Scully’s Restaurant — Restaurant in Salem Lakes

My wife and I wanted to support local and give this place a chance as we've never been here before. From the outside, the place doesn't look like much, but once you're inside it's a nice atmosphere. We were seated promptly and provided with menus from a nice friendly waitress. Unfortunately, things went up and down from here... My wife wanted to try the potato pancakes, but they were running low. Upon checking, the waitress came back and said they ran out. OK. I decided to order some cheese curds and they came out with ranch sauce. They were good and very cheesy (some cheese curds can be hollow and just breading, but not these). For our meals, I decided to order the pulled pork sandwich with more cheese curds (upcharge disclosed and accepted) and bbq sauce on the side. I wanted to try a bit of the sauce, but didn't really want high fructose corn syrup all over my pork. My wife ordered the kids menu grilled cheese and fries since she wasn't as hungry (price $7.89). The pulled pork was very good with a nice smoky flavor. There was some bbq sauce on it though, so maybe they forgot it was supposed to be on the side? It wasn't much though, so I ate the pork. The grilled cheese was kind of laughable as it was very thin bread with maybe one slice of cheese on it (definitely a kids grilled cheese, right?). The french fries were OK. We got the receipt and I noticed the grilled cheese was $19.89? What happened? Well, the waitress said there is an adult upcharge of $10 which we weren't told about. Basic math would show that this is actually a $12 upcharge, but what the hell? Nothing is disclosed on the menu about this nor were we told about this when ordering. And by the look of the grilled cheese, this wasn't an "adult" grilled cheese. Nice touch Scully's. So, $19.89 for a mediocre grilled cheese at this place... How do you mess up grilled cheese? And it was $2.51 more than a pulled pork sandwich LOL! NICE MARGIN! We gave our normal 20% tip cause, you know, support local. Shady move by this joint and feel ripped off. Consider this a one time donation. Won't be back.

Edit (20250915) - We appreciate your response and I did notice a credit on our credit card which was nice. I do agree there was some miscommunication here and we'd like to come in for breakfast soon. Support your local restaurants folks and IF there is an issue, Scully's wants to fix it. Thank you and bumping...

Ok, I rate food and drinks by past experience. I’ll start with the drink order. I ordered the Scully’s Old Fashioned. My benchmark is from my grandfather. He made them with such detail and care. They were the best and I have never been able to find one that came close until the one from Scully’s. It is my grandfather’s Old Fashioned reincarnated. I ordered the Walleye dinner. Again, my grandfather, who was a great fisherman, had fish fry dinners after his trips to Canada. He fried the walleye in lard with a beer batter. It was the best tasting fish I’ve ever had. I rate all fish fries after that. Again, I have not had anything better until the walleye at Scully’s. It is my grandfather’s reincarnated. Next, I had the potato pancakes as a side. My benchmark for potato pancakes was my mom’s. They were not good at all (sorry mom). Don’t get me wrong, she was a great cook. In fact we used to say that she should be a caterer. Anyway, that ruined me for potato pancakes. I kept trying them over the years and never found any I liked until Scully’s. So tasty. I will get them every time I go to Scully’s, which will be every chance I get. Don’t get me started on the desert. The chocolate mousse was great. You know sometimes the chocolate mousse at some restaurants is basically just chocolate pudding. This was not. It has a chocolate cake bottom crust and a chocolate fudge top crust. Fantastic. Oh yeah, we had the fried pickles for a starter. Better than Hooters, which is where they started and were considered the benchmark. Scully’s is my new benchmark for all the...

We just had a wonderful meal here. The owner was training so we got the full experience. The place is remodeled and it is very welcoming. Clean and bright. We sat at the booth so we could look at the lake. Here are some highlights. We got a menu. When you are trying to stay off your phone it is nice to be in a place that has a menu. I didn't have to fiddle with my screen so the menu shows up or get an app. Lol. The owner explained how they prepare the food and that they stay with local bakeries and a local meat supplier. Because my husband is a long time resident we even got the history about Silver Lake. It was very pleasant. The food was delicious. I had the eggs benedict with crispy hasbrowns. My husband got the corn beef and hash. I was happy that I did not need to add salt or pepper as it was seasoned well. My husband's breakfast looked like something from St. Patty's day. Big hunks of cornbeef and halfed potatoes. Did not have that weird canned stuff. We were both very happy. Good size portions that needed a to go box. The waitress he was training was very nice and attentive and funny. All in all I wish these owners success. They are definately trying hard. So if you are looking to get away to a wonderful place with a view of Silver Lake I hope you try this place. I am hoping to try lunch there or their friday night...