Bodega Restaurant & Lounge

Quiet, quaint. The food is good. Service as well. Perfect for a quick bite to eat. Kind of eccentric, which I think lends to the charmArancini is wonderful.

I came here for drinks with a friend of mine and we were very pleased. She ordered a salad and I had the eggplant. We both had a couple glasses of sangria. We sat outside and the weather was perfect. The food and service were great and the prices were surprisingly reasonable. I'm a vegetarian so it is nice when a restaurant can accommodate my diet. We will be returning soon for live music!

Service was lacking. No one greeted us. Walked to bar, and bartender pointed to a table for us to sit. The menu is extensive. Ambiance is nice. I ordered the stuffed eggplant...it was EXCELLENT. The food came to us piping hot. The macaroni and cheese (I sampled) was too salty for my taste. Had to ask for refill on water. The guy never came to ask if all was well or if we needed anything. He had to be hunted down to even pay the tab. He was out FRONT smoking a cigarette. Not a good look. I would go back just for the food. My complements to the chef. ‍

The Lobster Risotto is amazing I've been many times and I'm never disappointed. The ambiance of the bar is reminiscent of an upscale New York bar.

The atmosphere was very welcoming, the staff were very friendly, and the food was good!

Where do I start? Instead of a friendly welcome we received a lecture on how to use a QR code to scan the menu and select food and drinks. No waiter, no service, no recommendations, no explanations of any of the dishes. We wanted to inquire about portion sizes and how many to order for a table of 4. One has to select and immediately pay on the app.I can live with that approach and have dealt with this type of set up in other countries and during Covid, but here it comes across as cheap and cutting corners. The real sad part though was the food, a real let down.The only good dish was the hummus platter, which was tasty and good size.The bad: everything else. The mussels looked promising but came in a flavorless broth. I only ate one and had sand and pieces of broken shells in my mouth. My friends had the same experience and we left the dish mostly untouched. The lamb lollipops were overcooked but the worst was the eggplant dish. The portion was massive and the middle was ice cold, possibly microwaved? On top of that my friend found a very long dark hair in her bite. Because there is no wait staff nobody came and inquired about our experience. You are left alone with cold, poorly prepared food. Why bother? You got our money upfront and couldn't care less about your guests experience.We left much of the food uneaten and cut this disappointing evening short.So sad, we had great memories of this place when it had Moroccan inspired dishes that were well executed. Looks like the new owners are taking a former gem downhill. We won't miss Bodega.

A cute cozy spot. The food was very tasty. Service on point. I also loved the Salmon Bites. Will definitely return.

We were going through Cleveland and thought we'd try this place out. ON a Monday evening around 8 pm the place was fairly empty except for a few people at the bar. As we sat and waited for our food, a few more people trickled in and headed straight to the bar. Park on the street, there was a lot not too far from this establishment. We lucked out that it was Indigenous people's day so parking was free! We ordered plates to share. The Quail nestled on a creamy bed of corn was absolutely delectable. If you don't know, quail is a small bird-like chick size. It was tender with a hint of smokiness. The corn was bursting with flavor! We also ordered lamb lollipops. Yummmm. You get two "lollipops" on top of mashed potatoes with a sauce. It was the perfect combination of comfort and highbrow. The strawberry basil drink I ordered reminds me of Alize. So good. Luc was our server attentive and not overbearing. Would definitely return.

I went here on a Friday night, and it was not super packed, which I liked because it's in a busy part of town. The food was good, but be aware the kitchen is small, so there was a wait time of about 30-40min for food, the ambiance was great.

This place...good lord. Where to begin. The decor looks like someone was on an extreme budget trying to decorate it like a real restaurant. The whole ambiance feels like a propped up hollywood facade of an actually establishment. Things become apparant that you may have made reservations at the wrong restaurant from walking in and seeing the horrible tables and chairs covered in purple and black linens to hide their awful condition. Keeping with the theme...think "pretending to be upscale" with the decor. Heck some of the wall decor hasnt even been hung up yet, its leaning against the wall.Taking it further, we have house speakers on tripods strategically located to pump out what might be "Stevie Wonder spotify play list". Almost too loud to talk.As you sit down and wait...and wait...and wait. You figure out yourself you have to scan the QR code on the table to order your food, drinks. There will be confusion about who pays because when everyone orders from the QR, the option to order as a group or single person leaves you wondering what the heck to do.There is a server who comes and drops off glasses of water with ice. And you really never see them again. When you finally figure out they are not taking your order and you REALLY have to use your phone to order, be prepared to pass your phone around the table or shout out what you want to whoever is holding the phone. The owner might come over and try to charm you. Dont be fooled, he will watch your table struggle all night with no care. Table of 6, we had one dish come out and hour after we ordered. Drinks that took forever. Someone ordered a gingerale that never came out...until after dinner. After that one dish came out, our appetizers and the other 5 entrees trickled out of the kitchen over the next hour with no urgency or understanding of table serving or timing. Drinks came out wrong. Food was marginal, with the salmon barely edible. Many things that were ordered from the QR code, never even came to the table. I recall someone coming by after dinner was over...we still have a side salad ,do you want it? Are you kidding me???!The owner, milling about seeing this whole thing unfold, did nothing to remedy the situation.We had to tell them we didnt get $30 worth of food and we had to have them take it off the bill.At the end they charged us 20% gratuity automatically...which we tried to take off and they wouldnt. 20% for what!? We ordered and put in our own food and the back of house messed it up so so bad....0% tip!!!This place with its fake ambiance, Horrible staff and even worse service should change its name to Slow-dega...see what I did there? Yeahhhh...I guess there are restaurants for people with low expectations. If thats you, freaking eat here.