Turning Tables
250 E Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee
(414) 210-3451
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10/10! Great food, great drinks, great atmosphere. Everything was amazing and it was a wonderful place to eat before enjoying a show after.
Good drinks and rice bowls come if you like spicy nachos
excellent survice and great food
Turning Tables is a hands-on learning kitchen which means there's definitely a lot of room for improvement. My family stopped in yesterday before an Admiral's game. It was an odd time of day so there weren't too many people there for a meal yet but despite that fact, our server seemed to be rushed to the point she didn't know whether she was coming or going. The burgers and jerk egg rolls were severely overcooked, the wings were completely flavourless, we had to ask repeatedly for simple accommodations such as napkins and silverware and in the meantime the food sat on the table getting cold. We spent half an hour waiting on the drinks from the bar as well. To top it off, another server dumped an entire tray of beverages at a nearby table and while she cleaned up the broken glass, spilled liquid was all over the floor and nothing was done about it. They're lucky a guest didn't fall and get hurt! Yesterday was just a comedy of errors and as someone who also works in food/customer service I realize that all establishments have an "off" day from time to time. I doubt we'll be going back anytime soon, but hopefully not all their weekend shifts are so poorly run or it will be difficult to train the chefs and servers of tomorrow.
Made reservations for dinner prior to a show at the High Life Theater. Reservations confirmed on email and even sent me a text an hour prior to reservation time to confirm however when I arrived I was told the kitchen was closed due to lack of help. I understand the shortage and unreliability of staff but a little communication goes a long way. I was asked to confirm my reservation so I'd expect notification of canceling my reservation.
Service: 1
Was seated at 530, didn't get our burgers until 7pm. Everything we ordered was wrong, including the drinks. Had to ask repeatedly for menus, despite having a dinner reservation and a table in the dining room (not at the bar.) The tables next to us had the same issues. We were all headed to the same event at Turner Hall that started at 7, so we were all late.If under staffed, this business should close a dining room so that they can provide service to their customers that doesn't overload staff. They clearly only had 2 servers for the whole place. I would have staffed it with at least 6 plus 2 bartenders and a bar back to support the crowds on a Buck's game night when there is also an event upstairs. The owners need to step up and put boots in the dining room to see how hard their staff is working! They've been set up to fail, which is a shame. Our server was trying her best.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 1
Do not waste your time or money on this establishment. I am a former employee at Turning Tables. On my first day of work, I was not trained and all of a sudden two groups of 50 people from Northwestern Mutual came in for a catered lunch that my manager forgot about. I was the only person scheduled. None of the food was ready and I was running around an unfamiliar restaurant trying to help as best as I could. Each time I worked, I noticed that the system in which the restaurant and kitchen ran was not normal. The owner is the only cook and the co-owner, his wife, was always dressed very inappropriately for work even though the wait staff was expected to wear collared shirts and slacks. I only served one table in all of my time working there and it took about 45 minutes for these customers to get their food even though they were the only table in the whole restaurant. Once again, there was rarely a manager/owner around to train me.
Service: 1
Don’t go here. RUN!!! My family drove in from out of state for dinner and a show. They were taking reservations only which we had paid to reserve months in advance. After being seated, that’s all we got to experience…sitting. 25min go by and we see tables around us getting waited on at least 4 times. We asked the waitress if someone could wait on us. She said she “didn’t know who seated us”, left us, and see her run to the back of the kitchen and hide. Great solution. We ask more staff…same thing of hiding in the kitchen. 45min go past and still no wait, we grabbed drinks from the bar and asked to talk to the manager. There’s no MANAGER!!! Then I’m overhearing how they don’t care about reservations and to just let people in. So they have overpriced food that I expect is cold and awful after that kind of kitchen wait, drinks are under poured for the price, and staff are oblivious to problem solving. After 45min of chasing waitresses, we ended up ordering food to be delivered instead from the pizza place next door amd ended up getting to our show VERY late. This place needs Gordon Ramsey to come in and SHUT IT DOWN!
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Horrible. No management, staff was HORRIBLE. We paid for a reservation weeks in advance. 6pm dinner for a 730pm show. We ended up waiting u til 6:50 before giving up on a waitress ever coming to our table. Twice we got up and found another waitress, twice they said they would go 'find the person who's supposed to serve our table'. Then we watched them not do that. What a horrible feeling. I've honestly never been treated so poorly as a guest somewhere, let alone a place we paid to reserve in advance. Family came from out of town for the night. It was horrible. We ended up ordering pizza locally on grub hub and getting to the show late. Absolutely no excuse.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Don’t go here. RUN!!! My family drove in from out of state for dinner and a show. They were taking reservations only which we had paid to reserve months in advance. After being seated, that’s all we got to experience…sitting. 25min go by and we see tables around us getting waited on at least 4 times. We asked the waitress if someone could wait on us. She said she “didn’t know who seated us”, left us, and see her run to the back of the kitchen and hide. Great solution. We ask more staff…same thing of hiding in the kitchen. 45min go past and still no wait, we grabbed drinks from the bar and asked to talk to the manager. There’s no MANAGER!!! Then I’m overhearing how they don’t care about reservations and to just let people in. So they have overpriced food that I expect is cold and awful after that kind of kitchen wait, drinks are under poured for the price, and staff are oblivious to problem solving. After 45min of chasing waitresses, we ended up ordering food to be delivered instead from the pizza place next door amd ended up getting to our show VERY late. This place needs Gordon Ramsey to come in and SHUT IT DOWN!
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
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On a Saturday, made a reservation for 6:00pm to eat dinner before a 7:30pm show. We arrived at 6:00pm and were seated quickly. Then the hostess dissappeared. No one came to our table. We couldn't find a waitress, two waitresses said they would find the waitress was supposed to attend our table, one at 6:20, another at 6:25. at 6:50 we gave up and quickly grubhubbed pizza from a nearby place. No management, no staff wanted to help. They could've at leasted warned us or said SOMETHING, so that my family didn't have to sit there for almost an hour. We are going to have to get to the show late, but we paid for tickets in advance and family came in from out of town for what was supposed to be a good evening.
Turn around and leave from Turning Tables. Service is horrible and nobody that works here seems to know what they are doing. I would give a zero star rating if I could. We waited 90 minutes and never even received our meals. The drinks were watered down and I was overcharged for them. Our waitress was MIA along with our meals. We ate here a couple of years ago and it was great. Far different experience this time around. I will not make the same mistake again and suggest anyone reading this avoids this establishment.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Don't waste your time. We waited over an hour for cold food. The waitress was MIA. Went to the bar to order a vodka press and got tequila in a copper mug . Was over charged for 3 beverages- each drink was 7 dollars each for a total of 21$ but we were charged 38$. The absolute worst experience I have ever had dining. | Service:
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Yvonne was our server, and the hostess and she was hustling. This is a really cool place where they are acrually teaching various aspects of running a restaurant i believe specifically to minorities.Food was great- jerk eggrolls, catfish, and my wife had a pulled pork bowl. Food was great, the whole experience was enjoyable!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was just ok, everything was cold. Mushy onion rings, undercooked. Not many menu options. The atmosphere was dark and dreary, nobody in there on a Saturday night!! The place needs updating/coat of paint on the walls. Our server was nice, but the music was way too loud…obviously played off of a phone, because their texts kept chiming in making us jump. I won’t be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 4
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