Latitudes Bar & Bistro — Restaurant in Anderson Township

The interior is nicely done as a music-centered bar/restaurant with images of the Beatles, one of Joe Cocker, and a few others. They have a number of tables and some comfortable booths as well as a medium-sized bar area and even a pool table. The food selection is pretty standard stuff, the "Lattitudes Burger", for example, is kind of a basic build-your-own sort of entree, and there didn't seem to be any daily specials, or at least we saw none posted and were not informed of any. Yet the burger was good, and the wings for our appetizer were quite good. The staff was friendly and efficient and the prices were noticeably on the decent side, with a 22 oz craft beer from the tap costing less than most places in Cincinnati, even those boasting "happy hours" which didn't seem to be the case here. With beer prices that low, where's the need? There didn't seem to be a written list of beers on tap, even in chalk somewhere, and certainly not in print, but the waitress did have a handwritten list.

The service was prompt and friendly, the meals ready quite quickly, and everything tasted great. The piped-in music was a bit eclectic, a couple of 70s hits, followed by some from the "Rat-pack" to make me think I was perhaps in a New York Italian restaurant or a Mario Puzo novel. But not too loud or intrusive, and perhaps catering to a somewhat older crowd.

We went there on a Thursday evening at 5 pm and it was far less busy than I would have guessed from the cars parked nearby, the place was nearly empty except for one occupied table and a few patrons at the bar. There are some large screen TVs there, so one supposes you could go there to watch a game and have some drinks too .

Overall a place we will certainly go back to soon, for the decent food at nice prices, and at least on a Thursday at a time when places like Mt. Carmel are starting to get busy, this place should certainly have a free table. Supposedly they rotate the beers--we'll see.

Update: 3/17/22 ONE POOR EXPERIENCE

We've been there several times since, and the food & service continued to be quite good, with one notable exception on St. Patrick's. First, we used Google's new reservation feature, which seemed to work (I received a confirmation number) but didn't. Upon arrival they were unaware and said they didn't do any sort of online reservations. This may have been Google's fault.

Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, they were able to seat us. I say unfortunately, because after 15 minutes, we hadn't seen a server, and yet one of the management was sprawled out nearby playing with his phone. They did apologize, saying they just had one server. Still, even with a few tables outside, the restaurant was far less than half full.

The manager went to look for the server, and after 5 minutes came back, apologies in hand, but couldn't find him. Seriously, the place isn't that large! The manager took our order, and brought our drinks. Then, it took over 20 minutes for our burger and sandwich to arrive, brought not by the waiter (who had meantime come by to say hello, I think, he seemed very...?confused?) but by the barman. Later space cadet waiter returned, asking if I wanted another beer. I'll give you one guess as to whether or not it came within 15 minutes.....I rarely tip less...

Located in the Anderson Towne Center, Latitudes Bar & Bistro has been open for over a decade with the current owners at the reigns for the last nine years. The outside of the building is warm and inviting, but the inside was quite dark and had a different feel to it than I was expecting.

My family and I arrived for an early Sunday lunch and found the restaurant nearly completely empty. We didn't let this deter us and grabbed a table near the stage that is used for nightly entertainment. Our service was fast and super friendly.

We started with the Mediterranean Platter filled with falafel, spanakopita, hummus, pickled veggies, and pita bread ($12). This was a ton of food for my wife and I and it was all of such great quality. This could easily feed a group of four as a solid starter for your meal.

My wife and I also split the buffalo chicken flatbread with a ranch base, chicken, red onions, crumbled blue cheese, mozzarella cheese, and drizzled with ranch dressing and hot sauce ($11). Again, this was a filling flat bread and the taste was excellent! We ended up taking a good portion of this home after eating our way through the appetizer.

Our son enjoyed the cheeseburger sliders with fries ($5). Sunday is also kids eat free day, so our bill at the end was really cheap! These looked like high quality burgers and our son was happy and really enjoyed the fresh cut fries as well.

Our daughter enjoyed the chicken bites, which are essentially boneless wings without sauce, served with fries ($5). I'm sure most kids would enjoy this plate, but our daughter actually preferred the Mediterranean platter.

While the restaurant space is a little odd, the food at Latitudes Bar & Bistro is great, the service was superb, and we all left happy. When we are back in the area we will not hesitation to...

Went there Saturday December 17th for a live band benefit and was told that my card was declined for my one transaction but the other one went through.. I knew there was money on my card because I was setting there looking at the app on my phone.. they finally stated it was a computer error but you know by then I'm already stressed out and highly embarrassed due to no fault of my own

Wake up the next morning and there's 2 $25 holds on my card when the one transaction had already went through And they told me not to worry about the other transaction due to a computer error

Went up there on Sunday when they said they were open and the doors were locked they were not open the hours that were on the door or on the website so had to make another trip up there later that day and spoke to the manager who assured me that the 2 $25 holds would be off of my account

Well it's Monday and guess what there is more transactions from lattitudes on my credit card that I have no idea what they are for. I would definitely not recommend using your credit card at this establishment I will be contacting my credit card and disputing these charges

By the way I've left several messages for somebody to call me about this and they never have called me so again very very bad...