The Boulevard Restaurant & Bar

The Boulevard is one of our favorite places to visit when we are in the north country. The owners Bob and Jill are so fantastic. They are welcoming and do a fantastic job of offering great food and good service. If you are around Hayward I would highly recommend stopping by this business and enjoying a great experience. PS..Just wish Bob was a Packer fan!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Took close to an hour to get our food. When the food finally came out, it was cold. Chicken and steak were dry. Overpriced mediocre food. When we spoke to the owner, he was very rude and defensive. He told us that “this is not McDonalds.” Well sir, we would have been better off eating at McDonald’s! I’ve never encountered anything like this before. I do not recommend this restaurant.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

We waited over 50 minutes for our food to come. None of it was hot. The steak which was ordered as medium rare was pink inside like it should be, but it was dry.
The owner was not apologetic. He said we were “hard to please”. He also said that they weren’t McDonalds. We would have gotten better service and a more pleasant attitude there. The place was not crowded. A party of four were sitting at the bar and the owner explained that’s why our food was taking so long because the chef was preparing their meal.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

We chose The Boulevard for our 35th wedding Anniversary. I love the casual/unpretentious atmosphere. The food is fantastic. I had the Salmon bowl. The salmon is generously sized, and comes with wild rice and asparagus. I don’t think I’ve ever had a more delicious piece of salmon. My Husband had the baked Walleye fillet. It was cooked to perfection. Just delicious. Even the steamed veggies were cooked to perfection and delicious. The Boulevard has become my new favorite restaurant.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

We have been coming to Hayward for 20 years and this was seriously the best chicken bowl that I’ve ever had and hands-down the best kids food. The fresh vegetables, including baked potato was magnificent and the mac & cheese was hands-down the best bar food mac & cheese ever. Service was also excellent. We will actually already be coming back here tomorrow again to eat ! Can’t get enough

I won in bingo last night, so naturally a 5 star review is in order! We stop here frequently when we are up at the cabin. Food, drinks, and service are always great! We always look forward to stopping in!

Service: 1

Absolutely love this place! Great owners! Bob came to our table and was so appreciative of our business. Support local!

I was hungry for a great steak. This is the place to go. The best ribeye around. My husband had the Alfredo scallops. The size of the scallops were huge and plentiful and delicious. Well worth the money. Bob and Jill are so welcoming.

I was there last night with my fiance. I was so incredibly happy that there was options for good, clean food. Not just fried food that is all over near Hayward.
My fiance had the ribeye and I had a bowl. We were both so happy with our meals.
The staff and owners we so genuinely friendly and made us feel so welcome!
We will definitely be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice place, good wine selection, and menu with some great dishes such as parmesian shrimp or scallops

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Just the right vibe…

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Not impressed. Reading the past reviews I noticed the owner or whomever responded to a negative review very similar to mine saying to the person
"looks like you are too good for us as the plastic bag of salad dressing bothers you" what business owner writes this? Get some business and customer relation courses at a local collage is my advise to you. I'm going to tell you that yes you are in the rustic north woods but if you're going to charge prices like a big city then act like it at least with your presentation. If now another person complained about the plastic salad dressing maybe change it??? There are also several other reviews saying the food is not good hummmm maybe change that? More reviews like this and you're closing your doors so learn something from this. I'm a small business owner and If I responded to my clients like this I would be out of business long time ago.

I'm going to start with the positives: Only one, my husband's steak was very good. Walked in, it's a bar with some tables so when you walk in everyone that is sitting at the bar turns around. We paid $100.00 and tipped $20.00 so total $120.00.
My husband ordered a drink it was watered down, steak (very good) rice was very mediocre, bun like 1 bun not a basket of bread 1 bun, soup was not good. I ordered Nut Crusted Walleye very bland, the waitress said I get steamed vegetables ( I got soggy broccoli that was falling apart) the best is the salad lol: The salad comes like from a bag from a store in a plastic bowl with a packet of dressing (could have been touched without gloves, dropped on the floor) shoved inside the bowl). We had our water served in plastic cups. I'm sorry but for $100.00 please have some presentation at least and not to mention better tasting food. We went to Shell Lake and paid $37.00 for dinner that had flavor and yes the restaurant had plastic glasses but the food was great. We were very disappointed.

Responding to the owner's response: My review was my perception and obviously the perception of other people from what I see here. The review was not only about the plastic packet of dressing thrown in the middle of the bagged salad from the store in some plastic bowl it was about the bland food, the quality of food, the soggy vegetable, your non existent presentation and about your terrible response to your clients.
You have some type of attitude problem, you say sorry but come back with some narcissistic come back. btw the covid restrictions have been over for years.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I don’t have any photos to post unless you want to see an empty plate… food was amazing, service was attentive but not overboard and the atmosphere was northwoods . This is definitely on our list of places too and from the cabin. Highly recommend (and salad dressing packets do not bother me one iota). You won’t regret it

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

In the off season, this is a quiet neighborhood place. It's a pleasant place to have a cocktail or dinner.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had the best salmon bowl!! The salmon was tender, flavorful and delicious! My husband had a tenderloin steak that was excellent! The steak was done to perfection with a charcoal grilled taste. Owner and staff were great and very informative! Their recommendations were right on! Went back again and husband had the ribs!! They too were awesome!! Will continue to visit!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Ribs