Dells Distillery

If you want to pay $ 12 for a meal that is barely edible this is the place for you. I had the Philly over tater tots. The so called sliced «prime rib» was dry and a very small portion. Two of our party barely touched theirs as they were so bad. We read the mixed reviews hear and thought we’d give it a try. Can’t understand how it got anything over one star.

Walked in there and had to stare at the bartender to be told to seat ourselves. Sat down in the back (the only clean high top) and watched a waitress huff and puff towards customers for 15 minutes. No one helped us or said a word so we left. Byeee… oh and then we were told thank you on our way out

The deputy was delicious but way over priced. Food was terrible. I ordered a chicken salad, lettuce was brown almost no veggies. The chicken was dark meat shredded chicken with some strange spice. It was plopped on top and not drained so it was like salad soup. I couldn’t eat more than one bite. Husband had Wisconsin burger it was okay typical frozen burger and honestly the quarter pounder at McDonalds is a better option. He had tater tots on the side, hard to mess these up, I ate the majority since the salad was inedible. Even those were not done fully. Very disappointed. Weiss to visit this space often when it was Monks… Bring back downtown Monks!

You have to check this place out. Awesome food and drinks! Try the tots and home brewed whiskey! This is a local gem.

Tater. TOTS. Seriously.
They make a WICKED Old Fashioned, their bar is very well stocked and staffed.
But let me tell you about the tater tots. Tiny explosions of deep friend flavor, topped with a variety of happy cheeses and other accoutrements. You can essentially build your own tater mountain of bliss.
My fiancé and I stopped in on our way thru, decided we needed some tater tots in our lives. Boy, we were not disappointed. When we left with a to-​go box, satiated, full, and smiling… I remarked I could not wait to go back.
Get some tots. Share them. Share the tots.

Great bartenders, yummy bloody marys (ask for it spicy), wonderful food. Would definitely come back!

Great service, food came quickly and was really good. Try the tots and the goulash! We could see that the staff cares about the place and that they all were working hard. Would definitely recommend.

Let me start by saying that until our last trip to Dells Distillery, we LOVED the place. However, this was the first time we actually dined here. I had the Torta Tots, which lacked flavor, came with guacamole paste, pico, cheese sauce and their «famous» pulled pork which was dry and flavorless. My father had the buffalo chicken tots, which came with one chicken strip cut up into four pieces and smothered in sauce. None of the other dishes in our party were anything to brag about either.
On top of the terrible food, their «dining» area is just steps from the bar. This would typically be fine, but there was a group of about 8 women stomping around «dancing,» screaming the lyrics to horrible songs they were choosing on the juke box and stumbling over drunk. Did I mention it was only 6:00 p.m. Our table actually had a conversation with the table next to us about why there is an entire upstairs dining area that they don’t EVER open up, even when there is a rowdy crowd at the bar. To make a bad situation horrible, I ended up with horrible food poisoning just a few hours after we left.
I love this bar for summer nightlife in the Dells, but I will NEVER EVER recommend it as an eatery to anyone I know. EVER. Just don’t go!

We stopped in for an early dinner and that was the worst decision of our trip! COMPLETELY over priced. I just paid 80 bucks for four people to eat poorly made burgers. To pour salt into the wound their overpriced burgers didn’t even come with a side. I have never written a bad Unilocal review because I know consumers depend on these reviews. My advice? RUN! I am so pissed! Completely ruined our experience at the Dells!

We stopped in here for lunch while walking downtown and the food was outstanding. Tater tot heaven ;-). I had a great pulled chicken sandwich and my wife had amazing «tachos» and the kids loved their buffalo chicken tots. What was surprisingly amazing was the s’mores tots for dessert. Not sure if it was an option or not but a scoop of vanilla ice cream with it would have made it even better. Great service. Clean. Highly recommend.

Run for your life! Let me start out with the «good». The «good» is their location. Obviously plays on the tourist crowd who don’t know any better. Now, here’s the bad. I ordered the «special» and let me tell you, there wasn’t anything special about it. It was a taco salad. The ground beef had NO seasonings whatsoever. It was a taco salad shell with a crumbled up undrained hamburger on top of lettuce with some red onion chunks, jalepeno peppers and olives. I tried to eat it because I was hungry, and each of the three times I put the food in my mouth, I spat it up back on my plate. It was that bad.
I have NEVER in my entire life tried food so bad that I couldn’t even swallow it, until dining at this place. My children had the mac n cheese. They both said that it was not good. My husband had the philly cheese steak – he said it was ok, but I think he was lying. He’s just nicer than me.
The couple at the table next to ours was billed for an entire bucket of booze, when each of them only had a bottle a piece. When they asked the waitiress to make the necessary adjustments she got real snotty and told them that she’d have to void the whole dang thing, making them wait extra long while she rang them up the correct way.

Worst food I have had in years. Although I am from Chicago and am privileged to have dined at fabulous restaurants all the time, I came in knowing this would be Dells bar food. I ordered the grilled entrée salad trying to be healthy. When I got the salad it was a hunk of romaine lettuce cut in half & with brown wilted leaves. The «toppings» were onions and cut up tomato drizzled with some odd colored dressing. Trying not to be picky I bit into and had to immediately spit it out because it tasted like lettuce that had been left in the sun to rot. I called the manager over asking if I could switch my order, and he was very rude. He responded with «you realize it’s a grilled salad don’t you? Did you not read what you ordered?» Needless to say awful service and whomever created the idea of placing romaine lettuce on a grill did not think that idea through.

One star for creative effort. No stars for actual product. I ordered the distillery salad with pork on top. It wasn’t even a full two cups of food. Salads should be three times the size of the one I got if they are going to charge $ 12!!! Holy cow was I disappointed. Three dollars for not even ¼ cup of pulled pork?
Not only was the food bad, but it took us almost a full hour to get our entrees, which I could make at home using one hand and still be done within 30 minutes. Our appetizer was boneless chunks of chicken that we dipped into sauces and that was the most impressive part of the whole experience.
I would never recommend this place to anyone. They are basically just taking advantage of tourists and profiting from their high prices and pitifully small and unimpressive entrees.

My advice after we spent almost a full hour to get our food is to look somewhere else! Waitress was slow probably because they are understaffed BADLY!
Got the torte tots and I wasn’t impressed. My boneless chicken app was way better I’m sure that came out of a bag that was just put in the fryer.
My wife ordered a $ 12 salad and it had VERY little pork on that actual salad. Also for a distillery they sure do not have many beers to choose from.
They are lucky they even got two stars for this review. Maybe you should hire more waiters to staff your tables and more food to fit your outrageous prices instead of making heavy profits from tourists!!!

Wife and I ate their yesterday she ordered the philly cheese steak sandwich and she loved it, I had a bite of hers and have to agree it was delish. I ordered the Buffalo chicken tator tots, the entrée isn’t exactly what I pictured from the description I read. It was basically a bed of undercooked tots with a small amount of chicken on top of it and covered with buffalo sauce. I attempted to get a fork full of both chicken and tots at the same time… it wasn’t happening due to how mushy tots were. I ended up eating the chicken which was maybe 3 ounces at best and then tried of few of the tots… tator tots covered with buffalo sauce is gross.
Our waitress asked how my meal was and I said «meh it was OK» she could tell by my tone it was bad. I got 10% off our bill.
My recommendation would steer away from their weird Tator tot dishes and order a sandwich.

Newer (April 2013) restaurant in the Dells. Philly sandwich was great. Good beer, even if not actually brewed on site. Drinks are a little «girly». Overall a good experience. Wolf come back for more tots!

Only stopped by for a few drinks, but had a great experience. The bartender was super knowledgeable and let us try a few Tap Beers to see what we liked. They have some awesome homemade infused Liquors there, we tried the Berry Rum! Great stuff!
Stop by for a Drink while you’re in Downtown!

Our family only ended up eating here because the High Rock Café was too long a wait, but at the end of our vacation we asked for everyone’s list of favorite restaurants and this topped several.
Our 13-​year-​old had the Cajun Shrimp Tots and raved about it. The burgers and Whiskey Prime Rib were popular too.
On the con side, the a la carte thing added up and one kid was really bummed there weren’t fries. Service was a bit rough, but our server was new. We’d definitely go back.

This was a great alternative to the too-​crowded Monk’s next door. The cheesy burger with curds was good but could have used a little something extra, maybe bacon or barbecue sauce. Overall decent place to grab lunch with friendly service and plenty of tables.

I have been here several times over the years under at least three different names. We would stop in to play NTN trivia and have a liquid libation. So, I was surprised that it had turned hands once again and become the Dells Distillery. I was pleasantly surprised by the work the new owners had done on the interior. New floors and skylights definitely brightened up the former dark divy atmosphere. The kitchen had also been revamped and cleaned up. New furniture and a rehab of the bar and backbar also added to the improvements. The service was pretty friendly for the most part. They made a decent brandy manhattan, even though it was not a generous pour by any means.
My companion and I ordered two items on the menu and then split them. We tried The Wisconsin Burger which was topped with Pecan smoked bacon, sautéed red onions and Wisconsin Cheddar along with Swiss Cheese. It was on a ciabatta bun and done to a tee — very juicy and the flavors paired well together. We also ordered an item off the Tots section of the menu. All nine of the items in this section are served on Tator Tots. Our choice was the Torta Tots which was pulled chicken topped with Monterey Jack cheese sauce, pico de gallo, romaine and some chipotle sauce. Comes with a side of guacamole. Very tasty. I would definitely like to go back and give a couple of the other Tots a try.
So they no longer have trivia, but that’s OK. The Dells Distillery adds another reasonable eating place to go to in the Dells. It’s located right on the main drag so if you’re into the touristy shops and attractions, this place is in the heart of that scene.