All entrees served with our Caesar Salad, House Salad or Cup of the Day Soup, And your choice of one: Mashed Potatoes, Baked Potato, Jalapeno Grits, Fries or Broccoli and Cauliflower. Substitute Onion Strings $2, Split Entree (Includes 2nd salad and side) $7
Appetizers
Crab Cakes
$12.00
Three of our homemade cakes with lump crab, red and green peppers. Served with a spicy remoulade
Spinach and Artichoke Dip
$13.00
Our delicious house-made dip served with garlic parmesan toast points
Onion Strings
$7.00
A generous portion of our unique cut of onion, lightly breaded with our delicate blend of seasonings, fried to a golden brown
Chicken Strips
$9.00
Tender white meat, Your choice of hand-breaded and fried, grilled or blackened. Choice of our house-made dipping sauce
Fish Bites
$10.00
Bite-sized pieces of savory white fish. Choose hand-breaded and fried, grilled or blackened. Served with lemon and tartar sauce
Stuffed Mushrooms
$12.00
Tasty blend of Italian sausage, red and green peppers and cream cheese. Served with a roasted red pepper coulis
Peel and Eat Shrimp
Succulent shrimp boiled in our house made spices and served with lemon and cocktail sauce
1/2 Dz$13.00
1 Dz$25.00
Escargot
$13.00
Prepared with savory garlic butter and topped with puff pastry. A Ruthie D's classic!
Seared Ahi Tuna
$14.00
Rolled in sesame seeds. Served rare with wasabi, ginger and a sweet chili sauce
Soup
French Onion Soup
A house specialty served daily. A flavorful broth with white onions topped with croutons and melted Provolone cheese
Cup$4.00
Bowl$6.00
Soup Du Jour
Chefs fresh daily selection
Cup$4.00
Bowl$6.00
Salads
All our dressings are house-made and include Ranch, Honey Dijon, Italian, Tomato Vinaigrette and our new historic Mayfair dressing
Large House Salad
$8.00
Fresh-cut greens with red onion, carrot, cucumber, pickled beets, tomato and croutons
Large Caesar Salad
$9.00
Crisp romaine lettuce, parmesan cheese and croutons tossed with freshly made dressing
Asian Salad
$10.00
Freshly shredded red cabbage and romaine with red pepper, carrot, mint leaves and silvered almonds tossed in our Asian dressing
Salad Add Ons
Creamy Bleu Cheese
$1.00
Bleu Cheese Crumbles
$1.50
Pickled Beets
$2.50
Grilled or Fried Chicken Breast
$6.00
Grilled or Fried Shrimp
$8.00
Seared Ahi Tuna
$10.00
Grilled or Blackened Salmon
$10.00
Pastas
Add to any pasta: Chicken breast, grilled, fried or blackened $6, Shrimp, grilled, fried or blackened $8
Fettuccini Alfredo
$14.00
Tossed in our house-made rich parmesan cream sauce. A classic!
Virgin Pasta
$15.00
Bowtie pasta tossed with basil oil, sauteed mushrooms, tomato, garlic
Seafood Ravioli
$26.00
Classic ravioli stuffed with pieces of crab, lobster and scallop. Topped with our famous champagne butter sauce. A real flavor treat
Seafood
Ruthie D's Whitefish
$19.00
Flaky and moist whitefish with a sweet rice wine vinegar cabbage slaw
Fried Shrimp
$24.00
6 Large Gulf shrimp, hand breaded. Served with our house-made cocktail sauce
Panko Salmon
$25.00
Lemon panko encrusted salmon, pan-seared skin on. Finished with a citrus Dijon sauce
Swordfish Steak
$28.00
This firm, flaky filet is grilled to perfection and served with a white wine butter sauce
Champagne Poached Twin Lobster Tails
Two succulent 6oz coldwater lobster tails poached with our signature champagne sauce. Also available grilled, broiled or fried. A house favorite
Market Price
Beef
Steaks ordered past medium cannot be guaranteed to your satisfaction
8 oz Filet Mignon
$36.00
A classic steak. Grilled to your preference and topped with red wine steak butter
14 oz Ribeye
$31.00
Generous portion of this flavorful favorite with red wine steak butter
Prime Rib
$28.00
A full-flavored 12 oz cut served with ajus and horseradish sauce
Ruthie D's Signature Filet
$38.00
A 5oz. filet atop a bed of asparagus, topped with one of our house-made crab cakes. Finished with delicious Bearnaise sauce. Two great flavors perfectly paired
Surf and Turf
8 oz. Filet Mignon and 6 oz. coldwater lobster tail, prepared to your preference. Awesome!
Market Price
Steak Toppers
Brandy Peppercorn Cream Sauce
$3.00
Dry Vermouth Bleu Cheese Sauce
$3.00
Béarnaise Sauce, Bleu Cheese Crumbles
$2.00
Sautéed Onions or Mushrooms
$2.00
Pork & Poultry
Whole Pork Tenderloin
$23.00
Grilled to perfection and served with your choice of house-made blue cheese or red pepper citrus sauces
Deep Fried Half Chicken
$18.00
Freshly cut half chicken, breaded with our own "secret recipe" blend of spices. Fried golden brown
Stuffed Chicken Oscar
$28.00
A juicy chicken breast with a crabmeat stuffing rolled in panko and perfectly baked. On a bed of asparagus and finished with Hollandaise sauce
Chicken Piccata
$19.00
Thinly sliced chicken breast lightly breaded and sauteed in olive oil. Served on a bed of linguini and topped with a delicious lemon and caper cream sauce
Add To any Entree
6 oz. Lobster Tail
Market Price
Crab Cake
$5.00
Grilled or Fried Shrimp
$8.00
Sandwiches
All served with fries. Substitute strings $2
Prime Rib Sliders
$13.00
Shaved prime rib topped with carmelized onions and served with our horseradish sauce and aujus
Ruthie D's White Fish
$12.00
White fish lightly breaded and fried, grilled or blackened, served on a hoagie bun with spicy tartar sauce
Hillybilly Burger
$14.00
1/2 lb. ground beef stuffed with bleu cheese, grilled to your liking and topped with our pepper corn cream sauce
Western Burger
$13.00
1/2 lb ground beef grilled to your liking, topped with Cheddar cheese, fried onions, fried jalapenos and served with BBQ sauce
Black-N-Bleu Burger
$13.00
1/2 lb. ground beef blackened and grilled to your liking, topped with bleu cheese crumbles
Hawaiian Chicken
$12.00
Grilled chicken breast topped with Swiss cheese, pineapple and a pineapple soy glaze
Fish Tacos (3)
$12.00
White fish hand breaded and fried, grilled or blackened. Served with a pineapple salsa, cabbage slaw and spicy remoulade
Shrimp Po'boy
$13.00
Shrimp fried to a golden brown and piled high on a hoagie bun with lettuce, remoulade, tomato, onion and pickle
Build-A-Burger
$10.95
1/2 lb. ground beef, hand pattied and charbroiled -sided with lettuce, pickle, tomato and onion on a grilled bun
Add Ons
Add your choice of following
Jalapenos
$0.50
Sautéed Mushrooms and/or Onions
$1.00
American, Cheddar, Swiss or Pepper Jack cheeses
$1.00
Bleu Cheese Crumbles
$1.50
Cognac Peppercorn Cream Sauce
$2.00
Food Specials
half price escargot, chicken strips, & ruthie's white fish bites. Addition of cheese is up charged
Appetizers
$1 off all other appetizers
Hamburger W/ Fries
$5.00
2 Fish Tacos W/ Fries
$6.00
Drink Specials
Well Cocktails
$3.00
House Wines
$3.00
chardonnay, white zinfandel, California sparkling, pinot grigio, cabernet sauvignon & merlot
Ruthie D's Restaurant is a casual dining experience and one of the best kept secrets at the Lake of the Ozarks. Located on Horseshoe Bend with an incredible lake view, our menu features pastas, chicken, pork, seafood, and certified Angus beef. With nightly specials created by Chef Andre' Torres, C.E.C., A.A.C. we are sure to have something to satisfy your hunger.Ruthie D's is one of the most affordable sit down restaurants in the Lake of the Ozarks area. With great service and even better food. With our wide range of items we are still willing and able to take special requests. So, if you have your heart set on something just ask your server or bartender and we will do our best to satisfy your cravings.Request a table at our enclosed patio and you'll enjoy your meal with a breathtaking view of the Lake of the Ozarks.