Speakeasy

My friends and I get together for the holidays and we had excellent food and service. we loved the brick oven pizzas and we tried the special that evening which was a chili rubbed sirloin and shrimp risotto. The risotto was perfectly cooked and not overdone swimming in a pool of butter and cream. One of the new chefs brought over a sample of a new appetizer called pinchos which came out as a kebab. The steak was marinated and was served with a chimmichurri sauce. It was absolutely devine. The butternut squash soup was equally tasty.. We will definately be back. We appreciated the server helping us with our large group. more

I took my parents out to dinner at Speakeasy for their 41st wedding anniversary. I live in Madison and they live in Elkhorn, so we met in the middle. This anniversary was an especially sensitive one, because they lost their son this year. I wanted to make sure we celebrated their wonderful marriage and arranged this dinner to do so. Unfortunately, it was an incredibly disappointing experience. \r \r First, the temperature in the restaurant is freezing. We were very uncomfortable. I understand it's an old building, but I never imagined it would be so uncomfortable.\r \r The food was beyond a disappointment. We all had the cream of asparagus and mushroom soup. This soup was bland and had little texture. Very runny for a cream soup. Honestly, I've had better soup out of a Campbell's can.\r \r My dad and I had the white haddock over Guinness Risotto. To me, this entree' was not even edible. The risotto was so overwhelmed by the gooiness that it was bitter. Not to mention, the meal its self is extremely unappetizing looking. No color to it at all. I couldn't even force myself to finish the meal. My boyfriend had the salmon and said it was overcooked and extremely dry. Also, the bake potato wasn't even cooked all the way through. \r \r To top it off, about 15 minutes after we finished the meal, I started feeling sick to my stomach. We had planned to hang out with my parents and go out for a few drinks, but I couldn't do it. We had to head back to Madison after dinner. I had an upset stomach and a headache for the next two days. Coincidence? \r \r I wrote to Speakeasy and told them of my experience weeks ago. I figured I would give them the opportunity to reply before I posted this review. I never heard back from them. They obviously don more

Disappointing meal, We went to the speakeasy thinking the food would be good and it was over-cooked, and bland, the wine tasted like it had been out in the heat. I have never complained about meal in my life but when you pay that much you expect something edible I told them it was overcooked and nothing, I guess I Thought they would offer me something else to eat or drink or a dessert on the house or 10% off, something since I didn't eat or drink more then the taste and sent it back. more

For people that work on tips they must hate money. Worst experience ever in Janesville! Ignored by bartenders, cold food and accused of not paying our bill all in one night. How do they do it? By being horrible that's how. more

We went to the Speakeasy for a late lunch on a Friday afternoon. There were maybe 4 other tables with customers, however it took 15 to 20 minutes to get our drinks and after placing our order it took another 45 minutes to get our burgers. We ordered medium well and they came to our table with a RAW center. We sent them back right away, after 5 minutes in the microwave they came back to our table without our side of fries and without the toppings that were suppose to be on them. We did eventually get our sides and toppings, but it took a manager to say something. Overall very disappointed, unfortunately this is the last time I will go back to the Speakeasy, this is my third time there and every visit seems to get worse! Pros: Nice atmosphere Cons: Poor Service & Bad Food more

We went to the Speakeasy for my parents anniversary. It was HORRIBLE...they ran out of things on the menu and we didn't find out until 20 minutes later...we reordered and the food came out cold...the coffee was cold...the waitress charged us to bring out Hot coffee after we recieved the cold coffee...she counted her tip in front of us (35%) we wanted to take back half of it right after that...we then decided to order drinks and there was a dispute at our table who was going to pay and the waitress picked up the 20 that was on our table while we were sitting there thinking it was more of a tip and said thank you!!?? The Service was horrible and the food was cold! Pros: nice atmosphere Cons: the service/food was horrible over priced and cold! more