Carlin Club Lodge

Reviews & Tips

• 0

  Have had consistent quality food since starting to come here regularly.  I had been here years before with my folks.  I find the food a bit pricey but the service is great, drinks are strong and my sirloin steak I get here has the best flavor compared with dozens of up north clubs.  I can get a burger here at a decent price, pizza is not bad and we like the crab cakes and the pretzel rolls.  Davenport potatoes are unbeatable.  We like Jim the new owner.  This is our go-to place up north.  We have never had a bad experience.
  
  Edit: I have been trying out the options on the salad bar, and I'm yet to find something I don't like.  Pickled Herring (actually good!), egg salad, a pasta salad, cottage cheese...very good to have some options like this.
  
  If you like green olives in your drinks, be sure you ask for one of their hand stuffed green olives.  Also a delicious choice.

  Review Source:

  Posted on 09.24.13 Joe T.

  • Report
• 0

  Well been there a few times. Nice place and food is usually good. Stopped in this weekend for dinner. Looks like they have new menu. Very pricey . Got the prime rib special queen cut. Not happy. Half was fat and what was not fat was kinda tough and sinewy. The dipping sauce was so salty I could not eat it. Have been coming here for years not sure I will return again. Maybe a bad night but......

  Review Source:

  Posted on 04.28.13 Bob S.

  • Report
• 0

  This was a great surprise. We had some challenges finding it on our snowmobiles but we were thrilled once we arrived. Great service. Nice bar and good drinks. Good salad bar. Most of our group had fish. My broiled walley was excellent. The blackened grouper was also very good. Great meal.

  Review Source:

  Posted on 02.25.13 Colm L.

  • Report
• 0

  Decent menu and salad bar, and plenty of waitstaff working when we were there on a Saturday night. Seating located in the basement below lodge rooms, but the northwoods decor and cozy stone fireplace don't leave you feeling like you're dining in a basement at all. During the day there is a nice view from the dining area overlooking the lake. My husband said the place is somewhat reminiscent of old world German rathskellers.
  Due to somewhat inflated prices and my vegetables served luke warm, I have it 4 stars. However, you won't be disappointed  if you order the davenport potatoes!

  Review Source:

  Posted on 11.22.12 Jen L.

  • Report
• 0

  Went for October Festival and ate at the lodge.  Don't miss the Wagner band if you get the chance.  Oh yeah, the food and service were great. Kids portions were huge and good.  I had the poorman's lobster which was tasty and cooked just right.

  Review Source:

  Posted on 08.05.12 Rob K.

  • Report
• 0

  We not only ate dinner at the Carlin, but spent four nights in their motel, over the restaurant.  Other than losing power during the first night, our stay was excellent, and when we moved to a room overlooking the lake, it was even better.  We dined one night with friends from nearby Winchester and found the food to be of high-quality.  All of our entrees were nicely prepared, cooked correctly, and delivered on time.  We start with drinks and my brandy Old Fashioned, prepared the hard way, was so good I wanted another.  The owner, Jim Luedtke, was the host and he affably handled the packed crowd with all the finesse needed.  The bar staff, heck, all the staff was great and didn't lose their heads when busy.
  
  If you get chance when visting, see if the Carlin Lodge (next to the restaurant)  is not occupied and see if you can get a tour.  This old hunting lodge, dating back over 60 or more years, was once the playground of the well-appointed and annoited crowd.  It apparently has hosted luminaries such as Liz Taylor, John Wayne, the Kennedy's and even a sitting President, Dwight Eisenhower, who loved to fish alone on the lake.  Well, I'll bet he was hardly alone, but still...

  Review Source:

  Posted on 07.31.12 Jerry J.

  • Report