I've hosted a business dinner here in the past. It was really good, so when my wife and I decided we'd spend our anniversary weekend in Madison, I suggested Ocean Grill. She looked at the menu online and immediately agreed. We had a great experience.
To start, we debated - wine or cocktail? They have some interesting looking cocktails. But we finally were swayed by their wine flight option. For $20, you get four 2-ounce servings of wine - your choice of any of their wines by the glass - plus an appetizer from the menu. It was a fun way to sample several of the nice variety of wines that they have on the menu.
For our starters, my wife had the scallops with summer succotash and bacon vinaigrette. She loved it. I had seafood ceviche, and it also was wonderful.
For our entrees, my wife ordered one of the nightly specials - Chilean sea bass. It was an excellent choice. I ordered the California sea bass from the menu. It was wrapped in thin-sliced potatoes and served with asparagus and a Bearnaise sauce. Mine was good, but hers was really much better.
Besides the creative option of wine flights, Ocean Grill also has an option of ordering three of their appetizer/small plates as a dinner. Charge is $25 and the selection is great.
So what really impressed me was the creativity of the menu and the quality of the food. Service was friendly. Ambiance was comfortable, but nothing extraordinary.