Location and atmosphere are great. There were TV's with sports on just about everywhere you looked. My son had a blast running up the score on me at the Foosball table and the food coming out of the kitchen looked good. But for a brewing company they get a just OK. They specialize in "drinkable" craft beer and that's exactly what you'll get. Nothing spectacular, just average old school craft beer. I had a FigLeaf Iso-Trope that was a throw back to the old East Coast IPA style that was a standard tap many years ago in the craft scene. My buddy had a couple of beers that I don't recall and agreed the beer is basic and OK. I'll give them four stars overall because the pizza looked great and you can't beat the location, but I couldn't help but feel like the ghosts of Rock Bottom were still in their beer recipes. A banner I noticed still gave homage to the Rock Bottom name. I'm not familiar with March First, but guys you need higher standards than Rock Bottom!! There's a reason they left and you guys occupy the space. Having said all of that it's a family friendly spot with Graeter's Ice Cream a stone's throw away! read more

March First Brewing Cincinnati located at Fountain Square. The food was good. They had awesome pretzel bites and beer cheese! It was a different service model than I was familiar with. No real employee interactions. Order food and drinks and pay on app (when you are ready). The food and drinks are dropped off to you. You can eat at the bar if you want an individual service person. Cool ambiance with table, bar, high top, and outdoor dining area. We had the pretzels and a salad. Nothing too exciting but hit the spot. We had to ask for water when they dropped off the food as there was no option on the online ordering (only beer & fountain drinks). No issues and a decent choice to eat in the area. Check out the menu at https://www.marchfirstbrewing.com/cincinnati-food read more

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I'm just a person in town for a conference, so take this review with a grain of salt. First of all, just a few doors down is Chipotle, which I have in California, so why spend my money there when I can experience something different? So, after finishing fourth place in the trivia game held in Fountain Square, I was looking for a quick and small dinner in the area. Right there was a bar that looked like it had a kitchen, so I wandered inside, past a few patrons from my conference, and sat at the bar. The bartender was a confident and professional redhead whose name I didn't ask for (often I do). (She's in one of my pics.) She talked me into getting a simple cheese bread to go with my Cherry Chocolate Stout (brewed in Cincinnati by Woodburn Brewing Company). Cheese bread with marinara was good. The beer was delicious, sweet and bitter at the same time (8.5 / 10). The service was excellent. The place is spacious and great for groups. I was on foot from my hotel, so I can't help you with the parking. Tourists: Check out Fountain Square and whatever live music or events may be happening there during the day. Then go enjoy a brew at March First. read more

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3 stars. We had hoped to watch the Final Four game here, but they couldn't turn the sound on. So, we watched with random music playing throughout the restaurant. Not ideal. Ordering from the table is very convenient, except when the order doesn't come out right and you have to hunt down the one server. She was very accommodating, though. Don't order the nachos. Just don't. The cheese is cold and the dish just doesn't hit like a nacho should. I think they should remove them from the menu. The kids meals are a great value!! Chicken tenders are fantastic. Wings were good. Fries were decent...they have some kind of herb on them. I'm not a beer drinker, but I enjoyed sampling to see if I found one I loved. I didn't, but the experience was fun. I had the house made honey whiskey and enjoyed it very much. read more

Sprawling space with huge menu of beers, sours, shandies, and...a distillery?! The air conditioning was ice cold so our foursome did not linger inside, but this would be a great spot for game days and large group gatherings. The food menu had a little something for everyone, and I snuck a few bites of my friend's Cajun Corn Dip, which was super yummy. The drinks themselves left something to be desired flavor-wise, but on a steamy hot day they got the job done. The bartender was very friendly and accommodating, offering up samples of everything before we committed to any given pint or flight selection. read more

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Attended a happy hour with my team for drinks and appetizers. The place is HUGE clean and well appointed. I visited on a Monday night and the city was empty - the bar as well. Despite being a slow night, I still enjoyed the vibe and can see where this would be a good energy place. The pretzel bites and beer cheese as well as the roasted cauliflower with dipping sauce. Drinks were yummy and my team sample a number beers, hard seltzer, vodka cranberry, and many spiced rum and cokes... lots of compliments and all empty glasses! I think the prices and quality was great. More patrons would have helped the vibe, however I'll still return for another visit. read more

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I had lunch here on a Monday. I enjoyed that they sell pizza by the slice which is rare these days downtown. I had a slice of pepperoni hot honey and a slice of prosciutto tomato. Both were good. The prosciutto tomato was a little on the sweet side versus what I was expecting but I still enjoyed it. I did not sample any beers but have enjoyed them at their other location. The iced tea tasted like it was from a tap vs fresh brewed. Our server was very sweet and clearly still learning. The service was pretty fast. She just told us how much we owed instead of a detailed check. Hopefully I can return for happy hour sometime. read more

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First time here and the beers were great. The selections were amazing bc they have mixed drinks, wine and whiskey too. Nice to visit with friends and enjoy a couple of drinks. read more

March First brewing - Cincinnati - Flight. The "Solo" was my favorite - Breweries Near Me - Cincinnati, Ohio

Love that we have another spot at Fountain Square! Beautiful, big space that opens right up to the square so you can sit inside, outside, out right just inside the large open doors if you want the best of both worlds. The Peach Rings hard seltzer was fun and tasty and my boyfriend liked his Orange Cream ale. We thought the mozzarella stuffed meatballs were good, the pretzels and beer cheese was okay, and the fries were great! They have two sections of the restaurant inside. On one side, you get full table service. On the other, where we sat, you order and pay through your phone, but they still bring you everything. Over all, we had a great time and will be back! They also had pizza and burgers on their menu that we're interested in trying alongside more beer and seltzers. read more

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This place is now CLOSED, REALLY miss this place when they first opened, had great pizza

Hey back again at the Fountain Square location enjoying their Solo coffee blonde ale by Woodburn brewing and their Blood orange ISO trope by Figleaf. Come on in and grab a beer and something to eat and.... Relax! You deserve a break. read more

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I did not get a beer but I hear it's good. I did get a Salmon Bowl and it is in fact good. Service super fast - especially for the heart of downtown at lunchtime - and courteous, too. Ambience is sports bar casual, but it's clearly a restaurant on one side, so yeah your meal will be comfortable. I would order the bowl again, and I will eat here again! read more

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Very nice staff. Pizza a bit doughy for NYer's, but flavorful. Great selection draft beers, something for everyone. Nice atmosphere, open to outdoor space but climate controlled read more

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Fantastic! The food is amazing and drinks superb. I had the burger, which was great. I really liked the Dejon-mayo it comes with. The fries were phenomenal, couldn't stop eating them. We also had the special, buffalo chicken on nachos. The pickled onions made it, it was great. And the raspberry sour was spot on. Couldn't have been any better. I didn't like ordering via the QR code. I like ordering with a waiter/waitress. I had to keep going inside to get water, napkins, ketchup, etc. read more

We were attending the "Tequila Festival" and needed food to eat. Our food was hot and delicious. The fries were yummy. Love the patio area. Will definitely come by again when we visit Cincy again. (Apple Fritter was very good) read more

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Game here for dinner and drinks before heading to an FC game. We enjoyed our meal and it was just a nice, easy spot to meet up with friends for a bite to eat. Their pizza was good and they have a decent drink selection! read more

Stopped in for lunch after a meeting at the bank. One and done. Encouraged to see menu and order from a QR code. If you prefer the server runs your card before you or while you order. Just odd. My bigger issue was the food quality though. $16 for a Cuban sandwich that tasted like a fast food version of the sandwich. It was on a roll that was toasted too and bottom and not pressed like a panini. It crumbled and flagged away. Rather small and tasted of lower quality meats. The only really strong flavor was the mustard that dripped non stop out of the sandwich. I opted for the "dressed greens" as the side instead of fries. Shockingly low volume of salad. It was fresh and tasty though. read more

If a sports bar is your thing you will really enjoy March First. Lots of big screen TV's to watch your favorite sports. They have with a very large beer selection. Noise level was high as to be expected in any sports bar. read more

Pizza is good but greasy, sandwiches are loaded with cheese. Not great but not bad. Better options in fountain square.

Pretty sad place, dont recommend unless you dont like talking to people. No menus, no staff really. Order on your phone, pay on your phone, eventually someone comes out of the back and drops off beer and food at your table. When you pay on the website, you have to manually type in our cc on the page. Or you can go to the bar and go through everything you typed in and they can ring it up. Was a pain, next drinks came out right away. We waited 45 mins for our food to come out. And only after i found someone and asked about it. Food was not good at all. 4 thumbs down. (Me and wife) read more

Quite possibly the worst restaurant I have ever experienced. Mediocre food, service (with an attitude), and the beer sucked. Everything is ordered online via a QR code. The carnivore pizza was tasteless (I've had better from a box), the food came out sporadically (my salad came after I finished the pizza), the beer was terrible and the servers were rude. Everybody in our party of 8 had similar experiences. We left with major meal regret. Nobody finished their meal. I've had a better meal on an airplane or in a hospital. The only saving grace was the prices were reasonable (by 2024 restaurant standards), but I'd rather pay more and have a decent meal. Despite all that we were all enjoying each other's company until, about halfway through dinner, the music was turned up so loud we had to shout to hear each other. We asked for it to be turned down, we're told it would be, but it wasn't. Finally, paper plates and plastic utensils. With all the choices in downtown Cincinnati, this is a must PASS. read more

This place refuses to accept customers with a service animal, even I have already showed up my ADA service dog certificate

Great new location at fountain square. Still working the kinks out but staff was super friendly, food was great, and their beers and liquor were fantastic. Can't wait for this to become a downtown staple. Definitely want to check out their happy hour. read more

Stopped in for a late weekday lunch with co-workers. Wings were top notch as were the pretzels. Hefeweizen was very good. Will go back

Place sucks and have to order everything on a QR code. No servers, napkins, or servers.

Tried to come to happy hour today after work. Was met at the door with teens occupying tables and smoking weed. Won't be back. Just got to an actual bar down here. read more

Seat yourself, QR system at the table to order & pay. Server brought our drinks & food but we had to go to the bar counter to ask for refills of water/soda, napkins, utensils (plastic & paper products), condiments. Food was overcooked (fried fish). Other sit down restaurants with a QR still wait on you or interact - felt like a restrictively supplied dine-in for fast food joint that happened to sell beer. Didn't know how to tip for their no service model. read more

Don't like the new ordering process. It took 25 mins to get a coke & a sprite, & no one spoke to us until served our drinks. It's been 1.5 hours and no food, (for 2 people) because of the ordering process they have already charged my tab/credit card, so we can't even walk out. Horrible, will never come here again. read more

I love the Blue Ash location and was excited to visit the downtown location, but I was pretty underwhelmed. Bartenders took half of the groups orders and then never came back for the other half of group. The staff was pleasant enough, but seemed more interested in chatting amongst themselves than serving the customers there. Also out of one of the most popular beers Orange Cream, and this isn't the first time that's happened. Will continue going to Blue Ash but likely won't return to downtown. read more

if you like service, this is not the place for you. The only time we were approached by anyone is when they delivered the food and drinks, which we ordered from an app. By the way, the app wasn't working properly so we couldn't order a second beer if we wanted to. The pizza was the saving grace, It was good. The bad thing was, my wife's burger came out first. Ten minutes later, two pizzas came out. Ten minutes after that, my pizza came out and it was wrong. I asked the server for another beer. She replied, you'll have to use the app. I said it didn't work, she replied, then talk to your server and walked away. We also had no silverware or napkins and not one time did we talk to anyone else. With service like this, they won't be in business by March First 2025. read more

We stopped in for a beer and lunch before going to the Reds game. The location is fantastic and there is a lot going on in the plaza outside the brewery. The outside seating is really nice and you can sit in the shade. The food and beer were fantastic. We had the Carnivore pizza and chicken Cesar salads. The pizza sauce was so good and there were loads of toppings. The salad was fresh and had tons of chicken. We love IPAs and had the Highpoint IPA and the Juicy IPA. Both were very good. The food came out fairly quickly and we appreciated that. I would recommend checking them out. read more

Though not exactly upscale, it's a good place for a quick beer and pizza. Their American logger is the best beer I've had in Cincinnati. they also do a good trivia night on Wednesdays. read more

Really like the location of this place. Beer is pretty good & servers are nice! Our nachos were cold but I've heard pizza is really good so I'm sure if we went for that it's be 5stars. Just disappointed in cold food for the price :/ read more

We came on a Sunday before our Aronoff show. we were excited that something went in on Fountain Sq. it's huge, but so few people they had the dining area closed and only the bar area open. There were 3 other tables occupied. It's order by QR, which we didn't have a prob with, but if you want a 2nd glass of wine the bar girl said you have to re- Q. we ordered sandwiches which took forever, even though only 4 tables and a total of 8 people, and they were just soso. The biggest, and huge complaint was while waiting for our food, a pan handler walked through the front door and went to each table begging for money. Not food. Money. And he was drunk. The bar girl, possibly a manager sitting at the bar, or anyone at the bar did one thing. This is not acceptable. Sorry March First, we will not be back and looking at the empty tables on a Show night screams you're not going to be there long. read more

one and done is correct. They do not treat all customers the same. I witness host, the guy that wears the really tiny fake gold chain or who ever he is. He greeted and had friendly exchange of words with certain types of customers (caucasian). Not once he had asked how our food was. Wait staff is under trained. We ordered plenty of food. We made it clear to the waitress we did not want the cheese pizza and canceled it before she placed our order. Of course the cheese pizza comes out after our table is already full of not so good food. After getting a new waitress with the orange shirt. She was 10x better.Food not that great and service was horrible. one rotten apple makes the whole batch bad. Treat everyone the same. We are all customers. read more

I normally really like going to breweries. Went to this place the first day right around lunch. You walk in and seat yourself and there is a QR code on the table and that's how you order your food instead of waiting for a waiter or waitress. Wasn't a huge fan of that. First time we tried it, we sat ourself and then an employee let us know that food was an hour wait - which was odd because we got there right around 1 pm on a weekday and the place wasn't that busy. So we left and went somewhere else. Second time we tried it, didn't enjoy the whole the QR code thing again, but the overall vibe was still nice. It's hard to gauge the service because you don't really get much service other than someone dropping your food off at your table... but you're still given the option to tip....? Idk. Not a bad place though. Would go back if friends wanted to meet up here or something but not my first choice. read more