Rock the House Pub & Grill

Rock the House is a typical rural midwestern roadhouse/watering hole/restaurant.  Adjust your expectations accordingly and you will have yourself a great time.

Ambiance: it's a tavern.  Lots of TVs for the sportsminded; unfortunately, when we were there on Saturday evening, all of them were on the Golf Channel instead of the Stanley Cup finals.  Tables are the high, bar-stool style instead of what you'd find in a restaurant.

Food: tasty and plentiful, especially the haystack onions.  The full order of haystack onions is approximately the size of an actual haystack, so groups of 3 or less should probably think half-order.  The menu is typical pub grub, with steaks and prime rib tossed in (as well as the obligatory Friday fish fry).  The chef clearly knows how to prepare steaks; my 14oz ribeye was very tasty, if a bit gristly in places.  On the down side, he's got a heavy hand on the salt shaker -- our fried onions were definitely on the salty side and my wife's prime rib was as well.

Service: Quick, friendly, and attentive (despite switching beers on me when asked for a refill -- when your customer is drinking Shock Top Honeycrisp Wheat Beer (yummm), don't bring him a Leinie's Summer Shandy (yick) by mistake.  The management was very nice about correcting the situation, so no stars knocked off.

All things considered, we had a nice, enjoyable dinner.  If the bartender was on the ball and put the hockey game on the TVs, we could have spent most of the evening there.

The next time we're in the area, we'll be back here.  If you're in the Lomira/Brownsville area, you should eat/drink here.