text: I also am surprised that there are not more reviews for Betty Lou. We did the Monona brunch cruise and really liked it.\n\nOverall, the gig is pretty sweet, but I'll admit they have some serious room for improvement.\n\nMajor cons: value for price, selection of seats on the boat, availability of crew/service\n\nMajor pros: taste and amount of food, quality of atmosphere/boat\n\nIt was really disappointing when we got on to be shoved out of the way by a group of young children, who ended up getting seats on the top deck. If you get there early (like we did), start to line up right in front of the wooden dock to the boats, as that's where they board from. It would be much more organized if they called groups onto the boat in the order they were booked.\n\nThe food was AMAZING. So good and perfectly organized into appetizers, main course, and dessert. I loved it!\n\nThe mimosas were tasty, but were weak and it was difficult to get a waitress/bartender as there were only 2 of them tending to the entire boat of 50 people. You are dismissed from your table to go and get food, but we were never dismissed for the first round. Again, it was difficult to get the attention of the crew/waitresses.\n\nThe views were really scenic and the captain does a quick spin at the end so that you can take photos with the Capitol and the Monona Terrace in the background.