Smugglers Lounge — Restaurant in Eagle River

You would have to work hard to find a worse dining experience in the northwoods than Smugglers Lounge. The place is a dump. The staff rude, cheap and incompetent. We went there to try the horseradish and have dinner. First we were told that they no longer had horseradish, then a small jar and one small plastic cup with a nickels’ worth of stale pretzels was provided for three people. We asked for another cup of pretzels and were told “You better be using them for the horseradish,” by the dim witted bar maid, who then didn’t replenish them anyway. The beer was warm and flat. The menu was remarkably limited, and the food ill-prepared. I live in the area, and understand that sometimes northwoods locals can be rude, but the only explanation for this experience is that they must want to go out of business and are too stupid to simply...

This place impressed me. Came with my friend who loves Hamm’s Beer…because this place is practically a Hamm’s memorabilia museum…There is vintage neon and old advertisements EVERYWHERE! It’s pretty neat to see. The owner of the bar definitely loves to talk about Hamm’s and anything to do with it. As for the food, I got a “Smashed Burger” which comes with a special sauce and grilled onions. It was fantastic. Cooked Medium rare with great seasoning! One of the best burgers I’ve ever had. Potato salad was also amazing with great seasoning, paprika blend I believe. I also had a Bavarian soft pretzel…and that was also great. You gotta come try this place! Were gonna make reason to stop here each time we’re...

We just had our first visit here, and it was great!!

We tried 3 items, first was the smash burger, and it was fabulous. It is honestly one of the best burgers I've ever had. You need to have their special sauce on it. It will really make the burger special. The second thing we tried was the pizza, which was also very good (it had the best crust in the northwoods). Lastly, we tried the Taco special. Those were awesome, too.

Their prices are very reasonable, especially for the quality of the food. And both Renee and Mike are great owners & hosts!!

I would HIGHLY recommend that you try this restaurant!!! It is definitely a...