Sherry M
Really cool place across from UC campus. Great food and atmosphere. It was really busy, but got food fast. Love the Buffalo Chicken Dip w/ chips and Fried Pickles!!!
Becca Stock
Went here for brunch when the wait was too long somewhere else. We were seated right away and the service was quick. We got a pitcher of mimosas for $16 which was a great deal and they had lots of flavor options! The food was also super good. I wanted to take a picture but got too excited and ate it before I had a chance. I would eat here again for sure!
Tod Bowen
Cool spot near the University of Cincinnati I enjoyed checking out when we were down visiting the kids. Excellent patio and great bar area. The Mac and Cheese bowl I had was very good.
Briana Mooney
I personally love the atmosphere! It is by UC campus and is definitely a college hangout spot, but I still really liked the atmosphere. It felt spacious and clean. It was bright inside and there is also a place to eat outside. The Mac n cheese is amazing! Some of the best I have ever had. I really could not decide what to get because everything o the menu looked great. They have wraps and fish tacos, but I had to try what keystone is best known for. I ended up getting the Pink Floyd. It is mac with bacon and onions. It was a popular choice with my group. I ordered the margarita as well and it was one of the best I have had out to eat. Even better then some mexican restaurants! If you are looking to try something new, consider coming to keystone. It probably will not be a regular place for me, but it will be a place I will want to go back to on special occasions or to take different friends here.
Kirti Bhamare
This place is easily noticeble and located at the center of the Calhoun street. The food quality is really good. The food items which we ordered were awesome. It has inside and outside sitting. If you sit outside, you get a nice view. This place is good for hanging out with friends and if you want to have a quick snack. I really liked the ambience. Great place!!!!!
Brett Mitchell
I had one of their cocktails and it was well made. I ended up getting a bb king and as i was waiting i saw some DELICIOUS looking burgers go by to another table and hoped i hadnt made a bad choice. But when it came out it was reeeeeeally good. My server Nick did NOT steer me wrong. He was helpful in choosing, fun, and displayed great attentiveness and care. Cant recommend this place highly enough.
Nitesh Vudutha
This is my second time here. The ambience and hospitality is great. If you are a vegetarian like me, you can find only 2 options : Veggie Dilla and GnR veggie sandwich. Veggie Dilla is great(I tried it both the times) but the sandwich wasn't good so much so that we could eat just few bites. In sides I tried Zucchini, it was good. Coming to dessert I loved the Freshly Baked Cookie Skillet (with sugar not peanut butter). I would say Veggie Dilla and Dessert cookie is a must try for anyone
Chica R
Great bar/ restaurant in the heart of downtown Cincinnati. The food and drinks were delicious. Our food did take quite sometime to come out but it was fresh and tasted great. Our waitress was polite but not the most attentive. She definitely forgot to check on us, especially since the food was taking a while to come out. We weren't in any rush though so the wait didn't bother us that much.
Scott Lloyd
Easy to get in for brunch. Was a little disappointed my medium eggs were hard but the biscuits and gravy were tasty. Sports in the TVs with sound during big games.
Lame Loser
Draft Beer selection is pretty good. Come Monday for 1/2 off Mac and Cheese plate or Tuesday for 1/2 off Quesadilla with a purchase of a drink.
Their powerhouse Mac was delicious, I do wish it was baked longer in its cast iron in order to develop a crust or just to keep the Mac warm. Prices are Fair for the college town life.
If you are playing Pokemon go, you can eat here and spin at a poke-stop.
Eric Baugh
Probably the best specialty Mac and Cheese I've had so far
Defiant Turtle
Always delicious. How you order food has changed since I was there last which threw me off a bit (now you have to walk up to the bar) but still great food so I don't really care too much
Noah Boatman
Moderately priced, good food.
They specialize in mac 'n cheese with a secondary in burgers. They have a few other items as well like sandwiches and wings.
I've been here twice now, both on Friday nights. The first time was totally normal restaurant experience, it was later at night, after 7.
The second time we got there around 4:30 and they were clearly severely understaffed. Overall it took us about two hours to for the whole experience. TO THEIR CREDIT however, they did apologize and offer us a plate of house chips for free AND cut our bill by 15%. This is wonderful customer service, and an exemplary attitude as a business.
TL;DR. Great business, great food, give them a go!
Jacob Timmerman
This place is awesome! Kendra was my bartender and was excellent. She helped me pick out a delicious mac and cheese and a beer to go with it! The manager Taylor came around to check if everything was tasting good and let me tell you— IT WAS! Will be coming back to see these girls again soon!
Precious Jones
They have half-priced Mondays! Great day to go and try one of their many unique combos.
Stuart Zhang
It really depends if the food is good or not. If you get there on a good day, the food tastes great. If not, they overcooked, and left it in the water for too long, the mac&cheese tastes nasty. The boss is a nice guy tho. Nice sports bar around the campus.
William Keller
Burgers were excellent. Mac and cheese was delicious. Beer list was not the longest, but had plenty of good options. We ended the meal with a giant skillet cookie that was remarkably delicious. Throughout our meal, our server was attentive and friendly. Hope to be back the next time we're in the area!
Eduardo Zimmermann
Wonderful food, the best attention from the server, who kept attentive and provided refills when needed; the food was flavorful and sufficient, price adequate.
Patrick Vaughn
Food tasted good, ordered the BBQ mac and cheese. But was cold.
I would just go back and use the place as a watering hole. Food and service not worth the price or wait.
Eva DiFrancisco Chiro
The food, atmosphere, beer and service were all great! No complaints. A great place to stop for a meal when in Cincinnati!
Ashley Urbansky Williamson
Poor service, terrible food quality. It tasted like my food was cooked yesterday and they didn't even bother to heat my burrito.
Diana Eich Grover
Food is great, portions are generous and servers are prompt and friendly. It's a top choice for our family of teenagers. Parking can be a challenge, but the food and atmosphere are worth it!
Janell Vaughn Hornschemeier
Two people in my party ordered quesadillas. Both were cold and had nothing inside 2 of the 4 pieces of each quesadilla. They redid the order and both were still empty! $10+ for an empty tortilla is insane. Thankfully they did not end up charging us for those. Word of advice: skip the quesadillas, they do not know how to make them! Other food was ok. Beer selection was good. Next time will just hit the bar before the game.
Judy Glueck Kuhn
It was wonderful and the wait staff was great. There were 3 of us and we ordered the turkey wrap! Very good and I had the chips and the others had the fries!
Steve Cook
The mac & cheese was amazing! Their staff was great and seemed to enjoy their jobs. Great food and great service! ��
Carol O'Brien
My nieces took us here for dinner of choice. We were here to visit and move my sister in law to the Cincy area. I had the BBQ pulled chicken and chips. The sandwich was very good chips just ok, seems to have been sitting awhile and some were chewy. Food was very good, waitress was awesome, but the wait time after we order was a little to long. over 1/2 hour + to get our food.
What Bri's Cooking
I had a gift certificate tucked under my keyboard to keystone grill that I completely forgot about. Clearly I should clean my desk more often, lol! It was for $25, so I figured I’d order a burger and some mac and cheese and eat it for the next couple of days for lunch. I ordered the lovin spoonfool mac and cheese and it was delicious. Simple and flavorful. I can be a mac & cheese snob, but this was delightful. Cheesy without being overwhelming, great comfort food. I ordered the keystone burger and fries. This was a great quality burger. Loved the bacon, onion and chipotle cheese combo, it was a great mix of flavors that worked well together. I of course ordered a ton of food, but still didn’t spend my $25 and I had 2 lunches and a snack! Great food, I can’t wait to go back for more mac & Cheese!!!!
Jeff
The mac n cheese is worth it. Every pub does mac n cheese these days but these guys bring it. Local brew selection is solid. Also try their beer-battered cod on rye. Comfort food for sure.
JenH
This was my second visit to this Mac and cheese paradise. I learned on the first visit that the portions are generous so my daughter and I each ordered a small farmers market salad and shared the mac and cheese with spinach and dried tomatoes. My son In law ordered the bbq chicken mac and cheese. Everything was delicious and we took home leftovers. Our server was very attentive and efficient.
Vince
If you go on a Monday and order the BB king Mac and cheese, you will not be dissapointed. I suggest Monday because they have half price Mac n cheese.<br/><br/>Overall, decent atmosphere decent food.
Ryan
Keystone is a nice simple bar with good food and a nice atmosphere. The food is good, the mac & cheese is good but not great. <br/>A fun, casual place to meet, eat and drink.
45220henderson
It took the food so long to get our table then when we got it, it was cold! Boo and and our waitress never even apologized. I guess they're still working out the kinks. 👎
Ashleigh Luken
Horrible service. Waited forever for someone to seat us, so we seated ourselves and eventually moved to the bar. The bartender lacked a personality and was watching the football game instead of properly taking care of her guests. Food is mediocre and way overpriced. We will NOT be back.
Patrick Golston
Macaroni and Cheese with Beef Brisket, son!! What? What?<br/><br/>Fish Tacos! Grilled? In Clifton? What? What?<br/><br/>I like Keystone B&G.<br/><br/>It's never been crowded when I was there. The hostesses were always polite and the service was great when I was there. The motorcycle gangs were not outside engaging in their moronic antics when I was there. Sadly, the facilities have always been a mess: pee on the floor, wet toilet paper stuck in diverse places, an overall sticky feeling and I'm so glad I've never had to do anything other than "#1" Oh...the hand washing station, outside the facilities, kind of a cool idea.<br/><br/>Be careful with parking, don't get caught having to be confronted with the slick mouthed commoners who make up the team of parking enforcement officials, or even the U.C. cops. Mind your time, and save yourself the trouble of dealing with the unpleasantries of bean counters with tin badges and tasers.<br/><br/>Overall...Keystone is a nice spot whether you're dining or at the bar.
EGGSOUP
I @was very disappointed on our visit to Keystone on Thursday, August 20th. My wife and I had just finished moving our son into Siddall Hall for his freshman year at UC and we were looking for a good lunch. All we found at this Keystone was a long wait, (we waited almost an hour for our entrees), bad service, (I ordered a second drink,I requested to have with my meal, it arrived when I was 3/4 finished with my quesadilla) and sub-standard food (the chicken in my quesadilla was cold and my wife's burger tasted as if it had been frozen). The staff did not even produce a manager for us to complain to to give us a chance to voice our concerns properly! We are not dining out novices in any way and we love the Keystone in Hyde Park, but this particular Keystone missed the mark by a mile!
Bearcat1515
Horrible Service and Scammy. I have been going to Keystone since it opened and have probably been over 20 times. I have NEVER had good service and I kept on telling myself it was because it was a new restaurant and that it would get better. Well folks, the service has frankly gotten worse and I don't plan on spending any more of my money at this establishment. Since they have opened the restaurant has also gotten incredibly scammy. When they first opened they offered half off Mac and Cheese on Monday and Half off quesadilla's on Tuesday's. They had this deal for over a year. Now in order to get this deal they require you to purchase a drink. Another deal they had was with Forever Bearcats. If you donated $50 to forever Bearcats they promised to give you 50% off your entire bill. Now, several months into this deal they drastically dropped the discount to 15% off. <br/><br/>Besides there horrible service and scammy deals they have also dropped the quality of there foods. For example, the Power house and Black Sabbath mac and cheese used to include steak. They have now downgraded this ingredient to brisket.<br/><br/>Overall, if you like wasting your money on over priced food and horrible service, Keystone Clifton is the place for you..
Percace
Poor. This place is a joke. A complete waste of USQUARE's space. I'm a clifton local, and a Cincinnati native. I have visited this Keystone multiple times since it has opened. Each time, saying, "I'll give it one more chance." However, every visit has proven to me that the business is on a steady decline. The service is unspeakably horrible. Should I have to wait 15 minutes for someone to approach our table? Why are all three beers I've requested from the menu "out" when it says their available? Why don't the servers know a single thing about their beers or their menu? Six months later and you still can't get it together, Keystone Clifton. Give up your property and make space for a better business. Clifton needs it.
Shannon Martin
I there for a few drinks with my 4 girl friends and my boyfriend. When I first arrived the bartender looked at me like I had three heads, not sure what her name was but she's the pregnant one. She continued to get my friend a drink, and the couple who sat at the bar ten minutes after me.. guess I'm invisible. I'm a really patient person but when she offered to get my boyfriend another drink I got pretty offended. He ordered for me and they were not busy.. I work in the customer service so I'm usually pretty understanding but to say the least I won't be back.
Traci Brookes
Had brisket sandwich. Brisket was perfectly done, soft, and the horseradish sauce for it was excellent. Asked for the onion straws on the side; just my preference. Good service overall for a lunch crowd; little sliw with refilling drinks but not intolerable. Definitely recommend.
Hungry Hungry Hippo
Terrible service. This place is always SO slow, and terribly terribly overpriced. Additionally, I've accidentally left my doggy bag on the table twice, and both times I returned within two minutes (I had just walked out the door today when I realized I forgot my box!) and both times they threw my food away immediately before I had a chance to retrieve it. Considering I significantly overpaid for the food, I would suggest that Keystone employees perhaps set aside forgotten to-go boxes for at least 5 minutes before tossing them. I worked as a waitress for several years, and whenever a diner forgot something on the table I would always try to catch them, or at least set it aside in case they came back. This place is such a disappointment.
Mh11
Terrible Food. We sat and waited for service for about 15 minutes. I ordered the chicken tenders and they came out and I only ate one bite because they were so terrible. Not sure how you can mess up chicken tenders but they somehow did. I would not recommend for food, however the drink specials are decent.
Chelsea Eiermann
Prices could be slower but they aren't that bad. It's nice to have a real restaurant so close. The Mac and cheese is good but the menu is limited compared to other locations. They have specials a lot of the time which are usually yummy!
Yogafett
Super expensive for what you get. I wish I'd stayed home and made a sandwich instead.
Exploring Cincinnati
Totally disagree with previous review: BB King Mac & Cheese was a dinner for two with leftovers for hubby and I. We also ordered meatloaf and took more than 1/2 home as well. Food was terrific and a great addition to the neighborhood. Will be back for sure!
Lec
Reality Bites. New restaurant in great new location for UC students. This is a big restaurant that I am sure cost a lot to build..so what does that mean? They need to make a lot of money. To do that they have created a food menu that while priced right in menu item dollar terms under delivers in food quantity. Here are a few examples..<br/><br/>-Deviled Egg App. $5 3 deviled eggs halves<br/>-Fish Tacos $10.95 2 tacos one thin little strip of fish in each..not sure what kinda a fish<br/>-Shrimp Po Boy $10.00 Big Bun sprinkle of little shrimp nuggets inside<br/><br/>Their specialty is Mac and Cheese...again nice idea but quantities are small $7.50 for a bowl of the basic Mac and Cheese prices go up from there with stuff added. Quality is okay but small portion sizes is a problem. Blame it on covering overhead. Good Luck!
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