The Boat House

What an absolutely fabulous surprise!! My husband and I had been doing a little road trip up the Wisconsin side and then headed back down the Minnesota side not necessarily looking for anything in particular. We decided to grab dinner and had heard about "The Boathouse" from someone at work. We pulled up and I actually thought it was a little "fast food" burger/sandwich shop. When I walked in, I was somewhat puzzled as it had a full bar and very quaint seating overlooking the Mississippi River. The waitress was fabulous and immediately seated us and took our drink order whiling showing us their menu for the day. Unbelievably delicious is all I can say. Everything was homemade and perfectly cooked. If you love Walleye, this is the place to stop. I really can't say it enough - Best Walleye I've EVER had!! The Grandpa Buster herbed potatoes were an excellent side dish for this entree. Super nice people, great food and a beautiful view. WE WILL BE BACK!! Pam and Dennis Benson

Beautiful scenery and well made food. We went when it was snowing and it was so magical to sit and watch the snow hit the water. Food was delicious and the workers were very kind!

This was always our favorite place, but after tonight; we'll find a new favorite place. There is a chalkboard for the menu instead of one brought to you at the table. I miss having a wait person. Now the food--used to be the best in town. The fries tasted like they were cooked twice and over cooked. Everything was disappointing since this was always a great place to go to. We miss the boathouse that it was.

We stopped here on vacation. The ordering/paying process was a huge pain. We stood in line for 15 minutes with 6 people in front of us to order and pay for our food. Not to mention we are then asked to place a tip on that prepaid meal. Wasn't impressed. It seemed the entire checking in space was not utilized well. The ladies in front weren't impressed either. We then got our table number pole and seated ourselves. Our table wasn't clean. Kitchen guy whom brought out our cheese curds was informed to send someone out and he came himself to wash it. That impressed me. Ordered cod fish fry. It was very greasy and fries were ok. We didn't have anyone stop by us at all to see if we needed anything. You had to go get your own drinks.(Hence why tip ahead???) my tip went to the guy whom cleaned my table when it wasn't his job. The place is very very loud. Couldn't hardly hear my boyfriend who sat across from me. Didn't seem like the air conditioning worked well. I enjoyed seeing the river and how beautiful it was from where we sat. Checked the outdoor seating after we ate. It had potential but the tables were not washable and kinda gross. But the area would be nice with little change. We won't be back to this place. But we will come to the river walk that is outside of it.

Juicy Lucy was gross. Counter ordering, menu is difficult to read, and it's 10 ft from the door. I strongly suggest avoiding this place.

Saw some promising reviews online so decided to stop by and was completely blown away by our food. As someone who eats out quite a bit, the fish was cooked to perfection and the service was phenomenal. Thanks for a great dinner!!

The cafeteria style ordering has got to go. Solid menu and preparation but it doesn't make the list if I feel like I'm back in college at the dorm.

Very sad to see how far the Boat House has fallen. Margarita was disgusting. Tastes like it was made with soda by a child. Moscow mule was served in a tumbler with no garnish. Tasted like swamp water. Very off. Coleslaw tasted old with no flavor but sour. Yes, the coleslaw was Mayo based. We received our food before our drinks. The fish and chips were good but I believe the batter recipe has changed as it is not the golden yellow as many times before. The sauce trio was good. Thumbs up for that. Food served on cold plates.

Poor quality food (directly from freezer), prices did not align with food quality, 3 or 4 orders were brought to our table with lukewarm food, and dessert (key lime pie) was still frozen and had crystallized from being kept too long in the deep freezer or not properly packed and sealed prior to re-freezing it. Won't be back.

We walked out. We ordered drinks at the front desk and after over 10 minutes at our table and the drinks hadn't arrived we left. They choose not to have waitresses take orders from the tables. Customers must order at the front door. We ordered drinks first with every intention of having dinner. We were hungry. We're out of towners. Drinks never arrived so we left and went to another Yelp suggestion instead. 929 beer house. Boat house has a great decent inside ambiance but this system of the wait staff only delivering food and drinks doesn't work. It must kill the wait staff's chance to get food tips even if they would have moved along faster. Sorry to take them to task but if I was part of the wait staff I'd look for another job.