Go for the awesome lake views, fun people watching, laid back vibe, and drinks... The food and service are just okay, but as my Brother-in-Law shared with me, LL is the longest standing (and perhaps only existing) restaurant on Lauderdale Lakes. I went in and enjoyed a shaken signature lemonade cocktail during a recent visit and we took food to go a couple of times. If/ when you go, just keep your expectations in check... the hot pretzel and sweet potato fries were more of a hit than the chicken wings and fish tacos for our family. Either way, enjoy the lake and the drinks! read more

The pizza is terrible. The pizza is not like it used to be with past owners. It has no flavor at all and has very little toppings. It's like somebody just threw some plain tomato sauce and toppings on some dough. My suggestion would be to go back to the drawing board and try again. Save yourself $25 and put your favorite frozen pizza in your oven. read more

Everything! The food is great, service can be slow especially on half price pizza night, but who's in a hurry? The view of the lake, going over by boat, if you have a boat. Always fun and the servers are always working hard and friendly. We have been coming here every summer for more years than I can count. My husband grew up spending his summers atLauderdale. read more

On a recent Monday night, we were driving around looking for a place with a view to grab some drinks and dinner. Lauderdale Landing fit the bill so we pulled in and went inside. The place was pretty empty which was fine with me as there were plenty of seats at the large bar and a bartender just waiting to take our order. She said the kitchen was closing soon (it was around 8pm) so I ordered a club sandwich and my friend had the ribs. The food came up quickly and was very good. And those drinks? Perfectly poured and served in reusable plastic cups that some enterprising realtor had thoughtfully put her name on! We saved a couple of ours as they work well in the boat and other outside events. They also have a pool table for those of you who like that sort of thing and plenty of parking. I'm not deducting any stars for this but my only wish would be that they had some way to adjust the air conditioning temperature. It was FREEZING inside and the manager said there was no way to adjust it. I really doubted that but we had to sit in a range of seats before finding one that the air wasn't full on blowing at you! It was dark when we left so navigating those dark WI roads was all part of our evening's adventure! Worth a stop in if you can find it! read more

Lauderdale Landing - Seated at the end of the bar looking into the pool table room - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - Elkhorn, Wisconsin

Had a great dinner with our friends at Lauderdale Landing this evening! The bloody Mary was fantastic! Our meals were great as well! The french fries that came with the fried cheese curds were a little overdone but the ambience was great. We sat outside. There was music and the view was gorgeous. Our server was great as well. Stayed on top of our drinks and checked on us repeatedly. Overall, great time! Will definitely come back again. read more

This place was amazing. Definitely a great spot to grab a meal, drink, or an appetizer. The staff were wonderful. Very attentive and it seemed like they were all a "team". The environment is very relaxed but fun (they have cornhole). I would definitely recommend coming! read more

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Arrived at 7;00 with a group of 8 and weren't seated until almost 8:30, after being called that would be a 40 minute wait. Hostess had a shit attitude, and tried to seat us at a table for 6. Have had many great experiences here in the past but very disappointed tonight. Lots of other places available in the area to consider for next time. read more

We went in there on Sunday with our hiking group at about 3 o'clock. They had no problem, accommodating us as we had called earlier to tell them we are coming. We requested separate checks because it's easier with a hiking group and they made that very easy for us. The food was excellent. The Parmesan crusted grouper was fresh and delicious. The aesthetics at Lauderdale landings are fantastic. Very nice lunch and experience! read more

GREAT RESTAURANT! FABULOUS FOOD & SERVICE! I just love how they have live music, weekly specials, fabulous view, family -friendly, they are SOOO involved in the community! I take all my friends & family there year round! Although I have had most items on the menu, pizza & lemon shaker drink is my favorite! read more

Really good bar food. Someone described this place as a "cheers vibe". We would definitely agree with that. We went on a slow Monday night and it almost seemed like we walked into someone's house. It got quiet as we walked in for a moment but the bartender immediately made us feel welcome and found us a spot to sit. Food was quick and great and the service was great. You can tell they truly cared and that you matter. Highly recommend. read more

This was my first time visiting the area, and Lauderdale Landing was where our friends took us to dinner. The restaurant is situated right on the water, and it's beautiful! We opted to sit out on the patio, and we made the right choice. It was a warm evening, and the view was spectacular. We ordered the grilled cheese dippers ahead of time, and those were amazing! The tomato bisque was the perfect accoutrement. Not too thick, the perfect amount of creaminess, and grilled cheese is ALWAYS good. My entrée was not superb, however - the cheese was barely melted, and the tortilla was untoasted. Would definitely not order that again. It was a great evening otherwise, and we enjoyed drinks on the patio, and took in the waterside breeze. The service was great, and the staff was friendly. I would definitely return! read more

Zero all the way around,given multiple chances and found them to fail miserably every time...sad, they make the money out of the convenience of their location and popularity, but as far as service or quality goes in the restaurant industry it is an epic fail read more

Everything was great food/drinks/music! Good prices Besides Sarah. Sarah sucked. Worst bartender ever read more

Great place. Love the food . Half price pizza day is great. The staff are always friendly. Love this place!

Surroundings are lovely. Service was good. Food mediocre. Two in our party ordered steak sandwiches, very chewy (both commented they would have been better off with a burger). One Italian beef, good but very spicy. Salmon entree was nothing special. Will come again for basic drinks and burgers. $25 for 3 mixed drinks and one Coors light read more

Tonight I was with my buddy who has a service dog. We waited for an outside table and have many times been seated with his service dog with no question. Today we were questioned by the waitress and told a new policy was not to allow any dogs outside for seating. My buddy Asked to speak with the manager. Sue approached and identified herself as the owner and questioned him as his dog did not have a service jacket. My buddy explained he could supply the jacket and was not on the dog as it was very hot out. When he returned the owner seemed not to acknowledge all the ADA laws. My buddy just reminded her that he was a loyal customer an would not return as a customer any longer. Sue told him she had never seen him before she was more concerned with safety of her staff tripping over the dogs and getting dog hair in the food. I think she should be reported to ADA for not following proper protocol. read more

The restaurant has great atmosphere and the food was prepared superbly with fresh ingredients. I ordered the chicken tacos and dipped them in guacamole, the finished flavor profile was divine. The spice of the chipotle lime sauce paired with the creamy guacamole. It really hit the spot after hiking 12 miles at John Muir trail. My friend ordered the salmon and was equally impressive with both the flavor and ingredients. Lastly, the serving sizes were perfect as well. Not too much as to encourage overeating but it didn't leave us wanting either. We'll definitely be going back! read more

Lauderdale Landing - a plate of tacos and chips - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - Elkhorn, Wisconsin

We had a really poor experience here. We went to pick up pizzas and I wanted to have a shot with my friend for our walk home. The servers at the bar acted like we didnt exist and they gave us a cold shoulder when we said we had pick up but just wanted a quick drink. Very weird experience, it was not even that crowded. The bartenders were also taking shots with potentially locals? Not professional and certainly not friendly to outsiders. The pizzas were made with almost no ingredients & very little cheese. I would not come back here no matter how close our cabin is. read more

Very disappointed! Ordered appetizers.....bang bang shrimp, rueben rolls, mini tacos, and wings. Nothing was freshly made. Tasted like they had been frozen! For being on an upscale lake, you really need to step it up! David the bartender outside was amazing. Went inside and sat fir 7 minutes. Waitress had her head down on bar (napping?). Bartender no where to be found. We left. We used to love Lauderdale Landing. We will bring back but no food!!!! read more

Great place! The food is awesome and the service is great! Two Bars, inside and out! Live music and/or DJ every weekend. Allowed to dock boat in front of restaurant! We were served right away! Had a fantastic meal with great music, drinks and service! read more

The Lauderdale Landing is an institution on Lauderdale Lakes. There is a significant breadth of food selection(for a lake restaurant). The pizza and burgers are excellent. Half price pizza on Thursdays for dine-in. My personal favorite food after the pizza is the Ceviche. Good beer and drink selection. Great outside bar, bags game, and seating. Friendly service from young staff. Pull up your boat, tie it up, walk up sit down have a drink and relax. If you are in a hurry or want white cloth service go to the Four Seasons. If you ready to relax, want a unique lake dining experience with friends and family, good food, reasonable prices and friendly service there is nothing better than The Lauderdale Landing. Jump in the boat and head over. Or if you are boat-less just take the relaxing drive through the woods. Either way...dress down, go chill and enjoy. read more

There's a statewide mask mandate and they aren't following it. That's simply unacceptable this late into 2020. Not a single waiter, waitress, or bartender had a mask on which means that the restaurant doesn't care to follow basic public health codes. It means they don't care about their employees health. It means they don't care about their customers' health. Or the health of the community and those of us around the lake. It means they don't care about our friends or our families who are all at risk from this. When places do this they also risk prolonging the period before we can get back to normal. It isn't hard. You just wear a mask. And it makes you wonder? Do their employees wash their hands after using the restroooms? What other corners are they cutting? We came in last week on a week night when we assumed it would be less crowded. It wasn't packed but every table was full and not spaced any further than normal. No masks. Yikes. We have been to one other patio this summer while visiting family in St. Louis. Every member of the staff was wearing masks and they were handing them out at the door if you didn't have one. Every other table was blocked off to keep distance. That's a restaurant that's trying. I love the Landing. I don't want them to go away. I know this is a tough year for restaurants and I'd love to feel comfortable eating there and giving them my money. But to STILL be refusing to wear masks even when there's a statewide order to do so and when we know that they are extremely effective at stopping the spread of this virus is not ok. read more

literally my second home. Best people and food. Macy is the best hostess and the bartenders are top tier. live laugh landing!!!

Great pizza Ate outdoors on deck was seated fast but when we sat down the table had food crumbs and marks from sweating glasses No attempt to sanitize table was done.. As I sat I watched busboy clean up he didn't wipe down tables In this coronavirus time this would be a goal that should be priority 1 read more

Thought about going here yesterday, then remembered the terrible service and food. Made our own food instead.

Great afternoon enjoying the sun and views. Staff is great and so was our food ! My daughters claims it the best burger she's had in a long time! read more

A great little hideaway on Lauderdale Lakes. Sunday's are $0.50 wings and on Thursday's there are Burger Special's. Their pizza is really tasty and so are the sandwiches. The summer is a awesome time to stop by and watch a sunset or just hangout and have a Lemon Shake Up. During the winter months, it's still fun. The bartenders are friendly and the food is served fast. read more

Lauderdale Landing - a dock on a lake at dusk - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - Elkhorn, Wisconsin

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Want to give this place a good review but...you really should run a restaurant with bus staff. When there are more dirty tables than customers waiting, it should be clear. Updating my review. Business is way under-staffed. Seating was an awkward process and took much longer than told. When seated, I was told we couldn't sit on the outside deck with a dog. When I asked to speak to the manager, Sue, she told me we couldn't be seated on the deck. It was a new policy. She indicated she was the owner. When I explaining that I had eaten there several times her response was "I've never seen you here". So much for 17 years of patronage as a local lake resident. When I told her my dog was a service dog, she said he was not. When I put in his service jacket, which was not previously required, she told me that since I didn't have a handicap, he was t a service dog. Then she asked me what my handicap was. I informed her that she should as an owner, read up in the Ada rules and she told me she did. She told me we could not eat on this deck. All other seats were taken so she said we would have to wait for a table after we had already waited. I informed her that although her issue with the dog was unfortunate, her treatment of me and my family as patrons was rude and not hospitable for a restaurant and a loyal customer. As an active community member, I will no longer patronize this restaurant and do my best to share my story with others in the community. I strongly suggest sensitivity training for Sue and a role in the back of house, avoiding direct contact with patrons. read more

I'm from the St. Louis and Chicago area and was visiting my boyfriends family for the weekend and WOW I was impressed. I got the cheese curds which came with French fries and they were so good. Then I got a chicken sandwich which was very fresh and delicious! Everything was great but I did think the drink selection could have been a little better and the service could've been faster, however I know everyone is struggling to keep staff. I would definitely recommend to anyone! read more

Great place right on the lake. They have seasonal outdoor seating along with an outdoor bar. The indoor bar area can get crowded - year 'round but more so during the summer. Very good sandwiches and apps. read more

Lauderdale Landing - Excellent grilled chicken sandwich and veggie burger plus the best fries in the area. - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - Elkhorn, Wisconsin

Unfortunately my meal was interrupted by a rude manager and waiting staff. While eating my food, I witnessed a customer being denied seating due to the fact he had a service dog with him. Would not recommend eating here due to their extremely poor attitude towards customers. I am disgusted, and am rarely feeling this way. read more

They denied my best friends dad on the deck because he had his diabetes service dog with him and they were just overall rude and did not even acknowledge his disability as a disability and did not adhere to his needs while he has dined there multiple times the new owner sue did not adhere to the ADA-laws regarding service dogs would not recommend read more

Never felt more compelled to write a review than for this place. The Landing suffers from every single classic a terrible restaurant suffers from: slow service, below average food, dirty tables, etc. however today The Landing really convinced me once and for all though that it will never live up to expectations. We waited for over an hour for our food, and when it came it was incorrect. I asked for an itemized receipt which was met with dumbfounded looks as it would be so insane to check it to make sure I wasn't charged for what I didn't get. When they gave no help I got upset and walked away. As I left my party saw multiple bar tenders mocking and making fun of me for my simple request which was not met. Truly never have had this happen to be before when my requests for the evening were so minimal. been on the lake for years looking for suggestions for new places to eat. read more

If I could give a negative star I would. The bartenders were horribly disrespectful. The food took an hour and a half to come and no one checked in on us at all or asked us how we were doing. Terrible service. When we tried to get the check at the bar, they did not even acknowledge us for 10 minutes. Then, refused to give us an itemized receipt. Also, charged for chicken that they forgot to put on. The bartenders also mocked us after walking away with the UN-itemized receipt. Extremely unprofessional. To top it all off, employees were distracted taking shots, playing with a bouncy ball in the middle of the bar... and only checked our IDs while definitely serving minors. DO NOT GO HERE. Was so shocked that I downloaded Yelp just to share this. read more

Great food and view! 2nd time stopping in and will be back again. Burgers are great also tried the fish tacos! Don't forget to get the pretzel crusted fried cheese curds the best I've had!! read more

Lauderdale Landing - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - Elkhorn, Wisconsin

Curds are great. Cute bartender (Wisconsin 9/New York 3) gave us a nice deal on some Vegas bomb shots (tasted weirdly like straight Tequila though). I got fairly inebriated here. Did NOT drink and boat after read more

I can only speak to the pizza: EXCELLENT!!!! We had the landing za. W tavern crust. So yummy n flavorful. Even leftovers were delish !!! Half price pizzas thurs night , but the place was PACKED. Loses a point for kinda slow service. Also we have stopped in before at somewhat "normal " times and their kitchen wasn't "open " we also ordered a appetizer of the Rueben egg rolls. Those were pretty decent , but a little greasy. We will definitely be back !!!! read more

As the only game in town (well, on these lakes, at least), Lauderdale Landing does an A-OK job as both a watering hole and a feed trough. Change a couple of things, and I could see me becoming a fan, given I would be in the area regularly(which I won't be). The most star reducing point of LL, at least in my book, is the fact that they don't have fried cheese curds. This is Wisconsin, dammit, in 'Merica. Why the hell would you not have fried cheese curds, especially given that you obviously have a deep fryer? They have onion rings (great!), fries (also good), Fish Fry Fridays (didn't make it here for that), wings, poppers, chicken tenders. Shit, the even have fried mozzeralla sticks! Ditch the sticks and get some kick ass curds in there, will ya? Do it now!! My friend and I opened the bar on the Saturday after Labor Day. They have some ok beers on tap, and a seemingly good collection of bottled beer. But we were doing shots and drinking cocktails. Some were weak, some were par and maybe 1 was strong. They had their TVs going with College Football, but unfortunately didn't have Big 10 network. They did have WiFi, however. Food was good. They serve brunch and my friend got French Toast Sticks which were pretty tasty. I had a BLT which had tons of bacon on it and came with tasty fries. I also got a basket of rings and they were hot and crispy. Sysco frozen product rules the roost here. Another customer ordered pizza, and when it came out I had buyers remorse. I wish I had more time, with which I would have come back for their pizza. Finally, the service was friendly and pretty much on par. They even let us have control of one of the TVs so we could choose what game we wanted to watch. LL has plenty of parking so you can drive to it, or you can boat to it and tie up at one of their plentiful docks. If I'm in the area again I would definitely go back. read more

I've only had the pizza, but in my opinion, it is the best in Walworth County! The bar is well stocked and the service friendly. That said, I only frequent the bar during the week and in off-season. I'm sure that it is a madhouse during summer weekends, but what can you expect. It is a small place and large crowds will tax the kitchen. read more

The Landing cheeseburgers are just to die for. Everything is delicious. All around amazing customer service as well, shout-out to Mike! He was an amazing server, super kind! read more