Restaurants near Waubesa Wetlands State Natural Area

We celebrated a friends birthday at Bonfyre. The wait staff was very friendly and attentive - but not annoyingly so. The food was delicious! Best vegetable risotto topped with salmon, shrimp & scallops! It all ended with a small birthday dessert on the house!

I decided I wanted to have my birthday dinner and Buck & Honey's in Monona. It was also Restaurant Week so there were some special dishes available. Everything was delicious and nicely presented on the plates. I had the brie bacon cups for an appetizer and they were great, just wish they had been a bit larger. My husband and I both had the beef stroganoff -- it was delicious, sauce was very tasty. Our server, I think her name was Samantha, was appropriately attentive. We will definitely be back.

We thought we were going to have a bad experience as the hostess on this night was unwelcoming, unfriendly did not even want to speak with us let alone eye contact. It seemed as though it was a problem for her to do her job. After that ordeal everything was great! The waitress was great and servers were very friendly. Highly recommend.

When we got to our table, our friends were a little but we were told we needed to be done in 2 hours, "is that ok?" I didn't think it would be a problem. The waiter took my husband & I's drink order and our friends arrived. Instead of taking their drink order, he took the food order of a group of 10 that had been seated after us. He then informed me my drink should be right up. (It took 15mins) he finally came to take our food order by saying "I'll need to take your food order now please" at time finally asked our friends what they would like to drink as well. We felt very rushed. 3 of the 4 meals came out. My husband was told his would be right out. My potatoes were cold. We were about halfway through our meal when the waiter finally realized my husband still hadn't gotten his meal. He went to check and said he didn't know what happened, but it's being prepared now. Not 2mins later, someone brought him "his" sandwich. Turned out it wasn't what he ordered at all. We told our waiter after he tried to give his actual sandwich to a different table and realized they got mixed up. It was ridiculous.

Serious Dude vibe in a good way. Excellent whiskey selection. Cigars and leather seats. What more could you want?