Second Street Bistro

201 Main St E, Ashland
(715) 682-6444

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Chad Man

Just eat lunch, my wife and I had the grilled fish sandwich and sweet potato fries. Food was amazing, sauce was yummy, owners were amazing people to talk with!! highly recommend šŸ‘Œ

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marla Meeth Pyle

We had the whitefish dinner and pecan salad. It was DELICIOUS! Food was fresh and well prepared. We liked the art on the walls.

Geoff Shively

ā€œFish just came off the lakeā€ said the waiter, who is half of the husband and wife couple that has owned this cute little spot with AMAZING home cooked quality food, for the past 20 some years.

Husband does the waiting and biz.

Wife does the cooking and baking.

I’ve lived in NYC, LA, Florence Italy and many other famous food cities… and I’ll tell ya this for free: this place is special. I wish there were more places like this around these days. Anyhow! About the food…

Wow - the fish sandwiches were amazing.

Tomato basil soup with Gorgonzola cheese, mmmmmm!!!! So good.

We cleaned our plates and bowls, every last bit.

Then desert… fantastic! Homemade chocolate mouse cake.

The service was delightful as well.

Highly recommend, and thanks for a great lunch!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

monty boy

Not sure if our waitress/owner was having a bad day, her attitude seemed awful towards us. No substitutions! I mentioned they forgot to give me something and she looked at me with a mean face. She seemed to be friendly with the locals. She made sure to be friendly with us right at tipping time. Strange. The atmosphere of the interior was very pleasant. The soup was luke warm to cool. I would prefer much hotter, but the food tasted great! If person was friendlier and food hotter, I would give a higher rating.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

Melinda Van Zant

This restaurant is fabulous!! We stumbled on it while traveling and were so happy to find it!! The food was amazing, and the service was quick. We thought the prices were very reasonable. My husband had the fried whitefish and it was crisp and not at all greasy. The sides were great as well. I had the whitefish chowder and the vegetable wrap. Both exceeded my expectations. Our waitress was friendly and efficient. AND—there was live music—a harpist was playing!! We were so thankful to find such a great place to eat!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kathleen Gilligan

If you look for good food you will find it! Everything was delicious!! Quiet place with a cool vibe!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Carl Ballinger

This is a decent restaurant with elevated food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rey ā€œReyā€ Myers

My kid loved his food, I didn't like mine. We are both picky eaters, so take that with a grain of salt.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Patty Neuswanger

Disappointing. Only two tables and service was super slow. Server / owner seemed disinterested in us. chatting it up with the other table but abrupt taking our order. . Ordered a burger medium that came out well done. Never came back to check after food delivered. Just not that friendly or interested in customer experience.

Shaine Anderson

Good food. I had the steak sandwich. The homemade horseradish sauce was a great complement to it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rita

Great service and even better food! Definitely a must try!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Frank Steinke

Our first impression of the restaurant was rather sober, and the service was a bit surly. However, the ice was broken after a short while, and by the end, we were best friends with the waitress.

For our main course, we both had freshly caught fish, which was extremely delicious. You should definitely try the Bloody Mary if you like that kind of drink.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

tammy kubis

Had the crab cakes and walleye sandwich. Very good, would recommend both. Our server was a little frazzled but maybe he was new. We were not in a hurry so no big deal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Emily Lassiter

Stopped in on our way through and was so pleasantly surprised by this place! It had a live harp player!! The food was delicious, service was friendly and quick, the music was beautiful. Was a serendipitous lunch stop today.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grilled Cajun Chicken Sandwich

Michael Medina

Had dinner here. Service was ok, lots of personality.
I had cheese curds which were good, little too much batter it seemed. Bacon jam was ok.
Was told white fish was caught earlier that day so had a fried whitefish sandwich. The bread was a little thick for the size of the fish, but the caper dill sauce and butter lettuce added to it. Overall very decent sandwich

Burger looked good. My colleague had that.

It wasn’t busy but seemed a little higher price for the area.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Fried Fresh Lake Superior Whitefish

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