Bar Cento

I had my team's work holiday party at Bright Side & it was a success! I was planning it for a couple months, and was coordinating with Bryan Marn the entire time. He was so great at communicating, answering all my questions, accommodating my many requests, etc. My team had the best time and I very much recommend hosting a private party in their Emerald Room.

My husband and I ate dinner there last night and the food was amazing! We are vegetarian so typically the options are limited at restaurants and very meh. That wasn’t the case at Bright Side, all the food was great. Best cornbread we’ve ever had, I loved the stuffed squash, and my husband scarfed down his whole plate of rigatoni. Dessert was to die for. The place was beautiful but my only issue was the loud music. It seemed like the restaurant wanted to make the atmosphere more bar-like (we were there from 9-10:30pm on a Friday) but everyone there was eating with groups or on dates and the music just didn’t feel cohesive with that.

Bright Side is clearly the spot to see and be seen in Cleveland! I visited for brunch, and had a somewhat mixed experience. Our reservation unknowingly placed us at a high top (which is a nightmare for my back issues) so we asked for another table, only to be told no, they were all taken - except no one ever arrived at the lower tables during our brunch. There were issues with the timing of food, with one entree arriving a solid 15 minutes before the other. Ultimately the food was good and the staff kindly removed the second entree charge without being asked, but it was an interesting experience!

Great place in the heart of Ohio city. Their food selection is small bud really good! Their cocktails are not the greatest, but still above average. The venue tries to be somewhere between fine dining and a coquette bar and it fails a little bit at both, hence the atmosphere might feel a little bit out there, but overall not a bad place to grab some dinner.

We came here for brunch; it seems like this might be a great spot for dinner but we were in the area for brunch before leaving town. We got the squash pizza, Berry Crowaffle, and Pommes Frites. Squash pizza was a little weird - I get what they’re trying to do - but wasn’t for us. Crowaffle was the best thing we got - the berry compote and toppings made it delicious. Pommes Frites we’re a little more like steak fries than we would have wanted but loved the dipping sauces!