First came here a year ago twice in the same day (by accident). Have been back a dozen times since. Patio for breakfast not realizing it was the place we were planning for dinner.  The egg burger was excellent but the side of potatoes fried in tallow and tossed in a house sauce were the best potatoes I've ever had and it wasn't particularly close. Service was quick, very friendly, and knowledgeable. Wood fired grill right in the middle of restaurant, vintage wood refrigerator, butcher block counters and tables all screamed that this restaurant has a soul and character. Breakfast was so good went back same night for dinner.  This was the best steak in years and the only cut available at that time.  The side of tallow fried onion chips and mushrooms were again the best preparation of fried onion I've ever had.  House sauce was great. Absolutely love coming here! read more

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The Union is a must stop in Helena for a great meal and friendly customer service. When out of town visitors stay with us, the Union is always a stop for brunch or lunch. I have not experienced dinner yet as we live about thirty miles from Helena. The Union serves local Montana raised meat and produce. The lunch menu changes regularly - depending on the season. The interior is comfortable and has maintained much of the historical architecture. (Clean bathrooms ++) Located in the Last Chance Gulch downtown area it is easy to find parking to the rear of the restaurant on Jackson Street. Please continue to support small Montana businesses! read more

The Union in downtown Helena is a superior dining experience and a welcome addition to the city's foodie culture. Its primary selling point is local--using beef from local ranches, encouraging Montanans to eat Montana raised products. All good. The interior is spacious, especially on the mezzanine. The airy feeling and subdued colors help to set a comfy vibe. All good. My group was there for dinner although locals claim lunch is better. It's difficult to see how that could be: the starters, a huge plate of lightly battered onions and mushrooms really went well with the curated list of beers and wines. The pea Ceasar salad was creative and oh so very good, and huge. My ribeye from Helmville was so tender, packed with flavor. Others raved over the sirloin. The sides were tasty and generous too--get the smashed Yukons. All Great. However, kitchen timing was terrible. We were just into the salads when the steaks arrived. Really. If you want to be upscale, hey manage your place. All Bad. read more

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I don't understand the number of one star reviews. The Union is like The Bear if you've ever watched that show. Grill team and expo on display at the bar, great service as well. The steaks are incredibly reasonable and delicious. They are made in front of you on a wood fire grill. The chimichurri is out of the world. Fantastic apps. read more

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What a way to close out my Montana adventure -- with one of the most memorable meals I've had in ages. This farm-to-table co-op experience was exactly what I didn't know I needed, but everything I was looking for. We kicked things off with a beef liver pâté appetizer that was as rich and velvety as a Montana sunset. Then came the spring ricotta cavatelli -- pillowy, delicate, and bursting with fresh, seasonal flavor. The golden beet and plum salad was a masterclass in balance: earthy, sweet, tangy, and stunning on the plate. And just when I thought I couldn't be more impressed... the locally raised, grain-finished rib eye hit the table. Juicy, flavorful, cooked to perfection -- a true love letter to Montana's ranching roots. From the moment I walked in, the staff made me feel like I was part of the family. The host was welcoming, the server attentive and kind -- it's rare to feel so genuinely taken care of. If you're in Montana and looking for a meal that reflects the land, the people, and the season -- run, don't walk. Highly, highly recommend. read more

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This happened very fast. I wanted some of The Union's awesome Cole Slaw. Walked in the door, woman behind counter looked at me, no greeting, no nothing, except a stare.some of the best atmosh So I said I wanted something from the meat counter. Nothing. So I asked if the meat counter was open. "yes", but we close at 3. I promtly left, come on greaters, The Union has good food. and service, and awesome atmosphere. The Best of Helena's restaurants. Do I go back? Not sure. JMC read more

Too expensive Not much meat with your meal I'm a pig farmer and have cattle for 50 years Definitely a tourist / green farm to table restaurant- I have ti laugh some Known great food all my life Some portions expensive over rated read more

Steaks are great. Had the New York, medium rare. Great taste and temperature. Love the main course variety and sides. Butcher shop is the best and I have never been disappointed with recommendations for cuts I haven't cooked with before. Atmosphere is vibrant with Montana ranch decor. Good beer and wine options. read more

Farm to table atmosphere. The tallow fried potatoes melt in your mouth, the roast beef was tender and the sour dough bread had that perfect crunch! Highly recommend checking out this place for lunch. I look forward to coming back. read more

The Union - Roast beef sandwich on sour dough with tallow fried potatoes. - Butcher Near Me - Helena, Montana

This place was great! Service was wonderful. Love the backstory and the pricing was very reasonable for a perfectly cooked Montana raised steak. read more

Our recent experience- food and service were excellent. Highly recommend the tallow fried chips!

We randomly decided to have dinner at Union when they were celebrating being a finalist for Best New Restaurant in the James Beard Awards, and they absolutely deserve the accolade. What an incredible farm-to-table meal! I had a perfectly cooked trout with morels and snap peas, but lost half of it to my daughter. She added that to her "butter pasta" from the kid's menu, which was handmade cavatelli! And my husband had the shepherd's pie, which was also fantastic. Their wines & beers on tap went perfectly with the food and were nicely priced. A meal that outstanding and fresh in any major city would cost hundreds, but ours was totally reasonable. Helena is incredibly lucky to have such a foodie gem in their city. read more

Because it's confusing between Old Salt and the Union, I posted this review under both: Went to the Union hoping for a fine dining experience in Helena. What I found was a pretentious, overpriced, underperforming eatery. Their hook is that they serve locally sourced ingredients cooked over a wood fire. PROS: wait staff was attentive and friendly; they did their job. Atmosphere was pleasant with the primary attraction being the wood burning fireplace visible throughout the restaurant. CONS: menu was very pricey and strictly al-la-cart (even the butter was an up charge). Steaks were expensive ($95 for a ribeye). My Sirloin was cooked perfectly, but very tough (I could hardly cut it with the knife provided). Bottom line: Overpriced Eatery read more

Great spot for lunch! Fun atmosphere very bright and open! Plenty of seating for dining. Service was great. They have their selections of meat, sausage, and steak on display. Plenty of options to choose from and take home. We ordered their steak sandwich for lunch with the house chips. Steak was well seasoned.i love that their bread was soft, fresh tasting, and flavorful! Th fired onions were great and were served with a yummy sauce. They had Oktoberfest on draft which completed my meal. read more

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Steak was tender and flavorful. Recommend getting it with the hen of the woods mushrooms and chimichurri. Wife got the shepherds pie which was awesome. Save room for the carrot cake or the pumpkin cheesecake! read more

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The onion rings were excellent. The service was good. Despite all the hype and performative displacement, my steak wasn't much better than something from a western sizzlin. I've had better steaks at Outback. Far better steaks in my own kitchen. And I ordered the most expensive they had. What WAS impressive is the manager running the front of house / Kitchen. Very impressed with his skills. Gordon would be impressed as well. So, all in all, we were both disappointed on our anniversary. Cross this one off. read more

Almost. Good but not quite great. Good friendly service. Great salad, decent portion, enough to share. Burger was disappointing. Not sure if it was the meat, the seasoning or the oil. Potato salad was a bit bland. read more

The Union - Cute farm to table like restaurant - Butcher Near Me - Helena, Montana

That was the best breakfast sandwich I've had. The service was excellent as always and they have added so much variety in their cases. read more

The Union - Steak with Squash and Potatoes. - Butcher Near Me - Helena, Montana

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I've been here three times and I can come up with things to criticize but this is not a 3.6 star place (current rating). It should be significantly over 4 for sure. Bizarre. They should work on getting their yelp rating up. This is a solid place. read more

My husband and I were excited to try this new fine dining experience, that offers locally sourced, farm to table, Montana food. We were not disappointed. The culinary experience was absolutely top shelf. We had an appetizer of lardo rosemary foccacia, chef cut rib eye, and a pasta dish with a delicious pesto dressing. Dessert was an exquisite carrot cake with the most delectable butter frosting either of us has had in many years. The dessert stood alone, in its own exceptional category. One area I felt warranted mentioning for consideration, was ambiance. We were a couple of two, in a general seating area, with a couple of raucous tables around us...REALLY noisy and less than ideal, for a restaurant on this level. read more

Great food, and I love the sustainability practices and farm to table concept. Bright and inviting restaurant.

I popped in here a couple hours before, "Dinner" so I had to make orders of the tapa's menu. For those of you who don't know what a tapa is... it's basically, "finger foods". Sometimes you get main course kind of options as a tapa, but they'd be miniature. Think, sliders or finger sandwiches or whatever. Their tapas menu is a classic one. Basically, large portions of what you might have as a side. Let me say, I forget what they called them -- corn something. I want to say balls, but I know they're definitely not called cornballs. I'm from the south... we call them Hushpuppies, and these puppies are an ode-to-man. Phenomenal! Superb. Exquisite. Splendid. Or as our friends from the south would say, "fantastico". They drizzle some honey on them. Be careful. These puppies will slap your grandma. Enjoy read more

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Highly recommended! Visiting from out of town, our local relatives treated us to an absolute delightful lunch. Our choice of roast beef sandwich and bone marrow burger) were OUTSTANDING! Charming waitstaff and pristine dining area topped off making this visit a memorable experience. read more

So amazing! Great service, delicious food! So fun to watch the chef cook your steak on the wood fire grill infront of you. Such a pretty ambiance as well! 10/10 recommend. read more

The food, the service and the atmosphere! We loved our dinner tonight. Highly recommend.

Very disappointed in the Easter Brunch today. The online and even paper menu inside showed different items than what were offered. We went for many of the items listed, including prime rib, which were not served. When I showed our server both varying copies of the paper menus, she had no idea about the second menu. Better communication and training were needed- I left more than disappointed read more

What a wonderful addition to downtown Helena. The butcher side of the operation is incredible! I'm in love with their bone broth, fresh lemon olives, and jerky. Cannot get enough. My husband adores their breakfast sandwiches, too. The salads and ready to eat meats are great to grab and take on your outdoor adventures. Just saying. We were lucky enough to snag reservations on their soft launch of the restaurant. One premium and one butcher's cut steak are available each night. By the time we got there, only the butcher's cut, sirloin, was available. Not my usual choice, but it was slammin! I would get it again, especially with the bone marrow butter. Our sides were fantastic--from the pea salad (my favorite), to the winter slaw, to the potatoes and beef fat fried onions. Hot diggity! The interior is strikingly beautiful, and I love the open fire in the kitchen. The smell of wood smoke drifts down the gulch. So, so happy The Union has upped the food game in Helena. I can't wait to go back! read more

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Really solid meal with a cool atmosphere, good service, and wonderful prices. I loved the beer fat onions and lard focaccia. The ribeye was good, and beef shoulder was great. read more

I moved to Helena 4 years ago and this was BY FAR the BEST dining experience we've had. It was amazing from top to bottom. Food was A-MAZING! The entres do not come with sides, you have to order them seperate which I was leary about at first but I ended up loving it because we got to pick and choose what we wanted to try which is great for a picky eater like me. Best steak I've had in my life time hands down! Worth every penny. read more

We love the Union. Those fried onions in beef fat that come with ranch dressing are to die for. Also if you have room for dessert definitely get the carrot cake!! Most recently the shepherds pie was delicious - the short rib was a little dry but other words comfort food at its finest. We have sat in the atrium and at the bar; service has always been great. Love the vibe inside as well. Just a nice chill space with good local farm to table food. read more

We came here for my birthday two days after it opened and we've been coming back ever since. The food has always been terrific and I try to order something different every time. We think the ambience is great....it's pure Montana. For different ambience try Lucca's. Clearly from reading the reviews some folks have had some bad service but we never have, except for once when a kitchen helper had to fill in for someone who was sick. Also it's pretty clear that a few people don't like this style of steak. The Union is in the running for The James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant. You don't get nominated for crappy food so I'm just gonna chalk up the bad reviews to different taste and that's okay. We're really happy The Union is a big success. It's one of the places that makes Helena a good place to live. read more

So sad, we were looking for the old Bert and Ernie's and found this place in it's spot! It looked very inviting. That's was the only thing inviting in this restaurant/"kind of a"butcher shop! We were there at 3:30pm and were told that they were only serving brunch. Brunch is fine and all but they were out of everything! Including all of their salads! How can you run out of all of your salads when that's 90% of your brunch menu? So sad, I didn't read all the negative reviews before we decided to sit down. I hope the next restaurant in this location tries a little harder. read more

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"Second star for the Waitress."she had to keep a straight face while telling me the price of this. Okay let me start this off with the fact that I have cows grass feed cows. Now that's not a big deal but I know what it takes to raise beef, lean beef. I gotta be honest with you folks. we were warned that they where pricey. But nothing was to prepare us for $73.00 14oz Rib eye just cooked nothing special besides that mashed potatoes I think and if I got a $17 salad. Holy moly. And so you are aware. my company works on commercial restaurants and I will walk the heck out of a restaurant if I think it needs to happen. most of the time it would be because of the smell but certain orders mean a real nasty kitchen. So to be nice we stayed and thought we'll just see how it is, by getting something a little bit cheaper on the menu. Give the cook a chance anyway even though we were looking for a good steak. But that wasn't happening wow $73 bucks. Heck a table of 4 with drinks would have cost us just under $500 to eat good anyway? Right? and have a couple of beers anyway. So what we did was, my wife and I split a $34 pot roast of some sort, that no joke was more fat than beef. I even pointed it out to the Waitress she said she'd get me a discount which was super cool of her. $9.00 no joke I had three bites of meat I let my wife eat the rest of the meat it was okay really tender and I already planned on going to get burger later. The other couple both got the $21 shepherds pie total $42 for what should have been a portion for one thankfully they bought 2. We think the cook forgot how much Rosemary! is just a bit to much! And folks I like rosemary I use it in everything pretty much. And I got to say sometimes you need to be notified if you are going about business making mistakes of pricing to High when your just not there yet. Especially if your just starting out. I'm assuming this is a new endeavor for the company. Because I grow my own beef and I don't think my steaks would sell for much more than 35- maybe 40 bucks and I wouldn't serve a steak with out a choice of baked potatoes and a side salad. And I know what I feed mine and don't think there is any reason to leave that much fat on a cut. I won't be back and don't really see a lot of people going there for a steak. maybe the Wasewiller, or the silver star next time for that price. read more

Had a really fantastic meal here. Everything was great, but my pork chop was truly outstanding. I think we tried all the appetizers they had available and were just so happy to have such flavorful, high-end food actually in Helena. read more

The Union - Unbelievably good pork chop. - Butcher Near Me - Helena, Montana

Amazing. They are doing this right. Everything has attention to detail, everything is simple and stunning. read more

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Had the beef tongue burrito for breakfast. Bland and totally mushy, couldn't distinguish one ingredient from the other. Totally disappointed. read more

A colleague and I came in for an early dinner on a weeknight. We were promptly seated and had the menu explained to us as it was not readily apparent what was being prepared that night. We both ordered ribeyes and a side. There was a little confusion on my order but the staff was quick to rectify the mix up and I was pleased with the outcome. The restaurant has a pleasant atmosphere and the service was quite good. The menu is somewhat simple and prices were reasonable. I'm not sure I'll have a chance to come back but it's worth checking out if you are downtown Helena and are looking for a good steak. read more

After my fifth meal at the Union I have consumed a fair amount of the menu and feel justified in being able to provide a review. I have consistently had quality meals with good service over three dinners, one breakfast and one lunch. My three steaks (all of which are cooked on a wood fired grill) have been cooked to my liking and each has had great flavor. I particularly like that they rotate the steaks on the menu so over a few months you have a chance to try something new every time you go. I also like the fact that they have the "Butchers Steak" category as a lower priced option; which gives you a chance to try cuts of meat you typically don't find at the grocery store butcher shops. I had a Denver steak last night that had great flavor (I mopped up the juices with a nice crusty piece of bread that is also browned on the grill) and previously I had a Merlot steak, which was also very flavorfull. The fact that the meats are grass fed and grass finished coming from Montana family ranches comes out in the flavor. The side dishes and vegetables also provide a nice variety from the everyday with pea salad, beet and nectarine salad and summer squash bomba rice livening up any meal. If you go as a single or two without a reservation, you might get the chance to sit at the counter in front of the wood fired grill station and watch the crew cook (and smell cooking meat). I highly recommend trying that. read more

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This place hit it out of the park with all three; food, service, ambiance! Glad we found you...and the onions - amazing!

I had high hopes due to the reviews. We ordered the shepherd pie and it was overkill with spice and undercooked vegetables. They took it back and agreed it was done properly. We then ordered the RIB. Yes it's one little square piece of meat that comes sitting on two bones. The salad was overly salted. We thought it was a half a order, but it was not and it was $28. We then tried the carrot cake. It was good but dry Nothing great. We ordered the onion appetizer which I would have that again with a glass of wine, but would not have dinner there. The servings are very small and the prices are very large and the food was not good. I was very disappointed as I was looking for a new go to for dinner read more