Magellans On Main St

Magellans is a family-friendly bar and restaurant. We came for a quick dinner and were pleased with the food and atmosphere. We ordered a Caesar salad, fries, and margarita pizza. Everything was tasty! Our waitress was working hard and everyone was friendly. We came around 6pm on a Friday night. The bar area had a nice crowd and the seating area started filling up as we left.Don't skip the restrooms. They're very thoughtfully decorated and very clean. I would go back to Magellans if I'm in Waukesha again.

Love this place so much! Too turnt teas for days! Pizza is amazing. Bartenders were the best. Will be back!

The best pizza and beer selection in Waukesha!Magellan's has over 50 beer taps and they offer full and half pours. There's a wide range of beer styles from stouts to IPAs and a few ciders too.For food, the pizza is where it's at. They have a long list of specialty pizzas from traditional styles like supreme to a hamburger or taco style.If you download their app they have specials and punch cards. There's usually some deal most weeknights either on the pizza or beer.

VerdicTL;DR: Believe the negative reviews about the food. It's a shame, as I would have loved to have given a higher score.Magellan's is one of the few downtown Waukesha restaurants that my kids and I had not explored yet, so we went a few days ago. The ambiance and the decor of the place were great, and we felt immediately welcomed -- in fact there was a lady who came outdoors after seeing us peep through the window to ask if we wanted to come on in. Our server Kate was efficient and friendly, and I have nothing but good things to say about her service. The beer selection is extensive and your usual assortment of local and regional microbrews. So far, so good.The problem is the food. The french fries and the cheese curds look, feel, and taste like the frozen mass-produced stuff you can get from Pick'n'Save. The burger tastes bizzare -- the meat is clearly overly seasoned, as if it were some kind of garlic meatball rather than, well, a burger. Both of my kids who had ordered the burger commented that it tasted mass-produced and strange, and one of them just refused to eat the burger outright. It was only after I tasted the burger for myself that I realized why -- I've not tasted a stranger burger-shaped object in my recent memory. I don't blame her for not finishing.Then the pizza came. In no particular order, here are our observations:1. The crust itself seemed well cooked, almost to the point of burnt-ness in some areas. There are probably hot spots in the oven where they cook their pizza.2. The sauce is absolutely taken over by the overpowering flavors of burnt oregano and basil. It tastes like someone took pizza sauce out of a can, dumped a whole container of dried Italian herbs into it, then reduced it to the point that the herbs burned. It's heinous.3. The pizza is structurally unbalanced. Too much cheese, and way too many toppings. Due to this, it manages to both be well-cooked on the bottom and very doughy in the middle.4. A large (16-inch) pizza starts at $32. Even at the time of this review, even in this age of inflation, that's a high price to be paying for a pizza of this size.You can get a much better burger if you walk half a block and go to the Mainstream, or hop into a car for 2 minutes and go to Sobelman's -- it'll taste like fresh ground beef expertly grilled instead of a frozen garlic meatball. You can get better fries and cheese curds just about anywhere, including at Culver's. If you want good pizza of the hand-tossed variety in Waukesha, head over to Raised Grains.But whatever you do, don't waste your money here.

Ate at this establishment August 18, 2023. Service was slow. Drinks and food overpriced. Pizza was burnt. There was only one server for the entire dining room.Will never eat here again.

I'm just going to put it plainly, Magellans is not a place you should dine at. I've been here a few times before and I've never been impressed. Each time, my party has ordered a couple pizzas and they taste fine. But nothing is hot. We ordered some garlic bread, and what they brought out to us was cold and cardboard-y. There wasn't any real flavor to it. You could taste a hint of garlic -- emphasis on "hint." After a couple bites, we didn't bother finishing the rest. The marinara sauce tasted like someone just took it out of the depths of an overstuffed refrigerator. Tonight I tried a margarita pizza. At one point one of the cooks came out and told us that there weren't any tomatoes left because the case froze. He offered to substitute with sun dried tomatoes, which was fine by me. The pizza had a pleasant taste to it -- I especially appreciated the ribbons of fresh basil on top. But, like I mentioned earlier, it wasn't hot. On a scale of Antarctica to the inside of an active volcano, the temperature was probably at a six. The real frustration was with the seating. When my party arrived, we asked if there was room for five. To which one of the servers responded affirmatively, but one of the vacated tables needed to be bussed first. After the table was cleared, my party went to take a seat. At that point, the server informed us that the table was actually going to be used for a party of 10 that was coming in. We acquiesced and waited for another table. Altogether, it took about 20 minutes to actually get a table. Which would have been fine had the server not offered us a table and then retracted that offer. It was a lot of sitting down and then standing up and then huddling in a corner because there wasn't anywhere else to stand so we wouldn't disturb people. By the time we were seated, my party was pretty annoyed. It really put a damper on the whole experience. Our server was efficient if not friendly. But it seemed like it was incredibly understaffed. I don't plan on returning to Magellans anytime soon. After this pretty terrible experience (and two aggressively mediocre experiences previously), I wouldn't recommend Magellans to anyone. Try People's Park or something instead.

None of the prices on Yelp for Magellans reflect the actual price, FYI The pizza we had was fine but we thought we were ordering a 2 topping of sausage & ham but no, it was not, which we found out when the bill came. It was delicious & so we're the drinks so we will go there again!

Beer Varieties (56 and some revolve) = *****Food menu = *****Atmosphere = *****Service = ****Let's face it. You come here for the beers. 56 on tap and from all over. Revolving menu on big screens to give you the background and description. Not sure ask for a sample. Want to experience and learn about different beers much like wines, these are the places to go.Food? They have a good menu but pizza is what they are known for. You come here with a group and pizza is what you put in the middle of the table and start ordering your beers. I've been here as well for large group parties and had the food catered. The menu was a taco bar and it was good.The atmosphere. The place has expanded and grown. Outdoor seating and Friday Night Live and the occasional live music. Service has been consistent over the times but a few bartenders that didn't seem to care if you were waiting to be served as the socialized and then have an attitude about it. But I haven't seen her lately. I still enjoy and will come back often.

Ok first things first. If you are all about the carry out the December 2020 deal is available until the 21. When you order a large pizza you can get a free refill for your growler (4 beer options) and a free garlic bread. So great deal and perfect time to give them a try. Place definitely has a locals vibe with a 70's atmosphere. Service was excellent, beer choices (Kentucky Bourbon is smooth) were a plenty and the za was on point. So many pre-made pizza choices with great names, like "pretending not to be white trash". We decided on the classic Sicilian with sauce and it was incredible. The crust was crusty and the ingredients were perfectly paired. It was delish!Oh and they have pull tabs and darts too. Don't hesitate to check it out.

I have mixed feelings about magellans. I really enjoy their pizza but not as fond of the atmosphere. Service has usually seemed to be a bit busy and hard to get their attention