Blue Point Grille 700 W. St. Clair Avenue - 216.875.7827 Bar,Late night,Private rooms,Romantic,View<br>Reservations: Recommended Cuisine: Seafood Recommended Dishes:Clam Chowder Stuffed jumbo lobster tail Review:The best clam chowder ever They seated us without a reservation on a Saturday night within 20 minutes. The service and food was outstanding. Very attentive. I would love to have their recipe for the chowder. Review:Wow - is this place really in Cleveland??? Absolutely incredible experience! Food excellent - but the service was over the top - caring and attentive. Superb wine list. Loved it so much, went back the next night and ate at the bar.
Blue Pointe Grille 700 W Saint Clair Ave - 216.875.7827 Recommended Dishes:The 2.5lb lobster w/risotto rice. Review:Out-of-town-visitor! This restaurant was by far the best that I have been to in years. While in town on business a co-worker suggested the restaurant. I would just like to say that there was nothing to disapprove of there. I give it 5 stars.
Sergio's in University Circle 1903 Ford Drive - 216.231.1234 Recommended Dishes:soups, Sangria, apple berry cobbler, salmon, any sandwhich Review:Outstanding, Innovative Food, Great Service, Delightful Setting
Academy Tavern 12800 Larchmere Boulevard - 216.229.1171 $5.01 - $15 Cuisine: Deli / Sandwiches Recommended Dishes:Burgers, Veal Parm., Homemade Spaghetti Seafood, spagheiit, burgers Chicken Parmesan and Academy Burger Review:Best Tavern in Town Dining at the Academy Tavern was an incredible experience. This place is right out of a movie. The atmosphere is a throwback to a time when everyone went to their neighboorhood joint. Plus the food is the epitome of comfort food. You won't leave hungry. Also, the prices can't be beat. I very highly recommend this restaurant. Review:Great Casual Dining I've been coming to this 1939 restaurant since 1965. A wonderful blue-collar neighborhood place with a bar, but food is excellent and plentiful. House salad dressing superb. Review:Like Cheers Only Better I found this place on a whim over a year ago. The owner Sam instantly made us feel at home. The second time we went in we were treated like regulars. The food was spectacular. The Chicken Club and the Chicken Parmesan are out of this world. Whether you're craving a burger or one of their amazing pastas you won't go home hungry. The portions are huge and you'll definetly leave satisfied.
Mama Santa 12305 Mayfield Road - 216.231.9567 Recommended Dishes:cheese pizza, cavatelli Review:Best Pizza in Cleveland, if not the USA
Phnom Penh Restaurant 13124 Lorain Avenue - 216.251.0210 Cuisine: Vietnamese Recommended Dishes:mild pad thai, vegetarian spring roll, fruit smoothies Review:Tasty Thai on the West Side
'Stino da Napoli 19070 Old Detroit Road - 440.331.3944 $15.01 - $30 Cuisine: Italian Recommended Dishes:Get the gnocchi. It's creamy and soft and rich. Review:Gnocchi, yes! Fabulous find of a bistro. One of my favorites in Northern Ohio. Review:Good but nothing special Decent food but lacks creativity. The food represents good home cooking but I would rather stay at home for that than dress up and go out. Inexpensive but basically you get what you pay for.
Blind Pig 1228 W. 6th Street - 216.621.0001 Recommended Dishes:pizza Review:Good Happy hour, but crowded The Pig has great lunch food and a very good happy hour (24 oz. drafts for $2) but the happy hour is VERY crowded.
Great Lakes Brewing Company 2516 Market Ave - 216.771.4404 Review:Great place to go for anyone.
Baricelli Inn 2203 Cornell Road - 216.791.1300 Cuisine: Italian Review:Don't go !!! I will never visit this place again. My dining experience was great, but I also stayed an evening at this small B&B, and it was terrible. There was a problem with the temp control system so I tried to have the issue addressed with both the Manager and the Owner to no avail. I was treated very poorly (yelled at, accused of lying and trying to get a free stay). If you like being treated with respect and appreciation, find another place to spend your money. Review:So disappointing!!! After months of anticipation, my husband and I dined at the Baricelli. We were celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary and it's been our tradition every year to try a new restaurant; we had never been disappointed, until this landmark year. The restaurant itself was lovely and, despite the Willy-Wonka chairs at each table, very romantic. We were seated at a linen-draped table on the glass-enclosed patio; it really was gorgeous. Our waiter, who unfortunately never gave us his name, was impeccable; he took care of us the way you expect to be served in "one of the 50 best restaurants in the country." But the food was just horrible. After hearing the special described by our waiter, my husband and I both chose the "tasting menu." We had thoroughly enjoyed the only other tasting or degustation menu we had tried in the past (from Emeril's in Orlando---oh my goodness!); and since that meal itself was one of, if not the best meal we have ever eaten in our lives (and we dine at "great" restaurants often),we were hoping to recreate that feeling for this special occasion (this is the first tasting menu we've seen since then, other than the Leopard in Aurora--maybe we'll go back there). The tasting menu at Emeril's was a unique vision of the chef, each course was a delectable, perfectly balanced treat. At the Baricelli, we were served the extra leftovers from the specials of the night; seriously, the waiter had read the specials for the evening and then we found out the tasting menu was smaller portions of each of those. Fine, we'll try it, we thought. Bad move on our part. The tasting menu consisted of 7 course (this is what our waiter described): lamb broth with spring vegetables, SAUTEED red snapper on white lentils, seared foie gras with BISON SHORT RIBS, sorbet(is that a course?), veal napolean, and a vanilla-infused panne DRIZZLED WITH A 25-YEAR OLD BALSAMIC VINEGAR. Sound tasty, right? I know that doesn't equal 7, but either that's all there was or they counted the amuse bouche as a course, or they served us something that was extraordinarily forgettable. The amuse bouche was good, shredded crab with tarragon on a cucumber slice. It really was good and that made us eager and excited about having the experience of another incredible meal. The lamb broth was quite delicious and at first, I thought the vegetables were cooked tender-crisp; at the end of the meal, I realized they just weren't done. It was all down hill from there. The red snapper was blandly breaded and fried; my husband's description was that it was "worse than Mrs. Paul's." Before our 3rd course was served, our waiter came to tell us that there had been a substition in the menu (yeah, after we had ordered and already consumed 2 of the 6, I mean 7, courses. Instead of the bison short ribs, which I was really looking forward to enjoying, I was now going to get SWEETBREADS! C'mon...that's quite a change. I'm 4 months pregnant and not a whole lot sounds appealing, but c'mon...sweetbreads? And yes, it was as horrible as it sounds (I literally gagged my way through 2 bites and pushed my plate aside---honestly, if the waiter would have stated "sweetbreads" at the beginning of the evening, I would have ordered something else...darn it). Anyway, so next was the sorbet?, and then the veal napolean. All the plates, by the way, were asthetically pleasing...presentation was A+. But I really think it was lamb napolean. I've never had veal that tasted like lamb (they are 2 different animals, aren't they?...maybe they threw some lamb in to make the 7th course). And then, dessert. It was good but I actually had to ask the waiter where the 25-year-old balsamic vinegar was...he said in the coulis. I couldn't even taste it. It must have just been a drop or 2. So basically, I can say for the whopping price of $95.oo a plate, I enjoyed the amuse bouche (not part of the tasting menu, every person is served this), the lamb broth minus the vegetables, the little chocolate treats (amazing!)that came with the bill, and the coffee (outstanding!). Then, why did our check come to $250.00, not including the tip? We are more than willing to pay that kind of money for the meal of a lifetime, but to pay that much for one of the biggest disappointment and for what I enjoy it should have been $35 total! What a shame. Will we go back? Maybe, but we will never order the tasting menu again. What a shame.
John Q's Steakhouse 55 Public Square - 216.861.0900 Review:Had a taste for steak. We had heard all about John Q's for steak. My husband orders his steak well everytime. We had to send his back twice. They also have homemade potatoe chips that taste like cardboard. Very disappointing dinner.
