Arnie's on the Levee

Arnie's will always be an old favorite of mine. The drinks and cover are pretty reasonable, the music is always upbeat and fun, the dance floor is pretty big and there is almost always a good sized crowd there.

If you are in the Newport/Cincy area and looking for a place to spend your night throwing back cocktails and dancing, you should definitely give Arnie's a go.

Having read through a few of the other reviews, I realize I have only had a limited experience at Arnie's on the levee, but nevertheless, I really can't give it more than 1 star...

I came here as a volunteer for the world choir games, with a group of 40 adolescents from Belgium. Initially it all looked good, because they gave us the space at the back of the restaurant, kind of closed off. The kids were happy. The manager tried to make us happy too.

However... as we started to line up for dinner, one of the choir members noticed that the plates were really dirty (dirty as in: she swept her finger over it and it was gray with dust...). We asked a waitress to clean them up (right?!) and that's where it all went wrong:
1) she didn't apologize
2) she looked as if she thought she was way better than having to clean the plates
3) she cleaned the plates with a rag that didn't even look remotely clean
4) wait for it... she 'cleaned' about 5 plates and then said with an annoyed face: "will that do?" We were astonished, given the fact that another 35 people were waiting in line! No, miss, that won't do! And then she just shrugged and kind of tried to act as if she kept cleaning the plates...

I realize this really focuses on 1 employee, but no good manager should ever hire someone like that. She treated us without any respect and that's enough for me to never come back.

The food was meh, not bad, not good.

Something big is going to have to happen before I come back to Arnie's.

To be completely honest it's not that bad, but not that good either. If you have never gone for lunch do yourself a favor and try it out before a Reds game. The food is good and beers deals are killer.  The night club aspect of it however is a different story. The first few times I went were fun. but my friends and I made it a habit of going to the place and it got old quick. There really is nothing special here. You have your typical bachelorette parites and collection of tools here. I didn't hate it but I wouldn't go all the time.