I noticed that one of the staff at OMC went to Swig recently and really enjoyed it. In fact it is at the top of the page with a big picture and everything. While I assume that the writer is being honest, and knows what they are talking about, I can't believe we went to the same restaurant. I couldn't disagree more. I generally write about restaurants, and I recently went to swig and decided not to write about it because it was so bad. I don't like dumping on someone's livelihood, but after reading the review at the top of the page I had to write this one.

We started with the hummus w/ pita ($8.50). This was good. The pita was good, and the hummus was too, but I don't think I have ever even had a bad hummus plate.

I ordered the crab cakes w/ Chipotle Pesto ($8.50 (4)). They were terrible. They were coated with cornmeal, and when I ate them all I could taste was cornmeal. Then I dipped them in the really elaborate looking sauce that came with. Again cornmeal. The sauce had no flavor. Chipotle Pesto is what they called it. There was no chipotle flavor, nor was there pesto. It was a bland tomato sauce. They were without a doubt the worst crab cakes I have had in Milwaukee. If you want to try a crabcake that has crab, and taste like crab, go to Balzac. They have the best crab cakes I have ever had.

My companion ordered the organic baby greens salad w/ beef tenderloin ($7.50+$5.00). It came with a roasted red pepper dressing. The dressing wasn't bad, but the mandarin oranges that came didn't fit the dish at all. Also, to call the steak that came on top beef tenderloin is blatant false advertising. They were very thin slabs of a grey beef that were edible only with gobs of dressing and feta cheese. We were expecting a small thick tenderloin cut into strips. 

To top it all off the people next to us had a terrible experience. The man sent back a glass of wine, and the woman sent back her fish that was the special of the night. She was so upset that she didn't even want anything else. They did give the people free drinks, and a free dessert, which is all you can expect, but that's not the point. I have never been anywhere where I disliked my meal, and so did the table next to me to such a degree.

Our waitress was very good, but good service is secondary to good food, and the food was anything but. 

I am marking this date on my calendar. If this place is still in business in two years I will go there and spend $100 sampling everything on the menu thinking maybe I missed something. Until then I will never go back and I will recommend my friends never go. The reason they moved off Water isn't because it fits better in the Third Ward, it's because the food stinks.