Delicious food, great menu and reasonable prices for the quality. They accommodated our party of 13 within 20 minutes on a Saturday.
Overall a 5 star dining experience because of the service. Our server was friendly, kept up with our drink orders, menu adjustments, and made us want to visit again. We ordered the hot house nuggets (10/10 recommend) and opted for the sauce on the side. We also ordered the chicken bacon ranch wrap and blackened chicken sandwich. Would be a great place to come in with a group and watch sports.
We arrived to a little bit of a wait, but we put our name in and grabbed a drink at the bar. I got the local cider and it was delicious. Perfect mix of seasonal spices and sweetness. Not too overwhelming. Once we sat down we ordered the HUGE pretzel. It was more than enough for 3 people. We asked for stone ground mustard and it took a little while to come. I ordered the chicken bites salad. It was very good. The sauce was spicy, but balanced well with the blue cheese.
When we're in the Menomonee Falls area, we sometimes stop in at the Hot House. They've got enough on their menu to appeal to a variety of taste experiences. I do like some of the craft cocktails they create; however, some of them are absolutely overpriced for what you get. Charging $12 a glass for the small pours of Cabernet is silly to me. The mixed drinks or straight pours of Bourbon are always tasty, though. Their food consistency is a bit hit or miss, depending on the time of day. The portions that they will have for ingredients put on sandwiches or the amount of fries that you get seem to be all over the map. The Appleton Ave Melt was good, and I added both avocado and bacon to it. But it was just too thin. The pictures look decent, but the food was all shoved toward the middle of the sandwich, and once you got to the end, you were just eating bread. I think there should have been more to it. We also grabbed the Tempura Veggies, and those were piled high; there were more than we could finish, and they served it with a nice citrus Thai chili sauce that had a nice bite to it. The waitstaff has always been very friendly, and there are no complaints I've ever had to raise about service there. Many times, it's going to be loud so just be prepared for that. They also have outdoor seating which is nice when the weather is appropriate. Parking is a bit tight, and sometimes it's better to part on the street than their parking lot.
Overall the service and ambiance of the place was nice! Stopped here after going to the pumpkin patch farm and got mimosas and the Mac and cheese with the chicken! It was a good portion definitely had leftovers!
Food was good but the brownies were amazing. The staff is pleasant and the upstairs bartender was brilliant in producing amazing mocktails and cocktails. Cool old firehouse vibe and chill casual location. Serves Athletics, Lakefront N/A and had a lot of no alcohol choices to please the whole crowd. Highly recommend.
We were in Menomonee Falls for two local festivals (art and India Independence Day) and the day was HOT. There weren't too many hearty meal options we were interested in at the festivals, so we found this restaurant right on Appleton in between the two festivals, and it was just the perfect thing we needed. We ended up sitting outside on the front patio, with a large table and seated under an umbrella. Inside the place was bustling with folks sitting and others at the bar. The staff was so friendly and helped us get seated right away outside. We were famished and our group of 5 ended up with 2 orders of fish tacos, a burger, a spicy chicken sandwich, a salad, and an appetizer of cheese curds. The food was good and filling. The best was the ambience, especially sitting outside, and it's a place I'd visit again.
We started outside on their sidewalk patio but moved inside when the inside wait disappeared and it became chilly outside. Nice patios both in front and in back of the restaurant. We started with some fun beers on tap and cheese curds. Both were great. Loved the batter on the curds and the fact that they were a bit bigger than usual curds. Very tasty. I chose the shrimp tacos which would have been very good but there was so much sauce poured on them I could barely pick them up. Super messy. Please relax on the sauce next time. I still gave a good rating despite I wasn't super happy about my meal because another person at our table got the same thing and hers were perfect. The homemade chips (and the few fries I stole from other's plates) were delicious. Staff was on top of things. We found a parking spot right next to the building. All good.
David and I went to Hot House over lunch this Friday and loved it! First of all, I never realized how cute downtown Menomonee falls is. Such an underrated town in Wisconsin. You MUST and I repeat MUST start with their cheese curds! The hot house ranch that comes with it is The curds are so airy and light. Ugh I'm drooling just thinking about them. I will warn you, the spicy hot house dip that comes on the salad is HOT . I'm decent with heat, but this was a little too hot for me. I'm not going to knock them points because the chicken was incredibly crispy and the salad is still delicious. I just personally wouldn't get it again with the heat. Overall Hot House is a great place to checkout if you are looking for super solid food and an awesome atmosphere. Will definitely be back!