Wando’s

A must visit if you are ever visiting Madison. But only for the fish bowl beverage. Service and food are both only adequate. Every time I went to the bar, they would always give me that look of annoyance (for reference, my drink order consists of gin and clubs soda…). I will give them the benefit of doubt though because it was a Saturday and maybe they seemed overwhelmed. Of course, there were three behind the bar so I don’t know how that was possible.
But it is still a great experience for the first timers to Madison. Go easy on the bowl though and make sure you drink with a friend (s).

My visit to Wando’s was during the lunch hour so I didn’t try what they are apparently famous for; the Fishbowl; which by the way looks so awesome.
Anyway, it was lunch and I wanted to use «Hooked» app so they happened to have a soup and sandwich special for $ 5 only!
The soup choices were chicken enchilada or chili and the Sammy was a grilled cheese.
The soup was soooo thick like «Cheezewiz» in a bowl with a few dried up pieces of chicken breast and some salsa maybe? The Sammie was childlike in nature… White bread with American processed «cheese food»
Ate it anyway; it was warm and filling but won’t try this special anymore. Maybe the BYOB or Fishbowl next time around.
I believe the bar is three floors tall.

Racist, allows minors, overpriced, and filthy.

Ugh. Sh*tty college bar. Noisy and crowded with obnoxious drunks all the time.
If you want to pay to much money to get wasted with no personal space, go here.
Not good for meeting people, impossible to have a conversation.

Service was slow, we went on Free Bacon night (Tuesday) right at 6:55 and it starts at 7, and they told us that they were waiting on free bacon night until after the game ended… Of course we were unhappy and raised our concerns and they did eventually give us free bacon. Silly, I know, but when you go to a place that promises free bacon and they don’t follow through at the time they advertised becomes a disappointing evening. The burgers and cheese curds we yummy.

I searched hi and low for a place to agree to reserve space for our family reunion dinner for 30. Most restaurants would not take my reservation. Wando’s (jay) went out of his way for us and made it very easy to plan a simple buffet dinner and bar set up on the third floor for us. Service was very friendly. Food was good. Overall, very accommodating and I’m happy with the event.

fish bowl is wow! Huge. It’s better to bring lots of friends along. It’s fun because you get to choose the color. We got pink: D But we didn’t have the chance to try the food since the chicken was already closed.

Don’t ever go.

Yes to free bacon, yes to fishbowls, yes to 4 floors of drunk college students.

Was one of my favorite bars.
Wait staff is flighty, rude and concerned about texting. They do not give any effort.
I understand it is a college bar but you are in need of decent workers. It was really the female staff that was the worst.
Never seen anything like it. Their job is customer service and they don’t have it. Good luck I hope it doesn’t hurt business because I loved this place.

If I’m 22, this three story behemoth gets five stars. I’m not, but that won’t keep me from investigating.
We stopped in during the game and managed to get a table on the top floor. After some enjoyable people watching of co-​eds wearing indescribably sloppy outfits, we hit the road. I can see this place getting rowdy post-​game, so this ain’t the place to take the ‘rents to on parents weekend.

Whether it’s a burger and beer by day, or the velvet rope action by night, Wando’s upholds its’ end of the bargain, by offering up Joe College Life on a platter to go. Friendly and lively staff continually serve me and my wife the best friday fish specials to be had anywhere in Mad City. She always has the grilled salmon with rice pilaf; I’m the fried cod dude– british fish and chips meets Long John Silver. Num Yummy! My Johnnie Walker Red on the rocks was poured in a «big boy» glass: just the way I like it.

I had to meet up here for a birthday. Thankfully we weren’t here for very long. The place was crowded, the floor was sticky, and just over all terrible. The only reason this bar could ever have any appeal is if your a frat boy. I don’t even think the bacon is worth coming here for.

Unilocal stated it was closed Saturday night but it was open. This is a total college bar so if you’re over 25 don’t bother. Waiting in line just to make it look busy so that was lame. Then 3^rd floor smelled like vomit, liquor, and cheap perfume. .lol over all it was entertaining but I wouldn’t go again unless I’m trying to pick up trashed white girls who think they can twerk.

Classic badger bar, but get it out of your system before you’re twenty two. The fishbowl seems much better than it is. It’s mostly sugar, not booze, so you’ll have a crazy hangover if you have your fair share. Sure it will get you drunk if you split it between two people (or one if you know you failed your midterm), but the gut rot will get you every time.
Tuesday is Bacon Night! which truthfully is really gross and cold. More tummy aches for you, BUT if you want to go out on a Tuesday, this is the bar where you’ll be in good company. You can always go across the street to Ian’s if you desperately need some bacon.
If you have to wait in line at night, Wandos definitely has the best set up with a heat lamp once you get near the windows. That being said, the layout of the place kinda sucks. It’s long and thin and is always super crowded so you can never move around. Additionally they create another line to get to the upstairs area and that takes up even more of the very little room they have. If you do manage to get up there though, it’s really nice. They keep the top level from getting as crowded as the lower ones, there’s usually a DJ, theres an extra bathroom and the bartender to customer ratio rocks up there. Good luck getting a spot though, everyone up there knows how good they’ve got it.

I despise everything about this place pretty much. Half of my experiences here have involved having to meet 1 – 2 of my friends here, and then getting there, waiting outside for 20 minutes before being let in, finding out my friends are on the third floor, trying to get up to the third floor, finding out I have to wait in line AGAIN to get to the third floor, getting up there after 15 – 20 minutes, and all of that just to be bombarded by bros, tackily dressed women and sticky floors. I apologize for that run on of a sentence/​story, but it perfectly describes my frustration with Wando’s. When I leave after all this, I feel drained from standing around for so long, and frustrated because that was about an hour of my weekend night wasted.
Considering that it’s a bro bar, the drink selection obviously isn’t too great. It’s bottom shelf liquor and mostly domestics, but with a few decent taps (i.e Blue Moon, Spotted Cow). The fish bowl is one of the main attractions for some patrons, but it just tastes like kool-​aid, which is not what I want a drink to taste like.
I don’t have much else to say about the place. I will admit that Wando’s likely does fill some niches. For instance, it’s probably a good place to hang out if you’re looking for a one night stand with a college student. It’s also fine if you want to dance to pop/​edm at a nightclub-​esque setting without paying ridiculous drink prices, AND if you’re possibly too homophobic to go to Sotto or Plan B. But that isn’t me, nor is that the kind of person I want to associate with. So yeah, Wando’s is a 1 for me, and I’d recommend most level-​headed people to avoid being near there.

Not my favorite place to be. Sometimes I go here to please others or when choices are grave. I suppose free bacon is cool. Yet, a staged line to perpetuate the space is more crowded than usual on a bleak, frigid Wisconsin night is severely uncool.
The staff here is actually awesome. Too bad they have to deal with the scum of the earth as patrons. Out-​of-​town and in-​town douche bags litter the three floors. The third floor on a Saturday night is something out of my worst nightmares.

As it turns out, wandos is a great place to pregame and get intoxicated before a college football game.
I cannot see any other reason for going there…
Prices are fair, service was fair… great place to meet up with friends.

Friend: «Hey, grab me a beer will you? That’s nothing in this world that’s better than beer.»
Other friend: «Yeah, except for bacon.»
As you can see from my two friends’ heated and highly thought provoking debate, the two best things in this world, without a doubt, are beer and bacon.
For the past 22 years of my life, I’ve had countless bottles of beer, and way too many pieces of bacon. However, I’ve never had them at the same time.
Well, here’s where Wando’s come in. Wando’s, on Tuesday nights, has an amazing $ 1 beer special, that comes with… yep, you’ve guessed it, FREE BACOOOON!!!11 111!!!111 111!!!
I don’t really have to list why free bacon is so awesome, but I will:
1) Bacon is one of the oldest processed meats in history. That means you’re eating a piece of history every time you’re biting into that juicy strip of deliciousness.
2) Bacon contains Vitamin B1, B12 AND Zinc.
3) Bacon has its on Holiday. The Saturday before Labor Day is devoted to INTERNATIONAL BACON DAY!!! You don’t see spinach getting a holiday after it do you?
4) In the 16^th century, having bacon is actually a sign of wealth. European peasants would literally put their bacon on a pedastal, to display the amount of bacon they could afford.
5) 70% of all bacon in the US is eaten during breakfast time, and here I am, eating bacon at night. That means this is a truly unique experience that will make you stand out in front of all of your friends.
Given those awesome reasons on bacon, and more awesome reasons on beer, I do believe Wando’s should be commended on their creativity and ingenious blend of the two best things in the world.

After all my years on campus; Group On finally led me to Wando’s.
The kids that worked for me always said, ’”They have the best burgers, Ms. Joyce.” Of course, I have to be Joyce and go and order the Friday Fish Fry. ewwww. … NO. Heck, even Culver’s does better.
We ordered:
Wings (app) — the blue cheese was pretty good
Onion Rings (app) — Good Batter, great size. Will do again.
Friday night Fish Fry — (Perch) — well, it’s chopped like that New England style. It wasn’t seasoned, I guess they rely on the batter to give it flavor. The fries… well they’re fries. I don’t drink so the Fish Bowl was lost on me. HOWEVER, the kid decided when 21 comes that is the drink to get. It’s sooo pretty. Even I had to laugh after rolling my eyes.
Service was good enough as it was empty at 5/5:30pm so we beat the crowd. Sat upstairs which provided a good bird’s eye view.
We will return for Bacon Night (the kid loves Bacon in the worst way) and I’ll make it my business to get just a burger and onion rings.