Budd Dairy Food Hall — Restaurant in Columbus

Budd Dairy has many food options from different vendors and a delightful drink menu. However, Budd Dairy has its limits with accessibility. The parking lot has three handicap accessible parking spaces that are rather close to the front door. There is no curb to the entrance however, there are two flights of stairs. They have a wheelchair lift to the front doors, but it requires assistance to use. Once inside most of the vendors are on the main level. There are not any necessarily strong smells produced by any of the vendors. However, once you order your food (which can be done at the vendors directly or through an app) you must go retrieve the food yourself when it is ready posing an access risk. There is an abundance of seating on the entry level however, it is mostly high-top seating. There are only a few tables at a regular height. On the first level the lighting was very natural due to many large windows. On the far side of the space lighting became a little bit more dull and yellow but it was not harsh. If you want tacos or want to sit on the patio, but need wheelchair access, you might want to think again. To get to this patio and the taco location you need to go down a flight of stairs or take the ramp with a tight turn. Then after making the tight turn towards the taco stand, you will be met by a large cabinet on your right and chairs on your left. Hopefully, no one is sitting in the chairs so you can move them, but the issues do not stop here. There are two garage doors that open to a patio. While I was there only one garage door was open and to get to the taco line one had to fit through a very tight space. If both garage doors were open, one could go around this space by exiting onto the patio and reentering on the other side through the other garage door. However, since this location is in Ohio this option is not available in the winter months. Once again indoor seating on this level has high-top tables. Outdoor seating is more accessible with normal height tables however, the seats are only benches and there are no normal height chairs with backs. There is one family style restroom that had a normal weighted door and is very accessible except for an electric door opener. The women’s restroom had accessible sinks but is inaccessible for large wheelchairs to reach the large stall. A piece of the wall jettisons out into the path making it nearly impossible for someone to reach the large stall. There is a baby changing table in the large stall, but not an adult changing table. The doors to the bathrooms have no electric opener, but they were light. There were no harsh chemical smells in the restrooms, but they used a scented soap that smelled like sage when I was there. The soap was from a local company (Glenn Avenue Soap Company), so the smell probably changes from time to time. The lighting in the restrooms were extremely yellow. They used rustic Einstein bulbs to light the room. There was adequate couch seating outside of the restrooms but if you require a harder rather than soft chair this may not be of help to you. When exploring the other floors, there was an elevator near the entrance for transportation. On the rooftop the doors were slightly heavier. There was a ramp to get onto the rooftop deck. Once again, most seating is high-top seating but, there were a few couches at a lower level. The lighting on the roof had a yellow tint but, depending on the time of day the natural light will be the major source of lighting. If you are a person who gets easily overstimulated, I would recommend going during off peak hours. The space can become overstimulating with many people and noises. However, the seating area near the restrooms with softer couches that I previously discussed might be a great space to escape. No one seemed to be sitting there and it was relatively quieter than the food court area and had dim lighting. While the food and drinks were delicious, I would love for this space to be...

Finally was able to try this place. We went on another date night and was going to try an actual restaurant and decided to go here instead and pick from multiple eateries. It is actually a really cool concept. It was kind of busy. But we still enjoyed ourselves. We even had an adult lemon shake-up which was pretty cool and served in the lemon cups. Everything was really good. I would most certainly go back. As you can see we bought a little bit from a couple places just to taste it out. The lobster roll what's good at least I can say I got a lobster roll. Would I get It Again? probably not, but I would go back to cousins and try something from their menu that is for sure. The lobster roll was good I think it had too much butter on it so it kind of made the bread soggy and maybe I should have talked it with the coleslaw on it. It felt like it was missing something but maybe that's just how lobster rolls are supposed to be, but don't get me wrong it was good fresh and you can tell it was good lobster meat. My Fries were amazing they were called braised and Confused, it was delish I would definitely go back and try another fry dish. Then there was a Filipino spot that was to die for and we had a grilled pork belly Bowl I think it was called the street way not sure but it was really good I would most definitely go back and try something else from the menu. It was a cute concept next time I go I will try something else from another established when I didn't get to try from. But I absolutely love how they were able to keep history in Columbus and revamped it for another life that was probably the most exhilarating thing to know that they didn't tear down and then try to rebuild a whole new building but yet noticed that it had good guts and it could be repurposed and salvaged. Try it out you won't be disappointed. Now I will say it was busy but we were still able to get a parking spot and be able to sit...

Two people with me got a light meal - one had just hummus and a pita bread and the other had falafel with rice and it cost $27!?! 🤯

I got a couple tacos and they averaged $5 each - that's just too much. I mean they were OK, but nowhere near worth the price. The place makes their own tortillas which seems cool, except they don't make them fresh for each order which is a real shame because freshly made still hot tortillas are the foundation of a great taco.

My taco al pastor had only ONE tiny piece of pineapple on it and the meat was just OK - it had fat dripping off it, yet it wasn't nearly as tender and juicy as it could be, as it SHOULD be, for the prices they charge. It also lacked crispy bits which take a great pork taco to the next level.

Another time I had Cluck Norris chicken tenders. This was a little better, as the batter was nice and crispy and the meat was nice and juicy, but, the serving size is kinda small for the price and the sauces (including the side of blue cheese) are disappointing. Also having to pay a couple bucks extra for the celery + blue cheese made it doubly disappointung as the celery was both way too small of an amount, and, not good because it was fibrous tough outer stalks were so stringy it was unpleasant to eat. They should use "celery hearts" and give at least 2-3x more.

It seemed like every single place there was way overpriced as if they think they have Michelin Star quality food when in reality it's just decent.

In cities like NYC or San Francisco I can get food that's twice as good at half the price and in Tokyo it's only about 1/4 of the price?!?!!! Columbus should be CHEAPER than those places, not more expensive -...