Excellent room and drinks with regional selections.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Cory Patterson
Cool vibe, fun open Mike night,
Jason
A group of us stayed at the oxbow hotel and ate dinner here. Pretty good food, good drinks. All of our tabs and orders got mixed up amongst the group and with another table. Other than that it was pretty good. We'd probably eat here again if we were to stay at the hotel.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Wings, Burger
Diana Witcher
I've had drinks with friends here a few times, and this is a cool cocktail bar. But this was the first time I had dinner. The seasonal tasting menu was awesome, affordable, and featured seasonal and local ingredients. My favorites were the celery soup, trout with fingerling potatoes, short rib with polenta, and flourless chocolate torte. They also had two highly rated wines at about $10 a glass, Colossal Reserva Red Blend and Stefano Massone Gavi. I definitely recommend.Update: I feel the food really feel off in the last few years. I will try again but have been disappointed a few times. The cocktails are still great.
Jim Kreilich
Unique location in Eau Claire for some great listening music. Recently saw Sue Outfield perform there in evening. Great drinks and atmosphere. Beautiful setting with boutique
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Kate Grey
Excellent specialty cocktail list and friendly bartenders. The food list is short, but excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Katerina
Excellent customer service, spicy drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Better Guy
Food seemed underwhelming. Substitutions for out of stock food was of lower quality than items being substituted.Music was a little on louder side.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Austen C
I'm not going to waste my time commenting on the food issues. Drinks are good though.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Janine
This is our second time at The Lakely. We didn't have food, only drinks. They had a jazz band, and it was actually a very good band. All young, talented, promising musicians from Eau Claire. They do live music every Friday as well some other days, too. Would love to try again next time.
TLDR: Sober people, please BEWARE. They have a mocktail list but served me an alcoholic beverage instead of the mocktail I ordered.When my aunt recommended this bar to me, I had high hopes considering that they had a mocktail list, and I’ll be 2 years sober in December. Not only did our 4 drinks take 30 minutes to get to us, but the woman who served us our drinks did not know what drink was what. We had to play the guessing game and pass around our drinks several times to figure it out. The woman said she was a front-desk employee and had to step in because they were busy and understaffed, which I completely understand…I was a hostess/waitress for 8 years. However, being busy doesn’t excuse serving a sober person an alcoholic beverage, ESPECIALLY when she reassured me by saying “This one has no alcohol in it.” This isn’t an understaffing issue, this is a safety and carelessness issue where the employees working at a bar don’t know what their drinks look like. I unfortunately accidentally drank alcohol that night due to a careless mistake. Thankfully, I’m strong in my sobriety and am not going to let this throw me off my rocker. If you are sober and intend on STAYING sober, I would stray away from this place. But if you’re a drunk or a drag queen, seems like a great spot!
Ted Maday
Excellent place to enjoy brunch. The meal was very good. Waitstaff was new?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Miles Fountain
The craft cocktails are the real draw for me. They make their own syrups and mixers and the attention to detail is on point.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup, Burger, The Lakely Burger
Jillian O'Connell
Stopped here for a drink with a couple friends on a a Friday night. It was busy but still had seats available. Live music was playing inside. I could have stayed all night outside on the patio. String lights, couches, high tops, fire pit. Great atmosphere and excellent cocktails.
Atmosphere: 5
Samantha Endvick
Unfortunately, the food was very disappointing. The fish was very bland and basically bite size pieces. We asked for melted butter for our fish, and they gave us cubs of butter instead. The pretzel bites tasted like burnt old dough. They were nice enough to substitute for cheese curds, but those didn’t taste much better.
Excellent room and drinks with regional selections.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Cool vibe, fun open Mike night,
A group of us stayed at the oxbow hotel and ate dinner here. Pretty good food, good drinks. All of our tabs and orders got mixed up amongst the group and with another table. Other than that it was pretty good. We'd probably eat here again if we were to stay at the hotel.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Wings, Burger
I've had drinks with friends here a few times, and this is a cool cocktail bar. But this was the first time I had dinner. The seasonal tasting menu was awesome, affordable, and featured seasonal and local ingredients. My favorites were the celery soup, trout with fingerling potatoes, short rib with polenta, and flourless chocolate torte. They also had two highly rated wines at about $10 a glass, Colossal Reserva Red Blend and Stefano Massone Gavi. I definitely recommend.Update: I feel the food really feel off in the last few years. I will try again but have been disappointed a few times. The cocktails are still great.
Unique location in Eau Claire for some great listening music. Recently saw Sue Outfield perform there in evening. Great drinks and atmosphere. Beautiful setting with boutique
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Excellent specialty cocktail list and friendly bartenders. The food list is short, but excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent customer service, spicy drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Food seemed underwhelming. Substitutions for out of stock food was of lower quality than items being substituted.Music was a little on louder side.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
I'm not going to waste my time commenting on the food issues. Drinks are good though.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
This is our second time at The Lakely. We didn't have food, only drinks. They had a jazz band, and it was actually a very good band. All young, talented, promising musicians from Eau Claire. They do live music every Friday as well some other days, too. Would love to try again next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
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TLDR: Sober people, please BEWARE. They have a mocktail list but served me an alcoholic beverage instead of the mocktail I ordered.When my aunt recommended this bar to me, I had high hopes considering that they had a mocktail list, and I’ll be 2 years sober in December. Not only did our 4 drinks take 30 minutes to get to us, but the woman who served us our drinks did not know what drink was what. We had to play the guessing game and pass around our drinks several times to figure it out. The woman said she was a front-desk employee and had to step in because they were busy and understaffed, which I completely understand…I was a hostess/waitress for 8 years. However, being busy doesn’t excuse serving a sober person an alcoholic beverage, ESPECIALLY when she reassured me by saying “This one has no alcohol in it.” This isn’t an understaffing issue, this is a safety and carelessness issue where the employees working at a bar don’t know what their drinks look like. I unfortunately accidentally drank alcohol that night due to a careless mistake. Thankfully, I’m strong in my sobriety and am not going to let this throw me off my rocker. If you are sober and intend on STAYING sober, I would stray away from this place. But if you’re a drunk or a drag queen, seems like a great spot!
Excellent place to enjoy brunch. The meal was very good. Waitstaff was new?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
The craft cocktails are the real draw for me. They make their own syrups and mixers and the attention to detail is on point.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup, Burger, The Lakely Burger
Stopped here for a drink with a couple friends on a a Friday night. It was busy but still had seats available. Live music was playing inside. I could have stayed all night outside on the patio. String lights, couches, high tops, fire pit. Great atmosphere and excellent cocktails.
Atmosphere: 5
Unfortunately, the food was very disappointing. The fish was very bland and basically bite size pieces. We asked for melted butter for our fish, and they gave us cubs of butter instead. The pretzel bites tasted like burnt old dough. They were nice enough to substitute for cheese curds, but those didn’t taste much better.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 2