This place isn't really all that special or different than the tons of other Madison area restaurants. We went for fish fry. I ordered the cod with frites. I ended up with potatoes instead of frites because the waitress wrote it wrong. Annoying but whatever. The fish fry was nothing special, the batter didnt have any kind of flavor or seasoning to it. My meal also came with a bun (looked like a cheap bake and serve roll), potatoes, tartar sauce, and coleslaw. Coleslaw had too much dressing and was very sweet, it definitely lacked basic seasoning, the potatoes weren't bad. We ended up getting a side of frites since we all wanted some, those weren't bad.
I guess there really wasn't anything in particular that set this place apart from the rest. Good beer selection, nice patio but nothing special. I will not be back. There are other places that do a fish fry MUCH better than this place. I'm not really sure why folks are ranting and raving over this place.