"We really, really wanted to enjoy this place. We drove 45 minutes from Appleton for my birthday dinner. I just feel like they missed the mark in so many places. To start with our drinks, my husbands old fashioned was very, very heavy on the bitters so he chose to order a beer next. The beer was very flat so he did decide to send that back and the waiter was very nice about replacing it. They also did not charge us for the beers which was very kind. We had the chili and creamy mushroom lentil soup as appetizers both were delicious and came out fast. They offered bread and butter as well which was delicious, but the bread was cold and would have just been better served warm. Our food finally came out about 45 minutes after ordering. I ordered the pistachio crusted striped bass. The fish was initially really good but when I took a bite of the pumpkin risotto it was not fully cooked and you could taste and smell the wine it was cooked in STRONGLY. It also had bacon on it (I did not know “lardons” meant bacon) and I do not eat meat (only fish). The waiter was again very kind and offered to switch it out so I opted for the salmon. The coho salmon special was much better, but it was still extremely salty. The fingerling potato’s were the real saving grace of the meal and really the only outstanding part of either of our meals. My husband got a steak and said it was good an above average steak. My husband and I regularly go out to eat and frequent many popular restaurants in the area. We have only ever sent back food or drinks once before this and we had to send two different things. This is a little petty, but when our waitress brought out the dessert menu my husband mentioned that it was my birthday and asked if they do a birthday dessert (we had seen someone else get one earlier) and she confirmed they did and very nicely said happy birthday and offered to bring one out. We thanked her. She came back about 10 minutes later with no dessert, but offered to take my salmon back to box it up. She brought my salmon back out (which said happy birthday on it) and asked if we looked at the dessert menu and I asked my husband if he was going to get something as well and he said no. So we thought she was going to bring the dessert then, but instead she brought our check. When we paid she once again said happy birthday, but just glazed over the fact that she offered this dessert and never brought it. I don’t really care about getting a “special dessert”, but the interaction was very bizarre and seemed kind of rude which was odd because our waiter had been so wonderful up to that point. Maybe we hit it on a bad night or maybe it’s better served as a lunch spot, but we won’t be going back. If we’re going to spend $160 on a meal it really needs to knock it out of the park and not be mediocre. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $50–100 Food: 1 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 5"
