FANTASTIC food and service! We had the 6-course Chefs menu by Eric! Amazing!

Started out with the bone marrow appetizer. Wonderful, my favorite part of the meal! Then we ordered the quinoa and garlic cakes with sprouts and lemon dijon sauce, and pheasant roasted garlic vegetables and black walnut cream sauce. Chased with Wisco ginger ale and a sour beer. EXCELLENT! Great service too.

I really enjoyed the ambiance and live music. I will go back. Great job Zack!

Meat upscale but not overly pretentious place. Serve old school cocktails. Had jazz music on a Monday night. Interesting and neat decor in the hotel lobby. Warm fireplace.

So the food was delicious but a little small amount for the cost and we asked for the check to be separate before we sat down and it became so much a an issue we waited almost an hour for the staff to figure out how to do it. Something that shouldnt have been an issue.

Great atmosphere. The falafel and fries were very delicious. My only negative experiences: the place doesn’t have ranch nor honey mustard nor plain mustard, and by “live jazz night” I didn’t think they meant two people doing a jam session. But overall good experience and great food.

Super delicious food and local music for brunch on the weekends. Coffee is a little strong but biscuits and gravy are to die for. Get the lavender mimosa - you wont be sorry!

The attention to detail, the little touches whether in food or decor, makes all the difference.

Enjoyed the Koldtbord and will be back, saw recently they have a new menu. Will be checking it out!

The Valentines Day menus was amazing! All the items my husband and I had were delicious! Fanciest meal we have had in our 14 years together and well worth the price!

Nice atmosphere and awesome live music. Interesting menu and great staff. Try out the bloody Mary variations!

Very nice place. Small but food is great. Portions are on the lighter side for a hungry guy.

Hotel restaurants with great food is a common trend, and The Lakely upholds this tradition to the highest degree. The restaurants theme is bringing the farm straight to table, so traditional Wisconsin meals with a gourmet twist are what one would expect when walking in, and you shouldn’t be disappointed.Spicy-Sour Street Corn was a strong, yet pleasant, way to start a meal, alongside a wholesome tomato centered salad. Our main entrees started with the “Chicken”, which was glazed with oil and butter and then baked in an oven to give it a refreshing crunch that didn’t scream deep-fried greasy. The protein was accompanied with traditional farm veggies like Lima Beans, Mustard Greens, and Onion. The second entree, Chicken Pot Pie, had puff pastry and crust baked to perfection. The chicken left no complaints, but the rest of the filling was not very creative and the carrots were a bit bland for my liking.After our main meal, we ordered Gazpacho for the table to clear our pallets. This was the best Gazpacho I’ve ever had the pleasure of tasting, even having lived in Spain for a year. It’s creativity in using peppermint oil and watermelon garnish was delightful and made each bite taste like an orchestra blasting flavor into your mouth at each note.This inspired farm food is perfect for anyone visiting, and please order the Gazpacho, you won’t regret it.

Tried absinthe for the second time with my husband. Was really really good. Highly recommended.

Lovely atmosphere, tasty food (brunch is my favorite!), and delectable cocktails !I would love to see your team offer a mixology class to the public as a paid event. Not as a way to give away what makes The Lakely’s cocktails so special, but just a how-to for the classic cocktails of the world!Also, James is a fantastic bartender - always kind and easygoing.

Went with some work colleagues for dinner. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their meal. As someone who mostly eats vegetarian I was pleased to have a couple of options even with a smaller menu. I had literally the best falafel I have ever had. It is a bit pricey, but nobody seemed to mind as we all devoured our meals.

Cant believe it took us years to realize they were there... The drinks are so damn good! The bartender Alex is the best! So knowledgeable about the drinks and really appreciated the quality attention and willingness to help us find our new favorite cocktails. We will be back soon!

Im sure Ive reviewed this before, but I will never skip a beat to sing the praises of this amazing bar!Their comprehensive list of cocktails is second to none, and their house cocktails created and crafted beautifully by their bartenders are delicious works of art.Fast *and* good service, these guys and gals know their way around a bar spoon! My advice? Ask for an Old Tom Collins, a personal favourite of mine, though anything you order is sure to be divine!

Delicious local healthy food. Drink had lots of flavor. Staff friendly & knowledgeable. Not as pricey as all the locals freaked out about for no reason.

Looking for somewhere to eat before a show at the Pablo. We are big tall guys and by the pictures, this looks like Summer at Auschwitz. Dont mind paying the price, but damn, then feed me well. Probly Not here.

Although the decor and building is very nicely done, that can only get a restaurant so far. Our waitress answered questions about the different cuts of meat with a voice of rather uncertainty, so I chose the chicken. At $27 was surprisingly one of the cheaper items on the menu. The flavor and texture was very good, however the portion size was rather lacking. This was my second visit after being similarly let down on a breakfast sandwich over a year ago.

Great food and atmosphere, drinks are just as delish.

Staff is good. Atmosphere is really cool. Their stage set up is pretty neat. Drinks are fabulous. Appetizers could be a little better According to people that were there just recently. I only had drinks. Staff is really nice

Very impressive food and cocktails. Bartender was passionate about his cocktails. Very flavorful and balanced. We enjoyed dinner. Wonderful pork chops. Beautiful breading and cooked to just a perfect medium. Fingerling potatoes were perfectly cooked. Go and enjoy their food.

Saturday brunch. Live music and very good food.

Loved the I thought this was Fresno drink.. but honestly all of their bar drinks are amazing... not the everyday drinks you can get anywhere else. Tastes that you might not think of putting together yourself...but that bring back memories of home. I highly recommend The Lakely.

Cozy warm environment with overpriced and under portioned meals.

My husband and Is go to date night spot. Its on the higher end but the quality is divine.

Google says three stars is OK, and thats about how I feel about it. My hubs and I stopped for brunch, and we each had omelettes, plus shared some potatoes. I really liked the sauce that came with the potatoes and there was a stellar steel guitar player, but when all is said and done, I dont have an urge to go back again. Good, but not great.

Great place. great service. so much fun

Great food and atmosphere, you cant go wrong if you are looking for a good meal. We stopped here on the way home for a trip and it was completely worth the short detour off the freeway. We were able to eat on the patio, which has all the charm and ambience you could ask for in an urban setting including 2 fantastic fires and Edison lights hanging on the arbor. Moving on to the menu... there was a good tap beer selection not so huge to be overwhelming but with at least one excellent selection for most Evey taste preference/mood and the cocktail list interesting and drinks were well made. We had the short rib and pot pie and they were both first rate. The only grip is that they do allow smoking on the patio after 9 Id encourage them to ban it completely, or at least wait until after 10, Id take a half a point off for that if I could but not enough to dock a full star.

5 of us from my family ate dinner here recently and the food was unfortunately nothing above average. We each tried something different and no one was enthused about their meal. Desert and coffee continued to lower the bar for us, the service was fine and the atmosphere was really nice, but when you go out to eat the food needs to match the price paid.

Cant seem to get a consistent experience. Its beautiful dont get me wrong but one time its all great and the next time the meat is undercooked to the point of the waitress noticing afterwards and the drinks are so peppery theyre undrinkable. Certainly flavor must be experimented with but at some point I feel this place is trying to add things together that have no right being together just to stay hip. Sometimes it hits. Sometimes youve spent EIGHTY dollars on raw peppery gravel.

If you can call ahead, the staff is able to work out a vegan dish or four to be available. Though, vegan is not typically on their menu. However, the staff is much more flexible than that other place across the river. The bar staff are best described as alchemists that can take a suggestion of a feeling and mix your troubles away.

Food is sub par at best. Koldtbord offered good options but very limited servings by Wisco standards. Burger was ordered medium rare and came well done, as was the steak on a very boring ($14) steak salad. Service was horrible, nice person but very inefficient. Makes sense why it was so slow on Saturday night dinner rush, the locals must know the drill.

I have a great time every time I stop in! Bar staff is super cool and can make you any drink you call and more!!

Excellent service, beautiful restaurant and patio, even better food! 100% recommend!!!

We were visiting the hotel for a night a decided to have dinner and drinks at The Lakely. Our server Aaron, was absolutely fantastic, gave us some great recommendations on drinks. While we were in town it was the restaurant week so they had a fixed menu - we wished we could have tried a few other things on their menu as we visited for one night from Toronto.

Upscale but casual. This place has a great atmosphere. This is one of many nice changes to downtown Eau Claire. We went there for brunch and they actually had live music for it. The food and the service were both good. I highly recommend this place.

Top notch food and service! Im not a white wine drinker but when we came here for our engagement celebration, somehow the waitress sold me on the Northern Lights, a bright, sweet white and it was phenomenal. She also congratulated us with a complimentary dessert. A wonderful experience for a wonderful day!

Trendy place with a great atmosphere. Small but worth going. It is on the spendy side for the area currently, but you just cant bet the live jazz. Their outdoor space is stunning. Very romantic place. I recommend.

So great! Get the cheese board!!! Drinks are quite different but made very well. Be adventurous and try one. Stay for the jazz music.

Ive 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.

I wanted this restaurant to be a five in every way. And in most ways, it is. The drink / tap selection is incredible. The ambiance is perfect- we played cards and sipped with friends until midnight on a Tuesday. The service was also great- quick, accurate and very accommodating. The food though- such a missed opportunity. The menu seemed great but both the meatloaf sandwich and the large dinner salad seemed a bit tasteless, straight bland- too much bun and not enough savor.That said, we will most certainly be back. This place has a fantastic hotel and is one menu shakeup away from perfection.

Execellent serbicr & menu tonite

The cocktail menu is unique. The bartenders are very friendly and knowledgeable. Food is ok and limited. EXCELLENT Old Fashioned.

Severely overpriced. While I had the Queen cut prime rib(the King was too expensive), which was really good. It came with a tiny potato and a salad that looked like some type of crabgrass, and had 1 cherry tomato sliced in half. That was $35. My wife had a chicken breast with some type of gravy for $29, she didnt finish it so I didnt want it to go to waste. It was dry and wasnt very good. How about $13 for a Grasshopper?! Some creme de menthe and chocolate chip mint ice cream... just because its expensive doesnt make it better. Our party had 3 couples and the waiter screwed up our bill 3 times, maybe they should write the orders down. Ill never waste my money there again.

Excellent service and delicious! Whitefish was incredible

Dont go to The Lakely during Restaurant Week unless you have several hours to spend. As I write this we just finished our entree. Weve been here for two hours. The table next to us got up and left after their appetizer saying they could not wait any longer (they were here almost an hour and a half).I dont know if its the Restaurant Week menu that is throwing them off, but be prepared to spend the evening. It will not be a quick experience.To top it all off, our waiter never once apologized for our wait. He knew we were getting to make it to the football game at 7. When he finally dropped our bill off at 7:22pm he made the sarcastic comment I hope you get there before the end of the game. Completely uncalled for.The good news is, their music is awesome.

Love what theyve done with the place. Delicious trout salad. Friendly staff. The only restaurant that has made my wife and me carry on about its bathroom sink---a subtle but trippy work of art.

We went for drinks on a Friday night. The dining room was packed, and the bar as well... The drinks we had were lovely, competently executed, and rather highly priced. I cannot fault the bar staff on this occasion for their relatively prompt service. However, when we returned for brunch Sunday morning, it was clear this establishment suffers the same ill fate as most fine dining establishments... Service was friendly but inconsistent, and quite slow. The side of bacon my partner requested was completely forgotten, and his omelette was both dry and underseasoned (the horseradish hollandaise with his potatoes, however, was magnificent). While my bacon and egg salad was quite satisfactory, and our drinks were, again, beautiful, we walked into a nearly empty restaurant. Further, those excellent drinks, usually prepared and delivered easily before the meal, werent brought to table until several minutes after we were served. I expected a little more at these prices.

What a great place to eat. Atmosphere was warm and just great

Judging from a single experience, but heres my impression. The atmosphere is great, but thats the only positive experience I had. The service was very poor. Condescending attitude from the waitress, rude in fact. There were mistakes with our order and everything was poorly cooked. Went for fine dining, was very let down..

Great cocktails and atmosphere, indoors and out.

Love this place, its food that tastes good and that you can feel good about. Amazing drinks and service also! Great vegetarian options. Thanks The Lakely!

Great atmosphere! Drinks and service were wonderful. Food was not. Over cooked, over priced and quite literally tasteless. I had the Chicken which was so overdone it was impossible to cut and super dry. My husband had salmon, also overcooked and dry. Go for the drinks, but have dinner elsewhere.

My friend spilled all over and we still received incredible service. 10 out of 10 would recommend the wild rice porridge. Definitely will stop again when in Eau Claire.

SUPERB cocktails and food, really cant be beat. Im older than the hipster crowd but there was a diverse group of people here and it wasnt vinyl might so I didnt feel too out of place. Worth the 0rice for special occasions.

Great atmosphere, and the best cocktails in town.

Five stars for ambience, service, and cocktails! I, however, cannot attest to the food served, as they dont have vegan options. Got on that, Chef Nathan! Youre missing out on a growing market!

Exciting new place in Eau Claire! Live music, great food, upscale setting but you feel comfortable to be casual as well. Lively and a lot of great energy here. Only downside thing is the wait for food may be longer when its busy but the wait staff is very helpful and polite.

The drink menu is good and the service was excellent. The reason I did not give it more stars is the food menu - very very small options with small portions at a medium-high price. I would assume they add to the menu in the future, in particular chicken options. I personally liked the atmosphere, and the feel, however the tables/chairs are very close together. Would like them to do well, so we will be back for drinks.

Great food and drink menu. The music and atmosphere was outstanding. Yes they are working some kinks out but the restaurant is brand new. I am planning to revisit as frequently as possible. Very pleased that Eau Claire has a restaurant/bar of this caliber, finally!

Food seemed out of the norm but it tasted great. Service was great

Always great service. Food presentation is always great. Food is phenomenal. Ambiance is what youd expect. A must-visit place.

It looks like a good place just not my kind of hangout. Food looked amazing but no domistic beer. Im a Busch Light kinda guy.

Excellent breakfast. Be sure to try the porridge. They serve Kickapoo Coffee Back again on December 30 for dinner: This place has a unique, comfortable vibe, with live jazz music several nights a week and a great wait staff. We enjoyed the simple salads, the Monk Nuggz appetizer (outstanding!), salmon and rum cake. A relaxing way to spend the early part of a Saturday evening.

Stopped there for breakfast! Phenomenal food and really good coffee. Great service! Would love to go again.

Terrific restaurant...fresh, local food, creatively prepared and served by friendly, well informed staff. I ate here every meal I could.Back again for more, this time for a longer stay at the Oxbow and every meal at The Lakely. Even more impressed with the Chefs commitment to local ingredients and suppliers...the smoked trout cakes were incredible, with a tart apple cabbage slaw and a sweet potato puree. Dont miss this place if you are anywhere close.

Very good but be prepared to spend some money.

Really enjoyed the food. We visited during Sunday brunch and the wait staff had a rough time keeping up, but other than that, a very pleasurable experience

Great jazz session! Nice atmosphere! :-)

Delicious Brunch.

Great experience! Had rabbit cakes and daughter had beef brisket. Service was great. Music was awesome. Food was great. Blanco wine cocktail was great. Recommend.

Incredible Cocktails and staff that always make the experience grand!

Excellent food, service and cocktails. Atmosphere is cozy and inviting, plus we had the pleasure of being there while a live jazz band played!

Awesome, friendly service (by yogis, no less!) greeted us upon entry and were super helpful as they talked through the variety of cocktails and the menu offerings. Its a small, but well-curated, list of items, and I was pleased with my smorgasboard of selections.

An interesting place. Unfortunately our bartender over charged us as she couldnt figure out your BOGO chip situation.Also had breakfast the next day. Coffee was very good. Food was average and service was below average.

The portions arent huge but I can live with that. The trouble is the salt. This is the second time here and the food is so so salty. I mentioned this last time but if anything its saltier than before. Others Ive talked to have had the same comments. Cant they learn? Im not sure when Ill be willing to give them a third chance. I had the duck this time and the perch the first. Both VERY salty.Also their portion control on the wine isnt great. If you order white you get a smaller pour.

Cute place attached to a fun, funky little hotel. They serve brunch on Saturdays, with some interesting food choices and live music as well.

No longer serving breakfast on the weekdays. A la carte breakfast menu with $10 omelette and then an added $2 for toast keeps some of my foodie friends away on principal. Hoping for more focus on the needs/desires locals. Great ambience, great service.4-21-19Finally a vegetarian entree. (except for the cheese!) $26 for Quinoa cakes.Oh well.Guess Ill just prepare some whole grain rice pasta with sage cashew cream sauce and sauteed asperagus and a chopped kale salad.Easy, gluten free, dairy free, vegan delight.

I love the Lakely! It is such a cool restaurant with a nice vibe and layout. I’ve been there many times and while everything has been good, it just hasn’t been “exceptional.” I really love their koldtbord more than anything. It’s a brilliant concept however they dropped portion sizes down considerably about a year ago and I wasn’t a fan of that. Our most recent dining experience left A LOT to be desired. We went for the Supper Club event and without going into a ton of detail, booking was an absolute nightmare. They need to fine tune that part of this event as it is severely lacking. This event was also one of my boyfriend’s Christmas presents and I am so disappointed I spent almost $170 (including tip on this dinner.) My boyfriend ordered the rib eye with mustard mashed potatoes and salad. I ordered the lobster with mashed potatoes and salad. Both entrees were grossly overpriced. The ribeye was about 1/4” thick and that may be exaggerating. The lobster was barely 8 bites of food. The mustard mashed potatoes were awesome. The salads were tiny, I think they’re served with more dressing than actual salad and our popovers came out at the end of the meal. Because of the thinness of the steak it had to be sent back for being undercooked as we’d requested medium rare and I’m sure a steak that thin is difficult to cook to order. For these prices though, they shouldn’t be this thin. For dessert we ordered the Schaum Torte and it was very, very bad. I understand the concept, even applaud it but it was a bad choice and our server should have explained what it was as I ordered it for the fancy name. The ice cream drinks were $13 and served in martini glasses! They made a killing in profits there. Our server did a great job but we would never do the supper club night again. While I have been there numerous times with girlfriends, this was my boyfriends first time there and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get him back there again. I think there is lots of potential. I’ve had Chef Nathan’s food in the past prior to his Lakely days and know he is a talented chef but I’m very upset about our supper club experience.

Food a big drop off from the past. I assume Nathan was not working Dec.23.....and we were told soup would not be ready for 45 min so we missed out.

We went to the Lakely in a bit of a rush to get to a performance at the Pablo Center at the Confluence (2 blocks away) so plan to go back for a fuller experience. I had the Boulevardier cocktail (bourbon, sweet vermouth, campari, lemon) and my wife had Lovin’ Bobby Burns (scotch, sweet vermouth, drambuie, bitters, lemon). Both were very good and at $8 a bargain compared to the Twin Cities or either coast. They describe their food at MIDWEST MODERN COMFORT FOOD, I would add chef driven, seasonal, innovative. We had the BEET SALAD (Roasted Square Roots Farm red & gold beets, caramelized onion, Cedar Grove chevre and microgreens in a roasted orange citronette ) and the THE KOLDTBORD, which I would consider as a Scandinavian lunch board; (A customizable, sharable tour of the land w/ artisan meats, cheeses, proteins, vegetables, crackers and more for one or for a group. Use the checklist koldtbord menu on your table to order and set your price.) It was very good, liked the selection and the ability to customize it to your level of hunger and/or the number of people you are going to share with.Overall, very good first impression. We will be back!

Terrible service. Made reservation for brunch by phone for Fathers day. They made 11 people wait outside in 90 degree heat with minimal shade for an hour WITH A BABY. Once we were finally seated (after complaining twice) we were told there was no bloody mary mix or orange juice for mimosas. Also the given reason for the delay was they ran out of silverware.They werent even busy. Absolutely the worst service Ive ever received anywhere.

The atmosphere and furniture/decoration were intriguing

Descent bit overpriced food. Service was excellent and friendly. Music and atmosphere was pleasant.

Great craft cocktails, great ambiance, live music and/or dj! This is a small space and its popular, so come early to get a seat or barstool or you may just have to stand to enjoy your libations.

Called a week in advance to ask if they could handle a group of 10, and was assured they could. Waited an hour and 20 min after being told a 30 minute wait was in order. Multiple tables unoccupied, and the staff seemed generally unorganized. After asking about the table (after an hour) we were told they ran out of silverware so it would be a bit longer wait. Finally sat down and were then informed that they ‘ran out’ of half the things on the menu, including mimosa OJ, Bloody Mary mix, and waffles. At that point we decided to leave. It was unfortunate that this was not communicated to us during our lengthy wait time. Needless to say, not a good experience.

Good sandwich.

Really great place for relaxing dining. Menu choices are comfort food with twists. Real cocktails and nice wine selection.

I love the cocktails here

Ate there for restaurant week food was amazing drinks are there OK pricedSlightly high service was good

Sooooooo good everything is always perfect

Had an omelette. Im not sure they even used one egg! Expensive. Toast ala cart. Service was bad. Music was nice.

Great service. Excellent drink menu. Very good food. Great ambiance, this is a hidden jem.

Great food, great staff, lovely atmosphere

Awesome drink menu, great eats and nice atmosphere.

Very tight quarters and loud just with people talking. The food and cocktails are classy and delicious, but a bit pricey.

Second time trying The Lakely. Upon arrival at 730 we were told 20 to 25 minutes to be seated. At 830 I checked back with the hostess and was told it should only be another 10 to 15 minutes... We finished our drinks and left.