Quivey’s Grove

Beer battered Cod was the worst fish ive ever had. Holy grease pile! Then the fries were fried in the same oil and same consitency when biting into them. Grease. Yuck! Coleslaw was pretty good. Bread at beginning of meal was very tasty. Dining companion had the Chicken Marxville (?). It was one of the ugliest plates of food ive ever seen. She said it tasted like a «frozen chicken breast with some poorly cut veg and some brown goop drizzled on it. For $ 60 for the 2 of us we expected much much more. Also server was very… meh. Not going back anytime soon, and never again will i eat that grease pile called beer battered cod!

Awesome food and atmosphere would recommend the perch and smashed potatoes are gooooooood!!!

I really want to love Quivey’s fish fry, but I just can’t honestly say that it’s great. The fish is pretty tasty, but it’s pretty mushy and greasy too.
For some reason, I love the bread you get at the beginning. Nothing really beats fresh, hot bread. This bread is soft and dense with a hard crust.
Aside from the fish fry, the food is pretty hit or miss. Frontier chicken is juicy and crispy, and it comes with these incredible rich and garlicy mashed potatoes. Their cheese curds, however, are very mediocre. They dont have a distinct texture or flavor; but they’ll hit the spot if you need some curds.
The atmosphere is fun if you like barns. It’s a fun theme, and it really makes you think of Wisconsin.

Went here on a recent Friday for the first time. I ordered the Lamb Doty, which was tasty. My companion ordered the special, which I believe was Pretzel-​Crusted Rainbow Trout. He also enjoyed his meal, and we liked the fruit muffins that were served first.
We ate in the Stone House, as the Stable Grill was roaring at dinnertime on a Friday. There was no wait, and the place was charming. Stone House had a pretty nice menu, which differs from the one over in the Stable Grill. The two buildings are connected via an underground tunnel, which we though was a fun feature.
Service was pretty quick, and the staff members were excellent. Everything seemed to be running smoothly, which was a relief on a Fish Fry Friday.
Overall, the whole place was unique, and the food was delicious. As a first-​timer, I was impressed, and we plan on taking some family their soon!

I started out with the bartender recommended Corbel Old Fashioned. It was fantastic. I decided not to wait for a table in the dining area and ordered a few appetizers. I had cheese curds and smoked trout, both were good. The curds were cooked perfectly and the trout was a nice flavor. I do not understand why the restaurant menu is not served at the bar. I herd at least 5 people ask for it. The couple next to me left due to the long wait for a table. They told the bar tender they would have gladly had dinner at the bar. He said he knows its a problem and would let management know the need for it. Other than the lack of food choice at the bar, this is a great Unilocal find.

Possibly the BEST fish & chips I’ve had! The atmosphere is amazing, old world, rustic charm. The beer prices are very reasonable, $ 4.00 for a pint & quite a few to choose from.
There are many appetizers & other entrees to choose from besides fish & chips. But the cod or perch beer battered fish & chips stole the show. $ 13.00 for all you can eat, which includes sourdough bread & coleslaw & choice of potato. Abby our server was top notch; remembered everything, smart, talented & courteous! I would return again, though word of advice, arrive before 6:30pm because you’ll be waiting for at least an hour. But worth it!

We’ve been going to Quiveys Grove for a while now, since I was in high school. Its a neat place to go to and I love the atmosphere. The restaurant is in a converted barn and there is an upstairs which is fun to dine in. It use to be you would come for the food as well as the atmosphere now it’s mostly atmosphere for us.
The food used to be really outstanding but now it’s just OK. All their menu items are named after Wisconsin cities which is kinda cool. The menu is kinda small but I think they have a variety for everyone; sandwiches, fish, beef, chicken, etc. Portions seem kinda small and I wouldn’t get their specials. Every time I do it doesn’t seem put together very well and like they might just be trying to get rid of stuff. I got the salmon with beef tip special last time, the salmon was dry and the beef was doused in a heavy cream sauce. The food can be good just not stand out to make us wanna come here often. I like their bar though and if you like Martinis they have a happy hour where their half off. They also make good drinks and the bartenders are always nice.

Meh. My boyfriend and I live down the road from Quivey’s, so I imagine we will definitely be returning in the near future. The bar is very cool, but the food could use some work.
The ambiance is amazing. I love the architecture and how they’ve preserved the space. The bar is one of the most beautiful I’ve seen in Wisconsin, so it has that going for it. The drinks we ordered (Manhattan and Old Fashioned) were also very, very good. I was impressed with the bartenders.
However the food could definitely use some improvements. We started with their ham, beer and cheese soup and it was way to heavy on the ham flavor. Tone it down a bit and the soup would be much better. I had the fish fry, which was pretty good. Not too greasy, and the cheesy potatoes were great (although cold when I received them). My boyfriend ordered the ribs and he would absolutely not recommend them. He couldn’t even finish them they were so dry and overcooked. They smelled like they had been cooked yesterday and re-​heated in the microwave.
I had the caramel blondie for dessert and it was just okay. Kind of dry, and not ooey gooey like I was expecting.
Like I said, will we return? Yes, but only because we live so close. Hopefully next time the food is a bit more impressive.

I have been to Quivey’s Grove twice since moving to Madison, the first was during Winter Restaurant Week in 2013 and most recently a company party. During my first visit, I traveled from the stable to the house via the underground tunnel. That alone is worth the visit. The food at that time was spot on, though, it was odd eating upstairs in what would have at one time been a bedroom. But it’s an older house, so it was… quaint?
My more recent visit allowed me to enjoy the stable (or barn, for the commoners). They have a fully stocked bar, but I wouldn’t go there if you’re looking to watch the big game. It’s a small TV towards the far end of the bar; I don’t think sporting events is the reason people go there though. The ambiance however, definitely worth the trip.
For dinner it was a salad with a fruit flavored vinaigrette and raspberries (if I remember correctly) mixed in with the greens. Dinner was their gluten free chicken dinner with a mushroom and rice on the side. Not that I’m gluten free, I just wanted some chicken. Two sizable breasts were served as a part of the entrée. They leaned more towards the dry side as opposed to the moist end. But, still the highlight of what was on my plate. Dessert was an apple and cherry crumble with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. The only way you complain about that is if you don’t like America. KIDDING!
Be careful when you leave, the exit can be a little confusing. Especially at night. Especially in the winter with fresh snow.

I had not been to Quivey’s for some time and we thought it would be a great place to visit with some friends so we went to the Stable Grill. The service was great but the food was barely adequate. Ok, so it is lunch, I get it, it isn’t a gourmet meal. But yet I paid 10 bucks expecting to get a decent sandwich and it was skimpy and nothing spectacular. I was really hoping for it to be a really nice meal and planned on taking half home for later. But it was so small that I ate the whole thing just to fill my stomach.
It wasn’t just me either. No one else said much about their meal either and two people said they were also unhappy and found their dishes to be simple and tasteless.
This just goes to show you that a long time establishment with a good reputation can seriously let you down.

Quivey’s Grove has a very unique atmosphere. It is an old renovated barn with a decent sized bar area, and dining on the first floor and in a loft. From the outside it almost looked too small to accommodate the number of people that I expected to be inside based on the number of cars in the parking lot. To our surprise we were able to be seated immediately up in the loft area. It took some time for our server to greet us and bring us waters, but I blame that on the trek she was required to constantly make up the stairs, & not poor service. She was very attentive & good at multitasking. She would make sure everyone seated upstairs had what they needed before going back downstairs to bring an order up.
I had their fish fry, which was fantastic. The bread they served was warm, & wonderful, & the cheese curds we ordered as an appetizer were amazing. They also had a great selection of beers on tap. We will definitely be going back!

The baked cod was super overcooked. I don’t consider myself a fish connoisseur, but even I could tell that this fish was not cooked properly. The battered cod however was impressionable. There is always the fear that beer battered foods will be too greasy. I didn’t get that at all from the fish. Also, the waiter kept talking about how great the potato is, but to be honest, it tasted as if they had just heated it up… not cool.
Although, everything was reasonably priced and the service was decent, I am still not sure if I will be returning. Then again, I love to forgive and forget.

Was seated in the loft. Wait times between check ups from staff were 5 minutes too long. We found ourselves chilling without beer or water for about 10 minutes. Still, they are super nice and helpful.
I really dig the atmosphere of this place. Farmy. Oldtimey.
Our meal consisted of some of the most memorable in Madison so far. The chicken comes highly recommended.

I have lived in Madison for a few years and I have heard nothing but good things about Quivey’s. I can not help but be completely underwhelmed. I ate in the Stone House because it takes reservations.
I ordered a pork dish. It is not on their menu online. I was intrigued by it because I had not seen it previously. It came with an apple cider cream sauce. The pork was wrapped in bacon. My dinner was $ 21.95. I was completely cheated. I was given two pieces of pork, smaller than a 50 cent piece. They were juicy with a great flavor. However, they were small bites. This was not a dinner portion. I was told my dinner was served with croquettes (plural). I received one. And it was cold. The largest portion to my plate was fried apple. It took up 50% of the plate. If I could have walked out, I would have. If this is what they call dinner, I would hate to see anything else on the menu.

Living on their reputation. I’ve been coming here for years but find their ever rising prices for mediocre food to be too much. Tonight we got there around 5:15 and the parking lot was half empty so figured we wouldn’t have to wait too long. We were told 20 – 30 minutes. OK. An hour later my wife checked in again and we were told 20 minutes. Yeah, right, someone screwed our reservation up I think.
So finally at 6:40 we get in and I noticed the prices were significantly higher than what I remembered from last time. $ 14 for a cod dinner? So screw it I ordered a burger with a glass of water, one daughter also only had water. They had meatloaf, perch and chicken. No appetizers or desert. With tip the meal was over $ 70. And it wasn’t worth $ 40.
I’m done with the place. Just too many other great places to eat out in Madison for much more reasonable prices.

Highlights/​Lowlights
1) great food
2) nice/​unique ambience
3) friendly service
Quiveys Grove is so fun! Two different restaurants on the same property. One, the more casual «Stable Grill». The second, the more formal «Stone House».
We had the pleasure of dining at the Stone House tonight! You are quite literally eating in a stone house which makes the ambience really unique. I called ahead to confirm the time of our reservation (since I forgot oops!) and the lady on the phone was quite short and rude. However our server was SO friendly. She was attentive to our table and we didn’t wait long for any of our courses. Quite honestly the courses almost came too quickly! I had taken the last bite of my soup when my entrée showed up.
Menu items «honored» various people (Mostly Wisconsinites) which I found really clever! How often is it that you can say your dinner is in honor of Aldo Leopoldo for example? There was a spring cocktail menu which was appreciated. Always nice to see Wisco establishments embracing what little spring we have.
We had the cheese raven appetizer to start which is essentially Quivey’s take on cheese fondue featuring locally sourced sausage. I had trout and he had the schnitzel for the main and neither of us left disappointed. The parm potato casserole side that came with mine ROCKED!
If you haven’t been to Quivey’s, stop by to one of there unique restaurants. You won’t be disappointed!

This was quite possibly the coolest fish fry I have ever been to! Setting is very rustic and quaint, and décor makes you feel like you’re right at home. We had to wait over an hour to eat, but they had a tent and tables/​chairs outside that you could take alcoholic beverages too which was nice. If it was colder the wait would have been pretty uncomfortable since the bar was very small and very crowded. Decent beer selection, all local which was nice.
We got seated about 15 minutes after the time we were quoted, which was slightly annoying since it had gotten cold but not terrible. We got the cheese curd appetizer and cod fish fry. The cheese curds were sub par, I’ve definitely had better in madison especially for 8 bucks for the app! The fish was completely worth the price and absolutely delicious as well!!! It was everything a WISCONSIN fish fry should be… beer battered, piping hot, seasoned, and makes you want to fall into a food coma. Service was just ok (slow, forgot sauces we asked for) but they were still REALLY busy. We will be back!

OK, here’s the deal: don’t go to the Stable Grill. Go to the Stone House. I have actually never eaten in the Stable, and I always feel like a total genius when I have a drink there after dinner and see tons of people waiting on a table for fish fry at 9:00. I’ve always gone with a reservation, but I’ve even made the reservation 20 minutes before showing up. Super easy.
Eating in the Stone House feels very old school, and it’s definitely an older crowd than the Stable. It feels like you’re eating in someone’s cool great-aunt’s house, with old pictures of Wisconsin and famous people on the walls, fresh flowers on the tables. The menu focuses on Wisconsin traditional foods, and each dish has a short story that goes with it, which is kind of cool. My boyfriend had the duck, which came with a cherry sauce that was dynamite, though the duck was slightly overdone. I got the fish fry with their cheesy potatoes, which are awesome. Dinner always comes with some kind of freshly baked, still-​warm muffin or roll, which are always different, and so adds something special to each experience. The last time I was there it was some kind of cranberry-​orange muffin, which was awesome. They make a perfect Old Fashioned as well.
To me, this is a quintessential Wisconsin experience. If you have family in from out of state, this is a great spot to take them to. Just make a reservation at the Stone House, and then you have an excuse to walk through the underground tunnel/​wine cellar to get to the Stable for a nightcap.

Descriptive phrase: rustic drinks and eats.
Came to the barn portion of Quivey’s Grove with the fish fry highly touted. We started in the bar while we waited for a table. Not a large selection of beer, but quality choices. You should skip those, though, and opt for one of the best Old Fashioned’s (~$ 7) you’re ever going to have. You know it’s special when each comes with a whole cinnamon stick inside.
We each ordered the Beer Battered Cod ($ 13.25). I am not a coleslaw person, but I scarfed their version (a little creamy, a little oily) down. The amount of fish given was perfect, filling me without weighing me down. And the fish itself was golden brown and crispy, exactly how it should be. It was definitely worth the wait when paired with the drinks at the bar. Quivey’s is a neat experience with a good fish fry and better drinks.

The three of us stopped here for their fish fry.
We arrived at 6:30 and there was already 1:30 hr wait.
So we got drinks from the bar, very friendly bartenders and the host even have us a bread basket while we waited outside in the cool picnic area.
Once we were seated the server arrived immediately took our drink orders as well as our fish orders.
The beers and slaw arrived right away, along with a bread basket. The artisan bread was very good. The slaw was shredded finely with light dressing.
We didn’t have to wait long for the fish to arrive. We all got the fried fish, two of us got fries, and the other got the parmesan potatoes. The fries were nothing special, but the parmesan potatoes were amazing! It was a slice of casserole-​style cheesy, shredded hash browns. The fish was also very good, salty, crisp batter, and flaky chunks of hearty cod. For $ 1.50 more you can choose the AYCE option. However, a single serving was plenty for us, we even had leftovers.
The price tag of $ 13.25 for fish fry is more expensive than other establishments but it’s fantastic fish. One member of the party even commented that this was the best fish he’s ever had.