Oaken Barrel (formerly Grand Avenue Pub & Grille)

I give 5 stars. Some of the staff was under trained, but they worked their butts off. And food was top notch.

We were served chicken wings that were still frozen in the middle and were then charged 18 bucks for the wings we could not eat. Extremely slow services. If there was a zero stars I would definitely use it here.

Less than impressed, extremely disappointed. Once our table of 6 was seated we waited roughly 20 minutes for waters and at least 30 minutes before we even had our order taken. There were 4 tables, mind you. Waitress took our order as we specified which bills went together. Salads/soups and appetizers came out in a timely manner, deep fried pickles, we make better at home. Nothing to write home about. Upon unwrapping silverware crusted dried on food was on our silverware set. Food came out in a timely manner surprisingly. Waitress had no idea who had what. One order was completely wrong, with no crab on the salmon. Waitress never once checked on us, refilled drinks or refilled water. A "cook" possibly in a white uniform eventually came out and refilled our glasses of water. No one received their bills correctly. After waiting 20 minutes we finally went to the cashier and complained. No apology made and we still waited for our bill. As we were cashing out the white uniformed man came and informed CJ she had another table waiting for their bill. We could hear the table next to us complaining about their waitress too. So much potential but would have rather spent our $50 at Applebees, sadly. There was NO excuse for the lack of service received!

We had reservations for Valentines evening dinner. I was a bit concerned when I called to make a reservation on Monday (Valentines Day was Friday); I asked if they had any specials for Valentines Day and the person on the phone had no idea. Was told “we are completely open, pick your time” — apparently not a real popular place. But we wanted to try something new and were staying at the Mead Inn that night (which was ALSO a big disappointment— old, run down, dirty and expensive). Our waitress was very friendly. My wife ordered a Malibu and orange juice from the bar and said there was not even a hint of Malibu in it. Straight OJ. Since we had plans for after dinner, we ordered our entrees immediately, first chance we got. Our salads were fine. But then we waited over an hour — and THEN, the waitress informed us they were all out of the steaks we had chosen. They substituted a much lower quality steak, which was 80% fat and inedible, even if it had been cooked properly but neither of ours was. I ordered “well done” and it came out as raw meat. Management did not charge us for dinner, but we left hungry and had wasted two hours there total, and it ruined our evening. I understand this place is under new management but if this is all the better they can do, they really need to just call it quits. Or take a cooking class and hire a kitchen manager. As I said the waitress was nice. We left her a tip; I know we were not the only ones whose special dinner out was ruined there.... but the rest of the experience— including the atmosphere of the place — needs a total and complete do-over. We won’t be back.

Stopped by to see what’s up after the new owners and new Chef Don have arrived. A new menu is coming soon. We ordered the spinach salad. It was delicious and the presentation was very pretty. I should have taken a picture. The chef came out to ask how our food was. Great service. Positive changes are coming

Very disappointed, went to the brunch, apparently their last brunch, I can understand why. Took much longer to get seated than it should have - watched 2 of the waitresses totally ignore us finally the 3rd came out of kitchen and got one of them to seat us. Way different than when we were here a year ago. Food @ buffet was cold, the omelet had an off taste I couldn't place. Coffee was bitter - but waffle was great when u got one that was cooked through. 3 waitresses and only 1 kept smiling and knew her job. Of the other 2 - 1 never smiled and other 1 had no idea how to do her job properly. The "good deserts" didn't come out till we were just getting up to leave. And the bill!?! Definitely not worth $15, could be if ran better though.

Great food great service.

The food and crew were amazing. Highly recommend.

Prime rib so good and tender, I took leftovers back to my room and cut it with a plastic knife! Best l ever had!

Food and drinks for the game. Not a bad combination. Great breakfast.

We had reservation waited longer than should of salad bar lacking lettuce potatoe bar everything was cold and steaks overly Salty wasn't impressed

Food was good. service was very friendly and accommodating. Only place we have found that serves breakfast and bloody Mary's in Wisconsin Rapids.

Mexican buffet must have been done by an Italian. Didn't even have Taco sauce for the Taco bowls. Pretty much so, so.

Decent food for the prices, the friday fish fry buffet is well priced and has a good selection.

We went here after being turned away from their restaurant (hostess said “everything was reserved”, yet over half the tables were empty at 6:30, 7:00, 7:30). Went to their bar, took a table, waitress took our order, brought plates, silverware. Waited an hour for a 16” pizza, only to be told by the bartender (who screamed it at us) there was no order put in (as if it was our fault we ordered dinner!). Suddenly, a lukewarm 9” pizza, sitting by the side of the bar appeared at 7:50.