When it finally does arrive, it is cold and gristly. The Filet Mignon takes 45 minutes to cook instead of the normal 20 minute wait. The past two dining experiences (on Mondays) have been the same. For some reason, as summer approaches (maybe its the morons that are hired as summer help), both the food and service deteriorate greatly, especially on Mondays. Usually the food is excellent and the service very good. I always have a house salad and a well done Filet Mignon.

We always dine around 3 PM to avoid the crowds. Unless Harpoon Willies is packed (which is so very rare), it’s nothing to write home about.I am a local that visits the restaurant all year long, around three of four times a month, with my wife. If you’re in the Lake Geneva area, however, and you HAVE to go out in Williams Bay, stick to Pier 290. My friends and I ended up having somewhere around 5 bowls of popcorn, alone, which made the bottom-of-the-bottom-shelf booze somewhat tolerable and the creeps who wouldn’t leave us alone forgivable. I will hand it to them, though, their popcorn is better than any other bar I’ve eaten at (including my campus favorite, Burrito Loco). The drinks can be overpriced, but if you manage to get there when they have deals on shots or beer, you can end up saving a bit of cash - it’s all about how you play the bar. Harpoon is not your first stop of the night, and if it’s your last, it’s because you drank too much beforehand. I’d say Harpoon Willies is the bar equivalent of that drunk extended family member who you don’t WANT to be at Thanksgiving: when they inevitably show, you suck it up and try to have a good time, anyway. 5) I finished my food, though not much flavor (plus I was starving), bad sangria, pretty good chicken panini with possible food poisoning, decent atmosphere/decorations, pretty scenery from the outside area. If you’re looking for affordable, good quality food I would keep searching. I can’t say with 100% certainty that it was their fault, but once again highly suspicious. He didn’t get something that he never eats or something extremely spicy or different. I don’t know if the chicken was not cooked right or if something else on the plate had something wrong with it but this has never happened to him before. Approximately 2 hours after that he is throwing up uncontrollably for 45 minutes. We went back to our hotel and went to sleep an hour or so later. He seemed to enjoy it and finished the entire thing. As for my poor boyfriend he ordered the chicken panini. Our server was very nice and I’m sure we just have different tastes, no fault on his part. I was not a fan of the flavor and wouldn’t suggest to order this to anyone. I am pretty sure it was straight from a bottle and if you going to charge $ 8+ for a sangria it shouldn’t be from those cheap bottles of pre-made sangria. I also ordered the sangria which was apparently on special, our waiter said that he is a «sangria snob» and that it tasted very good to him. It did not have a lot of flavor and the meat in the dish was slim to none. Considering the amount I paid for the baked rigatoni bolgnese I only received approximately 15 rigatoni noodles (in their defense the noodles were on the bigger side) but still not a lot of food. The place was pricey for the amount of food which they provide. We are not from the area and obviously want to have good meals that aren’t extremely pricey. Made the ride home with soaking wet pants in 60 degree weather even more irritating. He’s 20 years old and clueless to what I’m trying to get across. I asked the waitress to send the manager over before we left and the food server who dumped the drink on me shows up?!? Really? He couldnt possibly been the manager. But, anywhere this has EVER happened to me, the manager would come by and offer something off the check for the mess. I may be a magnet for this sort of thing, it seems to follow me around. We received our check and there was no gratis for me having to wear 8 oz of Sprite on my pants. Finally had to flag her down and ask for a towel. Our waitress came by twice, never offered a towel or more napkins. It was purely an accident and he apologized. A different server brought our food and knocked over my soda, right into my lap. Smoked brisket sandwich had good flavor but was a bit tough. Quickly seated and good service from our waitress.

Stopped for a bite while out for a motorcycle ride.

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