Lupi & Iris
Fine dining restaurant · Juneau Town
777 N Van Buren St, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Highlights
French & Italian Riviera fare, brunch, coffee, wine & cocktails
French & Italian Riviera fare, brunch, coffee, wine & cocktails
"Fifteen years after claiming James Beard’s Best Chef Midwest award for his work at Lake Park Bistro, Adam Siegel helped lead Lupi & Iris to a James Beard nomination for Best New Restaurant in 2023. But he doesn’t rest on his laurels at these high-style downtown digs. The restaurant plays host to an ever-expanding roster of special events — wine classes, black truffle dinners, high tea, “demo and dine” nights when chefs reveal their secrets — but dinner menus inspired by the French and Italian Riviera remain the kitchen’s focus. The goat cheese tart with smoked trout, wood-grilled octopus salad with Romesco, cavatelli, wood oven-roasted veal chop with anchovy-garlic and olive oil potatoes, and orange olive oil cake are some players that might give Lupi & Iris a run as perhaps the new leader of Milwaukee fine dining. Know before you go: Outstanding happy hour and lunch prix-fixe specials make the restaurant more accessible than it seems." - Todd Lazarski
"The best way to experience Lupi & Iris, a fancy Mediterranean place downtown, is the Menu d’Affaire for weekday lunch, a two- or three-course meal where the pulpo a la parilla and whatever fish they’re serving really shine. The restaurant opened in 2022 on the ground floor of a glossy apartment building and everything about this place screams glitzy: there are huge walls of windows and more ornate light fixtures than we can count. Save this spot for when you want to impress out-of-towners or need a big-deal meal to celebrate something, and ask for a table on the perimeter of the restaurant so you can take the whole thing in." - kristine hansen
"The best way to experience Lupi & Iris, a fancy Mediterranean place downtown, is the Menu d’Affaire for weekday lunch, a two- or three-course meal where the pulpo a la parilla and whatever fish they’re serving really shine. The restaurant opened in 2022 on the ground floor of a glossy apartment building and everything about this place screams glitzy: there are huge walls of windows and more ornate light fixtures than we can count. Save this spot for when you want to impress out-of-towners or need a big-deal meal to celebrate something, and ask for a table on the perimeter of the restaurant so you can take the whole thing in." - Kristine Hansen
"Led by chefs with James Beard recognition, this restaurant represents the city’s high-end dining scene with refined, creative cuisine that helped put the city on the national map." - Eater Staff
"This could be the impetus behind an apparent emphasis on Midwestern chefs outside Chicago, including a rare best new restaurant nomination for Milwaukee’s Lupi & Iris from chef Adam Siegel." - Naomi Waxman
