Taverne on Woodlake — Restaurant in Kohler

I order Shashito peppers for an appetizer, Expresso Martini for my drink, and the special of the day "Smoked salmon eggs benadic "

I started off with the appetizer Shashito peppers. The presentation was well put together. However, at first bite I was slightly dissapointed. The peppers were left whole so I had to attempt to cut the stem off each pepper I ate. The cream cheese was unseasoned and the peppers were u ncharred leaving them soft,oily and bland. They were topped with bacon, seasoned crumbs and pickled onion.

For my drink I chose the Expresso Martini. I was very impressed with its presentation and flavor! The martini had a nice Froth topped with a hint of powder leaving this drink with a wonderful chocolate kick.

Last was the main course. Smoked Salmon eggs benadic with a side of crispy chips. I cannot express how tasty this meal was. The eggs were poached to a fluffy texture and rich creamy consistent egg yolk middle. Topped with a well seasoned benadic sauce. The kicker was the tangy tomatoe jam adding a real zest to it a all. The Smoked salmon it rested on was potent in a hickory flavor that settled nicely on the pallette and combined well with the over all dish. I would definitely recommend this again. Total spend was $43.00 I even have to give it to the staff. They were polite and on top of things. I do recommend either a reservation for lunch or getting there before the rush or you will have abit of a wait.

8 out of ten...

If I could give negitive stars I would, to start the evening off the waitress spilled water and didnt seem to care nor wish to clean it up left it up to us to do so, only one person at the table was asked if they would like a refill, when there were others that could have used one at the same time, when asked for others to have refills there was a snide remark made, she came back and passed the glass (as i was about to take a bite of my dinner) infront of my face to the person next to me. The live music was verry loud and hard for us to hear the people we were dining with.( mind you there were only a few other tables occupied at the time). When we recieved the bill, it was plane to see that we weren't quite ready to pay and were asked if change was needed, feeling like we were being pushed to leave. After leaving the bill and funds on the table with the tip that we felt was fair for the service recieved, we recieved a call on our way home and was told that we needed to come back and make it right with the waitress that what was left for her was not enough for her to...

This used to be a regular place for us, then the menu and staff changed. The last time I came here we asked to be seated on the patio. We were told it's a 45-60 min wait at 7pm. Oh, and the credit card machine was down so we would need to pay with cash, check, or write our card numbers on paper to be charged later. With no outside seating, we opted to sit inside. The hostess put us near the backwall and we could see two open tables outside that needed to be bussed. When asked why we couldn't sit there, she said they needed to be cleaned. We were confused as to why cleaning a table would take 45-60min. Anyway, we ended up moving outside. Sadly, the service was slow, and on two occasions we were bought another tables food. Felt like we were at a startup restaurant, not a known Kohler entity. I expect more from a place like this. We won't be back anytime soon. Interesting thing, as soon as we left, our credit cards were charged. Ironically, I guess the card machine...