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| - Poor food: everything on the menu sounds good, but relax, it's not. And surprisingly only two vegetarian options; while myself nor my party is vege, I was surprised to see only two vege options.
In my party of four, we all tried each other's food and we could all agree that the food was definitely below mediocre and very incredibly underseasoned and/or completely tasteless. No chorizo could be found in the breakfast burrito nor does their hollandaise sauce taste like anything.
Moderate beer selection: just normal stuff that you can find virtually anywhere. Being a huge beer guy though, I have high expectations when it comes to this and Cleveland being considered among the best beer cities in the country, The Southside does a poor job showcasing this.
Decent mixed drinks: a mimosa and two different bloodies were had in my party, again all shared. The mimosa was just meh. The bacon bloody was mediocre. The cucumber bloody was by far the best and, to my experience, among some of the better bloodies I've ever consumed.
Poor service: Our server only came to check on us once while being there for at least an hour and the place had many many empty tables and plenty of other servers checking on the other tables. We actually needed to ask another server to get us some sriracha since our server was not around when the food came nor awhile after. I don't know if he's a naturally curt guy, felt rushed or what, but he certainly wasn't the best part of the place by any stretch. Cheer up man.
The bottom line: Overall, while the location is appealing, there are far more restaurants that serve vastly better food with more attentive servers, better beer selection and far better mixed drinks. Some mild to moderate changes could make this a 4-star place at least.
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