Richard’s Restaurant & Bar

I love the wing night here! Lots of flavors to choose from, but there is a long wait typically. Be sure to make a reservation if you don’t want to wait as long. They have a flavor of the month for the wings which is usually amazing! You do have to pay extra for things such as the salad bar, celery, and drinks (there is usually a special for a pitcher of soda or bucket of beer).

Could have better lighting, attentive service, and great accommodations for menu. The pricing is very affordable.

Great drinks and less than average dining food at best. No flavor on steak, scallops cooked well but very gritty and shrimp way over cooked and bland. Grilled Asparagus mushy not crispy, Homemade bread okay and simply glad I wasn’t too hungry.
Waitress was great and very friendly.
Regards, out of town business traveler who is wondering who posted above 2 star review.
Note: still looking for a GOOD steak restaurant in the greater Wausau WI area!

Best fricken pan fried walleye ever!

We were on a quest to dine at a Wisconsin supper club, and heard about Richard’s.
It was a bit of a drive from our hotel, but we rolled in on a Tuesday night and were surprised to see a fairly full parking lot.
Once inside, we realized the draw must be Bingo night, as there were a couple of tables in the dining room covered with Bingo cards, and the bar was full. Hence we headed to the dining room for seating. No linen tablecloths and cloth napkins here, just good food, good service and a bit of fun.
Our waitress Abigail was hustling all night and took good care of us. We ordred the hand battered asparagus, and a petite filet (bacon-​wrapped and topped with mushrooms) for me, which I requested stuffed with garlic for an extra $ 1. Heck, who wouldn’t pay a dollar to have a meal stuffed with garlic?!?
The meal included a salad from the salad bar, and I was excited to find peas on the salad bar, plus sunflower seeds, and the Oriental dressing was great. When my steak arrived I appreciated the presentation of the filet, crowned with a large spill of sautéed mushrooms. My steak came with a baker, and everything was delicious.
Before and near the end of our meal, we did monitor a pair of bingo cards hoping to cash in, but no such luck. But we did make off with a winner of a meal.

We dined at Richard’s on Saturday for their prime rib and snow crab buffet. What a disappointment for $ 25 per person. Golden Coral has better food. The salad bar very small lacking a selection of toppings. The Chicken vegetable soup tasted as if it was made on Monday, very bland not much for veggies or chicken. On to the main buffet, for the few things we had, the fish was so over powered with lemon pepper it burned your mouth, it was inedible. The baked chicken was dry as if it had been cooked for hours and even had a piece that was under cooked. (Most likely from adding new with old, which we all know is wrong). The sweet and sour pork with rice, the pork was dry, sauce was so sweet all you could taste was pineapple, and the rice was way over cooked with the consistency of mash potatoes. Snow crab legs were over cooked, very salty, and dried out from sitting to long. The few you could get that were semi warm had been sitting in the water for who knows how long. On to the Prime Rib, all I can say about that it was ice cold and bland. Had to have mine taking back and re-​fired on the grill, which I am glad I did, at least it ended up warm with some flavor unlike the piece my husband had with was warm, but so over cooked you had a hard time chewing it. Over all the service was good, our waitress friendly and prompt. With only 2 other couples in the dining area should have been a red flag and went somewhere else. We won’t be returning there anytime soon.