Boat House Pub

Great location. Great service. Melissa is a great server. Food was decent for pub food and the price was very reasonable.

It was a warm Friday night in Kenosha. My husband and I were joined by another couple and their 2 young children. We set out during the dinner hour with plans to go to a popular bar/burger joint in downtown Kenosha. That quickly proved to be a big mistake after we observed the crowd literally spilling out into the street. So we walked around looking for alternatives.

We came upon The Boat House, which had the look of an old family restaurant. We saw people seated at tables by the window being served plates of golden battered fish, French fries, and coleslaw. My husband, always a sucker for a good fish fry, suggested we give it a shot. There was a moderate line of people waiting to be seated, which was expected given the time and weather. The restaurant was bustling--families, people of all ages, servers and bussers running this way and that--so we felt we had made a good choice. We thus patiently waited 15-20 minutes to be seated.

We were seated at a large table inside, which gave us full view of the nautical decorations. We mentally noted that the restaurant was aptly named. We examined our menus and waited a few minutes until our server appeared, after which she took our drink orders.

Over the next 15 minutes, we continued to observe the same scene--families, people of all ages, servers and bussers running this way and that. We saw our server on multiple occasions walking back and forth to other tables, punching orders into the computer, etc. The only thing missing from this scene was our drinks.

In fact, our server never returned to our table and our drinks never arrived, so we all agreed to hoist anchor and shove off. We took our business and our appetites to another place down the street. Suffice it to say, we have sailed over the horizon and are not coming back.

We recently had breakfast at the Boathouse.  It was very affordable - short stack, side of potatoes and a side of bacon was $6.50.    Breakfast is pretty simple, but my pancakes were light, fluffy and buttery tasting - the O'Brien potatoes were FANTASTIC - just as good as I can make them at home - done perfectly and crispy on one side and seasoned just right.  They also have a breakfast buffet that is $5.99 if you purchase a bloody mary.  We skipped the buffet as the food was set up in the outdoor dining area (which honestly, grosses me out - impossible to ever keep flies away - they should move it indoors), and it was too early to start drinking.  Our server was polite, but it took longer than expected for our food to arrive.  I think it was 20 minutes or so before our food arrived - and while 20 mins. is usually an acceptable time to wait - it seemed long for breakfast considering the place wasn't that crowded.  We would eat here again.