Iron Griz: American Bistro

Great atmosphere with a patio overlooking the golf course and a cozy fireplace in winter. Food is creative and locally sourced. Service is usually friendly and attentive, though can be inconsistent. Overall, a solid spot worth returning to.

Significant other and i went here for the first time today and it was amazing! We started with the corn bread basket as well as fried okra. Both were delicious and the portions were large enough that we didn't finish them before the entrees arrived. Definitely a lot of appetizer for a great price! I had the Smokey Chicken Andouille Gumbo that was SO TASTY! My significant other had the Catfish Fingers (which we both found divine) that came with some of the best fries I've had in a long time. The portions of the entrees were quite large and awesomely priced. And one of the coolest attributes is that all of the produce is grown on-site! The service here is STELLAR (Mason rocks!!) and the atmosphere is super cozy. We sat outside and enjoyed quite a beautiful view. We are definitely going back!

Each time I go here, the food is excellent! Service was fast and able to answer my questions. I’d highly recommend the homemade onion rings they have right now; 10/10 with the zesty remoulade to dip them in! I’ll definitely keep coming back!

We ordered the fried Green bites and they were 👌 so good, along with the Captains platter and the Fried Green BLT were both really really great dishes as well flavor galore. The crawfish were completely bland but im Louisiana born and raised so no one does it right outside of Louisiana. The soft shell crab and shrimp and fried crawfish tails were so freaking good tho! No problems with service and just a beautiful view from the patio!

My husband and I stopped in for lunch after trying to find a restaurant with a nice patio. The Iron Griz did not disappoint. The patio overlooks the University golf course and it's quite gorgeous. We had Jen as our server and she was super friendly and very helpful. She told us they try to source locally and a lot of their veggies come from the UM garden. We ordered a couple of beers and some fresh straight out-of-the-fryer chips, with truffle salt. Wow, they were tasty. I ordered the taco trio and my hubby ordered the Griz burger --it had an egg on it, how cool is that!?! It was good, but he said he would add another patty next time to make it even better. The tacos were tasty, but I think I would like to try something else from them because it all sounded so good. We got two desserts, the tear drop hazelnut cream brulee --it was just as yummy as it looked. I would say it tasted more like a mousse than a cream brulee, but that's just me. I could eat that every night. It was scrape-the-plate good!! We also got the fresh baked cookie. It was so cute in its little cast iron skillet. It was served with a scoop of Big Dipper vanilla ice cream on top. I think a bit of hot fudge would've had me swooning. We will definitely come back for more.

Never in my life did I ever feel so unwelcome! Our party of 6 had a reservation for 6:30. This was all of our first experience at this restaurant. It was maybe 30 min later we realized we were the only people there. You would think that meant the service would be good, right? The service was terrible!!! The menus never left our table, we had to constantly ask the extra plates and cups to be cleared. The food took so long and it came out COLD. So why do we feel so unwelcome? Although the service was miserable the company we kept was enjoyable. It was 8:00 and the Resturant was calling for "last call" and turned the lights down to signal it’s time to go. The Resturant doesn’t close until 9:00 PM. So we stayed and ignored the single. It was close to 9:00 when the restaurant started filling up with the servers FRIENDS. Everything became clear….it’s Saturday, get out so we can hang with our friends. Someone owns this place. Someone is paying these people. That "someone" should know what’s going on.

Nice relaxing view of the first hole at the University of Montana Golf Course. They have craft beers and selections of southern classics like Etouffee, Po’ boys and more. I had the Shrimp and Grits and it was amazing! The service was very good with several people checking on us throughout our meal.