Milwaukee Restaurant Guide

It took 15 minutes to be seated with reservation even though only 1/4 full. Temperature was 85-90 INSIDE. Apologies about the lack of air conditioning were not enough. Sweat pouring off of the poor waitress -- even the hostess was sweating. Drinks with mixers were returned THREE times -- no carbonation. Eventually we gave up and ordered wine. Waters not refilled unless requested SEVERAL times. Cork in wine bottle was dry. Waitress struggled to open it -- made comments about the cork in front of us. Caesar salads very small and bland. Entrees good, but not prepared properly. Tuna ordered rare was well done, prime rib ordered medium rare was medium. Heat simply made entire experience so miserable we left without even thinking about a dessert or after dinner drink.

We visited on Dec. 28, 2006--ordered two appetizers--calamari was almost burnt--spinich dip was passable. Chicken Ceasar salad was almost dry--asked for more dressing and could swear what was delivered was out of bottle. One entre was whitefish--so small with small mound of rice--no vegetables--wine served in large glass and not even half-full. Other order was CrabLouie salad and that wasn't too bad--However, we thought $85 quite expensive for what we got. Service was very good, ambieance great but don't expect to see us again.

What a wonderful place to enjoy brunch on sunday!

I will visit this restaurant next sunday for the third sunday in a row

I had guests coming from out of town I thought this would be the perfect place. Unfortunately I was wrong. I made my reservations a week in advance. My guests were traveling 4 hours to attend a show in Milwaukee so I made the reservations for 5:30 pm so we could have a leisurely dinner. We arrived at 5:00 pm and were at our table at 5:30 pm. The waitress took our drink order along with appetizers and it was 30 minutes before we saw her again. In the meantime we went to the bar ourselves and charged the drinks to our table. She arrived back at 6:00 pm to drop off our drinks (from 30 mins ago) and to take our entrée order. I advised her that we had tickets for a show that started at 8:00 pm so we were on time restrictions. Needless to say we received our appetizers and nothing more. At 7:00pm she came to see if we needed more drinks and AGAIN I told her of the show tickets and our time restraints. At 7:30 pm the manager came over to our table and stated our order was lost. We were shocked!! Arriving at 5:30 pm and then told at 7:30 pm that our order was lost, he had to be joking. My party decided we did not have time to wait for our meal to arrive and we would just have to leave. The manager apologized and said he would pay for our drinks and appetizers. I took him aside and advised him how upset I was. I personally recommend this place, we had guests who traveled 4hrs and now would have to go to a show hungry and unable to eat until 10:00pm. The manager stated he would give us his business card so we could come back for a complimentary meal. This did not make me feel better because my guests lived so far away. As we were walking out we stopped at the hostess desk to get the managers business card and the manager looked at us confused. My temperature rising I relived our experience with him and he said "Oh yeah, let me get you a card." He gave us a normal business card and nothing more. I told him to write his name on the back describing what he promised us and he seemed annoyed that he had to take the time to do this. I am very upset with the lack of service and compensation we received. Not that this should make a difference to how we should have been serviced, but our table of 7 was ordering martinis, lobster, etc. This could have been a big sale for them with repeat customers. Instead they are getting this horrible review and not our business.

We were treated exceptionally by the staff especially David Wannanmacker and his servers, Cassandra and Valentine. I was up from Chicago for the weekend and we ate there Saturday night and returned for the exceptional Sunday Brunch. It was fabulous and the total experience was delightful. I would gladly rave about the total experience and the professionalism of the staff.The food was ample and the presentation a feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds. We will return.

Food=Bad
Service=Slow
Interior=filthy and dingy
Price= Way too much for what you get if they get it right.
Only salvation is the lake. Worst restaurant in Milwaukee in the best location.

Great service and wonderful food. Tried the beer cheese soup, and was pleasantly suprised! Our waitress was very friendly (a tad perky) and efficent. Definantly go back.

The food was made incorrectly and it was very over-priced. We went for a birthday and were not satisfied with the experience at all.

The only redeeming quality of Pieces of Eight is the lakeside view. The food is overpriced and lacking quality; the portions are small.

i was disappointed. a majority of the items we were served were only luke warm. the prices were high which makes you expect quality. the restaurant had a bad fishy smell, but its location is ideal. dessert was awful - tasted old