I had high hopes walking in here after a long day traveling and just wanted to eat food and have a drink. Located inside the Westin Hotel where I was staying, the bar was very hot, temperature wise. We sat at the bar, there was some faint music being played, but couldn’t really hear it. I’m not sure why the only draft beer they have is “ipa and some wine”. It’s disturbing given that Colombus has 50+ local breweries, so I opted for a Peroni for $9. (I would have assumed after leaving NyC prices would be a tad cheaper).
I ordered the Green Salad with chicken, it was surprisingly good, but the sourdough bread was very small. My wife had one of the cocktails and she said it tasted like lemonade with no essence of alcohol. When I inquired about dessert, bartender said brownie a la mode and cheesecake. I was expecting Gelato for this “Italian” vibe they’re trying to be. But you know when you walk into a bar, there is usually some small talk. There was none of that at the bar, between us and the staff. Kinda dead.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
alex cherry
Mid. Come here if you want to sit in a bright room with less-than-okay food and only get one 2/3 full glass of water.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Rich Arnold
Food was tasty. Earth pizza and chicken Marsala. Drinks were too expensive. $21 for basically a Manhattan and $11 local craft draft and a house Chardonnay. Service was good, we were basically the only ones there. They did not include the 18% tip that others noted and the menu said was going to be included. 4 star overall with a 2 star on value.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Annette M
Food was pretty good but way overpriced for what you got. Service was lacking. Would not go back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Tim Burton
Poor waitress service, bartenders would send wrong type of wine multiple times, dirty glasses, food was decent and came out fast. Steak was overcooked
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Chicken Thighs Marsala, Pizza Italian Sausage
Darel Harwell
I went here for my birthday with my fiancé. They were out of much of their wine list. We ordered an appetizer, the garlic chicken wings. The chef is artless. The wings were simultaneously offensively awful, tough (possibly reheated) and so hot that they were nearly inedible. We ordered our entrees and were waiting. However, a group was seated a few tables away with bags of Wendy’s, yelling at the top of their lungs. The fact that the bartender (the only service staff present) allowed this one going, rude disruption by non-customers, while we are expected to pay as much as $60 per plate, is reprehensible. We ended up canceling our order and leaving. A terrible experience overall, which was disappointing for a birthday celebration. Save yourself the trouble and just go to Wendy’s. The food is better, and you have the same environment.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Jonathan Katzner
The drink prices were absolutely outrageous, and weren’t strong for the price either. Service was slow, food was fine. Weird that there weren’t actual menus and they were just printed pieces of regular paper. Went before a show in the Southern Theater, but will venture elsewhere next time…despite the convenience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
John
David was our amazing server! The food and wine was great: David made the experience top notch with his attentiveness and knowledge of the food options. I would recommend David to anyone planning to dine here.
Wandering Pharmer
I wish I remembered the servers name because she was such a joy! We went for a birthday celebration and she made our outing that much more enjoyable. Food was good. Ambiance was good as well. Would probably go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Brussels Sprouts Truffle
Stephen Lavelle
Had a wonderful dinner on Friday evening. Our server, David, was amazing, so attentive and engaging with us. Good food and great service.
We were visiting our son in Columbus and he and his girlfriend took us out to dinner at Bar Cicchetti. We were greeted warmly and our order came promptly. Everyone loved their food, especially me. I ordered the mushroom rigatoni and it was the most delicious meal I’ve ever eaten. But most impressive was our waiter, David. He was charming, funny, and extremely professional and by the end of the evening he felt like family. Next time I visit Columbus I will be back to this delightful restaurant. Kudos to David (in picture), he was an excellent waiter and made the evening even more wonderful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Charles Farris
The food was excellent and the service was outstanding. This was a concert night and the place was jumping. Our server, Kiki, was outstanding and we will definitely being going back again when we go to concerts at the Southern Theater.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
grace k
The place was empty. It’s attached to a hotel which we were unaware of before going. Our server was kind, yet unprofessional. The menus were all mangled. The house salad was standard but the caesar salad tasted like perfume? The tomato soup was pretty bad, both texturally and flavor wise. I would not recommend stopping by.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
alsage13
Restaurant Week Fail!!! Excellent ingredients largely in the hands of inexperienced or just crappy cooks. I will give credit that they cooked my partner's steak and the shellfish on my pasta quite well, but most of the rest of the ingredients were either under seasoned, over salted, or drowned in something. I had a house salad that has so much parmesean it was laughable: when I stood up to leave there was literally a pile of excess parm on my chair and on the floor (not to mention the salad plate.) I never knew arugula could be that easily overpowered, but leave it to a good quarter cup of grated parmesean to do it. I had two dishes that supposedly had charred grapes and tomatoes, but neither were charred (well, a few grapes had a 1/4" of black) but whatever effect that had was ruined by them being put into a fridge so cold they'd stated to freeze. My partner got the burrata, which is actually a full salad although it's served as an appetizer. The burrata itself was breaded and deep fried and tasted like cafeteria mozarella sticks. He ordered the steak which was supposed to come with brocoli but came instead with brussels sprouts (which he doesn't like and they didn't tell him in advance). They were fried and tasted like French fries. Service was a weird mix of slow (we were only ones in the restaurant and it took 20 minutes to get our first course) and fast (the server removed our dishes after she's place the next course.) The plating was a disaster, which sounds superficial except for they crammed certain dishes on small plates that ended up being really messy. My side salad was almost overflowing on my plate, and my partner's steak was piled on top of the other items. We were really disappointed and felt the value wasn't there for a $50 prix fixe menu, let alone what full price would be! I don't like to pan restaurants but this was no good.
SarahB
While we have been to Bar Cicchetti many times before shows at the adjoining Southern Theatre, this visit was a nightmare. We were never seated. After the hostess checked us in she left -- for real. No one knew where she went. I found a table and we seated ourselves. Our reservation was at 6:45. When at 7:45 all we had gotten were waters, we told the staff we were leaving as our show started at 8 p.m. The management should have apologized at the beginning and said they couldn't accommodate everyone and given us a voucher for a free meal or something. We have never had anything like this happen to us at a restaurant and we're old so we've eaten out a lot!
I had high hopes walking in here after a long day traveling and just wanted to eat food and have a drink. Located inside the Westin Hotel where I was staying, the bar was very hot, temperature wise. We sat at the bar, there was some faint music being played, but couldn’t really hear it. I’m not sure why the only draft beer they have is “ipa and some wine”. It’s disturbing given that Colombus has 50+ local breweries, so I opted for a Peroni for $9. (I would have assumed after leaving NyC prices would be a tad cheaper).
I ordered the Green Salad with chicken, it was surprisingly good, but the sourdough bread was very small.
My wife had one of the cocktails and she said it tasted like lemonade with no essence of alcohol.
When I inquired about dessert, bartender said brownie a la mode and cheesecake. I was expecting Gelato for this “Italian” vibe they’re trying to be.
But you know when you walk into a bar, there is usually some small talk. There was none of that at the bar, between us and the staff. Kinda dead.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Mid. Come here if you want to sit in a bright room with less-than-okay food and only get one 2/3 full glass of water.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Food was tasty. Earth pizza and chicken Marsala. Drinks were too expensive. $21 for basically a Manhattan and $11 local craft draft and a house Chardonnay. Service was good, we were basically the only ones there. They did not include the 18% tip that others noted and the menu said was going to be included. 4 star overall with a 2 star on value.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was pretty good but way overpriced for what you got. Service was lacking. Would not go back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Poor waitress service, bartenders would send wrong type of wine multiple times, dirty glasses, food was decent and came out fast. Steak was overcooked
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Chicken Thighs Marsala, Pizza Italian Sausage
I went here for my birthday with my fiancé. They were out of much of their wine list. We ordered an appetizer, the garlic chicken wings. The chef is artless. The wings were simultaneously offensively awful, tough (possibly reheated) and so hot that they were nearly inedible. We ordered our entrees and were waiting. However, a group was seated a few tables away with bags of Wendy’s, yelling at the top of their lungs. The fact that the bartender (the only service staff present) allowed this one going, rude disruption by non-customers, while we are expected to pay as much as $60 per plate, is reprehensible. We ended up canceling our order and leaving. A terrible experience overall, which was disappointing for a birthday celebration. Save yourself the trouble and just go to Wendy’s. The food is better, and you have the same environment.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
The drink prices were absolutely outrageous, and weren’t strong for the price either. Service was slow, food was fine. Weird that there weren’t actual menus and they were just printed pieces of regular paper. Went before a show in the Southern Theater, but will venture elsewhere next time…despite the convenience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
David was our amazing server! The food and wine was great: David made the experience top notch with his attentiveness and knowledge of the food options. I would recommend David to anyone planning to dine here.
I wish I remembered the servers name because she was such a joy! We went for a birthday celebration and she made our outing that much more enjoyable. Food was good. Ambiance was good as well. Would probably go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Brussels Sprouts Truffle
Had a wonderful dinner on Friday evening. Our server, David, was amazing, so attentive and engaging with us. Good food and great service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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We were visiting our son in Columbus and he and his girlfriend took us out to dinner at Bar Cicchetti. We were greeted warmly and our order came promptly. Everyone loved their food, especially me. I ordered the mushroom rigatoni and it was the most delicious meal I’ve ever eaten. But most impressive was our waiter, David. He was charming, funny, and extremely professional and by the end of the evening he felt like family. Next time I visit Columbus I will be back to this delightful restaurant. Kudos to David (in picture), he was an excellent waiter and made the evening even more wonderful!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was excellent and the service was outstanding. This was a concert night and the place was jumping. Our server, Kiki, was outstanding and we will definitely being going back again when we go to concerts at the Southern Theater.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The place was empty. It’s attached to a hotel which we were unaware of before going. Our server was kind, yet unprofessional. The menus were all mangled. The house salad was standard but the caesar salad tasted like perfume? The tomato soup was pretty bad, both texturally and flavor wise. I would not recommend stopping by.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Restaurant Week Fail!!! Excellent ingredients largely in the hands of inexperienced or just crappy cooks. I will give credit that they cooked my partner's steak and the shellfish on my pasta quite well, but most of the rest of the ingredients were either under seasoned, over salted, or drowned in something. I had a house salad that has so much parmesean it was laughable: when I stood up to leave there was literally a pile of excess parm on my chair and on the floor (not to mention the salad plate.) I never knew arugula could be that easily overpowered, but leave it to a good quarter cup of grated parmesean to do it. I had two dishes that supposedly had charred grapes and tomatoes, but neither were charred (well, a few grapes had a 1/4" of black) but whatever effect that had was ruined by them being put into a fridge so cold they'd stated to freeze. My partner got the burrata, which is actually a full salad although it's served as an appetizer. The burrata itself was breaded and deep fried and tasted like cafeteria mozarella sticks. He ordered the steak which was supposed to come with brocoli but came instead with brussels sprouts (which he doesn't like and they didn't tell him in advance). They were fried and tasted like French fries. Service was a weird mix of slow (we were only ones in the restaurant and it took 20 minutes to get our first course) and fast (the server removed our dishes after she's place the next course.) The plating was a disaster, which sounds superficial except for they crammed certain dishes on small plates that ended up being really messy. My side salad was almost overflowing on my plate, and my partner's steak was piled on top of the other items. We were really disappointed and felt the value wasn't there for a $50 prix fixe menu, let alone what full price would be! I don't like to pan restaurants but this was no good.
While we have been to Bar Cicchetti many times before shows at the adjoining Southern Theatre, this visit was a nightmare. We were never seated. After the hostess checked us in she left -- for real. No one knew where she went. I found a table and we seated ourselves. Our reservation was at 6:45. When at 7:45 all we had gotten were waters, we told the staff we were leaving as our show started at 8 p.m. The management should have apologized at the beginning and said they couldn't accommodate everyone and given us a voucher for a free meal or something. We have never had anything like this happen to us at a restaurant and we're old so we've eaten out a lot!
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