Crave

Great service at the bar. They had a lot of gluten free options. The food was delicious. I had Grand Marnier crème brûlée for dessert and it was amazing.

Crave is a really beautiful place to have a special meal as we did before seeing Nutcracker.My meal (salmon) and hubby's (bison steak) were probably 4-5 stars, but the problem was the short rib papperdelle. Nice idea, poorly executed and 3 of 7 in our group ordered it. Whoops. The short rib was hard to find, but worse, all 3 were cold by the time they were served. Bummer.Although service felt slow, they did get us to our show in time (5:30p reservation for 7p show), but not with much time to spare.I would go back with a smaller group and without time constraint to see if the experience and meal is improved.

My wife made reservations for Crave on New Year's Eve for our family. Upon arrival, we used valet parking for $7 and proceeded into the restaurant. Our table was ready and we were promptly seated. A few moments later, our waitress arrived and took our drink requests. I requested a berry cider, which was the only cider they had available and it was served in a can with a chilled glass. My wife and mother-in-law shared a bottle of prosecco while my father-in-law enjoyed some red wine.Looking at the menu, we decided to request three appetizers: charcuterie, steak skewers, and perogies. The red chimichurri sauce on the beef skewers was spicy and kind of ruined the dish. If they had just left the sauce off, this dish would be a winner. The periogies were delicious as they were filled with potato and gouda cheese. We dipped bread and charcuterie items in the red sauce that they was served with. The charcuterie board was decent, but we've had better.For dinner, I requested the airline chicken (which ended up not being what I consider to be airline chicken), my wife, bison strip steak, my in-laws, filet with potato and veggies, my son a $24 hamburger, and my mom, salmon. The food was prepared quickly and was delivered in under 20 minutes. We were a little surprised by this. Anyway, my airline chicken was very tasty, but the nan, curry sauce, and rice that it was served with missed the mark by a significant margin. Also, I tasted the caulflower that my mom's salmon was served with and it was warm, but hard. So they made an attempt to lightly grill it to no avail. Another big miss. The french fries that were served with my wife's bison steak were cold, hard, and stuck together. Oddly, they were completely different fries than those that came with their $24 hamburger. I believe this was the most expensive hamburger I've ever seen. And it was good, but not great. I tasted the meat because my son didn't finish eating it because it was overloaded with mayo.Everything else was tasty - the filet mignon was delicious. The potato that the steak was served with was amazing. As I thought about the gap in quality and taste of the food on our table, it made me think there were two people preparing the dishes. Perhaps they were Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Or maybe it was one bipolar chef. I don't know. Our waitress was fast and very friendly. Excellent service!Anyway, with the very high price ($63 per plate with drinks) and hit or miss food, I think we've seen enough of Crave and we won't be back.

It's taken me a little while to properly form a review because I had such mixed feelings about this visit. We dined on a Saturday (November 23) and had made reservations through their website. When we arrived we were escorted upstairs. This area really lacks the ambiance of the main dining floor. Overflow seating. We were sat next to cheap black room dividers that barely cover a large screen TV. There were extra tables, chairs, and serving tray stands haphazardly out near us (and no cheap divider even pretending to hide this.) I know the silverware station was right around the corner because at times it sounded like they were prepping silverware at our table. The setup definitely felt like an afterthought. Service was mid. I would not describe as very attentive or welcoming. Not great on refills or checking in to see if we needed anything more. Seemed like no one wanted to be making the trek upstairs and were just tired because of it. On date nights we're usually a two rounds of drinks or the type to order dessert--but because of the space and lack of attention we skipped it and went somewhere else. It was one of those situations where when they came back to see how the food was, we were almost done and just asked for the check because we knew it'd be awhile before they come back with it. Food was good though! Akron Style Giardiniera, duck, and the seafood dish. All very tasty. Which is kind of a bummer because the rest of the experience was so lacking I probably will not return.

Great service from Presley and fantastic menu of food and drinks. It was so hard to choose!! I had the fried green tomatoes and scallops which were uniquely prepared and delicious! French 007 cocktail was beautiful and tasty. Great atmosphere and off on a Tuesday or Wednesday check out the juice room and buy your wine at retail prices without corking fee. Easy street parking and valet available

Went for my wife's birthday and the food was great! Loved it all. Service was odd though. We were sat near the bar in a booth when we checked in for our reservation. There were 3 waitresses hanging out at the bar and no one was coming up to help us. After a few minutes one of them came up to us and took our drink order. Brought our drinks and then a few minutes later the bartender had come over to take our order and remained our waiter for the rest of the night despite there being several waitresses hanging out. My wife found a sheet of parchment paper in her lasagna, which the manager had remade. The food wasn't comped, but our drinks were. I hope the bartender didn't have to pay that out of pocket. Food was good. Drinks were good. Bartender was great just shocked he had to wait tables also on top of manning the bar. Also think it would be a nice touch to include a complimentary dessert or drink for birthday reservations.

The food was great and the service was fast especially for a Saturday night. Parking was a little difficult but they do offer valet. Nice bar setting with great table seating as well. Upstairs seating was closed but looked like a good spot as well.

This restaurant is always clean and pretty which beautiful indoor and outdoor seating. They have valet parking services if you need, and it's a great location because it's right next to the Akron Civic Theater. Great place to grab drinks before a show! I've been here a few times and, while I'm not really impressed with the food, the drinks and staff are always a delight! I feel like the food is overrated, but that's just my personal opinion. My favorite part of Crave is the convenience of location in the heart of downtown Akron!

Always a nice meal and good service. The staff always goes out of their way to welcome you there.

Went on a Tuesday at 5 in February. There were not many other diners at the time, but it was filling up by the time we left. Service was excellent. We ordered the Akron Style Giardiniera which was great. The tomato grilled cheese soup was excellent. We each ordered sandwiches and all enjoyed what we ordered. Food came out quickly and without error. There were 6 or 7 draft beers with good variety, although they still had a Christmas Ale on draft which I feel should have been rotated off by now.