Overlook Kitchen - Cincinnati

It was freezing inside. Our waitress kept disappearing. She gave our meal away so we waited 30 minutes for them to redo it. The risotto was undercooked and flavorless. Then she topped off my coke with a Diet Coke after finding out they ran out of regular coke. For the finale…no apology or discount was given. I would not try them again.The chicken and lamb was good but not worth $95.00

Came here for burger week and got told if I wanted to get the burger and remove toppings then I would have to pay $16 instead of $7. Another person in our party ordered the burger on special and said it tasted like white castle. Choose wisely.Food: 1/5

Sat outside. Wonderful night to do that. Nice view. Made 6:15pm reservation but almost nobody else there. Wife had lamb lollipops. Tasty tender. Husband had pork chop tomahawk. It was chewy hard to eat.

This restaurant has so much potential but at the moment it is simply mediocre. The drinks are over priced for not being anything special. While the dishes ordered were fine and beautifully presented, every course had an issue. The salad was under- dressed and desperately craving an extra punch of acid. The steak dish had a turnip/ horseradish puree that was lacking in horseradish, thus providing an underwhelming contrast to the rich steak. Another sauce would have greatly benefitted the dish as well. The Lemon tart dessert was perfectly passable but something I could easily make at home.... Otherwise, the service was great and the restaurant is beautiful. It just needs to find a culinary stride.

We really wanted to like this place and went there with some high hopes! Just dined there for Burger Week. Our service was pretty good, so no complaints there at all. Got drinks quickly, refills on water, etc. Our server was great! Super nice lady kept stopping by to get dirty dishes. Liked the atmosphere until the music started it was SO LOUD, and they were on the other side of the bar from us. Even my teenager thought they were too loud.Oh, and the seats our four top table had a booth like bench seat for two on one side and two chairs on the other. I sat on the booth side, and I felt like I was really low to the table. It was kind of amusing as I am a tall person, and I felt really close to the table, which I'm not used to.Here's what we had and our thoughts (as we both totally agreed on each dish):Frito Misto this dish is a joke for what you pay and probably the worst we had. See first photo as I would have expected a lot more for $22. Was just randomly on the plate, too, like half of it slid off en route, and this was the mess left. And the cherry peppers watch out, as I took a tiny bite of one, and it burned my throat. The calamari tasted kinda funky, like it was on the edge of being bad. Overall, no flavor with the breading on the calamari nor the lemon aioli. Somehow, the broccolini was the star of the plate. After this and the pork belly arrived, and we tried some, my son was ready to cancel the burgers and leave. Don't order this dish is all I can say.Crispy Pork Belly wasn't really crispy. Hardly any of the hard cider reduction, and this dish would have benefited from some more sauce. I think we got two pieces of chicharron and weren't sure if the frisee was garnish or what. We did eat some, but it also would have benefited from more reduction or dressing or something.Burger Week burgers these were small but pretty good! They didn't totally come how we ordered them, but overall, these were good and probably the highlight of the meal. It's just too bad they were only 4 oz., so more bun than burger. If the Overlook burger is like this one, I would order it.Side of fries okay. Not the worst, not the best. Could have been a little hotter upon arrival, but the bar was pretty low after the frito misto, so we didn't complain.Maple Bacon Fritters so, these have promise. The bacon was on the chewy, overcooked side versus being crispy which would have made a huge difference. Like some crispy baked bacon or candied bacon, and this dish would have been a hit. Not enough whipped cream either. And one fritter was raw dough inside. They did offer to remake them or take off our bill. Like I said, service was not the issue. And next to the burgers, even semi raw fritters were the second best thing we had.It's a restaurant in a hotel, and I get many/most of them aren't the best. For drinks outside or just the dessert (if throughly cooked), then maybe. Or perhaps we just didn't order the menu items that make them shine. Again, we really wanted to like this place, but after that first experience, I am not sure we'll be back at least not anytime soon. Sorry, Overlook! We may give you another try in the future, but I will never order that frito misto again.Parking: No issues with finding free parking in the garage, although lots of poles and some tight fit with spaces.