Chain O Lakes Bar and Grill

Waupaca, N2598 County Rd QQ, Waupaca, WI 54981, United States | ★ 4.3 (901 Review)

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Informal place offering a wide menu of hearty American dishes & pizza, plus a large covered deck.

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Robert Lutz

★ 5

Had a nice meal with a group of 4

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Clint grimsley

★ 5

A great place

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Terri Dopp-Paukstat

★ 5

Love the food here. Visited recently and they were super busy with limited staff, but everyone worked so hard to make sure everyone got served in a timely fashion. And the food was superb. Can't wait to go back again.

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Cathy Oppermann

★ 4

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Tom Sommer

★ 5

good pizza

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Jason Wise

★ 5

Great food, great service. Was extremely busy when we went. We didn't have to wait long for a table or for our food once we ordered. Food was delicious! Recommend the beer cheese dip for an appetizer. Beer battered fish fry was great, not to greasy and was hot when served. The Cajun walleye is excellent as well. Definitely will be back. Highly recommended to stop in for a bite if your in the area.
Only complaint we have is the phone is in the dining room and was ringing constantly. Was very loud and annoying.

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Taylor

★ 5

Amazing food and atmosphere, good prices too :)

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Josh Haber (AlabamaShag)

★ 5

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Greg Millard

★ 5

Staff was VERY friendly, food was great and the manager was awesome. The Veterans from King made for great conversations. Strongly recommend visiting and will be going back!

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Kara Demmerly

★ 5

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Steven Cook

★ 5

Nice place, meal was not as good as previously experienced. Our server was good, doing their best... clearly under staffed.

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Karen Zinda

★ 5

Just love the cheese curds. Servicer was pleasant and attentive. Will surely be back!

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Duane Biely

★ 5

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Courtney Rowe

★ 5

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Mark H

★ 5

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Rachel LeaRemi

★ 5

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Ilona Grawvunder

★ 4

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danuta kurczewski

★ 3

Nice setting on lakefront. Very good service. The burger was overcooked, Costco quality. Edible but not good

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Richard Pellerino

★ 4

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Kristen Hammes

★ 3

Food was really good and prices were reasonable! My only two complaints are I was not a fan of our waitress setting our tray of food on someone else’s table as she dished out our food , that was unacceptable and she didn’t seem to know the menu very well.

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Donna Boomgarden

★ 4

Good food and service. Casual dinning.

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Kathleen Rush

★ 4

We arrived on a Friday night 8/1 with a very large group of family. The staff worked hard to accommodate us and we enjoyed our evening. Our server did the best she could with such a large group and separate checks. Kudos to her.

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Paul L

★ 5

I walked in here after leaving another local establishment that was too busy to serve their customers. Sat down at the bar, had my drink and a menu in a minute. Ordered pizza, it was great! Thanks for the service and the great food!

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Jay Peterson

★ 5

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B Williams

★ 4

Food drinks sand volleyball outside bar.

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Scott Zietlow

★ 4

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Ronald Franklin Jr

★ 3

I visit frequently for pizza with the family, love your pizza! But this is the second time in a row that it took 35+ minutes to get our pizza and when brought out it was made wrong. Didn't get anything off the price cuz it was made wrong, just given the option to have it remade and wait for another one to be made. At this point I don't think I'll drive 30+ minutes to your restaurant to have pizza anymore.

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Rich Hanke

★ 5

Great pizza. Great prime rib. Amazing staff.

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Christal Engel

★ 5

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robert north

★ 5

Best food for the hot hearted
I live in Cedarburg wi
Love spicy food
I have lived in az for 7 years and Texas for 13 years
I do not know where the cook is from but the food is the best

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Jane Jones

★ 5

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Cathy Noack

★ 5

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Harley Bartel

★ 5

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Brandon Eger

★ 4

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Chris Seng

★ 5

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Lisa Freund

★ 5

Ask for Jody, the food is GREAT and the service is good to. Price is fair and the deck is a great place to enjoy their drinks.

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Jonathan Mocker

★ 5

Great buffalo wings! Nice size, flavor and prices. I was crazing wings and was not disappointed.

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Anne Swenson

★ 5

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Denise Denise

★ 5

First time there. Gyros and French dip very good. Service excellent.

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Kevin Anderson

★ 5

Big fan of the Cajun fried fish tacos. Nice bit of spice. Wife always says the shrimp are delicious and perfectly cooked. A big deck to enjoy a drink and your meal outside.

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Scott Maxham

★ 1

I just paid SIX DOLLARS for a tiny plate of fries! I always liked the food at this place, but that price is crazy, and two dollars more than everyone else... where you get double the amount. Very, very disappointed. The bartender made no apologies for the ridiculous price, and couldn't care less if I came back. Pretty sad.

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marti wilkins

★ 4

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Justin Jezeski

★ 4

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Linda Byars

★ 4

Best Rueben around, and the hot chips are yummy

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Taya Rogers

★ 4

Stopped in for a quick meal on a Sunday. It’s a seat yourself place. Had a Bloody Mary, was good! Rich tomato spiced base. Meal was served quick to us after we ordered. Waitress was pleasant and friendly! No complaints, would stop again when in the arena. Large parking lot and large outdoor seating area.

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Harvey Day

★ 5

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Samantha Lamers

★ 5

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Michael C

★ 5

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Mark Coyle

★ 5

Great outdoor atmosphere

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Steven Berg

★ 5

Always good food and good service!

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Laura Ehr

★ 1

Worst pizza I have ever had. Only toppings on the pizza was alot of extra sauce and cheese. The rest of our topping were so scarce you Hardly new they were there. Terrible

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Paul Robbins

★ 5

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Millie Cramer

★ 5

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Ragnar Lothbrok

★ 3

Burger was great but asked for no cheddar TWICE and was still given cheddar. Even made her repeat my order.

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Tyler Laux

★ 5

Very fun atmosphere and great bartenders.

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Zach Giguere

★ 5

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Clint Stapp

★ 4

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Shirley Kluck

★ 5

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Keith Berger

★ 5

Such a friendly fun bar. Good food. Cauliflower crust pizza available.

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Sravanthi Kanumalla

★ 5

Lovely people, tasty food, perfect place to go grab some food after Skiing. It’s a 10/10. They fried the Jalapeños and placed on burger patty which skyrocketed the taste.

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Collin Olsen

★ 5

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Bob Smith (Darkwing Duck)

★ 5

The website is HORRIBLY out of date. Past that, the service was excellent. I really liked the rueben and fresh chips.

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Valeri A

★ 5

Our Delivery Crew & Staff love their burgers! Val from BoxDrop Waupaca Mattress & Furniture!

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Diana Ramsel

★ 5

Love coming to this place! Good food, fun atmosphere!

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Heather Kautenburg

★ 5

Awesome food, great staff highly recommend, Best friend and I went for Fish Friday night. Had the best waiter every time he walked by all his customers he would always ask if there was anything you need? Great experience and amazing Food. Well done Chain. Well done definitely a do over. And Side note Best Jambalaya, simply the best

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Shannon Tierney

★ 5

We had a great experience with a very large group (hockey team). The service was great, good food and they were able to accommodate our large group. We will be back!

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Sean Totch

★ 5

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Scott Christensen

★ 5

Came into town for a youth hockey tournament and we're looking for a place to host a 40 person group and they were able to accommodate us with a few hours notice. Our waiter did awesome with the amount of people including kids. Food was great and reasonably priced.

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Kelly Ann

★ 3

Food was good. Had fun playing some random bingo. Waiter was excellent. Had some time to kill so went to the bar to try and watch a football game and get drinks, but the bartender completely ignored us. Helped other people and did dishes while we stood there with our money out, so we went to a different bar and spent money there… had a party of 6.

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Melanie Smith Wendlandt

★ 5

Their jambalaya is to die for! The triple decker BLT is amazing! Great service. Clean atmosphere 👌

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Chuck Haga

★ 5

Just had pizza delivery.

Meat Lovers Pizza was so good, reminded me of Shakeys Pizza back in the 80s!

The raspberry habenero wings had just the right space.

Great Job!

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Wei Hu

★ 5

Great jambalaya!

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Jerry Odehnal

★ 5

Great people, great food and cold drinks served fast and friendly!!!

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Ben Heinritz

★ 5

Great place for a get together ❤️ good service friendly atmosphere

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Elizabeth Whipps Whipps

★ 5

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Matt Handrich

★ 5

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Tom Smrz

★ 5

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Antonio Campechano

★ 4

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Jared Stankowski

★ 5

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Robert Friedel

★ 5

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Gus

★ 4

This place gets straightforward they're very nice people The food was pretty good. The service took a while for it to happen which is a bummer maybe they got their wires crossed

All is forgiven.
Things happen.

So if you are out and about in the area and looking for a place to go You're going to find some pretty decent food here pretty decent drinks everything's okay like I said they're just straight 4's

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Carson Valley

★ 5

Califish tacos are excellent! Sweet potatoe fries were really good too. Exceptional waitress & great atmosphere on the deck.

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jill kaltenbrun

★ 4

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Phoebe

★ 5

Came for dinner and accidentally crashed their Bingo Night, haha. We decided to join in and some wonderful patrons and staff helped us quickly understand their rules/game flow and we felt like pros in no time. The food was delicious — fried perch pieces were gigantic (wish they had homemade tartar sauce though) and even my kid's chicken nuggets were great and made with high quality chicken. Iced tea was a little weak, but the beer was solid, as expected. The waitress stopped by regularly and the Bingo made it extra fun (cash only, $7 for a pack of sheets covering 6 games). We will definitely be back next time we're in Waupaca.

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Kayla Sharpee

★ 5

Great food! Awesome band! Okay service - bartender wasn’t very friendly but our server was awesome!

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Kaylee Vaughn

★ 5

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Brayden Vaughn

★ 5

Amazing food and service I highly recommend

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Sharon Guettel

★ 5

We rode our bikes on the bike trail and stopped for a Bloody Mary. Everyone from the server to the people that were there were very friendly.

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Dennis Atchley

★ 4

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Dixie Dufay

★ 5

We had the gyro pizza it was so amazing so so good the sauce was also amazing the hot chips are ok. The service was awesome. Would go back again

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joe de stefano

★ 5

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Adam Duda

★ 5

The jambalaya is amazing as always.. cool vibe bar and restaurant with 3 sets of volleyball ball courts outside..mix drinks are always great..

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Jim Sommer

★ 5

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Austin Koffarnus

★ 5

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Don Novak

★ 4

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Matthew Unke

★ 5

This is a must visit. Yup, the pizza is that good. Amazing food, even better people.

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Niki Devries

★ 5

This place is fantastic! Had the rib eye sandwich. So good! Great service!

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dan loken

★ 5

Greatvplace to hold a party!

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Lillian Martin

★ 1

Called to place in order to go, sat on hold for about FIFTEEN minutes & was hung up on. I understand being busy, but that’s just rude.

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Michael Sandberg

★ 5

Good service. Seating inside and out. Tasty food at a reasonable price.

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Jazzi26

★ 2

Delicious food, generous portions/drink sizes. Long wait for menus, ordering, getting food. Nice place if you have all day to wait.

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Brian Eulrich

★ 4

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Heather Gilbertson

★ 5

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Andrew DJ Patterson DJ Buffet

★ 5

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Andy Steen

★ 1

Stopped in to grab dinner yesterday. Told to seat ourselves and sat outside on the deck. Ordered an appetizer of cheese curds to split. They were OK, but the plates that were brought out were still caked with food from whomever ate on it before; the dishwasher didn't do a good job cleaning them. It did take awhile for someone to come to our table even though it wasn't terribly busy.

The server was pleasant for the interactions that were had. We both ordered a burger and fries (typically a safe choice when the establishment seems questionable). The burgers are frozen patties, which is fine, but the cook was poor. Asked for medium to be safe, but the burger came out with a weird texture. I think the griddle was too hot so the outside was cooked but the middle was still rare and had a weird, unpleasant texture kind of like I was eating plastic.

My fiancée got sick last night and I got sick this morning. I'll spare you the details. Not sure how this place has high reviews, or if there's been recent turnover, but I would avoid this place like the plague. Spent $40 for below mediocre burgers.

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Tom Schaars

★ 5

Absolutely a must stop anytime I'm in the area. Jambalaya soup is the best I've ever had. Can't go wrong with anything on the menu. Very friendly professional staff. Drink prices are in line with the area. Summer time seating out on the deck or the outside bar is always a plus!

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Jim Trainer

★ 2

Overcrowded, cardboard pizza, gross buffet. Last straw was when they quoted a “few minutes”. Our crew left after an hour. Won’t be back.

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T.J. Olszewski

★ 5

Great deck and food

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Angela King

★ 5

We arrived with 14 people and Sat at 3 tables on the deck. Did call in advance but we're told no reservations. Would have been nice to sit together (if they'd taken a reservation they could have put tables together) but oh well. Wait staff were young girls who really worked hard and were super sweet. My food was great and I didn't hear of anyone not enjoying theirs. Hot chips are a great shareable appetizer. Glad to have a place that has more than just "bar food" close to the lake. Keep up the good work!

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Dan DeBraal

★ 5

Great fish & burgers!Our favorite when we're up at the lake.

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Peggy Trudell

★ 5

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Theresa Bartman

★ 5

Omg the food amazing I had the Spinach wrap so good Highly recommend this place . Others had Ruben and Buffalo Mac

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John Mentz

★ 4

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Michelle Miller

★ 5

Chain O' Lakes Bar and Grill has excellent food. The soup of the day was Cajun chowder. It had amazing flavor. We had the Cheese Beer Dip and pita chips which was great. We had the BLT and the Green Olive Burger with a loaded baked potato.

Our waitress was very sweet and attentive to our needs.

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Spencer Klinger

★ 5

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Kirt Knutsen

★ 4

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Scott & Tammy Bjork

★ 5

We had a great time, great food, our dogs were welcomed on the deck, friendly staff, and nice atmosphere!

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Cynthia Milhaupt

★ 4

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Matty Sibes

★ 4

Good bar food at a good price. We came in as a whole baseball team and despite being understaffed for us, they handled the surge without issue.

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Charlene Kendall

★ 2

Seriously the worst fish dinner I've ever had. Very dry. Barely seasoned. Tasted warmed up in an air fryer. Sorry, not sorry, for the bad review.

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Bob

★ 2

Fish dinners for take out. Baked fish seemed to be reheated or maybe just over cooked but not that much flavor and tough. The order of fried fish didn't have much flavor kinda of equivalent to pre-breaded frozen you can get at the grocery store. Service for takeout was fast and efficient. They have a lot of beers on tap.

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Mike Selig

★ 3

Did not like the walley. I never had it that way before and I hope never have it that way again 😕

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Gina Sutherland

★ 5

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Crystal “Ellie Mae” Zaeske

★ 5

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Bowen Thorpe

★ 4

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Tom Mooren

★ 5

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Jon Young (Highlander)

★ 5

Fun place, good people!

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jason brewer

★ 5

The wait staff was super friendly and the food was great. The use their own homemade BBQ sauce which is AMAZING and you can even buy some if you ask.

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Angi Green

★ 5

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Kim Peyton

★ 2

Waitress had better things to do besides her job. Pizza crust was so hard and heavy you couldn’t cut through it. Had good topping flavor. Ordered the hamburger well done and it came out bleeding. Waitress asked how everything was and didn’t stick around for an answer. Won’t stop again.

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Sherri Tejeda

★ 5

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J G

★ 5

Very good food and nice atmoshere

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C Rs

★ 5

Server very pleasant and just the right amount of attention! Both Cuban and Chicken Salad Sandwiches were excellent! Our first time here. Would definitely stop again. It was a beautiful spring day and enjoyed being able to sit outside.

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Jennifer Ludlow

★ 5

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Pete Johnson

★ 2

The last three times my girlfriend and I have ordered food from here the service has been less the satisfactory. Things missing and this time I will never order the twice baked potato again…… hair in the fries the “we pretended came from the dog” and then the lack of concern of there mistakes. I’m glad we are rolling into spring I can’t waste any more of our money here. There is a great establishment that is open seasonal right down the road. I would suggest there first…….

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Anycia Walentowski

★ 4

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Mike stahl

★ 5

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Teresa Pietryka

★ 5

Great fish fry and friendly staff

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Heather Spaulding

★ 5

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Kaia Schroeder

★ 5

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Leah N

★ 4

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Reggie Kempf

★ 5

Great burgers and Pizza

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Kris Vander Putten

★ 5

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Louis

★ 4

My Chain Gourmet cheeseburger and fries were delicious. Compliments to the chef!

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Penni Mtz

★ 5

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Dawn Dounar

★ 4

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Mark Schmieder

★ 5

Sandwiches 4 super..delicious and hit the spot !!
Thank you for the great service..A#1 ..will be back !

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Angela Radloff

★ 5

Great place for food and drinks! Their burgers are amazing! The people here are so friendly!

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Steve P

★ 5

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ken bartels

★ 5

It's a friendly place. Food is good, and Bartenders are awesome.

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Rainy Daze

★ 3

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Thomas Doemel

★ 5

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mrjoebatz

★ 5

4 piece perch dinner. Excellent

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wedi Jew

★ 3

Not bad
Food was okay
Service okay
Ambience is just fine
Looks like an old place but a great spot to get lunch

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Aangela Marie

★ 5

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Scott Hamm

★ 3

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Angela Goulet

★ 4

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George B KLA

★ 5

Stopped in for lunch, had a burger and fries 🍟
Bartender was friendly and knew the local area !
Answers all my silly questions about the area !
Huge menu and Friday fish fry menu also
Thanks Chains bar and grill !!

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Ashley Ziolkowski

★ 5

Great service

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William Huebner

★ 5

EXELLENT FOOD AN A GENEROUS PORTIONS

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Kim Bednarowski

★ 5

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Ethan Peters

★ 5

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Kurt Hinz

★ 5

We use Chain O Lakes Bar as a destination place when we go for a ride... We have always had great food and service!

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David Lewis

★ 2

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John James

★ 4

Great service

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Kathy Frehse

★ 5

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John Wanty

★ 1

When you give a 10% tip for mediocre servive and the waitress says that your tip was too low, that's when I decided never to go there again.

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Mary Mckay

★ 5

Very busy, only one waitress who was hustling

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David Bernd

★ 5

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Jeff Dittner

★ 1

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Valerie Herrick

★ 4

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Dale Schroeder

★ 3

Our waitress was friendly and very good. I ordered a pizza and was disappointed with the crust. It was very tough and hard. I ended up just eating the toppings.

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Josh Wolf

★ 3

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Timmer

★ 4

The reuban was awesome. Great place to stop.

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Dillon Bethard

★ 5

Great food and atmosphere. Love the live music they had. Tried the macaroni pizza and Gyro pizza, with fish tacos to start. Loved all of it!

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Tom Sara

★ 3

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Bill Zynda

★ 3

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Lori Jungers

★ 5

Had our book club meeting on the deck. Waitress was very attentive and nice. Food was delicious. O had the Aspen gyro, another had a gyro pizza and broccoli cheese soup with hot chips. Everything was great!

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Jessica Olsen

★ 5

First time being here. Loved the taco salad! Best one I have had in a long time!!

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Lucero Olson

★ 4

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Tessa Olson

★ 4

The food and serivce were good. They had a large outdoor seating area and big booths and tables inside.

I ordered the regular Mac n cheese, but asked for fried onions on it and that was definitely a game changer. The mack would have been fine by itself, but I probably wouldn't order it again. With the fried onions it was wonderful! Big serving.
The fries were also crisp to perfection and not too salty.
I also got their mapel old fashioned, which was good but a little too sweet. A drinks were a little expensive, but overall would come again.

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Charles Fuerbringer

★ 5

Great food! Gave 5 stars for service because 1 waitress working her butt off and for a awhile also busing tables. Also, great beer selection on tap.

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Douglas Mauritz

★ 4

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Lori Lang

★ 2

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Jeff Cloninger

★ 4

Fun leagues, beer selection is pretty good, struggling to keep common things in stock in summer of '23. Pizza is quite good, decent apps, no complaints. Service is generally hit or miss but has been pretty decent lately.

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Tim Heun

★ 4

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Nancy Mauney

★ 5

I love these people and the bar and everything

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Lindsey Lehman

★ 3

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Anastasia Williams

★ 4

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Tom Pence

★ 5

Probably the best restaurant on the chain! Our go to for a great dinner.

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M. Boucher

★ 1

The big issue is their service(not all of them). I just called there to place an order for delivery. The woman who answered the phone was rude immediately and continued to be throughout the entire call. I was polite as I always am especially to people who work in restaurants/bars. I don't know who this lady is but I would definitely not have her taking calls and orders. There is no reason to treat any customer that way. The woman did state she just had surgery... that doesn't give you the right to talk to customers like that. If you cannot be kind to people because you had surgery maybe you should stay home until you're healed up and ready to return with an acceptable attitude. This is probably the same woman that always has an attitude. You order a drink and it's like you just asked her to do a triathlon. All the servers and other bartenders have always been kind and provide great service. I don't usually write reviews unless a place goes above and beyond but I had to this time. Hopefully it can change.

Thankfully I had her on speaker phone so my wife and family all got to hear the top notch service.

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Marie DeShaney

★ 5

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troy mueller

★ 3

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Linda Anderson

★ 5

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Vicki Poeschl

★ 4

Love the nachos! Great onion rings. Craft beer. The Cobbtown salad is my favorite.

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Paul Hanneman

★ 1

I had a reservation set for the beach house months in advance. While going through the calendar she gave me a date that was available. Two weeks before my event she sent a text message stating that she double booked and had to cancel my reservation. I could tell she was looking at her calendar when I booked so I assume something more important came up so she just cancelled mine. I can't believe she would only send the message in a text also. Not going there ever again!

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mike dorcey

★ 2

Worst burger I have ever had, seemed to be a pre-made frozen patty cooked in a microwave and seasoned with cardboard.

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Jerry Rieder

★ 4

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will walker

★ 4

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Sherry Mae Mullikin

★ 4

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