Stumbled upon this place by accident and I'm glad we did! Very clean restaurant with reasonable prices and good food! For appetizers we tried the spanakopita that was crispy on the outside and warm/creamy on the inside then covered in salty feta! We also tried their dips that were all great! The sandwiches are both really good on soft bread with good quality meat. The service was also pretty quick and all the staff was really nice!
Kay Johnson
The staff were great, and the food was superb!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rocky Christopher
Food was good. The service started out good but wow it changed. I got my soup which was decent, then our entrees came in a good amount of time. As I said, the food was good but then I ordered dessert. Waited about 15 mins and the waitress came to the table and said that it would be right up so I figured ok, no problem. 10 more mins go by and I get her attention to tell her I no longer want it. I just want to get out of there at this point. It's a cramped atmosphere as the tables are crammed on top of each other. I got no explanation as to what happened. I just wanted to get out of there as I was there for close to 2 hours. I finally paid my bill and got out of there. Didn't pay attention to the bill but as I examined it, of course, I was overcharged. What stated as a great night out turned into a horrible experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Dylan Boyer
This place was amazing with food, experience, and service everything top notch and reccomend to everyone! Overall 5 stars with the best gyro meat in milwaukee.
Food was excellent. Greek wine nice and the Ouzo was a great dessert.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dolmades with Lemon Rice, Saganaki
Vivian Anton
Frank Pappas is amazing at what he does! Just finished an excellent spanakopita bursting with flavor! Everything is prepared with tradition in mind. This healthy Mediterranean diet can be enjoyed without regret here at Ouzo! Highly recommend!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Britney O.
The food is delicious and the service is even better! I love the Greek burger and Greek fries. Plenty of other healthy options. Clean and food comes out in a timely manner. We went for lunch and we were in and out in no time! Thank you!!
Amanda Coughlin
Had a great experience here visiting from out of town. Will definitely be back next time I go to Milwaukee!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joe S.
This was my first visit to Ouzo. . . and I'm sorry to say that I was disappointed. I really WANTED to like it, and I still do want to like it -- and I definitely want them to succeed. I hope that they'll take this all as constructive criticism. In some respects, Ouzo could benefit from the rule of Less is More. . . except in those instances when More would be more! 1. I had the lamb chops. In this case, more would have been welcome -- because these wafer-thin chops, though basically enjoyable, were too little to justify the $39 price. On the other hand, less HEAT would have been welcome. Not spicy "heat"; cooking heat. My chops, ordered medium well, came well done. They were still acceptably tender, but any subtleties of flavor were lost. 2. Potatoes. I can only say that their firmness was a bit odd. Not exactly undercooked, and yet oddly too resistant to the fork in some places. But worse: They were overwhelmed by an unwelcome, and not-all-that-pleasant, rather sour sauce. (Lemon juice . . . but obviously, too much of it.) Maybe it's just me, but I'm not a fan of sauce on roasted potatoes. With the right amount of understated seasoning, they can, and should, have a wonderful flavor without any further assistance. 3. Greek salad. The small one, packed with many great components (including big chunks of feta), was well worth the $6 price. However, again, Less would have been More. The whole thing was overwhelmed by far too much dressing. 4. Dessert (galaktoboureko): Very enjoyable, but again -- less phyllo dough, please! It's the custard, not the dough, that should be the main attraction. The ratio of custard to wrapping was far too low. 5. Coffee: Both of my cups were tepid. Guys, please figure out how to keep your coffee hot! 6. Ambience: Ouzo is a warm, cozy, tastefully (and unusually) decorated space. (Not a huge place, so I recommend getting a reservation.) Here, the rule of Less is More has been most obviously followed -- except for the welcome exception of the large female head on one wall near the ceiling (Athena?), and a VERY large horse's head on the opposite wall, also near the ceiling. Both of them groovily backlit in blue. There is a video screen above the bar area, continuously showing silent videos of scenic Greece. Although it's pleasant enough, in my view it detracts. Better, I think, to go with tasteful hand-painted mural scenes on the walls (which would be more in keeping with the overall feel of the place). I'm VERY tired of encountering TV screens wherever I go; if I want to watch TV, or anything on a screen, I can do that at home. It's not "getting away from it all" to find screens everywhere. Which brings me to the biggest disappointment (and unwelcome surprise) at Ouzo: a second TV screen, actually showing a TV program. OK, the sound was off, and I could see that it was the Food Network (get it?) . . . but still. Don't need that, don't want it, when I go out. (I was able to avoid seeing it, but only by choosing a small table near the window.) There are plenty of sports bars, especially these days in Milwaukee, where TVs are part and parcel of their clientele's wish to enjoy sports events in the company of others. (The food in those places is also cheaper than in places like Ouzo, where we pay top dollar for a DINING experience . . . an experience that includes ambience which, ideally, is different from what we can see every day at home.) I WILL return to Ouzo, and probably more than once (to try the Moussaka, Souvlaki and Gyro) . . . with hopeful expectations.
Erin Moss
We had a fantastic time with great food. Dimitris was attentive, kind, and knowledgeable of the entire menu. We can’t wait to come back again.
Had a good salad with gyro meat on it. All the ingredients were fresh.The waiter was super friendly.I'd say, go somewhere else if you're in a hurry... but if not, the food is worth the wait.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Salad
Ali Chapman
This restaurant was amazing in every way. My only complaint is about a special request I wrote ahead about. We there for a celebration and they did not do for it what they said they would. Not a big deal but it was a huge accomplishment and it would have been nice to get the extra attention.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Alba Scruta
My review might be a bit skewed as I was late to a group dinner. With the first four seated at a table for four, I was added to the end, and then moved to the other end to not block a reserved window table (which remained empty). I ordered a gyro and fries, and assume the longer than expected wait time was due to their being two others tables of people. Although they seemed to already be eating. The gyro was fine, if a bit dry, but not exceptional in any way. I would have appreciated a napkin. Water service was good. I would try them again to see if the food/atmosphere is better.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Anna Rowe
We stopped in one night for dinner, the restaurant wasn't busy, which was expected for a weekday night. The café has plenty of tables and a little bar area, and lots of Greek décor and videos to transport you to Greece. The servers were very attentive and pleasant.We ordered the Keftedes for an appetizer, they were so delicious! Well seasoned and the perfect crispy shell with soft pita bread. We also ordered the Zeus and the Lemon Baked Salmon. The Zeus was well seasoned and included lamb, pork, and beef in a pita. The Lemon Baked Salmon was a little to lemony for my taste but still good, I just wish I had something to cut the lemon flavor a little bit. Overall, the food and drinks were good, and would be back to try more. I did find the prices a little high for some items, including the drinks, some more worth it than others.Parking: Parking is on the street or nearby parking garages, most of the time it is challenging to find parking
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Zeus
Anna R.
We stopped in one night for dinner, the restaurant wasn't busy, which was expected for a weekday night. The café has plenty of tables and a little bar area, and lots of Greek décor and videos to transport you to Greece. The servers were very attentive and pleasant. We ordered the Keftedes for an appetizer, they were so delicious! Well seasoned and the perfect crispy shell with soft pita bread. We also ordered the Zeus and the Lemon Baked Salmon. The Zeus was well seasoned and included lamb, pork, and beef in a pita. The Lemon Baked Salmon was a little to lemony for my taste but still good, I just wish I had something to cut the lemon flavor a little bit. Overall, the food and drinks were good, and would be back to try more. I did find the prices a little high for some items, including the drinks, some more worth it than others.
Stumbled upon this place by accident and I'm glad we did! Very clean restaurant with reasonable prices and good food! For appetizers we tried the spanakopita that was crispy on the outside and warm/creamy on the inside then covered in salty feta! We also tried their dips that were all great! The sandwiches are both really good on soft bread with good quality meat. The service was also pretty quick and all the staff was really nice!
The staff were great, and the food was superb!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was good. The service started out good but wow it changed. I got my soup which was decent, then our entrees came in a good amount of time. As I said, the food was good but then I ordered dessert. Waited about 15 mins and the waitress came to the table and said that it would be right up so I figured ok, no problem. 10 more mins go by and I get her attention to tell her I no longer want it. I just want to get out of there at this point. It's a cramped atmosphere as the tables are crammed on top of each other. I got no explanation as to what happened. I just wanted to get out of there as I was there for close to 2 hours. I finally paid my bill and got out of there. Didn't pay attention to the bill but as I examined it, of course, I was overcharged. What stated as a great night out turned into a horrible experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
This place was amazing with food, experience, and service everything top notch and reccomend to everyone! Overall 5 stars with the best gyro meat in milwaukee.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baklava, Greek Fries, Saganaki
Food was excellent. Greek wine nice and the Ouzo was a great dessert.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dolmades with Lemon Rice, Saganaki
Frank Pappas is amazing at what he does! Just finished an excellent spanakopita bursting with flavor! Everything is prepared with tradition in mind. This healthy Mediterranean diet can be enjoyed without regret here at Ouzo! Highly recommend!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is delicious and the service is even better! I love the Greek burger and Greek fries. Plenty of other healthy options. Clean and food comes out in a timely manner. We went for lunch and we were in and out in no time! Thank you!!
Had a great experience here visiting from out of town. Will definitely be back next time I go to Milwaukee!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was my first visit to Ouzo. . . and I'm sorry to say that I was disappointed. I really WANTED to like it, and I still do want to like it -- and I definitely want them to succeed. I hope that they'll take this all as constructive criticism. In some respects, Ouzo could benefit from the rule of Less is More. . . except in those instances when More would be more! 1. I had the lamb chops. In this case, more would have been welcome -- because these wafer-thin chops, though basically enjoyable, were too little to justify the $39 price. On the other hand, less HEAT would have been welcome. Not spicy "heat"; cooking heat. My chops, ordered medium well, came well done. They were still acceptably tender, but any subtleties of flavor were lost. 2. Potatoes. I can only say that their firmness was a bit odd. Not exactly undercooked, and yet oddly too resistant to the fork in some places. But worse: They were overwhelmed by an unwelcome, and not-all-that-pleasant, rather sour sauce. (Lemon juice . . . but obviously, too much of it.) Maybe it's just me, but I'm not a fan of sauce on roasted potatoes. With the right amount of understated seasoning, they can, and should, have a wonderful flavor without any further assistance. 3. Greek salad. The small one, packed with many great components (including big chunks of feta), was well worth the $6 price. However, again, Less would have been More. The whole thing was overwhelmed by far too much dressing. 4. Dessert (galaktoboureko): Very enjoyable, but again -- less phyllo dough, please! It's the custard, not the dough, that should be the main attraction. The ratio of custard to wrapping was far too low. 5. Coffee: Both of my cups were tepid. Guys, please figure out how to keep your coffee hot! 6. Ambience: Ouzo is a warm, cozy, tastefully (and unusually) decorated space. (Not a huge place, so I recommend getting a reservation.) Here, the rule of Less is More has been most obviously followed -- except for the welcome exception of the large female head on one wall near the ceiling (Athena?), and a VERY large horse's head on the opposite wall, also near the ceiling. Both of them groovily backlit in blue. There is a video screen above the bar area, continuously showing silent videos of scenic Greece. Although it's pleasant enough, in my view it detracts. Better, I think, to go with tasteful hand-painted mural scenes on the walls (which would be more in keeping with the overall feel of the place). I'm VERY tired of encountering TV screens wherever I go; if I want to watch TV, or anything on a screen, I can do that at home. It's not "getting away from it all" to find screens everywhere. Which brings me to the biggest disappointment (and unwelcome surprise) at Ouzo: a second TV screen, actually showing a TV program. OK, the sound was off, and I could see that it was the Food Network (get it?) . . . but still. Don't need that, don't want it, when I go out. (I was able to avoid seeing it, but only by choosing a small table near the window.) There are plenty of sports bars, especially these days in Milwaukee, where TVs are part and parcel of their clientele's wish to enjoy sports events in the company of others. (The food in those places is also cheaper than in places like Ouzo, where we pay top dollar for a DINING experience . . . an experience that includes ambience which, ideally, is different from what we can see every day at home.) I WILL return to Ouzo, and probably more than once (to try the Moussaka, Souvlaki and Gyro) . . . with hopeful expectations.
We had a fantastic time with great food. Dimitris was attentive, kind, and knowledgeable of the entire menu. We can’t wait to come back again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lamb Shank, Baklava, Greek Fries
Restaurantji Recommends
Had a good salad with gyro meat on it. All the ingredients were fresh.The waiter was super friendly.I'd say, go somewhere else if you're in a hurry... but if not, the food is worth the wait.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Salad
This restaurant was amazing in every way. My only complaint is about a special request I wrote ahead about. We there for a celebration and they did not do for it what they said they would. Not a big deal but it was a huge accomplishment and it would have been nice to get the extra attention.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
My review might be a bit skewed as I was late to a group dinner. With the first four seated at a table for four, I was added to the end, and then moved to the other end to not block a reserved window table (which remained empty). I ordered a gyro and fries, and assume the longer than expected wait time was due to their being two others tables of people. Although they seemed to already be eating. The gyro was fine, if a bit dry, but not exceptional in any way. I would have appreciated a napkin. Water service was good. I would try them again to see if the food/atmosphere is better.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
We stopped in one night for dinner, the restaurant wasn't busy, which was expected for a weekday night. The café has plenty of tables and a little bar area, and lots of Greek décor and videos to transport you to Greece. The servers were very attentive and pleasant.We ordered the Keftedes for an appetizer, they were so delicious! Well seasoned and the perfect crispy shell with soft pita bread. We also ordered the Zeus and the Lemon Baked Salmon. The Zeus was well seasoned and included lamb, pork, and beef in a pita. The Lemon Baked Salmon was a little to lemony for my taste but still good, I just wish I had something to cut the lemon flavor a little bit. Overall, the food and drinks were good, and would be back to try more. I did find the prices a little high for some items, including the drinks, some more worth it than others.Parking: Parking is on the street or nearby parking garages, most of the time it is challenging to find parking
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Zeus
We stopped in one night for dinner, the restaurant wasn't busy, which was expected for a weekday night. The café has plenty of tables and a little bar area, and lots of Greek décor and videos to transport you to Greece. The servers were very attentive and pleasant. We ordered the Keftedes for an appetizer, they were so delicious! Well seasoned and the perfect crispy shell with soft pita bread. We also ordered the Zeus and the Lemon Baked Salmon. The Zeus was well seasoned and included lamb, pork, and beef in a pita. The Lemon Baked Salmon was a little to lemony for my taste but still good, I just wish I had something to cut the lemon flavor a little bit. Overall, the food and drinks were good, and would be back to try more. I did find the prices a little high for some items, including the drinks, some more worth it than others.