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    Boat House Restaurant

    3.2 (279 reviews)

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    Quiet
    Happy hour specials
    Dressy

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    Kyle P.

    It was my first time at The Boat House at Confluence Park because over the years it was The Confluence and other names before settling on The Boat House. The food was great because of an event there and will have to check it out and get a great view of the Columbus skyline. The place was a nautical feel with many both teams and in the fireplace was nice touch. Great service from staff too. I would like to check out The Boat House for dinner sometime.

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    Mrs Anne Marie W.

    Booked for the New Year Eve Party 12/31/2024 7:30pm-12:30pm Theme was masquerade. This an event venue with great views of Columbus, so I was excited to try a NYE party that wasn't just a hotel and a DJ and standing room only all evening. $177.91/per person with fees for the "window seating". This is for a table of 8-10 so couples know you aren't at a private 2 seater by a window. Overall we were at a rectangle table and our seats were the 4 farthest from the window. Knowing that now, I would have selected "dining room" and keep the $25+ upgrade - also its night so with the lights on in the room, we couldn't see the skyline anyway. One had to be outside or right at the window to see anything. Ticket included buffet meal (noted below), open bar (no brands mentioned) dessert and some "extras" (vague). About the evening...Checking in was a bit of a line, but it was moving. We were taking to our seats around 8pm. There was a welcome glass of sparkling, white, or red wine, main bar didn't open until 8:30pm, but the server for our table cam around with bottles of wine for refills before that time. Bar opened at 8:30pm and it was a MAJOR line. Little did we realize another bar opened in another room. Overall the alcohol was mid. Tanqueray, Titos, Bourbon was Benchmark (meh), some kind of scotch, Rum, and Tequila too I believe, didn't catch the labels. Would have upgraded for a higher quality bar with inclusion like Woodford. Music for the evening was a jazz band (keyboard, trumpet, drums) nice Motown and jazz standards, some people were dancing. No real Emcee for the evening, guests were permitted free roam of the venue and just to enjoy themselves. We enjoyed our friends company and caught up. Dinner, didnt check the time but maybe served 8:45-9pm? Buffet style 2 lines so pretty good flow: meal ticket includes the Salad, rolls, potato au gratin, pasta, salmon, steak, steamed vegis. Dessert, served after dinner, still in the buffet room but also brought to our table by the server, combination of macaroons, cookies, and slices of cake. Very good. Service offered coffee or tea after dinner and took care to clean up plates and offer beverage refills of wine. Once the jazz bad concluded a DJ took over with popular dance hits. Most took to the floor. Great timing, we danced but also relaxed at our seats. We walked the venue and took a step outside as well. Cold but beautiful view of Cbus. Looked like rain so we assumed no city fireworks. Midnight offered a sparkling toast with service placing and filling glasses! Happy 2025! Really great everything, it was like a wedding reception with no bride and groom. Lots of ages and backgrounds of guests was nice chit chatting with folks. They did offer a posed photo for a fee, we did not do this and opted for our own. Would recommend this event for a

    Kelsie K.

    What a glow up!!!! I've been to The Boat House for several dinners and a NYE party where the restaurant always seemed a little dark and dated. However, since reopening the whole place has been refreshed! I think this might be the best happy hour in Columbus right now, on Wednesday-Friday stop in between 3-6:30pm and the drinks and food are so cheap!! I love their new drink menu, absolutely order the Paid Vacation, it's delicious and comes in such a fun styled glass. The Smashburger is amazing, I can't believe they put it on the Happy Hour menu for $9. This was a perfect spot to celebrate a friend's birthday. Our group of girls was able to share a bunch of the appetizers and we all had multiple cocktails and glasses of wine for $25ish a person. I will definitely be back and want to try for a patio table, you can't beat the view! This also seems to be a pre Crew game hot spot so be prepared for a little bit of a wait when the bar gets backed up.

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    My friends and I came here for dinner and it did not disappoint! The atmosphere was beautiful and so cozy, and the food was to die for!

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    The food, the atmosphere, the service....everything was perfect start to finish. I want to try everything in the menu!

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    They are honest hard workers that makes some great food staff is so friendly very helpful their great for community's

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    4.6(18 reviews)
    1.4 miBrewery District

    I found Graystone through a website for venues in Columbus when I was looking for a corporate…read moreholiday party for 70-80 people. Graystone Cellars is a banquet venue in the Brewery District located in a limestone vault. (pretty cool, huh?!) They carry some local wines & their food menu looks delicious! Plenty of options from a la carte apps to dinner and apps to dinner, drinks, & apps, etc. For drinks, there are multiple options from sodas to wine/beer to wine/beer/spirits, to better spirits, you name it! Brian was responsive and the information packet he sent me had everything I would want to know (the food and drink options, venue pictures, cost, etc.). I asked if gratuity was included, and he confirmed it was added into all of the pricing. So, it was a really great option! I haven't reviewed places I haven't experienced, but we looked at quite a few venues, and I was really impressed by the quality of food and drinks, how beautiful the space was, and the price. It was the best venue option, in my opinion. So, I wanted to share! The only reason we didn't book Graystone is because one of my colleagues got too nervous about the little lead time we had & wanted something with live bar music for the younger folk, so he booked a grungy bar. The younger team wanted to karaoke (he didn't), and he knew that no one could karaoke if there was already live music & a venue available to the public, so here we are. Ha! Fingers crossed for next year.

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    Mastro's Steakhouse

    4.1(57 reviews)
    8.1 miEaston

    Great food and ambiance! My family made a reservation for me here for Mother's Day and I'm happy…read morethey did! Our reservation was at 5:15pm but we weren't seated for another 20 minutes or so. I believe they were overbooked because they had to open the private room to seat us. It was beautiful! They accommodated our group as well as 4 other groups to avoid longer wait time - appreciated. We ordered quite a bit of food, appetizers, cocktails, bread service, 4 entrees and sides. One slight complaint is that my husband's ribeye was overcooked slightly. He prefers medium and there was barely any pink center. For the price of the steak, it should be cooked according to how it was ordered. We did not send it back due to us wanting to enjoy dinner together without my husband having to wait for another steak. The NY Strip was cooked at a perfect medium temp. The scallops were to die for and so tender with the garlic butter sauce (and garlic bread). Regarding the Cosmo cocktail, it could use some improvement - we've had much better. The dry ice effect was nice though. Our server was very accommodating and had a great attitude and demeanor. We felt welcomed and will visit again. The decor and ambiance in this restaurant is very warm and elegant. We loved it! Complaint: the servers that box up the food mixed all of our food together in various containers. Of course we didn't notice until we opened the food the next day. Please fix this in the future.

    This was our first visit to Mastro and overall it was very good…read more We were seated within a couple of mins of arriving -- should be expected but a lot of Columbus area restaurants these days make you wait an additional 15-20 mins because they haven't managed the reservations appropriately. The server was friendly and explained the menu in detail. My Mastro Manhattan and my wife's Pinot noir were excellent (very large pours too!). The bread service comes at a nominal charge -- looked a lot better than it tasted--could be improved. The shrimp appetizer was delicious but on the heavy side. We shared the 22oz bone in ribeye. It was cooked perfectly, was tender and delicious. I really enjoyed the steak even thought we weren't able to finish it all. The side sautéed spinach was pretty good as well. The ambiance is nice and festive -- a little unusual to have so many TVs on for a higher end steakhouse -- but I didn't mind it at all. I look forward to returning.

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