5 O'Clock Club
(414) 342-3553
2416 W State St
Milwaukee,
WI
53233
43.0434
-87.9433
Neighborhood: Avenues West
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The Scene
For the past 50 years, this has been the place for steak in Milwaukee. Little has changed in this 1950s-style supper club; why mess with success? Like a radio contest, the phone starts ringing each Tuesday at 4pm, and those fortunate enough to get through will win a table sometime during the upcoming week at Milwaukee's oldest steak house. Once you enter with your prized reservation, take a seat at the bar, place your order, enjoy a cocktail and let the kitchen do its work.
The Food
At your table, you'll find a huge bowl of salad with homemade dressing, a loaf of sourdough bread still warm from the oven and a complimentary relish tray. Then dig in: Tenderloin, T-bone and porterhouse steak are specialties of the house. Try the New York strip, a char-grilled beauty of a steak.
User Reviews
PBellakma
January 22, 2009
After reading the posting dated 1/18/2009, I felt as if I needed to write a review in order to defend a good friend. Coerpers, now just 5 O'Clock Club, is an old friend. She is right, the atmosphere feels like the 1950's; she is right, it is smokey; she is right, you order at the bar .... but, what she has missed is that we LIKE it that way! It is like stepping back in time to a supper club your grandparents would have taken you to for HS graduation. You order at the bar because... I dunno, it is just how it is done! The menu has just what is needed on it-no frills here! They will gladly refill the relish tray as often as you like; the salad is bottomless; and ste steaks that melt in your mouth are reasonably priced compared to any other steak joint in this city-and they don't nickle and dime you for everything like some places around town (read "Moes"-which is way more expensive and practically charges you for the water and the napkin). Enjoy the experience- don't nitpick! These are likely the best steaks you will ever have!
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ClassicShe
January 18, 2009
After hearing a friend talk about how great this place we for years, we thought we would give it a try. I was expecting something similar to the Jackson Grill, so I as terribly disappointed with this dining experience. Although the steak I had tasted good, it wasn't worth the money I had paid for it. I found the menu extremely limited, the prices were too high and the portions skimpy for the price paid. The restaurant was smoky, the decor reminded me of a rundown 1950's basement bar. The restaurant had a huge sign on the door stating reservations only, I don't understand why as the place was half-empty on a Saturday evening. We had to order our meals at the bar, I did not see the reason as there was no crowd requiring a quick turnover of tables. Also, for the price we were paying, it made the meal feel rushed, which I did not enjoy at all. The waitress played the one trick I detest in restaurants - "Do you want a potato or rice with that?" - not indicating that these were included with the meal. Soup was not available, the only fish entrees were shellfish. The relish tray (for six people) consisted of two stalks of celery, two carrot sticks, two hot peppers and two olives, everyone was to polite to partake. We were served an insufficient amount of salad family style, and the waitress rolled her eyes when we asked for more. My steak was good, but was not "smothered with mushrooms", rather three tiny button mushrooms dotted my plate. Well, I came, I saw, I ate. Never again. There are too many other good steak places in Milwaukee to waste my money here.
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bluebath
September 06, 2008
The Steak is wonderful each and every time I have been there. I have been going there for years. The wait staff has always been great. It's nice to see somethings have not changed during the change of ownership. There are somethings that make our dining experience different than all the years we have been going there. We use to come for the atmosphere, and having a cozy dinner with my wife. Now we go only for the food. Now we have a few drinks before we leave the house. That's the only thing that will take our minds off hitting the elbows to the people sitting next to us. Now we have to squeeze threw to get to your table for the money we pay for dinner is unreasonable. We use to go every week. Now it is once every 2 months. it will turn into once a year, if that***** if the table stay this way
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Like an old-school supper club, your dinner can be ordered from the bar, before you even sit down.
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