Lakewood Inn - Madison

This place is such a vibe ️ the food is delicious and the atmosphere is great, absolutely reccomend! Try a derby cocktail while you're there Service: Dine in Meal type: Brunch Price per person: $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Yummy Chicken Salad Sandwich, Stuffed French Toast

My dish was the cod and it was the smallest portion ever (smaller than actual nice restaurants would serve) I don’t think I’ve ever had au gratin and peas for my seasonal vegetables, and I’m pretty sure they were slacked out. Honestly just disappointed that this place takes advantage of people who are trying to have a nice night out and don’t know that the dishes are not even close to worth the price. Would have rather gone to Burger King. Also the place was cold and menus looked like they were made in someone’s garage with scraps.

The history and location make this a place you have to to. The food was very good but is pretty pricey. Reports from our party of 5 are: French Onion Soup 4.5 stars (4 people had it) but beware that it comes to the table too hot to eat. Clams with Linguine 5 stars. These are small clams (not like Steamers) and there were alot of them. Pork Loin 5 stars Truffles Cheese Sacchetti 4 stars Steak Au Poivre 3.5 stars. Two peopl had this and while the filet was perfectly cooked and a great cut of beef, there was simply too much coarse pepper encrusting it and the result was over powering the rest of the flavors. The service started out good, but as the dining room filled it fell apart. At the end we waited for over 10 minutes for a box to take a dessert home in and had to ask for it multiple times.

My family and I have frequented this restaurant for years and I have always found the food to be excellent and deserving of praise and the hefty price tags....until now. Today, I experienced their southwestern smash burger . Granted a smash burger tends to be a bit on the thin side and a direct indicator of a cook 's inability to cook meat, I still assumed, at $21, this was going to be a smash burger like no other. I was wrong. Not only was the burger about 1/4 thick/thin, it was also heavily charred and devoid entirely of moisture. I didn 't know if I was supposed to eat the patty or rest my water glass on it. And though southwestern does imply some spice to it, any decent cook would understand that soaking the burger in Chipotle sauce denies a consumer of enjoying literally any other flavor. Between this burger, its rubbery potato chips and the eggs Benedict I had a few weeks ago with a broke hollandaise sauce, I can 't say as though I 'm likely to give lakewood another chance until I know the kitchen is up to par.

Gorgeous location, atmosphere/ambiance. Great spot if you wanna get dressed up feel like you're stepping back in time. The duck wanton tacos were so bright, fresh uniquely delicious! The roasted Brussel sprouts were yummy as well. The lamb chops were extra gamey tasting, but the risotto was to die for! Truffle tortellini were tasty but dry the dish really needed at least a light cream sauce or even just a generous drizzle of EVOO... the apps desserts took the spot light. We ordered desserts from the top secret Speakeasy Menu grilled peaches w/a divine vanilla marscapone cream and then a decadently delicious turtle lava cake. Service was friendly.