Round Barn Lodge & Restaurant

I’m writing about the hotel. I did not try the restaurant. Our room was nasty! The A/​C didn’t work well, the window was cracked and the main areas and hallway had no cooling (and I would assume no heating in winter). It was 101 degrees outside, so you can imagine how hot the interior was. The room next to us contained people who were up all night arguing and yelling
The lock on the exterior door wasn’t secure, and in the morning when we left to pack up the car, there was an individual sleeping in the hall on a sofa by the stairs. Not sure if he was a guest or not.
Definitely not worth the $ 105 (tax included) I spent.

This is a review of the hotel; the restaurant was closed for the season when we stayed here.
We were passing through the area, and this place seemed to be the nicest in the immediate area. Our room was very spacious and nicely done, and the bed was quite comfy. The room had a high vaulted ceiling and actually had one of those «star projector» things that give you the illusion of a starlit night… if it wasn’t so bright that the entire room had a greenish laser tinge. It was cute, but we turned it off after a couple of minutes so we could sleep.
We like this place, and should we be in the area again, I wouldn’t hesitate to book here again.

Is this the same as the Hayloft Café? Whatever it is called, I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. First, our waitress, Michele (who was apparantly also supposed to second as a bartender) didn’t know how to make a bloody mary. this she admitted AFTER making them and bringing them to our table. The four of us, quickly returned them after one taste. We ordered different drinks, and one in our party ordered a 7&7, the waitress said ‘thats 7up and…’. I don’t mind if your waitress doesn’t know drinks, just have a bartender working! While we were waiting for those drinks, a young couple came in and sat down. After 10 minutes of no acknowledgement let alone a drink order, the got up and left When we told the waitress that the 2 customers just left she said ‘oh I don’t care’. She also pointed out that they closed already at 2, so to excuse the bad service. (it was only 1:56pm) She also did not know the special or the soup of the day. She didn’t even go ask to find out. Once we did get our food, (all burger and fries), the four of us had to sit back in our chairs due to the overwhelming smell of grease. The fries and burgers must have been cooked in rancid or old/​bad grease. The food smelled awful. We were starving and this café is kinda in the middle of nowhere, so we ate what we could. All of us left atleast half of our food, and needless to say, the waitress got less than 10% tip. Coming from Madison, expecting a quaint, neat little lunch place and getting that, we left very disappointed.
PS: TO ANYONE THAT WORKS AT THIS SAD RESTAURANT: A hot tip for ya– Customers coming in the door and coming back are the only revenue you get. This is how you make money. Go out of your way to make them happy or find a different job!

After years of curiosity about this place, I finally had the opportunity to check it out before a venture to the House on the Rock last week. Sadly, I think we were towards the last of a surge of groups of people to arrive. The lone waitress was SLAMMED, I felt so terrible for her. Having worked in the service industry, I completely understood and my party kept our patience, waiting for her to get to us. When she finally did, we weren’t too let down. Sure, the service was slow, but that was no fault of her own. When our food FINALLY arrived, it was pretty damn tasty, but it took forever (if at all) to get refills and our check. Another lady showed up to accept payment, I wondered where she’d been the whole time. Same with the girl bussing tables, couldn’t she, perhaps, get refills too?
They claimed to have free wifi, I couldn’t detect it on my phone. The building is huge, my cousin said that there is even a small waterfall in the back area. I would’ve checked it out, had we not wanted to get to HotR with plenty of time to see everything!
I’d recommend for a down home meal or breakfast, but maybe not if you’re in any sort of a hurry.

The food was tasty, but nothing to write home about.
The service… horrendous! Our server was surly, abrupt, and rude. She kept watching the clock and making comments about people coming in even though they close in a half hour. She complained to me about the lack of servers, even though there were only about 10 tables between the 2 waitresses.