Something's definitely changed. Gave the restaurant one more chance after two poorly prepared meals. This time my wife's fish smelled like ammonia. It was unbelievable. Not sure if the plate had been used for something else, but we both smelled it. Sent it back and just decided to pass on getting anything else. The meal was taken off the check as it should be. But the experience was the last chance. Other meal was average. There was a time this was a great alternative in Oconomowoc. There has been a clear shift in quality. I would pass this option. read more

A friend recommended Sobie's so we made a reservation. We were seated immediately. Very nice staff and surroundings. Our server was excellent. We had the Broasted Chicken. It was a large 4 piece portion of the best chicken we ever tasted. This chef knows how to cook. Loved the fries and coleslaw too. Thanks for a great dinner. We will be back for breakfast. read more

Literally the best! Food is always top notch and staff is so friendly. Blueberry basil bruschetta is a must try.

Excellent 1st year anniversary dinner with Gary. I had short ribs with smashed baby reds and broccoli. Scallops and salad as an appetizer. Gary had pork chops with spatzel and one of our favorite red wines fenders Pinot noir. Superb service also. We'll be back! read more

Sobie's Restaurant - Beef stew soup - New American Near Me - Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

Timely service, food takes a minute but on a Friday completely acceptable. The atmosphere is weird at the bar, lots of elbow bumping and shared oops looks with nothing said. Spacing at the bar is an issue. read more

I'm late to this party but Yes, Sobies is great! Delicious food and super service. We will definitely be back!

Had dinner at Sobie's last night with another couple. A Texan salmon, tenderloin sandwich, and ribeye steak with a Detroit zip sauce. Each one was excellent. Steaks were done to perfection and melted in your mouth. Atmosphere was old world charm. Server was pleasant and friendly. Food was outstanding. Would highly recommend. read more

My husband and I came here for dinner and everything was delicious. We had the cheese curd appetizer that was so good. He had the pork chop that was cooked perfectly and I had the brown butter scallop risotto that I could eat everyday. The crème brûlée for dessert was also amazing. Def will be coming back! read more

Good was yummy ! Had the scallops was so tasty ! And not super expensive . It's a must to go with a friend or date night !

We've been to sobies many times and it continues to get worse in all areas. Couldn't get a drink at the bar, gave up. Server was completely inept (can't believe they would let this person interact with their clients). Food was literally cold - terrible! . 1.5 hrs to be served. When we left there was some old man sleeping at the bar (not a good look ever). I've given up, can't go back. read more

Food is amazing. Had the salmon chowder that was so delicious I wanted to hump it. Foodgasm. Wine list is fantastic. Staff is wonderful and attentive. Everything on the menu is so great- you can't make a bad choice. The chicken and waffles for brunch is a must try. Pearl sugar in the waffles makes this unlike any basic B waffles you've ever had in your life. The Sobies burger-- best cheeseburger I've ever had. If you are in oconomowoc- this is the place to eat. read more

Very strange experience... beers were served lukewarm, subbing a different type of cheese on a salad was an up-charge, fries were freezing cold, the falafel was beyond strange / not-cooked / inedible ... was curious to try this place out & wouldn't come back. read more

Took Mom to lunch here. Easy entrance ( good for old dames with walkers) and friendly and fast service. Salad and burger were good.

We ate here Saturday 5/25, and had a wonderful experience. The space is intimate, eclectic and modern. We had a large, demanding group, but our server met the challenge and was quick to respond to our every request. The food was also delicious. You can tell the owners put a lot of care into everything they do, from training their staff to crafting the menu. The details were not lost on me. I appreciated them all, and will definitely be back to enjoy your restaurant again soon. I had the beet burger and spinach salad with champagne vinaigrette dressing. They were both delicious! My son had the butter burger and fries. The rest of our group had a variety of dishes, from chicken to scallops and also enjoyed their meals. Thank you so much for the homemade food and lovely ambiance, Sobie's! We will definitely be back in the near future. read more

Disclaimer: we didn't try the drinks, which seems to be the reason most people are here. Pros: restrooms very clean. Kid friendly service. Cons: the food. Worthy of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Enough said. Also, expensive. read more

All the dishes ordered were colorful, flavorful and filling. The drinks were tasty. Both the waitress and the bartenders were fun and helpful. read more

Worst food I've ever eaten! Waitress was rude and kept complaining about bar across the street. First don't complain in front of the customers, secondly I have no idea what she was complaining about-there wasn't noise or lights (that's what she kept saying) that I even noticed -much less interfering with my meal. I really like to support local business but this place seems like a bunch of mean people serving horrible food. read more

Farm to table dining in a great atmosphere and wonderful wait staff. Our food was delicious and I am so happy I found this place because I will definitely be coming again! read more

Arrived without reservations on Father's Day, around 7:30 and the place was fairly busy but we were able to get a table right away. It's was very hot inside and they had a sign that the air conditioner was on the blink. This does reflect my rating as the temperature inside ended up very uncomfortable. Our server arrived friendly but a bit frazzled, I'm sure the heat, but she really pulled everything off and gave us great service. Drinks were good but I had the kiwi basil cocktail. I normally don't mind pulp in a drink but in this one it all settled to the bottom along with the simple syrup and was slimy. The chicken was great, Gorgonzola on salad tasted like plain goat cheese but it was huge and still delicious. Now my blackened shrimp and cheesy grits had a wonderful flavor! Unfortunately the shrimp was ever so slightly underdone and the grits were quite pasty. Strawberry rhubarb tart was delicious. The decor was lovely, service great, interesting menu options and prices are reasonable but other than the air conditioning they did have some issues behind the bar with some mishaps of crashing dishes to the floor on more than one occasion. I will give another chance since the air conditioning was out of their control and I'm hearing good things about the fish fry. read more

Great atmosphere and service. Food was just okay, WAY to much salt on everything. Had the duck breast which was super fatty, scalloped potatoes were good but again too much salt. Asked for a bottle of wine ($38) and they ran out and subbed it charging me $50 without notifying me first. read more

Excellent food, server and environment. Definitely a busy place so get reservations or be prepared to wait a bit. We will definitely return.

I ate at Sobie's last night with two friends. We had a reservation for 6 o'clock and the place was half full with plenty of empty tables. When the host asked if we wanted to sit indoors or outside, we opted to sit outside, but after getting our drinks, it was clearly too cold for me (I was the only one without a jacket) and we asked to go inside. Although we'd been offered the option of eating indoors ten minutes earlier, we were told we couldn't go in. We asked a total of three times, even saying we'd sit at the bar, but were told that wasn't possible. Because I didn't want to make a big fuss I let it go, but in retrospect, I wish I would have left. I can't believe a restaurant would treat customers that way. On a more positive note, the food was delicious and the server was outstanding, even bringing me her own jacket (which didn't fit because she is a tiny thing, and I am not--I hope I didn't stretch it out.) So a shout-out to Katie, who went the extra mile. I would never go back, however. I spent $55 on dinner and feel like there are plenty of other restaurants that will treat guests as if their business is appreciated. read more

Chicken on salad was dryer then the pecans Fries from my chiken sandwich were bland Both bread and potato chips on my sandwich were soaked easily under a heating lamp for 20+ minutes Did I mention my stay was over a hour and the food took over 40 minutes read more

Had a reservation at 6pm for 5 people on a Saturday. It took quite awhile to get our drinks and even longer for food. Didn't get our food till after 7. But they were extremely busy, so understandable. Food was excellent!! Waitress was friendly. The reason for the 2 stars was they asked us to leave right after paying our bill!! Said they needed the table for another reservation that was already 20 minutes past their reservation time. I've never EVER have experienced this before. So they allowed 1 1/2 hours for a party of 5 on a busy night. Mind you the first hour of our reservation we didn't even have our food yet!! Very distasteful read more

Food is amazing! The cocktails are always fun to try new blends. I would always reserve a table ahead of time or you can sit at the bar and enjoy your meal. The only place I have not enjoyed sitting is their two top table. It is bar height and sits right next to the servers computer. Other than that I love going there. read more

My family had a really terrible experience at Sobie's. Unfortunately, it was my brother's birthday, and the night was ruined by it. In summary, our food took a full 2 hours to arrive, 3/4 dishes were very poorly prepared despite high prices and we had to send one back, and the service was very poor to the point that we were baffled and left very upset. The night started out fine even though our waitress was moving really quickly, not asking for drink refills, and often letting us talk to her back as she walked away while we were asking for something- it seemed a little rude, but we were willing to give benefit of the doubt and chalk it up to low staffing. We know the restaurant industry is struggling right now, and my brother works in a restaurant. The appetizers were good, but then we waited a very, very long time. No offers of drink refills or checking in on us. We were seated at our reservation time at 7, and at 8:30, the hostess came over and asked us to give up our table because she had another reservation on our table. We informed her we were still waiting on our entrees, and that we'd been waiting for a long time. She apologized- still fine, that was a little odd, but we were still willing to chalk that up to being busy/shortstaffed. Our waitress came and told us our entrees would be right out. We waited about another twenty minutes, at which point we had to get up and find our waitress and ask what was going on- I'd also gotten up and looked around for a hostess or waitress to talk to multiple times and couldn't find anyone. It's a small space, it couldn't have been missed that we were upset/looking for someone to talk to. Eventually, she told us pretty curtly that it was just a small kitchen and that this was normal. Frankly, that's absurd- our food took so long that the hostess literally tried to kick us out 30 minutes before our entrees eventually arrived. We assumed there must have been a kitchen accident or something, and we couldn't believer the manager never appeared to offer tables appetizers, drinks, or really anything to try to remedy or explain the situation. We were visibly upset at this point and were ready to pay for our appetizers and leave. I wish we would have. I ordered the shrimp and scallop pasta- the angel hair pasta was drastically overcooked to the point it was inedible. This was the first time I've ever sent food back at a restaurant in my life. I was asked to explain why and again, it was just not properly handed. My brother's grouper was seasoned terribly (covered in salt) and rubbery, his pasta was also mushy and poorly seasoned, and my mom's salmon pasta was also mush. My dad's shortribs were okay, but they were undersalted. 3/4 dishes were Kitchen Nightmares worthy. After all of this, we still waited a very long time for our bill (at least 20 minutes after everyone was done eating and no one checked on us), to the point that we were all standing, walking around and looking for someone to take our card so we could just leave. It felt like we were being blatantly ignored. Eventually, I literally had to walk up to our waitress at another table and hand her our credit card. We also had a problem with the bill- we were told the specials without prices, which is fairly normal, but it included a salad- I asked "can I order that as a side salad" (everyone else at the table had ordered side salads with their meals in the $4-$6) range, our waitress explicitly said yes. We were billed $15.00 for the salad, which I was really upset about on top of everything that had just happened, and our waitress insisted that that's the only way it can be ordered. After some back and forth that felt ridiculous at this point given how upset we were , she went to the owner (who we were shocked to learn was in fact on site) who halfed the price. How bad our evening was cannot be explained by a kitchen bottleneck, by a small kitchen, or by staffing shortages. This was really horrendous. When you have customers that visibly upset in a small restaurant, there's no excuse for not attempting to make the situation right in any way. The fact that the owner was onsite and was never called to talk to us is really unacceptable. We aren't "can we see a manager" people at all, but this really went above and beyond the bounds of a poor dining experience. Obviously there were other tables, but every upsetting beat of the night was misread and mishandled by the waitstaff. I would recommend avoiding this place at all costs, especially for a celebration or special event. read more

I will preface this review by saying the food and service at Sobie's was excellent. However, their enforcement of COVID-19 safety precautions was extremely disappointing. I watched multiple groups walk into the dining room without masks on, and the hostesses and servers said nothing. I also saw multiple tables being sat less than 6 feet apart. With Waukesha County being the 4th highest county in COVID cases/deaths in the state, not enforcing these simple procedures is extremely irresponsible. Please do better. read more

I saw a feature on the owners in this last weekends Journal/Sentinel. Nice story about people following their dreams. Fresh rolls that are excellent! Cheese curds like you've never had before. Gloucester with chives in a good coating. Served with a mustard sauce you wouldn't believe. Per the article we had the beet burger and the broasted chicken. Both came with their fries. Our server, Lisa, was attentive without being over the top. Reservations are recommended. I was able to do this online. We'll be back to try more. read more

Offers healthy creative food options - like the beet burger! Nice atmosphere (cozy booths) and they very reasonable prices for bottles of wine !! read more

We made a reservation early on Valentines Day. Place got packed so there was no 6 feet from other diners. Servers wore masks and those coming in to restaurant. We ordered the cheese curds and Blueberry Basil Bruschetta and Fried Cotswold Cheese Curds. While we gave the BB Bruschetta a score of 10 the Curds were not even a score of three. Too much breading and that they were just cubes of cheese, not curds. Mustard dip that accompanied the cheese was very delicious. We ordered the Tarragon Roasted Halibut. Can't stand tarragon so I request they leave it off. The halibut was delicious and perfectly cooked. Served with rice and asparagus that was also done to perfection. Steak Poutine was the other dish ordered. Not much meat but very good. I ordered a peppermint hot cocoa. It came with out the peppermint schnapps and lukewarm. As said before the place quickly became packed so our waitress was MIA . The tables near were checked constantly however with other waitresses. Ours could have been over stretched, new, or stressed out. Will go back and see if the service is better next time. read more

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Our first choice was close for some reason and I'm glad it was. Usually if I go to a Mexican restaurant it takes me a 20 minutes to decide what I want because the menu is huge. I had the same problem here but the menu is an 1/8th of the size of a Mexican restaurant AND it all sounded good. The bartender had me at bloody Mary to start and it was fantastic. The menu and fish AND chicken as an item on Fridays. Can't go wrong there. Everything was fantastic and I will be back for more read more

Never had a bad meal or experience here. Their commitment to the community is also a huge plus in my book. Well worth a visit if you're in lake country. read more

The chef created dishes and salads do not disappoint. Probably the best burger we've had in a long time!

Such a welcome addition to the food scene in Lake Country! I've found the fish fry to be consistently good, and I just enjoyed a phenomenal brunch with the crème brûlée French toast. Stopping here always feels like a treat. Clean operation, courteous and efficient service. Great curbside service. read more

Great place,good food,nice staff very friendly We have been several times and will continue to Go there read more

Sobie's is dynamite! The shrimp and grits is my fav. Everything we have tried has been delish! The fries are the best around, the menu is fun, the service is very good, and we think it is a don't-miss-it kind of place. Try it. read more

Stumbled on it while out exploring - so glad we did. TWO WORDS: beet. burger! Trust me...deelicious. Nice server. Friend had a minor issue with her meal, they handled it quickly and graciously. Impressed with their menu and their Covid precautions. Cannot wait to return - wish I lived close by. read more

Delicious home made, farm to table food in an intimate setting. We researched restaurants for breakfast on our trip to Wisconsin and decided on Sobie's as we had plenty of time to get to the airport on Saturday, and they served both from the breakfast and lunch menu...win/win. My husband who is a foodie, loved the broasted chicken. My daughter and myself were thrilled with our delicious crème brûlée French toast and chicken and waffles...so many yummy choices! We loved this place so much that months later after attending a Packer's game, we made a point to repeat our visit. Fabulous once again. Do not miss this wonderful restaurant in darling Oconomowoc!! read more

I've gotta say Sobie's has definitely upped their game lately. My wife and I have eaten there multiple times in the last 6 months and everything has been fabulous. Service, menu, food, and cocktails were all on point. Their house burger is the best burger I've had in years, and I eat burgers from a lot of places. The scallops, and soups are amazing. Give them a go. You won't be disappointed. read more

Wonderful Family owned restaurant. This place to awesome and the food here is amazing. The bar is beautiful with Wonderful bartenders and the family that owns this restaurant is honestly the best. read more