Panini’s Bar and Grill

Came in on New Year’s Eve for lunch with my daughter. Got seated immediately and had a server in no time. I really had wanted to go for Mexican food, but the daughter choose here, so I had to have a margarita. Asked if they had any ‘special’ or ‘jazzed up’ margaritas, no, so I asked for their house with an extra shot of Cuervo 1800 in it. My daughter got a fuzzy navel (never had it before) which brought back memories for me from 30 years ago.
We ordered the buffalo chicken wrap with fries and the Hot Sicilian (2 hamburgers with grill pastrami, lettuce, tomato onion cheese on a grilled hoagie roll with Italian dressing on the side) with a side of onion rings. The sandwiches were good, but the fries were cold and the onion rings something they bought from GFS, or so it seemed.
The waitress was very attentive. Dropped in twice while we were eating, had our food and drinks on the table quickly, and had me a check lickity split. They also have a way cool, super big, sports ticker spanning the windows for the outside bar. The food was 3 stars, but the service pulled it up to 4.

My husband and I really liked this place. It’s a little noisier than a BW3 but same concept (sports bar). The wings were really good, there was a lot of sauce, the loaded fries were delicious, we started with the buffalo blue chips and they were REALLY good. Despite it being busy, the service was great.

It was soooo cold sitting in the restaurant with the doors to the patio open. Service was pretty good and the food was good

stopped in last night for a late night quick dinner (after i was off the clock). we chose Panini’s after looking at the website and liking the beer deals. $ 3.50 for a tall Coor’s Light, yes please.
Danielle had a Turkey Rueben w/​fries. i had an overstuffed sandwich with Capicola and an egg. i also got a cup of chili which was nearly half full w/​jalapeño peppers. it was really, really good. my sandwich was great. all in all, a successful night at Panini’s.
Andrea was playing hostess, waitress and bartender and doing a decent enough job. i felt kinda bad for her as she was the only one there (up front) as far as I could tell.

The food leaves a lot to be desired. I ordered shrimp tacos, cold soft shells, a few breaded chopped up shrimp with a lot of sauce, it came with cheap round corn chips, and salsa. My spouse ordered the panini sandwich (not so overstuffed these days), which is the best thing on the menu, but that’s not saying much. Tall domestic draft was close to $ 5, seems a bit pricey for the atmosphere. The service matches the food, OK, at best. It’s truly hard to figure out why this place is busy, maybe the patio?

Such RUDE hostesses. We met my husband here for a late lunch and he was watching the Indians game on the patio. We asked a server if we could move from the bar to a table and she sent us to the hostess stand to be seated. No problem. When I approached the hostess stand I obviously interrupted a bitch session and when I asked to be seated on the practically empty patio so we could still watch the game she snapped at me. I asked to be seated so that we could watch the game and she sat us clear on the other side of the patio with no view of the TV. I asked her once again and she said «this is fine right here». She was very rude. When the server came over she graciously moved us to another table. No manager came to check on us… after we requested to speak to one.

The food isn’t that great and the service is even worse. We went in and waited at our table for about fifteen minutes before our server came up to us. Then they have at least 20 TV’s but it’s the same thing on every single one. I asked to have a game put on and the manager said no. So I hopped on 71 south and got off at route 18 and went to a sports bar there.

Mediocre bar food. The food quality leaves a lot to be desired, especially when the restaurant is busy. During my last visit, we waited about 25 minutes for a table. My burger was so greasy/​soggy, the bun was a total mess before it even arrived to my table. Gross.
It is a decent bar but a lackluster restaurant.

Always have great food and always packed. We usually do the carry out as there is a large number of us, and the dining room is usually packed and very loud. A little bit on the expensive side, but still a great buy.

The overstuffed sandwiches Panini’s made famous are always great, but the rest of the food is ok as far as «bar food» goes. And on my last visit the server actually got the entire order wrong. Not kidding.
But the place is fun if you want to hang out and have a few beers.

Good food, busy night and they were packed. We sat in a booth and our beer bottle service was slow, our food was hot and fresh, music loud and common for the Saturday night atmosphere. Big ticker display was a surprise and a nice feature for sport fans. Would return for sporting events.

Good food selection! Love the atmosphere. Not a huge fan of the prices, though. And there have been a couple of times where the food wasn’t the best for what I was paying. Especially their salads. But a good place to hang out and enjoy a beer after work.

Good food good service some stuff a little more expensive but have never had a bad meal

We had never been and didn’t feel like sitting in a restaurant, so we drove up and ordered carryout: an overstuffed cheese steak sandwich. The order was out promptly, but this was a very bland, tasteless sandwich. The slaw was crunchy but lacked flavor. You would think french fries or provolone cheese or cheesy steak would add something to it. Nope. Bland. Boring. We will not bother to try it again.

Judging this place for what it is against the other Panini’s locations it’s okay I guess. It’s a newer building, so it is much nicer than some of the other locations but at the end of the day it’s still just a Panini’s and out in Brunstucky to boot.
My review may be a bit slanted more for the people that go to this location than anything about the service, or food quality what-​so-​ever.
Oh, and by the way when you order one of their famous stuffed sandwiches you will be left wondering what you’re paying for. Over the years they have gotten smaller and smaller, but have gone up and up in price. Cheap beer can be had at any bar, but the sandwiches were what made Panini’s special.
Not any more.

Okay, I have tried this place twice. There was very few people at 6pm. The parking lot looks like the employees were parked right near the door. They have outdoor seating, with nice looking bar outside. The menu looks good, but the sandwichs fall pretty short. The cole slaw is described as not very good, coarse ground with little mayo. The Hot Italian, the Patty melt, Blt, and wings are worth getting somewhere else. They have friendly staff and the drinks never ran dry. Go somewhere else.

The Panini’s restaurants are never as fun as the ones downtown, but I still love them! Great place to come for a drink and some food to wash it down!

If you haven’t been to Paninis you must be living under a rock, in the Taco Bell drive through at 1:00 am, or from out of town. If all yins are visiting from Pittsburgh, it’s a Primanti Bros rip off. The claim to fame are the overstuffed panini sandwiches that come piled high with your choice of deli meats, fries, etc all jammed in the sandwich served on thick sliced bread. The sandwiches are pretty delicious. Otherwise it’s the normal bar and grill food. The Brunswick location has a very nice outdoor patio and bar overlooking Brunswick lake (and the back end of Giant Eagle, so much for ambiance).

Is it illegal in Ohio to smoke in a restaurant? Well. Yes. And, no. Here’s the exception: outdoor patios.
Panini’s has an outdoor patio, underneath a roof, with alfresco bar. So, lugnuts can flame up and still get half-​schnockered, covering two of the three legal vices in one crack. (The crack is the third, for those awaiting the shoe drop.)
Panini’s also has giant floor-​to-​ceiling doors that, when flung open, connect the outdoor area with the indoor area. So, in effect, the entire restaurant is smoke-​friendly. How great is that? For nic-​heads, that’s probably a sweet deal. For me? My fambly? Nope. That’s just not a good thing. If I’m outside somewhere, sure, I accept that people will be tugging on those five-​buck per pack penis substitutes. I just try to stand up-​wind. Or, I go home. That’s outside. Where you can smoke.
Inside? There just should not be smoke. Fix that.

4 of us got there around 11pm on a Wednesday night and were immediately greated by a friendly bartender. We were ordering food and she kindly let us know that we had an hour left for the full menu. I usually always get the turkey panini but tried the panini wrap this time and was surprised on how much better i liked it! We also split an order of the hot pretzels which had an awesome cheese dip. It looked gross because it was kinda brown, but wasn’t just the same old same old nacho cheese. It had a little kick to it. Give it a try :)