Wausau Mine Company

This place is known for the best cheese fries in town and that accusation is in fact true!!! So cheesy and gooey ! Can’t get them anywhere else this good in little old Wausau

My daughter and I decided to eat here and it was our first time. Very neat atmosphere as far as décor. We are avid steak eaters, and tend to try it at different restaurants, unfortunately, my rib eye steak medium rare, topped with mushrooms, and my daughters «mine special» steak was both very very bland. Even the side of double baked potatoe hardly had any taste. We have never used A1 steak sauce on any of our steak eating experiences at other restaurants, but we definitely had to here.
Other than that, we were recommended to try their Italian cheese fries, and the small order was much larger than expected, and it was definitely delicious.
Our waitress was very attentive and friendly.

If you want to have «death by cheese «on your tombstone… This is the place:)…

Had a nice quite meal at 8:30 on a Saturday night. Food was good, service was good also. Ended up here after a horrible experience at 2510 and had to walk out. Nice coal miners style atmosphere. Would recommend anyone to eat here.

We received a 10% off coupon as part of my daughter’s national softball tournament so we decided to give it a whirl. Atmosphere is definitely reminiscent of a coal mine which is the novelty of the place. But as far as the food goes… bleh. Being a vegetarian there were really very few options which is to be expected at places like this. But they did have a Fettuccine Alfredo that you could add vegetables to. Very bland. Vegetables were definitely of the frozen food variety. Broccoli and cauliflower were the only two vegetables and they were mostly stems. Garlic toast was good but I’m pretty sure it came from a box of frozen slices like you can buy at the grocery store. We did order the cheese curds since we had never had them and it is a local staple. They were good. But then again I have absolutely no point of reference for comparison. My husband got the fish and he liked it. Daughter got the chicken fingers which also looked like the frozen food variety of chicken strips. Not bad but nothing special. Probably wouldn’t go back.

Cheese fries are the only decent thing here. Watch out for racist old men at the bar.

I had found this place on Granite Peak’s website and since we were coming for the weekend, I wanted to try it. Ehh maybe I shouldn’t have. I was pretty disappointed. The building and décor are pretty awesome, so it’s got that going for it. Everything else was very blah. We were just coming for some appetizers and drinks and weren’t very satisfied. Our waitress might have been new, or just didn’t know anything at all about the restaurant. Half the place is a bar and I asked if they had a drink menu to which I received a blank stare and a ‘.noo” so then I asked if they have anything on tap and she handed me a hand written note of what they have, just the names and no styles of the beer.
We ordered a couple appetizers. We got nachos, cheese curds and a side salad. I will admit the salad was great and since we were in Wisconsin i should have expected that much cheese. It was basically a cheese salad with a few pieces of lettuce thrown in there. The cheese curds were good but the nachos were not great at all. It was just corn chips with shredded melted cheese (so you’re against the clock with eating them) and topped with diced onions, tomatoes and green peppers. I should have made better nachos in my hotel room.
I understand that it is a family friendly environment but did they really need to surround us with kids? There was plenty of other tables available and we left quickly because I couldn’t stand hearing kids screaming «MOM DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUARTERS?! I WANT TO PLAY A GAME! MOM DO YOU HAVE QUARTERS?!»
Overall, such disappointment with the service and food here. If I ever come back to this down, I wouldn’t come here.

First time visit and we would stop in future! Had their Italian Fries for appetizer. Small order plenty for 3 adults with generous portion of tasty marinara for dipping. I had Philly steak sandwich-​tasty, superb bread, sweet mellow onions but my side of sweet potato fries were overdone. Husband had a gyro and thought it was acceptable for being at a non-​Greek restaurant. 19 year old son had the «Bet you Can’t «Burger and it’s true! He could not finish it! But will have it later in UWSP dorm! Soups sounded great and nearby table had French Onion and it looked fantastic. Service was good, décor of a mine was cool, kid friendly place. Lots of kids and families present. Must have game room upstairs but kids can play while adults enjoy cocktail and tasty food!

This place is normally pretty good but today was not a good day at Wausau mine we got a table but no waitress and the place was not that busy. We waited 20 minutes before we decided to take our group of seven and go somewhere else.

I have not visited Wausau Mine Co. since 2006 and after our meal today we will be visiting more often. The food is great and the service is excellent.
The family went today for a late lunch and each of us had something different — and we all thoroughly enjoyed our meals. My Philly sandwich reminded me of cheese-​steaks I enjoyed in Philly. Our hostess was friendly and whenever we needed something she was right there. The cost for a family of (4) is inexpensive and the menu has something for everyone.

I wasn’t born, but I did grow up in this little, north-​central Wisconsin town. While I don’t have a lot of fond memories living in Wausau, the Wausau Mine Company is one of the few. Most of the menu is just okay, nothing special; it’s hit or miss, kind of like the service. When I pass through town or happen to be up there visiting family, there is only one thing I want and it’s their Italian fries with cheese and marinara sauce. Fresh from the oven, it’s simply delicious. It looks like cheese on pizza crust BUT it’s not. The dough is just different – more compact, slightly crispy on the bottom and chewy on top, perfect saltiness. Dip it into the house marinara sauce and it makes returning to Wausau a bit more bearable. Fresh is best so eat it there; if you reheat it, the crust tends to get very hard quickly.
I’ve eaten other things there but nothing memorable. Stick to the pizzas and the Italian fries and you’ll be fine.

If I were sentenced to be executed, and was putting together the menu for my last meal, the first thing on the menu would be Italian Fries with Cheese from Wausau Mine Company! They are so go they should almost be illegal. The atmosphere of the place is so cool, too. True «Badger State» dining with the mining theme.

I’ve been here numerous times and the pizza is hands down amazing! This is your place in Wausau to get a one of kind pizza! It has me coming back again and again for the awesome taste! They pile the cheese high and are never short on toppings! Not to mention the unique building and fun atmosphere! This is a Wausau stop you need to make if you’re in the area! The service for me has been hit or miss, with having a great waitress and everything you need, to a terrible time where they can’t even get you drinks right. But nonetheless I’ll keep coming back for that darn good pizza!

I’ve been coming to the Mine for years with my family, it’s always been a favorite of ours. Every time I order the Italian cheese fries! They’re the best! Make sure to get extra sauce, you’ll need it. They also have really good potato chips that come with almost every order. The spices they use are fantastic!

Food was great, service was noooottttt… I’m not sure if the waitress that we had was having a bad day or was just suffering from an all night drinking hangover but she messed up multiple times with out drink orders and couldn’t even write down the salad order properly. Between not being attentive at the table and forgetting even waters for the table, this waitress knocked down the the rating to a 3
That being said if you do avoid the bad waitress the food was great and the place is a very unique place to have lunch or dinner.

Nice décor for a mine shaft themed restaurant. Service was good but food was average. Italian fries with cheese could have used some garlic flavoring. Pizza had a lot of mozzarella cheese and didn’t taste much different from the Italian fries (except for the green peppers).
Burger was probably the best menu selection.

My husband had been hearing a lot about the place having great food and a neat ambiance lately, so we decided to check it out.
They couldn’t seat us right away because they didn’t have any menus. That was odd. My husband took our son to the restroom and I asked if I could sit and they could bring a menu when one became available.
Décor was unusual. I felt like I was in a basement. No windows. Dark. I did like the privacy of the booth seat that we had though.
I put in an order for a small Italian fries right away as it said allow extra time on the menu. They came out pretty quick. Could be very good with a few adjustments. Too much cheese. Not browned, just melted. Not enough seasoning. The sauce was good.
Husband ordered a burger. It was huge. He enjoyed it. They forgot the fried onions but our server noticed it when handing him his plate and brought some out promptly.
I had ordered a glass of Malbec. It took the server about 10 minutes to tell me that they were out and did I have a 2^nd choice? I asked for the house Cabernet Sauvignon, waited another 5 or so minutes for that — it was bad. Quite bitter, dry and tasteless. I left half the glass.
I had the fettuccine Alfredo with chicken and veggies. Pasta and sauce made in house. It was okay. She said broccoli, cauliflower and carrots. The carrots were missing. That was fine as I prefer broccoli. There was a lot of chicken, just not that great. I don’t know if it was cooked prior and then reheated? Had an off flavor/​texture. That came with a salad. Nice mixed greens, fresh mushrooms, red onion, croutons and a cherry tomato. Decent side salad. Also came with 2 pieces of garlic toast. I am pretty sure that it was the Texas Toast from the grocery store.
My son had chicken strips off the kids menu. Came with chips and a pickle. Beverage was not included. No fruit. I asked.
We had a bunch of food left over. I told my husband that this is a «fat person» restaurant. I was feeling very fat after eating there. We took nothing home.
The bill was 43.23
53.00 with tip
Service was good. Food was decent. Prices were fair. I think we’d go again, try something else; maybe ask to sit upstairs and order a beer or soda instead of wine.

Great fries, good burger, good pizza, it’s a mine. Worth the trip and you can bring the kids.

Wausau has active granite mining (open pit), but this place is a wonderfully recreated underground mine, complete with artifacts. Well done.
CHEESE and some pizza crust make their Italian Fries appetizer stand out from others.
Note: Fresh mushrooms are available, but you have to ask for them.
Remember to order: «less cheese» on your pizza, but it will still be more cheese than expected.
Great bar food sandwiches. Hamburgers, Philly steak sandwich, and hot beef sandwiches are all full of flavor (grease = flavor).
Come in as your casual self and enjoy.

Siouxanne from the South here…
…NOW jus’ let me apologize rite up front fo my Suthern’ vernacular. It’s like a tattoo, hard tuh get rid of. I tawk funny n type funny. But I jus’ gotta tell yew ’bout this place. Gooood enough tuh make ya SLAP YER HAT IN THE CREEK! I can see why the No’ thuns won the war!
This here place got 5 star ambience and drive thru road food prices!!! America’s has GOT TO SEE THE PLACE! I sent Food Network an email to tell Guy Fieri’ ’bout it!
On March 22, 2013 I wuz drivin’ around Wausau lookin’ for supply. It was so cold and windy I think I saw a Democrat with his hands in his own pockets. All the sudden ah saw this crooked olé, rusty beat down leanin’ buildin’ with a restaurant sign on it. There weren’t no places in the huge parkin’ lot so I drove ’round a couple three times and hooked one, quick like. It wuz terrible busy.
It smelled reeeeal good while I was waitin’ in line. I sed to myself, Self, ya outta sit at the bar where the cool folks hang out! «I walked in sober ez a Baptist Preacher on uh Sunday mornin’. Seth wuz tendin’ bar n’ said I could eat there too. He free poured dranks like a pharmacist, to the point where all the men folk started lookin’ bettern’ when I walked in.
I tell ya! Last thang I ‘member I was orderin’ a conveyer belt and a catheter. Heck, I was swayin’ so bad I coulda tripped over a cordless phone. Happier than a dawg with two peters. Damn good bartender, that Seth is!
I was lucky nuff to meet the owner Stephanie, what a young pretty lil’ filly she wuz and niiiiice, real niiiice! She didn’t look old enough to sit at the bar. My meal was Poor Man’s Lobster. Wooooo wheeee, drippin’ in drawn butter n’ lemon, lawdy mercy it was fine eatin’. The tater fluffy n steamy was big as a football. I tell ya those plentiful vittles got gone real fast.
I met great folks like Wilbur, who whistle’s reeeal good like a Canary. Since the theme of the restaurant is an underground mine and I mean Disney World quality convincin’. I thought it wuz part of the «Canary in the Coal Mine» theme and I wuz glad the bird was alive… if ya know what I mean Vern.
Turned out the whistlin’ wuz just one of the regular patrons, Wilber. What great company he wuz too! We shared my IPod together and yapped ’bout his boy! Anyway… on my other side a sweet gal name Korine Whiting kept me engaged in girl talk she’s a massage therapist in town. Whut a doll she wuz.
I cain’t wait to come back in the Summah’ when the purty snow is all melted and try some more of Meth Seth’s top shelf dranks! Heck ever’thangs top shelf when I’m lying on the floor!
Best dang drankin’ & dinin’ experiences I evah had in my whole life. But be careful if you sit with Seth, you’ll wake up with yo’ hair hurtin’. But don’t hole it aginst Seth now ya’ll.