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    Waterfront Hotel & Marina

    3.5 (28 reviews)
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    Sesame Chicken Wings
    Brooke-Dan L.

    My wife and I live in the area and after several weeks of passing this seemingly busy new hotspot, we decided to give it a go. It was about 7:00 p.m. on Saturday night, so we were expecting it to be packed.. it was somewhere around 65% capacity. When you get there, it is very confusing as to where you need to go to get to the restaurant (there are no signs, that we could find, directing you where to go) but the front desk employee was kind enough to roll up the cage to tell us where to go. Arriving: after standing at the hostess podium for about 7-8 minutes one of the several servers that made eye contact with us felt bad enough to tell us, "You can just sit wherever. I'm not sure WHY they have that thing (podium) there.." We sat. Service: we sat waiting, for 9 minutes this time, our server finally came over to apologize, "sorry it took me so long, I was trying to get change for $100. Do you guys know what you want to drink?" Considering we were sitting at a table with nothing on it we asked if they had a drink menu. She said yes and brought one after another 5 minutes. The drink menu looked like it had sat on the floor behind the bar from the night before BUT we could read it, so we rolled with it. My wife ordered what seemed to be their signature drink, called Tito's Punch and I got a "bottle" of beer. The drinks came and we both really liked my wife's, which was promising and my beer came in a plastic cup, which was disappointing. We were told that the owner didn't want glass out in the patio area, even though I could see 2 other tables with bottles of beer on them, again we rolled with it. Apps/The meal: Calamari: cooked well, the breading and the dipping sauce needed salt and/or pepper but both were really good. $9 - priced appropriately for the portion! Sesame Chicken Wings: first order came out cold, sent back. Second order came out nice and hot. The breading was very good and the sauce was delicious, just wish there was more of it! $8 - priced appropriately as well! Blackened Shrimp Cesar (salad): salad was big and delicious! The shrimp was cooked perfectly and seasoned perfectly. The greens were very fresh and crisp even with the hot shrimp on top. Enough to share if you wanted. Lots of shrimp (about 8-9). Very happy with this selection! $10 - amazing price considering the quantity AND quality! Asian Shrimp Tacos: DISAPPOINTING. DO NOT ORDER. The shrimp was very tasty BUT.... This is a tapas style dish considering you get 3 - 4"tortillas with, no joke, 2 shrimp and a pinch of the Asian slaw on each. So you get a total of 6 shrimp with this dish. Served with black beans.. Considering this came with less shrimp than the salad and was $4 more, we were disappointed. $14 - WAY OVERPRICED for what you get. Overall: I think this place has a TON of potential. The food was all delicious, they just need to adjust their pricing on the tacos or make it in line with the other regular portion sized entrees. The signature drink was very good and well made. The service needs A LOT of help. Our server didn't know what the soup was that day and tried to describe it based on what it looked like. Also mentioned that "honestly, it looks gross". This is not a place to go when in a hurry. Total time spent there was just over 2 hours but we weren't in a hurry so we didn't mind. Confused as to why the (what looked to be the) manager was bringing unordered/courtesy shots to the tables that looked to have single women at them..? Also the plastic tableware needs to go! We will definitely go here again to give it another shot and depending on how it goes the next time, I'm hoping to increase my review to at least 4 stars.

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    Had a great time there... Loved the fact that I could bring the dog :). And the bar downstairs was sooooo much fun! Nice rooms too

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    Super 8 by Wyndham McHenry

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    I dont like to give bad reviews but it is important to do so for other people to make their choices…read morebased on what actually IS in person instead of what BS they are trying to $ell you online. The place is so dirty, even while checking in another couple asked to switch rooms because the bedding was dirty. But in our room I saw & took pictures of boogers smeared on the walls, blood, a broken shower curtain & yukky bathroom, phone not plugged in... see pics

    This place has what you need to be secure and comfortable. I'm here during a big snowstorm/ice age…read morearctic freeze and my room is clean, warm, has plenty of nice updates, beautiful matching furniture, and a really cool vanity mirror! Guest services are very kind, and I appreciate the quiet and respectful behavior of the people staying here as well. By the time my week is up I will become an expert at making waffles, I hope. There's a trick, I just can't seem to remember it. I get to practice though! 6 -9 am every they have a functional Continental Breakfast. The hallway is a bit cold so put on a sweater when you leave the room for anything from the front desk. I'm about to head there now and ask about the laundry feature here, and where they have the ice machine. And also grab a newspaper. They have a menu for Jimano's Pizza up the hill printed on the back of their Cable Channel table tent, and those are good people. In the same mall you will find a very nice Chinese Family Restaurant. Also nearby is Brunch Cafe and Meat And Potatoes, in the other side of BP there is a taco place and another Italian place. All walking distance, just be careful pulling out onto Highway 31. It's a steep hill and you may have to wait a bit to merge. There's a reptile store just next door called Datz and I recommend you visit there. McDonald's is right beside the park path. Those are closer than anything. Plenty of local Churches and town isn't far away. I expect you to book here and enjoy your stay in McHenry County.

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    Fox Lake Motel

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    The motel is okay, rooms are pretty clean. However, the staff is disrespectful and yells at you,…read morerather than communicating or providing any assistance.

    WARNING RACIST!!!!!!!!! I went up to fox lake about two years ago with my bi-racial family it was…read moreabout 11 of us in a group, half black the other half Hispanic. We were fishing and jet skiing all day and we decided to pick the closet place to sleep for the night. As we walked into the small lobby we immediately felt something was off as we purchased our rooms the clerk (owner) kept telling us only two people per room, he kept insisting that we were going to partying in the rooms and we told him no sir we have money for multiple rooms were just tired and want to sleep. (Keep in mind out of the 11 family members 8 of them are over the age of 50) So we finally got our room key and we got inside the rooms and they weren't quite what we expected I pulled the blanket back and a huge bug flew from under the covers and the restroom appeared to be still dirty there was urine on the floor ! My girlfriend did not want to stay there so I went to my families other rooms and noticed the same thing all the rooms were dirty and had not been cleaned properly. So after ten minutes of being in the room researching other hotels in the area we decided to leave as we asked for a refund the manager went ballistic he took our keys stormed out the lobby went into our rooms and said "NO you guys used the room no refund"! (Keep in mind we were only in the room for 10 minutes each) We tired explaining about the cleanliness of the room but the short European man kept on ranting "No refund it's always a problem with you kind that's why I don't like renting to BLACK PEOPLE"! Eventually the cops were called and the police treated us like the criminals finally we got a refund and as we are backing out of the parking lot the owner was hiding behind a parked car and jumped out throwing his body into my aunts car to make it look like she hit him ! I couldn't believe it ! Luckily she did not hit him and he just stumbled and looked like an idiot, but still the cops did nothing they didn't arrest him for trying to frame someone for a great bodily harm they didn't even speak to him and tell him not to do that they all just stared at us as we drove off . SMH DONT EVER go there it's NASTY and the owner is an ASSHOLE I hope this place gets shut down!

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