The Comet — Restaurant in Cincinnati

We tried this place on a Tuesday night around 7p. We found a place to park across the street with no problem. Upon entering and not being greater, we realized that we could seat ourselves. But just before sitting down we happened to notice a sign saying to place your order at the bar.

When I approached the bar, the bar tender immediately asked me what I would like. This gave me the impression that most people are regulars who don’t need to see a menu. But it was my first time.

I proceeded to order Rice and Beans (basically, it’s a burrito bowl). I let her know up front that I had a very annoying request - I wanted the rice and beans in one bowl and everything else in a separate bowl. She totally understood and then asked me what all we wanted in our bowl. I took her suggestion and tried the mixed beans (pinto and black) and the chicken (instead of beef). I also ordered guac, salsa, onions, shredded cheese, sour cream and lettuce. The annoying thing about this? The guac, salsa, cheese, sour cream and meat are all extra and you are charged separately. Who on earth would order a burrito and not want this things?? I wish they’d just charge the rate they want and make it flat. Paying for “extras” makes me feel like they’re nickel and dime-ing.

After placing our order, she asked if we’d like to open a tab or pay immediately. We left a card with her to open a tab. Then she explained that we’d need to walk our order receipt to the kitchen window which was in the next room. We ended up sitting in the second room because it was entirely empty. And not having any high chairs, I wanted my thirteen month old to be able to exist and not annoy fellow customers. (The first room had a few tables that were full and the patio had a set of steep stairs leading down the hill). There was another family with kids who were playing pool, so this place obviously attracts all ages.

Our food probably took about fifteen minutes to come out. And when it did, we saw that they actually put EVERYTHING “on the side”. Lol. One bowl for every topping. We each made our own bowls with what we wanted. Looking back, I wouldn’t bother getting the onion because they’re raw. The chicken is pulled and seasoned, but not very flavorful or juicy. But the salsa of the month was good (roasted garlic salsa). The guac probably isn’t made in house and is meh. But I really appreciated the large portion of sour cream. In fact, the whole thing was a large portion and super share-able. So that’s nice!

Once you’re done you pick up after yourself. There’s a place for your empty trays and glasses right next to the kitchen window.

I wasn’t really blown away by my experience here. But I’ve heard such great things about they’re brunch? Maybe I’d try it some weekend if I could get there...

This is one of those places I've heard everyone talk about but haven't gone in the 10+ years I've lived in Cincinnati. I finally crossed off an iconic Cincy location off my to do list!

The first thoughts we had as we headed in with a group of about 8 on a Sunday was "I'm eating Mexican, in a dice bar, listening to Blue Grass." And that kinda sums up the eclecticness of the place and the neighborhood! It's dark which makes it look dingy, but I love me a good dive lookin place. This is perfect. There's not a ton of seating, but we did snag the nice round booth, unfortunately the table is a little too small for the booth.

You place your order at the bar. They have a few taps and a generous supply of liquor. Check their board for both food and drink specials. There's also about 3 refrigerator cases with canned and bottled beer you can purchase. (Fun fact, Little Kings is normally 2 for $5.) The food is sort of build your own ala carte. You can any meat/tofu, and veggies to orders. Hubby and I got the quesadillas and an order of nachos with queso. And there was plenty of food! The entrees normally.come with chips and your choice of salsa. The mild was definitely flavorful! The medium lacked the flavor but had a slight bit of heat, but not overpowering.

The food was delicious and was very generous portions for what you paid for. The live band wasn't overly loud for the smallish space either. They also have a nice patio out back with about 6-8 tables as well if you like dining outside. I wished I had stumbled upon this place sooner! Will definitely be...

I'm not one to write reviews especially bad ones, but I felt like this was a must. I visited The Comet Sunday afternoon for dinner and it was fairly empty. I had visited prior that week and it was great. The restaurant doesn't have a wait staff so you have to go to the bar to place your order. The manager was the only one working the bar, his name was John. We ordered a quesadilla and a plain chicken burrito with queso. The exact same order as what we did prior that week. He said that they couldn't do it and we stated how we had had the exact same order a few days prior. He refused and to mitigate the situation we simply asked if we could just buy a bowl of queso and have them put it in the burrito with just chicken in it. He was absurdly loud and rude at this point causing a scene as he said "I'm not doing it but you can ask the chef". We went and asked the chef and he was nice and said that was totally fine. He brought out our food and there clearly wasn't any queso in the burrito. I went and told the bartender there wasn't any queso put into the burrito and once he adamantly told me the chef said there was I literally tore open the burrito in front of him to prove there was absolutely no queso and he looked at me and said "my chefs don't lie". Almost at this point I thought that John Quiñones was going to pop out with a camera from the show "What Would You Do?". He was so absurdly adamant that there was queso in the burrito that I almost wanted to ask if he was blind. At this point we didn't even eat. We paid and we left uneaten food sitting...