The Ghost Guest Travels: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
I’m back from my unintentional blogging hiatus! Life has been pretty hectic as of late and I’ve been doing a lot of traveling, including a weekend trip up to Lake Geneva, WI that I wanted to share with you.
The BF and I decided to spend a relaxing weekend away in Lake Geneva, and with the help of the awesome people at General Motors, they let me borrow a brand new Chevy Equinox to take for a spin. The BF sold his car two years ago and since then, we’ve been getting by without one. I will say, once you have a car again. it’s REALLY nice. The 1.5 hour drive to Lake Geneva was a breeze in the comfort of our fully-equipped Equinox. It was easy to drive, came with a ton of safety features, and was easy to park, despite it’s size.
We decided to stay at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, an award-winning resort in Lake Geneva. The Grand Geneva originally opened in 1968 as the Lake Geneva Playboy Club Hotel…yes, that Playboy. Several of our friends had stayed there and enjoyed it, so we knew we’d have a great time. The resort has 335 guest rooms, a spa and salon, two championship golf courses, skiing, snowboarding, a convention center, fitness center, and three restaurants. Yes, it’s that big.
We checked into our room overlooking the resort’s lake and golf course and both commented on how quiet it was. It was so nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life. One of the coolest features of our room was the TV built into the bathroom mirror, ensuring we wouldn’t miss a second of Keeping Up With the Kardashians 
Geneva ChopHouse
That evening, we had reservations at Geneva ChopHouse, located at the Grand Geneva Resort. It was great to be able to walk down the hall from our hotel room to dinner. The restaurant is a traditional steakhouse with a variety of steaks, chops, seafood, and sides. The place was jam-packed the night we dined there, resulting in a 30 minute wait for our table past our reservation.
We started with the ChopHouse salad and farmers market salad. The ChopHouse was a traditional chopped salad with chopped greens, blue cheese, bacon, tomatoes, eggs, cucumber and champagne-chive vinaigrette. I thought the salad was way too soggy and tasted like someone had pre-tossed the salad well before it was served to us. The farmers market salad was much better, featuring baby greens, beets, green beans, goat cheese, walnuts, diced tomatoes, and a tangy mustard vinaigrette. It had more of a fresh and crisp taste.
The BF and I both ordered steaks and split two sides. He had the New York strip, while I had the filet. Our sides included a twice baked potato, and Brussels sprouts. The steaks were both well seasoned and cooked to our liking, while the sides were lacking in flavor. The potato was dull and lukewarm, while the Brussels sprouts could have used some more roasting time.
Geneva ChopHouse definitely has the prices of a Chicago steakhouse, but the food is not the same caliber. Was I expecting a Chicago steakhouse experience? No. But I was expecting a little bit more oomph from the food. I will say, our server was excellent and our food arrived promptly. I do think there are other restaurants where you could spend the same amount of money and have an overall better experience though.
I’m giving Geneva ChopHouse 3.5 ghosts out of 5.
After brunch, the rain hit, and it did not stop for the rest of the day. We knew we’d have to stay inside, so we headed to the fitness center. The fitness center is huge and features a gym, fitness studio with daily classes, tennis, basketball courts, rock climbing wall, and a pool. The BF and I played one on one basketball, and indoor tennis, and checked out the connected spa. We didn’t go for any treatments but I could have used a massage after playing basketball and tennis!
After working up a sweat, we took the time to relax by the fireplace in the Grand Geneva’s main lobby which was super cozy.
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