Menomonee Falls Restaurant Guide

All of the people who said it was bad are way over there heads. maybe the fact that they just opened when u came. Seriously every place has struggles at first c'mon. Never judge on the first experiences. People are such dumb asses. they food is great, the service was great. The fact that wife had food poisoning, yeah right, maybe think of what else she had that day, or maybe she drank too much?

My husband and I have been going to Mojo's on and off for the past several years. In that short amount of time, Mojo's has changed some. Our first trip there was AMAZING- 5 stars for sure! We brought anyone visiting us to Mojo's to enjoy their wonderful fish fry and haystack onions rings. Recently, as I'm afraid the restaurant has struggled, the ambiance and food quality have gone down to an "okay" 3 stars. The owner keeps his positive and warm greetings, checking in with us each time we dine there- genuinely appreciative of our business and wanting to be sure we are enjoying our meal. We keep giving it a try now and then though- maybe we are hoping that it will return to the good ol' days.

This place is a bad joke. If this site allowed it, I would rate them 0 stars. The short version of this story is don't waste your time or money. Had we seen any of the reviews here before going, we would chosen another restaurant.

My wife and I joined some friends who live in Germantown for a New Year's Eve Dinner at Mojo's Steakhouse. Our reservation was for 6:30, we arrived and were promptly seated. Despite have 4 people, we were given only 2 of the New Year's Special Menus. We thought maybe it was a "couples" menu which is sometimes popular for special events, but this was not the case. My guess is that like most things at this "restaurant" they "were out" of menus. Apparently they were low on water too, because after being seated the bus boy filled three of our water glasses half full and left the fourth empty.

I would say we placed our dinner order around 6:45, because it took the waitress quite a while to come back after we ordered our drinks and appetizer. My wife order the surf and turf lobster and filet. At which point, we found out that she got the last of the lobster. The place was not very busy, definitely not full, and they were already out of lobster on New Year's Eve. So two of us had to change our order. I ordered a filet with “grilled lemon shrimp.” Our friends order the Prime Rib and a large cut filet. The larger filet was ordered medium, and the waitress asked if she would like it butterflied. Our friend agreed.

We received our appetizer pretty quickly after ordering. We ordered mozzarella sticks, which turned out to be simply your average freezer section mozzarella sticks thrown in the deep fryer. Not a big deal, they tasted fine. Shortly after that, the soup and salad came. For soup/salad we had French Onion, Creamy Mushroom and a salad. The French Onion soup was odd. In addition to onions, cheese and bread, I think it had meat and/or mushrooms in it. Once I reached the unknown meat/mushroom chunks I decided that was enough soup. The Creamy Mushroom soup, was the consistency of milk with mushrooms floating in it. It did not look appetizing and based on the few bites our friend ate my guess is that it was not very good. My wife described the salad as “gross.” Which usually means that it has been sitting around for a while before it was served. We finished with the starters pretty quick and the waiting began. It took about an hour to actually get our main course.

All four of us ordered our steaks medium. However, my wife and I got steaks with two different color markers in them. I didn't pay much attention to that at first, as we were starving. My steak was rare, my wife's was medium rare. She offered to swap with me as she likes her steak a little more rare then I do. Overall, the filet was good but nothing great. Definitely not something I would put a “steakhouse” label on. I also ordered “sautéed mushrooms” with my steak, which turned out to be canned mushrooms in butter. My “grilled” shrimp was simply boiled shrimp served on a skewer. The Prime Rib seemed alright, not too much fat and cooked about how it was ordered. The “butterflied filet” was a joke. It wasn't butterflied at all, and to compensate for that it was burned to a nice black crust on top, but hey it done medium...

The coup de grace came at the end of the meal. The waitress comes by and asks if we want to see the desert menu, we politely decline and she says “Thats good, we're out of most of it anyway.” We all smile and she takes our plates. We wait some more. Finally she brings us the check and informs us “The tip is included on the bill, so don't tip twice. Oh and because the service was so slow tonight, and we were out of stuff here are two $5 drink coupons. But you can't use them on this meal.” WOW. I've never been to any restaurant where a 20% gratuity was included for a party of 4. What a joke. I guess that is how they get away with terrible service, they charge you for it anyway. I was tempted to ask for a manager and make a bit of scene, but seeing as we had been there 2+ hours on New Year's Eve it was time to get out of there. To top it all off, my wife ended up with food poisoning the next day. My guess was the undercooked steak.

We'll never go back to this place.

When thinking of dinner options, DO NOT consider MoJo's!

We visited about 7:00pm on a quiet Saturday night, and not only were they "out" of the specials, they were "out" of over half of the menu choices. After ordering three different unavailable dinners, we asked what they did have; the server just laughed and walked away. We paid for our drinks and left!

When discussing the evening with friends, we learned they owe their service providers money. Judging from the lack of meals, likely is true of their food vendors also.

All I can say is YIKES!

When we arrived we noticed the tuna special. My wife being a tuna lover was eager to hear about it. We got seated at our table & handed menu's. No mention of any specials or anything else. After a little while the waitress came back and asked if we were ready to order..again no mention of any specials (the other was prime rib). I asked if there were any specials or anything. The reply was " uhhm maybe I didn't look at the board, is that what you want?" No additional info was offered, no extra effort to get that info... We were just baffled, so my wife said "sure I'll have that". Luckily she was able to eavesdrop on another table to get some idea of what it was.

My son wanted the prime rib, I tell the waitress, she doesn't ask what cut. When I tried to tell her she blurts out "oh you want sauce with that?" I tell her no I just want that particular size.

I ordered ribeye, with garlic mashed (more on that later).

The food arrives. The tuna "special" is two tiny pieces that look like they were shaved off a real tuna steak. They were cooked all the way through and covered with some mayonaise looking goo. The Carrots were undercooked, broccoli over cooked and here's the best part, the garlic mashed were INSTANT potatoes.

The ribye's flavor was good but it was a very thin cut, I've never seen anything like it. The icing on the cake was the INSTANT potatoes.

This took place between 6:30 and 7:00 on a Saturday night. As we were getting ready to get the heck out I overheard a waitress telling somebody they were out of prime rib. The place opens at 5:00 and wasn't all that busy so I found that pretty odd.

There are far better places to spend your money, stay away from Mojo's!

A new steak house in Menomonee Falls, we were excited. The visit quickly went downhill. We started with a drink at the bar. My wife had a glass of merlot and I ordered a brandy old fashion sweet. A pet peave of mine is a cocktail served in a small tub glass. Most bars serve a drink in a large tub. It had an overpowering taste of brandy with no sweet taste. We were seated and ordered. We waited at a bare table about 20 minutes before the hostess came over and asked if we wanted any bread. I ordered french onion soup and got a beef vegetable soup with a couple of croutons and some cheese thrown in. It really didn't taste bad but it wasn't french onion soup, although they informed me it was there special receipe. My main entree was a ribeye. It was very tender but no flavor. The dessert, a carmel cheesecake, was excellent. The staff also were excellent. Please make some changes....We want to come back!

My wife and I came in for some New York Strip Steaks. We ordered them and got them Peppercorn Style and with a red wine mushroom sauce - which is the way the steaks are served here. Our server, Jess/e, was delightful and recommended the French Onion soup. Was that ever a treat! We then got our steaks, one with mixed veggies and the other with garlic potatoes. Unlike most restaurants the mixed veggies were not from a frozen medley - they were fresh! The carrots were sweet and the broccolli was juicy. Very, very happy with our meals. Our server offered us dessert and when we said no to cheesecake or a sunday, told us about the specialty martinis Mojo's made. My wife and I decoded to split the Chocolate Razz one. Also a good choice! Before we left the manager (?) came around to all the tables and asked about their dining experience and wished everyone a good night.
We will definitely be back!

I went to Mojo's last Saturday to enjoy their Prime Rib Dinner which I have heard very good things about. I can honestly say they had the best Prime Rib I have ever tasted in the Falls! The meat was juicy and flavorful and cooked exactly the way I asked for it, which was medium. I had sauteed mushrooms and garlic mashed potatoes as my sides and both were very tasty. My wife and I each had one of their specialty martinis for dessert and those were fantastic! I had the Caramel Apple one and she had the Milky Way martini, which, like our server said, tasted just like the candybar itself! Our bus girl and server were very polite and always kept our water glasses filled and tables clear of dirty plates. Our server suggested we come back to try Mojo's Ribeye steak and we will definitely do just that.

We went to Mojo's on a Saturday night and ordered steaks which were excellent. The atmosphere was very comfortable and the glasses of wine we had were a nice compliment to the dinner. Mojo's is a nice place to go in Menomonee Falls which is a little nicer but not too fancy. The steaks cost less than at other steakhouses in town, and are just as good. We have been there before for Friday fish fry's which are also excellent. Overall I give Mojo's a very good rating, and we'll be back again.

Please read all the other reviews for Mojo's on this website. This is honestly the worst restaurant I have been to. The employees were very unfriendly and cold. I would have been better off going to my local grocery store, grab some frozen chicken, frozen fish and throwing them in a microwave. How this restaurant is still in business is beyond me.

We have visited Mojo's twice. On the first occasion, the food was o.k., but the service was horrible. The management was very apologetic and gave us a dessert for free. Ad we like the general ambiance of the restaurant and the convenient locations to our home,we decided to give them a second chance. We went there Valentine's day. I called in advance for reservations and their answering machine said that they did not accept reservations. We got to the restaurant shortly before 7:00 and were asked if we had a reservation. When we told them about the message on the machine, we were told, "oh yes, we haven't changed the message yet, but it should say that we don't take reservations on weekdays except holidays". They said they would fit us in but it would be about an hour wait. We sat at the bar and ordered a bottle of wine. An hour and 1/2 went by and I went to the hostess station - virtually 5 feet from where we were seated at the bar, and was told that "someone else must have taken our table" but they could get us a table. On the way to our table I actually counted 5 open tables in a dining area that only has about 20 tables. After being seated, I asked for clarification on the entertainment book coupon. It states that the coupon is "valid anytime" but the coupon does state that it is not good for Friday night fish fries or specials. We wanted to make sure that the dinners we ordered would qualify. Upon mentioning the coupon, she immediately said that the coupon was not good for Valentine's day. When I said that I had not seen this in their coupon in the book she went back to consult the manager and came back with the entertainment book in hand, flipped open to the terms and conditions at the very back of the book and showed us a clause that said that the advertisers had the right to not honor coupons on holidays. At this point, we decided that perhaps they did not deserve a second chance. It was very apparent that their attitude towards service had not changed since our first visit.

This is a copy of the letter to sent to restaurant management. After 30 days, we received no response at all. We think the public would be interested in knowing about what we have to say about this restaurant.
We took another couple to Mojo's on 1-6-07 for a birthday celebration. We were so disappointed and embarrassed that it has become necessary to communicate the unfortunate experience that we encountered. I am sure when you read each problem you will agree it was an avoidable situation on the restaurants part. We arrived at 8:30 pm and were seated 40 minutes later. We all had ordered Filet's and were told that you were out of them. It is hard to believe that a steakhouse would run out of steak. This was avoidable on your part. We then had to look for other entrees. The waitress was telling us a count of NY strips only 3 left of them. Husband and I ordered prime rib even though we are not prime rib fans. They were served and we were happy with them, not much fat, nice size and thick. Once again we did not come to MOJO's for prime rib, we wanted Filets. Our guests, settled for ribeye's both ordered RARE. They were served well done. I can't tell you how badly we felt, how unhappy our guests were. A man (not the waitress as it should have been shortly after the food was served) had come by while we were well into our meal to ask how it was. We told him that the two ribeyes were served well and not the requested rare. He didn't quite know what to do but offered to make them two more, but at that point the timing of our meal would have been so off that they just settled for the overdone ones. The waitress had not even been around to tell her of the overdone steaks. This was avoidable on your part. We also had to wait an inordinate time for our food to be served. The waitress- She had a "indifferent whatever" attitude, didn't know the menu well or just couldn't communicate dishes. She plain just told us not to order one of the "specials" as we would be disappointed. Her attitude and skills were so poor, we labeled her as one of the worst waitresses we've every had. Her attitude was avoidable on your part, she is placed in the wrong job. She also only refilled water glasses once during entire meal. After ordering our meals, the waitress came back and told us that they had run out of baked potatoes and offered garlic mashed. She said they only had 3 baked left. We were then embarrassed once again as our guests could not have what they wanted. Running out of baked potatoes was avoidable on your part. When we received our potatoes, in actuality there had only been 2 left and we once again had to negotiate with our guests. I would have given up my baked potato to one of our guests but I really hate garlic so it made me look bad that I was not able to give up my potato. Then you ran out of butter packets. After a considerable wait, our bread had gone cold, the waitress came back to tell us that the restaurant had run out of butter. She came back after an extended period with one little bowl and some butter scooped into it. Upon tasting the butter...it was off-taste and didn't taste good or normal. A restaurant running out of butter is unconscionable. Running out of butter was avoidable. She ended up eventually finding 4 butter packets by gathering them up from other tables. We thank you for the birthday cheesecake and singing that we were surprised with. It was a nice gesture but still didn't make up for the series of avoidable errors that we encountered throughout our entire meal. No steaks, no potatoes, no butter, overdone steaks, poor waitress...unfortunately our meal conversation turned into all the avoidable situations instead of enjoying each others company. We would request that if you are serious about being restaurant and customer satisfaction, you consider reviewing these avoidable events with the responsible individuals. Sincerely the O's

My husband and I have been to Mojo's on several occasions. The food is always excellent. I especially love the pretzel chicken. ( It's a bit pricey for a chicken dish) The steaks are a few dollars less than the more upscale restuarants but the prices are still high for those of us that eat out often. It would be great to see a "special" in the $12.00 range. We have recommended Mojo's to several of our friends who also have found the food to be very good. We like that the restuarant draws a crowd that is not conducive to small children. We love children but not when we are dining in a nicer restuarant. The one big improvement would be if there were no smoking allowed in the bar as well as the restuarant. When the restuarant is busy the bar is the only place available to wait.

I went to Mojo's with a group from work that we call the supper club. We try and get together once a month to try new restaurants. We read the review about Moro’s in the Milwaukee Journal and were dieing to try this place because the review sounded so good. We arrived just after 4:00 and enjoyed the happy hour at the bar while waiting for the last person in our party to arrive. I think the happy hour was the best part of this dinning experience. We were seated shortly after 5:00 and were greeted by our waitress; I think her name was Jessica. We ordered some appetizers. We ordered the breaded mushrooms, onion strings and the sampler platter. The waitress returned shortly later with 2 loafs of bread, which were pretty good. She then took our orders. 3 ordered the Rib-eye steak, 2 ordered the filets and one ordered the New York Strip Peppercorn steak. When the appetizers arrived the onion strings and the mushrooms looked like they were dripping in oil and were soggy from the oil. The chicken strips and the Mozzarella stick's were O.K. We were then brought our soups and salads. I had the French Onion soup, and I know every restaurant cooks a little different, but I never had French Onion soup like this. It had small chunks of meat in it and very little broth and hardly any Onions. The cheese on top of the soup bowl was not even melted. I was disappointed. My wife had the Beef Barley soup but she said it should have been named Split Pea. Again, there was little broth and way to many Peas. Two others in our group had the salad, and both stated that the salad was not very good. Then the steaks were brought out. All 3 that had the Rib-eyes said the same thing. Not very good, touch and way to much grisaille. One of the persons that ordered the Filet, asked for it to be butter flied and well done. The steak was butter flied, but it was not well done, so it was sent back to the kitchen. When the steak was brought out for the second time, again it was not well done. The steak was again sent back for more cooking and the 3rd time it was brought to the table, it was finally well done. The other person that had the filet said it was very good. The person that ordered the Peppercorn steak said there was a little too much pepper, but overall the taste was good. Again, after such a good review in the newspaper, I found it hard to believe that the food was so bad.