Mr. Perkins’ Family Restaurant

Reviews

• T C.

  star star star star star 19 June 2026

  Mr. Perkins in short is a great place! It's clean, the staff is friendly and hospitable. Most importantly the food is top notch. You can tell they put their heart into every dish that leaves the kitchen. This establishment has been in business for 50 years so you know the my know what their doing. I can go on and on. Even the customer base is nice. It feels like you're at a family members house for breakfast. Definitely have to check it out!!!

• Kyle S.

  star star star star_border star_border 6 June 2026

  Got a bacon cheeseburger meal. Bacon to crunchy and burger was whack. Would have gotten a bigger burger at McDonald's

• Rick R.

  star star star star star_border 2 June 2026

  It only took me over 5 years, but I did finally make it to Mr. Perkins. The place was smaller than I expected it to be, the ambiance was different than I expected it to be, but the food was exactly what I expected it to be.
  
  The restaurant has a vintage, divey diner look and feel to it. There is plenty of counter seating and a few booths scattered around the other half of the floor space.
  
  On my visit, I'd say the place was less than half full, with a few diners at the counter and several booths taken. I expected more diners since it was just before Noon. However, the carry-out traffic was constant from when I arrived to when I left. The carry-out orders must have been what delayed my food from coming out sooner than I expected.
  
  I asked the woman for a recommendation since it was my first visit. She suggested the fried chicken dinner with greens and yams as the most popular items. I took her suggestion but substituted the yams for mac-n-cheese.
  
  The chicken dinner comes with two sides and corn bread for $10.95. It was a feast! I saw an order of homemade biscuits get served to another diner and had to order some for myself, too.
  
  The greens and mac-n-cheese were good but not great. The mac-n-cheese had a slightly grainy texture and wasn't creamy at all. The flavor was decent for both.
  
  The corn bread arrived in the form of small pancakes as I seem to find in soul food restaurants in MIlwaukee (this was my third). They were also good, but nothing special. I don't think they were meant to be, anyway. If you want butter or jelly for your corn bread or biscuits, you might have to ask for it. I did, but but I think she expected me to just borrow some from the guy sitting next to me. So I did.
  
  The biscuits arrived as an order of 2 and they were sliced with butter already in them. That could be why my request for butter wasn't tended to. They were light and fluffy and not dense, among the best I've had anywhere.
  
  The star of my meal was the fried chicken, as it should be. The chicken skin was very crispy and well-seasoned. The meat itself was moist and hot. This was served very fresh. In fact, the chicken breast came out separately, a few minutes after the other pieces. I'm guessing there are capacity issues. This was the best fried chicken I've had in Milwaukee!
  
  Overall, I think I waited 40 minute for the food to come out, but it was worth the wait. I would definitely go back again and recommend that others visit Mr. Perkins.
  
  I felt like an outsider because everyone there seemed to be a regular with one exception (other than me). A salesman wearing a white shirt and tie was sitting to my right and was in town from Texas. I asked him how he knew about Mr. Perkins. He said he just went on the internet to find a place to eat nearby and it popped up. He liked the name. He ordered the pork chops and loved every bite. I informed him he was dining in a locally famous establishment with a long history in Milwaukee, which made him even happier about his choice.
  
  It took me over 5 years to get here. He made it on his first day in town. He shared some of his BBQ tips with me and another diner sitting to his right.
  
  I felt like I was in a scene from a movie. Different people with different backgrounds converge on a place to grab a bite to eat and end up exchanging BBQ tips and business cards. One guy gave me his card for projects on my house that he can help with.
  
  You won't just find good food at Mr. Perkins. You'll find good people, too.

• Brittany S.

  star star star star star_border 29 May 2026

  The food here is very reasonably priced and delicious. The fried chicken was perfectly seasoned and the sweet potato pie was the best I've ever had.

• Marsha J.

  star star star star star_border 26 May 2026

  I was here, yesterday. I got there at 2:30 and they closed at 3.. I wasn't expecting the best but at least good. I truly enjoyed the history lesson about the place.
  
  I am a macaroni and cheese snob..so I will always be harder in that area.. It was good but not the way I like it. No negatives just a statement.
  I am also a candied yam snob.. PERFECT!!! My only gripe is that I didn't order another.
  The greens are cooked with smoked turkey.. +++++++ They were also delicious.
  I ordered smothered steak..it was good also.
  
  If food is like this at 30 mins before closing.. I can only imagine what earlier in the day tastes like.
  
  ^5 Mr Perkins.. Connecticut thanks you for enduring for sooo many years and keeping great food on the map, in Milwaukee.