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    Lake House Cafe

    3.9 (27 reviews)
    Closed • 6:30 am - 3:00 pm

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    Chicken Dumpling Soup
    Abigail W.

    Very cute diner type place. The service was friendly and food was fine. I did feel like it wasn't super clean although I watched the staff cleaning off tables. My coffee was kept full and the chicken dumpling soup my boyfriend got looked good. I enjoyed my wrap, although there was no avocado. Potatoes were good and tasted like French fries

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    3 months ago

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    2 months ago

    Solid breakfast joint. Big portions! Friendly service. Could use a quick clean / update.

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    8 months ago

    Great old school cafe with half a dozen daily specials. Tremendous soup and service. Highly recommend. It has a family vibe.

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    3 months ago

    Great food and service. Mexican music playing ruined the atmosphere. Strange for a breakfast place.

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    9 months ago

    Everything went well. We were a large group. Everyone was very satisfied with their order. Good and service was excellent

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    8 months ago

    Very pleasant serving personnel. Quantity good, quality less than desired. Tried it twice, not a fan.

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    2 years ago

    Delicious food and kind friendly people. Try the Farmer's Benedict with extra crispy hashbrowns. So good!!

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    2 years ago

    Solid family restaurant. Very nice perch fry with fries, creamy cole slaw, bread, and tasty clam chowder. Friendly service.

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    3 years ago

    Loved all the breakfast selection - the staff was amazing and the food was great too!

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    4 years ago

    Food was delicious and ready on time for pickup place was clean and friendly easy parking

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    5 years ago

    Hubby had fish fry and loved it. Came with soup, coleslaw, potato pancakes and rye bread. Nice addition to Oconomowoc food offerings.

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    A really nice place for a casual lunch in Oconomowoc, and the breakfast items are great!

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    4 years ago

    Amazing! Had breakfast. Food was outstanding! Good service. Will definitely be going back!

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    Twisted Fire

    Twisted Fire

    4.0(129 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    •$$

    Food: we started with some beer battered cheese curds that were unusually good. The cheese was…read moretender and warm unlike the cheese curds we have been used to. We tried a cranberry and apple salad with scallops. The scallops were the best part. The beer list was more interesting than the wine list, but they did have several wines available by the glass. 4/5 Service: Both the bartender and Andrea our server were very attentive 4.5/5 Ambience: huge parking lot surrounding the restaurant. There was apparently a birthday party for a six-year-old with some very wild children running about. Once they left, the place was much more pleasant. 3.5/5

    A great choice if you are craving Italian food with a nice ambiance. As mentioned by other…read morereviewers, it can get crowded and reservations are definitely a better idea then chancing a walk-in. All of the servers that we have ever had here have been really, really nice as well as well informed as to the menu. The lasagna here is PHENOMENAL!! My wife and I usually order different dishes so that we can try new things, but here we always both order the lasagna. A typical night for us looks like an order of the bruschetta as an app, two lasagna entrees...and maybe a few vodka sodas and captain and diets to wash things down :) I have also tried the pizza a few times, and it is good...but the heart in my stomach is in love with the lasagna.

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    Bryant’s on the Round

    Bryant’s on the Round

    4.0(34 reviews)
    2.5 mi

    Our family recently celebrated my brother and sister-in-law's wedding reception at Bryant's on the…read moreRound, and we truly couldn't have asked for a better experience. From the moment we arrived, the atmosphere felt warm, cozy, and inviting. Bryant's is the perfect venue for an intimate wedding or small celebration, and having the outdoor seating area open gave guests another beautiful space to gather and enjoy the evening. The food was absolutely outstanding. Our guests couldn't stop talking about the appetizers - especially the incredible seafood and cream cheese appetizer with sweet chili sauce - and everything from the creamy risotto to the stuffed chicken was delicious and beautifully prepared. It was one of those meals people were still talking about long after dinner was over. What made the evening especially memorable, though, was the hospitality. Everyone was genuinely kind, friendly, and personable, making us feel less like customers and more like family. The owner was so gracious and even shared how much he appreciated my dad, which meant a great deal to our family. At the end of the night, they carefully boxed up all of the leftovers for us to pick up the next morning, and when we returned, we were greeted with smiles and hugs. It's rare to find a place that combines wonderful food with such genuine hospitality. Bryant's on the Round helped make one of the most important days for our family feel even more special, and we're so grateful. We wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone looking for a beautiful, welcoming venue for a wedding or special event.

    Ended up here when our fish fry place was too busy. What a gem! It's a small plate, tiny old world…read moretavern with trendy updates. Very pleased with the vibe and appreciative of the gorgeous Christmas decor that was still up. All of our food was delicious and plentiful but the stars were the spinach risotto, creamy and slightly but perfectly al dente. The beer cheese soup was tangy and delicious but the chocolate Guinness peanut butter cake!!OMG I'm still thinking about it! Background music was wonderful, service was friendly and efficient. Will definitely be back.

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    The Union House - Stuffed shells

    The Union House

    4.6(144 reviews)
    11.4 mi
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    Awesome experience! My wife and I visited on a Wednesday for her birthday. We were warmly greated…read moreand seated immediately (we were a little early for our reservation). It's a pretty dark, steakhouse, vibe inside with old school Frank Sinatra-esque music in the background. The service level here was perfect, I love a place where the staff plays zone and if someone notices something then they cover it seamlessly. Nick was our server and took great care of us. we tried the following: Drinks - I had a dirty gin martini and my wife had a captain and diet (her go to) and both were perfectly mixed. Appetizers - We were really looking forward to the buratta appetizer, but it had just gone off menu, so we went with the goat cheese that replaced it, which was good (but I would cut down the number of sun-dried tomatoes by 1/3). My wife ordered the onion soup and really enjoyed it. Mains - My wife had the filet and said it was the best she has had in a long while. I am a sucker for lamb and wasn't feeling like a steak, so that is what I went with. Both were amazing and we both had mashed potatoes. Mine also came with carrots with a demi-glaze. Everything was delicious. Dessert - The restaurant was kind enough to serve my wife a complimentary dessert for her birthday. It was amazing, but we were so full we could only manage a few bites. Will definitely be back!!

    Great everytime except last night. Sent home with wrong desserts after birthday dinner. Chairs…read morebumped repeatedly. Intermittent service. Food was ok. Off-day with the large party going on. A disappointment after many successful special events celebrated here prior.

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    The Union House - Dining area, with a filter on the photo enhancing the intimate esthetic. The lighting was sufficient

    Dining area, with a filter on the photo enhancing the intimate esthetic. The lighting was sufficient

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    Crafty Cow - Burgers & Fried Chicken - Friend Onion Burger with fries

    Crafty Cow - Burgers & Fried Chicken

    3.6(348 reviews)
    0.4 mi
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    Pros: -Very friendly servers. We've dined here multiple…read moretimes, both as a foursome and as a couple. -Bartenders are great and really work to help you find a drink you'll like. They also have different specialty cocktails throughout the year. -Cheese curds...I know, it's Wisconsin, but these are right up there with the elite. Cons: -I'll let you know when I find some. We've been to Crafty Cow several times over the last year, probably four or five times, and we've always been impressed by how friendly the waitstaff and bar staff are. The owner is also very nice and clearly involved, which I think is cool. I almost always order the same thing: the chicken strip meal, which comes with three huge strips and a large side of fries. The chicken here is really interesting because it's marinated in pickle brine. You can definitely taste the brine, and it adds something you didn't even realize was missing. My wife used to order the same thing, but now she tries something different each time because she knows she can share my strips. Everything she has tried has been good. Also worth mentioning: they have really good ranch dressing. I was surprised when I looked up Crafty Cow on Yelp and saw that it had less than four stars. Looking at some of the older reviews, I'm guessing it may have had a bit of a rocky start. But based on our experiences, Crafty Cow has been consistently great, and we'll definitely keep coming back.

    The food was really good. The beer selection was great. The service was good overall and the vibes…read morewere fine. The only issue was we had to ask a few times for them to turn the game on the tv by us before it actually happened. But they were unusually busy for a Thursday it seemed. 10/10 would come eat girl dinner here again.

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