Country Heights Supper Club — Restaurant in Town of Jamestown

Country Heights Supper Club is featured in Ron Faiola's - "Wisconsin Supper Clubs - an Old Fashioned Tradition", that's how we learned about Cathy & Mike Brotzman's supper club - Country Heights. Close to some famous Wisconsin and Iowa and Illinois landmarks - Dickeyville Grotto, Mineral Points Shake Rag Alley, Hazel Green's/ Wisconsin - Point of Beginning, Dubuque's Casinos, Galena's Artist, Historic, Shopping districts; all within 15 minutes of Country Heights Supper Club. FYI - even though their address is Hazel Green, Hazel Green is about 10 miles away - Country Heights is actually only 2 miles South of Kiehler on Badger Road. We really enjoyed meeting Cathy and Mike, owners of Country Heights for the past 14-15 years. There are several common denominators when meeting family owned supper clubs - genuine hospitality, old fashioned friendliness, grit and determination, hard workers, mainstays of their local community and social fabric - they know what their clients want and they know what keeps them coming back, great service and great food. You'll find both at Country Heights Supper Club. Since it was a couple hour drive for us to visit, we even got a room in their cozy motel, right next door - made it much more convenient. Mike welcomed us to Country Heights with a couple of his specialties - "Old Fashioned's" made just right. Mary was our delightful server, attentive and grateful that we were dining with them on a Tuesday evening. I tried the BBQ Ribs - "3 hours in smoker", claimed Mike. They were pink and tender and full of flavor, served with hashbrowns with onions and melted cheese. She had the evening's special, "all you can eat shrimp" - deep fried, broiled or blackened - one generous serving of 9-10 large, deliciously prepared shrimp was "all she could eat". Our entrees were complemented with a trip to the salad bar - freshly prepared, everything hand chopped - very nice selection. Our server Mary made our evening, dinner, and visit to County Heights delightful and it was a pleasure to converse with Mike and Cathy. Mike mentioned how important his loyal, local clientele has been to the success of their business and how honored he was to have Country Heights featured in Wisconsin Supper Clubs and grateful that we took time to drive a couple of hours to visit. Thank you Mike and Cathy, we are glad we did. If you are visiting the Southwest corner of Wisconsin and you are looking for delicious food and genuine Wisconsin hospitality, stop by County Heights for dinner, I think you'll be...

1.5 Stars – Where Flavor Goes to Die (But the Wait Staff Was Lovely)

Let me paint you a picture: Country Heights Supper Club & Motor Inn - because nothing says “fine dining” like pairing your meal with the vague smell of motel carpet and existential dread.

We roll up to this place with high hopes. Sure, the building looked like it moonlights as a haunted VFW hall, but hey…some of the best food comes out of spots like this. Hole-in-the-wall charm, right? WRONG. The only hole was the one it burned in my wallet.

We walk in. There are three entrances. Bold move. We, of course, pick the wrong one, because this place is less restaurant and more escape room. We eventually get seated thanks to a kind soul who probably sensed we were lost and hungry. Wait staff? Awesome. Polite, friendly, helpful, the MVPs of the evening. Give them a raise or at least an edible meal.

Let’s talk food. We came for the legendary 24oz prime rib that only graces the menu on Fridays and Saturdays. Expectations? Sky high. What we got? An overcooked tragedy served with all the enthusiasm of a cold shoulder. Flavorless. Lukewarm. Chewier than my childhood trauma. And if you want onions and mushrooms on top? That’ll be $3 each for the privilege of some raw onion slices and what I’m 90% sure were canned mushrooms rinsed in Palmolive.

But wait, it gets sadder.

The salad bar. Imagine a small folding table with a few scoops of sadness on ice. Grocery store salad mix (hello, Dole), pasta salad that tasted like loneliness, and dinner rolls that could double as hockey pucks. Cold butter? Check. Croutons? So dense I considered building a bunker out of them. 2.5/10, and that’s me being generous because I didn’t get food poisoning.

The combo appetizer. Fried sampler platter of frozen-store-bought-everything. Mozzarella sticks, onion rings, probably a chicken nugget in there somewhere, all of it straight out of a Sysco box and into a fryer. If I wanted carnival food, I’d go lose at skee-ball and earn it.

Final thoughts. We boxed up the prime rib with the same solemn energy people reserve for left-behind puppies and said, “We’ll fix this at home.” And we will. Because this meal? This wasn’t it.

The whole experience was like being promised a steakhouse and being handed a microwave dinner in a bingo hall. Again, the wait staff? Stellar. But the food? It phoned it in from the freezer aisle and charged us fine-dining prices...

We used to really enjoy our dining experience here, which has dwindled down from half a dozen times a year to once a year. I was disappointed when my husband chose Country Heights over the Morocco. His cod was over cooked, had a greasy appearance. I had had ham steak, which looked like the shrink wrapped fare you can purchase at any grocery store. Once I cut into, it had the appearance of a canned ham. Half of it went uneaten, due to all the fat running throughout it. The pineapple slices were not grilled, but at least not cold. The salad bar was nice, as usual, but it no longer makes up for a bad entree when you’re paying premium price for the entree. We had a small table against the wall, and there was food speckled on the wall next to my shoulder. The bathrooms are terribly outdated, most of the chairs at the bar are in bad shape as well. The wait staff, as usual, were exceptional. I told my husband I never want to go back. The Morocco is cleaner, has better quality food, which you pay far less for than at Country Heights, the atmosphere is much nicer as well. Sorry Country Heights—it’s starting to show that you put no profits back into the business…your food has become far too over priced for the sub par quality...