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    Oak & Oar

    3.2 (24 reviews)
    Open 3:00 pm - 9:00 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Joe S.

    Great food. Good prices. AMAZING views! Best on the lake! friendly bartenders and servers as well.

    Wisco board. Brats were good and trout spread. Cheese spread had zero flavor
    Sharon P.

    Start with the good part. The views are amazing. The restaurant kept the floor plan which was smart. Each level is elevated including a booth level , so it's an awesome view from everywhere. Drinks were very slow to arrive, but good. I had summertime nectar and it was great! Appetizer: Wisco Board. Brats were great. Cheese spread had zero flavor. Trout spread was good, just a very small amount. Crackers were an odd choice. Large and hard. Mustard was way too intense. Two of us had the Weinerschnitzel. I won't get again. Lots of grizzly pieces. No gravy. Potato came with a broccoli cheese sauce? I get it, trying to be different. But missed the mark. Again no flavor. How can cheese anything have no flavor??? They called it a loaded potato. Not loaded at all. Purple kraut. Unedible. Walleye platter: so mad I didn't take a picture. It was two completely different of fish. No clue what the 2nd piece of fish was. 2nd was like a whitefish. Called the MGR the next day and big attitude saying it was most definitely both walleye. But it was not. Might want to check with your fish supplier. Not the same fish. Fries were great!! Coleslaw bad. Nobody liked it and we all typically love Cole slaw.! Smash burger was good, so that was the highlight of the dinner. We are cheese soup connoisseurs so we had to try. Again zero flavor! Cheese curds were awful. It's like 1/2 of them were cooked earlier and thrown in with a new batch. Some were hot, most were cold. Cheese curds must be served hot. Being such a "Wisconsin " restaurant, they need to correct this. Sauces were awful. Had to ask for ranch. I hope they improve as the views are awesome, but clearly they need a lot of work on the food.

    Gary G.

    I heard great things, so I thought I'd give it a try. Staff was warm and friendly. The atmosphere was top notch! Menu is quite extensive and full of variety. I just had the Oak and Oar salad, a couple of appetizers, and had a beer. The cheese curds and Beer Cheese soup were delicious. The salad was very fresh, with crispy, chilled lettuce. Prices were very reasonable. Definitely a return trip.

    Ethan D.

    I believe I heard a waitress say that it's only been open for 2 weeks now. I wouldn't have known because the service was fantastic. It was absolutely beautiful inside. Huge open windows and an amazing view of the lake. I saw a server using ASL with hard of hearing guests which I thought was amazing. My wife & I started with the crab cake appetizer & holy crap. You can tell it's real crab and the tartar sauce & mustard was perfect with it. Then we split their smash burger. Again, the sauce and the pickles were amazing but the burger itself was even better. The seasoning was just delightful. Then we ended with the apple pie ala mode & raspberry topped cheesecake. Both were exactly what we wanted. We're looking forward to returning to try some other items! Oh & they had a decent amount on N/A beers too. Big fan of the Riverwest Stein!

    Generously poured Old Fashioned

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    The service was awful. We didn't get a drink order in for 20 min. We didn't get our food until 1:45 later. The food was cold and dry.

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    10 months ago

    Had the fried walleye. They deep fried it in oil and all I could taste was oil. It was awful. Worst walleye I ever had. Won't go again

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    Service was very slow and food was delivered cool. The views of the lake were great. Would not recommend.

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    All the different glasses to choose from

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