The 1844 Table & Mash

“The prime rib was the best I have had in a long time it was perfect. The medallions with the cowboy butter was excellent. And let's talk about dessert WOW! The butterscotch budino was the most amazing thing I have had (mic drop)”

“We had an unusual Monday evening dinner. It was our first time at 1844. The dining room was nearly empty, only one table was occupied when we were seated. 4 other tables filled in as the evening went on ... so it was slow, but not a ghost town. The waitress was perfectly nice. Everything was rather slow, weirdly slow, so slow it was a bit awkward. Food and drink was good, but far from awesome. I'm really easy to please so that says something. The place looks really nice ... outside and inside. One minor annoyance was a group chatting very loudly in the bar nearby. The menu was limited compared to some other restaurants. One surprise was dinner did not include a salad. We ordered the cheese curds for an appetizer and it was super. I'd go back, but I'd hope to hit a better night service wise.”

“Our first time here and were looking forward to it. We made reservations online for 2 people 7pm on a Friday night. The restaurant itself is decorated nice and looked inviting. Our waitress was not friendly, at all. When I asked how she was doing tonight, she did not make eye contact and she responded "well you can see how hectic it is". There were only 7 tables with guests and we counted 4 servers taking care of them. When I told her this was our first time here and what would she recommend on the menu, she literally had a meltdown and had to compose herself before making suggestions. Calamari was stuck together in clumps and we thought it was fried cauliflower at first. Fried fish was just ok, sweet potato waffle fries were good, coleslaw comes in a disposable plastic bowl. We each had an old fashioned and they were just ok. She did not ask if we would like additional beverages. The bar area looked lively, maybe we should have sat in there instead. When she came back after we paid the bill, she said her scripted spiel about how the buffet will be back in the spring, we won't be back though because of our experience.”

“Before I mention the actual meal let me just say that the young lady that waited on us this evening was lovely as was the dinning room. The meal itself, cafeteria food at best. I ordered a prime rib sandwich and a bake potato with sour cream. Before I placed my order I asked if I could be certain to get a rare slice of prime rib for the sandwich and was given a solid, yes. Let me tell you, this was the nastiest sandwich I've ever seen/tried to eat. Two fat filled slices of over cooked meat, slathered in grilled, oily onions and some gelatinous slab of cheese on a roll that didn't appear completely baked. The roll crust was white. Almost pulled the caps off my front teeth trying to bite into it. By the way, no horseradish sauce. I had to ask for horseradish sauce... for a prime rib sandwich!??! And the baked potato was not baked. My guess, microwaved and lukewarm. Butter never melted. The sour cream was drizzled on the outside of the potato, in a zigzag kind of I-don't-know-what fashion. WTH? White wine was also lukewarm. Just a mess all around. Oh, and a flight of four whiskeys, $150. Please! An hour drive from Illinois. I should have know when we were seated and there were only 4 other people in the dinning room. Never again.”

“We booked the Santa brunch this year for the second year in a row here. Last year I would say it was decent. It was very disappointing this year. Our reservation was an hour and a half before close. They didnt restock some of the food (so it may have already been gone?) and some looked like it had been sitting there for a long time. The selection of food was odd and much of the food was cold. The service at the table was less than mediocre. The only thing I was excited about at that point was the fresh omelettes you could order until the guy burnt it and close to the point where I didn't want to even want to eat it. The only thing that was good at the Santa brunch was Santa and my kids enjoyed the visit with him, but that's about it. Definitely wasn't worth the almost $28 a person for an adult.”