The Good Wives — Restaurant in Eau Claire

The Good Wives restaurant is amazing.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But if your opinion isn’t the above, you are wrong. I know this, because we visit here every two weeks (without the kids, because we’d like to enjoy it) and without exception the food, drinks, and service have always been exceptional.

As an example of a differing opinion, one reviewer wrote ‘menu sucks’. This is exactly the kind of helpful, insightful, commentary that allows a business to grow and evolve to better meet the customer’s needs. I can, however, confirm that the menu does not suck. In fact, I would counter that the person who wrote this, in fact, is the one who sucks. And is a stupid-head.

The menus are actually ever changing, and - I can’t say this without sounding like the sort of person who complains if the food isn’t deconstructed in some way, and presented as the concept of love, but using only carrots - I have eaten at several Michelin starred restaurants around the world. The food and drink here is genuinely on a par with all of them.

Every component of a dish or cocktail complements another, and that takes some real skill - and to do that consistently with every dish is truly world-class. No matter what we try, the flavor experience is amazing, and somehow the wait for this scratch-made, on demand food, is no longer than at any other restaurant.

Oh, another reviewer wrote ‘the atmosphere is dark, tacky designs, and not inviting’. I mean - It’s not dark - they have windows and everything. There’s a door that opens and people welcome you in, and the designs are… cool? Like, who even needs to write that? Who goes to a restaurant and is like - ‘I need to warn people about the decor here - the walls clash with the curtains. PEOPLE. MUST. BE. TOLD.’.

The service is great - Friendly, knowledgeable people who can make great recommendations, or even just discreetly fill your water as your wife is telling you in no uncertain terms to stop typing reviews while we’re trying to eat.

I truly cannot emphasize enough what a great Restaurant this is. All I can say is eat here. Or you’re wrong.

And very possibly, a...

Went here this morning for brunch as we're on a road trip and saw the excellent reviews so we were super excited to try this place out! This was one of the most disappointing brunch experiences we've had. Firstly, the atomopshere is dark, tacky designs, and not inviting. The servers (and possibly owner?) were talking extremely loudly at the bar the entire time we were there. This is a very small restaurant and there was no consideration on their end to realize that talking about personal conversations such as taking Prozac, isn't appropriate when customers are 10 feet away... Besides all this we at least expected amazing food from the reviews. Food took very long to come out. I got a ham and cheese omelette with hash browns, my boyfriend got the eggs benedict, and we shared the pancakes. The food was cold, bland, and below par. The pancakes were the only decent plate of food we got because they're definitely made from pancake box mix. I would highly recommend going ANYWHERE ELSE as this place was extremely...

A delicious, memorable meal! Each dish was thoughtfully composed with beautiful, fresh ingredients. The watermelon and halloumi appetizer was delightful and full of contrasts. The Mississippi micro-green and cucumber salads were standouts, each packing a little bit of a spicy punch. (Don't get me started on the pickled strawberries...) I loved the vegan corn cake entree - rich, creamy yet light, and some nice spice in the vegan sausage. My dining partner had the cioppino, a beautiful seafood dish with a tomato and fennel broth served with crusty bread. It looked gorgeous and he said the flavors were on point. For dessert, we indulged in both choices - chocolate pot de créme and a mocha walnut torte. The pot de créme was outstanding. The torte had great flavor but I wish there had been more textural contrast. I had no idea Eau Claire harbored such a wonderful restaurant, and I look forward...