Reviews for Ye Olde Hotel Bar & Restaurant in Lyons, WI
We were recommended to Ye Olde Hotel and Bar for Friday Fish Fry. When I checked the website to see if they offered Walleye (my... favorite) I didn't see that we "needed" reservations. We drove from Lauderdale Lakes and even got there early (4:30) in hopesto beat the Friday Fish Fry dinner rush. BEHOLD, the sign on the door said: "Reservations Recommended". No worries, there werebarely any people in the restaurant and pretty much no one in the bar. GREAT! Well, no. We walked in and were greeted with"Do you have reservations?". No, but there are three of us (again, barely anyone there). "It's going to be an hour wait". UMMMM what? "We are backed up on reservations". UMMMMM what? I will reiterate, that there was an almost empty dining area andlike one guy at the bar. So, we asked if we could sit in the bar area and have a few of their "famous" Old Fashioneds. Sure...great. Yeah, mom can't get up on the barstools. I asked if we could sit at a table. They hummed and hawed and finally said, Iguess you could sit at a table in here while you wait for your table. So we did. A few minutes went by and I finally got upand went to the bar to order our drinks. The Old Fashioneds were delicious as advertised, but so far I'm not impressed with theservice. I'm sad. Low and behold, mom proclaims "Hey lady! Nice to see you!" I turn around and a friend from Elkhorn isstanding next to our table. After hugs, she lets us know that she loves this place and is there literally every Friday nightfor fish. We chat it up for a bit and she heads to the bar. Almost instantly the bartender is bringing us menus at the"forbidden" table, taking our orders, and suddenly paying close attention to our needs. HMMMMM. Was it because of our friend? I'm saying probably. Well, the food was terrific. I loved the Walleye. The drinks were delicious and after our friend who isa regular arrived, the service turned out to be good. All I can say is that upon arrival the h Read more
Very interesting place. They might think about putting together a little ' history page ' along with the menu. It's nice to... patronize local business. Read more
**** Rewrite of post **** They could use some help to handle the service. So with that said the service was slow. They... did mention that they were short on staff. But that didn't bother me as I'm usually ne er in any rush. But i did expect thequality of the food to be better. I ordered the meatloaf it had good flavor but it was a notch above warm. Took 25 minutes toget my order after waitress took my order. So this being said I believe that the meatloaf was precooked and refrigerated so thehad to reheat. Read more
This was a very cute place. We stopped in for a drink, and cheese curds. The old fashions were very reasonably priced and tasted... delicious. Read more
AWESOME PLACE! The history alone is amazing. So many fun antique/vintage items to look at! Loved the old pictures. The owners... and staff are SUPERB. So welcoming and attentive and FUN. The food was delicious as well. Loved the French Onion soup! Familyfriendly too! Have to try out the antique 10cent ride-on horse - that still WORKS! And the antique jukebox record player. Such agreat experience. Thank you!! Read more
Great food and atmosphere just as I remembered from my last visit in the mid '80's. Considering the lack of employees they... still got our food out to us pretty quickly and hot and delicious. I had cheeseburger and fried curds and they were great. Husband had the Italian beef and oh my gosh that was an amazing sandwich. So very good. Thank you for the trip down memorylane. I highly recommend this establishment. Read more
Fantastic food and employees!!!!! Had a wonderful time with the couple who own it!!! Great service!!!
Had to make reservations, only slot/time open 7:30pm, the kitchen closes at 8pm Friday night. Bartender was nice & knowledgeable... but had to push us to table after ordering drinks at bar. The waitress was professional but not friendly/welcoming. The food wasoutstanding; tasty & cooked perfectly; had salmon, bluegill & cod nicely presented on plate. Was felt rushed to get the helloutta there. Don't accept reservations after 7pm then... Read more