Hi-Lo Restaurant & Catering LLC

The Mushroom Wellington was not baked enough. Two people irdered it and said the same. The pastry wrap was white. I've had it before and it was well done, brown and crispy outside. That was disappointing.

They needed more staff because our table of 10+ was left with dishes on our table we had to bus to the side ourselves plus they charged a 20% extra tip for a large group.

Aside from that great atmosphere and facility.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 1

Chicken cordon bleu was fantastic along with the atmosphere and service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

WOW! Amazing from start to finish. Sirloin Oscar and Wagu Ribeye were cooked to perfection. Our waitress was truly awesome and the bartender even whipped up a drink I had while in Canada. I wish I had taken photos but I promise you that they will not dissapoint!

Great atmosphere! Such a cool place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fantastic

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food, and excellent staff!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The Hi-Lo Restaurant is a great restaurant for date night or special occasions. This particular visit was our very first and are wondering why it took us so long to try this splendid oasis of fine dining in southern Minnesota (Lakefield). It was only a 25 minute drive from our home. Well worth the drive. We called a few days ahead for a 6:00 pm dinner reservation. A good thing we did. Even though it was a Thursday night, the restaurant quickly loaded with local and other out of town patrons. We arrived a half hour early so we could try out the basement speakeasy bar. We had a few specialty cocktails in the speakeasy and thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere as well as our Chocolate Martini and Shipwreck. Our dinner in the main dining room was very tasty and the portions were plenty. We tried the Pork Bellies and Bourbon, and the Spinach Artichoke dip. Both were delicious. They have a pretty good selection of wines and we enjoyed a full bottle of prosecco for a reasonable price. We ordered Walleye as one main entree and Chicken Cordon Bleu as our other. The dessert menu star for us was the Bread Pudding. Their recipe was very traditional but very well made. The service was outstanding and our wait between appetizers and main course was perfect. The staff worked well as a team and our server Jen was on her 'A' game. Hi-Lo is now our preferred restaurant for special occasions.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Normally I would private message the management, but their facebook page does not have the option. We are not into public bashing of a place of business. We were seated and brought menus and water. Then our waitress Mattie walked by and said I will be right with you, 4 times she walked by and said I will be right with you. So now we have been there close to a 1/2 hour and have not ordered. Ordered our food and an appetizer. Pork bites for an appetizer. My wife ordered chicken cordon blue. I ordered a rib eye. Then we waited and waited and waited and waited. No appetizer ever came. Our waitress Mattie never put in the order. When our food did arrive. The grilled asparagus was not grilled and was barely warm and raw. My wife’s meal was very delicious. The mashed potatoes were top notch and her chicken was done to perfection. My steak was ordered medium. It came medium well, almost no pink. It tasted like the lid fell off of the seasoning container. I like the taste of a good steak. No steak sauce, no seasoning whatsoever. Just a really good steak. This steak was so bad, I could not eat it. I kept thinking it would get better as I got to the middle. Nope worse and worse. The waitress finally came back to check on us and drop our bill off. I told her about the terrible steak. She went to talk to manager. The when she came back she squatted down, as if she was talking to a child and needed to get to my level. The she offered a new steak that we could take home or free dessert. Beginning to end, a terrible experience and having a waitress that was not good at her job made it worse. I can not imagine they serve all their steaks with that much salt / seasoning on them. To top it off, this was our first time eating here. It was our 28th wedding anniversary on the 28th of June. We will help you to never receive a bad review from us again. We will not eat at the Hi Lo Club again.

It litterlay is the finest dining for a 100 miles. We always eat at the bar to see our favorite server (kyle) he's the best.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was very good but service was absolutely horrible. Had beg anyone who walked by just to get water.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 1

There’s no restaurant better in the Iowa Great Lakes area ..five stars all the way!!!

There’s no restaurant better in the Iowa Great Lakes area ..five stars all the way!!!

First time at Hi-Lo. Cool theme with neat old time prohibition era feel. The service was outstanding - huge shout out to Meredith!

We tried a number of items to get a sense for the place...no brainer must have is the pork belly bourbon bites. Very large portion with great smokey bourbon BBQ flavor. Also tried the spinach artichoke dip which had plenty of chips but the dip was just ok. Also had a couple wedge salads and while the salad and dressing were solid, standard croutons on a wedge seems a bit odd to me.

Mains were filet, walleye, pot pie, and mushroom wellington. Everything was prepared nicely...sadly, there is a crazy amount of salt being used which I guess made us thirsty for the speak easy downstairs...maybe a strategy?

Steak was nicely MR but had a herb butter blob on it that really overpowered the meat. Pot pie had good flavor but just a ton of salt and same with the mushroom wellington. The walleye was probably a bit over cooked but was the best of the entrees. The four mains gave us the opportunity to try several sides...the clear winner was the creamed corn.

Overall, the atmosphere was cool, service was great but the food just wasn't quite there. It was close and with a few small changes, it would be very solid. As noted, we had to hit the speak easy for an after dinner drink. Must have is not on the menu but served in a small bathtub clearly paying homage to some prohibition bathtub gin...love it!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Went for Mother's Day brunch today, I would definitely not call it a brunch. It was cold eggs, cold wiggly waffle parts, cold sausage and when I say cold I mean cold. And what was labeled as cheesy potatoes but the potatoes had been so overcooked they were a white paste it might as well have been mashed potatoes. And fruit those were your choices for breakfast. Nobody making waffles, nobody making eggs, nobody making omelets. It might as well have been the lobby of a Holiday inn. The selection of pastries came out of little plastic bags. No fresh anything except for fruit, and that was mainly grapes. The lunch part of brunch was very very slim Pickens.. prime rib or pasta if this was a $5 all you can eat at a casino in Vegas okay but this was a $40 per head brunch. Oh yeah and coffee, not a thing you had to go get your own ... out of a push pot so it was tepid at best and you had to drink it out of a styrofoam cup. You can do better this was not a soup kitchen this was supposed to be a restaurant. But kudos to our waiter he was awesome, and the only bright spot at this brunch.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 5

Easter Buffet was delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5