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| - Overall my experience here was nothing special. The place tries hard but falls short. The service was attentive, I'll give them that, but i didn't really enjoy the food, especially for the prices they were charging.
Flying Fig has a lot of the same menu items as other popular eateries in Cleveland (i.e. Lolita, Greenhouse Tavern), but the execution just wasn't there:
Steamed Mussels - very fishy and weird tasting. Somehow the balance of the ingredients was off, and the chorizo didn't really seem to go well with the mussels. We left most of this untouched (But the same exact dish with chorizo and mussels at Lolita is pretty amazing. You need to go try it if you haven't)
Buratta Cheese - Can't really mess up putting cheese on a plate. The burratta they had was good, and while I'm not a fan of olives, the rest of my party seemed to have enjoyed the olive tapenade. One thing though, I'm pretty sure burratta is spelled with two r's...not sure why they only put one on the menu...
Ancho Crusted Pan Seared Sea Scallop - This was $10 for ONE scallop. The scallop wasn't THAT big either. Flavor wasn't bad, but not worth it at all.
Cornmeal Crusted Chicken Livers - not bad if you like chicken livers. I don't usually eat livers, but tried some and didn't hate it, so interpret that how you will...
Local Beet - unfortunately the beets were pickled, which made them too artificially sweet/sour. Why mess up perfectly good fresh beets? Should have just served them straight up.
Herbed Ricotta Gnocchi - Gnocchi's are potato pasta dumplings. These were rolled up wads of dough with nothing inside (at least I didn't taste any). Too oily and didn't taste like much. SKIP!
Hangar Steak- Well cooked and tender even at medium. Solid choice.
Chicken Meatballs - This was good. I feel weird ordering meatballs as a fancy $20 entree, but I guess at least it was tasty. Worth the money? Probably not.
May we just came on an off day, but based on my experience, I wouldn't recommend coming here for dinner. It seemed like some of the other patrons had travelzoo deals. If you can locate some sort of discount, this may not be a bad place to take a date (just don't bust out your deal on a first date). If you're planning to pay full price though, I'd go somewhere else.
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