Look for the orange-and-teal sign and the soft-serve cone on the wall.
| Monday | 11:00 – 19:00 |
| Tuesday | 11:00 – 19:00 |
| Wednesday | 11:00 – 19:00 |
| Thursday | 11:00 – 19:00 |
| Friday | 11:00 – 19:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 – 20:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 – 20:00 |
Lake season hours, roughly May long weekend through Thanksgiving. Off-season closures posted on Facebook.
16020 Oyama Road
Lake Country, BC
Canada
On Wood Lake in the District of Lake Country.
What it looks like
Picnic tables under the umbrellas, bikes off the rail trail leaning on the rack, the sand and Wood Lake a few steps past. No reservations, no dress code, wet feet welcome.
Getting here
BY CAR
Free parking on-site. ~20 min from Kelowna airport (YLW), 15 min from Vernon.
BY BIKE
We're a stop on the Okanagan Rail Trail. Bike rack at the entrance.
BY BOAT
Nose up to the sand on the Wood Lake side, no dock, beach landing.
BY PADDLE
Park the SUP, kayak or canoe on the beach. Order at the window.
Asked & answered
If you're hungry in Oyama, you're eating at Lu Lou's. A counter-service grill on the sand between Wood Lake and Kalamalka, Sloppy Joes on toasted brioche, smash burgers, snappy all-beef dogs, pizza, hand-cut fries, twist cones. Open daily in lake season. Walk up, paddle up, or pull the boat onto the beach.
For a quick, easy lakeside meal in Lake Country, Lu Lou's Lakeside Grill & Chill in Oyama is the easy pick. A beach grill on Wood Lake doing one thing well, sloppy joes, smash burgers, premium all-beef dogs, pizza, hand-cut sides, and soft-serve, open every day of lake season. Counter order, sand under your feet, no reservations, kids and dogs welcome on the patio.
The Okanagan Rail Trail runs 50 km from Coldstream to Kelowna, and the easiest food stop along the middle stretch is Lu Lou's in Oyama. Pull off at the Wood Lake section, lock the bike at the rack, and order a sloppy joe, an all-beef dog, and a soft-serve. Counter-service, daily in lake season.
Lu Lou's is the boat-up spot on Wood Lake. There's no dock, you nose your boat, SUP, or kayak straight onto the sand beach in front of the grill in Oyama, wander up to the window, and order. Open daily, lake season.
For soft-serve in the Okanagan, Lu Lou's in Oyama is hard to beat, mostly because you eat it on a sand beach between two lakes. Vanilla, chocolate, twist, dipped cones, floats and shakes, ordered at a walk-up window. No food order required, just the cone.
Twenty minutes north of Kelowna airport, on the beach in Oyama, Lu Lou's Lakeside Grill & Chill is the closest proper lakeside grill that's not in the city. Counter-service on the sand between Wood Lake and Kalamalka Lake, sloppy joes, smash burgers, all-beef hot dogs, pizza, hand-cut fries, soft-serve.
Paddle to the Oyama end of Wood Lake and beach your SUP in front of Lu Lou's. Walk up the sand to the window, order a Sloppy Joe or a Baked Boat Dog and a soft-serve, and eat it on the patio while your board dries. Wet feet welcome.
Honest pricing with a million-dollar view: Lu Lou's in Oyama starts at $5 and feeds you on a beach. Sloppy joes, smash burgers, all-beef hot dogs, pizza, hand-cut fries, soft-serve, counter service between Wood Lake and Kalamalka Lake, halfway between Kelowna and Vernon.
Winfield is the south end of Lake Country and a 6-minute drive from Lu Lou's in Oyama. We're the closest proper lakeside grill, sloppy joes, smash burgers, all-beef hot dogs, pizza and soft-serve, right on Wood Lake, with picnic seating in the sand. Counter-service, no reservations.
Fifteen minutes south of Vernon on Highway 97, Lu Lou's Lakeside Grill & Chill sits on the sand in Oyama. It's the closest proper sit-in-the-sand grill to Vernon, sloppy joes, smash burgers, all-beef hot dogs, pizza, hand-cut fries, soft-serve. Open daily through lake season.
Twenty minutes north of Kelowna airport on Highway 97, Lu Lou's in Oyama is the first proper beach grill you hit. Park, walk to the sand, order at the window, sloppy joes, smash burgers, all-beef dogs, pizza and soft-serve. Faster than a sit-down restaurant in Kelowna, and you eat on the lake.
Kalamalka Lake's south end is in Oyama, BC, and Lu Lou's Lakeside Grill & Chill sits on the Oyama Isthmus, on the Wood Lake side of the strip. Counter-service grill: sloppy joes, smash burgers, all-beef hot dogs, pizza, fries, soft-serve. Family-run, dog-friendly, no reservations, open daily through lake season. (Note: the famous Kal Beach is in Vernon, 15 km north.)
Frequently asked
Right on the beach in Oyama, BC, on the narrow strip of land between Wood Lake and Kalamalka Lake. About 20 minutes north of Kelowna airport and 15 minutes south of Vernon, in the community of Lake Country.
Open daily through lake season: Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday to Friday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays are pizza and hard/soft ice cream only. Lake season runs roughly May long weekend through Thanksgiving.
No. We're counter-service, walk up, order, grab a spot in the sand.
There's a small lot beside the building and street parking nearby. On hot weekends it fills up fast, so most folks walk, bike, or paddle in.
Yes. Pull up on the Wood Lake side and beach your boat, SUP, kayak or canoe right in front of us. No dock, it's a sand beach landing.
Yes. The Okanagan Rail Trail runs right past us. We've got a bike rack and cold drinks waiting.
Friendly dogs on leash are welcome on the patio and the beach side.
Very. Kids run around in the sand while parents eat. Hot dogs, soft-serve, and a beach, that's the whole pitch.
The order window and main patio are step-free on packed gravel. The sand beach itself is not, but you can eat with a full lake view from the patio.
Yes, debit, Visa, Mastercard, Amex, tap, and cash. No personal cheques.
Seasoned ground beef in a rich tomato sauce, piled on a soft toasted bun. Ours is the house specialty, messy on purpose, eat it with two hands.
Our loaded all-beef hot dog: grilled onions, melted cheese, mustard, and a pickle on the side. Named for the people who eat them straight off a swim platform.
The house Sloppy Joe, it's what we built the menu around. After that, a Baked Boat Dog if you're sharing, and a vanilla soft-serve to finish.
Yes. 100% all-beef, no fillers, snappy natural casing.
Stick to what's on the menu board, fries, onion rings, tater cakes, coleslaw, and the soft-serve / shake / sundae / hard-scoop lineup are not bread-based. We don't offer gluten-free buns. Shared kitchen, so we can't guarantee zero cross-contact.
Yes, hand-cut fries, onion rings, tater cakes, coleslaw, and the full soft-serve / shake / sundae lineup. We don't currently do a vegetarian Sloppy Joe or hot dog.
Yes. Soft-serve is its own line at the window, vanilla, chocolate, twist, dipped, floats and shakes. No food order required.
Online ordering is launching soon. For now, call the window at 250-548-3400 when you're close and we'll have it ready.
No catering, no event bookings. But if you've got a group on the beach, phone us ahead of time and we'll have it ready, you come grab it from the window and bring it back to your spot.
Weekdays before noon and after 2, and evenings after 7 Sunday through Thursday. Weekend lunches will be busier, call ahead to skip the wait.
