Homestead On 52

Wausau, 162765 WI-52, Wausau, WI 54403, United States | ★ 4.3 (196 Review)

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Homestead on 52 has new owners! We are a family-owned and operated business. We offer weekly specials, including Wednesday Chicken Dinners, Friday Fish Fry, and Sunday Buffets. You can sit in the bar area or in the Wagon Wheel Ballroom for our specials. We also have daily specials that you can find in the bar!

Need a space to rent out?
Contact us about our Wagon Wheel Ballroom!
Funeral reservations are FREE!

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Reviews

Ruth Schlitz

★ 5

Stop and see Tori And Kurt,
And try there juicy Burgers 🍔
And thier delicious Buffets!
Look for Food and Drink Deals in The Little Purple Book for Pets! Or buy them at Homestead!
Coming out the end of October

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Walter Folberg

★ 5

Went to a fundraiser but couldn't stay.
The atmosphere was better than I thought it would be based on seeing it for years from driving by.

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Jackson Granec

★ 5

Great place to go and have a nice hangout with friends! Hall in back is very spacious and pretty, owners and bartenders are very friendly and let you go back there if you need more table space for your group! Been here several times now, fish fry is 10/10, burgers are 11/10, I need to try the chicken!

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Anthony Giovanoni

★ 1

The owner is extremely stingy, do not waste your money on appetizers here. I ordered the onion rings, and it was a complete scam: a handful at best, like a child’s portion. Imagine skimping on an onion to save a buck. When I tried to return them, the owner refused, and I had to bargain just to get a small discount.

The fish fry was even worse. The baked cod and “poor man’s lobster” arrived sitting in a bowl of water with no seasoning, no flavor, and just a sprinkle of parsley. Honestly, it seemed microwaved. Check out last week’s review, I’m not the only one saying this. We also thought it was weird we received our food in record time…makes you think….

The fried fish was slightly better but still underwhelming. It lacked seasoning, tasted like it had been sitting out, and the rye bread was served cold.

Overall, this place is not worth the money. I won’t be back and I can’t wait to try Cheeks instead.

P.S. Stop micromanaging and give your workers the power to make things right. Nobody should have to beg the owner for approval to comp a side of onion rings. Gordon Ramsay, please rescue this kitchen nightmare.

Bartender was amazing 5 stars.

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Update: 9/21/25

Kurt, if your food was as overcooked as your reply, maybe it would’ve had some flavor. Let’s get a few things straight:

We didn’t “eat all the onion rings.” Six of them were fused into one greasy asteroid, and splitting them apart was more work than eating them. We asked for a refund on the onion rings only, not the whole meal. Big difference.

Calling it the “cheapest option” doesn’t change the fact it was bad. Cheap or not, I still expect edible food.

Nobody brought up reselling food, so the “health violation” excuse is nonsense. I just didn’t want to pay $8 for fried glue.

Asking the bartender twice about a refund isn’t harassment. Also, if you trusted your team, you wouldn’t feel the need to publicly question her decisions.

And that line about me wanting “fish for free”? Hilarious. Nothing says “professional” like an owner writing a google manifesto to clap back at a customer

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Nicholas Maynard

★ 5

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Todd Schepp

★ 5

Saturday we set up a luncheon for family after the burial of my father.
My wife and I were impressed with how accommodating they were to our requests. The table settings and flower center peices were beautiful. The family enjoyed the meal and the service was excellent.
Thank you to the owners and staff of Homestead on 52.

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K H

★ 1

My son's "home cut fries" were raw. They were maybe slightly cooked but raw potato in potato in the middle. My son wouldn't eat them and was still hungry. So I mentioned it to our waitress. A different staff member actually came to our table to question our claim and asked to physically see and hold a fry. I'm guessing to make sure we weren't making it up. (Not sure why anyone would lie about French fries). On top of that, my baked fish was sitting in watery butter, zero seasoning, no lemon provided. 1st time I've ever seen baked fish served with tarter sauce. I wanted to use it to get some sort of flavor on my watery fish. But it had a black hair in it. That was it for me. Never returning. Not worth the $70 dollars.

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Terri Zastrow

★ 5

We were there for a fundraiser event. We met the owners and they were really nice. They sold a sloppy Joe plate and it was delicious. We are anxious to go again and try the food.

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Sally Woller

★ 5

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Micaela Pelot

★ 5

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Heather Rigby

★ 5

No wait and had awesome food. The cook really loves his job, everyone was super friendly

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Carol Weiss

★ 5

New ownwers, awesome food, decent prices, nice people!

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B Rad

★ 4

Great chicken

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Rebecca Briskie

★ 5

Today we stopped by for the 3rd time since under new ownership. First time fish fry was good. They were busy and service was good. We sat in the bar area and service was good. Second time we sat at the bar and had burgers, good juicy burgers. This time we came on Sunday afternoon and tried their chicken buffet. This was some darn good chicken! Not heavily breaded, but had good flavor! Plenty of home cooking sides on the buffet; real mashed and gravy, beans, stuffing, Mac n cheese potato salad and a few other salad and sides. Definitely will be returning. If you haven’t yet, give Homeatead on 52 a try.

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Haley Ulrich

★ 5

The food was delicious! The staff were great. Will definitely visit again.

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Larry Brandenburg

★ 3

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Melanie Burns

★ 3

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Mary Guralski

★ 4

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Kraig Kruzan

★ 5

Great food and atmosphere. Kid friendly

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shane buchkowski

★ 5

Great service, wings are excellent. Thursday special

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Chad Czeck

★ 3

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Aaron Rhyner

★ 3

They hosted an all you can eat pancake breakfast and kept up!

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Edward “REVOLUTION” Smith

★ 3

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Luke Antoniewicz

★ 3

Needs updated bathrooms, and better air conditioning.

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Nic Kerswill

★ 5

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Martin Rudd

★ 3

Quiet Saturday afternoon stop at rhis country location on Highway 52. 5 or 6 national brews on tap, massive and beautiful wooden cooler and the usual amusements. Nice staff.

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jake cornelius

★ 4

Awesome wings

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Dawn Weaver

★ 4

Awsome food

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Maria Crzalla

★ 3

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Tou Lee

★ 4

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Bruce

★ 1

Tried to order carry out, can't get anyone too answer the phone!!

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Curt Weden

★ 2

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Gretchen Kubnick

★ 5

The staff was very friendly and efficient. The fish fry especially the perch was absolutely delicious!! All of the regulars were very friendly and welcoming as well. We will definitely go back!! Best bar popcorn 🍿 ever!! Even got to take a big container home!!

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Jonathan Gruetzmacher

★ 1

Ordered 3 fish frys 2 had fish under cooked , frys were soggy, had to go to the bar to get your own drinks, all three ordered soup as well which came out as a soup we didn’t order and had to be asked to bring it out as it wasn’t brought until after the meal. Will never go again.

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Roger Holzem

★ 1

Shrimp over cooked potatoes ice cold. Waitress never even followed up with us. It was a complete disappointment. I have been a regular there but never again. We were a party of 4 and all had the same experience. They offered a drink token but I never took it as I won't go back. With so many good restaurants in this area don't waste your time on this one.

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Jerry Samuel

★ 5

Friendly and responsive.

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Justice Brzezinski

★ 5

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Suzanne Brandt

★ 5

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Craig Johnson

★ 5

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Luke Schaefer

★ 1

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Dave Simonis

★ 5

Fun place to be at!

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Brandon Aschenbrenner

★ 5

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Aaron Huizenga

★ 1

What a disaster of a fish fry. Perch dinner was over priced, cold, and anemic.
Tried to buy me off with a “we’re sorry the cook is new” and a gift card. Didn’t even discount the dinner.
Sorry to say that this will be the last time I ever come to this place.

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L. W.

★ 5

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Justin Tetzlaff

★ 4

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Gene Shafer

★ 5

Great Place! Great Food and Service! Highly Recommend!

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Tamra Brinkmeier

★ 5

Very good food and prices. Friendly people. We will be back, thanks!

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Ryan Spencer

★ 4

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Kristin Ruleau

★ 5

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Peanut1115

★ 5

Had a vendor event here and the staff was very friendly and made great drinks for all attendees. Food opened at 11a and it seemed like everyone enjoyed the food as well! Good atmosphere

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Heidi Wierzba

★ 4

Ordered food but was told they didn't serve it on Friday. There was no Friday menu like most places have. They also didn't have a kids menu. Food and service was great

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PackerManForLife

★ 2

To Go Order was average quality, but little food for an expensive price. My order (1 piece of Walleye and a small handful of fries) and my wifes order (3 pieces of perch with small handful of fries) was 30 bucks.

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Todd Sopata

★ 5

Good food. Nice prices

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Angi Kosmach

★ 5

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Patrick strachota

★ 5

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michael borchardt

★ 4

Good fish fry

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General Email

★ 5

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Jeanette Wiskow

★ 3

Tried the baked haddock and was just average. A bit on the dry side and was not impressed with the potato scoops( no flavor). My husband however enjoyed his Shrimp and the French Fries. The French fries were the best part of the meal.

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Barb Allan

★ 5

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Rick Langbecker

★ 5

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Alex Weyneth

★ 4

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Chad Wincentsen

★ 5

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Katherine G

★ 4

Great band and dance floor!

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V

★ 5

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Gary Faries

★ 5

Great staff and great food. Highly recommend

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Keep it Twisted

★ 5

Fun place good service and band they had there rocked

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Mike Meharg

★ 5

Pretty busy on a friday evening we got burgers food was very good along with service

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Gary Moulster

★ 5

Home Sweet Home Greenwood Wisconsin

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Peggy Tobin

★ 5

Fantastic, have sampler platter u won't eat anything else omg!!!

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Carlos Perez

★ 5

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Anthony kluck

★ 5

Awesome place, service was superb. Rip tickets sucked, but the fish fry was excellent!

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xwizard13131

★ 5

Fantastic food and service. Definitely gonna return.

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Min Des

★ 3

Baked fish had too much seasoning. Portions were a little small. Dining area was cold.

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Don Jensen

★ 5

Best pancake break fast ive had.

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Cindy Westberg

★ 5

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Lori B

★ 4

Went to the Lion's pancake breakfast...clean and friendly place

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Joanne Diestelhorst

★ 5

Wonderful food and service

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Nate Call

★ 5

Kevin has a good thing going here! The place feels like home! Jess is a killer bartender, and Doug is one heck of a Chef!

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Kelley Gabor

★ 5

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Doug Zongker

★ 4

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Sarah Taylor

★ 1

Not to friendly or chatting w people who are not regulars

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Ray Ray

★ 5

Feels like family!

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Roger Imhoff

★ 1

We didn't get our food . They served other people that just walked in. They paid for our beers. Not going back.

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Steve Macherey

★ 5

Friendly staff, historic location, and consistent entertainment schedule. 👍🍻

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Mike Kumbera

★ 3

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Todd Dettmering

★ 4

The food was delicious.

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Eric Gillett

★ 3

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Nick Wagner

★ 5

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Minnie Desotelle

★ 4

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Connie Duebler

★ 5

Great food and drinks

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Taylor Stankowski

★ 5

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Maynard Blodgett

★ 4

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Michelle Polley

★ 2

Very pricey

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Michael Van Berkel

★ 5

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Kaye Fewell

★ 5

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Ry Guy

★ 5

This place has great food, local feel and excellent service. Servers are really nice and the food is cheap. The wife and I had wings and a burger with fries for $21.

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Chad Marten

★ 5

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Paul and Nancy Pehlke

★ 4

Food was ok but kinda dry

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Wendi Latzig

★ 4

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Cason Heckendorf

★ 5

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irideforride

★ 5

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Charlotte Baneck

★ 5

Friendly people great food well worth stopping in for food. Great wings

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Elijah Grubb

★ 5

The chicken wings are the best they are better than kfc KFC sucks. for 10 bucks you get a whole pound of chicken wings they are not small chicken wings ethier

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Rini W

★ 5

Fun joint, great bartendress!

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faith dolbow

★ 4

Great bar and the bags tournament was awesome!

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Allan King

★ 5

Great food ,with a wonderful atmosphere great prices

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Shawn Klatt

★ 5

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David Kronberger

★ 4

Was there Saturday for a race party. Awesome food, nice venue, lot of room, good time, wish we lived closer, plan to get back again when out cruising

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justin kruse

★ 5

Great burger!

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Rhonda Dodd

★ 5

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Steven Gabower

★ 5

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Kyle Ewert

★ 5

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Vanessa D

★ 5

Great wings great place

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Mike Kurszewski

★ 5

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Brandy Brendemuehl

★ 5

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LA

★ 5

The food is great! The wings are excellent! Drinks are good! People are friendly!

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Thomas Bartell

★ 5

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Anita Norton-Heil

★ 3

Was told I could choose between lemon butter baked fish or Cajun, I chose lemon due to stomach problems I cannot eat spicy foods. I get my plate and I could see right away they gave me Cajun fish, when asking if I could get the lemon I ordered was told by another wait staff that cajun is all they have and it comes pre prepared that way.....not good

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t ll123

★ 5

Great food and nice staff! Kevin (the owner) is very friendly and it's good to see him interacting with customers! Will go again!

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Marcie Solum

★ 5

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Sarah Sonnentag

★ 5

Great service thank you!

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Linda Meschefske

★ 3

Food very good. But too crowded, no masks.

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Andy Benaszeski

★ 4

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peter lauscher

★ 1

Most unorganized bunch of bartenders I've ever seen

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Tyler Gorecki

★ 5

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Roxie Schroeder

★ 5

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Eric Kozlowski

★ 5

Love Homestead! Excellent food and awesome company!!

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Noah McCune

★ 5

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Noah McCune

★ 5

Outstanding food, great atmosphere and fun staff.

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brandon maszk

★ 5

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Tracy Cortright

★ 5

Fish and Fries were perfect. Great service! Nice dining room. They also have machines and a pool table for enjoyment. Younger crowd between 21-65 years olds. I did not see any kiddos.

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Dean Teske

★ 3

Good chicken little salty but ok I like it the other half didn't

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Ben Locker

★ 5

Such a great bar with a rich and storied past! Jessie made us some fantastic drinks and provided the best service. Beautiful bathroom ambiance. Come on over for a fish fry perhaps meet your next wife.

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Kathy Mathie

★ 5

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Cassie Macomber

★ 5

Love this place! So many memories of being there with my family at all ages of my life. And now I get to make more with the family I started.

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John Drake

★ 2

service poor at best,no menus,fish fry poor dry no flavor

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Tony Leitza

★ 4

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Mary Gunter

★ 5

Great food & service

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Shannah Kruse

★ 5

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Sydney Plachetka

★ 5

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Amber Oelke (Ambs)

★ 5

Loved the new look, loved the staff, can't wait to try the food!

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Shawn Holleran

★ 5

Awesome place to go!!

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Dawn Buchkowski

★ 5

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Tom Wilkinson

★ 5

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Matthew Zack

★ 5

Great out in the country Hall and Bar

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Debra McCarty

★ 4

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Mark Schlund

★ 5

Went there for their Sunday buffet. Fast and friendly service. Started out with the chicken noodle soup. Soup was hot and seasoned very well. The chicken was well done and very tasty. Cabbage rolls were also very good. We ended up taking some home even. The rest of the amenities also met with our groups approval. Highly recommended for a Sunday local buffet.

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Deborah Seymour

★ 2

It took forever to get any service in the bar when we came around 6:00 last Friday night. My husband ordered a bottle of Miller Lite and later asked for another, but was told they were out! Seriously??? The bartenders were anything but friendly, and were very slow.
We had a table reserved for 16 people ahead of time. We sat down somewhat after 6:15. There were only several other tables having fishfrys that night. They took our orders and we were told they were out of baked potatoes!! How can that be?? Potatoes are a main staple at any restaurant!! The wait for our food was very lengthly, resulting in all of us getting a free drink. My three piece baked fish was in chunks in a tiny high rimmed little cup, with barely a drop of melted butter under the fish. My husband ordered four pieces of baked fish, but it looked identical to my three piece baked fish. The coleslaw was tasty, but it was served in a tiny metal cup that is used for drawn butter. It had only about a tablespoon of shredded coleslaw in it. The container was so tiny that you had to hold it while taking it out with your fork. As a result, the coleslaw was on your fingers!
I don't feel they were organized for this amount of 16 people,
and questioned how they handle wedding meals!! They were not busy in the dining room, so the long wait was questionable. We was very disappointed not only with the bar service, but with the restaurant as well. They need to be better supplied and equipped with beverages and food on Friday nites to accommodate their customers.

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Sheri Pawlowicz

★ 4

Really good food

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Sarah Fish

★ 5

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Nikki Woller

★ 5

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Andrew Schmidt

★ 4

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Casey Block

★ 5

Best homemade authentic Mexican food in central Wisco! Amazing!!!

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kevin fish

★ 5

Fish tacos are the bomb! Hand made down to the shell.. it doesnt get much better! Ask for the chips and guacamole... not on menu, but is better than most Mexican restaurants! A hidden treasure with minimum wait times.

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Andres Vazquez Sanchez

★ 5

Woo no savia este lugar están muy bien que aquí nos atienden muy bien .les recomiendo se puede a ser todo actividad aquí te tratan como familias.

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Chris P.

★ 4

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Travis Tucker

★ 5

Had fish tacos they were great!

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Joshua Brehm

★ 5

The best fish tacos I have ever had!!! Also fresh chips and guacamole salsa. #fresh

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Triple L Drone Services

★ 5

Very friendly service and had a blast with meeting everyone at the mothers day event. Would highly recommend for parties, and casual dining very good array of food and entertainment.

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Justin Eckardt

★ 5

Best tacos and chips in town!!! Great people!!!

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Brian Seehafer

★ 4

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David Schepp

★ 5

good people good food friendly and fast service

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Julie Martin

★ 5

Awesome service and great people and the band rocked

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JOSEPH POSSLEY

★ 4

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Jim Leitermann

★ 5

Awesome fish!👍🇺🇸🌞

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Karen L. Gleason

★ 5

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Karla Builer

★ 5

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Sean Bennett

★ 5

Great Mexican food, wonderful service.

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Richard Olson

★ 5

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Jessica Lahti

★ 5

Excellent food. Highly recommended!

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Crystal Bolanos Bautista

★ 5

They have the best fried chicken and then we karioked all night
Music was really nice
We going again
They even rent out the place for parties
The outside looks rustic and there is a bar in the front but when you are taken to the restaurant it opens up to a nice size room with a stage and a big screen television on the wall
Come and check them out
Kids loved it

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Jim Zunker

★ 3

They're doing just fine good-looking family establishment

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Tony Dumpprope

★ 5

I was hired to clean there exhaust fans! There kitchen is very clean and they are very nice people! I have never taken the time to to rate any place I've been and I've done over 2 hundred restaurant hoods over the last couple of years! So very impressed with how they do business!

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Jason VanEperen

★ 5

Very good food and friendly staff

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Joleen Ward

★ 5

Excellent service and burger was best Ive had in a really long time. Definitely should try if you haven't. Also owner knows alot about history in the area.

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Jozeya O

★ 5

Such great food and good people!

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Myee Gordon

★ 3

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Dillon “D.J.” Gregor

★ 3

Good way stop

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Joshua Leist

★ 3

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Rhonda Haywood

★ 5

Delicious food and friendly atmosphere!

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Bill H

★ 3

Great broasted chicken dinners. :)

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Jason Kniess

★ 5

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Fezzy Wigg

★ 4

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Jared Burnup

★ 5

Reliable rates

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Jessica Vang

★ 3

Good fish fry. Long wait for food and the floor was freezing... making our feet and legs uncomfortably cold. The bar area was warmer with quicker service.

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Bonnie Schubring

★ 4

Owners very nice and place was very neat and clean

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Stephanie Malzahn-Dallman

★ 4

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Jobeth Wistein

★ 4

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Stephanie Wolfe

★ 5

Great food, great drinks, great experience.

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Karolann Toth

★ 5

Great food, wonderful aervice, clean pleasant atmosphere, and tasty "beverages of choice". You eill NOT be disappointed!!

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Sue Kurth

★ 5

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Tony Pollard

★ 5

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Troy William Wegner

★ 5

I really was an outsider here on opening night, but felt very welcomed! The opening night saw alot of people and alot of chatter about how Happy the community was to have Homestead Inn back again!

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J

★ 5

Opening night with EXCELLENT food. Fish was cooked perfectly and fries were crispy and not over done on the inside. Will definitely return. Rob/Ashley are going to be good NEW owners of the Homestead.

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E Smith

★ 5

Great owners! This place is truly in good hands!

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Big Sexy

★ 5

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