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Viking Grill & Lounge
12029 State Highway 42
Ellison Bay, WI 54210
(920) 854-2998
Ellison Bay, WI 54210
(920) 854-2998
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
4 reviews for Viking Grill & Lounge
[01/01/2009] One of the nice things about vacation or time off is having time to enjoy a great breakfast. The Viking Grill & Lounge in the middle of Ellison Bay, Door County, Wisconsin is one of those great breakfast places. Located on Highway 42, it is easy to get to from just about any place in Door County.
The Viking Grill & Lounge serves lunch and dinner besides breakfast. On this trip, we just ate breakfast at The Viking. It is one of the restaurants in Door County open year round serving up good food to locals and visitors alike.
The Viking Grill & Lounge is your basic breakfast restaurant. Eggs, pancakes, potatoes, sausage, bacon, and toast in many combinations are the mainstay of The Viking. They do have great Omelettes, Hash and Eggs Benedict besides the basics. The breakfast is not gourmet at The Viking, just great basic breakfast fair. But on a cold winter day, a great basic breakfast is just what you want to start your day.
The prices are reasonable, with most breakfast selections are in the $6 to $9 range. Coffee is $1.50, but is a bottomless cup. The eggs are done just the way you like them. If you order pancakes, you get a huge stack, more than most people can eat. I personally like their hashbrowns. They have a crispy top, but the insides are not too done.
Because The Viking Gill is also a Lounge (read bar), you can have Bloody Mary's with your breakfast if you so desire. The coffee is great, served in a croft with nice big mugs.
Overall The Viking Gill & Lounge is a great breakfast place when visiting Door County, Wisconsin. The prices are reasonable and the food is great. Not much more you can ask for to start your day.
If you are visiting Door County in the summer, you really have to try their Viking Fish Boil. They have been serving this Door County tradition since 1939 and they have it down pat.
My wife and I wanted to show a Korean Guest what may be the premiere vacation area of Wisconsin. That's Door County.
You know the saying: When you say Budweiser you've said it all. Well perhaps the saying in Door County would be When you say fish boil, you've said it all.
Our trip to Door County the last big holiday of the summer season was a spur of the moment thing so we couldn't get a reservation at a fish boil in Fish Creek. We heard that purportedly the Viking originated fish boils so we decided to check it out.
One person thought it very disappointing. I tend to agree.
Two of us thought that the whitefish was OK; the Korean thought it was very good.
But on to the main reason for a fish boil because we aren't talkiing gourmet food here: it's the show: the boiling of the fish in a large cauldron, a quick boil, and quick removal. The "show" was almost nil at the Viking. What a letdown!
The cost of the basic meal with a drink like coffee was about $14.00. Beer or wine is extra.
SItting outside would have been enjoyable (shady, plenty of picnic tables, away from the road, fairly clean) if it were not for one thing: THE FLIES!
Inside it was clean and firly spacious but dark and somewhat drab.
Two people thought that the cherry pie was not home made. It was pretty lifeless/bland and my piece was a bit overdone.
Head south to Fish Creek for a fish boil.
I do have to admit, I have not had a fish boil here. Actually, in the 25 years that I've gone to Door County, I've never eaten at a fish boil. But I have had breakfast at the Viking more times than I could count. It's nothing fancy, just the basics, but pretty decent. Plus, it's not usually too crowded. Ellison Bay isn't exactly a busting tourist town. So it's nice to be a bit out of the crowd.
So try the Viking for breakfast, but maybe somewhere else for dinner.
it is great place for lunch or coffee. Patrick C
