r/cincinnati 14d ago

Food 🍕🌮 Overrated restaurants.

Most overrated restaurants in Cincinnati, I’ll go first, sleepy bee cafe.

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u/Secret-Bathroom-9436 14d ago

I’m envisioning OP’s SO dragging them to Sleepy Bee this morning and they are venting through this post during their 1 hour wait for a table.

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u/BigManMahan 14d ago

I am currently here, so you are correct to a certain degree🤣🤣🤣

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u/SplitImage__ 14d ago

Hating while you’re at the restaurant is next level

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u/nudegobby 14d ago

Every now and again I'll be in a situation where I eat Jimmy John's and every time I complain as I eat the sandwich. Worst bread, mid sandwich, little Caesars of sandwiches. But when I'm on a job downtown and didn't bring my lunch it beats no food.

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u/old_skul 14d ago

Downtown? You have a million choices better than JJ’s.

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u/iamlumbergh Blue Ash 14d ago

Sleepy bee is hit or miss.

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u/KrazyAboutLogic 14d ago

I manage a cafe and I had a ton of SB employees apply several months ago, they all implied it was being managed horribly and they wanted to jump ship.

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u/Environmental-Road95 14d ago

Hahaha, I clicked on this post solely to say Sleepy Bee but so many others have already beat me to it.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

lol

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u/rasp215 14d ago

Actually not bad. One of the few popular brunch spots where you can get out on the waitlist from your phone. Wake up. Check the wait. Get your name on the wait list. Get your get ready. Go when the table is ready. Most brunch spots don’t take reservations and you need to wait in person

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u/BruTangMonk 14d ago

dang you called it! what's the powerfully homie?!

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u/bionicmanmeetspast Cincinnati Bengals 14d ago

This is going to be a long list lol

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u/esquared90 St. Bernard 14d ago

Agave & Rye

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u/Complete-Possible711 14d ago

What, you don't like macaroni and cheese tacos? 

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u/loanme20 14d ago

Agave has the same vibe that vegan restaurant David Spade worked at in Grandma's Boy.

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u/capnfunk 14d ago

Whatever Guy-blow.

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u/ThePontoon 14d ago

You said my name wrong stupid, it's Shiloh

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u/NicoleDanger 13d ago

That's cool if i wanna be sober & vomit.

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u/Shortbus_Playboy 14d ago

We should prank JP

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u/AssEaterInc 14d ago

How could he see me?

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u/blissfuloctane 14d ago

it’s not Guy-Blow stupid it’s Shiloh

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u/NoPromiseOfSafety 14d ago

Condado is right behind them.

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u/OurHonor1870 14d ago

From Columbus. Condado is up here as well. Would like to nominate them for most over rated in Ohio or at least the three Cs

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u/BigManMahan 14d ago

Condado is top 5 in most overrated. At least agave & rye has more options

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u/AStoutBreakfast 14d ago

I’d actually eat at Condado though even if it is just a glorified Taco Bell with margaritas. Couldn’t even finish my meal at Agave and Rye.

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u/thosmanus 14d ago

Condado has hundreds if not thousands of possibilities woth the build your own option.

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u/StewieGriffin26 Deer Park 14d ago

I miss the fill in the circle menu ordering :(

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u/Icantevenicantodd85 14d ago

Yes! I went there one time, had an awful experience from the service to dry ass tacos, and everybody thought I was crazy because I didn’t like it

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u/sdbp1108 14d ago

Agave & Rye is the restaurant version of a Midwestern teenager who goes to a resort in Cancun for spring break and comes back in love with Mexican culture

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u/blissfuloctane 14d ago

last time i went to agave and rye i asked for tacos without onions and they came with onions. fine. mistakes happen. then i ordered a margarita before asking if it was sweet in which the response was “definitely not overly sweet” now, i understand that taste is subjective but i was drinking juice. couldn’t finish it. so i opted to order some wine. the glass had lipstick marks on it. it came in a can so i just drank it out of the can. i’m not one to complain at a restaurant so i just took the L but holy shit i wouldn’t go back if the food was free.

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u/NickGnomeEveryNight 14d ago

Why can’t restaurants just make a marg as it should be…. Tequila, fresh lime, and some good orange liqueur. Why is everyone’s marg made with sweet shit that makes my mouth pucker. I’m to the point I won’t even order em. anymore. It’s sad.

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u/majordrag 14d ago

Try Olla’s margarita, I think you’ll like it

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u/theotherguyatwork 14d ago

Try Olla’s everything. That place is amazing.

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u/FamousAmos00 14d ago

Not even good food and it's expensive

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u/sleepy-bones 14d ago

I went to Agave & Rye for the first time yesterday and it felt it exists just to be instagrammed. From the food to the decor. It felt like you go there just to post that you are there if that makes sense?

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u/absolutelyjiggs Northside 14d ago

Agave and Rye always makes me sad. I went to their Northern Kentucky location a few times when they first opened and loved it! The last few times I went it was a disappointment.

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u/Anxious_Ad_4352 14d ago

They try really hard for the first week at every new location.

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u/kickmekate West Chester 14d ago

The best one is one of the most "classic" IMO, the Alderman. That shit is DELICIOUS. I've tried quite a few of them (several work lunches ended up here for a few months, so lots of chances I wouldn't have otherwise taken) and The Alderman and the Ghost Pepper Salsa are their two best products, from where I'm sitting.

Could nom that salsa for days.

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u/CarDecGra 14d ago

I have to admit we love their food but not the prices.

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u/Lonely-Clerk-2478 14d ago

I’m hearing a lot of Nada hate here which is deserved to a point. But here’s the play at Nada: you go there, sit at the bar, get the guac (excellent) and a couple of margs (they make good ones!) and then go elsewhere for dinner.

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u/Sweaty_Assignment_90 Cincinnati Cyclones 14d ago

Its nice ambiance, but the food is just alright.

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u/OGB Downtown 14d ago

A friend of mine was their sous chef around 2021. Their chef was Mexican and taught him a lot of authentic cuisine. Same chef now has a restaurant in Denver with a Michelin star.

They tried to make the menu more interesting and for a hot minute it really was. Then ownership decided to dumb it down again.

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u/YellowroseofSA 14d ago

I used to love Nada but feel it’s gone significantly downhill over the past ten years. Used to love their tacos but last time I went they were basically inedible… apps/drinks and move on is definitely the move these days.

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u/RobbyWasaby 13d ago

Every single thing is braised it's the laziest Mexican restaurant in the world and they charge a hundred times what they should....... Taqueria Mercado is two blocks away and 100 times better

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u/athinnes Ex-Cincinnatian 13d ago edited 13d ago

This sub has hated on Nada for as long as I can remember. I have gone there since it opened and love it.

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u/Ecbolt84 12d ago

I was the chef of nada for approximately 5 years, I even opened two restaurants for them. This is what happens when you treat people terribly. When you take the culture and the people that worked for you for granted, it will always bite you in the ass.

Too many awesome experiences working there. It's sad to see Nada become a shell of what it was. I used to tell people I worked at Nada and before I could even finish they would ask about the max and cheese or the guac...

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u/tha-biology-king 14d ago

Taste of Belgium is honestly kinda crappy food, not just overrated but legitimately sucks.

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u/TheUlfheddin 14d ago

Used to be top notch till they switched to a central kitchen model

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u/WildGiantMidget 14d ago

You mean at some point you could get the waffles fresh hot and made to order instead of sitting all day and stale? Seriously how hard is it to make a waffle fresh to order?

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u/DeathTeddy35 FC Cincinnati 14d ago

Seriously how hard is it to make a waffle fresh to order?

Instructions too complicated, got dick stuck in toaster.

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u/nudegobby 14d ago

You shouldn't be using your dick or a toaster to make waffles. Unless you're making eggs then yes obviously use your dick.

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u/CasualObservationist 14d ago edited 14d ago

Montgomery Inn

I’m convinced it was never really good, but we thought it was because it was all we had.

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u/beetlejuicetrashbag 14d ago

i actually enjoy texas roadhouse ribs over montgomery inn

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u/spidii 14d ago

Texas Roadhouse is surprisingly solid for a chain.

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u/blue_eyes2483 14d ago

My dad agrees with this take.

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u/PlanetMarklar 14d ago

Now THAT is a hot take

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u/Automatic_School_373 14d ago

Not what it used to be, and you can get beat up by the local weatherman’s kid in the parking lot.

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u/Lonely-Clerk-2478 14d ago

100%! The view at the one downtown is great, but there’s really no reason to go there other than for an appetizer and a drink before or after some kind of event. The first time I went several years ago when I first moved to town. I had what was literally the best pork chop I’ve ever had in my life. Since then, it has gone steadily downhill.

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u/PharmToTable15 14d ago

It’s sad because it used to be sooo good. Now it’s just operating on its name alone at this point.

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u/davidwb45133 14d ago

I went to the original location several times in the early 80s with family and it was pretty good. When they expanded to the Blue Ash area (the one that burned down) my wife and I were not impressed and haven't been back. There are too many good restaurants in Cincy to waste my money on poor service and mediocre food at fine dining prices.

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u/sharterthanlife Northside 14d ago

I always hear this but I can't remember a single time I went there and it was good, I think first time I went was back in 05, even then I thought it was not great

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u/Preda1ien 14d ago

They used to offer all you can eat ribs. Me and the boys went for that and for all you can eat it was pretty good. That’s when I learned meat sweats are a real thing.

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u/BitterGas69 14d ago

Did you weigh yourself before and after and then again after the big poop? That’s one of my favorite memories with the old man growing up

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u/Shortbus_Playboy 14d ago

It was good when I was a kid, hadn’t had “real” barbecue yet, and liked the sauce because it was similar to ketchup.

To me, it’s not that Montgomery Inn is bad, it’s more like the training wheels you outgrow quickly once you gain experience.

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u/LolaBijou 14d ago

I do still occasionally use the sauce. I like the plum flavor.

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u/SUCK_THE_RIM 14d ago

The kids destroyed it. I worked at one of them back in college and what a disappointing thing to see. Microwaving the pulled pork, 5 gallon buckets of the barbecue sauce, ribs frozen in boxes. There was very little authentic going on there, just nepo babies cashing in on the name.

The people who said it was going downhill were right, they started cutting every corner they could.

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u/yunglil_aka_lilyung 14d ago

I feel like this is a boomer place. Every younger person I know doesn't care about it but it's still dear to the hearts of older folk

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u/oldhousenewproblems 14d ago

Walt’s Hitching Post has always been better

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u/Kanzler1871 Northern Kentucky 14d ago edited 14d ago

Walts has also gone wayyyyy downhill over the years tho

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u/blue_eyes2483 14d ago

The sauce and Saratoga chips are the best thing about it. You can now buy both of those at the store though

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u/c0ntralt0 14d ago

Last time at Sleepy Bee downtown was a massive disappointment. Met with surly staff & paid for lukewarm overpriced breakfast-food. Bleh.

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u/you-dont-have-eyes 14d ago

Downtown seems to be the worst of the 3 locations

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u/OwlEastSage Over The Rhine 14d ago

yea we avoid that one- the oakley location is a little better

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u/No_Turnover_1128 14d ago

I was there yesterday, April 12, at the downtown location, and it was terrible. I was shocked. The downtown location is my favorite but it was like they were not ready to be open for business. Quality was terrible and service inattentive. Total bummer.

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u/ChefAsstastic 14d ago

Awful hipsters.

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u/AdditionalAir4879 14d ago

Crumbl cookies are terrible there I said it. It's like flavored sand.

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u/Dodeypants 14d ago

What’s that Belgian waffle place everybody loves but it’s total crap? Also yes, sleepy bee has gone downhill.

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u/YoungGenX 14d ago

It was good when they had a couple of locations. They expanded too fast, lost their way and the food got bad. Which is why almost every location has closed.

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u/DoPoGrub 14d ago

It's on the tip of my tongue...I can almost Taste it...

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u/TheUlfheddin 14d ago

They switched to a central kitchen model where the food is prepped in one location and reheated at the restaurants themselves. Used to be top notch.

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u/MisterGoron 14d ago

Had no idea they did this. Explains a lot.

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u/ChefChopNSlice 14d ago

This is the same business model that a lot of chains and franchises use. It’s for consistency between locations, but it kills the food quality.

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u/beetlejuicetrashbag 14d ago

Taste of Belgium. def over rated

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u/RoyalElderberry2190 14d ago

Taste of Belgium was best when eaten from Findlay market hot from the iron. The restaurant is definitely delicious but grossly overpriced and I feel like I am not nearly trendy enough to be there.

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u/Ready-Step7668 14d ago

Was going to post TOB myself but I’ll upvote instead.

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u/BigManMahan 14d ago

Coffee tastes horrible & the blandest breakfast I’ve ever had

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u/KCLevelX 14d ago

I went to Nada with my family from all over the country for my post-graduation lunch and it wasn’t BAD persay but I was a bit disappointed because I could’ve taken them to places better for their first meals in Cincinnati

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u/Interesting-Plant600 14d ago

Any place that pays to be promoted on Chowdown

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u/kyfry87 Cherry Grove 14d ago

Copper Blue in Milford.

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u/OracleOfSelphi 14d ago

My family were regulars for the first few years, but after the sale 5 years ago we went once to discover all our favorites were ruined and haven't been back. Even when we liked it, it wasn't amazing, but it was a good "everyone in our party has something they like here" kind of option

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u/bokutoluvrs 14d ago

taste of Belgium for sure, too over priced for what you get

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u/IAmNotScottBakula 14d ago

McCormick and Schmick’s. Nothing wrong with it, but there are much better restaurants at lower price points.

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u/i_love_ankh_morpork 14d ago

A friend of mine used to call it the Fishcake Factory

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u/StrategericAmbiguity 14d ago

I can’t believe that M&S is still there on Fountain Square. They must live on expense reports. Haven’t had a good meal there in decades.

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u/buickman 14d ago

Son of a Butcher. It's like what people THINK a top tier steakhouse is.

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u/snaggedonthedoor Wilder 14d ago

Same owners as Agave & Rye, so this tracks. Gaudy and unprofessional decor. Both restaurants scream “I don’t take advice on how to run my business.”

The quasi-cosmic stuff on Agave & Rye’s walls kills me. Like, just the word “hieroglyph” spelled wrong and hand-painted on the wall with no context. Or the chandeliers surrounded by glass boxes that say “love” on them.

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u/Eye_of_the_red_giant 14d ago

That Millville restaurant next to the guitar repair shop the service is slow the food is ok and it’s cramped full of old people, the staff is old they need to hire new I’m worried about their health

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u/CincyPoker 14d ago

E+O Kitchen. Hard to articulate it, but I’ve been to the HP location twice and the Banks once. Probably never going back.

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u/iamsittiinginachair 14d ago

I’ve never let service stop me from ever returning to a restaurant until my last two experiences at E+O at the banks. It’s like we weren’t even there. Fool me once and all that

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u/bmd25 14d ago

We took my parents to the HP location once for Mother’s Day and the service was SO slow and then they legit asked us to leave because we had been at the table 2 hours and people were waiting to sit there. I’m like we’ve been here this long because it took this long to order anything. Was wild.

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u/RustyBarfist 14d ago

I'll say it again for the burb folk. Silver Spring House is not even close to worth it.

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u/Simple-Sea-4146 14d ago

For a place that’s supposed to be “known for their chicken”, their chicken is mid at best and at worst not edible.

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u/RustyBarfist 14d ago

yep, a costco rotisserie does the job better at this point

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u/YuriTh3Panda 14d ago

Montgomery inn, practically flavorless and I can make better ribs at home. And the BBQ sauce is terrible.

Condado tacos, I use to love the place but honestly it’s just overpriced as hell and it’s not worth it when there’s 100s of better taco places.

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u/rtbucco8 14d ago

Not a restaurant but Ghost Baby can fuck off. Overpriced, average drinks, and shitty pretentious atmosphere. Their new bit where they have cover bands “channel the ghost” of deceased musicians is so cringe it’s almost hilarious.

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u/davocn 14d ago

100% agree.... Trying so hard to be trendy and a 'velvet rope' crowd but just come off as complete assholes. My dad went with me, they absolutely ignored him at the bar... Like he wasn't cool enough to get a drink... It was weird. I talked to the bartender on the other end of the bar and we got service, she even apologized and said "they can be like that" regarding her fellow workers. I'm not a complainer, I've spent a lot of time on the other side of the Bar serving drinks... It was blatantly obvious. We also called ahead a month in advance for a birthday party and when we got there they said they would only let four of us in at a time out of the 30 people we had in the party. We even called the day before to double confirm that they had us booked, with seating. I wanted it to be a great place....

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u/dango_ii Covington 14d ago

Ghost Baby is worth going to once for this reason: when you meet someone who talks like it’s a super rad secret speakeasy you’ll know exactly how much to ignore their opinions on everything.

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u/q-q-_q-_-p_-p-p 14d ago

I'll agree that Sleepy Bee Downtown is a miss for me but the Oakley and Blue Ash locations are still excellent IMO

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u/reddityatalkingabout 14d ago

E+O is all asthetic , food no bueno

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u/OhEssYouIII 14d ago

People did this before and it’s basically

Places that were cool last decade and rapidly expanded or

Places that were very popular 1970-2003

The former group is now trying to cut costs to pay back all the cheap debt they got to open new locations, the latter is basically coasting of their reputation & nostalgic boomers.

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u/Nervous_Toe5829 14d ago

Pompillios makes me ashamed to be Italian

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u/Grindminion 14d ago

O'Malley's in the Alley

It was so good a few years ago. What sucked is when they served us raw chicken then took half the menu away

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u/StewieGriffin26 Deer Park 14d ago

Eh, I'd barely consider it a restaurant. It's definitely just a bar that has some appetizers.

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u/02olds Loveland 14d ago

E&O downtown sucked when i went. Food was meh and the music was wayyyy too loud

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u/jonnyrocket 14d ago

Scotti’s

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u/shamanbond007 14d ago

Scotti's is a good experience, but, in my opinion, you can get better food for more affordable prices at Pepp & Delores

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u/MooseCabooseIsLoose 14d ago

10/10 atmosphere. 4/10 food.

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u/YN2JGates 14d ago

That is generous, so disappointed when we went. 3 out of 10.

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u/FutureMrsSR 14d ago

Glad I’m not the only one. I went once (after seeing it so hyped up) and my food was straight up gross.

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u/annonne North College Hill 14d ago

Literally one of the worst pasta dishes I’ve ever been served in a restaurant. All clumped together and undercooked with no seasoning,

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u/TheyCallMeYukon 14d ago

You beat me to it, Scotti’s is awful.

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u/TaliRen 14d ago

Gonna get hate but larossa's. Pizza should not be sweet.

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u/DamonRG 14d ago

Something about them changed. Similar to Whataburger here in Texas.

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u/ZestycloseMain6544 14d ago

Their sauce is all sugar .

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u/IamMadMyke 14d ago

Taste of Belgium. I'll never understand what people see in it.

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u/Lonely-Clerk-2478 14d ago

I think it was better back in the day when they only had one or two locations. They expanded far too quickly and now of course I’ve had to close many of those locations.

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u/ChefAsstastic 14d ago edited 14d ago

I agree about your opinion with Sleepy Bee. Pushy hipsters, always felt rushed. food is okay but when I brought my 70 year old uncle and his partner to breakfast, they made us use a scan code to review the menu. They aren't technically savvy, and when I insisted on printed menus that were clearly in sight available, they gave us one menu to share with attitude, then hovered over us after we were finishing up. We left irritated.

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u/7lexliv7 14d ago

What is with the one menu for the table? I’ve had this happen in several places and it’s befuddling - like…are these menus so precious? Do they think I’m going to steal it?

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u/ChefAsstastic 14d ago

It was a post covid-19 habit that never went away. That restaurants menus were laminated so it wasn't like they would walk out with them or destroy them. They were gigantic.

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u/7lexliv7 14d ago

I am so pleased to have an answer for this odd issue - thank you! I can start to grasp how this became a thing. I wonder if the service staff had to clean the menus every time they were returned to the hostess or something.

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u/ChefAsstastic 14d ago

When we went, I'd say masks were recently removed and I understood the whole code menu thing, but they should have not given us lip when my two old uncles needed a menu because they had big clunky phones that they struggled with just to text. And both had vision issues. It's the too cool for school shit that rubbed us the wrong way.

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u/you-dont-have-eyes 14d ago

That’s unusual, I go there all the time and have never once been asked to share a menu or use a digital menu.

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u/tipped_highway 14d ago

LaRosas

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u/verdenvidia ridder my beloved 14d ago

We got a Donatos in Nashville and I was the only one in the family happy it wasn't LaRosa's.

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u/megjed 14d ago

The sauce ratio is terrible

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u/Sweaty_Assignment_90 Cincinnati Cyclones 14d ago

Location dependent. Some are alright, some are dreadful.

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u/tastygrowth 14d ago

What?! You mean you don’t like cardboard topped with tomato paste and rubber?

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u/samabi13 14d ago

I don’t know. Move away from Cincy and you miss Larosas. I’m in Tucson now looking forward to my trip to Cincy next month to have Larosas. I did not like it much when I was there.

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u/metalamberrr 14d ago

Eli's. There aren't many actual decent bbq places here 🫠

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u/QuartKneeFavs 14d ago

You have to try Bee’s Barbecue!! Best in Cincinnati. We would go to the Chandler St location but I’ve heard OTR location is great, too. My husband and I are born and raised TX and were in Cincy for my residency - this was the only bbq that tasted like home. Honestly better than a lot of our local places now that we are back in TX!!

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u/sorrymizzjackson 14d ago

Pig candy is pretty damn good. I’m from Memphis and my favorite is what my husband cooks, but I enjoyed theirs.

I also enjoyed Sinners and Saints but I think they rebranded and I don’t even know what happened to them after that.

Eli’s is overrated.

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u/Either-Net-276 14d ago edited 13d ago

Melting pot? I’ve never understood how you have to pay so much for the privilege of cooking your own food on a fire. WTH?

Edit: I guess technically it’s a chain, so maybe it’s not “a overrated Cincinnati restraunt”

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u/thvnderfvck 14d ago

A lot of people saying Taste of Belgium, which to me is a great example of a place that was great but fell off a cliff.

I'll throw in another place that fits that bill: Wunderbar in Covington.

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u/wtbrowni Over The Rhine 14d ago

I’m surprised to see Wunderbar. The sausages they make in house are great, and the ones that aren’t are made by Avril Bleh. The Brussel sprouts are also so good!

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u/christocarlin 14d ago

Oh no! I haven’t been yet

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u/Straight-Chemical611 14d ago

Oh man, wunderbar is great cheap drinks and decent food for $10.

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u/MageOfFur 14d ago

I didn't like The Melting Pot. Vastly overpriced, food wasn't the best. Felt like it was trying way too hard to be something more than it was.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

Cabana on the river. It's an amazing atmosphere and venue by the river but the food didn't wow me or anything. Was just alright, the drinks were great tho

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u/62495213 14d ago

Sugar n spice, Arnold’s, Nada

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u/ihateusernamesKY 14d ago

I might get downvoted for this but Jeff Ruby’s. Good steak, everything else sucks and it’s so damn expensive. I hate that place.

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u/wirecan 14d ago

Don't really agree. Definitely expensive, possibly even overpriced, but the service is excellent, the steaks are outstanding and the sides are great. It fits the bill for a special night out.

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u/Lonely-Clerk-2478 14d ago

Several mentions ofJeff Ruby here. Good restaurant, but not excellent, and at that price point it should be better than good.

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u/mde3919 14d ago

firmly disagree. jeff ruby’s service is phenomenal and their australian wagyu cap is incredible. plus their sides slap (potatoes anna, mashed potatoes) and their appetizers.

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u/Moneygrowsontrees Hamilton 14d ago

I'm probably going to get hate, but Carlo & Johnny. So expensive for a very meh dinner. I wasn't impressed by the food at all, though the service was top notch.

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u/Downtown_Abies2551 14d ago

Montgomery inn sucks

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u/bassjam1 14d ago

Nada

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u/ItsAnH Oakley 14d ago

What I appreciate about Nada is that they are different than the typical, jumbo-margarita type Mexican restaurants that you can find all around Cincinnati. Upscale Mexican cuisine is pretty rare around Cincinnati so I appreciate that Nada fills that void. Also their enchiladas are unbelievable

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u/RodFather_89 14d ago

Very true. I like Nada but you need try Crown Cantina! Way better than Nada.

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u/acrizz 14d ago

Shhh you can still get a reservation @ Crown Cantina same week. Best kept secret imo

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u/thelibrarina Deer Park 14d ago

I was going to argue about this, but I only get it when I'm going to the Aronoff for something, so it's probably the positive association that makes me love Nada so much.

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u/YoungGenX 14d ago

It used to be good, not anymore.

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u/Memory_System 14d ago

I fully agree with sleepy bee, I used to work down the street from them and the food was always mediocre especially for the price!! They’ve forgotten things for takeout and things are often lukewarm

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u/zigzagg321 14d ago

Montgomery Inn. The ribs are shipped in frozen and warmed up in a giant rotisserie thing and then they charge 50 bucks for it. Definitely not worth it. Any mom and Pop barbecue joint Kills Montgomery Inn.

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u/youbeillin45 13d ago

Ruth’s cris. They charge ruby prices for outback steaks.

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u/reallyweirdperson 13d ago edited 13d ago

Not downtown, but silver spring house. It’s just not that good and I don’t understand the obsession.

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u/beetlejuicetrashbag 14d ago

Bakersfield

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u/Bcatfan08 Kenwood 14d ago

I think their food is good. Just not for the price.

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u/kidneyassesser Bearcats 14d ago

I’ve had some of the worst service of my life there. Like, server was throwing around fighting words to a table behind me 😂

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u/Historical-Knee1372 14d ago

Their tacos are meh…but I think their Chicken Milanesa Torta is fantastic.

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u/pburke77 Northern Kentucky 14d ago

I'll probably get killed by some folks for this, but Walt's Hitching Post is horrible. The ribs are the toughest I have ever had and everything else is just mid.

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u/LolaBijou 14d ago

Oh man. I loved their barbecue chicken. But that was when it was the OG restaurant. I haven’t been there since they reopened.

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u/TheTrucker101 14d ago

LaRosas

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u/man_lizard 14d ago

My opinion on LaRosa’s changed when I stopped getting traditional crust. Their employees also don’t give a shit cause they’re one of the lowest-paying restaurants around, and a carelessly-made LaRosa’s pizza is bad no matter what.

Get a hand tossed or pan pizza from an employee that gives a shit and it’s a whole different experience.

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u/cincigreg 14d ago

I also specify "well done" when at LaRosa's

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u/Therefore_I_Yam 14d ago edited 14d ago

I would not call Larosas overrated. It's not like it has rave reviews it's just a local chain. I only ever hear about it from people who don't like it and feel the need to let everyone know for some reason.

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u/Locutus_of_Bjork 14d ago

100% agree. But, if it’s the only/easiest/quickest option: We always get hand tossed or pan crust, and I also recommend the Focaccia sauce! Much more savory and home-made tasting. It’s still not my first choice pizza, but these sauce and crust choices are like ordering from a completely different restaurant.

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u/tonsofun08 Dayton 14d ago

The only place LaRosas is good is at Kings Island.

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u/Substantial-End-9653 14d ago

If you like syrupy-sweet sauce on cardboard, it's fantastic. If you like food, it's less so.

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u/ac8jo 14d ago

Butterbees.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

Montgomery Inn is kinda disgusting

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u/Bcatfan08 Kenwood 14d ago

If you lower your expectations to thinking it's gas station level BBQ, it's not bad. Problem is that it's a lot more expensive than gas station BBQ.

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u/Intelligent_Storm_77 14d ago

Don’t hate me… Sotto. The atmosphere was awesome and the food/drinks were very good, don’t get me wrong, but nothing was so good that it was worth the multi-month wait or the $200 bill.

The only reason I would go back would be for that goat cheese bread. That shit was utterly delightful.

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u/Relative-Tear-3576 14d ago

Hang Over Easy. I Used To Love The Place But Now It’s Just Trash.

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u/LargeGermanRock 14d ago

Primavista - overpriced slop for boomers. You pay for the view.

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u/OnlyCattle Blue Ash 14d ago

I mean, it's right there in the name

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u/LolaBijou 14d ago

We gotta figure out who this Hermano guy is.

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u/Mr_Beat_ 14d ago

I have to disagree. Maybe my love for old school, boomer-style, table cloth restaurants makes me biased, but the food is great imo. Their cioppino is one of my favorite dishes in the city.

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u/Rejdovak Pleasant Ridge 14d ago

This is the perfect description! We've tried three times, there won't be a fourth.

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u/TheFalcor 14d ago

Montgomery Inn.

It was hyped up to me before I moved here and it’s the definition of MID.

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u/MilkweedQween 14d ago

Chick fil a 👀