Milwaukee ChopHouse — Restaurant in Milwaukee

This is the absolute worst steak I’ve had in years, sizzler would be better. There were five of us getting the aged ribeye for $75 each (not including a salad or side). Two of us end up with food poisoning. The steaks were not prime and were not aged I ordered my steak rare. It came out past medium. When I pointed it out to the server he goes, Is that not to your liking? I’m sorry where a steak cost $75 that does not even include a potato a server should not ask you if the way they cooked your steak is to your liking when you ordered it rare and it’s past medium. They should just suggest they take the steak from you and make that right immediately. I was taken back that he would even ask when I’m pointing it out, does this look rare to you question. My next steak to come out wasn’t even blue. It was below blue and I don’t know how that’s possible. Most of our steaks had big chunks of fat in it, not marbling, but chunks of fat I went ahead and ate my steak that was not cooked because I was afraid to send it back because it was so bad at that point. Apparently I should’ve ordered it well done and maybe I would not have got food poisoning. With choices like the Capital Grille and 20 other great locations to eat within a 2 to 3 minute walk the Hilton there’s no way I would ever eat at this restaurant again or recommend anybody to eat at the chophouse at Hilton Hotel. The following night, we noticed the chophouse was closed for emergency something. Not sure what that was, but maybe everybody else got sick that ate there the night before as well. This is not just a slight disappointment. Basically it was fraud in advertising saying you were getting a dry aged prime ribeye and there was nothing dry aged or prime about the ribeye. So my recommendation is to avoid the chophouse, find a bar with bar food. You will be much safer. For the life of me I don’t know how they had high ratings from so many people. I find it hard to believe somebody could have that bad of a night to disappoint five...

Milwaukee Chophouse is an elegant steakhouse on the first floor of the Hilton in the heart of downtown. They offer a wide selection of wine, nice cuts of steak, and fresh seafood. The evening I attended, a lot was ordered because it was a business dinner, and the table shared various dishes. To kick off the night, we ordered a handful of appetizers. I personally only tried the fried calamari, which was delicious and tender. It sits on a spread of a lemon butter sauce with a sprinkle of cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives, and capers. Since steakhouses usually offer a type of bisque, I decided to try their seafood bisque. It has a creamy tomato base with some jumbo lump crab meat and is topped with a crostini. The flavor of the bisque was a tad bland. I finished the dish, but I would pass next time. They did have a poblano and corn chowder, which a few at the table enjoyed, and I would order it next time if it is offered. Now to the star of the meal—the meat. I decided on a medium New York Strip Steak. I added brandy peppercorn sauce as an accompaniment, which was also tasty. Since a steak needs a buddy, I had to add a Broiled South African lobster tail. You can't go wrong with a nice piece of lobster drowned in butter. For sides, we also ordered an array of items. From veggies to carbs, we had it all. I enjoyed the lobster mac and cheese with large chunks of lobster throughout. It was out together with white cheddar, buttered breadcrumbs and parmesan. I also tasted the mashed potatoes, a mash of garlic purée, cream, and butter. Want a fabulous bite? Put together the steak, the brandy peppercorn sauce, and a swipe of the potatoes. Yum. To end the night, we were treated to a selection of desserts. I don’t have a sweet tooth, but I will lean toward sorbet if they have it. They had a pairing of strawberry and blood orange. I tasted the strawberry and enjoyed it. Overall, the night went well, and we all enjoyed our meals and our...

The steaks had no flavor and didn't seem to be seasoned. All of the sides were wonderful except the mashed potatoes which tasted gummy and overworked. One of our party sent their steak back after one or two bites, the other after eating a quarter or so - hoping that it would get better towards the middle, and the final person in our party ate around a half and was going to take the other half home to baste in butter to see if that would fix the lack of flavor.

They comped the first steak, but only comped half of the second. This was acceptable at first, but the chef said that he would taste the steaks and he came back out and noted that he agreed the stakes had no flavor. If the chef agreed that they had no flavor why would both steaks that were sent back not be comped fully? This confused us.

We ended up paying and accidentally leaving the to go box with all of the uneaten sides and the steak that was left over that was not sent back. We were gone for less than a minute before returning and the tables already cleared and they threw away the to-go box. I'm not sure why they would feel a very heavy box with half of a bone-in ribeye and tons of sides and decide to just immediately throw it away, but I do not know what their protocols are.

All in all it was a very disappointing evening. They apologized for throwing out the to-go box and offered to cover what I believe was three meals in the future for our experience, but I was not clear on that and will have to wait for their email as they could not find a card to give me for those free dinners.

Hopefully it is not just one meal because that would be rather insulting after...