5-8 Grill And Tap

We decided to go here for a happy hour beer and taco night, tacos came out quick and were what you would expect from bar tacos. We were here at 3:30PM, only 3 other couples in building. Wife ordered a bloody and it was one of the worst she ever had, so spicy she almost didn’t drink it, but they are different at every bar so that was ok. The problem I had with the whole visit was waiting to pay took about 15 minutes to get our bill, then 10 more to get her to take my card, and pay the bill. Not the greatest experience. This was our second time here, first was nothing special, this was worse. Probably won’t be back. The 5 – 8 in Maplewood is better.

The food here is delicious. I especially like the Sunny side burger and the pig pen egg rolls. I come here on Friday nights for the trivia and it’s like walking into a room full of friends every week. Sandi, the bartender, is always on top of keeping my drink refilled and making sure my food is perfect.

Always a great place for a great burger. I’m a fan of the original Juicy Lucy which is always the best ratio of beef and gooey cheese. I’m partial to the American cheese but there are many others to choose from.
If a burger isn’t what your after then try my next favorite sandwich, the Hangover, so named because the pork tenderloin hangs over the bun!
This 5 – 8 is a bit more «upscale» than the others and even has a couple of unique menu items.

2 stars because the service was good. Food was terrible. Fried chicken has no taste.
Will never return. I do like the other 5 – 8’s, to bad this one is down the street :(

Not worth the $ 60 that we spent for 5 people. Two of which were children who ordered off of the kids menu. Fries cold and old. I can make a better hamburger at home.

Think Applebee’s. Same menu, same quality, same service. I take friends here who want a «taste of the twin cities» but are not foodies.

We have been to this restaurant twice and both times we tried the juicy Lucy and were really disappointed we had always heard how wonderful they were but ours had no flavor. They were very dry and tasteless. We won’t be going back anytime soon. It’s to bad, we had high hopes that this would be goo

One of my favorite items here is the broasted chicken. Damn good stuff!
5 – 8 is a cross between a rural MN diner and a bar. The food is MN home cooking style and I even like their tater tot appetizer. I’m not from here so I never did get into the tater tot thing, but these are good!
There’s more food on the plate than I can eat and the prices are decent.
Comfort food at a comfortable price.

The boss offered to pick us up lunch last week and we decided to try this place as it has developed a little bit of local fame over the years for how good the burgers are. I decided on the bleu cheese juicy lucy and fries. The side of coleslaw was the best thing i ate from that lunch. The bun and bleu cheese that was on top of the burger was good. The cheese inside melted all out. The burger meat itself lacked flavor and was a little on the dry side. It was approx 10.00 per person to eat lunch. They do have a large menu with some other options. I will try something other than a burger next time.

Came here with my family last week. Sat in a nice booth by a window. Lots of natural light in the space. We had the cheese curds as an app, very good, didn’t even need any sauce.
We had the juicy’ since that is their claim to fame. We stuck with the originals and we’re not disappointed. The cheese was a good amount, given that it was the original it was a simple burger, but that wasn’t a bad thing. No complains from any of us. We received a healthy portion of fries with our burger. By the end we were to full for dessert, but did see some doughboys go to another table that we will definitely try the next time we come.
We were greeted promptly by our server and didn’t need anything throughout our meal. Definitely a spot to go if you are looking to sit down, have a good burger.

This is a great new addition to Robert Street, The bar is small and cozy and the dining room is quite large, The patio is really nice even though it is right there on Robert Street. The fence makes Robert disappear and it is really quite nice. The staff is friendly, capable and fun to be around. The menu has a good selection of family food. The broasted chicken and various gravies are incredible. I haven’t tried any of the many Juicy Lucy’s but I have seen them and they look wonderful.

I went to the 5 – 8 Grill and Tap for lunch and it was just ok. The sign by the door said «seat yourself». So I found a booth and did as instructed. But then I started to worry. I was looking around and there wasn’t anyone really working to notice me. I started looking at guests and no one actually had food in front of them… panic set in. I only have an hour lunch break! Suddenly a guy appeared and was very friendly. (Thank goodness)
I wasted no time and ordered straight away. Since no one had food in front of them, I decided a Lucy was out due to time constraints and ordered the Montana Jack burger ($ 9.25). It was supposed to have crumbled blue cheese, chipotle mayo, shredded lettuce and ‘famous’ onion straws on it. It also came with pickles (bleh) and raw onion on it but neither were listed on the menu. I SO wanted to love this burger. It was nothing to write home about, nothing special — just a burger.
Actually, that’s a lie. It was freaking boring! I felt like it was missing something, only I can’t tell you what it was missing. I dipped in ketchup, that didn’t help. I dipped it mustard, that didn’t help either. To be fair, I didn’t think the ketchup or mustard *would* help.
Not 5 – 8’s fault, but there was a dude in the booth across from me talking SO loud which was annoying. Then he started staring at me so it was like I was having a conversation with him, but totally against my will.

Been here a couple times now. Great bar and grill atmosphere. Finally a non fast food quality restaurant selection on Robert Street. Food is great. Always good service. Happy to come back! Get the cheese curds!

Definitely legit family burger joint. Really nice service, good menu of options. Been here several times and always had great service, a tasty meal, and will definitely be back.
The chili is tasty, had a few different burgers, they were all good. Check it out!

Boyfriend and I came here for lunch couple of days ago for the famous juicy lucy burger. The place has a calm feel, it wasn’t too busy and the food didn’t take too long to get to us. I have to be honest though, I expected a lot more than what I got. The burger was a little dry even though it’s stuffed with cheese and ham (I had the bleu one, boyfriend had the pit one with bacon). Fries were kind of mediocre but the side coleslaw was delicious. However I was impressed with the fried onions appetizer. It was a giant basket of them for a really good price. All in all, I might come back but I don’t think I will go for the juicy lucy again, there’s a lot more on the menu that sounds good though that I’d like to try. I feel that the prices are a bit too high for the lower quality food. Not even the presentation is nice but it’s okay comfort food.

First time at 5 – 8 in wsp, having the italian dunkers and cheese curds for starters, the Italian dunkers were decent, the cheese had a nice color to the top and the cheese was plentiful, a thing that could be improved is making the bottom cook longer to make it crispier. The curds were delicious, not your typical curds as the outside had a nice crunch while the inside had the melty cheese.
The fries are pretty good, they’re pretty consistent, with the majority being crunchy on the outside and soft and warm on the outside, there were a few that were all crunch but that is to be expected with a batch.
The juicy lucy was pretty good, the patty had a nice char to it and the cheese was melted all the way. Overall good although the pickles can become over bearing so possibly using one less pickle, and seasoning the patty better.
Overall it was a nice experience, food was good, service was good as our waitress came to the table enough times to not be intruding or neglectful. I give it a solid B+.

I’d love to review the food, but I can’t, because after nearly an hour of waiting, we discovered our waitress had forgotten us and never sent our order to the kitchen.
We suspected something was amiss when the booth behind us, who were seated well after us, not only got their food before us, but ate and got their check while we were still waiting. We had ordered similar items (burgers and Juicy Lucys) so it wasn’t a matter of one food taking longer to cook.
We’ve both worked in restaurants and in service industries. We get that mistakes happen. But when they do, you own up to them. You try to make them right. During the entire time we were waiting for our food, neither the waitress or the hostess checked in on us once, not to apologize for the wait, not to see if they could get us an appetizer to hold us over until our food arrived, not even to see if we needed a refill on our drinks. In fact, they seemed to be conspicuously avoiding our table. The place is tiny so we weren’t exactly hard to spot.
We finally got ready to go, practically had to tackle the hostess to tell her we were leaving and why. At this point the hostess claimed there was a problem in the kitchen and had JUST put our order in. (Obviously, our food was not yet being prepared). By now we were well past an hour from the time we were seated, so we paid for our drinks (iced tea and water) and left for the restaurant next door.
Maybe they have good food, but if they value our business so little we will not be going back to try it.

The most important reason to come here is for the Broasted chicken. We are very glad that we don’t have to drive down to Faribault for it anymore. Yes, we drove down there because no one up here did it right.
Things to NOT try here: The egg/​spring rolls (can’t remember what they’re called), and the potato bombs. Bombs is the operative word here: Yuck!
They do their burgers right and the kids’ menu seems to work just fine for our boy.
It’s not too difficult to get into or out of the parking lot, despite it being on Robert Street.
We’re glad to have a real restaurant on the strip.

Sunday the wife and I stopped in the 5 – 8 for lunch. Tony was bar tending and he was our server. He did a great job the beer was ice cold. The service was superb we ordered the bacon burger it was good the meat was cooked to perfection and the buns were good. the onion rings were excellent they tasted fresh. like they were fried in clean oil and the onions tasted fresh too and where not limp from being in the cooler for months.
Over all the service was great and the food tasted nice and fresh and the buns were not soggy. The only issue i had with the place is the kids. ohh man i did not realize it was a family style bar. i would expect that the people with kids would stay in the actual dining area and not in the bar area but well i dont know.
There were lots of pouting kids and random kid stuff that kinda drives people away from bars but other than that my experience was good at the place. Keep up the good work guys

If I order some food, say a burger, because of a fun ingredient, say onion crisps, and the food comes without part of what I ordered, I believe the restaurant should go out of their way to apologize. I’m not asking for a free meal, how about taking off a soda? My family of 3 spent $ 7.50 on soda– that sucks. I usually never buy pop out to eat but i did.
The food wasn’t awesome. The fries where fine, the burgers weren’t. I’d rather have had a DQ burger. I have more to add? But I don’t want to be mean. The buns were good, the small kind.