This was a good experience overall. If you're looking for a super casual salad spot, this place…read moreworks. I enjoyed the variety of toppings offered to build your salad, and the portions are incredibly generous! The service was quick and pleasant enough. Based on the portion size, the pricing is fair.

Nothing like the crispness of a fresh create your own salad. Hello Bistro is my favorite local…read morerestaurant to visit when I'm in the mood for a delicious salad. On my recent visit I opted for a meal and enjoyed some of their delicious fries and a nice cold beverage. The sale is filling, you get a generous portion of veggies and meat. The service was great and the ambiance was very welcoming and inviting!!

UnBar is a woman-owned wine bar and coffee shop union. Is there a better duo? I don't think so. I…read moreunexpectedly really enjoyed my experience. I stopped in today for a cup of morning coffee but walked away with my hands full. I got iced coffee which came in a smaller than I wanted cup. I also got mushroom latte which was perfectly spiced with cinnamon, and very smooth. I selected almond milk and feel like it paired well with the ingredients. Also I had to have some baked goodies after looking at the bakery case. I ordered croissant which honestly I found to be not fresh but still good. Apricot tea cake in the perfect world deserves its own paragraph. It was delicious, generously filled, and everything a tea cake should be. It's a must have! Service here is phenomenal! I mean top notch, attentive, and very genuine. There was only one employee serving the line but she did it with such a level of positivity that it made my morning. She asked if baked goodies needed to be warmed, asked about drink carriers, milk preferences, everything. She was consistently friendly with all customers. I really applaud this cafe on having such warm and friendly service. I wish more workers were in this morning to attend to the line but the service was incredible. As far as the cafe layout and amenities, here's the scoop. The cafe has wine, beer, coffee, and breakfast/lunch grab and go's. They have a coffee club where you get your own tumbler and you can join for $20. They also have plants for sale on a display much like Phoenix coffee. They also have a printer that you can use to print things. I don't know about you but I always feel like I need to print things. I mean it. The cafe has indoor and outdoor seating, was quiet when I was there and is somewhere you can really focus and do your most meaningful work. I also like the separation from the counter to the seating portion that makes it more secluded. I could totally see myself sitting here all day outside and enjoying the sunshine. Overall, if you have wine or caffeine needs, stop by this cafe. It's an unexpected gem of Larchmere. Order mushroom latte, it's a unique local find and is very tasty. Lastly, the cafe seems to have many regulars. One of the customers said "it's always a joy to be here" to cafe employee. That's exactly how it felt here - joyful.

We had a nice lunch at The Unbar. It was a Saturday around noon and it wasn't too busy but there…read morewere people there. The staff were friendly and helpful. The decor was cute and there was ample seating. They had several vegan options along with lots of hot drink options. The food was good.

My friend invited me to her running club, which meets right next door, and I learned you can bring…read morefood/drinks over from Voodoo with just a $1 "outdoor cup." While I went on the run, my husband and kids enjoyed Voodoo's music bingo, they had a blast! The brewery had a great family-friendly vibe, lively atmosphere, and solid beer lineup. I joined them afterward, and decided to stay for a bit before going back next door...my daughter won bingo, earning us a $10 gift card (huge excitement for her). I tried a few of the IPAs and rated them 4/5 stars--good flavor, and they stood out compared to other Ohio beers I sampled during the week. Overall, top-notch place. I also loved their book ticket method for drinks--it kept things easy and fun--and the dive-bar vibe paired with the local ambiance made it feel like a true community spot. If I were local, this would absolutely be a go-to spot, especially paired with a post-run visit.

Voodoo Love Child was my favorite brew in the flight of four I had. Deliciously well balanced yeast…read moreand red fruit flavors with moderate sweetness and very smooth. The pork belly and Brussels app would be so much better with a creamy sauce but still was good with the tart balsamic. The Brussels were perfectly crispy even though there were only 5 total pieces of small pork belly in the whole app. It was $10. It is very dark in the place on its own. Order at counter and pick up your food to sit where you want. Trivia on Wednesdays. The pulled pork meal was decent for $12. Fries were incredibly salty but perfectly sized to grab multiple at a time with a fork for easy mouth shoving. Pulled pork was kinda tough. The jalapeño slaw below the pork was peppery perfection! No dessert options.

It's National Hamburger Day! I knew exactly where I wanted to go: New Heights Grill!…read more The hamburger is made perfectly. The fries are made perfectly. Do you see a pattern? This restaurant is PERFECT! Willie was our server. He remembered everything we ordered, and always was personable and attentive. New Heights Grill has been a favorite of mine for many years. I love the informal atmosphere right in the Cedar Lee district. Dessert is always the smile-maker as an enormous stainless steel bowl is plopped on the table, filled with chocolate candies. What a great place!

We are still in the phase of finding new places in our new neighborhood, and I was REALLY excited…read morewhen we read about this place. When we walked in, excitement increased. It has the neighborhood dive feel I love SO FREAKING MUCH. Like, I guarantee you there's a guy named Gary who comes in there 5 times a week who sits down at the bar and just gets handed the same beer he gets every time he's in there. There are probably ten Garys, actually. I loved the vibes. The service was friendly, and the table we sat at was clean. The food was disappointing. Looking back, we should've ordered something a bit more... pub food-like? A burger, chicken wings, something along those lines. My wife hadn't had lunch, and she ordered a steak and potatoes, and I needed to get some sleep before working late so I ordered on the lighter side, a chicken wrap of some kind from the specials. Both were mistakes, They were cooked properly, but her steak was not a great piece of meat, and my wrap was just chicken, chorizo, and cheese on a tortilla. It needed some veg or a sauce or something. We're going to go back and give this place another shot, because I want SO MUCH for it to be good. I'm going to check through the other reviews to see what others really liked. This place has the potential to be a regular stop just based on the vibes, which I love, love, love.

Off the beaten path but so worth it! I'm a fan of creamy grits and well seasoned fried fish. This…read moreplace is a WINNER!! The service was fast and friendly as well.

Wanted to like this place more but it just fell flat. Came…read morehere after a hike nearby with a girlfriend. She was hesitant to choose this place at first because she wanted more options than just burgers/sandwiches. Thankfully we found some Google images of the menu that had rice bowls. Friend ordered a salmon rice bowl and I ordered their famous donut burger. I thought the donut was a little too small and skinny for the price at $14. Also, this is a big kicker--no fries or sides! Within the burger, just a square of Kraft cheese, some bacon, smash burger type patty (2) but no onions, tomatoes or even cucumbers (or pickles). The value is just not it for this. Did it taste good? It did but I needed more of a crunch. Just 1 or 2 slices of raw onion would've been good. Oooooh or like crispy haystack onion straws would be perfect. Server said fries were an additional $5. Okay, no thanks! The place was really loud. It echoed slightly and just the clientele were extremely rowdy on a non-holiday Wednesday evening. It took a while to get seated, for server to even come over to take our order and to request our check. Not very impressed with the experience.

We had a great experience at 56 Kitchen! We ordered the sweet Thai chicken, wings, Spresso Pizza,…read moreand steak tacos and everything was really good. The sweet Thai chicken had the perfect balance of flavor, the wings were on point, and the steak tacos were packed with flavor. The Spresso Pizza was a standout and something we'd definitely order again. But what truly made the experience exceptional was the service. Our server, Kristen was bubbly, attentive, and brought such great energy to the table. She checked on us consistently without being overbearing and made the whole experience feel personal with great conversation. Food was good, service was even better. We'll absolutely be back.

We haven't been to "56 Kitchen" for a long time. But we needed a round table for 10 people and…read morethey're the only place I know of that has one. As a matter of fact, it seats 12. The parking area was extensive so we had no problems in that department. So we went with the family for lunch. The young man that waited on us, Ryan, did a great job. He handled 10 people all by himself and he never missed a beat. A really BIG thank you to Ryan. The menu was reasonably broad so there was something for everyone. And the food was good lunch food... well prepared. You can imagine how much noise a party of 10 can create. That added to the normal noise of the establishment made hearing a little tough, but we handled it. After the meal Ryan made us a fresh pot of coffee, which was excellent. So, all-in-all, things went well and I would return if the need for that table should reoccurr.

Staff are pretty efficient even during busy hours, but I was cut off a couple times while ordering…read more Wouldn't recommend studying here as there aren't many tables and chairs and it gets quite loud. Clean bathrooms, parking is very difficult to find here (see below for recommendations). Got the mango tango 20z - well blended and more heavy than expected on the pineapple taste for me. (right on the street of Beyond Juicery) Metered side street parking exists right outside, which is free after 6pm and on weekends if you can find an open spot (the other side of Euclid bordering the MOCA also has a few spots that are free for 30min, nonmetered parking if you can get an open spot --- https://www.google.com/maps/place/Museum+of+Contemporary+Art+Cleveland/@41.5092922,-81.6047249,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8830fba23d26dc63:0xbe60352775ad6e34!8m2!3d41.5089105!4d-81.604645!16zL20vMGg3bXJ0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) (5 min walk) There next nearest metered side street parking exists on Bellflower Rd (just one block over from Euclid - just set your navigation to turn at this building -- https://www.google.com/maps/place/George+S.+Dively+Building,+11240+Bellflower+Rd,+Cleveland,+OH+44106/@41.5092922,-81.6063342,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8830fb8bb5f9e0b3:0x9003060437a8e85c!8m2!3d41.5102027!4d-81.6065416!16s%2Fg%2F1v44fm9d?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D (less than 5 min walk) This parking lot behind the planet fitness is free for 30 min and is super close as well. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Parking+lot,+Euclid+Ave,+Cleveland,+OH+44106/@41.5092922,-81.6063342,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8830fb8a6c771dcf:0xee46029d17381b88!8m2!3d41.5102672!4d-81.6044483!16s%2Fg%2F11crrfr8vr?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

I enjoy the smoothies here and had decided to try the duo deal. I had a simple question about cup…read moresizes but got yelled back at by the worker, later found out the manager, she neglected to listen to my question. No complaints about the other workers, they were all pleasant.

We used to LOVE this restaurant! We still love the servers. They haven't changed. They know us by…read morenale and they know what beverage we like without having to ask. The food had always been delicious until this last visit. Given we are regulars at the place, we know the quality of the food has been consistently fantastic and the wait for the food is typical - not too fast or slow - enough to prepare the meal given how busy the place has always been. This last time, however, it was a good 45 minutes before the order came to the table. Neither one of our meals was very good. I was very hypiglycemic by this point and so I ate the french toast that was completely uncooked inside. At first I wasn't thrilled that the bread was considerably smaller than it used to be until i bit into it to find cold wet mush. I should not have eaten it at all. My friend had ordered a patty melt - medium which should be light pink in the center. It was bloody red. She sent it back and about 20 min later it came back exavtly the same. She sent it back again. Another 20 minutes later it came back well done and with spices in the meat that made the meat taste lousy. So now she had a burger that wass over cooked and tasted bad. She didnt gat to eat because by that time we were done. I wish i had turned back the french toast. I kept hoping with every bite it might be cooked. Not one bite was cooked. Not even one. Being hypoglycemic I felt like I would lose my cool if I didnt eat something so I ate. It turns out the place had been bought and the new owner really didnt care. We got to talk to the brother of the new owner who only said that the place has been very busy and that should speak to the quality. He couldnt care less about our experience. All I have to say is that they are going to be losing a lot of money having to replace meals and once people find out about the sudden drop in quality of the food, those peeople that have been filling the place will not be returning as we wont be either. We refuse to go somewhere that the owners could care less about their patrons.

Jack's Deli is an Eastern European/Jewish deli that's been a part of the community since the…read more1980's. The original owner grew up in then Czechoslovakia and brought a part of home to the US. Recently the deli was acquired by the Cleveland Restaurant Group. I've been visiting the deli for over half a decade when I crave Eastern European meals. Lately I've been less enthusiastic about visiting due to food changes. RECENT CHANGES: The deli operations have remained unchanged from the customer standpoint. There is still restaurant area and deli. The menu is the same. The hours of operating were reduced with few dinner times remaining. The food recently drastically worsened seemingly due to ingredients. Soups especially took a hit tasting more artificial. ATMOSPHERE: Casual, old style, mom and pop atmosphere. Most guests are families. The front of the business is a deli where you can order your goodies and pay at the counter. The back is the restaurant where you can get seated by the host who is located by the deli. The layout makes entry and exit challenging. FOOD: I always take my food to go, and never dined at the restaurant. I previously ordered many dishes and to be honest can't remember them all. All were good. As a result, I'll talk about my latest order. - Cabbage Borscht ($11.75 for a quart) - I'm from the country who invented borscht and had many borschts in my life from different countries. This is not borscht. It has no beets. It's a vegetable cabbage soup. The menu does not indicate this is a spicy soup, the receipt indicates "hot cabbage soup." The soup is spicy which borscht never is. Worst of all, there is a very strong hint of canned tomatoes or some tomato paste. I couldn't eat more than two spoons of this soup due to artificial flavor. It's very poorly made. It's hard to name this homemade soup as listed in the menu because of artificial ingredients. Real tomatoes would drastically improve this soup. - Mushroom Barley ($11.75) - The soup wasn't pleasant. It tastes slimy. I think that the problem is the base is some vegetable puree. I didn't enjoy it. - Knishes ($7.90 x 2) - I love knishes here and they taste the same as before. Very heavy on the meat (Rueben in my case) and delicious. To be very honest they don't always feel fresh but I love them just the same. SERVICE: Service is average. The guys at the deli aren't too warm or friendly. The checkout people are always nice. There is clearly some miscommunication between the kitchen and the front of the house. Items are frequently promised but then denied. The front of the house seems to not know at all what's available in the back. There has to be some communication or inventory tool to fix this. It's confusing to the first time customers. It's also confusing to me with every order. PARKING: Plenty of parking available with two entrances and exits. The main entry from Cedar Road is the easiest. Stay vigilant as you navigate the parking lot, there are some narrow parts and alleys with two way traffic. The one differentiating factor of this restaurant was its homemade appeal. Everything tasted like someone's Eastern European grandma shared the recipe and prepared the food. Now the food is tasting commercial and lost its initial appeal. I'll be back to Jack's Deli for the deli (knishes) but won't be ordering any restaurant items again.