This is a review of my experience having dinner at the restaurant at Shelridge Country Club. The…read morelast several years during Lenten season, my mother and I have made it a point to get a Friday Fish Fry, usually going to a different restaurant. For 2025, she heard Shelridge Country Club served up a good fish fry so we decided to check it out. In short, we were VERY happy with our experience!
We heard we had to RSVP, so we called Wednesday and got a table for two on Friday for 6pm. We arrived about five minutes before and easily found a parking spot right by the entrance. Their parking lot is pretty big so we had plenty of spots to pick from. Note that the entrance to the restaurant was up a set of stairs and we didn't see an elevator. We walked in and saw a few tables full of people but noise levels were excellent and the inside was pretty spacious. We walked up to the bar and told the bar tender we made reservations for 6pm. She immediately found our name and guided us over to our table. Our waitress came a short time later and got us started with cocktails as we looked over the menu, albeit we already knew what we were ordering. Our waitress was courteous, friendly, just lovely! After we placed our fish fry orders, we sat and sipped on our cocktails and nibbled on bread, which came with herbed-compound butter and a cinnamon butter - Both were really good. The cocktail I ordered was called "Hair of the Dogleg", which was Bulleit Bourbon, ginger beer, and Angostura bitters with a lemon wedge. This was excellent, refreshing, a perfect drink to sip on.
As I've mentioned many times now, both of us ordered their Fish Fry with Fries, beer-battered (of course), from their "Friday Night Entrees" section of their menu. Our plates consisted of a nicely battered, perfectly fried fish over a bed of thicker-cut, crispy fries, with a side of a coleslaw, and a cup of ketchup, a cup of tartar sauce, and a lemon wedge, and our waitress set out a glass bottle of vinegar. This was phenomenal, the fish was fried perfectly! Not greasy and the beer batter distributed perfectly and the fish inside was hot - Easy enough to cut with only a fork. The star of the show for me though was their tartar sauce. I think this was homemade and had what I thought was dill, which was a gamechanger for me! The tartar sauce had a creamy consistency. I've never had tartar sauce like theirs and easily is the best I've ever had. I really liked their coleslaw too - It was on the creamier side, very mild. In my opinion, this was the best coleslaw side I've had! The bed of fries was cooked perfectly, not overly seasoned and plenty crispy. In 2025, the price of Shelridge Country Club's fish fry is $16 and it was worth every penny! A big fish, tons of fries, nicely portioned cup of coleslaw - I walked out of their perfectly full. We really appreciated having the head chef, Caitlin, stop by our table and chat with us about our experience, I felt she really does enjoy being at Shelridge.
Both my mom and I had a wonderful dining experience at the restaurant in Shelridge Country Club! The dining area, the staff, the food, all were excellent. I'm willing to say this is one of the best fish fries I've ever had - their tartar sauce and coleslaw really elevated the meal for me. I can't wait to come back again and grab a cocktail and Friday fish fry!