We went there the first time and it was busy, but we got the special where you buy one hamburger and you get the other one for free. It was very  good. We went back there and the service was horrible. You sit on the other side of the bar and you don't get any waitress and the employees see you waiting for 10-15 minutes, but nobody comes to the table.  We gave them another chance and the same thing happened. Poor management and its sad because it was one of our favorite places. We won't return there again.
Review Source:The reviews up here are very accurate and prepared me well for my experience here.. Good food, God awful service.
Went on Friday around 7:30 and it was fairly busy but not packed. Me and my 3 friends sat ourselves and waited about 10 minutes for the bartender to come over. There are at least 20 tables and 2 bars in this place and I only saw two employees (one for each bar and each took half the tables). Please hire more people! I don't get why they were so short staffed..
Anyway, waitress was nice but just couldn't possible get to everything in time so it wasn't her fault but it was a bit annoying. Â There is a good beer selection and it's a nice menu with a good amount of options (2 vegetarian sandwiches, FYI). I got the SOHO wrap and it was good but not amazing. Homemade chips were solid. Spinach and artichoke dip was meh but it was also cheap so you get what you pay for!
Overall, it took way too long but we knew that going in so it was a pretty decent evening anyway!
I think Tom Hanks is fantastic. He thinks the tacos here are fantastic. Or he did in 1987. I try to stay out of Lakewood because I grew up there and don't like running into people who want to ask about what I have been up. I always end up saying "Oh not much" or I just go on weird tangents to get them off my case. Same reason I am not on Facebook. I guess the only reason I would get on Facebook would be to try to rekindle some old flames that I didn't know how to properly light when I was a youngster. Who am I kidding, I probably still wouldn't know. Merry Arts is cool because it is not the typical dork crowd of the west side of Lakewood. It is a very warm and cozy place. Sunday is steak night. The tacos are good. The beer list is nothing to talk about. Kenilworth (K-Hole), Sloane Pub (Hairless Hamster), Lakewood Village and Merry Arts are my favorite bars in Lakewood. Shamrock Rest in Peace.
Review Source:Merry Arts is honestly one of my favorite places in Lakewood. Â It is right in downtown Lakewood and it has that 'casual neighborhood bar' type feel to it. Â The food and drinks I've tried are all delicious and their specials are awesome.
Mondays and Thursdays they have "Taco Night," where this woman named Patty takes over the kitchen to serve her homemade tacos. Â On these nights, the rest of the menu does not exist, so don't go here if you want something besides tacos. Â They are only $2 each and are the best tacos I've ever had.
My other favorite special is "burger night" on Wednesdays where they serve 2-for-1 burgers. Â The burgers are around 7 or 8 dollars and then you get the second one free! And they are large burgers too! I always get the burger with bbq sauce, cheese, grilled pineapple and bacon. Â YUM.
I've also had a handful of their appetizers, which have all been great as well. Â Make sure to try the buffalo chicken dip when you check out the place. Â It's served with warm pieces of pita.
The service is usually pretty good as well. Â Some people have complained that they're slow to approach you, but in my opinion, it's worth the wait. Â
Overall, I haven't had many complaints about this adorable pub. Â ...Which explains why I can be found there often. :)
Stopped in here on a wing crawl. Â Placed was packed. Â Both bars were open and we got beers suprisingly fast! Â The wings line..i different story. Â It wrapped around the corner and took forever. Â When they did bring out wings it was in little groups of like 8 samplers. Â WAYYYY more efficient way of doing this..lol. Â Bathrooms are still gross too.. Â But any place that has Pumking and pours a good Guiness will keep me in there for a bit. Â ;)
Review Source:I've had better service at 4am at a Jack in the Box. Â Its not so much that I mind being completely ignored by the staff, sitting an hour while I wait for my food, or being subjected to "Jersey Shore Shark Attack" on the tv while there were at least a half dozen sporting events that I would've rather watched. Nor do I so much mind being lied to by the surly waitress who announced that she wasn't working before heading off to the other side of the building to serve drinks to people who weren't me. Or that I missed 80% of the baseball game I went here to watch because this place just doesn't care about half of their real estate.
No, wait I'm pissed about all these things. Â If I wanted to be completely ignored by unattractive meth addict white trash prostitutes, I could've done that for free somewhere that bothered to get me boozed up before treating me like the throwaway, rickets infested children that they left at home alone, probably feeding on and showering in their own filth.
Good food but horrible service.
You'll get bad service any time of the day, any day of the week. By awful, I mean 20 minutes for a beer, 45 minutes for your salad, over an hour for your meal. Had lunch with a few friends on a Sunday afternoon and we were stuck there for about 2 1/2 hours. This is bar food, not haute cuisine.
They used to do wing night, but now it's boneless wing night, and they're terrible.
Merry Arts makes (what might be) the best tacos in CLE.
Try the hot with sour cream. To die for. Literally. With the deep fried soft shells, greasy meat and chunky salsa (which the sour cream cuts, just a little bit), one might have a clogged artery or two if you eat too many. But that's the beauty, because these babies are filling! After two and a beer, I'm good.
Speaking of beer, they have lots of it. And its cheap. Â For $8 you can get two tacos and a Brooklyn Lager, plus tip. Talk about a cheap date!
OK OK I know I frequent Patty's tacos, but I just can't get enough! Went last night, (Thursday) around 6:30/7PM, bar was packed, went straight to the back kitchen, ordered and Patty herself even help us find seating. So nice! Cheap beer $2 drafts, and Patty came and found us to make sure she knew where we were before she made our food, how sweet is that?! $10 for 6 amazing tacos! Great experience, plus the popcorn machine was a fun touch that makes me happy. :)
Review Source:Before going my bf told me to google "Tom Hanks" + "Patty's Tacos"
I did...and umm...Tom loves Merry-Arts? Â
I've been to Merry-Arts plenty of times. Â They have live music, lots of TVs (including some that are at your booth) and good beer/drink specials. Â
What I'd never experienced before was a Patty's Taco. Â The tacos are served up ONLY on Mondays and Thursdays by two stout ladies wielding paper plates and nary a smile on their face. Â Doesn't matter though because the tacos are darned good. Â For $1.75 each you get a choice of three sauces (note: the hot is NOT hot), heaps of lettuce, meat plus onion filler, sour cream, cheese and probably tomatoes though I don't necessarily remember them. Â I think the clincher was the shell though...it was super deep fried which gave it a nice home-made feel. Â
So was Tom right? Â Are these worthy of mentioning on Letterman? Â Eh...maybe not. Â They still tasted like tacos and I've had some pretty darned good tacos for $1.00 in this town before. Â Even still, washing them down with cheap pitchers and watching football (ahem, truth? Â Actually...the Sing-Off) on the booth TVs was worth it. Â
Oh, Oh, Â and before I forget...I liked the Patty ladies. Â When we left we had to find the stouter one and pay for our tacos. Â I appreciate the trust, plus getting handed change in the back alley by an old lady smoking was kind of the cherry on top of the night. Â Maybe that's me...but it was sweet.
My dad and I really wanted to watch the University of Cincinnati football game versus South Florida while we were in the western Cleveland suburbs a few weekends ago. I did a quick search online to see if there was any sort of Cleveland alumni group but I didn't find much other than an event listing for a game watch at Merry Arts Pub & Grille earlier in the season for the NC State game. After a quick phone call to the bar, and a phone call back from them, we were on our way to the bar.
I knew we were in for a treat when we walked in after kickoff to find that the game was already on the biggest screen in the bar and the sound from the game was on too! And it only got better from there. Their beer list was really good, and we later found out that they were all really affordable pints too. This is your classic neighborhood watering hole and we watched as many regulars arrived at the bar with their newspapers in hand, ready for a long Saturday at the bar.
Being that the game started at noon, eventually we were ready for some lunch. I had read many reviews mentioning their tacos, but soon realized that they are only available on select days. Eventually I settled on the turkey panini. This isn't a thin sandwich from a panini press but a thick grilled sandwich topped with french fries, cole slaw, and tomatoes. I've had sandwiches similar to this in Pittsburgh, but wasn't aware that they were available outside of the steel city. This sandwich was very good and the onion rings were awesome!
My dad went with the slider basket with seasoned fries. I did not sample the sliders but my dad said that they were very good. Their seasoned fries were also a nice touch. The basket did have four sliders, but I couldn't snap a picture before my dad had already devoured one of them. Distance runners sure do have a ferocious appetite. We stuffed ourselves full of great food and watched as the Bearcats went on to win the big football game.
One of my favorite Lakewood spots--laid back, always friendly people there. The staff is also super nice.
Drinks are reasonable, and as far as the food I've only had the tacos...AWESOME!
Go for the deal on Monday's and Thursday's (I think they are a little over a dollar, and well worth it).
I used to live in Lakewood but now I live in another state, and when I come back to town I tend to rely on friends' recommendations about where to eat, given that there are like 100 pub/grill type places around there. Â A buddy told me this place was good, so we stopped in for a weekday lunch with beer. Â Unfortunately, the "grill" part of the restaurant name is misleading - this place only has food during certain restricted hours. Â We arrived after 2 pm and found their kitchen was totally closed and they weren't even serving any sort of bar food (i.e. mozz sticks or anything nukable). Â This was a bummer as they do have an extensive tasty-looking menu (in additional to dinner specials only available on certain nights of the week, like the aforementioned tacos) but we couldn't order any of it. Â
The staff suggested we order pizza in the restaurant next door and bring it over to eat in the bar - no thanks! Â If I'd wanted pizza I'd have just gone to a pizza joint in the first place. Â Sadly, we had to leave without ordering anything as I hadn't had anything to eat all day and wanted a place that served lunch.
This place might be OK for a quick beer but if you are planning to eat there, check first to make sure the "grill" is actually in operation before you stop in.
One side a typical bar with some tv's at the bar, the other side has tv's at each booth.
I went on a wednesday and they had half price apps and bogo burgers. Â Can't go wrong with that. Â They also have a taco nights that involves ordering from what I can only describe as the Taco Nazi.
I used to love going to this place but each time I go back the service is worse and worse. The bartenders always seem so pissed off with each other and some want you to know it for some reason. The food is pretty standard (in a good way), the tacos are really tasty. I took away stars because the service really bugs me, since it could be such a laid back place and there's no reason for attitude towards really nice people. Then again, I could be going on those off days.
They have keno!!!! My money got stuck in the machine and the bartender wouldn't help me located the number on the machine to call for my money back. Not only that, but she pretty much tried everything in her power to ignore my situation. There were other bartenders and maybe 15 people in the whole place-she had time to give me the number at the very least. I was very nice about it.
I go to this bar solely because it is the closest to my house.
I can't understand why everyone likes the tacos. I mean I get them every time, but they are not good. at all. And I'm never sure if I'm supposed to tip the woman when she brings them out. Anyone?
Pitchers are cheaper during sporting events and the vibe is definitely more of a dive bar on the one side, which I like. This is not where the yuppies go, in case you're looking to escape that scene.
Oh, and free popcorn you help yourself to, in case you were hoping  to help Cleveland fatten up just a little more.
Patty's Taco night on Monday and Thursday evenings is perhaps the highlight of my week.
Picture Flash fried soft taco shells -- perfectly filled with taco fillings (ground beef, lettuce, cheese, tomato -- and whatever "spiciness" of sauce you prefer.
Note to selves - this is a place that serves tacos ONLY on taco night... and Patty and her mother serve them only ONE way, (the best way ever!) so picky eaters be-aware -- but its worth it AND AMAZING.
(order at the kitchen door -- note how MANY tacos each person wants (per plate) and what spiciness - mild, medium, "herb's" -- b/c med and hot, or Hot, (she may have a "super hot" i forget)..... and if you want Sour Cream or no sour cream -- and then you go and sit, order a pitcher of beer, maybe grab some popcorn -- and wait for patty to bring the tacos --- and you ENJOY -- and then --- before you leave, you go back to the kitchen, and pay her :) CASH only -- so just be advised. (there is an ATM in the bar)
Taco nights at Merry Art's have the ability to make my world a better place.
Do you like homemade taco's that cost less than 2$ each? Then come here any Monday or Wednesday. Â There is a sign that says "This isn't Burger King, You'll have it my way!" but trust her, because she makes amazing taco's. Â You have the option of mild, medium or hot, and she handles it from there.
Worth it - go check it out!
The Merry-Arts is a nice place to watch a game or meet-up with friends on a weekend. The mood is always jolly and you could easily get caught up here and end up spending the entire evening in just this bar.
They often have live music.
It is also home to Cleveland's own version of the Soup Nazi, the Taco Nazi. Prepare your order ahead of time.
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