Restaurant Reviews

The restaurant brings vibrant design elements and traditional, pasta-oriented Italian fare to MainStrasse.

From the team behind Dope! Asian Street Food, Decibel is the city’s first Korean fried chicken joint.

Primavista is renowned among professional foodies for its longtime chef, Chris Prince.

Chef Jean-Robert de Cavel and his team have revamped the menu of the Walnut Hills burger bar.

"When I had the chance to check out the cooking of Metropole’s new chef, not yet one year at the helm, downtown was still taking baby steps to recover from the tribulations of 2020..."

If you’re standing in the lobby of Proud Hound Coffee’s recently opened Silverton café and are reminded of Wes Anderson’s aesthetic, that’s intentional.

Pampas brings meat-oriented Argentine cuisine and excellent cocktails to the wonderfully redecorated former Eighth & English space.

The organization provides fresh produce to those living in Cincinnati’s food deserts.

Ice ball mania seemed to start in a shop in Northern Kentucky in 1919.

The hotly anticipated eatery lives up to expectations with its ancient-grains pasta dishes, but make sure to save room for dessert.

Cackleberry serves six unique Cincinnati-based and Filipino-inspired breakfast sandwiches out of a vintage 1968 trailer.

As you would expect, the kitchen’s strengths are with the sea creatures.

From ramen pop-up to permanent storefront

Growing his flavorful peppers in Covington, Nate Nunemaker gives his sauces a natural kick.

Asian restaurants are often relegated to specialized categories on best-of lists — best dumplings, best pad Thai — but that kind of exoticized categorization unnecessarily restricts the perception of Asian restaurants to a box of “other."

Chef/owner Brad Bernstein’s neighborhood bistro is back with a new wine shop, plus a focus on live music and event dining

After relocating from Mount Adams, Teak serves former house favorites and great dim sum in an accommodating spot near Washington Park

Downtown’s Nada launches a new menu under a new executive chef and Agave & Rye opens its fifth location in Rookwood

Husband-and-wife team Andrew and Jamie Schlanser's new casual restaurant focuses on simple dishes with big flavors and plenty of vegetarian options

Inspired by Cincinnati’s former Jazz clubs, Nostalgia promises to bring something special back to the city, while supporting minority winemakers from all over the world.