, and enjoy a reprieve from the sun while enjoying sweet or savory eats and drinks!
- Dock dining with pizza, sandwiches, wings, toasted ravioli, and salads. Cool off with a frozen lemonade and their sister stand on the other side of the marina, Portside Ice Cream!
- Location: State Park Marina, 380 State Park Marina Rd, Branson, MO 65616
- Courtesy Parking: Any open slip
- Hours: 7 Days a week 11am – 7pm verifying for accuracy
- Order in person or by phone 417-263-3169
- Menu
Portside Ice Cream
- Scooping up Ice Cream Factory and bites from Carmen’s Cake Shop on the water at State Park Marina.
- Location: State Park Marina, 380 State Park Marina Rd, Branson, MO 65616
- Courtesy Parking: Any open slip
- Hours: 7 Days a week 11am – 7pm
- Menu
- Breakfast all day, lunch after 11 including soups, salads, seafood, burgers, and desserts served in a two-story cafe on the water. Dine in or carry out. Grab and go coming soon!
- Location: Indian Point (dock to the left of Indian Point Marina) 3443 Indian Point Road, Branson Missouri 65616
- Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 8am – 4pm
- 417-338-2101
- Menu
- Pizza, salads, sandwiches and my famous Veggie Dip on the water. Live music on weekends. See Facebook or their website for schedule and Facebook for updates due to weather.
- Location: Near Kimberling City Marina 344 Nautical Cir, Kimberling City, MO 65686
- Hours: 7 days a week 11am – 8:30pm, weather permitting
- Courtesy Dock Parking and Accessible by Car
- Menu Place a To Go Order
Pizza World Hideaway
- Pizzas, salads and sandwiches outside or in the air conditioned boat next to the water.
- Location: Hideaway Marina
- Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 11am – 8pm
- Courtesy Dock, any slip
- Order online, in person or by phone 417-258-8229, dock delivery available
- Menu
Pizza World Cape Fair
- Dine outdoors next to the water. Pizzas, salads and sandwiches.
- Location: Cape Fair Marina
- Hours: Friday and Saturday 12 – 8pm, Sunday 12 – 6pm
- Courtesy Dock, any slip
- Order online, in person or by phone 417-538-4164, dock delivery available
- Menu
- Great Brunch, Lunch and Dinner! Indoor and Outdoor Seating, Outdoor Games, Country Line Dancing, Live Music
- Location: Off of Highway 13 in Kimberling City, by water cove near Kimberling City Bridge
- Courtesy Dock with Courtesy Pickup new 8 slip dock, short walk up hill or call 417-739-6131 for convenient courtesy pickup in their side-by-side
- Menu
- Hours: Sunday 11am – 8pm, Monday 4 – 9pm, Tuesday closed, Wednesday 4 – 9pm, Thursday 4 – 9pm, Friday 4-11pm, Saturday 11am – 11pm (kitchen closes at 9:30).
- 417-739-6131
Pizza Hut
- Location: 25562 State Hwy 39 Shell Knob, MO
- Courtesy Dock with short walk up path
- Hours: currently open 7 days a week 11-9
- Location: Shell Knob
- Hours: Temporarily Closed
- Courtesy Dock
- Menu Order Online
- 417-858-6454
- Amazing pizzas, salads, slushes & ice cream cookie sandwiches (we can’t resist!) We love to pick it up and enjoy on our boat or dock!
- Location: Near Point 7 / Kimberling City
- Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 4pm – 9pm
- Convenient courtesy dock steps away for quick pickup
- Menu
- 417-338-2253
- Lunch, dinner and ice cream including fried fish, burgers, chicken and floats.
- Location: Near Point 7 / Kimberling City
- Hours Not Stated
- Courtesy Dock Parking
- Menu
- 417-338-2442
- Great Food and Cocktails, Live Entertainment (see Goofy Goose on Facebook for schedule)
- Location: Near Point 7, back of the cove to the right of Port of Kimberling. 27 Schooner Creek Rd, Kimberling City, MO
- Courtesy Dock Parking short walk to restaurant with both dine in and patio seating with a lake view!
- Hours: Sunday, Monday, Thursday 11 am – 9 pm, Friday and Saturday 11 am – 10 pm
- 417-402-7337
- Hunt Brothers Pizza and Ice Cream, Dock Dining
- Location: Cricket Crick Marina, 20515 Boat Dock Rd W. Omaha, Arkansas 72662
- Hours: 8am – 4pm Wednesday – Sunday seasonally
- Courtesy Parking at Marina
- Menu
- 870-426-3474
Rock Island Grill and Tiki Bar
- Bar: Cocktails, bar bites, games, live music (see Facebook) and pool. It is a party / bar experience accessible by water. Dogs are not permitted.
- Restaurant: Salads, sandwiches, seafood and steak.
- Location: Rock Lane on Indian Point overlooking Table Rock Lake.
- Complimentary Dock Parking walk up hill
- Bar Hours: Sunday – Thursday 11am – 9pm, Friday and Saturday 11am – 11pm
- Restaurant Hours: Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday 4pm – 9pm, Friday & Saturday 4pm – 10pm.
- Menus
- 417-338-2211
- Floating restaurant with nachos, fried everything, burgers, burritos, seafood and more.
- Location: King’s River Marina 27504 Big Rock Rd.
Shell Knob, MO 65747 - Hours: Monday – Friday 11am – 8pm , Saturday – Sunday 8am – 8pm
- Complimentary Dock Parking
- Menu
- 417-858-0223
- Fresh food from the grill, snow cones (aka shaved ice), creative cocktails, craft beers, wine and more! Don’t miss the Pineapple Tsunami served IN a frozen pineapple! Live music on the weekend. ***One of the few places you can eat on the water.
- Location: Baxter Marina, 4667 St Hwy H, Lampe, MO, United States, 65681
- Hours: Friday – Sunday 11am-5 or 6 pm (see their Facebook page)
- Courtesy Dock recently updated!
- Menu
- 417-739-3437
- BBQ, burgers, fried chicken , salads, cocktails and live Thursdays and Sundays.
- Location: Campbell Point Marina, 1363 Campbell Point Road, Shell Knob MO 65747
- Hours: Hours Not Stated, 7 days a week
- Menu
- 417-858-2540
- Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner on the water
- Location: Big M Marina
- Hours: Recent Facebook post suggests they are open, but their phone number and website are not currently working and they haven’t responded with details.
- 417-271-3883
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Table Rock Lake Restaurants Within Walking Distance of a Dock
These restaurants are worth the “trek” (or shuttle)!
- Outdoor area filled with games, lounge furniture amazing cocktails, mocktails and snacks.
- Location: Still Water’s Resort on Indian Point
- Hours: Monday – Wednesday 3pm – 9pm, Thursday – Sunday 11am to 9pm.
- Complimentary parking on the end of any of their 3 docks. Shuttle Service Available – Call 417-294-6519 for shuttle service once you arrive at the dock or walk up the hill on the rock path straight from the dock. Once you reach the road, turn left. After you pass the indoor waterpark, turn right. You’ll see the food trucks on the left.
- 417-338-5721
- Taqueria truck nestled in an outdoor area with games, lounge furniture and eats. Life music Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday, Karaoke Friday at 6pm.
- Location: Still Water’s Resort on Indian Point
- Hours: Sunday – Thursday 11am-8pm, Friday & Saturday 11am – 9 pm, weather pending.
- Complimentary parking in Dock D. Shuttle Service Available – Call 417-294-6519 for shuttle service once you arrive at the dock or walk up the hill on the rock path straight from the dock. Once you reach the road, turn left. After you pass the new indoor waterpark, turn right. You’ll see the food trucks on the left.
- 417-460-5269
- Menu
- Pasta, pizza, sandwiches, calzones, wings and salads.
- Location: Still Water’s Resort on Indian Point
- Hours: Sunday – Thursday 8am – 9pm, Friday & Saturday 8am – 9:30pm
- Courtesy Parking in Dock D. Call 417-294-6519 for shuttle service once you arrive at the dock or walk up the hill on the rock path straight from the dock. Once you reach the road, turn left. After you pass the new indoor waterpark, turn right. It’s just after the pool.
- Menu Order Online
- 417-338-0255
Our Favorite Boat Snacks
Big Cedar Restaurants
- Park at edge of a platform labeled “courtesy parking” and call Big Cedar for a shuttle to the reservation center (call 800-225-6343), from there you can purchase $5 round trip tickets on a shuttle to the Top of the Rock subject to change.
- Open 365 Days a Year
Devil’s Pool – Brunch and dinner indoor or outdoors. Reservations optional. Open daily for breakfast 7am-11am, lunch 11am-2pm and dinner 4pm-9pm. Reservations recommended, but not required.
Buzzard Bar – Indoor dining with live music daily at 8:30pm and casual menu and small patio. Open daily 2pm-11pm, walk-in.
Truman’s Cafe – Casual breakfast, lunch and frozen custard with indoor and patio seating overlooking the lake. Open daily 6:30am-5pm.
Worman House – Upscale indoor dining open for dinner, reservations recommended. Tuesday-Saturday 5pm-9pm.
Harry’s Cocktail Bar – Lower level of Worman House. Open daily 5pm-9pm, 10pm on weekends.
Uncle Bucks – Casual dining and bar nestled in Fun Mountain with a playground, arcade, bowling alley, go carts, bumper cars, laser tag and ropes course. Indoor and outdoor seating available. Open daily 11am-8pm. Reservations optional.
- Park at edge of a platform labeled “courtesy parking” and call Big Cedar for a shuttle to the reservation center (call 800-225-6343) and purchase round trip tickets on a shuttle to the Top of the Rock.
- Open daily, visit for Hours
Arnie’s Barn – Tex Mex restaurant open for lunch. Indoor and patio dining available. Note the view varies vastly from the photo on their site.
Osage – Reservations recommended. Indoor dining, open daily.
Buffalo Bar – Casual indoor and patio dining, beautiful location to enjoy the sunset.
Wine Cellar – Wine and cigar bar with a whiskey room nestled. Open daily 4pm-9pm.
- Breakfast, Burgers, Sandwiches, Brats, Fries, Ice Cream and Beer) served out of a Winnebago.
- Location: Long Creek Marina
- Hours: Saturday-Sunday 8am-4pm
- Courtesy Parking at Long Creek Marina
- Menu
Flat Creek
- Barbecue, fried catfish, steak and more.
- Location: Just past point 15 in Cape Fair 7847 Missouri 173, Cape Fair, MO
- Hours: 7 days a week 10:30am – 9pm
- Courtesy Parking with a Shuttle
- Menu / Order Online
Chateau
- Courtesy Dock, use phone on the dock for shuttle service
- Open 365 Days a Year
- The Sweet Shoppe
- Ice Cream, Candies, Coffee, Grab and Go Sandwiches and Salads
- Hours: 7am – 8pm
- Chateau Grill
- Reservations Recommended
- Hours: Seasonal
- Atrium Cafe and Wine Bar
- Casual lunch or light dinner with cocktails and an extensive wine list.
- Hours: Seasonal
- Library Lounge
- Wine, Beer and Cocktails
- Hours: 5pm – Close
Where to Eat Breakfast on Table Rock Lake
- Big Buoys in Kimberling City – Enjoy an amazing brunch menu indoors or on the expansive patio on Saturdays and Sundays!
- Floating Café at Indian Point – Full breakfast on the water with great views.
- Devil’s Pool at Big Cedar – Beautiful lake views (though a distance from the water), full breakfast in addition to a brunch buffet on weekends. See above for more details.
- Truman’s Cafe at Big Cedar – Quick, casual breakfast including smoothies, cinnamon rolls, muffins, biscuits, burritos and quiche.
- Lakeside – Pancakes, bacon, eggs and more all accessible by water.
- Thirsty’s at Stillwater – Brunch menu on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Al Fresco Dining
While we often enjoy dining out and supporting local businesses, there’s nothing quite like dining al fresco on the dock or bluff.
Bars by the Water
- Ride the Wave at Baxter Marina – Ride the Wave is literally on the water, serving up creative cocktails in pineapples! An array of domestic and craft beer and wine are also available. Check their page for live music. (Photo and details above)
- Goofy Goose in Kimberling City – A short walk up the hill to a full bar with a Pineapple Tsunami, daiquiris and so much more!
- Rock Island Grill and Tiki Bar (formally known as Parrots Pavilion at Rock Lane) – Cocktails, frozen daiquiris, live music and a swim up bar accessible by water with dock parking.
- Chateau – Multiple concepts, Chateau Grill offers lake views, accessible by water.
- Buzzard Bar at Big Cedar – Accessible by water. Minimal lake views on outdoor patio. Live music daily.
Accessible Restaurants
These restaurants offer easy, accessible access by water.
- Ride the Wave Baxter Marina
- Pier 28 Port of Kimberling Marina
- Floating Cafe Indian Point Marina
- Portside Pizza State Park Marina
Tips
- Hours may vary based on weather and how busy they are. I recommend calling ahead.
- While many options have complimentary dock parking, some offer shuttles from the dock including Big Buoys and Stillwater Resort restaurants.
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Such a great list! We have a condo on Table Rock Lake (we call it Lake Life Retreat Branson) that we rent out on Airbnb. Some of our best memories have been at these lakefront restaurants! Iโll have to check out some that weโve never visited before. Thank you!
Well hello, neighbor!
Hi Julie.
have not seen you in quite a while.
Hi Mark! Do I know you?
Hi Julie, itโs Ann from Forest Hills. Just found this, love love this blog. Sign me up. We had a great week at the lake. So many neighbors down and lots of company at our cabin. Look forward to seeing you at the gym. Sign me up for your blog.
Best,
Ann Hoette
You’re too sweet! I hope to see you again soon!
I seriously wish I had this list when we went down a few weekends ago!! I plan on going back in three years, so I’m definitely going to save this one for the future.
I absolutely love the name of your little cottage!!
Thank you! I hope you enjoyed your stay! If you need any other recommendations when you go, let me know!
I think all of the restaurants you mentioned will send a golf cart down for us 80 year olds. Thank you for this info.
That’s so great to note, thank you, Shirley!