Before Bengals game. Seriously understaffed. Won't give an estimate of wait. Should send people away rather than an hour wait. It can't be worth it. Don't waste your time. Obviously the people at the front desk do not own the place or they would care more. read more

Two hour lunch with new server. Manager came to help, said she'd take a wrong drink off of Bill, but didn't. Then no where to be found. Awful time read more

This is one of my favorite places to grab a bite. I traveled to Cincinnati once or twice a month for work over the last year and I always found myself eating here! The wings and burgers are fantastic and it is defiantly a place to try! read more

My husband and I visited for the first time last night. Waited about 1 1/2 hours for a table. I ordered a watermelon margarita with sugar on rim instead of salt, it came with salt but I didn't complain about it. My husband got a steak and I got the pork loin. We both really enjoyed the food, very good. Would definitely go back to try something else. read more

Was very excited to go here for the first time and I was disappointed with the burger I had. Meat was dry and nothing special. View was great from the table and service was great just wish my food was a little better. read more

YARDHOUSE Three of us had a noon lunch here. Because the place is so large, it seemed to have few customers, but that was an optical illusion. Many tables were empty but many were full on a weekday at noon. It was easy to talk in the partially empty restaurant. Noise did not prevent conversation. We all ordered entrees with yellowfin tuna, two different salads and a sandwich. (The tuna is quite rare so skip this if you do not like rare tuna.) The tuna portions were generous and, to our tastes, perfectly cooked. Two of us had beer with our meals, the third a glass of California wine. Water glasses were large and kept filled. The server did try to reach over the booth table to start clearing one person's plates while the others were still eating. This was especially awkward because she had to reach across the two people closest to her, who were still eating, to remove the third plate at the back of the booth. We asked her to come back when all the plates were empty. Except for that, the service was fine. The food was delicious and the entrees we had fell in the mid-teens in price. read more

Amazing service. Had kids menu. Food came out quickly and was delicious. Highly recommend. Also, had great music and atmosphere.

The food was great, service was significantly lacking. They changed waitresses on us before ordering, and it took quite a while for the new one to get our order. Waitress didn't know about the beer we asked about. After our first drink, i asked the waitress to leave my small beer glass, as i wanted to share my husbands next beer. she said she would bring another glass....that did not happen. i had to flag down another waiter to ask for a refill on my water. I asked for brown rice, and got white rice. My husband asked for some pita to go with his hummus, and did not receive it. When the new waitress stopped by, finally, near the end of the meal, she insisted to us that she gave the pita to another waitress to give to us! Handed us our check without even asking about desserts, which we wanted to order, since it was my birthday. Too many good places to eat downtown to have service this bad. We won't be back. read more

We have been here three times now, and have had a variety of dishes, so I feel pretty confident in saying that the food is very......meh. We haven't had anything particularly bad, just nothing very good. The second time my husband absolutely loved the wings, so that's why we went a third time. The wings were completely different (and average) this time around and when he asked the server why they were so different from last time, she really had no answer but said "we make so many different things, maybe they were cross contaminated with something else, that's why they had a different flavor last time." Huh? A- that doesn't even make sense B- two words a server should never say to a diner are "cross contaminated". We will not be back for the food, maybe just a beer before a Reds game. read more

Update-Gave us a $100 coupon for a future visit. We'll give it another try.

One of the best beer selections in Cincinnati, the menu is affordable especially for a Banks location. Wait can some times be long, but it's well worth the wait. The staff is great and the food is good as well. Very convenient if you're downtown for a Reds game. read more

Although the host was friendly and seated us quickly, we waited and waited for the waitress to take our order! After the waitress finally made her way to our section, she chose to take the order of people who came in at least 15 minutes after we arrived! Then she walked past us and took the order of people who arrived 10 minutes after we had arrived. We finally decided to leave and eat at a neighboring restaurant! read more

Can't wait to go back. Lots of choices! Had BBQ chix salad (half portion) it was still too big! very taste and very filling.

I ate here last month (January) for my birthday. I chose the restaurant because the staff was super friendly when I called and the reviews on here were great, plus I wanted to try a new place. I made reservations about 3 weeks in advance for about 20-30 people, only 17 made it out though. But when I got there my table wasn't ready. Not too big of a deal. We finally got seated and they were having an ordeal if they should save another table for me I said one just in case. But they seemed soo bothered by this. We had three waiters for my group, 2 guys and a girl. The guys were forgetful and really didn't seem interested in working in general. The woman was nice but nothing to spectacular. But she was defiantly better than the guys. My guests started asking her for things because the guys would take a while and forget things. As far as the food everyone got what they ordered and they didn't have many if any complaints. I personally thought the food was over priced. For quantity and quality. What makes me so upset is a close friend ate here for the first time a week before I did for my birthday and experienced the same issues but worse. They ended up comping their whole tables meal their experience was so bad. So at least I had a warning for my birthday to what might happen. I'm just disappointed. I wanted to try a new place, and the staff was incredibly nice and helpful over the phone so I was excited. The restaurant is a cool theme. Really relaxing and lots of drinks to chose from. I really wish I could have had a better experience here. read more

Went for a second try, the service was much better. The Shrimp Ceviche was amazing, only served with three wontons though... Street tacos, alright, but not anything to rave about. We made our street tacos a meal, I got the brown rice and beans. I swear the brown rice was Uncle Ben's brown rice microwavable cups, it was TERRIBLE tasting (would of been nice to know before hand). The beans were okay tasting. The appetizer and macadamia nut cheesecake is the reason for the extra star being added. My opinion is the menu is extremely over priced, along with the beer. read more

I created my account specifically to leave this review. Attempted to make a reservation for 20+ people at or around 7p.m. 2 weeks in advance. Was turned away due to the Cincinnati Reds having a night game. Incredibly horrible business decision. Hope there is enough people to patronize your establishment when the sports teams are away. You have lost 20+ patrons with one phone call. read more

Great place! Every time I come here, it never disappoints. Bloody Mary's in the beginning were amazing. They did it right, Milwaukee style (Bloody Mary's with chasers). Tacos are on point every time and the service (We had Le var) was perfect. Go to spot near the stadium, anyway. read more

Went to check out the new River front and stopped in Yard House for a bite. Wow, I love this place. Menu and a gazillion kinds of beer, fresh and interesting bites, and apps, and of course killer views to the area. Hip and happening, love the vibe. More importantly, thank you to City Council for finding the money to make the riverfront so spectacular. The fountains, indoor carousel, and beautiful gardens make the area so special. Great date place. Oh, service was superb. Well done. read more

Its fine for a chain, lots of beers on draft and the location is pretty solid near the stadiums.

Food was excellent and so was our server, Isaiah. Nice atmosphere. They have a huge menu with quite a variety.

Poorly trained wait staff, rude hostesses, and horrible customer service. When we arrived they told us 15 min. The restaurant was nearly vacant and it was just before lunch. Ok. We wait. Half hour goes by and we ask. They tell us 2 more minutes. Ok. We wait. 20 minutes go by. We ask. They tell us they're cleaning the table. Ok. 15 minutes go by. We ask they say they don't have a table for us and must wait 20 more minutes. Now we're looking at a full restaurant and probably another hour till we sit. We leave, along with multiple other families that are tired of blatant lies and unprofessional staff. 1 star is too much. read more

Food is good although menu is large and overwhelming. Service leaves something to be desired, there seem to be a lot of staff running around but not taking care of customers, had to ask for silverware, that is a pet peeve of mine at a restaurant. read more

This place is awesome. Especially if you are going to a Reds game. I had the Shitake Garlic Noodles, which are to die for. They have a wide range of beers. I strongly recommend this place to anyone visiting Cincinnati. read more

We had a large group that went there for dinner on Thursday night. Alicia was great! We always had drinks and food came out really fast. If I'm ever here again will definitely come back. read more

This is one of the best places we have visited on our 2 week road trip across the Midwest. It has a fantastic location (right on the river), is large enough to accommodate a ton of people with a fair amount of space, and the service and food were impeccable! They were excellent with our three young kids, and the variety on the menu let us order different things for different tastes. Add awesome beer into that and you have a definite winner. Alex was our server and he was fabulously attentive but let us have our peace as well. We will most definitely return when we are back in Cincinnati! read more

Hostest was really snobby. Didnt even stay for dinner due to rude manner of their staff. My business will stay with Grail and Moerlein.

Every time I go there... They tell me that the manager needs to look at my ID...everytime... I have been here at least 10 times.....you know why? Because they don't recognize the ID issued by the Indian government........ My drivers license.. read more

I love Yard House. Yes, the beer selection is cool and my husband loves that. But I have more reasons: I think their food is great - good selection on the menu and I've really liked what I ordered. On top of that, I always comment on the music! They have a great selection of music - a lot of classic songs, I guess from 70's on. And the right volume so that I can enjoy it and still be able to talk to the person I'm with. Love this place!! read more

This doesn't deserve 1 star. Kelsey was our "server" and got literally ever order messed up. The kitchen forgot to give me my extra things I ordered, waitress gave my sisters boyfriend's ice water no ice OR lemon, sister missed her lemons, you have to ask for ketchup, but be prepared to wait a minimum ten minutes for it. The calamari we ordered was burnt to a crisp so we sent it back, then they "gave us somebody else's fresh order" which was ice cold, edamame was freezing, supposed to be served hot. Then my dad ordered a beer which then after 12 minutes Kelsey finally told us they were out of, proceeding to tell him to either " order a different beer or don't order more at all". He ordered another beer which took 7 mins to get to the table itself. Then they charged us for the beer that they were out of! All food at our table was very cold. THE ONLY AND I MEAN ONLY THING TO GO HERE FOR IS THE TOMATO BISQUE, but don't order anything like sour cream or parsley for it if u don't plan to wait another 5 mins. DO NOT GO HERE!!! $170 down the effing drain read more

Took the family to the Yard House for a going-away dinner for my daughter. What a pleasant surprise! The food here was really delicious. There are so many interesting flavors on the menu....not the same old stuff you get everywhere else. My husband was happy with the huge selection of beers. We had a great waitress named Shawn who was friendly and attentive. Hoping to get back there soon. read more

Dry and flavorless food. Dining in cincinnati has been the worst ever. People seem to have no taste buds n gives everything 4stars when its clearly a 2star experience. Yard house for instance, everything was overcooked. I got the fried calamari, classic burger, and wings. Calamari was all fried heads and not the actual body of the squid, which tells me they are just trying not waste the heads of the squid which they probably used the squid's body in another dish. The burger was small, overcooked n flavorless. The meat patty was just a clump of meat that was cooked way too long. The wings which were traditional bone-in buffalo style, also overcooked n flavorless. How do u mess up wings and a burger? Being that those things are probably the easiest to cook. Its like messing up scrambled eggs. My friend who was there with me who ordered sliders and chicken strips, which once again should be a piece of cake to cook, also overcooked and flavorless. White castle would of been much more enjoyable being that their food actually has flavor. Overall, i would never go back other then for their large beer selection. Service was nice but obviously lack any organization. Cincy has disappointed yet again, and people of cincy has misled me once again with their lack of taste and poor judgement. Thanks cincy! read more

Very mediocre experience. We had a reservation for 10 and were seated at a table that would have been cramped and uncomfortable for 8. I ordered the chicken enchilada stack, one of the house specialties. The chicken was dry, overcooked, and tough. Two other people at the table had chicken dishes and complained of the same problem. I don't know how this place stays in business with all of the other great restaurants in Cincinnati. read more

Took friends from out of town on Friday 4/29, the area was alive with the activity from the Flying Pig. We had a party of 6 and although we got there at approx. 8 pm, we were seated within 20 minutes, and a very good window booth/seat at that! The waitress (Sarah) was great and very patient. The beer menu IS OVERWHELMING and she was very knowledgeable. We all ordered something different, street taco's,vodka shrimp pasta,orange peel chicken,fish and chips,margarita pizza and a french dip sandwich. All of the food came out about 15 minutes after ordering except for the street taco's which arrived about 7 minutes later (this is always awkward because 5 people are waiting to eat food that is getting cold at the table) When the taco's arrived, via a mgr, the side of rice was missing and she stated it was still 'cooking'. The food is excellent and the portions are great. Be careful when ordering anything 'spicy' because it WILL be spicy (the rice was almost too spicy to eat and the orange peel chicken has some kick). The atmosphere is great and it is a great place to take visitors to our city! Every time I have visited,day or night, there is a 'crowd' at the door. I think this causes some to pass on by thinking there will be a long wait. Do not be fooled the place is huge and the staff is very well trained! They handle large groups VERY well! Enjoy! read more

We stopped by here before a Reds game, since it's down the street from the ballpark. We got seated almost immediately despite being told there was a 15-minute wait, so that was awesome! My husband got the Nashville hot chicken sandwich and I got the vodka pasta with chicken instead of shrimp. I took a bite of my husband's sandwich, and we both enjoyed it. However, my pasta was lacking in flavor, not at all what I was expecting from a vodka cream sauce. Seasoning it with some extra salt and pepper made it a tad better, but it was disappointing overall. However, major shout-out to our server LeVar, who was super friendly and attentive! I especially appreciated that he offered to substitute chicken in my dish, since I don't eat seafood and was expecting that the shrimp would either just be excluded or I'd have to order a different meal. And he double-checked to make sure I didn't have an allergy, offered to make sure there was no shrimp in the sauce, and didn't judge me when I said I just didn't eat seafood lol. The atmosphere is nice and the service was great, so it definitely made up for just one disappointing choice on the menu! read more

I have been to Yardhouse many times and this is the third time the service or food was awful. This time both were bad. First there was hardly no one dinning in there. So the waiter (Levar K.) asked everyone for their drink orders except me so when he came back I told him he missed getting my order he replied here is a water. Well that's not what I wanted to order but ok. The service was down hill from there. The food was not good at all. I have ordered the kale Cesar salad many times and this time it just wasn't the same at all. Hardly any Kale in a Kale salad. Very disappointing. Then he asked what dessert my child wanted with the kids meal so I told him what she wanted and to please put it in a to go box. He never brought the dessert and I was just too over it to say anything and over him. Annoyed. Third strike and I'm done with Yardhouse. read more

This place is laughable. Went here for a dinner party of 7 people. Waited an hour and half to be seated, which was no big deal since we understood we were a larger party on a Saturday evening during a rush. However, they sat us at a table that had been empty the entire evening. Additionally, we placed our orders and waited 40 minutes for our food to be brought out... I repeat 40 minutes. Once we received our food there was a problem. One member of our dinner party order a $30 medium steak that came out very well done and her sides were cold. We nicely requested a recook. The recook took over 20 minutes. We were finished eating and had our table cleaned up before the recook was brought out. The manager was very rude and drop the plate of with a snarky, "enjoy!" Comment and that was it. The meal was comped however no true customer service like other restaurants at the banks. By far better places to choose from in the area for the same price. Not worth going to and being treated poorly. I was ready to get out of there. You couldn't pay me to go back! read more

I have been to Yard House multiple times, but this was by far the worst experience we have ever had at your establishment. We came on a (8/6) sunday night around 7:45p and it was not very busy, it took us 5 minutes to be seated even though there were 2 waitresses standing around talking, it took 10 minutes for the waitress to come over and take our drink order. My husband asked for fish tacos and we were told you were out of fish. He then asked for the small size mac and cheese and he was then charged for a full order. I ordered the carnitas with the guacamole and pico de gallo on the side and it ended up being on the tacos which I sent back, which took 10 minutes to get. I then asked the waitress 2 separate times for our bill which we got about 20 minutes later. There was a bigger party of about 8-10 people which she cashed out first(who of course all paid separately) so we had to wait even though there were only 3 of us. I will be back because I do enjoying eating here, but I really hope we have a better experience next time. read more

always amazing service, have never had anything on the menu i didnt like! great place to come before or after a game or even during!! cant beat their drink selection. great atmosphere inside or out! read more

Kinda bummed but I will definitely go back and give it another try. The quick and dirty version is that I arrived much earlier than the rest of my dining companions. It wasn't busy so the hostess sat me at the table to wait. No problem, I pulled out my trusty iPad to keep me entertained only to find out that there is no WiFi. The server suggested that I try to jump on someone else's. Again, no problem, I'm perfectly capable of waiting and enjoying a beer. The rest arrived and fast forward through beers and apps, which were excellent. I ordered the vodka pasta which while tasty wasn't even a little warm. The server offered to have it pan reheated but I just asked for a box. Sidenote: when I microwaved it at home is was very good. My husband ordered steak and shrimp which came with mashed pots and veg. We ended up throwing the mashed pots in with my pasta because they too were not even a little warm. The steak was ordered medium but was definitely well done. He slathered it in A-1 and ate most of it anyway. The rest of our party seemed satisfied except for the one child who wouldn't eat her burger because it was charred to inedible. We managed to find plenty on the table to substitute so it wasn't a deal breaker by any means. This visit wasn't exceptional but I'm not quite ready to give up. My husband won't be going back so next time I'll go with the girls and see if we can have a better experience and maybe then I can change his mind. read more

Well lets see what all contributed to a terrible experience. Sunday afternoon 3:30 which was not an extremely busy time so no excuse there. Requested seating for 7 adults 2 children. After 5 minutes led to a table for 6 adults 1 child. Asked if we could pull another table up. I guess we should have asked if they could, since no one would. So I did. Ordered drinks. 15 minutes later got them except the 4 people who also ordered a water in addition to their bar drink did not receive any. Orders were taken. After a 35 minute wait two people out of nine received their order. A full 15 minutes later the other orders finally arrived except for one which was a simple Lunch special of half sandwich and a cup of soup. 10 minutes later the sandwich arrived. No soup for you!! How tough is it to get a cup of soup out. Oh and kids never received their fruit dessert. Service terrible, food poor. Me out $175. Never again. read more