Terrible customer service. Was told an hour wait, we walked to the town area to kill time and they…read moretext after 30 mins saying our tables ready. We hustle back to get seated and the woman says " you need your full party here" we had 5/6 people. (No of this was communicated when we agreed to the wait) They give you a 5 min window to return, our 6th person arrived 1 min late and the woman gave our table to another group that just walked in. They offered us to wait for another table. The place is an absolute joke.

The best cheese curds and wild rice soup in the Minocqua area…read more Seriously you need to try the wild rice soup. It's the best I have ever had. Anytime we come to the area we grab some. They have a great selection of beers including a nice amber one that was smooth. Cheese curds were melty and super hot. The best way to eat them. Son had a burger that he inhaled. You can't go wrong with a meal at the whale.

To start with, the place is very cool on the inside. It has an amazing antique bar, and just as the…read morename says, boat memorabilia everywhere. The staff was terrific, too. Our server, Leah, was very pleasant and met our every need. I'm extremely picky about tartar sauce and she brought me out plenty to try and then when I loved it, more to enjoy with their excellent fries. I thought it was the best I've ever had in a restaurant. We all enjoyed our meal and my daughter loved her Fettuccine Alfredo especially. My walleye sandwich was incredible, too, especially since that tartar sauce was so phenomenal. One thing that really caught my eye was how hard the hostess was working. I don't think I've ever seen someone of her generation with such an amazing work ethic. It was kind of fun to watch her do her thing. If I had a company of my own locally, I would definitely be working to hire her. I didn't get her name, a d she looked awfully young to own the place. She acted as if she did, however. Amazing!

Off season = under 30 min wait with a great drink !!…read more Came here for the fish fry. It did not disappoint!! I will say my kid ate his weight in the breadsticks and cheese appetizer. A great Wisconsin staple. Husband and kid both got the fried cod. I got the broiled (so happy for that option as I love fish just can't do the breading). Everything was hot and delicious. Baked potatoes were delish and huge !! The bar has a great selection of tap beer and I also had a great cranberry vodka (from northwater distillery) that had a little spice to it with diet sprite (thanks for having diet!!)

What a great place! Their menu goes from cheese curds to burgers and pizza to braised beef shank…read moreand scallops. We went for the high end and couldn't have been more happy. It's just a roadside bar/ restaurant. We were there in the winter so a lot of snowmobiles had stopped to eat. The pan seared scallops seemed out of place but looked so good. I'm glad I went with it. I love celery root puree and the greens and bacon just brought it to a new level! My husband enjoyed the huge braised beef shank. I would highly recommend. Service was great as well and the prices were right.

Had soup and appetizer. Appetizer was delish and hot but our ships were barely warm. Drinks were…read moregood. Small bloody mary....little strange when customers next to us had large ones.

Don't often visit German restaurants. I have to say I was pretty pleased with this one. I had the…read morebrat with a side of potato salad. It was very sizable and delicious. The service was very good and it was fun to watch the waitress come to the table with three big mugs of root beer in one hand I won't say it actually made me feel like I was in Germany, but it was a lot of fun. They have outdoor seating in the back but we ate inside. Totally worth the visit if you want something different!

We unfortunately had a really bad experience and hadn't even made it to getting our waters yet…read more.. what a disappointment after my husband had grown up going to Minocqua in the summers and was so pumped to finally try Otto's, as he had never been yet. You know that red flag feeling you get after you're seated and no server acknowledges your presence? That was this place. And it was actually the second red flag. When the hostess seated us in the outdoor garden area she informed us it would be 45 minutes until food came out. Interesting information right from the get go. Our group of 5 was puzzled at this....many tables had just cleared out and it seemed that there was plenty of servers and bussers working to handle the amount of customers. From there it just went downhill even further. We ended up finally talking to someone asking if we could switch tables to get out of the direct sun. It took them WAY too long to clear the table they told us we could move to. In the meantime, no one had yet come over to at least give us waters. Once finally at our new table and acknowledged by a server, we put in our drink orders which we kept to waters only because we were at this point questioning bailing. After many minutes of waiting for our waters and never receiving them, we called it quits. We got up and told the server it's been too long, and checking the time it had been 20 MINUTES WITH NO WATERS. The last and worst nail in the coffin was that my mom had a view of our server who had in fact filled our waters towards the back of the garden area and then set them on a tray....and then....was just standing around. Literally. We also witnessed a busser moving at incredibly slow speeds and other servers seeming "busy" but not sure with what....There was absolutely no reason for the delays we experienced. We think the only explanation for all this was that there are simply far too many inefficient workers. Or workers with no sense of urgency or awareness to help one another out. It was quite sad to witness and should be even sadder for the business that they missed out on a customer, and in turn receives a bad review. What a bummer. Will never return.

Fun Northwoods Bar with great food!…read more Fish fry was excellent and so was the soup. Even though this place was and will be busy at meal time (especially in the tourist season) it is worth the wait. Staff moves quickly and does a great job of handling the rush. Great menu.... Something for everyone.

Excellent pizza & not too loud on a Friday night. Prices were good, service and a few nice craft…read morebeers on tap.

Wow total amazing pizza , service , and Ambiance , looking over the lake . The roasted peppers all…read moresweet fresh mushrooms Italian sausage and thin crust are the best in a 5 state region. Was here 2 years ago and its only gotten better.

My family was impatient but I loved the experience. We came at the same time…read moreAs two large groups. The sign outside says " small kitchen, so be prepared to wait". I thought it was a cute touch but it is for real. Get a drink and enjoy being off path a little and people watch. Wings were $1 each on Thursday's so we got some along with onion rings for an app. They came quicker than the meals. All were tasty. I got a chicken salad, cute plating and enjoyed it. Service was super friendly, free refills on sodas. Happy we tried it.

I am so prone to not going to restaurants less than 4 star but decided to try this one. Honestly…read morethe reviews make me wonder how because we had a great experience overall. Food was delicious, our server was so sweet and smiling the whole time I swear. Lumpy's ( that name still cracks me up) on a the lake and mega neon signs to stimulate anyone for eye candy while you wait for your food. I ordered the cod sandwich. I asked for no cheese but had no idea how humongous that thing would be. Really enough to split but I don't really love to share . It was one long piece of fish fried and heavy duty style. Also the local blueberry wheat beer was a true gem of a find. Don't always go with the same thought of less than 4 star don't bother. If we did we never would have tried this place and we all loved our meals.

Great place to eat. The food was very good and honestly feel the perch fish fry rivals all the…read morelocal establishments. Try it and you will agree. The Lambo burger is off the charts and the pizza is great. Service was great. Can't wait to go back. Don't fight the downtown crowd just go to Lumpy's

Manny's was a hit! They had outdoor seating, yard games, and a sand volleyball court. They had…read moreplenty of drink options (including delicious mocktails for me, as a pregnant lady). My husband had the steak w/mashed potatoes and asparagus and it was awesome. I wish I had eaten his dish! The chicken piccata was good, but the steak was no joke. Wait staff was awesome! We had a large group of about 22 as we were with a bachelor/ette party and the staff was superb. Definitely come check them out for a good time!

Really really awful sub par food. The most ridiculous…read morecalamari ever the size of pennys!! Drinks weak and very overpriced. I had a rotten lime so I went back for a better slice -- got an equally bad (maybe worse)one. See photos. Go ahead and charge big city or tourist drink prices but have *quality* Will never go back!

We went in early spring. Actually the anniversary of the Dillinger escape. April 22, 1934…read more Kyle is always super friendly at the bar Summer was a great server. The shrimp de jonge was outstanding with the pesto noodles. My husband had the pork shank. Definitely worth it

Off the road in Manatowish Waters, Wisco; this place is famous for a shootout with legendary…read moreGangster John Dillinger. The bullet holes in the walls and windows are authentic. They serve Food and Drink as well. Was there with a bunch of folks from Berwyn, IL which was a Czech Stronghold back in the day with a Bohemian restaurant on practically every block. When we saw "Little Bohemia", we were eager customers. Pre-prandial de rigueur in WIsco calls for Brandy Old Fashioneds, and they were quite tasty. The menu actually is more Germanic than Czech, but that's ok. Close enough. There was a Bohemian Rye bread service with a trio of compound butters, all so average I cant remember what they were except for the one wot had chopped olives. That one was fine. There was a relish tray that had a bizzare spread of Peas and Peanuts in a white cream sauce. We couldn't figure out what to do with it. Never saw anything like it in any of the many Bohemian (or Deutsche) joints any of us had ever been to. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't fab either. Now there was a Mushroom soup offered and it was really really yum! Could have had 3 bowls of that and called it a night. For entrees, Roast Duck was on the specials and one of our party got the last order before it was 86'd. Most of us were going to order it as well, so hearing it was off the twig made us scramble back to the menu. My pal who knows the difference said the duck was great. I swung with a pork schnitzel, spaetzle and rotkohl. All three were pretty good. Not as good as the Czech joints in Berwyn, but good nonetheless. Wife had a steak which she was not impressed with. That Schnitzel was $32, by the way, which I thought was a little dear. $32 will just about buy a fine dinner for 2 in any of the remaining Czech joints in the Berwyn area. Service was fine, and we were in the room wot had most of the Dillinger artifacts. I'm throwing 4 for this place 'cos the evening was pleasant, and the basehits overrode the strikeouts...