Madonna's Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Cincinnati

Great cinci dive. Atmosphere looks like it used to be a smoke/stripper lounge; it has that feel. I like that in a dive, but maybe not everyone. SERVICE WAS STELLAR: 5-stars to Ali; she ran the bar, handled the Bengal fans and kept service running without delay. And she made up for the kitchen…

Kitchen: it was very meh, BUT there were some gold nuggets; list from best to worst:

1. you must try the wings. Fall off the bone good.
2. chicken rice soup full of flavor.
3. double decker club was served with plenty of meat, but no LTM as listed. Instead of making a new one, kitchen gave me a side of LTM to remake sandwich myself.
4. fries were foul. No seasoning, kinda soggy/no crisp, and they had a gross slightly gooey feel in the middle.
5. chili had some flavor, but there was some odd lumpy crunchy gross tasting thing in the bottom of bowl that left a bad flavor in mouth. Ugh. Was this the same kitchen that gave me those incredible wings?

Despite the wobbly throw from the kitchen, Ali caught it and scored a touchdown. I’d def come back. It’s a downtown dive, you can’t expect...

The bearded bar tender. Maybe named bob. Kicked 20+ friends out bc our designated driver was “too drunk.” He could not explain why she was being kicked out. So we all left

To managements response below: It is a shame that this is your response as a manager. Clearly this situation was not addressed with your employees from this night. If it was you would of found out our party was there for a baby shower of a mother who will be adopting a child later this month. The majority of our party had completely sober mothers present. And I personally was not kicked out nor was our entire party. One individual was asked to leave in our group because they had hiccups while ordering drinks. As a group we decided to leave because our friend was extremely upset with the way they were treated. The other employees that were there that night apologized to our party as they saw us leave because they too felt it was wrong. As a manager of a bar known for selling alcohol I wouldn’t recommend welcoming back anyone in a...

I was looking for a place to get some food after a game and this what was available at the hour. I thought it was an amazing experience. I was told that all they had at the time was appetizers but that was okay as the wings were great. But the food aside, Scotty was bartending and, as a person who values a good bartender, he could very well be the apex of the profession. Just watching him interact joyously to the people he knew, the tourists and out of towners he didn't, was an experience. I didn't stay very long but he'd felt he'd been neglecting me (I didn't feel that was the case) and he wanted me to have a shot of bourbon from a bottle of which he was particularly fond. So we shared a drink and the joy he had over sharing that experience with me, was truly touching. Shook my hand three times before I left. I won't forget this trip to Madonna's...