Simpson's Restaurant — Restaurant in Waupaca

Been here several times in the past, last night was by far the worst meal we have had anywhere in a very long time. Drinks at the bar were wonderful, bartender is fantastic as always. We thought the appetizer of shrimp cocktail, would be served first, but our soup came first btw was very good, boyfriend had the tomato and I had chicken cordon blu soup, then the shrimp cocktail arrived-they needed to be thawed a little more, one was still frozen. Had to spit it out. My boyfriend had ribeye encrusted parmesan garlic topping, it looked more like and tasted like potatoes on top of the steak.He was never asked how he wanted it prepared, waitress took off b4 he could say anything. I had 6 oz filet migon with the same topping, I ve had it in the past, they must have changed it, again it looked like potato on top of filet, not like I've had there before, neither on of us cared for it, Couldnt eat my filet, was very close to rare. I ordered medium plus. Waitress NEVER came back one time to ask how anything was, so I was unable to send it back and have it cooked a little more. It was a Wed. night and there were maybe 5 tables in the restaurant, we were there over 1 hour most of the time waiting for our meal. Btw at this time we were the only ones in the room we were in, we were in the big room by the bathrooms. So I don't know what was goingon in the kitchen, but certainly waiting on customers was not a priority. A beer was also ordered, and it was brought at the end of our meal. We told them to keep it since we were finished. Very very disappointed...

Let me just start out by saying, the best part of the meal was the Old Fashion! Took my husband to Simpson’s for his birthday dinner this past Saturday night. I had the queen prime & he had the New York strip. He said his was ok. Not great. My prime was horrible! It was done fine but the cut & taste was something to be desired! It had so much grizzle in the meat, I had a hard time even cutting it. It was more like a Ribeye, which I don’t like for that reason , And it wasn’t all that tender. When I order a prime rib, it should be able to be cut with a knife, not a saw! When you go out to eat at a nice restaurant, and pay $110.00 for 2 drink & 2 meals, you would think there product would be better than good. I tried to eat my leftovers and can’t just not good. The waiteress was ok. But didn’t seem to concerned. She would just glide by our table while asking how everything was. She didn’t give us a chance to tell her how awful our meals were. I guess they got our money so what do they care now. I just hope others don’t run into this. We would have been better off going to our local restaurant and had a pizza, saved the driving and a lot of money!!! Now we know and will...

Oh my goodness. I regret not writing this review sooner because now I can't remember the name of our waiter. But we got to Waupaca pretty late on a Monday in September and went to a different restaurant at 9. They said their kitchen was open, then came back and said... Just kidding our hours changed ...today. We didn't have time or many options on a Monday night, but came across Simpson's. We were apologetic for being so late, but they made us feel SO WELCOME. I'm glad the previous restaurant had awful service because then we wouldn't have had the opportunity to come here. We were celebrating our anniversary (although the waiter didn't know that) and the food was absolutely wonderful. And to top it off, I had the best Old Fashioned I've ever had in my entire life. Props to the bartender! I had the mushroom soup (perfectly seasoned), and the broiled fish (amazing sauce). My husband had fried fish with perfectly cooked but slightly crunchy vegetables. He still talks about how great his meal was... Weeks later.

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