Metropole

This review is based on my lunch experience.

I met a friend here for lunch a few weeks ago and since she knew the bartender we ate at the bar. The bartender Chris was very knowledgeable and super nice to us both.
I ordered the Metropole drink and it was very good for my lunch I had the beef tongue with pickled red onions and arugula on blue oven bread and also ordered a side of fries which were served with pickle dressing.

The tongue was great and not tough at all, the fries however were a disappointment.

I also ordered a Beet Shrub and I highly suggest getting one.

After lunch we got a personal tour of the terrace.

there were 5 of us last evening for dinner prior to May Festival. Overall the 21 C Hotel concept is so needed for our city.  Kudo's on the the look and ambiance. I like the look and feel that is suitable for jeans to tux's. I wish the noise level could be tempered, but that seems to be the trend with most of the recent additions to our downtown dining scene.  I applaud the ecclectic and creative menu and wine options. Our table was please with the food and flavors we received. There seem to be plenty of servers but seemed somewhat disorganized. I have a thing about having to guess who ordered what, when courses arrive. Is ok at Frischs, but that is about it.  There should be an ordering procedure, that identifies who is who at each table.  The order stays the same throughout the process. An entree was missing for one of party, it was prepared and delivered in about 12 minutes, as others were finishing.  But that can happen anywhere. Thankfully management did the right thing for our guest. That is the key thing. I would return.  It is a comfortable experience. max f

Great Experience. Went here after a show at the Aronoff Center - it is very conveniently located. Our server was fantastic, and our food was very good. I wouldn't rank it as high as Proof on Main in Louisville, but it was a very good experience overall. We tried almost everything on the menu (a group of 5 splitting so everyone could have a taste). The best, I thought, were the seared octopus and the sweetbreads. I thought sweetbreads (having never tried them) would be more like liver, which I don't care for, but they were amazing! The dessert was the only disappointment, and I think that is because it wasn't as good as the dessert I had at Proof on Main. Overall a wonderful experience and will be sure to eat here again. One note, we had to make an adjustment to our already made open table reservation, and that somehow ended up removing our open table reservation, so we didn't get points...just make a note of it if you are looking for points, any change to the reservation apparently cancels it through open table.