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The steak and cheese were delicious and big. The hamburger was also very good. I had an awesome…read morechicken sandwich with the best onion rings I've ever had in my life. Service was excellent. Ambience was good and not too loud, but there weren't a lot of people in there at the time. We would definitely return.

St. Patty's Day Blunder... I'm new to the area so I've been…read moretrying different places here and I came here expecting it to be pretty good but saw otherwise. From the super slow staff to the food. Anybody want a chicken quesadilla, hold the chicken? Idk if I'll be back after tonight but I hope that the management or owner gets this place together in a swift fashion.

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What a revelation!! My wife found this extraordinary place for our anniversary dinner and we were…read moreso impressed with the reviews, we knew we had to try it - and Alexander Pierce delivered! The cocktails were delicious, our food was outstanding and our server Rebecca made us feel so welcome and pampered, and satisfied our every whim. The atmosphere was perfect and we can't wait to return again and bring our friends!! Well done!!

Went here to celebrate our Anniversary. They made us feel so special they had rose petals on the…read moretable with a nice anniversary sign and then gave us a complimentary glass of champagne to toast at the end of our meal. We had a great waitress Lindsey. They were very attentive to our needs and made sure everything was just perfect. The food was absolutely delicious. Will definitely be going back again. I have told so many people what a great place it is. Will continue to pass on the name for people to go and enjoy the atmosphere and the awesome food and great service. Definitely a five star in my book!

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Stopped in for a quick bite to eat on a Sunday. Was a little disappointed in our food. We got the…read morecold pork udon noodle salad which was very very salty. It really had an overpowering soy sauce taste. On first bite it was tasty but after eating about half the bowl it was way too overpowering. The fries were decent but not great. Not crispy at all. The green chile burger had a burger sauce on it but it really only tasted of mustard and it made the whole burger only taste of mustard.

Stopped here on our way home from Cuyahoga National Park. Wow! Great recommendation from my…read morebrothers. Sat out on the patio which has very little shade at noon. Was told they are having a permanent roof in stalled soon. We started off with the pretzels, mustard and beer cheese. Yum yum! Belgium triple was very good (9.5%). Even a better choice was the fried haddock. The fish was so crispy and the remoulade was a great addition to the fish. The side of pineapple mango slaw needed salt, pineapple, mango was not very tasty. French fries were hot, crispy and seasoned. Add a side of pickled onions. Kim was our server and she was so up beat and knowledgeable on the menu. Great food and service!

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Love the vibe very nice fine dine in room lots of space nice restrooms upscale food very affordable…read moreprices and very high quality food and cleanliness

The food was amazing and piping hot! I ordered a salmon…read moregrill cheese and it was the best grill cheese I've ever had in my life. Customer service was excellent and they were very friendly. Would definitely recommend, I wish I would've gotta a picture before I bit into the sandwich. You've gotta try!

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Anybody that's rating this below 4 stars, hit the road. Here's my thought, it's a 4 star restaurant…read more(probably like a 4.3) when comparing it to every restaurant in the Stark County/Portage/Summit area. When you compare it to Springfield? It's a 6 star restaurant, if such a thing exists. They have the absolute best appetizer menu I've ever seen. There were 8 items on the appetizer menu and with just 3 of us, we obviously couldn't order all of them. We started with the Bavarian pretzels, mashed potato balls, calamari and sauerkraut balls. And that's also the order I would rank them. The pretzels were the best I've had, maybe ever. The mashed potato balls would have been at the top of any other restaurants list, but not here. The sauerkraut balls were good, but not great and the calamari was also good. For our entrees, we split a patty melt, which might as well be called a party in your mouth melt. To die for. We also split the ribeye, and here's my story about that: 12 years ago, my wife and I were at Hyde Park in Columbus and I had to this day, the greatest ribeye I've ever had in my life. The problem comes, that I'm always chasing that ribeye. Every time I go to a restaurant, I debate in my head between the filet and the ribeye. And 99 times out of 100 I go with the ribeye. And 99 times out of a hundred, I regret my decision... Until tonight, IG does what everybody needs to do but only a select few are able to do and that's what makes the ribeye fat the best part of the steak. Somehow this place in a strip mall in Sprngfield OH does what every steakhouse tries to do, nails the ribeye.

The burger and fries was $18. Pretty pricey for a burger even with recent inflation. Wanted to try…read moreall of the best rated burgers around Akron and this was on the list. The burger was fine but at the end of the day tasted bland and worse than something I could've thrown on the burner in a few minutes. The fries were really good though. Our server was friendly and actually talked a bit to us about the "best burgers in Akron" tournament we'd seen. The restaurant looked nice and felt upscale. But at the end of the day the price for what we got did not feel very justified. Felt overpriced for a mid burger and good fries.

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Debated whether to leave a review here at all but after a couple of months...I'm here to give you…read moreguys the real deets. I owe it to fellow diners out here because I disagree with 90% of the reviews on here. The good: the owner greeted us and served us as he explained a worker was out sick. Owner is super friendly, gregarious and pleasant. There was a friendly cat either sitting next to us or roaming leisurely around the tiny house restaurant. One star just goes to the cat for being such a well behaved staff member. The free garlic bread was the only thing that I considered good here. They appeared to be just hotdog buns smushed, toasted and smeared with so much salt and butter it was drowning in everything. But it was crunchy and had flavor! The bad: the food was not good, y'all. Did it look and taste homemade? Almost painfully so. Pasta was watery, no real sauce (just canned pineapple syrup from the can), shrimp was BOILED (not seared, fried nor grilled), salad dressing was just oil with no herbs or spices or anything! Nothing was seasoned and all dishes looked boiled and so pale. BF said he saw the owner move pasta from pan to plate with his hands; no gloves... Prices were really high for no reason. Our very basic dishes were $28+. Portions were very small especially for pasta dishes. I am grateful he gave me like 2 extra shrimps but I had to take them to re-cook them better at home! BF got some chicken dish that was so white looking it was translucent. He said it didn't have any flavor and we needed to douse everything in pepper, salt, hot sauce, whatever. Ventilation was so bad in the tiny house. There was just steam and fumes that stayed and wafted around us the whole time. My clothes smelled like cooking fumes and old oil for a week. I'm glad he gets plenty of business and has regulars who come. They are all in their 70s and 80s and probably local. I have such high standards for food, cooking, seasoning that this just wouldn't cut it but I'm glad BF and I finally checked it out as it's close to where he lives. For a place to have Grill in the name, there was nothing on the very limited menu that was grilled.

The food was incredible, I had the chicken and shrimp dinner with mashed potatoes and salad with…read morethe white French, the white French was sooo good and the honey mustard for the chicken was the best I've had. My wife had the filet and it was HUGE!!! It was 12oz and it was cooked and seasoned perfectly. Our daughter had the spaghetti and loved it!! The bread was amazingly good too. Marsha, our server was very nice and extremely attentive. 10/10 I would recommend!!

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Sammies Bar and Grill

3.7(193 reviews)

1.9 mi

This was our first visit to Sammies. We were happy with the service. Our server was very pleasant…read moreand prompt. We were greeted promptly and ordered in the appropriate time. The room was clean and nicely decorated. The food was tasty. I was happy with my meat loaf dinner and the mussels app. Our guests enjoed the hamburger and sundae. All in all, a very pleasant experience. It's not diet food

It's just okay. Nothing seems fresh or outstanding. Basic bar food. With basic customer service…read more Nothing stood out.

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Marques

3.9(52 reviews)

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Stopped in on a weekday for lunch and there was hardly anyone there. Got a table right away and the…read moreservice was fine. Not great, but not bad either. The food was so good and very reasonably priced. The wings and fried chicken were delicious. Sides were good, too! I left there very full with leftovers. I'll definitely be going back again to try more of the menu. (I am not going to let this dock my rating--but I will say the decor/interior and overall vibe was kind of odd. Dark and not very appealing. Also, there was a tabletop display explaining they want to be fun, but then went on to explain the automatic tip various etiquette/rules. Felt the opposite of fun. Anyways, I don't presume to know what it's like to own and operate a restaurant, but it stuck out to me and did impact the atmosphere.)

Everything was terrific. Nice atmosphere. The bartender was extraordinary. She made fabulous…read moresuggestions and we enjoyed chatting with her. The chicken was terrific! The mac/cheese was also fantastic. Will definitely be back when we are in the area.

The blackened sway fish, red beans and rice with a side of collard greens was delicious!

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The Lockview

4.0(433 reviews)

2.5 mi

Legendary grilled cheese bar of Akron, complete with little umbrellas on each sandwich. You cannot…read moreeat these tiny umbrellas, but they do somehow make the sandwiches taste amazing, but again do not try to eat these small umbrellas they are inedible. I keep reading these reviews saying the sandwiches are dry. If you are lacking saliva be sure to ask your kind server for some extra sauce like ranch or blue cheese or something. The bartenders are like little fairy people and I don't know where they even found barbacks this good, they are like machine elves keeping the fabric of time weaving along. it's a marvel to witness these normal regular human people do their jobs with expert timing. It's hard to believe they are even real people at all, but perhaps inter dimensional beings sent to earth to teach us more about ourselves and feed us tasty food and bevs. The owner Danny B is a really cool dude and curates a selection of some vintage art films, bob ross, and other incredibly quirky things on the tvs, and the atmosphere is one of the most unique Akron-esque places you could hope to spend your precious time left here on earth. Go have a life changing experience in sleepy old Akron Ohio at this legendary establishment

I was long overdue for a girl's night out so I met a good friend here after work one night this…read moreweek. She picked it because she was going to be in the area. I've never been here before but I know it's a fairly popular place so I was quick to agree to the location. We originally sat at the bar but the stools were so incredibly uncomfortable, so we moved to a booth. While our server was nice, it did take her quite a while to come take our drink order. I got a "lavendar breeze" for my first drink and it was delicious. The menu is small, with the focus being on grilled cheese sandwiches. I'm not a huge grilled cheese lover, so I ordered a wedge salad (with house white French dressing) and the sauerkraut balls from the appetizer menu. The salad was on par with what you'd expect, the dressing was tasty. The sauerkraut balls, though, kind of threw me. First, it's a HUGE serving. There was around 30-40 sauerkraut balls in the basket; way more than I ever imagined would be in an order. I was expecting four or five golf ball sized balls. Maybe I've been spoiled by having some fantastic sauerkraut balls, but these were subpar, at best. They didn't have a lot of flavor and the cocktail sauce they served with them was an odd choice. While I still enjoyed time catching up with a friend and the drinks were well done, I doubt I'll come back for food. The menu just wasn't appealing to me and what I did have wasnt good enough to lure me back anytime soon.

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The Boathouse

4.0(57 reviews)

2.8 mi

We have went there 3 times and I've went with other people. I like the atmosphere and I try…read moresomething different every time. The peanut butter smoothie is tasty!

Came on a Saturday afternoon. There is indoor and outdoor seating. We asked for a table for 5…read moreoutside and the workers were nice but acted like that was a little big of an ask. We said that we could just pull a chair to the end and that is what we ended up doing. Our waitress was super nice and friendly. The menu has a variety of breakfast and lunch options. I ordered the Gyro wrap. The wrap was good with tasty sauce. The chips were very average and not my favorite. But the price was good ~$14 and it was very filling. Overall a nice option if in Akron by the Akron Fulton airport.

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Richard S.

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12 years ago

Only the best trash go here they serve 40oz so the alcoholics of Akron don't Jones before they can get their side of crack. Don't drive your car will get stolen 5mins into the breakfast. read more

Natalie S.

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8 years ago

Neat and tidy little breakfast spot with hot, excellent food. The servers were friendly and efficient. Will definitely drive across town again for this one! read more

Eddie O.

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9 years ago

Small hidden place with fast service and spectacular food!!! The workers were also very friendly. Highly recommended

Erik D.

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30

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11 years ago

Good value but the waitresses seemed ready to start a confrontation.

Thomas B.

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10 years ago

But they're not open on Monday any more.

Wendy F.

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10

2

7 years ago

The best breakfast place around!

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