Wissota Lodge and Event Center — Restaurant in Town of Lafayette

This was our first visit to Wissota Lodge. We enjoyed the walleye, the view, and our friendly server, Jack. However, 2 hours after ordering, we still did not have our food and had to ask if our meals were ever going to come! Jack told us they were currently being prepared, and the food was hot when it arrived. When we initially sat down, we skipped ordering appetizers, as we were all hungry, and ordered our entrees right away, so the two plus hours were really a long, long wait. Tables on either side of us, who were seated after us, received and finished their meals. A couple seated next to us (who were seated after us and left before our meals arrived), couldn’t believe how long we’d waited, said the restaurant should have paid for our meals. There were a few other difficulties as well. Our reservation made in advance was not accurate when we arrived and it was near impossible to get a drink at the bar (it took about 30 minutes to order a drink). It almost seemed like the bartender avoided waiting on our party. Despite all of that, we did feel that the food was very good and tipped our waiter well, as the delay was not his fault. Not sure if the hour round trip drive is worth it for us, if it takes over two hours to get our meals. For the record, we had a 6:30pm reservation and finally...

We stopped at Wissota Lodge for the first time on Friday night as it’s close to our house and on the way home from work. At 4pm we beat the rush and it was quiet the whole time we were there. We were seated fairly quickly and the view looking over the lake was spectacular!

One of the things that was a bit confusing was the bar/dinner menu. There was food on the website that was not on the dinner menu. Is there a separate menu and separate drink specials just for the bar?? This is very unclear by looking at the website but we didn’t get happy hour drink prices in the restaurant.

My husband and I both ordered the fish— he ordered it battered and I ordered it blackened— his with fries and mine with garlic mashed potatoes. Our dinners also came with the house veg (asparagus) and dinner salads. The fish was $19.95. We both really enjoyed our food!! The fish was giant and cooked perfectly! The batter on the fish was perfectly light. We would definitely return for the fish!

The service was okay… it took a while for our waitress to check on us after we got our food and it seemed they were busy setting up tables for the evening. Also, I do think it’s unprofessional for service staff to be on their phones in the dining room.

Even with these hiccups we will return because the food...

Rented a boat. A lot of jerry-rigged fixes. No ladder for the boat...which was very difficult with 3 little kids. Boat had a a lot of damage. Exposed wires where navigation lighting should be. Wiring harness for horn is disconnected and laying loose. Boat died and after over an hour of trying to reach owners, finally able to connect with non-emergency number who had to contact the owners. Biggest concern is exposed wiring, lack of ladder and inability to contact owner with kids and boat dying. Initially we were able to turn a blind eye to damage, lack of upkeep and questionable wiring. However, with the boat dying and inability to reach owners for over an hour, that is...