The Bar at Saint Kate

Was there to meet a friend, and there was a 2 piece acoustic band playing. I think their name was The Douovers. They were great. The atmosphere and ambiance were awesome.

Dare I say the best espresso martini in town. Their drinks are sooo good and the food (especially the pizza) is too. Servers always attentive. Really good live music once in a while and gorgeous venue with a free art gallery you can browse.

I'm from the "Windy City," "Chi-town" or Chicago, and was visiting a friend. We were both looking forward to a better dining experience compared to the previous restaurant we attended, and this surprisingly exquisite, beautiful barstyle restaurant did NOT disappoint! The bartender was very welcoming, witty, and engaging. I'm not a regular drinker, so I requested an original sweet drink, and boy, did the bartender create the best drink I've ever tasted! Not only was it smooth and delicious, but it was a breathtakingly, pretty pink drink! I had the Antipasto salad, which was fresh, flavorful, and plentiful! My homie had the wings and ordered a pizza to go, and he also really enjoyed his meal and drinks! The prices were great, the band was amazing and the atmosphere was overall Wonderfully Pleasant! I highly recommend this very nice barstyle restaurant, and when I return, I'm definitely stopping by for the whole experience all over again!

Live music, yummy drinks, extraordinary fried chicken wings. We had great time at The Bar. Highly recommend.

This was a fun get-together for Scott and Bridgette, a singing duo from Nashville. They started here in Milwaukee/Hartland area. We had good choices of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and the pizza and sushi was yummy.

Fun, modern, exciting place to mingle and relax. Right in Lobby of Saint Kate's Hotel. Artwork galore. Glamorous cultural place to visit after performance at Marcus Performing Arts Center.

I've walked away from this bar disappointed from waiting to be served more than I've walked away with a drink. The art is cool though and the live music is fun when it's not blasting my ears out.

The service was absolutely amazing. All I order was a Gingerale with no ice and the bartender Garrett made me feel like I was a regular customer. Service with a smile

The vibe and lively atmosphere were on point for a Saturday pre-game drink. They had a live DJ in the lounge section and plenty of seating to enjoy the music and an adult beverage.

The Bar at Saint Kate is so cute and had a variety of people. I love hotel bars and this one is definitely one I look forward to going to again in the future. Our bartender was friendly and knowledgeable and he made a great mezcal margarita for me. The hotel is artsy with interesting and unique decor and there was live music that Saturday night. One thing to note is the bar area is very noisy, so if you like a more quiet and intimate setting, this bar may not be for you.

Had a nice little visit at "The Bar" in St. Kate's. Only did drinks and appetizers as we were going to a play. Drinks were bourbon and Diet Coke, and Passage. Both were good. I was going to order the Passage but was afraid of the allspice. I ended up getting a sip and it wasn't that bad. Appts: Pepperoni pizza (forgot picture) and chicken wings. Both were good, for bar food. I would come again, for the drinks and appetizers, but more for the people watching. Our server Rachel was just super nice and friendly.

This is kind of an odd space. I've walked by it many times going to a gallery or to a show. It's always pretty packed. Hotel bars often are, since they have an built-in clientele. This is, apparently, a "place to be seen," a destination bar. My friend and I tried it out on a recent weekend, after dinner. The bar was busy when we got there around 8 and packed when we left around 10p. When we arrived there was canned music on, then a pianist with a singer, then a DJ. As the music heats up, the crowd increases. Drinks prices are in line with other local hot spots - the new norm, but high for old school Milwaukeeans. The one bartender I spoke to knew his stuff and made me a nice Manhattan without jacking up the price with high-end bourbons. Service was better than I would expect, as the crowd surged, but we were left alone for so long we could have left a dozen times and no one would have noticed.

My dad and I were looking to grab a small bite and a drink after a long holiday! I loved the saint kate as a hotel, but the food was kind of disappointing. We asked a few times to see if they were serving food and they assured us that we would be able to order food for a while. We ordered the dry rubbed chicken wings, and the Aria chicken that was supposed to come with a pan jus.... The wings were served to us very plainly with no dry rub and the aria chicken seemed like it wasn't seasoned at all. For both dishes they just brought us fried chicken. I was disappointed because we were both looking forward to it. For the sake of it being Christmas and the new bartender being overwhelmed, we found it kind of difficult to complain, but I probably wont order food from the bar again. The drinks were actually pretty good, but I think that our bill for the value of our experience probably wasn't worth it.

We decided to have some drinks here before our dinner reservation nearby after watching a performance in Uihlein Hall. There was a long line, so we had to wait a while. There were only three bartenders, with one of them being a new hire who had to look at the recipe for each drink he made. None of the drinks we had stood out.

This place is great, especially right before a show at Pabst! My friend and I got the prosciutto and Arugula pizza which was pretty good, the meatballs, we loved, and the burrata with bread was also delicious. We both loved our drinks as well. They had a band playing Reggae music, which made it a lot of fun! The service and bartenders were awesome. This is really a perfect spot grab a bite and drinks right before or after a show at Pabst!

Love this place. Bartender didn't know how to make my drink so looked it up and executed wonderfully.

We love the bar at Saint Kate. We have enjoyed drinks and food here before and after events downtown. The food is delicious and reasonably priced. Our bartender made a great dirty martini and old fashioned. There were several bartenders working but they all seemed overwhelmed and a bit disorganized. If you are the bar you are served fairly quickly, but there were a lot of people waiting near the bar and at nearby tables without any acknowledgment. Logistics need to be revisited. But I love the ambiance! I definitely recommend coming here, just make sure you sit at the bar.

So sad it took me this long to get to the Bar! I absolutely love the drinks (highly recommend the Zimple) and the pizza! Such a great place for dates, girls night, or just to go get a drink and good eats. The service was impeccable. Plus there is live music and art around the hotel. Lots to do entertainment wise and the menu is great. This is now at the top of my list for MKE!

I am so tired of businesses blaming their lousy service on being short staffed!!! Maybe train and invest in your people and you wouldn't be short staffed. We had to ask for our table to be wiped off 3 times. Pizza was average. The classic Big Boy hamburger took ONE hour to be served. Then it showed up cold and tasteless. Truly a Big Mac would have been better. Then the best was when I gave the waitress a $100 bill for the $70 check she had the nerve to ask if I wanted change. It is a comfortable bar. Decent music. Trendy sport. But terrible service.

The bar is nice and the live music is great, but service is super slow. They just don't have enough servers to go around on busy nights and you can tell that they are super rushed. Overall good vibes and spot to get together, but I feel for their servers

Really nice and classy space, worth a visit or three just for the posh atmosphere. Great location across from the Marcus Center. Excellent selection of high end Whiskies and Ryes. Live music, comfortable varied seating, art galleries adjacent. Met some interesting people there. It's easy to meet people there because the service is so slow. You ever watched a Linnaeus's two-toed sloth ambulate? That's the speed at which you can expect a drink. My 403b lost $5,346.00 between the time I sidled up to the bar and the time I had my first sip. I had time to make friends with other people waiting on drinks, got to really know them. They were doing an annual celebration to the memory of their late "perfect" brother. Charming sisters and their friends who are like sisters. I also had time to observe the set up and figure out what the problem is. On a busy Friday night, there were three people behind the bar. Two very skilled bartenders, one handling all the waitress orders, the other handling all the bar orders. They were extremely efficient and working faster than I've ever seen any bartenders work. These two were young women, I was very impressed at their knowledge of cocktails and spirits. And that I was not upcharged for ordering my drinks neat (I bought the ladies next to me drinks, not to be chivalrous, they were waiting before me and this was the fastest way for all of us to get served). The third person behind the bar was a befuddled young man whose job seemed to entail slowly and deliberately cleaning glasses and avoiding eye contact with customers and coworkers. He was more adept at the latter than the former. The problem was not either of the two bartenders, the problems was that they were the ONLY bartenders. They clearly need to hire and schedule more bartenders. While the drink prices were commensurate with downtown and that it's an elite hotel, it's too expensive for sloth-speed service.

I've been to the saint Kate numerous times and tonight was a hot mess. Unlike them. Literally....sat at the bar for 30+ min. No eye contact from staff. No one cleaned up in front of me. It was like I was invisible. Usually it s a 4+..... but not tonight. Yes, they were somewhat busy..... but not to the extent customers are ignored. The dishwasher (chomping on gum) just told seated guests who were ready to pay, he couldn't help them. At least he could say he'll get the bartender.

How would I describe Saint Kate - or more specifically the bar space in the lobby/reception/first floor? Let me count the words: · Posh · Upscale · Pricey · Delightful There is a never-ending treasure trove of artistic gems to enjoy while sipping on an alcoholic drink of choice. Some pieces have strong social commentary, and some are just pretty to look at. Such a neat idea to pull works of art into a space and allow both the public and hotel guests the chance to enjoy the curated pieces. The drinks are overpriced ($29 for one glass of champagne + one vodka white claw) but, you aren't coming here just for a drink but for an experience so I will let the steep price tags slide. The only downside was there wasn't a clean table in sight for us to sit down and enjoy our drinks. Lots of empty glasses and half eaten appetizers littered all over. We ended up standing near the bar. Bar service was pleasant and swift (thank you!)

I was at The Bar at Saint Kate prior to a Milwaukee Ballet performance on Oct 27. I joined my friend at 5 p.m. The place was already quite loud - for an arts facility, as The Saint Kate is, it has astonishingly bad acoustics. The chairs at the bar are terrible - you can't really lean back for support, but the bar itself does have purse hooks, which is great. They have lots of bartenders, all of whom are busy, busy, busy. OK, there was one who was quite laid back and worked so slowly that it was sort of like watching someone slog through wet sand. Otherwise, the rest were all working hard. Few of them crack a smile unless you give them one first, which is kind of sad. The food menu is very reasonably priced for an upscale hotel, with a variety of options. We ordered pizzas - my friend got the chicken and artichoke pizza, which she said was good but somewhat burned. I had a "create your own" pizza - marinara, sausage, fresh tomato, mushroom, and balsamic glaze. It would have been great, but the toppings didn't stay on the rather soggy crust, not even after it had cooled significantly. It made for very difficult (messy) dining. I compared it to my friend's pizza and wondered if the toppings might have settled better if they had burned my pizza, too. KUDOS to the tall, blond bartender who made my old fashioned mocktail - it was perfect. Also to the bartender with the hat and rocking watch who caught on that we were waiting to get our bill. If you have the time, walk through the hotel's various rooms filled with art (on the same level as the bar). My friend and I spent some great time with Anwar Floyd-Pruitt, the current artist in residence. I'm very much looking forward to coming back to see what else he fills his space with as the year progresses. When we walked through the hotel after the show, it was jam-packed and even louder. I think I'll stick to the weekend matinee crowd. Or maybe I'll try their restaurant, Aria, next time.

There are 2 parts to this review. We stayed at the Saint Kate and went to The Bar quite a few times during our stay. The bar can be quite busy at times. Our first breakfast on the morning of July 5th we were able to find a place at the bar area to eat. The bartender was clearly overwhelmed, the place was extremely busy. She immediately greeted us and said she would be with us as soon as she could. We ordered drinks, which were good and also ordered breakfast. The breakfast was disappointing, very sweet, almost too sweet to eat. We did notice the bartender was just getting slammed, more and more people. Plus she had to make the coffee drinks, all beverages, wash all the glassware, handle almost all of the dirty dishes etc. There were 2 servers for the tables also working very hard. We could see they were all frustrated, no backup, no coffee for them to serve, food was taking a long time, and the manager seemed to work slower than anyone. He didnt back up his staff, just sort of walked around like everything was ok. There were a few times I thought the bartender was going to cry. She came in to work on her birthday, which was her day off, and worked her butt off to get everyone taken care of. She never complained but we could see she was frustrated. Her service was amazing, she kept apologizing for things she had no control over. Even though the food was sub par, she earned an amazing tip from us. The next few days we stopped at The Bar for drinks, the drinks were great and the bartenders were amazing. I did note that there were 3 people behind the bar in the afternoon when i was not very busy, but only one in the morning. The other food we had at The Bar were the meatballs that were so salty we couldn't eat them. The bartender immediately took them back and brought us another item. Overall The Bar food was disappointing, they need to work on getting some new, tasty items, on the menu. The service was great, thank god for good employees, even though there is a clear lack of management, especially in the mornings.

Good place to go for drinks and art. The ambiance is nice, not too big, not too loud, in a great area of Milwaukee downtown that is near the river walk so all good.

Looking for a classy night out? Start your evening by grabbing a drink or two from the bar at Saint Kate. Go there on a Friday evening when there is live music playing. The atmosphere is one that allows your worries and stresses to wash away as the music plays.

Great location in the beautiful hotel. Drinks were made very well and were not shy of the pour. I will say, and I think it may have been mentioned previously of the attitude of one of the bar staff. To her defense though she was very busy and was basically running it all solo - so I'll give her that. Great place for a cocktail before a show at the Pabst or walking by.

I've been here to the Bar a couple times and I always really enjoy it! I love stopping in here before catching a show at either the Milwaukee Rep or the Marcus Performing Arts Center. The drinks are always so good! They even have a happy hour Sunday-Friday with $6 glasses of wine! The times that I have been, there's even been live music which makes for very cozy vibes. I haven't had any food here yet, but I always see it and it look amazing! I love Saint Kate and the whole atmosphere here. Classy yet welcoming. Highly recommend stopping in here for a drink or two!

They make great cocktails and have comfy seating. Gargantuan windows create a light filled space. All that's missing is a better bar menu. Mixed nuts, olives, etc.

Originally came here to live music on a Saturday evening ended up staying for drinks and good pizza. Beautiful bar/lounge with high ceilings and unique decorations, Wonderful live music. Take out pizza was very affordable, oven-fired and delicious. But While listen to some music the server took so long to ask if did we want to order some drink because she had a big party sitting on the other side of the band. I ask for Hennessey but said they ran out of it i ask its happy hours how is that possible, she said ill check it took her 30min to bring us back water an to tell us the don't have no Hennessy but we just order beer.

Had some art museum in it and was looking around acting like I knew what I was looking at. Drinks are expensive but the music was good and overall very nice place.

My fiancé and I stopped by for a drink before dinner on a Saturday. We had the In-Flight Entertainment and the If You See Kay red blend. Both drinks were great! Prices are on the high end of average. It was a nice night so we accepted the offer to sit outside. The outside area is on a busy street corner. I ended up wishing we had stayed inside. All in all, it was pleasant but I might try somewhere else next time.

Always interesting. A little overpriced on the drinks, but it is downtown and hotel . . . . Service is usually spot on. Fun place to kick back with friends, listen to music, or simply casually relax with a cocktail.

Hands down one of the best avocado toasts I've ever had! It was perfectly crafter, down to the chili oil that is drizzled on for a kick. It was plated well and paired perfectly with a latte for breakfast. The ambiance is great, staff are very knowledgeable, and the prices are just right. Would happily come here again. Maybe even to do some work in the morning!

I loved my time here. I came for some cocktails and there was live music going on that night which was beautiful. The ambiance was very enjoyable too. It was sort of busy that day but it wasn't impossible to find a seat. The pizza and drinks were absolutely delicious.

Enjoyed preshow drinks and dinner with friends - the drinks were good (I which I had.gone for the cereal milk and nitro coffee, but loved the quirkiness of my drink, Where theres smoke theres fire). We had a garden pocket, which was essentially a veggie calzone or stromboli. We coupled that with a house salad - plenty of food for 2 people and quick enough to be in and out in under 45 minutes.

Worst service in all of Milwaukee. I went the week they opened and keep trying every 6 months assuming at some point they'd get better, but they never do. Lackadaisical bartenders, no sense of urgency ever. They stroll around and are extremely slow to make drinks or even ask for an order. Other Marcus businesses seem to get it, yet after years of being open, Saint Kate can't seem to offer the service expected for their location. It's very disappointing.

Absolutely love it. The best tequila sunrise I ever had. The atmosphere is wonderful and people are so friendly. I was here for a race and decided to hang out downstairs at the bar and I definitely don't regret it. They also have great pizza there too. Shout out to Lisa and Eder. I am excited to be back for my last race in three weeks and see all of you! Thank you!

We had a fabulous night cap at the Bar. The bar is so beautiful and the bartenders were all very knowledgeable. There was live music when we went on a Friday night. Others ordered desserts at the bar as well - which looked amazing! All in all it was a great way to end our night at Saint Kate! I would come back 100 times over!

Great rooftop bar! Service was really good and the drinks tasted awesome. Would go again mainly for the great vibes and fire places

Food is good- and the vast majority of the servers great! But- had a bad experience with one of the bartenders seeming to be deliberately rude. Maybe I reminded him of a disliked aunt, I don't know. Age-ism? Misogyny? Who knows. But odd and unusual, in my experience in MKE.

Good drinks but took way too long. They need another bartender and the one that was working was too slow and not amiable. I am a bartender myself and I was pretty shocked by the service here. Every single person at the bar was frustrated and this also created a weird environment. Hope they can figure it out because this could be a great place.

The environment is very nice. I really enjoy the live jazz music. The staff at the bar, however, leaves much to be desired. They have not been properly trained to work at an upscale bar. After a few visits, there has been no improvement. I probably won't return.

I really like the atmosphere here. the live music and. separate seating area is special as well.

Enjoyed the craft cocktails and champagne at the Bar at Saint Kate. Beautiful setting with an open floor plan, and loved the Wisco Old Fashioned. Great spot for drinks and snacks with friends or colleagues.

We enjoyed a few drinks at the Bar prior to seeing Hamilton. Great service, awesome atmosphere!