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Welcome to Friendship House Family Restaurant, a beloved dining destination in Merrill, WI, serving the greater surrounding area. Our family-run establishment, founded on the principles of warm hospitality and great food, offers a welcoming atmosphere perfect for gatherings with loved ones. Specializing in home-cooked meals straight from the grill, our restaurant is a cozy spot where customers of all ages can enjoy delicious dishes in a family-friendly setting. Come join us for a memorable dining experience filled with love, laughter, and the comforting flavors of home.
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Dan Denzine
★ 5
Great place for breakfast.
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Mike Nikson
★ 4
Great service, good food, restrooms could use some help.
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Mickey Stachowicz
★ 4
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Robert Spencer
★ 4
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Justin King
★ 5
Good food. Fast service. Good pies. Definitely a hidden gem
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Donna Manicke
★ 5
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S “Squirrel” J
★ 5
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Brian Houle
★ 5
Great food, awesome service and staff!
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Joyce Martin
★ 3
Food was good large amount a little expensive
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Donald benditz
★ 5
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Julio Silva
★ 5
Simple and still fun.
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Dakota Vasa
★ 4
Food has been very good.
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Thomas Graves
★ 4
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Bogey
★ 5
They are awesome
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Hankes East
★ 4
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Teresa Huebner
★ 5
Best service we ever received. Best blueberry pancakes you’ll ever have in WI enormous amount of blueberries. One out of 10 being good, it is a 10. Best hostess in the entire world.
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Steve Slater
★ 5
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Nick Hallas
★ 4
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Gregory Charles (Debt From Above)
★ 2
This, and several area truck stops, have gone downhill in the past few years.
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CMAC
★ 5
I have been going here for years. Always grade a.
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William Weiler
★ 5
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Vince J
★ 5
We just dined at the Friendship House, and it was a truly wonderful experience. From the moment we walked in, the atmosphere felt warm and inviting. The breakfast was exceptional, with every dish perfectly prepared. It’s definitely a place we’ll be returning to soon for another delicious meal.
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Doug Harvey
★ 5
Great food and a nice atmosphere.
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Louianna Ramcharitar
★ 5
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Julia Williams
★ 3
Server was nice. Restaurant was clean. Food for the other people in our group was great. Mine, not so much. Ordered a skillet that comes with green pepper and onion in it, I asked for no green peppers. My skillet came with no green peppers, but so many onions I spent all my time picking them out. Everyone else was nearly done eating before I got a chance to take a decent bite of mine. Very disappointing. Pictures show all the onions that were picked out.
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Bruce Pospeck
★ 4
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Melanie Sewell
★ 5
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Tony Van Kampen
★ 4
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mark coles
★ 3
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Nicolas Hiebl
★ 5
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Deila Miah
★ 5
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Jessica Mepham
★ 4
Nice food friendly faces.
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Raye Walz
★ 5
Great food, friendly, attentive staff, it is a nice place to relax for a meal. Prices are average.
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Abraham Coronado
★ 5
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Larry Madonia
★ 5
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Ricky Dean
★ 5
Good comfort food
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Jonathan Arrowood
★ 4
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Sanjay Kumar
★ 5
Always a good visit. Plenty of food, kind service and quick.
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eddy caverly
★ 5
Great restaurant I had the walleye and simple amazing highly recommend . And semi truck and trailer parking
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Michael Boeker
★ 5
Always great food and service!
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Patricia Brendel
★ 5
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Tom Ludwigson
★ 5
Stopped for a bite to eat while riding the motorcycles through Michigan. Delicious food and plenty of it! Kudos‼️
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Mary Meyerhoff
★ 4
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Waylon Mayberry
★ 5
This place is absolutely amazing. Walking thru door just takes you back to a simpler time where you just feel like everything in the world is right. As a truck driver it's hard to find places like this anymore and I am glad to spending the weekend here. I feel like I am back home and really enjoy just eating my wonderful meal and listening to the locals talk. Do you yourself a favor and stop in here. Make sure to try the pies the peanut butter snickers was awesome
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Juan carlos Ramirez mora
★ 5
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Jacqueline W
★ 5
The amazing team of folx smoothly running this Fantastically Friendly Restaurant certainly honoured their Namesake 😜
{i 🧡 hearing some folx call fellow-customers, & myself SWEETIE/ SWEETHEART/ ETC} 🎶
though I'm not sure When I'll return*, I'll be back someday 🍀
{six hour roundtrip drive for me ~ was only in Merrill to help care for one of my nephews ; but I'm so glad I didn't get "fast-food" as originally considered because so exhausted, I almost ate in car on way home! "Friendship House's" literally helped me enjoy drive home ; I noticed a lot of folx picking up Togo orders, so worth keeping in mind!!! 🩵🩷💚}
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Jacqueline W
★ 5
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Jeff Blackley
★ 5
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Donald Williams
★ 4
I meet with my siblings every few months. Been here a couple times and had the broasted chicken. It was great .nice family restaurant. Friendly!!! Had curds they were awesome.
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Chuck Michels
★ 5
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Ryan Flatau
★ 5
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BRB Hsinneb
★ 1
This food sucks the burger is a nasty frozen one cheese curds are ok but the rest sucks
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s fenske
★ 5
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Wayne D Radtke
★ 1
Had meatloaf dinner for two. We both agreed it was the worst food (meatloaf) we've ever had at this place. The food has really gone down hill but the price has risen. It's no longer worth stopping here anymore. Waitress should not refer to customers as sweety, honey etc.
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Liz Pearson
★ 5
Perfect stop for breakfast. Very reasonable price.
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Keith Leannah
★ 5
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judith Pratt
★ 5
This place was really awesome. The food was great and the amount was satisfying as well. The parking lot is very large so big truck 🚚 and Simi trucks have a lot of room as well.
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kiley
★ 5
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Zach Crase
★ 5
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Cindy Nault
★ 5
Awesome service and delicious 😋 food.
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Tony Fini
★ 5
Omelettes are outstanding. Great service.
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Bruno Javier Núñez
★ 5
Todo, desde el trato hasta lo más pequeño muy bueno, excelente servicio gracias
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Deanna Hayden
★ 5
Food was very tasty, nice waitress. Clean.
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Debbie Dellenbach
★ 5
Excellent food and great service.
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Dave W
★ 4
Nice place wifi doesn't work in the parking area and food is good store is well stocked
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Hilary McLovin
★ 4
Love the Oreo shakes. Pretty good and very large portions.
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Mary
★ 5
Absolutely hit the spot! We were traveling and just stopped on a whim and
So glad we did, everything was delicious and prepared perfectly. My husband said the liver and onions was some of best he has had. Our server was Alexis and she was above awesome, very attentive regarding some dietary restrictions we have. Definitely will stop in next time we are in the area.
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Terry Bolden
★ 2
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Darrin Kohls
★ 5
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John Gross
★ 5
Great food. Really nice people.
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Spencer Anderson
★ 4
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Ronan Studs
★ 5
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Chris Wiese
★ 5
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DAVID STORM
★ 5
Excellent food and service.
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Darenda Hlasny
★ 5
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Steven Gerszewski
★ 2
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Solace
★ 5
Great Teamwork and the food is quality so I definitely recommend. Chicken and rice soup is spot on and I noticed everyone seemed to have a good attitude, which is hard to find nowadays
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Stefani Terpstra
★ 5
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Kevin Ramsey
★ 5
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Mark Schultz
★ 5
When I first ate here, I was told it was a truck stop. I thought no way. Don't make my mistake. This restaurant is marvelous. My sister had prime rib, and I had walleye. Amazing!
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Carmen Scholl
★ 5
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J.L. Cook
★ 5
Food was excellent, hot and came fast. Friendly staff.
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Carlos Perez
★ 5
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Allen Cohn
★ 4
Good food fo show
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Gene Lohse Jr
★ 5
Outstanding place to eat, great food and fast service
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Karen Oestreich
★ 4
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Tony Phillips
★ 5
Great food great service
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BEKZOD MALIKOV
★ 5
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Kyle Schneider
★ 4
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Carrie Peck
★ 5
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Gail Klein
★ 5
You don't leave hungry.
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louis trocchiano
★ 5
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David Kingston
★ 5
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Kevin League
★ 5
Great place for some excellent home style food
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Sean jitsu lewis
★ 5
great place staff is super friendly food is fresh hot and delicious
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tina beranek
★ 5
I am not sure on how to rate the atmosphere.Because if you're looking for like a sports bar atmosphere, absolutely not.If you're looking for all kinds of things on the wall hanging down, you will not find that at all. It is, however, a clean, well maintained restaurant.
We go here several times a month.And I always have to tell the waitress to tell the cooks how good the food looks and tastes.
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Debbie Wicks
★ 5
The service was fantastic and the food was excellent
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David A
★ 5
fast service good food!
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Renie Monteaux
★ 5
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Cathy Becker
★ 5
This is a must stop for us every time we travel this way. The food is always great, friendly quick service and it’s always clean and comfortable. Also reasonable prices
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Eugene E Bruhl
★ 5
Always a great meal. Had the spaghetti and meat balls 😋
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Rabbi Tov Steele
★ 5
It's a restaurant in a travel center. Wide menu. Great food when I've been here. Large portions. Pies--worth it. Great pancakes.
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Heather
★ 5
This is my favorite restaurant within a 50 mile radius of Antigo, WI. Service and food is fantastic!! Very clean restaurant. I visit this place quite often.
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Chris Pearson
★ 5
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Patty Wingard
★ 5
It's not a fancy place but a great friendly service, and we had a really good chicken wrap sandwich.
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Mac Xtc
★ 4
Nice people, good food
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norma brotz
★ 5
Great service, excellent food, friendly staff. You never have to wait long for your food.
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Kathie Babcock
★ 5
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arron brunner
★ 5
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Tree Service
★ 5
I go here and the Rhinelander location regularly. Thank you for a good quality meal.
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Robert Stites
★ 5
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Brett Klavon
★ 5
Absolutely fantastic, I will be back when coming this way again!
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Barry Kuhn
★ 5
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Dan Simonovic
★ 5
Great people and Exceptional food
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Thomas Ochry
★ 5
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carean taylor
★ 5
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Kody Sheedy
★ 5
Great food, very friendly staff. Nice calm and welcoming atmosphere. Really recommend this place great food!!!
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Michael Myers
★ 5
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Deb L
★ 5
Very crowded at lunch time. If possible aim for earlier or later than noon hour. However, food is worth the wait!
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Linda Kretlow
★ 5
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Floyd Williams
★ 5
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Kyle Hinterberg
★ 5
I made friends with a banana!
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Ryan Oestreich
★ 5
I absolutely love Friendship House! The staff and food are awesome! I will be back!
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Dwayne Walters
★ 4
Kris was my server and was she was awesome. This place is always awesome whenever I get a chance to stop. As an OTR driver I appreciate the over size lot ( to park ) and kept clean. In this case plowed out from snow. I’m a talkative fellow and they all laughed at my jokes. The Walleye diner plate was very good as was the homemade Banana cream pie. You have a great place to look forward to getting to , to relax and have a sit down dinner. But your people , all of them, make it shine!
Vanessa and Carlos as well , were great.
AND. The Mom ! 😁 I never ever finish a beer. Use it to toast the men & women who did not get to come home. Thank you again.
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Dean Vosters
★ 5
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Kevin Johnson
★ 5
Good old fashioned cooking.
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nick stallings
★ 5
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Kerry Hanko
★ 4
Diner atmosphere with good home cooked style meals. Lots of pie options for dessert
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Hakim Salaam
★ 2
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Dylan VanCamp
★ 4
Good for family get together if you don't wanna cook and great food and pie!
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Mark Connely
★ 4
Pricey but nothing special
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Rick Langbecker
★ 5
A group of us stopped here on Friday evening for a fish fry. I had the pan-fried walleye. Seasoning and taste was very good. I would go back again. Waitress was attentive and provided great service.
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Michael Klitzka
★ 5
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Sandy Heimer
★ 5
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Scott Pierce
★ 5
Great place for food. Service was great
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Brenda Savic
★ 5
Love stopping here whenever I'm in town .. love breakfast here.
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Grace Koehler
★ 5
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Angela Lynn
★ 5
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Philip Haapakoski
★ 4
Breakfast was great
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Charles Davis
★ 5
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Debbie Albrecht
★ 5
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Brenda Castaneda
★ 4
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tanya gapski
★ 5
Food was amazing service was great.
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Alexis Dumpprope (Lexi)
★ 3
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s g. 212
★ 5
I LOVE WISCONSIN, I LOVE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN, MOST POLITE AND KIND PEOPLE I HAVE EVER MEET IN USA SO FAR, AM FROM FLORIDA, AND ORIGINALI FROM EUROPE, ALSO A TRUCKER, BEEN MANY PLACES, SEEN, EAT, I JUST FUNISH MY DENVER OMLET FROM THIS PLACE, AND I CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW GOOD WAS IT.THANK YOU GUYS
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Bob Schienebeck
★ 5
Lynn is our favorite waitress. She’s always so friendly and positive. From Anita & Bob 💕🙏
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Wyatt Symonds
★ 5
Bacon avocado Benedict was amazing, super friendly service!
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Tracy Kittelson
★ 5
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Derek Burgener
★ 5
This is always our go to for a great meal around Merrill for a great price!
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Julie Trochinski
★ 5
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William Plautz
★ 4
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Art Davidson
★ 5
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Anthony Ray
★ 5
I can't say enough good things about this restaurant. The food is delicious and I guarantee you won't leave hungry. The wait staff is the best. My favorite place to stop for breakfast.
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DeAnna Duval
★ 5
Food, coffee, service was FANTASTIC this Sunday morning. Well staffed, coffee cup was never empty. Enjoyed the biscuits and gravy, shared the Denver omelette. Have passed a million times - well worth the stop!
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Jane
★ 5
It's nice they can get our party of 14 in every year to celebrate our mothers birthday. Useless only takes them 5 minutes to organize the tables for us. Would be nice if they gave something for anniversaries also.
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Thad Ford
★ 5
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Tim Kallies
★ 5
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Tesa Sowinski
★ 4
Nice place! Clean and friendly atmosphere.
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Dana Gregory
★ 5
The menu variety, generous portions, always great service, competitive prices, EXCELLENT staff on their toes, cleanliness, no waiting to be seated (typically) and relaxed vibe all pull me to this place like once a week, at least. I don't recall ever being dissatisfied with any food or thing there. I enjoy the Chef's salad and combo sampler (better be hungry!)
Always fantastic! Thank you Friendship House!
LOVE it!
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Darrell Bienfang
★ 4
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cameliasjourney
★ 5
Everyone was so sweet I moved away 15 years ago and came to stop to eat and was worth every penny they makes a really good patty melt ❤️
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Leroy Ellis
★ 5
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James Harkins
★ 5
Great service and selection
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Tammy Harmon
★ 5
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Derek Bickford
★ 4
Good dining spot for travelers. Easy on off the highway access. Handicap parking handicap accessible facility.
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GARY BOISITS
★ 4
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Mark Kindschi
★ 4
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Big Dogg Enterprize's Llc
★ 5
Always an amazing place to eat.
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Peter Cotton
★ 5
Very crowded when we got there and service was fast
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Wilma
★ 5
Had breakfast. Was good.
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Pete M
★ 5
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Chad Miller
★ 5
It's nice to have a good sit down meal at a truckstop. 10/10
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Tabatha Williams
★ 5
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Marilyn Fearn
★ 5
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Panther Platform
★ 2
Asked for extra crispy hash browns but they were not even cooked as if they had just come out of the freezer and the heat of the food they were placed beside thawed them out just enough to not be frozen. It ain't no Ma Fischer's. I refuse to eat there anytime it's suggested we go there. Nothing disappoints me more than looking forward to a good breakfast only to be served a meal that would make McDonald's "food" seem appealing.
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Scott VanDewerker
★ 5
I had the senior portion of broasted chicken and it was perfect. Crispy and seasoned well. Mashed potatoes and gravy were definitely homemade. Scrumptious. My hubs had open faced turkey sandwich. He loves this and seemed to be cut from fresh roasted turkey as it was not in perfect "loaf" cut. The best he's ever had. Growing up on Colorado, he had never heard of this meal, now in Wisconsin, he orders it anywhere he can find it. The bread served with both meals was also fantastic. Seemed to be freshly made and very soft.
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DW Hipke
★ 3
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Theresa Connors
★ 5
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Colin McGee
★ 5
Great food and service with a generous plate.
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Pamela Schneider
★ 5
Alot of food. Great value.
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John Parkyn
★ 5
Great food! The staff was awesome! Try the Orange Juice. It's freshly squeezed! I had to have two glasses it was so good! Thank you!
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Chrissy B
★ 5
Huge portions for not so much money, and the staff was pretty attentive. We'll be coming back again.
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keith schiebel
★ 3
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Oscar Moreno Ramos
★ 5
Amazing finding on our way to the UP! Domt forget to grap a slice of pie!
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Kong Meng Xiong
★ 5
Friendly service and good food! The skillet I ordered was the perfect temperature and very tasty! Would recommend for families or even eating alone!
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Gerald Streeter
★ 5
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Sue S
★ 3
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Melissa
★ 1
Sneezing so bad! If you have any sort of allergies, stay away from this place. Upon walking in, eyes poofy and sneezing like crazy. Old dusty decomposing long grass and leaves as decoration and loud hvac, had to plug ears, in the woman’s bathroom.
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Kay Johnson
★ 5
Best breakfast in area. Fast service try the bacon avocado Benedict
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DZHANGAR KHAKHRANOV
★ 5
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Savannah Franke
★ 5
We came here with a very large crowd with half of them being children. They worked very quick to get everyone's food out in a timely manner. They were accommodating to all the requests. Our waiter was super nice and the food was absolutely delicious.
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sheri langsdorf
★ 4
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Richard Mertz
★ 5
excellent diner food. service excellent, it is a family restaurant. not fancy
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Harold T. Reader Jr.
★ 5
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Janice Mertz
★ 5
Coffee is hot, menu is extensive, service is friendly and quick. Food is delicious and cooked to specifications.
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James Jimerson
★ 5
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Sue See
★ 5
The only complaint is that the restroom could be cleaner. But could not be the restaurants responsibly, it could be the gas station responsibly. 😕
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Michael Staley
★ 5
Great breakfast, fast service.
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Rowdy YEETS
★ 5
Wonderful restaurant! I was very impressed. Usually when I go into a restaurant and sit down, there are at least one or two sticky or greasy spots on the table even though it was wiped off. The table I sat down at was spotless and immaculate. The whole place was very clean. Service was outstanding. Food was delicious. I highly recommend it to anyone in the area. TRUCKERS--- There is plenty of room for you to park and get a hot meal. Also, there is a fuel island for trucks. To the owner: Thank you very much for thinking about we truckers and giving us space to park! On the other side of the building, there are fuel pumps for cars as well. Inside has a convenience store.
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Renee Laufenberg
★ 4
I always have the hot turkey plate. They no longer have the homemade real turkey meat. Not as good as it was.
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