Orenda Cafe — Restaurant in Milwaukee

Watching Fox 6 this morning and saw their segment on Orenda Café, and was pleased to see its located close to home. We immediately got dressed and headed out. In fact Fox 6 was just heading out when we arrived. Upon arrival we could see how well they renovated the old Silver City Café. It is absolutely beautiful inside. As you can see in some of the photos it's very modern and trendy. The staff are super welcoming and friendly right when you walk in. They are very attentive and helpful. The restaurant is clean with a sense of upscale but homey. First thing I ordered was coffee and it is Anodyne Coffee so you already know it's great coffee. The table setup was very clean, neat and my wife said pretty. The menu isn't huge but its full of great options. We had to order two dishes each just so we could try their food. I ordered the Chilaquiles with steak and the Egs Benedict. My wife ordered the Silver City Omelet and Chocolate Splosion (can't remember how they spelled Explosion). My intent was to eat just a little from each dish but I finished the whole Eggs Benedict plate with potatoes. I mean I destroyed it! Yes it was that GREAT! I just love Eggs Benedict and Orenda's has a an excellent version! That's not saying the Chilaquiles were bad because they were AWESOME! The steak was pretty good but they serve it with a green maybe Avocado dipping spread and that's so good it'll "Make You Slap your Momma!" The Chilaquiles had what I always look for and that is a crunch still in the tortilla. Many places fail to have a crunch still. The Chilaquiles were slightly spicy but perfectly cooked! GREAT JOB CHEF! My wife said her Omelet with the goat cheese was to die for, twice, I mean die twice for it. Then eat it again while your dead from the first bite. She said the pancakes definitely were definitely filled with an explosion of chocolate! Bottom line not too expensive, local, great service, great atmosphere and great food. Good job Orenda and thank you for...

We went for the first time. We were greeted right away. Excellent service from start to end. I tried the special Bloody Mary called Farmers Market Bloody. It was Dill infused vodka, house bloody mix, with house pickled asparagus and bacon as the garnish. We were informed the dill and asparagus were locally sourced. Let me tell you, I'm super picky when it comes to a good Bloody Mary. I'm pretty sure I found my new favorite Bloody Mary. You can taste the freshness in all the ingredients. I'm already looking forward to going back for another one. Fingers crossed the Farmers Market Bloody Mary gets added to the regular menu. The food was incredible. I had a pulled chicken pablano bowl with hollandaise and two over easy eggs on top. It was so tasty and very filling. It comes with either a side of toast or side pancakes. My boyfriend had the strawberry Nutella pancakes. Probably the best pancakes I ever tasted. The right amount of toppings. I would highly recommend this restaurant. I'm so glad we tried it today! We'll be back, because there's so many other things we...

This gem could be 5 stars and I absolutely recommend you try it! I'll get to why not 5 in a minute. The positives, the Bloody Maria is top notch, among the best I've had. They make their own bloody mix and it's fantastic. The Marias were great and I can only imagine the Marys would be their equal. What they call bell pepper hash, it's basically potatoes O'Brien, really good. The coffee is good too, btw. We had omelets for entrees. While not BAD, they were quite bland especially in comparison to everything else, which was surprising. We tried some of their house made salsas on them. Honestly the biggest improvement came with salt and Tapatio hot sauce. Also to note was the service. Today we had Nicole, she is top notch and I can't say enough about how good she is at what she does. I really do hope I am in town long enough to visit again, for a Bloody Mary if nothing else! I really do want to try a Benedict, there are several on the menu that...