Over the past few years, I've been here quite a few times. Every time the whole experience has been spot on. The food is always good, and the service is better. This last time a group of 6 sat at the Chef's table to celebrate the holidays. We started with a lobster ceviche. I think this was my overall favorite course. The dish was perfectly balanced and tasted so fresh. It had a sorbet on top so it was just such an interesting dish with the different temperatures. The second course was pasta with short ribs. This was good. Third, monkfish with roasted squash and shrimp risotto. The squash and risotto were the star of this course. The fourth course was beef with caramelized onions and also some pearl onions. I could eat an entire plate of the pearl onions that came with this dish. Dessert course I can't really describe because there were so many things to try and so many things that were good. I really enjoyed the parfait, it was pudding and grahams, I know they made it sound fancier, but in simple terms... yum.
As always at Dante, the service was excellent and a few at the table ordered the wine pairings and I loved hearing and learning about all the different types of wine.
As always, Dante's will continue to be a place for special occasions and is, in my opinion one of the better restaurants in Cleveland (and we have a lot, so that's saying something!)