Artis Lakewood — Restaurant in Lakewood

The food is absolutely phenomenal. Jeffrey-the guy posting bad pics of his food is messing with what he gets then posting. Clearly those pics arent legitimately what they are bringing to the table. Liar liar pants on fire. Get an actual hobby Jeffrey.

I had the panna cotta without the Kataifi because I'm gluten free. The panna cotta was the best thing about the entire night. It was perfect and refreshing.

I also had their eggplant entree. Listen, I hate eggplant because I'm a texture eater and it is always mushy. It doesnt matter how anyone cooks it-it is always still too mushy. Well this eggplant was shockingly not mushy at all. I actually loved it. I was also left wondering what sort of magic they used to transform it so pleasingly.

The hummus is phenomenal. I'm one of those people that know what true hummus is supposed to be and so I never get it from stores or restaurants. But Artis makes hummus the traditional, correct, delicious way. It normally comes with pita but I am gluten free so they brought out vegetables.

I had am old fashion and it was the best one I have ever had. You know it is a good one when they give you one giant cube, not a bunch of ice. It was so smooth.

I had other dishes but did not photograph them. Overall, I really enjoyed the small plates- Deviled eggs, spicy cucumbers, hummus, etc. I also had a sunshine spritz which is their version of an aperol spritz. The apertif is lemon though instead of orange. It was the most stunning spritz I have ever had. It's also dangerous cause I could have easily drank 4 of them.

The service was great. Our server was able to help me with my gluten free needs. They accommodated my desire for their salmon that had a sauce containing gluten by changing the sauce last minute. I did not expect that and certainly never do. So it was really nice of...

Food: excellent taste and combinations, my group shared the beet salad which was a smaller portion with sweet golden beets. We also shared the Green Tehina Hunmus which was light and creamy, and served with delicious bread, and we were given extra upon request. My partner had the Royal with Cheese which was delicious and I would come visit again just to eat that. I had the Cured Salmon Toast which was a good portion and well executed. My sister had the Apple Bomb Waffle, which was light and crispy compared to a more chewy standard waffle. My mom had the breakfast plate with a side of hollandaise and a cappuccino. The hollandaise was well done and the cappuccino was more bitter than sweet. My sisters partner had the biscuits and gravy, of which I tried a very buttery and fluffy biscuit.

Service: excellent. We purposefully came to see Elise and she did an amazing job serving our table despite issues with the power and a very busy restauraunt.

Environment: we were seated in the backroom with blue walls. There were approximately 18 people which contributed to the high noise volume and significantly decreased air quality, which was in the 2000s, well above a desired

Came here for a birthday and to check out the new place. I love new things in Lakewood but I also enjoy really good food and listen. We could not have had a better birthday Dinner. A big thing to me is staff, because even if a restaurant has great food the staff will make or break and listen they did both. From the kind attentive greetings at the host stand from the manager and other staff member (unsure of role) to the immediate welcome and thorough explanation from Cory our bartender, we felt welcome and comforted. And it went up from there. Cory went above and beyond to get the bottle of wine we wanted, even on discount night. He was prepared and thoroughly walked us through the menu with recommendations that were spot on. We trusted him fully with our steak cut choice and cook, and he killed it. I'm a weirdo that only really enjoys steak cooked as juiceluly and rarely as deemed fit and he made sure we got it to how we would like, and daaaaang it was so fantastic! One of the most flavorful and wonderful I've had in Ohio. So so pleased and excited to come back again whenever cuz we still dreaming bout that steak/butter combo. Cory was alsp super fun and engaging the entire experience and so kindly catered however he could. He made the birthday above and beyond special. The manager's consistent checking in on us with genuine care also spoke volumes.

We will be back 100% and can't stop talking about it. I get people have different experiences but ours was so great I put it on my todo list to...