Nighttown
Cleveland, OH 44106-3153
Phone: (216) 795-0550
- Price:
- $$$
- Best of Citysearch:
- Outdoor Dining 2006
- Hours:
- Mon-Sat 11:30am-1am, Sun 10am-12am
Editorial Review for Nighttown – by John Hyduk
The Scene
After-hours Cleveland requires a drive up Cedar Hill. At this Cleveland Heights restaurant, night owls are likely to tap a toe. This joint features live music and livelier food seven days a week. Stride piano might be the attraction one night, bopping jazz trumpet the next. Just up the hill from all that University Circle culture and the pasta ports of Little Italy, expect a diverse crowd eating to an unexpected beat.
The Food
The surprisingly American menu is big on portion size, but light on pretense: lots of smoked salmon, lots of cayenne and cream sauces, and a popular whiskey-laced concoction called a Dublin Lawyer (there's a story attached, ask the server). Opt for the steamed whole artichoke in a pool of melted butter with a side of dinner rolls and a Ketel One martini, extra olives.
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Insider Tips
What to DrinkTry the bloody mary.
The ExtrasThe bar is named for the bordello district in a James Joyce novel.
User Reviews for Nighttown
08/08/2007 Posted by clevegirl77
I booked an evening there for 8 friends to celebrate a birthday. I love their outdoor dining; it created a great environment for the evening. The service was very slow, but they were busy (it was about 8pm). The server took at least a 1/2 hour to take our order. Dinner took 1 1/2 hours for to be served. My friend ordered the Chevre Chicken. After her first bite she thought it tasted odd and opened it up to look at the chicken. It was totally raw on the inside (looked cooked on the outside). The server saw it and immediately took it away and took her order for a burger instead. I was very surprised a manager or owner did not come to personally apologize. As far as the other food, it was good. There was a wide variety to pick from. I personally would not recommend dining there, but if you do, don't order the chicken.
Pros: Music, Ambience
Cons: Service, Food, Management
06/12/2007 Posted by croatiandude
It is always better to wait a couple of days before offering one's overall experience -so I would like to reflect my visit to Nighttown on Sunday, June 3rd 2007. We had made reservations for dinner and concert (Jean Luc Ponty) and invited a client. When we arrived there were masses of people cruched by the entry-bar and non one person gave impression they knew what was going on or how to get seated. The lady in charge of assigning the numbers so that you could get called and taken into the dining room kept saying I don't know, and acted that way -she was completely out of her depth. People were getting seated and people came in front of us and it was not a pretty sight. When I approached the owner (Brendan Ring) and attempted to ask him whether he should give some help to the gal who was struggling - he yelled at me without any reason. I was humiliated. He was obviously not concerned about anyone other than his full house! So we got the number after 30 minutes and 45 minutes after arriving got a table. On to food. Could not get the Pommeroy champagne that was on the menu. Got a cheap substitute. My drink was seriously watered down. The waiter dropped a fork off her plate as she walked by and it almost fell into my lap. The waiter who brought my entree dropped the entire Haloumi kebab off my plate onto the back of a woman's dress seated next to me and actually attempted to justify his clumsiness and only after I alerted him to the fact Haloumi kebab fell onto the woman's dress offerred her to pay for dry cleaning. The food was average at best since the second kebab that was brought to the table was twice as large as the original one left on the plate - so do you only get nice portions if you are not happy? In all this was the most ridiculous, unsatisfying humiliating experience we had dining in 20 years. I have dined at Nighttown previously and the food is not inspiring. The owner made it perfecty clear what was important to him. It is not the customer!
Pros: Music - which the restaurant has nothing to do with since they use a promoter
Cons: All else
Schedule
| 05/13/2008 | Domenic Farinacci | |
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| 05/13/2008 | Joe Hunter/Dallas Coffee | |
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| 05/14/2008 | Domenic Farinacci | |
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| 05/15/2008 | Domenic Farinacci | |
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| 05/16/2008 | Domenic Farinacci | |
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| 05/16/2008 | Joe Hunter/Dallas Coffee | |
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| 05/17/2008 | Domenic Farinacci | |
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| 05/17/2008 | Joe Hunter/Dallas Coffee | |
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| 05/18/2008 | Domenic Farinacci | |
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| 05/18/2008 | Joe Hunter/Dallas Coffee | |
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| 05/19/2008 | Domenic Farinacci | |
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| 05/19/2008 | Joe Hunter/Dallas Coffee | |
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| 05/20/2008 | Domenic Farinacci | |
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| 05/21/2008 | Domenic Farinacci | |
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| 05/21/2008 | Joe Hunter/Dallas Coffee | |
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| 05/22/2008 | Domenic Farinacci | |
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| 05/22/2008 | Joe Hunter/Dallas Coffee | |
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