We were walking through town looking for outdoor seating as we had a baby and little dog. We stumbled upon Harry's and were so impressed! We ordered an omelette and cold brew. Both were delicious. Our veggie omelette was perfectly cooked and the cold brew was as good as we've had. Our server was excellent, prompt and courteous (wish I remembered her name. Would definitely go back to Harry's and highly recommended! read more

Staff was very nice, food was pretty good. The inside could use some updates, but over all was ok. Pretty expensive for the small portions and limited menu. You kinda gotta like either eggs of some style or pancakes to find something here. That's pretty much all they have, besides the bar. read more

BEST hash browns we've ever had! We also got the kahlua coffee, specialty Bloody Mary, and the eggs Benedict. Everything was so great.

Very good breakfast! I recommend the Denver omelette. We were going to go to a highly rated place across the street but they were full. Glad we opted to cross the street! read more

Amazing service, amazing food. Highly recommend the Greek Benedict and the signature bloody Marys!

This restaurant does not belong in Lake Geneva. The ambience is old and dated. The food is mediocre at best. The omelettes had chopped up sliced deli ham and very little cheese. They only had two kinds of toast, white and wheat and no gluten-free options. They weren't busy (now I know why!) and still the service wasn't poor. I would not recommend Harry's even if you have to wait an hour or more at another place. read more

Reviews are 100% accurate. Service is terrible and horribly unorganized. Don't waste your time here. I wish I read the reviews beforehand. Go elsewhere! read more

For breakfast or brunch, one cannot go wrong with Harry's! Yes, its a bit divey, but so are most diners. Within the diner context, Harry's is 5-stars! For brunch I usually end up getting the same thing every time we go -- Eggs Benedict with the famous hash browns. The hash browns are the best because they're golden brown and not brunt, but actually fully cooked... DELICIOUS -- no need for ketchup or hot sauce! The coffee is superb and the mimosas are great too. My husband LOVES the Bloody Mary! read more

Harry's Cafe & Place - Eggs Benedict!!!! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Holy AMAZING! The food is out of this world. You wouldn't expect it from first glance, but this place dishes out phenomenal breakfast. Well worth the wait. Wow!!! read more

This is an amazing breakfast place whether it be a cold December morning or spring break at lake Geneva. They recently revised their menu and rightly so as what they have now is concise and easy to understand menu- all in one piece of card. You can not just miss having eggs here. Skillets, omelettes and crepes are amazing. Coffee is concentrated and freshly brewed - served in clay cups. 10/10 for ambiance, friendly servers. read more

I have to say that we were pleasantly surprized. We ended up here by default due to the wait at Egg Harbour was over 30 mins and we were famished. (Aug 12th) We decided to stroll across the street and saw that Harrys was empty besides one patron. There was a sign that offerd a Special for breakfast for 7.95. Without checking the reviews ,we ventured in for immediate seating. Lexi was our waitress. She was extremely nice. We ordered the special which comes with two eggs,hashbrowns ,toast and either 3 sausage or bacon. Our food came without a hitch and perfectly made to order. We also ordered a side of cakes to share. Well done is how we prefer them, ya know slightly crisp on the edges. Totally awesome! The plates were garnished with fresh mint and an orange slice. Very nice presentation. We even ate the orange slices and mint. Sat quickly, no waiting, price was right, food was very good and coffee was flavorful. Service excellent. Glad I did not read some of the negative reviews before hand,for we would have missed out completely. Most definitely will return. read more

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Kid puking at table next to us and no one helped the family or asked them to go to bathroom. No coffee and water until Meal arrived no silverware until we asked or butter. No one came to see if we needed more coffee or creamer or asked how anything was. Special note when asking for silverware it took a good five minutes looking at food before anyone could eat. If i could give you zero stars i would. P.s. please remodel. read more

Perfect for what it is! Good basic food at a fair price. Outdoor seating available. Located in the main downtown area of Lake Geneva. Enjoyed my bacon and eggs. If you want fancy you might want to move along... read more

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Their first day open with a limited menu since March from covid. Great food, great bloody Mary's! Established in 1923 by their grandfather. It's the oldest standing restaurant in LG. Good check off your bucket list. Highly recommend. read more

Great fresh food, friendly staff and family owned. Located right in the heat of downtown Lake Geneva!

We drove up for a quick breakfast at the lake. We went on a Sunday at 8:30am and were sat immediately on the patio where our two pups were welcome to join us. It's not a huge menu which is better for me since I am indecisive. The food came out quickly and all of their staff was very nice. I will definitely go back again :) I got the Harry's Special. read more

Harry's Cafe & Place - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

So the place we got brunch at doesn't serve alcohol so we were on a quest for bloody Mary's after our food. A local recommended Harry's to us saying that it was more of a townie bar but good Bloody Mary's. Not a whole lot going on in the bar at 11am on Sunday so I started to ask the man working in the bar area if we could push two tables together for our group of 7. He cut me off saying, "I know where I am, what do you want". I was definitely taken aback and a bit confused but I told him we wanted to sit on the bar for some drinks. He did push the two tables together but the whole thing was just bizarre. The Bloody Marys were subpar. They were actually pretty thick, almost like a salsa. Two redeeming factors, the chasers were Point's Amber beer which was great and our server was nice. We decided not to stick around for another round. Would I go back? Sure, for a beer but not much else. read more

Delicious spot for breakfast in Lake Geneva! The outside dining was comfy and spacious. Mimosas were delicious and the ham & cheese omelet breakfast a 10/10! read more

Should have checked the reviews on multiple sites - service is horrible. When we arrived there were maybe 10 other people in the restaurant. Ordered breakfast for 4, nothing fancy. Thirty minutes later we ask our waitress if the food is coming, she says "yep" and barely stops to acknowledge us. The food arrives another 15 minutes after that and the waitress explains the delay was that they ran out of hollondaise sauce. OK, I might accept that, but why wait 45 minutes to tell us? Best of all she serves the dish anyway - eggs benedict without sauce... We complain to the waitress about the delay and the completely unfinished food. We indicated we did not want to pay for the incomplete dish at which point she threatens to call the police! We ask to see a manager and turns out our sullen waitress IS the manager. We finally get the owner on the phone and the issue is resolved. We were never looking to avoid paying but refused to pay for a meal that was completely unfinished. Reading the reviews it's amazing this place stays in business given that the food is just meh and the common theme is the poor service. read more

Do yourself a favor and keep on walking past this place unless you enjoy overpriced grease on a plate. Service was mediocre at best. The Bloody Mary was tomato juice with a splash of hot sauce. There was a sign that said Tito's Bloody Mary $10 so this is what I ordered.. it came with a beer chaser which is fine but not necessary for me. I also ordered a greek omelet with gyro.. the gyro meat came on a plate on the side and was a greasy mess. We asked for fruit in place of hash browns. When our check came, we were charged $10 for the sides of fruit and $13 for the Bloody Mary. We asked the server about this and she went inside and a woman came out and said my Bloody Mary was $13 because of the beer chaser to which I explained I didn't order nor did I touch.. then she proceeded to tell us that fruit substitutions were not allowed. I'm ok with this but it would've been nice if the server told us this. They made no attempt to make things right. Explains why the inside was completely empty. Shame on us.. we won't make that mistake again. Stay away. Nothing good to even say except the outdoor seating was sorta cute.. that's about it. Plenty of other great choices around. read more

Worst service I've ever received. Food mediocre at best. I almost got up and left several times. Do not waste your time and money by going here read more

Harry's had great food and very quick service. A good place to go when you aren't looking too wait to long to eat some food!! Waiter was also great read more

Only place to offer bloody Mary's before 11am. The previous reviews were ok but we were pleasantly surprised. The bloody Mary's were fabulous and the food was perfect and very reasonable. The special was only $7.95 and bloody Mary's were only $5!!!! Jackpot. read more

Harry's Cafe & Place - Only place that we found serving Bloody Mary's or mimosas in the morning. Breakfast was delicious and reasonably priced. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

A diner that's located smack-dab in an area that attracts a lot of tourists faces a dilemma. It can can either go the extra mile and try to be a truly stellar place, or it can just coast by, knowing that there will always be a steady stream of people coming through that they don't really have to try and impress since most of them won't be coming back anyway. Harry's falls into the latter category. I think the starting point for a diner whose breakfast is by and large nothing special and identical to what most people could attempt at home should be 3 stars. Things like bacon, eggs, and toast, etc. are simple enough, so as long as they don't screw it up, things like service and atmosphere is what will tip the scale one way or the other. At Harry's, the service gets them a two in my book. Our server forgot part of my wife's order, even though the place wasn't very busy. That in and of itself isn't horrible, but the real kicker for me was when I asked to have a refill of my water in the same size glass that the sodas came in (the water is brought out to you in a small glass that for me, isn't nearly enough for even half the meal). The waitress told me that they're not allowed to give customers water in the larger glasses that the soda comes in, and gave no explanation as to why. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? I tend to go through several normal sized glasses of water during a meal, and these glasses are less than half that size. Given the absurdity of the rule, the servers should have been hovering to give refills, but that was not the case. It's funny how a seemingly little detail like this can ruin a place for someone, but there it is. I'm not going back to place where waitresses aren't 'allowed' to give me an adult sized water. read more

Harry's Cafe & Place - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

A little overpriced, in my opinion, considering the fare and the facilities, but that seems to characterize many (if not most) of the establishments of Lake Geneva, beholden as they are to transient tourist traffic. I ordered and received an entirely competent BLT; the fairly inexpensive and fairly eye-opening Bloody-Mary I requested alongside the sandwich likewise shared in this competence, and was putatively on the strong/high-vodka side of the spectrum (or so my companions reported: the proportions tasted appropriate to me). The pulchritudinous highlight, however, were the extraordinarily *awesome* thickly house-cut, house-fried potato chips, speckled ever-so-lightly with thick, rough-flaked rock-salt -- chips so good, in fact, that I was tempted to award an additional star, and certainly an item that separates Harry's from the continuum of pretty banal tourist diners lining Lake Geneva's Main Street. I also sampled one of the chicken-strips from a companion's plate, and found them (and their attendant cup of barbecue sauce) utterly standard, but satisfactory nonetheless. The service too was fair, and fairly fast, though otherwise not especially noteworthy -- not unlike the establishment as a whole, really. So, to sum: Harry's "Cafe & Place" is probably not the absolute best option for lunch in Lake Geneva, but one could stray *much* worse, and Harry's at least has a little more local inflection and lower-than-average prices, compared to its Main Street compatriots. Plus: they've got these fucking delicious-ass house-made chips, and beer and spirits to boot. read more

We wandered into Harry's today after finding long waits at 3 other breakfast spots. We were greeted by pleasant staff and open tables with a perfectly simple menu that was exactly what my starving self needed. Andrea our server was awesome, food was delicious and the bloody Mary's hit the spot. If you're looking for a low key diner feel brunch - this is the place! read more

I'm starting to think this place is some kind of front. I have no idea how they are still in business, even in a touristy place like Lake Geneva.The place has a rather unpleasant odor, they must not get the nooks and crannies. The service is horrible even when there is like 2 to 3 families in there. Be prepared to wait 10+ minutes for anything, even water or extra napkins. The food... all I can say is LOL. My mom ordered a grilled cheese, the cheese was not melted all the way and the bread was half done and tasted like old oil. I ordered a burger, and it tasted like something I ate in middle school. That is just two examples. Seriously, the simplest, fool-proof food is always somehow messed up. The poor, innocent food is being tortured! I'm surprised we never got ill from eating there. It is tradition for my mom and I to come here during our annual visit to the town JUST so we can make fun of the food and service. However, the last time we were there, we decided enough was enough and won't be back, even for the laughs. read more

Ate lunch today. Food was delicious. Hamburger was juicy. Service is great. Will there again when visiting Lake Geneva WI.

We didn't eat here. In fact, I didn't know this place served food until I bookmarked it to review. We thought it was just a bar. We came by here one night as we heard live music pouring out onto the sidewalk, and in an effort to change up our nightly adventures, we wandered in. Interesting place, not super huge, slightly divey, Wisconsin divey not Chicago divey, and they had an open mic type of band night thing going on. After spending so much time around teenagers everywhere else in town (seriously, they run Lake Geneva, don't they?), we encountered the opposite crowd. We're not spring chickens but other than one of the bartenders and a few high school band kids, we were the youngest there. Not that it was a bad thing, it just struck us as mucho noticeable. And after training the young bartender a bit, things were fine. The music was entertaining enough. Lots of different musicians trading in and out. But then the band ring leader guy was pushing folks and pushing and pushing and pushing folks to dance, dance, dance, clap, dance, participate participate participate. Dance! Participate! C'mon!!! All good and fine for some folks, but it wore our nerves so we took off. Not a super huge place to listen to live music and once it fills up, it's tough to sit or move about comfortably. We'd probably give the place another shot but may not rush right back. read more

First time here and.......no one ever came to our table, when asked if there was a manager the hostess pointed out the waitress/manager who was sitting at the table behind us! As a manager she never came to apologize or offer services. Absolutely will never be back, RUDE & TERRIBLE service! read more

Honestly not worth the money almost $40 for a burger and chicken sandwich that tastes frozen , do yourself a favor and walk around the block to find somewhere else. read more

The service here leaves a lot to be desired. Long wait to be seated followed by a longer wait to place our order. I asked for a mimosa with cranberry juice which must've sounded like orange juice. I didn't want to wait for another to be made, so I sucked it up. Literally. The extra star is for the fabulous hash browns. But, I bet other places with somewhat decent service have good hash browns in Lake Geneva. read more

Stopped at this location to get breakfast. Asked to sit outside and a lady gave us two menus. We walked ourselves to our table. Then waited for 25 minutes. No one greeted us. No waters. No acknowledgment. There were 3 servers and no one claimed our table. I guess they didn't want to give us service so we just got up and left. So disappointed and honestly hurt. Are we not good enough to even be greeted? read more

Delicious breakfast and nice atmosphere and allow dogs in the outside cafe. Much appreciated from a dog owner.

This restaurant is NOT CUSTOMER FRIENDLY AND DIRTY. CLEANING THE TABLES WITH DIRTY TOWELS. It was over one hour no food. We had another place we had to be and the owner manager said we had to wait or she would call the police. REALLY. I would never return to this establishment. She actually got loud and was accusing us of stealing. The other patrons heard this and the said go ahead and we are all leaving as well. This is how this restaurant handles their customers. I would give a zero if possible. She is lucky I did not call the health department. read more

Excellent service, perfect breakfast selection, well positioned close to the lake with outdoor and indoor tables options. Highly recommended!!!!! read more

Great place for a typical breakfast. Pancakes are incredible! Service was excellent a everyone was friendly.

Nice enough lunch . Pleasant outside seating . Not a great deal of variety on the lunch menus though .... read more

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My mom and I did a surprise vacation in Lake Geneva. We went to Harry's and loved it. I had a great asparagus omelet with a side a bacon. We received a good deal of food. It was just wonderful and delicious! read more

We sat outside for 10 minutes and wasn't even offered water. We tried to flag down many different waitresses before finally giving up and leaving angrily. When I was a waitress it didn't matter if I saw a table that wasn't mine. I would let someone know or I would go help that table myself. This area is notorious for terrible food and poor service, because they hire crap people because they know there business is going to get people regardless of the reviews because of the location. There was a nice restaurant right across the street but unfortunately we didn't have the time to wait. I'd skip this place and go there. read more