I like wandering and wide open spaces and this place does not disappoint!…read more I visited at the end of summer and the grass and forest were a beautiful deep green and well manicured. I admired the slabbed waterways and trails. Such workmanship like that is rare to see. There are easy trails straight in toward the forested area. Lots of benches to rest at. I think it's al a picnic park with pavilions, sports fields, a playground and toboggan flumes fun in the winter.

Great place to get away and enjoy the Plover River. I would highly recommend enjoying this…read morebeautiful place.

Growing up, the Ridges what's the place I drive by a lot, or casually golf at, but rarely stopped…read moreto eat. Things have changed. Under current management, the Ridges is thriving! We had a wonderful dinner there on a Friday night. It was super busy, so we sat at the bar to wait for a table and ended up eating right there. Because it is Wisconsin, I started out with a brandy old-fashioned. I forgot how genuinely delightful it is to be offered a mushroom as a choice of the garnish. It was an excellent drink. They don't have Biron tap, but they do have a decent selection of beer in the bottle, which is what my companion ordered. Fridays are fish night and there was a wide selection of different fish that you could order, prepared in a variety of manner. I was super excited that they had a lake perch on the menu, because I so rarely see that. I probably didn't need an entire half pound, but it was really delicious. My companion ordered fish fryand enjoyed that as well. We didn't sample the rest of the menu, but they were plenty of good options. The number of people dining there tells me that the food must be good. So glad we went. Hope to go again when I am in Rapids.

The Ridges restaurant is an old school supper club attached to a wonderful golf course. We visited…read moreon a Saturday and of course being in Wisconsin they have a Prime Rib special. I was fortunate to score the end cut that came with a baked potato and vegetables. It was served piping hot, tender with excellent seasoning. The portion was more than generous requiring a doggie bag. Food and service were excellent, a Brandy Alexander would have been a terrific way to top off the meal, unfortunately they weren't on the menu. A wonderful dining experience and an affordable price.

Went in to bowl was told they had birthday parties taking up the lanes. They said they would have a…read morelane for me about 1:00. So I ordered some food and a drink and waited about an hour. They got me on a lane at 1:10. Then at 1:45 came to my lane and told me to wrap it up because someone else had the lane reserved at 2:00pm. Why even let me in the lane then ? They didn't tell me I only had 45 minutes. I would have just left and done something else. Heck they didn't even offer to comp me my drinks(soda) or maybe a few games of bowling in the future. Very disappointed in them.

Whitetail offers many normal pub/bar food. They do have some specials that are different, and…read moreusually tasty. Lots of activity here, with bowling and a popular spot among the locals.

Great Bluegills & SWeet Potato Frys…read more Staff was accomadating as usuall best value in area

Good value for both food and drink. Nothing fancy but again, good value. Steak sandwich was good!read more

Our team had a great time with Bri, Quinn, Emily and Alyssa. Thank you for making this an…read moreexperience worth doing again!!

We came here with our extended family last weekend while we were camping in the area. This is a…read morereally nice find for this area! We loved walking around this large zoo and being able to interact with so many of the animals. It was nice that we were able to buy food to feed the animals when we purchased our admission. We arrived about mid-day, so that meant it was feeding time. After the animals were fed (what looked like maybe Panera breads and rolls) they were so loud and lively! It was really a cool thing to see. If you have small children with you they might be scared by the loud sounds, but we did see a lot of kids there who were enjoying their visit. The little petting area at the end was a nice bonus too. The attendant was very friendly and told us about some of the animals. Not a bad way to spend a morning or afternoon if you're in the area, just make sure to wear good walking shoes!

This zoo cares NOTHING for the animals in prisoned in their zoo. They have broken the law by…read moretransporting a 3 week old cat to a school for photo ops. Minimal 4 weeks by law not to be separated from it's mother. Kittens are to spend 2 years with their mothers to build their immune systems. 3 Kittens were placed with someone with no experience before shipping them off to more roadside zoos. Animals are kept in small pens/cages. They pace, a sign of psychological deprivation. This is road side torture. Please do not support them!

We golfed here on a morning when large amounts of rain fell prior to our tee time. Many people…read morecanceled so our tee time was kept. We got rained on for two holes then enjoyed a very nice course. We golfed the Lakes course. The forward tees were 5300 yards. That is long! The course was in good shape, despite all the rain. No restrictions on where golf carts could drive. The carts did not have GPS so we were looking for yardage markers most of the round. We played the round right around 4 hours. With many cancellations due to rain, we never saw another group on the course. Staff was friendly. Great experience.

Great golf courses and friendly staff! Set in great wisconsin woods and many small lakes on the one…read morecourse!

We were staying with friends at a nearby VRBO, and added a day to our trip so we could golf Sand…read moreValley. I have golfed several courses at Brandon Dunes and, minus the ocean, there were a lot of similarities. The complex is beautiful. We walked the public trail that surrounds the course prior to golfing so we could see a few of the holes. We also ate $1 tacos at Craig's Porch for lunch which is open to the public as well. We golfed the Sand Valley course. The course is well maintained as you must walk it (no carts). We used a caddie and David was excellent. Great to chat with and provided sound advice throughout the day. Now if I could only execute consistently on his advice.... They just opened the new practice facility so we hit some balls at the range prior to our round. I have a cart ready golf bag so I had to switch out to one with legs. I golfed green silver which is listed as 5087 yards which is a good distance. There are several combo options so you really can choose a distance that is just right for you. The sand is all waste bunkers so no need to worry about club placement and raking. We played in just over 4 hours with two in our group. We waited on most holes for the group in front of us to clear. Not a lot of women on the course, if that intimidates anyone. I had a few pars so I think I held my own. Really a great experience. I hope to come back to golf the other courses.

Legendary developer develops legendary golf complex in...Wisconsin? Yep. The golf was phenomenal;…read moreclient service generally quite good; unimpressed by food/bev, and practice and locker room facilities. Read on. The golf courses are fabulous and, for lack of a better word, big. Sand Valley is the signature and is challenging, Mammoth is a bit more kind to an average golfer. The Commons is a twelve hole course and probably the easiest of the group; Sedge Valley is a par 68, also pretty forgiving. There's also 17 holes of par 3 (mostly chip/putt) that is there for fun; many folks play in bare feet. Lido is the one that most normal people can't get on...rumored to be, like Sand Valley, a real challenge. The golf is terrific. The client service -- everywhere we turned --- was also outstanding, from caddies, to starters, to rangers, to servers...clearly a client service culture. The are on-course food/bev "gimmicks" -- one dollar brats, one dollar Italian beefs, etc. The ice cream sandwich is celebrated (ad made in Iowa!). The drinks are very reasonably priced; water is complimentary. Unimpressed by the food and bev at the restaurants -- pretty predictable fare; I'd have hoped there would be some form of fine or at least finER dining available. Only so many burgers and chicken sandwiches and cheese curds and chicken wings one can have. Also had a DREADFUL service challenge at their pizza place at the Sedge Valley course -- took forever to get our apps and entrees...two of us ended up not even eating ours because we were out of time. Two points of bone disappointment. The first --- temporary -- is that the practice facility is massively too small for this size and quality of resort. I gather that's being addressed and that a new, large facility should open soon. The second came when our group went to shower after 18 holes in sweltering heat. The locker room and showers at the main lodge are embarrassingly small, not well kept up, and otherwise unworthy of a facility of this caliber and price point. Several hundred dollars for a round was ok --- but I'd have hoped for something a lot better than what was basically a YMCA gym for a place to clean up.