Old Rittenhouse Inn, Bayfield

The Rittenhouse Inn is Bayfield Wisconsin’s first Country Inn/Bed & Breakfast and Gourmet Restaurant. We offer 20 distinctive guest rooms in 3 historic Bayfield homes. Features include wood burning fireplaces, whirlpool tubs, King and Queen beds, antique furnishings, and scenic views of Lake Superior. For pictures, videos, and more information visit: rittenhouseinn.com/lodging_overview

The Rittenhouse’s critically acclaimed gourmet restaurant is open to the public for breakfast, lunch (through October), and dinner. Executive Chef David Miller showcases the regional harvest of the Bayfield Peninsula. Whenever possible, our cuisine is organically grown and locally raised.

Our Signature 5-Course Dinner is served 5-9 pm, and includes soup, salad, sorbet, entrée with side dishes, and dessert for $49 per person plus tax and gratuity. Evening dining options also include a new 2-Course Petite Menu. Choose soup or salad, and an entrée with side dishes, all from our full menu, for $35 per person plus tax and gratuity. For pictures, videos, and more information visit: rittenhouseinn.com/dining

The Old Rittenhouse Inn offers a wide range of wedding services, and is the perfect location for a destination wedding in Bayfield. Our web site features lots of information about services, arrangements, dining options and more and features videos and pictures of past events. Contact our Special Events Coordinator, who is happy to help with all your plans: events@rittenhouseinn.com

Year-round Special Events at the Rittenhouse Inn include Red Wine Tastings, Fall Brew Weekends, Theatre and Mystery Weekends, festive dinner concerts, and “taste” events such as Taste of the Tropics (Margarita Weekend), Fun for Foodies, Ethnic Food and Wine Dinners, Wines of the World Weekend, Culinary Tourism, Wassail Holiday Dinner Concerts, and a lot more! You can read all about them on the Special Events page of our web site: rittenhouseinn.com/specialevents

We are located just blocks from Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands, including Madeline Island. The area holds attractions for all ages including sailing, boating, swimming, fishing, shopping, kayaking, biking, hiking, birdwatching, scenic home tours, a ghostwalk, and much more. You can view videos of many of these attractions on our web site on the Attractions page: rittenhouseinn.com/attractions

Please visit our web site for videos, photos, virtual tours, testimonials, online availability, and reservations. We are honored to be a family owned and operated business in Bayfield, Wisconsin since 1974. Thank you, the Phillips family: Jerry, Mary, Julie, Mark, Wendy, Kyra, Max.