Stopped here for lunch today w some coworkers. All of them raved how good the entire menu was. I choose Italian Beef. Solid choice. Now when I'm in Cleveland for work I'm going to ask who's all coming w me to Local West. read more

Fabulous burgers and fries with large quantity and amazing quality. From Columbus and visiting for the day- stopped in because of all the yelp reviews. Agree with all the ratings read more

I am surprised by myself that it took me this long to try this place because besides pierogi's, sandwiches are my absolute favorite thing to eat! This place has a pretty big menu and the sandwiches are a good size. They sell bottled beer here too ( I had no idea they had any alcohol). We ordered our food to go and it probably took around 10-15 minutes because of prior people ordering but we didn't mind because the staff here were super nice. They were telling us about all the ingredients they use and all about the restaurant and concept. I ordered the Cuban special which was made with pork loin (yum!!) and for my side I ordered the sweet potato fries. The fries tasted so incredibly fresh! read more

A great location with plenty of parking. The food was delicious, hot and well served. Staff was very friendly and helpful. I highly recommend trying this "not so obvious" restaurant. read more

This hands down on my top 5 burger list. I had the murv it was off the hook this spot is a must they have fresh lemonade

Delicious food and such a cool atmosphere! Their chicken sandwiches can not be beat!!

Solid spot. Sandwiches were made with patience and presented nicely. Ingredients were high quality and selection is good. Would come back again. Would give 4.5 stars but good ol' yelp doesn't allow that. read more

Always awesome - great neighborhood restaurant- friendly staff - clean - really great food.

Just tried this place for the first time and was very impressed all around! Plenty of options for my vegetarian self and my meat loving partner. Food was slam with notably high quality ingredients and freshness! Very friendly staff as well. Thrilled this place exists and will definitely be back! read more

In town at hotel for conference and ordering door dash a couple nights in .... I kept skipping over this place but finally ordered and it was best food I had in this whole city! Best philly chz steak I've had in a long time and the mac us amazing!! read more

A casual spot located in the Gordon Square neighborhood serving craft sandwiches and beer is a good, if flawed concept. The craft food side is very good. Local West offers a good variety of specialty sandwiches, burgers, and salads to satisfy just about any palate. I always say I'm going to try something different, but I always end up ordering the Italian Beef sandwich; moist sliced meat, cradled in a fresh, crusty baguette, topped with sweet and spicy peppers. Dip in the accompanying au jus and the experience gets even better; my mouth is watering just thinking about it. The order also comes with fresh cut fries- you can upgrade to sweet potato fries if you like. Now to the craft beer side. There are a couple shelf's on the wall displaying what looks like a small variety of craft beers and wine. They almost seem like an afterthought and don't seem to tie into the craft sandwich part. The food is good enough to stand on its own, scratch the craft drink side and just keep offering fresh food, in a simple casual environment and you'll be just fine. read more

Local West - Italian Beef Sandwich with au jus and fresh cut fries-happiness in a box! - Gastropubs Near Me - Cleveland, Ohio

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Great food served fast in a casual environment. I have never had anything less than prompt, friendly service from the staff. While more expensive than other dining options, the food is worth every penny. Local West is my go-to restaurant to take family and friends from out of town to give them and introduction to Cleveland. read more

Stopped in for lunch today. The menu is what drew us in it sounded amazing. We ordered the salmon burger with three bean salad. The salmon was ground fresh the only thing is it was lacking in flavor. The Italian Beef was huge, seasoned well but the meat was very dry. We were excited to order the octopus salad, the octopus was cooked perfectly the only problem the cucumbers were seasoned with hair. Not cool. Not a great first experience. Hopefully it will be better next time. read more

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Amazing! Perfect! These are the words my husband and I spoke while enjoying our lunch here. I had a salmon burger, he had the chicken club, we had great fries along with a side of the lemon potatoes. The only other word to describe our lunch would be YUM. It only furthered our enjoyment to receive such great service! read more

Local West - Salmon burger - Gastropubs Near Me - Cleveland, Ohio

I had the BBQ here very good! Also lemonade is very homemade in a good way!! Service was very friendly, I did ask women working at that time to explain what's good or what I should try. She was very helpful to explain. It helped me order! I always ask workers what they like when I go somewhere new. Because they know! They are eating this food most likely on break time. Lol Overall give this place a try you won't be disappointed. read more

Food was really good. Steak sandwich and portobello sandwich were both delicious, fries were fresh cut and perfectly crisp, microbrew bottle selection was solid, and decor was all well done. Service was solid as well - friendly though not gregarious, pretty prompt getting the food out, and asked us how everything was when we were done. Generally everything was great! Only points for improvement were: the menu/ ordering process could use some fine tuning and they need to work on explaining their sourcing. As others mention, the menu is a happy-dog style pad-n-golf pencil. That works at a bar where you are hanging out having a few beers while you order, but felt like an unnecessary obstacle to the order process when standing at a lunch counter while the staff watches you fill it out. Regarding sourcing, we try not to eat meat unless reasonably confident it comes from humane/ non-factory farm sources. We asked the origin of their meats and they told us it was from a butcher in northeast Ohio. That's great and satisfies the local part of the name as to the butcher. But it doesn't address the farm, and even if the meat is from Ohio, there are lots of factory farms here. For a $10 sandy (borderline NY and Boston prices), I want to know my cows and chickens had all the grass time and good feed they wanted and a humane trip to my plate. Maybe that is the case here, but that info has to be on the tip of all staff's tongue or at least on the website/ store materials when someone inquires. These are very fixable tweaks, and I'd go from an occasional to a regular if they get those two things right. read more

I always give a new place two chances, and I hate to say, it has blown the first chance. When you go in, the place is nice and clean (a bit small, too). There are many meal choices that have a bit of a greek flair. My boyfriend and I went for lunch on a weekday afternoon. We were able to order pretty quickly, he ordered the old McDonald and I had the Telly Melt, both with fries and we split an order of mac and cheese. We wanted the burgers to be cooked medium. I read somewhere that they were aiming for about a 10 minute wait from order to meal presentation. We didn't think we would wait long as there were only two people ahead of us. I was wrong, we waited almost 25 minutes. We were hoping that the food would be excellent due to the amount of time we waited. Also wrong. As I cut into the sandwich, it was not a medium burger that I had hoped for...it was well done and then some. It was very dry and chewy...it tasted fine, but it would have been so much better if it had been cooked the way I wanted it. The fries? Meh, I've had much better. They were limp and soft. I like a crunch on my fries and the crunch was definitely missing. The mac and cheese was cold and disgusting, I could swear it was heated in a microwave. There was this lady there (a manager, perhaps?) that just kind of roamed around the store. She would walk around, talk to a customer, sit down to eat, go in back, go outside, come back in, sit and eat some more. I was kind of upset that she went to turn on this obnoxious music while we were there, the noise level was ridiculous. If this "manager" would have focused more on quality control than stuffing her face and schmoozing with people that are trying to enjoy their food, I don't think there would have been as many issues that there was. I do plan on coming back to try again, I just hope that they have gotten their shit together in the mean time. read more

I honestly have never written a Yelp! review until now, but have been using Yelp for many years. I felt compelled finally! :) This was my second experience at LocalWest and it was just as awesome as my first one. My first visit I dined in; today I received carry-out. I live just a couple streets past W. 117th and while the lady who took my order said they typically don't go past W. 117, she gladly took my delivery order. Yasssss! I got the Voodoo Chicken sandwich and OMG, was it amazing! I love spicy items and have tried many versions of VooDoo Chicken dishes/sandwiches. I have to say this one took the cake. The flavor was amazing and the bun was perfectly toasted. Mac-N-Cheese was just as tasty, cheesy and fresh as I remembered it from the first visit. I also ordered a side of sweet potato fries, which are one of my favorites. Nice and thick. You can tell they are either par or triple cooked, which is the secret to great fries! Only took about 25-30 mins for delivery and everything was still hot! The name on the ticket was Terry M. and who I believe took my order and delivered it, was super nice! Really, each time has been a great experience. Can't wait for my next visit! read more

Best grilled chicken sandwich ever! Tender juicy chicken with a flavorful rub, the slaw they put in it is good & not too heavy or creamy. Friendly staff & reasonable prices! Plus they deliver food & alcohol!! read more

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All in all, solid addition to the area. Some thoughts on what I've ordered here so far: Italian beef - pretty good, but not as good as Chicago Italian beef. The jus could come in a bigger/wider bowl to make dipping easier. The hot peppers were also not really hot. Again, take note of giardiniera from Chicago. Mac and cheese - disappointing. I found it to be very bland and very mushy. Kind of reminiscent of baby food. Fries - solid, but a little soggy. I wish they had some house ketchup or sauces for dipping. Voodoo chicken - very good. The size of the chicken breast is perfect, well worth the price. However, it could be more flavourful, and I was looking for some more heat. I was expecting a real spicy taste and didn't get it. UB40 poutine - the Kevin Love of poutine: not bad, but not the superstar I was hoping for. Again, this wasn't as flavourful as I'd like. The fries themselves were good. The braised beef was a little tough and chewy. If the beef were more tender and if the sauce had some more kick, this could be Kyrie Irving. Jalapeno coleslaw - blech. It was like KFC coleslaw, add a couple bits of diced jalapeno. read more

This was our 3rd visit and this time brought friends that were newbies to local west. One had the salmon sandwich and bean sales which she said was awesome and very filling. Other had avocado sandwich and lemon potatoes and he said sandwich was awesome and potatoes where some of the best he has had. Our beef sandwich was awesome as usual and I had the Texas burger with beef barley soup sides. Burger was amazing and definitely a 6 napkin meal!! Saved the barley soup for later and it was awesome also. ONLY minor complaint was the burger was closer to medium well and I requested medium. The staff was awesome and this is a must visit!! You will pay a little more but the quality and ambiance is worth it. read more

Preface: I'm a resident of Gordon Square and want this place to be a success. Sadly, I did not have the great experience I was hoping for at Local West today. The cashier wasn't able to answer my basic questions about the menu without referring to a cook, who then had to seek confirmation from a 2nd cook on what actually goes on a particular sandwich. Not exactly confidence inspiring. However, the cashier was very quick to point out the $2 up-charge for a side of mac 'n' cheese... The article in the Cleveland Scene quoted the owners as saying they're shooting for a 5-10 minute wait time. My wait time? - 22 minutes for one of their signature sandwiches and fries. This is simply unacceptable for the lunchtime business crowd, and other diners obviously shared my frustration. Fortunately, despite placing a dine-in order, the cook boxed my order to go. UNfortunately what I found waiting for me in my to-go box were soggy fries and a very soggy, under-seasoned sandwich (see pictures). And, lest any Yelpers think I'm simply being a negative Nancy, my dining partner commented that her cajun chicken sandwich was lacking both cajun flavor and basic S&P seasoning, while the coleslaw topping "tasted like something from KFC...but the bun was good." I hope this place gets it together quickly, because there are well-known and superior lunch options within walking distance. I'll try again in a few months and update this review accordingly. Approach with caution when you're not in a hurry! read more

Local West - Soggy sammy. - Gastropubs Near Me - Cleveland, Ohio

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I love it! The place is so cute and I love the wine and beer selection. I had the salmon burger and lemon potatoes and they were perfect! I know some reviews have said something's are off but give it some time. For being open less than a week I'm sure they will work it out. I know the owner sources a lot locally and provides a more than fair price for my meal and I'm not mad a a good bottle of ten dollar red! Plus. Deliver?! Sold! Welcome to the hood! read more

The good- nice menu, enjoy the options and specials. Staff was friendly. Good fries, good flavors on the burger and it's plenty of food The meh- the burgers I ordered medium and came out well done with no medium leaning what so ever. Maybe under order and hope for the best The Mac and cheese did not do anything for me a bit dry. Being in the neighborhood I'll give them another chance, but I've had better success with burgers at Hex. read more

After several visits in the last two years, one issue is inconsistency. The burgers are subpar even though they claim "local beef". Especially in comparison to Heck's, Townhall and related. Their homemade "Mac and cheese" has been an overcooked mess every time. Same with their lemon roasted potatoes are so watery. Why they keep them simmering in water all day? Italian beef is dry. read more

This place is a delight. We went with our two kids and had an amazing lunch. We got the salmon BLT, chicken sandwich, regular fries, sweet potato fries, Greek salad, and Mac and cheese. We would get it all over again, except the Mac and cheese. Sadly. Tasty beers. Great service. Fresh food. Yum! read more

This place has potential. A lot of it! Are they perfect? no. but hell they haven't even been open for a week yet, they have to figure things out as they come, It will take work but I'm confident they will get there. with that said: I walked in d-day +1. mid-day no line. My friend and I walked up and ordered the poutine and the 50 shades burger, with beers. I devoured my burger. It wasn't the easiest to eat. but i got it down The LTO made it really thick plus the burger wasn't pack right so it balled up. but still the orange peel goat cheese was on point. i got a side order of the lemon potatoes and those were tasty. My buddy ordered the UB40 poutine, I tasted ok, but we were really impressed with it. Especially since it is their signature item. Menu definitely has a greek flare to it. but over all the menu seems to be all over. the menu seems to hover around the $10 price point. I will go back, but i think i will wait a month so they can work their kinks outs. I would like this place to stay, there is potential. If the owners/managers see this please message me. I have a few questions. read more

Delicious! The chalkboard menu is fun and the food was outstanding! We had the Italian Beef sandwich ($10 including side of your choosing) with au jus served on a baguette (the meat tender, the bread awesome), and the The Murv burger ($13 with a side of your choosing) which was equally great. The side of sweet potato fries were fresh cut and cooked to perfection and the lemon chicken rice soup was seasoned well and a must order! I really love that this place is in my neighborhood and plan on being a regular, especially when their patio opens! I hope this business succeeds, we need more like it! Great Job! read more

Local West - Italian Beef - Gastropubs Near Me - Cleveland, Ohio

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Amazing burgers and sandwiches in a fun, friendly atmosphere. Great outdoor patio and beer selection. Bonus: if you live nearby, they'll deliver! Try the Porco sandwich special while it lasts, or the UB40 Poutine. It'll make you feel so fine. read more

I have been to Local West twice. On the first visit, I ordered a Blacon Burger (medium). The burger was delicious -- cooked wonderfully, well seasoned, and all of the ingredients seemed to be of great quality. On the second visit, I ordered the Jalapeno version. Same comments -- nicely cooked, good quality ingredients and great flavor. On both visits I got the mac and cheese as a side. The flavor of the mac and cheese is great, and you know they are starting with a homemade bechamel (complete with nutmeg) and building their cheese sauce from there. If I had to lobby a complaint, it would be that it was a bit oily both times as the sauce had clearly broken (but since i have this same issue half the time I try to make mac and cheese at home, I won't hold it against them). Also, just for the record, I wouldn't hate them if they tried to make some of that bechamel into a pastitsio. Anyway, the food was great; the dining room was a little chilly by the window; the prices were fair for the quality if not a little on the high side for a casual place ($14.04 for the Blacon and mac and cheese [which has an up charge]); I didn't wait too long for my food (and even if I did, they just opened -- come on); and the staff was friendly (one of them helped me push my car, which got stuck in the parking lot). I will be back many many times because I can't think of a better place to get a better tasting or quality fast casual burger. read more

Local West is one of our favorite places in the area. It's consistently delicious, and it's hard to choose what to get! I especially love the Cheesteak sandwich! read more

Finally made it to this place and it was a nice surprise! Looks like they took an old drive thru restaurant and transformed the interior into something fresh, with dangling Edison lights and all! The concept is part fast food, part restaurant. You order in the front and then your food is brought to you and you're waited on from there. The selection is pretty extensive, makes actually picking something somewhat of a challenge. I got The Murv (minus the ham - ended up being a breakfast burger) with sweet potato fries. Feeling accomplished, I then had to pick a beverage and was delighted by their craft beer offering. I then sat down and watched the show, the chef went to town preparing the meal on a small cooking area and voila, masterpiece! The burger was atop a fresh artisanal bun, the bacon was thick and flavorful and the egg was cooked lightly to maintain its runniness. The sweet potato fries were bare bones, cut a sweet potato into wedges and fry. I appreciated its simplicity. The beer was ok, I honestly forgot what I got. I planned on eating half a burger to maintain my girlish figure and I ended up failing miserably. It was worth it though! read more

Local West - The mighty "Murv" burger with sweet potato fries - Gastropubs Near Me - Cleveland, Ohio

My wife and I weren't sure where to go for lunch and ended up here because the good looking BBQ places in town were all closed at noon. Not to worry, because we found a real gem! I ordered the jalapeno burger and she got the salmon burger, and both were incredibly good. My first hint that this was likely to be really good was being asked how I like my burger cooked. The wait isn't very long, but this isn't fast food. I also ordered the four bean salad as my side and my wife got fries. At first I suggested that she wasted an opportunity to try something interesting because there are so many good looking choices for sides and everyone serves fries, but most places don't serve fries as good as these. The bean salad was also probably the best I've ever had. This place may look fairly modest and easy to drive past without noticing, but if you appreciate a great burger then stopping here is a must! read more

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Delicious fresh food and excellent service. I've been here twice in 16 hours. They play great music too.

The best sandwich shop around. The boba Feta is amazing, my husband loves the roast beef dipped. I have never had a bad meal from here. They are always pleasant and friendly. read more

This place is amazing! Premium quality food and everyone is so nice! Highly recommend. We got the two specials and the fries were divine. read more

Local West - Gastropubs Near Me - Cleveland, Ohio

I had been meaning to stop into Local West for some time and now I'm kicking myself for waiting so long! You can tell that they take pride in their ingredients and it shines through in the completed dish. I ordered the slim thick turkey burger and was so impressed. I loved their wide variety of sides, as well. Will definitely be back here soon as I saw so many tempting items on their menu! read more

Stopped here on a Saturday afternoon after going to the West Side Market. Doesn't have much curb appeal, but don't let that fool you. Once inside, it is clean with a casual urban feel. I stopped because I was thirsty so can't comment on food other than the pickled zucchini salad which was excellent, just the right amount of heat and spice. The staff were friendly and helpful. I definitely plan on returning to try a burger. I feel without tasting more than a side I can't honestly give it 5 stars although I would certainly like to based on this quick visit. read more

If the unique names of each dish don't catch your eye at this diamond in the rough, the well-priced craft beer variety and cool atmosphere will win you over. There is truly something for everyone, like the delectable grilled cheese for my picky eater and amazing "Boba Feta" for my connoisseur son. Not your basic grilled chicken sandwich, the meat was well-seasoned and juicy, topped with freshly sautéed spinach, tomato and tangy feta cheese. It was exceptional! My husband had the Roman, which was huge and full of flavor. It was the perfect contrast of salty meats, banana peppers, greens, and balsamic. The atmosphere was casual, yet trendy and still family friendly. We enjoyed a spontaneous Sunday afternoon treat and would definitely go back! read more

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Great atmosphere and good food! A pretty diverse menu and they are willing to accommodate substitutions, which I always appreciate.