Restaurant review: The Edgewater Boathouse, food with a view - Madison.com
Diner's Scorecard Restaurant: Edgewater Boathouse. com/dining/the-boathouse. Vegetarian offerings: A few. Bottom line: It's hard to beat the view, but a few improvements could be made in the menu and service departments. It was a perfect Friday evening over the July 4 holiday weekend and everyone wanted an outdoor table at the Edgewater hotel’s new Boathouse restaurant. Many were sitting patiently on the rock landscaping of the lakeshore walkway, but my group of four snagged a large, comfortable, semi-circular booth on the second floor that appeared to be the last table inside the two-story restaurant. The atmosphere is faux-nautical and we would have had a great view of Lake Mendota, had it not been obstructed by other diners. The four specialty cocktails all sounded good, but the Boathouse cooler ($8), a gussied-up gin and tonic with cucumber, turned out to be somewhat of a letdown. Next time — and the Boathouse is worth going back to for a few things — I’d like to try the grapefruit margarita, made with fresh grapefruit. There are a dozen beers on tap, each with its Wisconsin hometown listed underneath. Source: host.madison.com
