Rivers Bend Resort

We come up from Milwaukee, eat out a lot and have become spoiled and somewhat critical over the years. We have been here a lot for Friday night fish fry. There hand beer battered 3 piece (haddock or cod I can’t remember) was amazing 16 out of 20 times. Salad bar was the best around for the longest time. I had a frank conversation with the owner a week ago that I thought the service and food were slipping a bit. I really think he listened. We have been there the last two Saturday’s for all you can eat broasted chicken and I will say this — it was amazing both times and I am hard to please. My 9 year old nephew has master chef ambitions — we got a tour of the kitchen yesterday and he was in heaven. They really treated him like royalty. My girlfriend really likes the perch on Friday. Salad bar had clam chowder at times on Friday that was some of the best I have had in WI and I travel out east a lot. I wish they would have it more. Usually have real bacon on salad bar and their homemade croutons are really, really good. Tap beer is ice ice cold. They make a good old fashioned too. Give this place a try. Seriously. We’ve been looking really hard to find better fish in the area and haven’t. The weighted average rating from our party of 7 yesterday came out to a 4. There were many times I would have rated the fish a 5 on Friday’s.

Service and Food are hit or miss. I’ve had great and I’ve had bad. I would just recommend drinking here and grabbing an appetizer.
Prices on the drinks are good. For example they have $ 1.50 Pints on Saturdays.
Nice seawall to tie your boat up too. I only come here by boat.

Let me start by saying our food was very good. The salad bar is a treat on a Friday night.
My husband and I and another couple went for a Friday fish fry last night. We asked to sit at one of the five center tall tables with bar stools as my husband is on crutches and it would have been much easier for him and more comfortable. We were told that we could not sit there and dine on a Friday night as that is where every one sits to wait. The dining room was busy but not full and four of these five tables remained EMPTY the entire time we were dining. I hope that this hostess never has anyone with a disability in her life and has to deal with someone so rude and unbending.
Two in our party had a beer with dinner… and were never offered another. I had iced tea and it was never refilled. Go if you want good food and don’t mind spotty service. Oh and hostesses that have no compassion for people with disabilities.

The food really is a hit or miss we have had really good food but then we have had terrible food. I agree that this is a place to go for drinks as they are sooooooo cheap and appetizers maybe not a meal. I do like the fact that they have a huge dining area and they do have outdoor seating and its always been clean when we have went.