Belfrē Kitchen — Restaurant in Delafield

This is a New American restaurant nestled in the heart of downtown Delafield. It’s one of the places that I’ve driven by hundreds of times with the intent to try. We made a reservation several days in advance for a Friday night. They were busy! Walking up would have been a 1 hour wait. If you want to eat here once the weather gets bad, it could be even worse. The seating area is limited inside.

It was a beautiful night so we chose to sit on the patio. The ambience was quite nice…a small town alive at night. Service was a little slow due to the busy-ness, but not enough to be bothersome. One of the issues is that the servers have to go all the way inside to the bar; all in all one of the side effects of having a bustling patio service. I think the servers were putting in 15,000 steps a shift.

We enjoyed our roasted cauliflower appetizer. It was fresh and crunchy with natural caramelization and Parmesan! The artichoke however was tough and inedible. We mentioned it to our server and she very graciously had it removed from our bill. We chalked it up to getting one of the bad ones since it appeared that other tables were enjoying their artichoke.

My girlfriend had the risotto and loved it. It’s not often that she completely finishes a dish…especially after appetizers. I had the strip. It was cooked to a perfect medium rare. The side potatoes and asparagus were exceptional. This place has no illustrious of being a high-end steak house, but the it definitely hit the spot for me.

The desserts looked amazing, but we were too stuffed to try one.

I highly recommend!

Update: also had a nice lunch. The pricing still seems a little high, but the quality is good. Very enjoyable time...

My wife had an excellent experience with her friend a week earlier and wanted me to try the Belfrye. The food was good though pricey, but not over-the-top great. We sat in the dining room, which put us near the bar. Unfortunately, the experience of our dinner outing was spoiled by the bartender, who made it clear to anyone within earshot that she was a total disgrunt, among other things proclaiming audibly "I am in H-E-L-L!!!" For drinks I tried the Old Fashion and it was not good (better at the 5-o'clock Club for a third the price,). So I switched to the Pear Martini, but it had almost no pear taste, dominated by lemon (while I didn't drink either of these, I did pay for them because I didn't want to deal with the angry bartender by returning them). So I tried the Black Manhattan, a petite drink which was good, but I prefer more ice than the single large cube. When I requested a second one with regular ice from the waitress, the bartender made a scene and berated the poor girl for my request. The whole atmosphere was ruined by the proximity of this angry bartender who made rude comments to others and couldn't be bothered with simple requests , let alone any pleasantry. As my wife said, we should have left this place the moment we saw the bartender acting this way. The Walleye was good plain fare, the scallops a bit bitter (they should be pressed more), the bacon figs very good, the choco brownie excellent, but all this, including tips, and drinks I didn't drink, was about $200. I doubt we'll be back, and if we ever do return and see this bartender we'll leave...

First and foremost I want to say how much I appreciated how COVID safe this restaurant is. We went to dinner here this evening and this was the first time we have eaten inside since the pandemic began and all of the staff were wearing their masks properly, the tables were spaced out and I saw them thoroughly cleaning each table after use. This was SO appreciated!! My boyfriend and I were unsure how safe it was going to be because the lake country area is not known for taking the pandemic all too seriously, but I was relieved to see that belfre was taking it very seriously and because of this we will definitely be back!!

The ambiance of this restaurant is awesome and the staff is great, you can tell everyone who works here truly cares about doing a good job. I’ve been particularly impressed by the gentlemen who usually seats us (I think he might be the manager or owner), he’s always so friendly and checks back in to make sure we are enjoying our food.

Everything we’ve eaten here has been excellent. The menu is very creative, which we love, however a picky eater might have a slightly harder time finding something. The only critiques I would have is that certain things on the menu seem a bit pricey, some of the appetizers and drinks for example. I also think they could use a couple more staple options that are more familiar so our picky eater friends will come along.

Overall I really enjoy coming here and will continue to come back, especially...