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  • Jay R.

    BEST.FISH.FRY.EVER!!! My Grandpa took me here as a kid and I have instilled it as a tradition since. Sundays are good for Chicken too. Worth the drive from the city or where ever you may be comin from. If you are coming from MPLS do yourself a favor and head out to St Croix Trail or 35 on the Wisco side.

    (5)
  • Mary S.

    Sunday afternoon all you can eat chicken. We planned our trip to Minnesota for my mother's birthday so we could go to Valley Bar and Grill for chicken. We get there once every two years...if we lived here, we would be blimps. The chicken is the best chicken....it's pressure-cooked. That's why it is so moist. Then it gets a quick fry to make it crispy. OMG - it is so good. I eat one huge piece of white meat. My husband takes the legs....its the only place that we can get good fried chicken. Then bisquits and gravy. Tonight we had cucumbers in a dressing, cole slaw, chicken and bisquits and gravy. We topped it off with chocolate pudding. My mother - whose birthday it is (she's 89) had three plates of chicken and bisquits and dumplings. All you can eat for $ 10.50. We love this place. Nothing fancy...it's a bar with a room people that people eat in. But we love it.

    (4)
  • Brenda B.

    During this Lenten season, Friday fish fries abound. But this one's all year long. Don't let the line out the door, especially if the weather's nice, scare you away. You'll think that there's going to be no place to sit, but just hang tight. The place used to be an original dive bar when it was Joe's Valley but in recent years it's been nicely gussied up. You'll snake pass the pool table and move slowly along the bar, but during the Friday fish hours there really aren't any folks sitting at the bar. There may be a little smoke (well I don't even remember any from last time) but it's worth the wait at the end and there's no smoking in the "dining room." It's all served Wisconsin style: No reservations, super casual, come-as-you-are, laminated tables and simple chairs. And sometimes you'll share an end of a big table with strangers, but everyone's in a good mood here stuffing themselves on omega-3-rich fish. You pay at the cash register next to a buffet-line of perfectly done beer-battered cod, ham, home-made au gratins, baked beans, rolls and a "salad bar" without salad but with cole slaw, cut veggies, macaroni salad, three-bean salad, herring, (and maybe even picked beets, cucumber-and-vinegrette and stuff like that). And it's all fantastic. I usually don't bother with the ham, but the fish is the best around. I don't think it takes credit cards. It's around $10 a person last time we were there. There's one of those old fashioned stainless steel milk machines, plus water and coffee. People move in and out very quickly at this place. I hear they have a fantastic chicken fry (unsure it it's Sat or Sun).

    (5)
  • Mandy C.

    Looking for a true, independent Midwest dining experience? This is IT. Trays of potatoes -- scalloped, salad, and fried -- slabs of ham, piles of cushion-sized Icelandic cod and complimentary milk and coffee. If you're from the Midwest it will feel like Sundays with your grandparents. If you're unfortunate enough to not be from around here you'll want to adopt one of the bachelors at the next table. The one drinking milk and wearing his favorite Packers lid. Who just went back for thirds. Delightful and real.

    (5)
  • Jenny A.

    I giggle a little while I write this because I can almost hear some fellow Yelpers grumbling at me. There are a few things that turn me off about a place and a buffet line is one of them. The only exception to this rule is cheap chinese food because it's one of those things that should be added to the food pyramid. This line wasn't the worst I've been through but only because it was really short. They remind me of school lunch and, well, so did the food.. My fish was fresh and crispy but that doesn't mean anything if the fish has no flavor and to me this fish was like eating crunchy air minus all the car exhaust and smog. There was nothing tasty about it and nothing gross that made me stop eating it. It was very one note.. Flat. Sam had a different experience with his and described it with endearing terms such as; "fish jerky", "unseasoned" and "underwhelming".. The sides were very homestyle, which I usually enjoy. These on the other hand were nothing special and definitely nothing memorable since I can barely recall what I even ate. The coleslaw tasted funky, there was a noodle salad that I like to call "Tuna Surprise" because I didn't realize there was tuna until I took a bite. The beans were undercooked and to my dismay were covered in molasses, which is one of the few food that my mouth wants to violently reject as soon as it recognizes what it is. Sam was seemingly just as disenchanted with the food as I was. But, we were here to meet some yelper friends so the food was not a priority for us. The interior is this place reminded me of a church basement. Outdated, ratty dining furniture held together with duct tape and a sliver of hope. At least our table was, anyway. Others looked comfortable in their sit-uations. The bathroom appeared updated so it was nice and clean. They had some decent beer on tap and I stuck with Fat Tire for the evening. All together, for 2 Fish fry's and 4 beers, our tab was about $44 which felt like being robbed since neither of us liked the food. The Valley was really out in the sticks for us. We wouldn't make the drive out there again for the food, but we would for the company. Despite the downsides, we still had a great time.

    (2)
  • David R.

    We have been here on a number of occasions and brought friends here who really loved it. It is a traditional Wisconsin Friday fish fry--understanding that Western WI has Cod for the fish most of the time. In the Northeast you can find Perch or Bluegill and I have heard of a place in Northern WI that does Walleye. But back in the day when this was known as "Joe's Valley" the fish fry was brought in by a family of fish-fry-specialists. It therefore, like most fish fry, is served in stainless steel pans buffet style. That is what a fish fry is! If you want sit down, waiter server fish fry there are places that do that and do it well. But if you want a REAL fish fry, this is it! BTW, those "fish-fry-specialists" now own the bar. So how is the fish? It is pretty good. Like any fish fry you hope to be in front of the pan when the cook brings out a fresh batch just out of the fryer. Mine last Friday was a bit dry and overly crispy, but I know I have had better here. It is the luck of the draw. The beans are real honest to goodness homemade, the au gratin potatoes likewise taste like my mom used to make, the coleslaw is far better than I made when I worked in a restaurant years ago and the ham is decent ham (some good mustard would be nice however). I am torn here on three or four stars. I would give the food four for its authenticity, but the restaurant has large tables like a school lunchroom and the acoustics are unbelievably bad. Add the big crowds and it does feel a bit like lunchtime back in high school. But then again, that is a real fish fry on a Friday night in Wisconsin. I have not done the Sunday chicken for a few years, nor been here on an off night for eating off the menu, but I have good memories of both. And every time we do the fish we say we need to come back for the Sunday chicken or just to have a nice bar dinner.

    (4)
  • Ed W.

    Cheap food. A bachelor farmers delight. Basically funeral food & plenty of it. Have spotted cow though .

    (2)
  • Frank N.

    Well after reading several reviews, I would agree its a 3.5-4.0.... Based on what it is supposed to be... A buffet, unlimited quantity of freshly prepared fried, baked foods.. Prepared by local Farm Ladies.. Hey if eating in a cafeteria style area in a bar , in the middle of no where isn't your thing.. Then stay home, but the Yuppy crowd probably won't get it!! It's down home cooking, decent ingrediants, thoughtful preparation, made fresh every 15 minutes for $10.50, for all you can pack in!!!! Come on 2 star people.. You just don't get it..! The Beans, Augratins, Ham.. Are worth the cost of admission.. Fish is free!!!! This is not 112 Eatery!! It's country cooking, large portions, decent products, Fairly priced.. friendly people !!

    (4)
  • Brian R.

    Alyssa & I have made this one of our favorite All-You-Can-Eat Friday Night Fish Fry's in the 5 years we've been coming here. Since it is so far out there for us, we don't get by as often as we would like. In thinking about another get together with fellow Yelper, John O, this place came to mind. It wouldn't be too far for him to travel. Plus, we'd be going to one of our favorites! I asked him about it and John knew of this place because he had been to it several times before. We set a date and made a plan. After a couple of days, I thought about how much fun it was dining with Yelpers Jenny & Sam. I had a feeling that John would think kindly of them, too. I asked him if he wouldn't mind adding a couple more to our table. He thought the more the merrier & even asked them himself. Jenny & Sam were down with it! So, now we had an evening planned with more Yelp friends! We had a couple of errands to run in Hudson before our meet up time of 6. When we got them done, we were hoping to stop by & try out a new Brewpub in Hudson. But we were in that time frame where if we do that we'd be late for supper & if we went straight to The Valley, we'd be there early. We opted to be early. From Hudson, we took Highway 35 South to Highway E. That dumped us out onto Highway 10. Which we traveled for less than a mile West to find The Valley all lit up in the great big darkness of this country. The Valley is in the middle of nowhere, right off of Highway 10. But for being in the middle of nowhere, somehow people find this place. Parking lot was packed with 4x4 trucks. The clientele inside fits those 4x4 trucks. Camouflaged mesh hats. Throw in blaze orange vests & snowmobile boots and that sums up the dress code. Very local. When you enter the place, you're walking into the bar. There is a surprising tap line. Around 12 choices? South Shore Nut Brown Ale was a welcome sight. Things are wide open in here and you'll find your way around easy. Alyssa, Pheona, & I found a table that would fit our group. I searched out for a highchair. I found a stack in a corner by the restrooms. I got Pheona all set up, while Alyssa got us some drinks. There isn't table service here. After Alyssa came back, I went up to pay for our suppers. They have a cash register set up in front of the buffet line. It is a cash only business, however, they have an ATM just across from the register in case you forgot. I was lucky and no one was waiting to pay, so I just walked right up. There are times where we have waited in a line 20 deep. I paid and told the lady we'd be up in a little bit. She said just to tap her & she let us go through. I went back to our table and sipped on my beer while Alyssa decided to go up and grab some cold salads for us and Pheona to share. She came back with a delightful looking plate. Potato Salad, Tuna Salad, Three Bean Salad, Cut Veggies, Pickled Herring, and Coleslaw. We munched on those until John arrived. After getting our hellos in with him & directing him to the ATM, Sam & Jenny show up. Now that we all made it, we took turns up at the Buffet line. With all the cold salads they offer up, they have a decent amount of hot items, too. The hot items are served in those big white crock pot warming tubs. Just like at a church function. Baked Beans, Au Gratin Potatoes, Skin On French Fries, Ham, & of course Beer Battered Cod. Everything is homemade and portioned well. I got a plate of everything but Ham. The Fries were crispy, crunchy, and super fresh. I feel like they hand cut these in house. The Au Gratins are very homemade. Perfectly hearty for a cold winters night. The Baked Beans aren't typical. They look like they are, but when you bite down. You're met with a snap. It feels like maybe they weren't soaked enough the night before to soften them up. Flavor was good, but texturally, different. Now for the Star of the Show. The Beer Battered Cod. Holy BeGeezus! It's Perfection. Light, crispy, golden brown nuggets of love. The fillet is moist and flaky. Wonderful white insides. Squeeze lemon on it & I don't think there is any better Cod out there. They offer Tartar at the end of the buffet line, but there is no need to use any. This Fish stands out on it's own. They keep the portion levels for the Cod spot on. That way, every time you go up, the Fish is fresh from the fryer. They also offer water, milk, and coffee in the price of the Buffet. The milk is served in one of the old school stainless steel lift up handle like thingy. The price is $11.25. For the quality & quantity, it's just the right price. There is a sense of community here in the middle of nowhere. We love that. We also love getting together with Yelp friends. Thanks for coming along John, Sam & Jenny!

    (4)
  • Betsy H.

    I've been going here for years, the food is always good, decently priced, and everybody is friendly. Recently I came here for lunch and got a cheeseburger with fries and an ice cold root beer from the tap in a frosty mug. Came to a little over $8 and was so worth it. Food came hot and quickly, the burger is a nice portion (fills the bun unlike many places) and cooked perfectly. Fries were hot and fresh- I truly had no complaints everything was great!

    (5)
  • Jordan M.

    As other reviewers have said, this is by far THE best Friday night fish fry anywhere. I can just taste the perfectly beer-battered fish right now, and it makes me hungry! Second only to the fish fry is the Sunday afternoon/evening chicken fry. Outstanding! Their regular menu items are pretty status quo for a bar and grill, but they are very good. I would also highly recommend the Valley for breakfast. Excellent food, abundant portions and very reasonably priced. This place has always been a popular destination for the locals, but with the changes in decor and the addition of a regular menu and breakfasts over the last several years, people come from all over the place to eat at the Valley. It is well worth the trip!

    (4)
  • Raphael P.

    Tacos on Thursdays are amazing!

    (5)
  • Michelle S.

    The BEST burgers around! Whenever we have out of town guests, we always take them to The Valley. The Big River is my favorite. Loaded with cheese and jalapenos. Big and messy, and oh so delicious!!

    (5)
  • K K.

    I've been to many Friday fish frys, and this is by far my favorite. All you can drink milk. Great au gratin potatoes. A marshmellow/coconut dish on the buffet if you're lucky. If you manage to digest all that by Sunday, there's an all-you-can eat chicken fry.

    (5)

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  • Takes Reservations : No
    Delivery : No
    Take-out : Yes
    Accepts Credit Cards : No
    Bike Parking : Yes
    Good for Kids : Yes
    Good for Groups : Yes
    Attire : Casual
    Noise Level : Loud
    Music : Juke Box
    Good For Dancing : No
    Alcohol : Full Bar
    Happy Hour : Yes
    Best Nights : Fri, Sun
    Coat Check : No
    Smoking : Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
    Outdoor Seating : Yes
    Wi-Fi : No
    Has TV : Yes
    Waiter Service : Yes

The Valley Bar & Grill

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