Sobelmans on St. Paul — Restaurant in Milwaukee

Sobelman's is an iconic burger restaurant, in a quirky location, occupying an historic-type cream city brick building, with the craziest parking lot situation you might ever deal with. Burgers are reliably cooked as ordered - medium rare for me - the service is fast and friendly, and the prices are reasonable. We stopped at 8:00 p.m. on a Saturday night and were seated right away. Between us we ordered a hamburger and a "Friday Fish Fry" which is on the menu 7-days-a-week. I am really happy about that because I really enjoy a fish fry but tend to avoid all fish-fry-serving restaurants on Friday nights because of the popularity of this Milwaukee tradition and my lack of enthusiasm for crowds, long waits, and people who drink too much. Sobelman's is a cozy, reliable, pub-style place to have a casual dinner and good conversation with a friend or a date. The only thing that I feel the management might want to review is a phenomenon that I have experienced a number of times in several restaurants in recent history - the employees engage in obvious closing activities while the dining room is half occupied and people are still eating. Sweeping, taking condiments away for refilling, shuffling chairs, and at some places - NOT here on this night but worthy of mentioning - vacuuming. Like, really?? It might be a better practice to have clarity with your workers that they can just expect to stay until an hour after the restaurant closes to clean-up and restock. It strikes me as a strange practice to disturb your customers and create an atmosphere that kind of makes us feel that we are not the reason that all of these workers are here, but that we are in the way of their tasks and should quit asking them for things when they are busy trying to get rid of us so they can leave for the night. Overall, definitely a good experience - good food, good service,...

Bloody Mary’s were exceptional! Food was delicious! Service and atmosphere sucked. First, I thought it was gross that a worker was sweeping the carpet while people were eating. We didn’t have our food yet, but with the dirt flying around, it was kind of gross. At first, we were sat in the back and we decided we wanted to be closer to the TVs and bar, so we asked the gentleman behind the bar if it was OK if we moved our table. Was very nice and said we could sit anywhere. Very friendly guy. The table we sat at had to open bottles on it, but it was by the TV where we wanted so we just moved the bottles to a table that no one was using. We didn’t think it was a problem Our waitress was terrible. First, she seemed pissed that we moved the bottles and she gave us a dirty look and put them back on our table, but closed them up first Then we needed a moment to think about what we wanted, and she took forever to come back and take our order. We literally sat there looking at the back of her head while she sat at the bar watching TV. It was time to leave, she was MIA when we needed a box and our bill. We had to ask another worker if they could get it because we had been waiting so long. This was by far the best bloody Mary that me and my husband have ever had. All the add-ons were great and delicious and our food we ordered was amazing. But the service really was not good. The best service we got was the young man behind the bar. We actually regretted not just...

I’ll start off by saying that if this erection lasts for four (4) or more hours, I’m required to call a doctor…

We meandered into this establishment after a long day of Bloody Mary sampling. As a self-proclaimed connoisseur and professional in brunch analytics, I know a good breakfast cocktail when I see one. Per usual, I wasn’t disappointed.

Upon entry, I was greeted with a familiar dose of machine pull tabs. A soothing siren speaking to my clear and present gambling issues offering a passive cash exchange of tax deductible mistakes. Fortunately, my training/rehab provided me the self-control to resist such temptations. I’m only disappointed that I could not support the Milwaukee Youth Bowling Association with my investments.

Bellying up to the bar, I felt like a duck in water. Immediately greeted by the kind service staff, all sensing my clear addiction to Clamato and Tito’s Vodka. To say that I was stimulated would not do my erection justice.

Just like that, it happened…. A monstrosity of a cocktail. Riddled in an orgy of protein. I was mesmerized, finding myself fondling the never ending fried accoutrements enslaved inside the never ending pitcher of tomato juice. If one ever wanted to consider a life with gout, this is the opportunity.

Can’t say enough about this spot. Come grab a cocktail and ever some amazing food...