deSha's - Cincinnati

Three very large groups arrived just minutes after the four of us. Happy for the bottom line of the restaurant, not so much if you wanted to have a four way conversation between friends who haven't seen each other in a long time. We hurriedly ordered lunch before the kitchen was swamped. Server was odd indeed.

Had a wonderful dinner last night!! I love the butternut squash salad and the chicken artichoke soup was delicious!!!

The food and service were fantastic! It was a great place for a quiet dinner without the frills of a fancy restaurant.

My first time at deSha's. I've been hearing people sing their praises for 20 years. Guinness was poured improperly. Someone needs to teach them how to do it. French onion soup was good. I heard The meatloaf was great, it was not. It was overworked while mixing so it was too dense. Also it wasn't very tasty. I won't recommend it to anyone and wonder about anyone's meatloaf experience who says it's good. The meatloaf was served with green beans, good, and mashed potatoes, the potatoes were uninspired. I think it required butter and gravy. My wife says the jambalaya was very good and my friend said the pot roast was good. Get the blackberry cobbler, it was awesome. Our server was great. I think his name was George but don't hold me to that.

The sea bass was delicious the crab stuffed mushrooms were all cheese. Couldn't taste the mushrooms or the crab

Well this is my first and last time eating here. We had a team lunch yesterday and everyone was excited to eat, me included. I got the Smoked Gouda and Chicken Pasta. Took a few bites and noticed there was a hair in my food. I kinda shrugged it off and know it can happen. Then I pull out another. And another. My coworker sitting next to me is mortified. I proceeded to pick out 5 scraggly hairs from my meal. I’m hoping to god it was beard hair; while still gross, I’d hate to think it came from somewhere else because it’s not head hair… my poor managers felt so bad and had to DoorDash from a completely different restaurant for me. Idk how many hairs I ate. Absolutely disgusting.

Food: 1

I was there last night with a group of 13. Our reservation was at 6:30. The waitress took our drink orders quickly but then it was a long time before our orders were placed. We finally were served at 9:15!! Apologies were made and the manager gave us a round of drinks on the house. But that didn't help the food. My southern fried chicken was dry and ice cold. I asked for sweet potato fries and they were cold.
I didn't want the mashed potatoes but got them anyway. And guess what? That was cold. They were a solid mass of potatoes. If I wanted to eat them I would need a knife and fork.
The excuse was that there were 3 parties going on and a full house. Didn't you know that these parties were booked and the reservation list was full? It's the holidays, didn't you expect this? Why didn't you increase your employee ranks? It's not the dinners fault that you are busy. You are the restaurant, this should not be a problem. We will not be back.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

Great place for a corporate holiday party - we had a great time!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Agree with other reviews that Prime rib is delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Always good but not what it used to be.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

EDIT: Customer Service was very helpful for the things that have gone wrong and we appreciate it a lot! Our order was messed up 2 times with the chicken when we ordered it was supposed to be boneless and it came with the bone and it was screwed up came out the second time with sauce all over it and they even knew. and also a burger came out not well done and that was fixed right away, also some of our other groups food was also messed up with the already issues. and we were not offered to get the chicken removed from the bill or anything… We are highly disappointed with it but otherwise it was good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 3

We like the quality of food, though it is often not up to temperature (especially the sides). There is usually something missing, once it was no crayons for kids because the chef was going out of town and didn't order them...the last time it was salt and the server told us they had taken them all to the back to refill...once they were out of a dish completely...just odd things for a place that is supposed to be on the nicer end. The location is convenient though and we enjoy sitting on the patio when the weather allows.

Our traditional plans for Thanksgiving went out the door when three of our seven family members could not be in town. We chose deSha’s as a welcome substitute for dinner for the day. I’ve never been there and was very pleasantly satisfied and impressed by the quality of the food and the excellent service we received.

We plan to return there again for a pleasant dining experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Unfortunately the quality of the food has declined over the years.

One word: BLAND