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    Roasted veggies
    Danielle J.

    We were able to get seated after 15 min wait on a Friday night without reservation. Their menu is tapas sized and the server helps guide you through getting an appropriate amount of small plates. Everything we tried was so flavorful and the bread was amazing. Their cocktails are okay, I believe next time I will prioritize getting wine.

    Tuna Tartare. Super tasty with a kick. The homemade chips were great alone even!
    Jim S.

    Our first time at this restaurant. It has a relaxed vibe. Two rooms with bar and some tables on one side and just tables with a few u-shaped booths on the other. I would recommend getting reservations. Our server was very friendly and attentive. He was also knowledgable about the food and drinks. He brought me a sample of a wine without me requesting it. He made a special request for a non-sweet Turkish coffee. The menu has about 15 sharable plates on it with about 3 deserts. They don't serve coffee. Only Turkish coffee. I would definitely recommend this place. There is a parking lot next door if you can find a spot.

    Ricotta & Local Honey
    Isabel E.

    The food was amazing!!!! I loved my octopus - the dish was so well balanced. The broccoli was the best I have ever had?!?!! The gnocchi was wonderful too!! We had some dietary restrictions and they were great with accommodations. We went for an early dinner and it was just getting busy, but not crowded. A lot of spacious seats so you can feel alone, even with a group. I loved the decor and vibe of the restaurant. Such a great place to feel inspired! Our server was kind and attentive. Definitely coming back!

    Broccoli with aioli flavored in spices (2/5)
    Tony U.

    Not far from Downtown on the outskirts of the Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood, Abigail Street is a trendy tapas style Mediterranean restaurant. The vibe is comfy dim lit sexy and fun and a great place to be seen with friends. They offer a variety of dishes and recommend it be eaten family style, ie you order a bunch of dishes and share. Tapas style like that is fun to me and the service here is thoughtful, friendly, reliable and sincere. A group of 4 of us ordered around 6 dishes we shared which included: 1. Corn Gnocci dish, not bad sort of like a mesh between Italian and Southern US cuisine (3.5/5) 2. Broccoli seasoned with spices (kind of like cardomam or cinnamon or even nutmeg flavors. Didn't really care for it as it was too dried up and had a side or either mayo or perhaps aioli (did not try it). 3. Short Rib with Butter Lettuce wrap. Not bad but I felt it was too sweet (3.5/5) 4. Bacon wrapped dates with almonds and some kind of a red sauce. Not bad. Didn't wow me as I personally prefer more savory flavor profiles so I found this too heavy and sweet again (2.5/5) 5. Some kind of Mediterranean style salad with lots of cucumber, onions, tomatoes, radishes, maybe orange bell pepper(?) doused in lemon juice and Za'atar (3/5). The flavor was too sour from the lemons but my friends were ooh-ing and aah-ing over it as if it was the bet thing they ever ate in their lives. Love lemon and zaatar but not how it was used here;(3/5) 6. Another salad dish with lots of zaatar, chick peas and lettuce. (2.5/5). 7. Backlava that looked intriguing but was insanely buttery though tasted ok fresh out of the oven (2.75/5). These were the dishes I recall eating (see photo). While I'd give this a 2.5/5, because my friends loved it and the vibe was fun and the service very good, I'll bump this up to a 3/5. I love Mediterranean style food but would rather eat a Greek or Lebanese style restaurant where the ingredients are managed better. Here, the flavors were t really combined that well and things were either too sweet, too dry, too tangy, too sour or too zaatar-ish. That said, you may enjoy this if you're naive enough and my friends talked favorably of this place as if it was the single greatest culinary experience of their lifetimes. Trust me, they don't get out enough.

    Flavia P.

    Very nice (repeated) experience here at Abigail! I love the intimate ambiance, with dimmed lights. And the food is awesome as well. Fresh and unusual combinations, leave your palate entirely satisfied! Everytime I am here, I try at least one of their specials, and I highly recommend you to do so as they are never disappointing.

    Roasted beets and lebna
    Eda X.

    Abigail Street is one of my two favorite spots in Over the Rhine downtown Cincinatti. I've walked by the restaurant several times without knowing what the restaurant was at a glance given their cheeky signage is three pictograms long. It stopped me in my foot tracks and had to look them up. After asking a local of neighborhood favorites, I'm glad I checked them out. As this place does get full over the weekends, do make a reservation to ensure you be seated in the room with painted white walls to avoid the kitchen smoke. It's a more comfortable and elevated seating than the other bar room. Their wood grilled octopus is hands down the most delicious dish I've had in my lifetime and will eat it every day. I've tried octopus prepared in so many ways, and Abigail Street's rendition is the most mind blowing comforting delicious combination of flavors I could beg for. Please do yourself a favor and try it! You won't be disappointed. Another solid appetizer to try is their Merguez stuffed dates. I would skip the short ribs though.

    Pistachio Baklava
    Taylor J.

    The environment and the customer service was so cozy and welcoming. Served similarly to tapas you're sure to indulge and get a bite of many flavors. Most definitely will be returning!

    Ricotta & Local Honey
    Michelle Y.

    Me and two of my friends went here for a girls night out and what a wonderful experience! The food was tapas style and was brought out slowly dish by dish which truly enabled you to savor each and every one. The ricotta & honey dish was so good - It tasted like dessert! The ratio of bread to dip was off. I wished there was more bread that came with it. The stuffed dates were jaw dropping and the potato gnocchi was amazing as well. Huge variety of flavors that worked beautifully together. I got a glass of bodegas muga and my jaw dropped after the first sip! Definitely try their wine! Our server was amazing and attentive. He offered to take our picture after which was so kind. The ambiance of the restaurant was stunning - I felt like I wasn't in Cincinnati but in a European restaurant. A good restaurant for a small party for a special occasion or nice night out! Would visit again!

    Wood-Grilled Octopus
    Joshua P.

    We went here for a special occasion, and noticed it's easier to get a reservation now that they've expanded the space. I had noted we were celebrating a birthday, but nothing was acknowledged, which was surprising for one of Cincinnati's nicer dining spots. That said, the food was excellent. We ordered the wood-grilled octopus, charcoal-grilled short rib, and the peach and tomato with buffalo cheese. Everything was cooked perfectly; the octopus and short rib were tender and flavorful, while the peach and tomato dish was refreshing and balanced out the heavier meats. Service was smooth, and despite the missed opportunity to make the evening feel special, I'd go back for the food alone.

    Ricotta & Local Honey
    Kimberly R.

    Service was good. Server was nice. Not too loud. Would recommend for 3-4 people to come. We did 2 for date night and the plates were quite large. Ricotta and honey was very good. So much ricotta and so much honey.aybe not enough bread. We took the ricotta and honey home and could make another serving out of it. Grilled octopus is so good. Not chewy and bouncy. Best in Cinci probably. There's a lot more of the salad since it's just one large piece of octopus. There's chorizo in it or something so def worth eating too. Broccolini is incredible. Do not skip. If you skip idk why you came. Perfect texture I can't recreate at home. And the sauce makes it perfect. Must. Stuffed dates were a little strange tbh I was tasting skyline. lol.

    Spicy shrimp
    Ness S.

    Excellent food, very good service and lovely ambiance. The tapas are on the large side so 1-1.5 tapas per person can suffice. I loved the mussels -- great deep flavors. The shrimp was wonderful too -- but the best menu item in my opinion was the short rib. Unbelievably tender and the sauce was to die for. I really enjoyed the beets as well. for dessert we shared the baklava. They make it in house and it shows that it was absolutely delicious. The drinks were pretty good as well. All in all, an excellent meal.

    Pir Piri chicken
    Anna O.

    Recently went here for Valentines Day this year and it was the best Pir Piri chicken I have ever had! It was crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. The ambiance of the restaurant was great and the server was very attentive. She was able to help us chose some popular items from the menu. I will definitly be going back for more!

    Salad with very lemony dressing
    Khiang S.

    Had a wonderful dinner at Abigail Street this evening. We got here just before 5pm since we don't have a reservation. We were a party of 4 + a toddler and it was hard to have late dinner. Thankfully they can seat us. The recommendation of 2 dishes per person was good. We were so full, there was no room for dessert. They can also accommodate anyone with shellfish allergy. They will have the same menu with items striked through or indicate if there are cross contaminations. All the dishes were delicious. The opening dish of peach, tomato and mozzarella salad was great. The next salad dish was lemony so if you are not a fan of sour, watch out. If you like appreciate, it is a nice palate opening dish. My favorites for the evening are the bread with hummus, the short ribs and started scallops. I would have included the grilled octopus but it was very spicy for me. Overall still a fantastic place to go for a very nice meal.

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    Ask the Community - Abigail Street

    Is the bar seat yourself?

    No. They typically require reservations especially on Friday's and Saturday's. They have to seat you from the front desk. Hope this helps.

    Do they take reservations?

    Yes, call to make a reservation. They don't do them online.

    Trying to get a gauge on prices...About how many tapas should you order per person?

    I usually do 4 tapas to split between two people, but varied between 1-2 proteins, a vegetable, and a heavier misc. one.

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    went to ripple for the first time last night and had a great experience- up until we had to deal…read morewith sarah. one of my girlfriends has a nut allergy which we specified to our server (not sarah) while ordering but when our food was brought out (by sarah) we realized there was pistachio on one of the items. the rest of us don't have a nut allergy and said we could eat it but sarah made a small fuss about how she couldn't leave it bc then she would have to charge us for two dishes, never mind that it was due to their error. whatever, no big deal. halfway through our visit, our server came to say that his shift was ending but that we'd be taken good care of by sarah. that's when we learned that sarah is the girl who brought out our food and thought eh, maybe the last interaction was a one-off and everything would be fine. sarah then proceeds to try and clear our charcuterie board even though we still had a decent amount of food left and were still picking at it. comes back AGAIN (mind you we all have drinks that are still half full) ten minutes later, takes the board and asks how we'd like to split the check. given that we'd had such a pleasant experience with every other employee we'd interacted with up until then, it was incredibly disappointing to have our visit end on a sour note by sarah trying to push us out the door (i'm not even kidding, i think she was our server for maybe a grand total of 20 minutes) when these are girlfriends i hadn't seen in months. it wasn't even close to closing time, there were still multiple other patrons present, and we weren't being loud or disruptive, so im really not sure why sarah was so anxious to send us on our merry way. all this to say, i highly recommend ripple- just try to avoid getting sat in sarah's section if at all possible.

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