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Webb George
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- None
5 reviews for Webb George
GW is definitely one of those places you usually never think about, till its late-night and nothing is open. And this is literally your only 24/7 option south of the Brady St/East Side neighborhood, and in the very immediate area around downtown Milwaukee. I know for me, I definitely wouldn't have wandered in, if hunger struck outside of late night hours.
This place was a good surprise, and it greatly beat my low expectations of it by far. They interestingly had Orange Dream Sprecher soda, and when I got it, served it in a cold glass mug! My sourdough burger and clam chowder soup really hit the spot, and I had a very affordable bill.
Don't be scared by the other reviews(if anything, those reviews should be ignored, and excessively overblow what one should expect of a 24/7 diner). Just be prepared for GW's late night pre-pay policy, be delighted at how cheap your meal will be, and enjoy the side people-watching. That said, I would all but never come here outside of late night hours, but IMHO, isn't that essentially the purpose of places like this?
I am going to enjoy every bit of this review. Now granted, Ive never been in this George Webb before 2am. Im hoping and probably guessing that the staff they have during the day, when the sun is up, I bet that staff kicks ass. But its past 2am that i worry about, that ive experienced. ive been to this establishment several times, as its right across from our hotel, and lord help me if it isnt the most interesting dining experience everytime.
First the place is small....fine, small, busy, its bar time, understandable, but way too small. Now here's where things get fun, so we get in an actual area where we can sit and get food, waiting to have our orders taken, maybe some water, you know, the basics of dining in. 40 minutes into sitting there our lady counterparts express that i should go ask our waitress (who is 10 feet away from me no less) if she can take our order, because they are afraid shw will yell at them, like she's yelled at anyone else who's asked her in the past 20 minutes. Yikes. So i ask, and she gives me some sort of fast jive answer that makes her sound busy but not busy enough where she cant smoke a cigarette. So 10 minutes after that she finally takes our order...i should add that by this point it asint that damn busy...and after she takes our order, and we all ask for water, all of us...she goes to the back. so we're waiting, and waiting...still no water.....and waiting....15 minutes later she comes back and tells us the chef doesnt start coking until you pay. that may have been something to mention as you took our order, right? at this point we're all tired and hungry so whatever. the girls pay their bill of 12.38 to the penny, while Spank and I pay 13 bucks on a 12.11 bill. why is this important? because 10 minutes later the waitress comes back and tells the girls they didnt pay enough, and returns their money! no food, here's your money! WTF!!! so we tell the waitress that we paid extra, never got our change and just let it cover whatever the girls are short, even though they paid to the penny of what their bill was! WTF!!! oh yeah, still no fucking water! so she gets it all sorted out, 10 minutes later our food arrives. id love to tell you it was piping hot and good...but i cant. neither is true. plus you need silverwear to actually eat food, unless you're Yogi Bear. 5 minutes later our silverwear arrives....minus the water! Im was sure we were being Punk'd. i just knew there were tv cameras somewhere. They get one star only because the food didnt suck and i didnt die...and it was cheap. Plus as one of my idiot friends proved, you can pick up drunk chicks here, which works out if you're staying at the hyatt across the street.
We blew our budget on beer at Summerfest and went to bed hungry. As you could probably imagine, we woke up in our hotel room the next morning ravenous, and surprisingly, not hungover. The front desk told us the George Webb diner was around the block. Magic word- diner.
We crossed the rather bucolic riverfront of Milwaukee and found our destination. Walked in. Assumed to seat ourselves as there was no hostess in sight. Picked up the menu. I was ecstatic and totally blown away by how cheap this place was! $4.25 for eggs and corned beef hash? $4.19 for a double patty melt with fries???!!! I told B we were gonna be eating all of our meals here for the rest of our stay in Milwaukee. The waitress was aloof, but shit, it's not like I've never experienced that before. Besides I was gonna pay $5.00 for breakfast- more beer money for me. =)
The romance ended when the food arrived. I was greeted by a hair. That I can get by. Anyone can have a hair fall of of their head right? My eggs were covered in a film of half coagulated grease. It pooled in between the yolks. It was like fried egg confit. The extra hashbrowns I ordered came in a ramekin. When I poured them (have you ever poured hash browns??!!!) onto my eggs and corned beef hash they fell with a plop. The hash browns were the texture of linguini and had the perfectly al dente texture of pasta. Weird. They also tasted of chicken. I had already mixed it into the rest of my breakfast at this point and had to eat around the hash browns. Yeah, try eating around hash browns some time. Just to give credit where it's due - my rye toast was excellent.
Luckily, I have a sense of humor about these things. Go to this place if you wanna be horrified by the food you're ordering. I give it one star for the rye toast. Delicious.
My boyfriend and I ate breakfast here because we could see it from our hotel room at the Hyatt. We didn't know any better and after walking back to our hotel the night before, we didn't think there were any other options (other than room service).
The servers were interesting, and we were the smallest people in the place (by at least a hundred pounds). We both ordered scrambles, and for under $5 each, we couldn't really complain. My stomach hurt afterwards from all of the grease, but it was an experience.
I'd like to say we probably won't be back, but I can't make that promise. I kind of want to see what kind of characters patronize this place after the bars close.
This place was a 3:00 am experience to say the least. The only reason that I am giving it two stars is because of the sheer entertainment value. The food was horrendous: bland, overpriced, under-portioned. The chili could easily pass for a can of Alpo emptied into a bowl and microwaved. I don't think my dog would have ate this chili has he actually has some taste. I was drinking all night so I ate it anyway In the 45 minutes that we were there we witnessed two huge verbal altercations that i really thought were going to erupt into fist fights and these were between the waitresses and the customers. This was also the first place that I have ever had to pre pay for a meal.
