I agree with the other reviewers - this find was epic. It is the quintessential Wisconsin bar in the middle of nowhere. All the patrons were incredibly friendly. We nestled in to play a few games of pool and ended up playing with some locals and also the owner by the end of the night. We will absolutely be back to this joint. They have a massive outdoor area with a giant fire pit and crazy amount of seating. This place is very popular with snowmobilers as it is on the snowmobile route and bikers frequent this place often. We had a little bite to eat by ordering an appetizer basket before we left , it hit the spot. 10/10 read more

Stopped in here for lunch met both of the owners very nice people clean facility. Nice outdoor area in the back. Food was good. It's a nice bar. It's got that old school Wisconsin feel.. definitely be back and they have a great diamond pool table, which is open! read more

The cheese burger I had was very good. We ordered at the bar and sat at a picnic table outside. They have a large outdoor area with covered seating and a fire pit. The service is typical of a bar and slows as the crowd grows as you would expect. It's very popular amongst the 2 wheel crowd. Fun spot in the middle of nowhere. read more

Quintessential Wisconsin bar vibes. Burgers are crazy good as are the cheese curds. I love that it's dog friendly and the outdoor area is awesome! I come here fairly regularly and have never had a disappointing experience. read more

Great food and excellent drinks. If your looking for a local bar in the middle of nowhere that treats you like family. This is the place.

What a rip off. $17.50 for two Captain and Cokes. In the middle of a corn field. Chucks in Williams Bay is cheaper than here.

I went here a couples weeks back and was served a bottle of Miller 64 that expired back in 2018. Not only did I show the bartender it was expired she didn't even bother to check the rest in the cooler. When I went back to the bar to order another drink the same expired beer was still sitting in the cooler. read more

Whoa did we find a gem! We try to get off the beaten path when we are in tourist traps. This place is pretty awesome. I dare you to find this place! We came on a Sunday night after checking into our hotel. We walked in and the only person in there was the owner. Where is everybody? Out back doing karaoke! Oh yes, we are in for karaoke. We go out to the "beer garden" and everybody is just chill, laid back and having fun. We instantly felt like we belonged. We sang karaoke, danced and made new friends. We got hungry and they serve late night food until midnight. It was really good greasy bar food!! If you're looking to have a drink or two and get out of the tourist traps of lake Geneva, this is your place! Be kind to Jose, he's great! read more

I have only set force in this place during the dark of night -- and for some reason, that is so apropos. Zenda is a hodgepodge of modest homes a post office and remains like many other Southeastern Wisconsin rural villages, a collection of well-to do people and beyond the city limits, a horizon of corn rows, silos and farms. When driving into Zenda, you can barely make out the tiny sign of the Zenda Tap which features a retro 1980s design of a burger and a frothy and overflowing mug of domestic beer. I can tell because it is yellow in color and well, the beers inside are mostly domestic. You wont find Guinness on tap here but you will almost certainly find the cheapest damn domestics here. A beer will set you back about a buck and a quarter. I have yet to experience the food; burgers, fries, and other fried Midwestern delicacies, but I must say they were so cheap it took me by surprise. You literally can, as my mom and dad used to say from their youth, buy a beer and dinner here and still get change back from a Lincoln spot. Known as a biker hangout from as far away as Milwaukee and Chicago, this middle of the nowhere "tap" is about as rural as you can get, and while that may scare some big city types, the crowd inside will be nothing but friendly. On a trip back home last Christmas, they were having a holiday party and offered us homemade food stewing in crock pots on a foldout table covered in a cheesy holiday-motif cloth. Dart board in the back, casino-style one arm bandits, a pool table and well-stocked juke. Cheers for the Zenda Tap! read more

I am an almost native of unincorporated Zenda. Grew up less than a mile away. For some reason, I did not step foot in the place until I returned home a few years ago. This is a quirky place that has been around forever. Oddly nice for a cinder block building. One of our neighbors used to ride his horse there, so he could ride home without fear of blood alcohol levels. And many people snowmobile in. If you visit the LG (Lake Geneva) you should swing by the ZT as my family calls it. You still will run into a lot of Flatlanders, but it is not a touristy place catering to the lake crowd. Oh here is a bit of trivia for ya, next door Buddy Melges (a Zenda native) stores boats. He was the skipper for America's Cup and all around is sort of a big deal in the sailing world. read more

I almost hate to compliment this Joynt because then it will get too popular. However, it is the quintessential road house tavern literally in the middle of nowhere. Great selection of brews, pool table and jukebox (is this still a word?)...anyway you get the drift. I didn't try the food so, I'll comment on that next time. Stop-bye but not to often, hate to have this place lose its charm read more

Zenda Tap - a blue truck parked in front of a restaurant - Dive Bars Near Me - Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

First off let me start off by saying where the hell is Zenda? Located in the middle of what seems to be nowhere; sits a bar in which the neon signs can seen glowing from miles away. A regular must stop on the snowmobiles every year with delicious food, cold, and strong drinks. Arguably one of the best double cheeseburgers I have EVER had. (No it wasn't because I was drunk) read more

My buddies and I were venturing out on our annual Rural Holiday Townie Bar Crawl (RHTBC) and the heralded Zenda Tap was high on an already-crowded list of places to stop. We rolled in around 7:30 p.m. on a Saturday night, fully expecting everything to stop the moment we opened the door, perhaps going down a little something like this: *We open door, 10 guys walk in *Bartender looks up and gawks *2 patrons seated at bar look up and gawk *2 patrons playing pool look up, flex muscles (undoubtedly sculpted by years of tossing 150 lb hay bales into the back of pickup trucks) *Lights flicker *Music on jukebox screeches to halt *One or more of our crew gets arrested by the local deputy after a fight ensues, started by the 2 patrons at the pool table who wield cues, striking out at will, running us out of the bar after Taylor makes an unsuccessful pass at what we later determine to be Hick # 1's 'girlfriend' (whether or not she was actually female is largely up for debate). Well, the above scenario actually didn't happen, to our amazement. After we made our entrance, we were immediately overwhelmed by a decent crowd of mostly good looking girls, loud music, and friendly waves. "Hey, the studs have arrived!" yelled one woman. Another asked us how much we "love sluts" to our instant reply of "absolutely!" The next three hours were a booze-induced whirlwind, consisting of drinking card games, (one called "Connections" where if you matched the person's suit next to you at the table, you had to mimick the pose of the scantily-clad woman on the card, which these sexy local girls were *very* good at, might I add) dancing, and being repeatedly introduced to the afore-mentioned "sluts" who were there. Kudos to Jenny, Constance, Jenny # 2, Kendra, and Eileen for being such great sports. Notably, Jenny and Constance, both Chicago residents, were exceptionally friendly, inviting us to join them down in Bucktown for some karaoke and heavy drinking the next time we found ourselves in the Windy City. Jenny ended up winning a c-note on a pulltab lottery ticket (which was re-enacted drunkenly on a camcorder several times) and we all celebrated with a couple more rounds of champagne (Miller High Life to the layperson) courtesy of the bartender. We closed the night by lyp-synching to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin" and multiple ABBA songs, our group of out-of-towners mingling quite closely with the locals in a seductive dance, fueled by hormones and malt liquor. This was not a bad start for a trip into the backwoods on a chilly Wisconsin Winter night. Personally, I wasn't expecting to have this much fun at a bar in the middle of absolutely nowhere. We'll definately start the RHTBC '07 here, that's for sure. read more

Perfect place to stop for a drink, or for an afternoon of fun. The owner and bar-dog made sure we felt welcome, and the back yard feels just like that - someone's backyard set up for a holiday party. read more

Love this place. Only been once and will definitely go back. So cool. If you were going to create a bar for a movie set, this is what you would create. Great looking front with awesome neons. Then when you go in it gets better. Everything you could ever want in a bar is there including local characters. Then there is the owner, who is bigger than life, hilarious and super friendly. He suggested we look at his patio and it gets even better. Great patio with the sound of running water and a fountain. Outdoor games to play. We only had time to stay for one beer, and even that was awesome. Ordered a Modelo which he gave me with a lime and the price was super cheap. Can't remember exactly, but lower than normal. Really looking forward to my trip to Zenda Tap. read more

Super fun dive bar in the middle of nowhere. Highlights include wacky ambience, a very friendly staff (including owners) and super cheap prices. If for some reason you end up in Zenda, stop in and check this place out. Have a cheap drink and a fun conversation with the owner about her homeland somehwere in the ?Dominican? read more

Great place to cool your jets after riding several hours. The patio is the best place in the house.

Service with a smile! The remodeled bar was done with taste and style. The live band karaoke is a great addition. You can't leave without checking out the expansion of a beer garden. Here's the place to be. Check out Zendapalooza. read more

Nice out of da way bar destination ride for some , cold beer and friendly bar keep not to mention other bikes in and out