The Informalist Eau Claire WI

Kristina Rieder

I had the short rib, and it was melt in your mouth delicious! My dinner mate had the trout and he was pleased, as it was perfectly cooked. The fingerling potatoes that accompanied it were lightly crisp and buttery flavored. The service was friendly and fast. We also loved the guest book that arrived with our check. It was so fun to read what others wrote.

Jim Pierson

My wife and I went here late on a Sunday night. The bartender (Randy) was a great conversationalist and it was clear he was proud of this place and how great their scratch kitchen is! We ended up splitting the braised chicken breast with fava beans, leaks and spinach. Holy smokes it was great! Randy proceeded to share some stories on some of the spirits they carry and shared a sample of a local gin (MN). We will definitely be back. Their brunch menu looks amazing. We sampled their homemade bloody Mary mix and are looking forward to that! The open kitchen is super fun to watch and it is kept super clean!

Holly Mathews

My first my first experience with my family about 3 weeks ago the food was very good I would say the portions are a little bit small considering the price but that's okay the coffee drinks were very good the orange juice that was $5 a small glass was not even filled up I'd say it was maybe three quarters of a small glass okay so today we went back there because my son does like the breakfast Burger I ordered the Monte Cristo and it came out as I was eating it it was just basically thick bread with really nothing on it but a light dusting of powdered sugar and barely any meat or sauce inside the hash browns were very well done on the outside and kind of raw on the inside and for $15 to me that's unacceptable so the rest of my family ate before the waitress came back and I just told her that this was not good and she said all I'll just take the plate from you if that's okay and I said sure I'm not going to eat it and she came back and stated that they would just take it off the bill which I was expecting but there was no manager that came over nothing my son did not finish his plate so I did eat some of his hash browns they two were burnt on the outside and almost literally raw on the inside I'd say we won't be going back there when we spend about $150 each time no one asks you how your meal was the service was shoddy I'm pretty much done with the place it's sad because the first time was good but this was not acceptable...