Went here for fish fry with one of my friends and we ended up sitting outside and watching the sunset. Our server was very nice and the food was SOOOO good! I had the fried cod and she had the walleye. We were both impressed and full after the meal. My favorite part - the price - very affordable and you get to pick your sides, which were also really good, american fries and asparagus. I'd highly recommend and I'm going back!
Review Source:I got a Groupon for here for my fiancee and mine's anniversary, and we finally were able to get there a month later. Â The restaurant was super easy to find and I loved how it was right on the lake. Â I spent a lot of time the last few summers in northern WI on a lake, so it was nice to be back on a lake again- brought back good memories! Â We did not make a reservation, so it was an hour wait for a table when we arrived. Â We hung out in the slightly crowded bar and had a few drinks while we were waiting. Â The drinks were good and the bartenders were attentive, so no complaints there! Â We were seated at a table that had a great view of the lake. Â They had lots of specials going on that night (Friday night fish!), and we started with pepperjack cheese curds. Â Delish! Â They had a really nice bite at the end of them from the peppers. Â I got the blue gill/lake perch combo and my fiancee got the Caribbean salmon. Â I know blue gill is a thinner fish, and while my dish was good, there was not a lot of actual fish under the batter. Â I got a salad with my fish with a tomato basil vinaigrette, which was surprisingly good and coleslaw which was pretty standard. Â The salmon with the Caribbean dipping sauce was fantastic, but the veggies he got as a side was just some steamed broccoli and carrots- not very creative! Â Our server was attentive all night, even though the restaurant was super busy all night. Â By the time we left, I was very full and satisfied.
Review Source:This place has seriously gone down hill in recent times. Â The management is horrible and does not care about its employees!! Â The food is eh just ok. Â The bar used to be great and had great employees but Ive noticed some are missing now and it has seriously affected this place. Â Dont even bother
Review Source:I use to boat in this area alot.  I always made this place to stop for  breakfast. very good.  They are know for there Walleys and eggs,  Some people even like a bloody mary or vodka and orange served with them.  Anything on the menu is good.  Nice place on the water.  You can come by boat or car.  If you come by boat a nice little ride over to Madison area makes it a fun day.
Review Source:Now I must state one little thing about the way I rate restaurants. My ratings are relative to my expectations of the experience and in no way relative to other restaurants, (it just isn't fair to use the same scale for a place like the Beach House as you would for The French Laundry so again, it's all relative)
I've only been here for breakfast but the second time I drove a long damn way to have breakfast again so that in and of it self should say something. (another caveat: there are maybe six restaurants in McFarland that don't have drive-thrus) Â
I ordered the Walleye and eggs both times along with a bloody mary (gotta love a beer back, yay for Wisconsin). Now I am well aware of the number of bones that a whole Walleye contains and cannot in any way hold the Beach House responsible for that. I can say that the breading was perfectly crispy and well seasoned and that the fish was not at all over cooked, nice and moist. plus I think it cost $10 which was awesome (you can't get fish for breakfast at these prices in Chicago)
For me the biggest highlight of breakfast here is what they do to the potatoes (their name for them is eluding me at the moment) by request they will top your breakfast potatoes with a heap of meat, veggies and cheese, enough to make it a hangover-soaking-up meal unto itself.
To sum it all up: if you find yourself looking for breakfast and a little "hair o' the dog" in McFarland Wisconsin because "What happens at the Beach House, stays at the Beach House" and we all love that about any restaurant.
We live just down from the Beach House. Â We love going there. They are super friendly. We usually do not have to wait to be seated. The weekend breakfasts are the best. Bloody Marys are outstanding. Love the crab cakes eggs Benedict. Yum! Huge portion of walleye with your eggs which is one of my friends favs when they come visit. It is a great local hangout too, beautiful view, easy parking for your boat from lake waubesa. We recommend it always!
Review Source:This is the quintessential mom and pop bar / restaurant on a lake. They specialize in cheap beer and great food. Staff is friendly and down home, but you'd better leave your big-city attitude at home.
We went for a Friday night fish fry. I live in Seattle these days and was not about to miss the opportunity while in town.
Started with a couple of Spotted Cows (on tap!) while the rest drank Miller Lite. (Told ya...) There were five adults plus a 12-year old.
Walleye was excellent, the waitress was too. We made reservations and the table was ready well ahead of time. Our one tactical error was sitting in the bar for the view. It was LOUD! Think that the dining room is much quieter.
Notice that I am not saying much about the food? Here's the deal:
- It was Friday
- It was Hot
- The beer was Cold
- The fish fry was exactly what you would expect in a place like this: great walleye!
'Nough said...
I really wanted to like this place but it wasn't what we were looking for.
They have a great spot on the lake but it is a pretty dumpy little fish shanty. Â If that is what you are looking for, you will love it. Â There were a bunch of locals there having a good time and if we were there with a group of our friends it might be ok for a few beers. Â But still way way too crowded. Â Like sardines in a can.
There was no one to greet us so we just took a table by the window. Â Then we waited and waited. Â Then someone came over and said hi. Â Then we waited and waited. Â I was about to get up and leave when someone came over and said, "oh, you haven't been waited on yet?" Â So she then tried to help things along. Â
The menu was average for sandwiches but overpriced, we felt, for entrees as we ordered the Ahi Tuna and the Bluegill. Â The Tuna was very good and perhaps appropriately priced but the Bluegill was not proportionately enough. Â It was made well enough and had ok flavor but should have been a few dollars less.
Salad was ok. Â At least had a variety of greens but still needed a little more.
If I ever went back it would be for a few beers and the view, that's it.
It's too bad because we really need some nice places on the lake and with all the lakes around here there aren't as many lakeside restaurants as you would expect.
We had dinner at the Beach House on Friday on our way up to northern Wisconsin based on reviews on Yelp. Â If you are looking for good fish fry the Beach House has it. Â I had the perch which was great, my bf had the walleye which i think had an even better flavor. Â The fish deserves 5 stars. Â Everything else a 3 star. Â I would give 3 1/2 stars if that were an option. Â Would definitely go back.
Review Source:I have not Yelped in quite a while and to all my fans (all none of you)...sorry. Â So I will start on a positive note...
So I have been to the Beach House so many times I feel dumb reviewing it but I am so deal with it and go there.
If you are going for drinks...do it. Â The clientele is awesome and you will always hear some great stories. Â But this review is for the food. Â ALWAYS AMAZING! Â We went for breakfast the other day for the first time in a long time and it was as good as I remember. Â The Eggs Benedict are just delicious and something I could eat every day and they make one hell of a Bloody Mary (so I am told by my wife since I do not like them) if your interest in that.
So if you want some good breakfast on the weekend and in the McFarland area...Breach House it is!
This place has good steaks,and fish fry. I also like the saturday special bacon wrapped filet, with lobster tail,all for 24.99 I think? All the dinners come with soup or salad, potato choic,warm rolls w/ butter. Walleye,cod,bluegill are all delecious. Good place for a beer as well. Great view, and drink specials. This is a real Sconnie place,Wisco to the core. My fave Fish Fry spot for sure.
Review Source:For being surrounded by two lakes, Madison doesn't do a great job of having places to drink on the water. Head down to McFarland and check out the beach house. It's like a dive bar slash restaurant right on the lake. Tons of windows. Not a bad place.
Can't comment on the food. Drink specials were solid.
Amazing Friday night FISH FRY! I got out a lot for fish fry's in Madison and the surrounding area and this still remains my favorite. I usually get the Cod dinner, which is always cooked perfect, not too soggy or too crispy, which comes with a side AND a soup or salad for only $9.95. I always recommend the Beach House when someone is looking for a GREAT fish fry! :)
Review Source:This place is pretty dumpy - "Corinthian leather" chairs, crappy tables...
What is worth going for is the walleye and eggs served on weekends. Â It is a HUGE portion of walleye, lighty fried, served with eggs cooked to order, potatoes and toast. Â All this for something like $10. Â Totally worth a side trip if you are in Madison.
Awesome food, awesome prices, awesome service!  Decor is something to be desired but the view and food more than makes up for it.  Go and enjoy some of Wisconsin's very best fried cheese curds.  Go for Breakfast  and order a pancake, you will only need one.  For Dinner try any of their specials, I've had them all!  Makes me want to go there tonight.
Just a local
What could I possibly say about the Beach House Restaurant and Lounge? Â I guess I could think of a few things.
I went there today for the first time and was dazzled by the charm it flaunted, while still maintaining the gritty edge of a backwoods Wisconsin eatery. Â Let's not get it twisted folks, we're not breaking gastronomic ground here. Â What we are breaking are your misconceptions of what a restaurant can be whose parking lot is largely composed of Chevy and Dodge trucks, and whose front, snow-covered, lawn is full of snowmobiles. Â Deal with it kids, this is that slice of Midwest Americana you've been looking for in any number of wayside eateries in rural America. Â Fish fry anyone?
To begin, let me explain that one of the many draws for the Beach House's patrons is the fact that it is still legal to smoke indoors in McFarland. Â I stepped inside and was immediately made aware of this fact as plumes of smoke took up residence in my clothes and nose. Â
Do not fear, however, there is a separate dining room that is nonsmoking. Â And man was this separate dining room packed (Superbowl Sunday). Â Packed with large women squeezing into convention center chairs. Â Packed with waitresses who wore skin tight white Jordache jeans, giving you a fleeting sense of their giving nature. Â Packed with the eager anticipation of an entire day spent watching football and football-related activities: drooling, eating, drinking, and smoking. Â God bless America.
The AM dish to get here is the Walleye and eggs breakfast. Â I would tend to agree, although their limited selection of omelets is made marginally more tasty by the addition of broccoli (you heard me punk). Â As breakfast wore on, the dining room filled, emptied, and filled again; the waitstaff eagerly setting new places, removing paper place settings, calling people darlin' and hon'(always appreciated).
So give it to me hard backwoods Wisconsin. Â Give me every sinew of your being: your ice fishing, snowmobiling, smoking, bloody Mary drinking, being. Â Just be. Â And give me a friggin' huge piece of deep fried walleye to help me digest the spectacle, with scrambled eggs on the side. Â And don't you dare forget the tartar sauce.
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