Swingo's On The Lake

02/13/09

Swingo's is closing!!!!! last weekend to use gift certificates!!!

by treest at Citysearch

Both Swingo's will be closed after Valentine Day Weekend 2009! Use your gift cards! Or else you'll lose em!

06/07/08

Bad food, over priced, free icing

by SummitRes at Citysearch

Last night we ate at Swingos on the Lake for the first and last time. We had Sea Bass and Steak Romano, which were both really bad. The fish entree, ($38) was no more than 4 oz and tasted fishy and not fresh. Between my wife and I, we couldn't finish it because of taste. To be fair, we had never had Sea Bass before, so may be that's just how this dish tastes. But, for $38, we were both looking for something that we couldn?t get enough of. Now as for the steak, we've both had filet mignon before and I am very certain that this serving was the worst I?ve ever had. Two perfectly good pieces of meat (also $38) were way over cooked and were something we couldn't finish.

When the waitress took out plates, I let her know that we both thought our meals were not very good. I showed her we couldn't finish the small portion of fish given to us and that steak had not on shade of pink (i asked for medium). I told her we knew it wasn't her fault but to pass it along. She showed up next at our table with a complimentary desert. Nice gestrure, right? Desert consisted of 2 half moons (about the size of 1/2 of a ping pong ball). One was of a chocolate icing and the other was whipped cream. We joked about the cake being missing as we paid our $130+ (before tax and tip) bill.

Oh, how did it get all the way up to $130? I should mention the wine situation. We like to have a bottle of wine when we splurge on "fine dining" so I asked for the list. We were given the 3 inch thick binder with all of the fine wines available. Very impressive; 1000+ different selections most going for $200-$1000 / bottle. Now, I?m sure they're all very good wines and that a connoisseur with a trust fund and no concept of the price of gas would have been spoiled. For us, though, we were disappointed to find a selection of only 1 or 2 bottles that were less than $100 in the binder.

Had the food and the wine been delicious, it would have been worth every penny, but they weren?t.

• Pros: I think i could see Lake Erie past the parking lot
• Cons: Food, Price,response to dissatisfaction

02/03/08

UNEVENTFUL NIGHT AT SWINGO'S IN CLEVELAND

by peylh29 at Citysearch

Very uneventfull. Very dissappointing. Do not recommend this restraunt. Save your money and head to Don's Lighthouse or Pomeroy. Even go to Westlake and go to Morton's. Swingo's doesn't even compare to those restraunts. Oh how they ignored me and my husband. Service was just terrible. Music was nice if I have to say one nice thing.

• Pros: Music
• Cons: Service and food