The Pub Restaurant & Wine Bar — Restaurant in Town of La Pointe

The purpose of my review is to applaud Daisy the server who put up with the most entitled boorish a-hole I have ever encountered. Two older couples come in and sit very close by. This jack@ss was a thin balding guy who took what’s left of his hair and tied it back in a pink elastic ponytail holder. He asked for wine on the wine list that Daisy apologetically informed him that they were out of. She suggested an alternative to which he whined “I’m so tired of that wine”. He then asked for them to open a Cabernet that was only sold by the bottle. She left to ask her manager, then returned saying “I’m very sorry but that is only sold by the bottle”. He then attacked her saying “you know, you people really need to step up your service around here. Do you KNOW how much MONEY we spend here? I have a boat ON the Island! Now you go back and talk your manager and tell them that’s the wine I want”. The server then returned, apologized again and placated the petulant self appointed king of the island by bringing him and his wife their desired wine. The others at the table just sat there in silent approval of this douche’s tantrum. We we’re so disgusted by the four of them that we left our drinks unfinished, boxed up our dinner and left. If he hadn’t been an old coot I would have knocked him out. You wonder why service industry employees are hard to keep? The clown show aside, our food was wonderful as was the service. Thank you Daisy for your patience for what you must go through daily to...

It’s a funky season on Madeline Island. Between staff shortages, inability to bring in staff/students from overseas, and a COVID hangover, The Pub, like all restaurants on the island this year, is morphing to become what it needs to be. No one really knows yet what that means. I have eaten there weekly since they opened and it’s often been because there aren’t other options when it’s 6 pm and it dawns on you it’s time to eat. Other places are not open or close an hour earlier than The Pub.

[ed. One year later, all businesses on the island are still in recovery. I ate at the Pub last night and was impressed by the Merlot French Onion Soup and the Sweet Potato Salad with a bistro steak added. Beautifully done.] I’ve seen people come in who think they’re entitled to jump line, push ahead of other families waiting because (as all could hear) they had been customers for more than 50 years. Am I giving 5 stars? No, I’m saving that for the day when the manager and hostess are satisfied they have done all they can. I see progress and want to be supportive of workers who are trying. Oh, I too have been a customer for more than 50 years. With your attitude in the right place, you’ll enjoy the Pub as...

The food that I had tried was good! The chicken pizza was great! Definitely recommend the Brussel sprouts as well. The trout with the crab on top was Devine. The trout with the rice Pilaf was okay…. It Seemed a bit over cooked/dry compared to the trout I had enjoyed the night before. The orange cream martini was delicious. However, there was another cocktail at our table that was pink with lemonade and it was excessively too sweet. The brownie Sunday with ice cream was wonderful as well! The vibe was beautiful as the restaurant is right on the water! The service left a bit to be desired. We had to go up and try to find our server in order to get to go boxes and also to get the check. Outside the service was a bit weird… we had to go up to a stand and order our drinks and food and pay as we ordered. That wasn’t explained to us so we ended up sitting at the table for a bit longer than we had wanted to but overall it was a good experience and I would recommend checking...