The Vault — Restaurant in Clintonville

Arrived with a group of 5 4 adults 1 toddler Was not greeted or anything, stood there for 10 minutes and watched a group of 5 or 6 leave. I got curious and followed them outside and asked why they decided to leave. They left because they had reservations at 6pm and nobody talked to them for 20 minutes as they stood there and decided to just walk out. That made us all nervous as they were busy, which im totally understanding I worked in the food industry all my life. If its gonna be 30 to 45 minutes before you can seat us just let people know But about 5 minutes after that we were asked how many and told about 5 more minutes they'll have a table for us.

Might have been the table meant for the group ahead of us, but regardless we were finally helped

During this time I got 2 whiskey old fashioned sours that primarily tasted of sour mix and the mushrooms for garnish were honestly nasty

So they decided to sit us in this echo chamber back room where I could hear my own inner thoughts, it had the echo of a church I thought about downloading a music app and recording an album.

Kicker is they sat us in this area the table next to an older couple trying to enjoy themselves a date between the 2

Im sure that ruined their night but oh well.

Ok so lets get to the food and service during our dining.

Brought us our water asked if we wanted anything else to drink, wish we received drink menus but we didnt so I just continued to drink my old fashioned

She came back quickly after and asked how we were doing and then asked if we wanted any appetizers

We got the duck quesadilla which honestly was the best thing the whole night had in store for us during our visit.

So she came back out with our duck quesadilla didnt ask about drinks or anything just asked if we were ready to order we all said yes and ordered

2 of the ladies that were with us ordered tenderloin steaks and a potato side, one of us ordered the blackened walleye and I ordered the truffle pasta with salmon

So 1 of the ladies ordered her steak to be rare and received medium rare but closer to the medium side, she also asked for garlic baby reds but got like a honey Yukon gold or something? I tried a bite of her steak and it honestly tasted dry and grainy

The other lady with us ordered medium rare and received a closer to well done steak, but she got her baked potato like she asked so that was good

The truffle pasta was ok, except for the bacon in it tasted almost synthetic and was honestly overbearing, but the sauce was decent and noodles were ok

The blackened walleye though, well that wasn't blackened.. just cause you dump a bunch of cheap "blackened" seasoning on it doesn't make it that. I tried a piece and it wasn't charred and was the saltiest thing I've had in a very long time, oughta be a warning for people with high blood pressure to not order that.

Also the salad bar was a mess and didnt contain anything great, gotta give credit to them putting spinach out there. I enjoyed that but where's the liver patte? Where's the pickled herring? Olives? Pickles?

A busy Saturday night with no hostess is pretty crazy too.

Overall was not impressed and do not plan on returning, wish these folks the best of luck but I feel like they had a golden opportunity and just fumbled the bag, especially with seeing the rest of...

Four of us went for dinner and this was their second week open. The atmosphere is great, it was an old BMO bank. There an entire wall of picture windows overlooking the water. The decor was very modern and is a welcome change to the late 70's decor area supper clubs. They make good use of the space and the seating is comfortable. It is a bit loud, when we were there it was packed and it was somewhat hard to carry on a conversation . The staff was very nice and upbeat. Some of the girls were young and seems to be ther first waitress job. They could be a little more attentive. The food was tasty and had appealing plate presentation. I had a 16oz ribeye medium rare that had great flavor but was a little tough. The rest of my party had positive remarks about their food. My only gripe was there was know Blue Cheese at the salad bar. Give them a few more weeks to shake out some of their shortcomings, get into a groove and this will be a great place. Would I go back...

Debated leaving a review because it's a new place. Reading these though it seems like a lot of people had the same issue. Had reservations for my daughter's bday who wanted a nice dinner after practice so she didnt have time to drive down to Appleton so we drove up from Appleton and it wasn't a good experience. Waited 2 hours for a table of six to eat. People came in after and ate before we did. 1 person at our table received their meal and finished approximately an hour before the rest of us received our pasta dishes.Food was cold after that long wait which was wild. We believe a manager or possibly an owner approached us and apologized which was nice but did nothing about the bill which was extremely pricey with a small tip. They offered a free dessert but we didnt have any more time to spare lol Now I don't mind paying good money for great food and service but this place isn't it right now. Hopefully it gets way...