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rockandroller1 Nov 10, 2008 07:39 AM

Cols near 71 - help?

I have to drive to Cincinnati this week and my colleague suggested we can stop "somewhere off the Polaris exit" off 71 S and eat lunch. Do NOT want fast food. Is there any hope for a Hound in this area?

  1. valereee Aug 22, 2009 04:58 AM

    Marcella's Short North: decibel level was ABSURD, we literally could not talk to anyone except the person immediately next to us and then it was a matter of leaning over and shouting in their ear. I am not exaggerating. Noisiest restaurant I've ever been in. I would have turned around at the door if the restaurant hadn't been the choice of someone I barely knew -- who, it turned out, had also never eaten there but only gotten carry out. The food was inconsistent -- caprese salad was excellent, gnocchi was mushy, teens liked the pizza and fried risotto, potato dumplings in the soup were doughy, tomato sauce was oversweet -- and definitely nothing to make it worth it to deal with the noise.

    1. emi683 Nov 12, 2008 07:33 AM

      Do you have to stop at that exit?

      1. k
        kura kura Nov 11, 2008 01:21 PM

        There is a good Turkish near the exit:

        Anatolia Cafe
        1097 Worthington Woods Blvd, Columbus, OH, 43085

        Molly Woo's is awful. I think the theme they are going for is 1950's stereotypes of Asians and the food sucks.

        1. l
          Lauren in OH Nov 10, 2008 10:38 AM

          There is a good Vietnamese place called Ha Long Bay. I really liked the food there, and it is clean and modern and the service is good. I've also been wanting to try Bayleaf Indian Bistro - haven't been there but it looks nice and it gets good reviews locally.

          There is every chain restaurant imaginable at Polaris. Molly Woo's and Marcella's are both Cameron Mitchell places and are dependable, I'm sure.

          1. i
            iizzy Nov 10, 2008 08:35 AM

            Lots of good choices! Check out this link:
            http://www.experiencecolumbus.com/din...

            Personally, either Molly Woo's or Marcella's.

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