Iron Ridge Inn

Have eaten at the restaurant several times, both with a small group and large. Staff was always friendly and food is great. Friday night buffet is worth the drive.

I wholeheartedly agree with Jessica in that the owners here are cheap and greedy. Charging for that child is ridiculous! What’s even greedier is charging for soda refills. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? There are very few places left that are STUPID enough to do this. A glass of soda costs them 10 – 15 cents. This is my NUMBER ONE pet peeve. You already made A LOT of profit for the soda in the first place… takes a lot of nerve (and poor business sense) to charge me again. Too bad too, the Friday buffet is the only time I’ve been here and it’s pretty good. Jessica was also correct that it is NOT prime rib only sliced beef. The fish is good but The Pub in Mayville is WAY better. I shall NOT return!

I read several recommendations for this place and we decided to check it out since it was close.
The buffet is very small. The salad/​soup bar is called «deluxe» but is far from it. There are two soups, 3 premade salads, plain iceberg lettuce, 4 – 5 salad toppings and 6 dressings plus fruit mix, some jello fluff, and pasta salad. The salad bar at Pick n Save is 3 times bigger and doesn’t call itself deluxe.
The hot buffet was better. The prime rib is not prime rib. I don’t know why they call it that. It’s roast beef. Very thinly sliced roast beef. It was decent, but in high need of seasoning ie salt and pepper. The beer battered cod also lacked any salt or pepper in it’s batter.
The price is okay, but for a $ 14 buffet I would expect a mini dessert area. At the very least, ice cream.
Also we were charged $ 3 for our 16 month old. We were told that they don’t do free for any age. That’s absurd! The hostess said they judge by how much he eats.
Right. Except other than giving us a pitcher of water, removing our plates once, and bringing more napkins after asking 3 times, our waitress ignored us so she would have no idea how much he ate.
I’m glad we tried this place because now we know not to go back again.

I wish the salad bar had more greens, but the hot buffet is great. Lots of meat: prime rib, baked fish, fried chicken, beer battered fish. When I go, I usually fill up on a lot of meat and don’t eat much else. Service is friendly.

This is a restaurant and motel. The motel is fairly nice, has a pool and we have had some nice get-​togethers here. The food at the restaurant is another story.
I am primarily reviewing this restaurant. Which I would give 1 star. We have been here for a number of different get-​togethers and I dread having another. We have never had a good meal here and recommend you look elsewhere. Unless they have improved things recently as we have stopped going to this restaurant. The buffet was lousy, the price per value was lousy, the service was lousy and the main entrees were dull and basic. We have not been back in years.
To bring my criticism home I would like to share this brief story.
The last time I went out to eat with my in-​laws was at this place. We were looking forward to having a really happy time together and some good food. Instead everyone was disappointed and we all left this place wishing we had gone elsewhere. Unfortunately my in-​laws died shortly after our stop here and there will be no «make up». The story is over and the last get together was a great disappointment.
If only people realized how important a nice meal can mean to some families maybe they would take a little more care in providing good food and good service. This includes treating your staff well. It all comes together to either make a worthwhile establishment or a waste of time.
How we wish this place was better than it is. The Inn and restaurant is a good thing for Iron Ridge and we really would like it to succeed. Which it does because it is the only Inn/​restaurant for miles that is halfway decent. Sadly they don’t aspire to anything more and thus the bar is low.
come on guys, people know what «good» and «great» mean. Families may be having one of their few get-​togethers as I described above. Stop doing just enough and start making this place a really great place for the people in the area.