First let me just say their food is excellent but that said, their service is terrible. We love this place but every time we go there the service gets worse and worse. We were there last night and ordered a 12 inch pizza it took an hour and a half. We had to hunt down somebody to get our bill and then it took another 20 minutes to get somebody to take my credit card. When you're on vacation no one has time for a 2-hour meal. As far as the ambience, it's nice but it's also a typical Wisconsin bar/restaurant. I previously rated them five stars but I could no longer keep that rating based on the service we just received. read more

Fantastic deep dish pizza! Friendly staff and atmosphere. Save the trip to Chicago and check out Ray Jay's. read more

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Been there twice for prime rib and it was huge and delicious. The baked potato was also huge, the size of a small football. This time I had the Italian beef and it wasn't good at all. Seemed like 2 or 3 times more cheese then small bits of beef. Could not taste beef at all, only cheese. Should be called a cheese and beef bit melt. I'll definitely go back for the prime rib but will be hesitant to try anything else now. Wish I could gave 5 stars. But not after that sandwich. read more

No matter what you order at Ray Jay's you will not be disappointed, I just love the Italian beef, chicken is fantastic and so is the brisket sandwich. Homemade pizza, the best ever. You will not be disappointed !!! read more

Stopped in last night, Saturday for dinner. It was unusually quiet for a Saturday night, but hey, that's my wheelhouse. To get to the dining room, we had to walk through the bar where there was maybe three or four people. There was a pool table, a Ms Pac Man and a couple other games in the restaurant side and an "arcade" between it and the bar. My mom asked me to split a burger with her, I declined with an "I'm really hungry". Each of burgers came w a pickle spear, a small cup of coleslaw and a plethora of fries. We both brought home half of our burgers. My cousin opted for the Chicken Cordon Bleu and my aunt for the shrimp. We all enjoyed our meals in the quiet atmosphere. Our server, the bartender, Connie was friendly and helpful, when I asked her how she liked the burger? Our food came out quick and hot. We got a chuckle during our meal when the lights came on and then a bit later shut off again. There were several windows to provide ample light. I didn't get pictures but you walk over a small deck w a few umbrella'ed tables on it to enter Ray Jay's. Thanks Ray Jay's for a delicious and filling meal.. read more

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The food was okay but the service was HORRIBLE!!! We didn't get food that came with what we ordered. Will never go back.

Bathrooms haven't been cleaned since 1986. No hot water, how do people wash their hands? read more

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Great Pizza!!! Got the deluxe 16". Just passing through from the Oshkosh Air Show! Good times were had by all!

First time here upon a recommendation. Great little bar/restaurant. Very friendly service! We tried the pizza which was very good! Hot, tasty, and a great crust! Will definitely go back to try the BBQ! read more

Look, if you haven't been to Ray Jay's, you can't tell your left shoe from a walleye. It would be silly to not come here and get a good beer or two. The drinks; great price and great pour. The food; hell I'm coming back for another one of these pizzas. The service; young gentleman with a mustache, Preston, made sure my crown ginger was never empty, and was always ready to assist with anything I need! read more

Crazy-sweet human beings! We've only been up here for 24 hours and we've already stopped 3 times. Think we're on our way to becoming regulars, at least while we're in town. So far I've had the burger, the wings and the pizza. All three of were fantastic but I think the burger was my favorite. Come for the food, stay for the company. Keep it up, y'all! read more

Waited 1 1/2 hours for a grilled cheese sandwich and chicken tenders dinner, last year waited over an hour for a burger I never got because I got tired of waiting, not everyone goes into a restaurant in a bar to drink, I get it the longer you wait the more people will drink, not everyone drinks, and I don't need a drunk husband because he has drank 3 beers on an empty stomach, read more

Update, today we decided to give Ray jays another shot for the all-u-can eat fish. Well unfortunately we got the same absolutely worthless server again! This time the place was almost empty. She had a total of 3 customers including our table of 2. We ordered 1- fried fish and fries, and one baked fish and fries. Order came out after approx 20 mins. It was completely wrong. It was all fried and with baked potatoes. We reminded her what we ordered. After 20 mins it came out wrong again. Our waitress got mad and kicked a chair as she walked away and left the wrong food. She came back about 3 minutes later and gave us a bill and the last we seen of her at our table. We had the bartender filling out drinks and getting our food for the rest of the meal read more

Went to this place several years ago. At least an hour drive from our cabin, but we heard it was so good and it really was!! Decided to go back a week ago. Holy shit! Awful, just horrible! Service was laughable, it was that bad!! Don't know where she kept disappearing to, but finally we gave up! Our food never came, she never came back to take another drink order. Threw the bartender a $20 and walked out. By the way, he also looked like he had zero idea what was going on there. Truly ridiculous. Can't believe this place has any business at all. read more

This is the best Rib eye I have ever had . The potato was enormous the salad was great. The service was awesome. I can't say enough of how much we enjoyed it here. We recently purchased a cabin in the area and this will be our go to place read more

If I could give zero stars I would I boycotted this place last year but decided to give it another chance because my kids love the pizza walked into the bar and was greeted very rudely with it's gonna be a while before I can serve you I am busy 30 minutes later with no acknowledgment one single time we got up and left and nobody seem to care....... read more

I used to love Ray Jays until I found out they are allowing people to sit at the bar and drink during our stay at home time. They people were not waiting for food...just hanging out and drinking. They can be sure that this information will be passed along during this time of COVID-19. STAY AWAY. If they are not following protocol, then they aren't doing it in their kitchen either. Shame on them. read more

Don't eat here unless you want to wait 2 hours on a Wednesday for all you can eat chicken. When I say that I mean it was 2 hours before we touched any kind of food. Not to mention other tables who ordered the same thing getting their food before us. We also ordered pizzas upon arrival. They said it would be an hour wait. After 3 hours we got one pizza and the second pizza never got cooked. When we got home we realized it wasn't even the right toppings. Don't waste your time go eat somewhere else. read more

A delight! Our family stopped here for dinner on the 4th of July. Being Thursday, both all you can eat chicken, or ribs were clear choices and enjoyed by many of us. One niece had fettuccine Alfredo and another pizza. Bottom line? Great, friendly service. Huge portions and perfectly prepared food. Everyone had a great time. Check it out! read more

I LOVE this place, great food, fast and friendly service, huge portions! The best Pizza, good music playing always. The chicken and ribs special on Thursday or Fish Fry Friday, well worth the 14 mile drive west of Hayward! read more

went to the restaurant Friday night 01/31/2020. It was about 6:30 in the evening. Walked in and sat down. Waitress brought menus, we wanted the checks to be individual tickets and the waitress said that that ain't happening. Oh yea there were 9 individuals. So we picked up our things and left. The business probably lost approximately 3 to 4 hundred dollars from the nine of us. Never going back. read more

We always have great food here. From fish fry to French dip sandwich to pizza--the food is awesome! It can be slow service during busy times both in the summer & winter. Locals like to eat here as well as "watch the game"! The owner is friendly, the bar well stocked. Lots of choices on the menu! read more

Only one cook working when we went in with 20+ people, and the food was still very good! Long wait but that's understandable when there's only one person whipping up so much food. read more

Wife and I went for a late dinner, got in a half hour before kitchen closing, no problem. Thursday chicken and ribs special was incredible. Enough to split. Chicken was super crispy and delicious, you could tell it was brined, juicy and seasoned well. The ribs were of the fall off the bone variety... Real meaty, tender, great sauce, very tasty. Locals we talked to while there said we have to try the pizza. Nice waitress and owner, would definitely return and try some other items. read more

Walked into bar, sat down. Total of 8 patrons in bar. Bartender made eye contact. Waited 15 minutes for service. Left. Third time this has happened. Good luck! read more

Food here is AMAZING!!! I had the beef brisket sandwich and it is too good for words to even attempt to describe. Bloody Mary's are fantastic, staff is super friendly read more

It's really a shame that this place will never get our business again as our kids love their pizza. Every single time we have gone here, we have had absolutely horrible service. The most recent time we sat at the bar for 20 minutes while not one employee acknowledged us. The owner was sitting at the bar, and never said anything either. We walked out after 30 minutes. AGAIN, we have had horrible service 100% of every tine we have gone there. I will no longer give them our business if I could give them zero stars I would have read more

Went in with my Family and ordered pizza, a salad and fries. The salad was out in 10 minutes and the fries in 15. 2 hours later I asked where the pizza was and was told it would be right out. 5 minutes later the server came to the table and told us our pizza order was just being made and it would take another 1/2 hour. Totally unacceptable so we paid for what we did receive and that's the last time our Family ( we are locals ) will ever go back. We're totally done with them. read more

I had high hopes for this place. Our total time there was 2 hours! The appetizers took 30 minutes(ok that's fine.. I guess.. Everything was deep fried..) all the appetizers were delicious, broccoli bites, cheese curds and poppers. The entrees took another 45 minutes to come out we ordered 4 burgers, chicken fingers and I had a chicken sandwich. EVERYTHING was overdone! The burger/chicken sandwich buns were so hard it hurt my throat to consume it. The chicken sandwhich was so over cooked the chicken inside was hard. The burgers were so over cooked they were pretty much inedible. The establishment should have higher standards for the food they serve. I'm hoping it was an off day for them but for us we wont ever be back. read more

I had heard this place had an excellent fish fry, so I gave it go with my family. The restaurant was fairly busy with only one server, but she did an adequate job at greeting, and taking our order. The wait time was a little long for our main course. The fried fish was dry and very ordinary. The baked fish was bland and seemed like it was under the heat lamp for too long. The sides (baked potato, au gratin potatoes) were underwhelming and also seemed a bit old as if under the heat lamp for too long. read more

Definitely wouldn't go back. We went there on a holiday weekend, and the first thing we were told when ordering a pizza is "the pizza oven is broken". Um...ok. So we proceeded to order 2 different dishes. Both of our entrees came with fries. An absolutely ludicrous amount of them. Generous is one thing, but this was downright wasteful. It would be one thing if they were any good, but they were clearly frozen and slightly freezer burned. My sandwich was ok...nothing great. The burger my better half got was extremely greasy and the only discernible flavor was too much salt. The service was friendly, but very slow....I'm talking the kind of slow where you start to think that you'd have been better off cooking at home(or the cabin) on the deck. As we were leaving, the party next to us(seated about the same time), got their pizzas brought to them? "What?! I thought the oven was broken?" Apparently not - the person was a seasonal 'regular' who was ok with cheddar on their pizza instead of mozzarella. So it seems that it was a bit of fiction that the oven was busted - for some reason they didn't want to fess up to being out of cheese. How that can happen on one of the biggest holiday weekends is beyond me. We were going to order cheesecake to go, but the rate things were moving it would have been another 30 minutes. Relaxing is one thing, but 40-45 minutes to get entrees is ridiculous. Look elsewhere - you can do better. read more

This place used to be great....not anymore...waited 15 minutes to be acknowledged...we were then told that it would be a really long wait for our food...and they didn't have pizza, nachos, burgers, chicken, or any sandwiches available....????? So.....not sure what would have been available after a very long wait.....great place next door - The Rusty Hook - definitely will benefit from Ray Jays demise.... read more

You know we almost didn't go here because of some of the reviews we read on Trip Advisor. After we decided to try it I have to say that I do not know what some people expect. We had the chicken, my Wife had the fried, I had the smoked and both were freak'n awesome. The smoked was tender, juicy and perfectly done. On top of the awesome food, we sat at the bar, had great service, and chatted with the owners who were great. We swapped Dog stories and talked for an hour. It felt like having supper with old Friends. So trust me, ignore the haters, give this place a try you won't regret it. read more

Waited for 90 minutes and did not get served. Staff were rude and encouraged us to leave. Half the people before us had not been served. I won't be going back. read more

The Pizza ! The pizza alone is worth the stop, but the ribs and chicken have to be mentioned. Our family enjoys the pizza so much it's become a tradition when we're up in that neck of the woods. The pleasant atmostphere and service just add to the package. read more

This place USED to be great but no longer! We went in on a Thursday and were told no pizza for over 2 hours as a large carry-out order was placed and overwhelmed the kitchen! We stayed for the all you can eat chicken and watched as dozens of people came in for pizza and walked out in disgust after hearing pizza was unavailable! We saw the gravy-sucking pig with Minnesota plates (expensive SUV) pull in with his daughter and pick up 8 pizzas and walk back in to pick up 1 more. No tip for the wait staff and all of us us paying customers in the restaurant left tips as normal but walked out unhappy! Attention you GREEDY PEOPLE FROM MINNESOTA, go home to your Land of 10,000 lakes and stay there! I'm sure you will find a pizza you like! And a restaurant you can sit in and actually tip the wait staff! read more

I've been going to Ray Jay's for about 3 years now and it has yet to dissapoint me. They have great burgers, pizza, and homemade cheesecake. They make homemade soup but lack a homemade chili. There is also something for everyone there. read more

We ordered the combo platter which was enough food for four people -- not for the weak-hearted. Tried the patio but there was a guy out there swearing loudly with his group of friends, so we went back inside. Later we saw him behind the bar -- must be the owner or an employee. Overall it was "OK" but there are so many other nice places around to try, we'll probably not be back for a while... read more

Locals come to Ray Jay's all the time, it has wonderful food! People come for the pizza, all you can eat ribs or chicken on Thursdays as well as some of the best burgers around. In a tourist town filled with high priced restaurants, it's nice to have a place where it's reasonable with great eats too! read more

We had a pizza which was really good with nice stretchy, gooey, real mozzarella. The beer battered shrimp were good also and there had to be a pound and a half of shrimp to the order, very generous. The shrimp and a salad would have done it for the two of us. read more