Grille 55 Downtown — Restaurant in Cleveland

On 3/4/23, My family/friends were in town to celebrate my cousin’s birthday. My cousin stumbled upon this place as we presumed it was a “steakhouse” 🙄😳 from the google pics online. We didn’t know it was a bar/club that served steakhouse-like meals. We all ordered together (party of 8), however the food came out at all different times. My cousin got a lamb chop meal and a lobster bite appetizer, before I even received my Caesar salad, which I ordered as a meal 😳. She got her food and finished, before my salad even hit the table. The service was so inconsistent, with people twerking 3 steps away from your dinner table 😂🤦🏾‍♀️. The music was a vibe, but that’s about it! This establishment definitely needs more staff, as the waitresses (who were super nice) were running around like chickens with their head cut off! The kicker was the huge gun that was noticed on the security guard as we headed out the door to leave! This place is definitely a H*LL NO for me ever again! We thought we were receiving an upscale dining experience, and was met with a “free before 10pm” at the hood bar experience (with high priced food). Smh.

Oh. I totally forgot to mention the hostess telling us that we had to get up from our seats because another party was due to come in! 😳🤦🏾‍♀️🤣 Like ma’am, I mean it did take us over an hour for some of us to get food (a...

I'm not from Cleveland, but was in town visiting friends. The vibe was dope, the music was okay, but not enough of a mix. It was approximately 10pm so there was some seats available, but not overly busy, however 2 hours into the visit I looked around and it was packed. The food was mediocre at best, but to be fair, they seemed to be short staffed as our waitress was covering a lot of tables and "sections" that had large groups. The soul roll was really good, but the collard greens and mac n cheese were tasteless with no seasoning. I was disappointed because it looked good. It was 5 of us and everyone received their food except 1 person. Considering we waited 2 hours to receive our food the 1 person who waited 20 to 30 minutes after we received ours, wasn't that happy with the food. Hell he may have been intoxicated by that time. LOL There were just a lot of areas of opportunities that could have made the experience better. As a suggestion, have someone who just handles drinks and checking in with the tables/guests because we waiting 30 minutes just to get waters and sodas. Not sure if I would return to eat, but maybe to vibe and have cocktails...

I’m going to assume I had an uncommon experience but it was my first time here and wouldn’t come back. It wasn’t very busy so I was surprised how slow service was. Was halfway into dinner before getting the water we asked for initially and never got a refill. No drink menu so I asked what do they make, and they didn’t make any of the classic drinks like Manhattan, Moscow mule, etc. So I got a simple crown apple and ginger ale. It came out in a plastic cup, well two plastic cups separate for the crown and one for the ginger ale. Why would I want it separate? 24 dollars for a double crown in a drink I had to mix myself. More for the drink than most entire dinners. The salmon was over cooked but decently seasoned. Perch was over cooked and dry inside. The mac and yams were good. Small portions. I’m not a fan of the music, Sexxy Red playing every other song. I wish there was something classy in Cleveland. It’s a nice looking establishment, seems like it would be better than that. I’m going to chalk it up to a bad night. But to charge that much for drinks and not even be able to make a classic...