LakeHouse Restaurant 850 Tower Drive, Lake Villa, IL 60046

"This was my first time at this restaurant. Good food and great service. Definitely a winning combination. If there was anything negative it would have to be the noise level. I met some friends here on a Friday night and like most restaurants it was a little on the noisy side. It wasn't unbearable, and it certainly wouldn't deter me from dining here again, because, like I said, the food was good and the service was excellent. I would definitely recommend this restaurant."

"This was a five star review that has automatically turned into a one star review after our experience last night. We arrived for dinner promptly at 6 PM put our drink orders in at 6:15 didn’t get our drinks until 6:45. Between putting our drink order in we also put our food order in. My father-in-law asked for sweet tea the server said they did not have sweet tea so he asked if he could make some simple syrup with the tea they did have. The server stated that they did not have simple syrup and that they used a lime mix for drinks . I find that hard to believe that a bar doesn’t have simple syrup, I ordered a rusty nail which is a pretty obscure and a little old-fashioned as well. The bartender/server said he knew what it was But when I asked him to make it 50-50 he had no clue what I meant. When the drinks finally came and they brought me my rusty nail not only was it overly sweet it had a lemon in it when I asked him why he had a lemon in it he said because that’s what Google said. How do we go from yes I know what that is to google said this. Fast-forward to 7:45 PM when we got our salad everybody salad orders were mixed up and two minutes after we got our salad the main course was out. I will not speak for anyone else’s meal other than when I say the meatloaf tasted like shoe leather and the vegetables were cool to the touch the mashed potatoes tasted like they were instant mashed potatoes as well. On the menu it states The meatloaf should’ve came with a barbecue sauce topping there was no barbecue sauce topping on anyone’s meatloaf three people ordered it again I will not talk about or speak for anyone else’s taste but for me it was like heating up something from the microwave. About 20 minutes after dumping what seems like half a bottle of ketchup onto said meatloaf my wife said I should just probably give up. When asking for the checks we had a couple with us that had a baby that needed to get home we asked for the checks and waited for 20 minutes before I had to get up and speak with the host. When the server finally was running our cards he ran my card for the young couples went up to them and said that the card was declined. Now usually that is a very embarrassing thing to hear let alone when it is told to the wrong person. I admittedly got frustrated asked him to try again for my bill and watched him put my card in the wrong way I’m not sure how a card says declined when it’s put in the wrong way but as soon as you put it in the correct way it went through. Over two hours for a party of 12 with no appetizers and only three people had drinks with a restaurant that was just about empty. This place was our go to place before in fact this is where my wife wanted to have her birthday party so I would just like to think whoever our server was and for whoever the kitchen staff was for absolutely ruining my wife’s birthday"

"$22 for Spaghetti and meatballs that was flavorless. Prego jar sauce has more flavor. And the meatballs are obviously store bought frozen meatballs. This was not even worth $5 let alone $22. What happened? I have had this in the past and it was giant meatballs and great sauce. Has made me change my view of ordering from there again."

"This place was a wonderful dining experience. Liz our server was super friendly and has a great personality. Place is beautiful inside and out with outdoor water fountain. Salad was fresh and well balanced. Bread was delicious and the wine was exceptional! Music was a nice relaxing mix and just loud enough so you could still have a conversation. We will definitely be going back here!"

"They had a lot of chicken on the menu, I got the broasted chicken, which had a nice crispy to it. Enough to share with the family. The soup of the day was really good, had a nice heat of spicy but not over powering. The saganaki was fun to watch when the put it on fire. The service was very nice, would go back to try something new."