Castle Hill Supper Club - Merrillan

Very nice supper club Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: 12oz Prime Rib and Baked Potato, Chicken Noodle Soup

Great classic supper club. They were pretty busy when we got there, with a wedding reception and a large party. But the service was great. The wife and I both had the prime rib and baked potato. It had great flavor and cooked perfectly. We both went with soup vs salads (it's the way of the north) hers being the clam chowder, mine the chicken noodle, We both agreed the soups were wonderful. Oh yeah, let's not forget the Old Fashioneds (brandy of course) the were quite tasty as well. We had the Brandy Alexander desserts for dessert, most wonderful. It was a great experience and we agreed it was a good value as well. Highly recommend!!

Very good food on a busy night. We made a reservation for 12 and they were ready for us when we got there. Looking forward to our next visit.

Where to even start? I suppose at the beginning. We were headed from our home in Central Wisconsin to Minneapolis for the weekend and thought that rather than the usual Interstate fast food fare, we should have a nice enjoyable meal off the beaten path. My wife does a little research and we found Castle Hill. We looked at their website...Inviting pictures, a seafood buffet, long history of operation. Reservations were strongly suggested, so I made some for 6 pm. We arrived a few minutes before 6. Making reservations was totally pointless, we had to wait in line with everyone else. There was an atmosphere among the staff that they were clearly going through the motions and that giving a **** was not required, as we waited seemingly forever for a table in a place with zero atmosphere. The dining area looked like a K of C meeting room, brightly lit and cavernous. It was like being at a wedding reception where you didn 't know anyone. Finally a woman seated us at a long folding table with a plastic tablecloth and asked if we 'd like menus. Uh, yeah, it 's pretty hard to decide what we want without them... The woman disappears. 20 minutes later, no water, no menus, no drink order, nothing. The woman was at the bar, chatting with friends. Kathy went to hunt her down, to my protests. I wanted to leave at that point. She returned with the woman, who brought one menu and left to 'find another ', never to return. We decided on the seafood buffet, as we thought that ordering off the menu, we 'd be there all night. A young girl took our order and our drink order. Scallops were advertised as being on the buffet. There were none. The cocktail shrimp were good and the deep fried cod wasn 't bad. That 's where it ends. There was boiled cod that comically tried to pass itself as 'Door County Fish Boil ', absolutely the worst baked cod i.e. Poor Man 's Lobster I will likely ever experience, and several other items that clearly came out of a frozen bag or a can. Many items I wouldn 't even try, they looked that bad. The swedish meatballs clearly came from On-Cor. We ate what we could manage to. Waitress didn 't return with our beverages until the meal was half-over and we never saw her again til she brought the check...no refills on anything. To summarize, cheap, crappy food, lousy service, zero ambience. They tout themselves as 'Jackson County 's Premier Steak and Seafood House '. I am quite certain that they are the ONLY Steak and Seafood House ' in Jackson County or they 'd never be able to make that claim. It was an adventure, to say the least. 30 miles down the road, I asked Kathy if she had any gum, so I could get the taste of that awful baked cod out of my mouth. The gum was the best thing. that I had to eat all evening.

4 stars for food, 2 stars for atmosphere 3 stars. I've been to Castle Hill a few times in the past before I started Yelping and always enjoyed the food and atmosphere. My family and I came here with a large group recently and I was disappointed to see that they had closed off the Supper Club side of the restaurant and therefore everyone was to sit in the banquet side. The banquet side feels very much like a banquet hall, which is not at all an enjoyable atmosphere for a normal night out. It's very brightly lit with stark white table cloths and high backed banquet chairs. Part of the reason one goes to a supper club is for the cozy, inviting atmosphere and this isn't it! Now.. I have to wonder if the choice to close down the restaurant side has to do with COVID and social distancing. I definitely do respect that if that is the case, but I have to call it as I see it. Now on to the good stuff! Despite our large group, our service was impeccable. The servers were so organized and knew exactly how to accurately and efficiently handle a group our size. They were very friendly as well. Most of us ordered prime rib and every single person got the exact cook that they wanted and the food was delicious. The prime rib was SO tender and didn't have blobs of extra fat like you often see with that particular cut. I might even say this is one of the top 3 prime ribs I've ever had! The sides were good as well. The cocktails were good and omg so strong lol! All in all this is a great place to eat, just definitely missing that supper club vibe.