Our food and beverages were both delicious! Tricia is super friendly and great at her job as is Marcus although we only spent a short time with him as he was working a wedding....missed Brighton but we WILL be back!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nicole Voss
June 2nd 2025- Had no idea this was an option for dinner before. So decided to try it out. Absolutely beautiful atmosphere. Everything here is made from scratch! Food was great. We both had steak. Both came out exactly as requested. It was very peppery but personally I thought it was excellent! Even though peppery, it was balanced with other flavors. The bar manager was our server, excellent service! Drinks stayed filled & offered us unusual options as well that are not on menus! Absolutely would recommend. We had garlic mashed potatoes, very creamy. Cheese curds- excellent Veggies- bacon Brussel sprouts. Yum! & Grilled asparagus- so good! Highly recommend! Rib eye & sirloin both excellent.
Tried several drinks too Drink pictured is the Lei'd Back at the top. Very flavorful and different than anything I've had before. Highly recommend. Ask each on what they are experimenting with too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Guillermina Avila
I had an amazing evening with my daughter at this comforting ,cozy restaurant with great service and food. The staff was amazing and made our evening special. They told us stories and we laughed. This will forever be our spot to enjoy a quiet evening talking about life in a beautiful atmosphere! Thank you to the staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kiara Mitchell
The food was amazing, our bartender Bryton was so sweet and had such a great personality. The restaurant itself was so comforting we didn’t want to leave. 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ann
Environment was elegant and it was fun having the Easter bunny visit. That said no one waited on us nor did they wait on anyone else. We were left to fend for ourselves. No one even told us that there would be no one waiting on us so we weren't sure and sat at our table quite a while before finally just going up to the café. Grossly overpriced
Kristi
We went for Easter brunch, which was just shy of $50/person. There were no scrambled eggs, much of the food was cold. This price did not include drinks. The desserts were the smallest things I've seen (smaller than bite-sized). Just not worth what was paid at all unfortunately. We paid ahead of time, so if you paid with a card you needed to add tip right away. The servers really did not do much in terms of earning a tip, so we felt we way over-tipped based on service.
Sidhe O
Such a fantastic experience. Our bartender, Bryton (and Markus?), had a genuine passion for crafting cocktails and was willing and able to make a wide range of classic beverages (even off the menu) without hesitation. Very personable, awesome service.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Morgan Radtke
Great dinner; but the bartenders, Marcus and Bryton, were so much fun! We hung out at the bar for hours after our dinner and plan to be back just to hang out with them.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Larry
We celebrated our anniversary by having dinner at the Hotel Retlaw in Fond du Lac. The service was excellent and the food was amazing! We highly recommend it.
Caitlyn Grunenwald
The walleye still had the skin on and was slimy. When I asked they said if you cut the skin off the fillet would fall apart, which isn’t true. Both my soup and creamed spinach were clearly plated a while before being brought out as they weren’t hot and had that film over the top that cream based products get if they sit out too long. My husbands steak was supposed to be rare but was pretty much medium. Then the apple raspberry pie was terrible. Also dressed up tap water in a nice chilled glass bottle, but was definitely tap water, which was awful. Will not be going back.
4th time eating here, have tried something different each time this time had the steak au poivre cooked medium came out perfect. Guys at the bar were also great after dinner. Great cocktails.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Katie
My fiance ordered a steak medium rare and it was almost well done. I got the short rib risotto and it was delicious but was not very visually attractive. The chili carrots tasted like nothing. The espresso martini was very strong and bitter, needed some cream.
Bryan Prell
A really nice place in the heart of FdL.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Mike
It's unfortunate that this beautifully restored historic hotel that houses Table One is located in a blue collar city that has at least 2 of every kind of fast food restaurants & approximately 25 different pizza choices. We heard many good comments about Table One & wanted to try it for NYE. One of the comments came from a friend & former chef & another from the couple we were with as they had enjoyed Table One numerous times previously. We made our choices & ordered, all decided against salad, only one had the cream of potato soup, which he said was “ good”. There was no fresh bread or fresh rolls on the table or offered. I ordered the short ribs over risotto, my husband (a steak guy) ordered the NY strip... rare with garlic mashed potatoes. Our friends both ordered Walleye & another cocktail which took a good 20 minutes to get, even with the bar 15 feet from our table. It took a while for the food to be served which was surprising considering there only only 5 other tables occupied. All of our entrees were hot, however... sadly, my short ribs were just mediocre, I've since thought my expectations were probably too high, as I've had much better( Woodfire Grille, Dubuque, worth the 5 hour drive) my husband's NY strip was , in my opinion a strip steak that had been cut in half lengthwise & in no way rare and again,” ok” which he was very disappointed with. Our friends described their Walleye as good, not delicious, just good. Other than the delicious lemon drop martini I had before dinner, the whole meal was a disappointment. This venue has been renovated numerous times & the most recent one is a beautiful art deco design, unfortunately Fond du Lac is a bedroom community & fast food is king and like every other city big or small anywhere in the United States, it suffers from “lack of help”, which is probably what the problem was on New Years Eve, but that only addresses the service, don't know what happened to the food.
Mary
It was very cold in the restaurant. They did have a fireplace, though, which they seated me right next to. Brighton, the bartender, made me a hot toddy, which he calls the "Baby It's Cold Outside". VERY good. He's a terrific bartender, polished and professional. Dovie, the server, was very attentive and really nice. Too bad there was no piano player sitting at the baby grand. Unfortunately the cheese curds were not that great (they did only have one cook though). The salmon and polenta were fabulous.
Our food and beverages were both delicious! Tricia is super friendly and great at her job as is Marcus although we only spent a short time with him as he was working a wedding....missed Brighton but we WILL be back!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
June 2nd 2025-
Had no idea this was an option for dinner before. So decided to try it out. Absolutely beautiful atmosphere. Everything here is made from scratch! Food was great. We both had steak. Both came out exactly as requested. It was very peppery but personally I thought it was excellent! Even though peppery, it was balanced with other flavors. The bar manager was our server, excellent service! Drinks stayed filled & offered us unusual options as well that are not on menus!
Absolutely would recommend.
We had garlic mashed potatoes, very creamy.
Cheese curds- excellent
Veggies- bacon Brussel sprouts. Yum!
& Grilled asparagus- so good!
Highly recommend!
Rib eye & sirloin both excellent.
Tried several drinks too
Drink pictured is the Lei'd Back at the top. Very flavorful and different than anything I've had before. Highly recommend. Ask each on what they are experimenting with too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had an amazing evening with my daughter at this comforting ,cozy restaurant with great service and food. The staff was amazing and made our evening special. They told us stories and we laughed. This will forever be our spot to enjoy a quiet evening talking about life in a beautiful atmosphere! Thank you to the staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was amazing, our bartender Bryton was so sweet and had such a great personality. The restaurant itself was so comforting we didn’t want to leave. 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Environment was elegant and it was fun having the Easter bunny visit. That said no one waited on us nor did they wait on anyone else. We were left to fend for ourselves. No one even told us that there would be no one waiting on us so we weren't sure and sat at our table quite a while before finally just going up to the café. Grossly overpriced
We went for Easter brunch, which was just shy of $50/person. There were no scrambled eggs, much of the food was cold. This price did not include drinks. The desserts were the smallest things I've seen (smaller than bite-sized). Just not worth what was paid at all unfortunately. We paid ahead of time, so if you paid with a card you needed to add tip right away. The servers really did not do much in terms of earning a tip, so we felt we way over-tipped based on service.
Such a fantastic experience. Our bartender, Bryton (and Markus?), had a genuine passion for crafting cocktails and was willing and able to make a wide range of classic beverages (even off the menu) without hesitation. Very personable, awesome service.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Great dinner; but the bartenders, Marcus and Bryton, were so much fun! We hung out at the bar for hours after our dinner and plan to be back just to hang out with them.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We celebrated our anniversary by having dinner at the Hotel Retlaw in Fond du Lac. The service was excellent and the food was amazing! We highly recommend it.
The walleye still had the skin on and was slimy. When I asked they said if you cut the skin off the fillet would fall apart, which isn’t true. Both my soup and creamed spinach were clearly plated a while before being brought out as they weren’t hot and had that film over the top that cream based products get if they sit out too long. My husbands steak was supposed to be rare but was pretty much medium. Then the apple raspberry pie was terrible. Also dressed up tap water in a nice chilled glass bottle, but was definitely tap water, which was awful. Will not be going back.
Restaurantji Recommends
4th time eating here, have tried something different each time this time had the steak au poivre cooked medium came out perfect. Guys at the bar were also great after dinner. Great cocktails.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My fiance ordered a steak medium rare and it was almost well done. I got the short rib risotto and it was delicious but was not very visually attractive. The chili carrots tasted like nothing. The espresso martini was very strong and bitter, needed some cream.
A really nice place in the heart of FdL.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
It's unfortunate that this beautifully restored historic hotel that houses Table One is located in a blue collar city that has at least 2 of every kind of fast food restaurants & approximately 25 different pizza choices. We heard many good comments about Table One & wanted to try it for NYE. One of the comments came from a friend & former chef & another from the couple we were with as they had enjoyed Table One numerous times previously. We made our choices & ordered, all decided against salad, only one had the cream of potato soup, which he said was “ good”. There was no fresh bread or fresh rolls on the table or offered. I ordered the short ribs over risotto, my husband (a steak guy) ordered the NY strip... rare with garlic mashed potatoes. Our friends both ordered Walleye & another cocktail which took a good 20 minutes to get, even with the bar 15 feet from our table. It took a while for the food to be served which was surprising considering there only only 5 other tables occupied. All of our entrees were hot, however... sadly, my short ribs were just mediocre, I've since thought my expectations were probably too high, as I've had much better( Woodfire Grille, Dubuque, worth the 5 hour drive) my husband's NY strip was , in my opinion a strip steak that had been cut in half lengthwise & in no way rare and again,” ok” which he was very disappointed with. Our friends described their Walleye as good, not delicious, just good. Other than the delicious lemon drop martini I had before dinner, the whole meal was a disappointment. This venue has been renovated numerous times & the most recent one is a beautiful art deco design, unfortunately Fond du Lac is a bedroom community & fast food is king and like every other city big or small anywhere in the United States, it suffers from “lack of help”, which is probably what the problem was on New Years Eve, but that only addresses the service, don't know what happened to the food.
It was very cold in the restaurant. They did have a fireplace, though, which they seated me right next to. Brighton, the bartender, made me a hot toddy, which he calls the "Baby It's Cold Outside". VERY good. He's a terrific bartender, polished and professional. Dovie, the server, was very attentive and really nice. Too bad there was no piano player sitting at the baby grand. Unfortunately the cheese curds were not that great (they did only have one cook though). The salmon and polenta were fabulous.
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