Back When Cafe
606 N 3rd Street, Wausau
(715) 848-5668
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Excellent food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Just excellent, all around — great food and great service.
James, on the piano, is an added bonus.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The staff are SO kind and the food is so good! We will be back thank you! 🥰🥰
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent food, and even BETTER customer service! I left my umbrella and they delivered it to me after I had already left! ❤️ We reserve a private room for our group of people and had the best experience! Highly recommend! 👍🏻👍🏻
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We stopped here during the Wausau Night Markey event. After a short wait, we were seated outside, which was perfect to listen to the music and people watch.
I ordered the Chilean Seabass. Wow, it was absolutely amazing. It was cooked in a paper enclosure that kept the seabass very tender and moist.
Christi ordered the Ragu Bolognese which was also very good.
We had a wonderful experience for an impromptu visit.
Our server, Payton, was amazing and offered honest reviews of various dishes. He was attentive and very pleasant.
We highly recommend this restaurant for amazing food and service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was absolutely AMAZING! Service was great. But the carrot cake was so good I can’t even describe it other the best mouth orgasm ever!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was Phenomenal. The carrot cake was killer. The weight staff was Attentive. The lumberjack pasta was to die for, and the meatballs were the size of baseballs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
food is always high quality. service/timing tonight was unacceptable. On a Friday evening where the dining room was less than 25% full, we waited more than 40 minutes between soup and entree while tables next to us got their food, ate, paid their bill and left. Our waiter came by several times asking if we'd like another cocktail, uncomfortably asked what our summer plans were, asked what we did for a living, but never addressed the wait. When we finally inquired about timing he said he just discovered an error in the kitchen (not sure he would've said anything if we hadn't asked directly) and offered no concession (one of the 4 times he asked if we wanted another cocktail he could've explained the wait and offered a complimentary beverage, but he didn't). Also it was our anniversary that we had noted on the reservation. On previous special occasions we had always been acknowledged. It will be a long time before we return for any special occasion, regardless of how good the food is.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Excellent setting, food, and service. An added bonus was the live music, a pianist playing popular songs.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spinach Salad, Sautéed Chicken with Artichokes and Capers
The evening was well spent with my daughter at Back When Cafe . We started with chz curds as appetizer followed by cheese ravioli , Arancini risotto balls , Cesar salad and lava cake with ice cream. The restaurant was cozy with fireplace going .
A Gentlemen at the piano this evening .
will definitely return!! delicious food ! prices aren’t that bad either .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
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Delicious dinner, wonderful service, great ambiance, and entertainment. To say we enjoyed ourselves is an understatement! We will most definitely be returning!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Piano player makes it fun
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Back when cafe is a treat! I got the lumberjack salad that had fresh vegetables, which was delicious. For dessert, I had a chocolate cake that was so rich but so good. The atmosphere is very pretty, with live music, posters, and a patio with flowers. My only complaint was the service, which was a little slow and our waitress got mixed up a few times. Overall a great experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Chocolate Cake & Ice Cream
By far the worst service (bar staff/kitchen, not waitress) of any restaurant we’ve been to in years.
Started by ordering drinks, waitress came back after 15 minutes and said they didn’t have the whisky we ordered. Finally got our drinks about 20+ minutes after ordering.
For dinner we ordered very basic meals—salad with chicken and bolognese. Waitress came by after 15 minutes and said they were out of spinach for the salad, so we okayed a substitute. 20 minutes later the waitress came by and said the kitchen apparently lost the order. Another 20 minutes later the waitress said the bolognese was ready but not the salad, so we asked her to serve the pasta. 10 minutes later she brought the salad but it was missing the chicken, so we rejected it.
Just can’t make this up—will never return.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
The food was great! There was live music, too! All of the staff were very nice. And to top it off, the interior is gorgeous!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Carrot Cake, Tiramisu, Onion Soup, Waygu Burger and Fries, Shrimp Cocktail
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