Adega

I pass the 9 all the time, so i decided to try their brunch one day. It is located in the 9 Hotel. The place is nice inside, really fancy, gives a romantic ambience. We were given our menu in a physical form as well as on an ipad, a freaking IPAD lol.
The prices were WAY to high for my usual commitment to food costs, and honestly the food didnt wow me, but i guess they have to pay for the cost of those «ipad» menu’s lol. The service here was ABSOLUTELY horrible, we waited an hour for seating, then another hour and a half for food, the waiter alone took 25 minutes to bring out our drinks. This put me in a bad mood for the rest of my meal.
I had a smothered s’mores waffle, the name alone gave me a cavity. It was drenched in marshmallow, so unfortunately that was all i tasted. it was way too sweet for me, and a waffle that cost me $ 10 i should be able to enjoy all the flavorings.
My husband tried the adega omelet (tomato, serrano, bacon, arugula etc) which took a good 40 minutes to come out, and it was cold, and you could tell it was probably sitting waiting to come out for a while.
While the omelet was good, the principle of us waiting forever for it make it seem less desirable. Im a brunch lover, but this place certainty did not live up to the expectation i had in mind after reading others reviews. My next trip i plan to make a reservation, hopefully that will curve the idiotic wait time, but thats even if there IS a next time.
Save your money folks!

The food was decent, but the service was unacceptable. Took way too long to get our meals. Our server was obviously ignoring us as we awkwardly stared, wondering what was possibly taking so long, when the manager came over to tell us they accidentally gave our meals to the wrong table. This manager did nothing to rectify the situation. While the food was mostly good, (I didnt care for the dessert) will not be returning anytime soon.

Okay, so Adega wasn’t easy to find but then I found it located inside the Metropolitan. And there it is.
Sunday brunch didn’t appear to be all that special. They do have a Bloody Mary bar, but I’m one of those people who can’t stand tomato juice. Supposedly, there’s bottomless mimosas but I found no evidence of that. Sad face.
I opted for the veggie omelet with toast and home fries and a chicken apple sausage. A very large portion of food here and it was very tasty. The omelet was one of those folded sandwich things, which is okay. And the home fries were actually fingerling potatoes. Very nice. The sausage was tasty and sweet. Yum!
It’s breakfast, so it’s decent. And the location is pretty good for me, once I found it. I could see returning to Adega for a dinner.

atmosphere: very cool inside being in the ninth hotel. They also had a small outdoor seating area
Service: kind of hit and miss while we were there. There were a lot of long gaps in between the different touch points as well as multiple people serving us that seemed to not talk to each other
Price: on the pricey side especially for what it was.
Food: the handrolled pasta was good but it is hard to doubt that it was handmade pasta instead of store-​bought. The Chilean sea bass was rather delicious and was a hearty size. Salmon special was very good
Drinks were OK nothing too awesome
Probably won’t be back I’ll try something else instead

A nice experience with some interesting food selections, but nothing out of this world (especially for the price). The hand-​made pasta was very good yet fairly expensive for such a small portion. The three other people in our party had the same feeling. The atmosphere was nice and the large wine cellar in the middle was very cool. That being said, the prices at Adega don’t match the quality. Good, not great food.

I was here for brunch on a Saturday afternoon and it was absolutely the best brunch I’ve been to in Cleveland, and I’ve been to a lot brunches. Christopher was my server and he was the most amazing sever I’ve had. Extremely attentive and tended to my tables needs on point. Jesse H made my shrimp and chorizo flatbread and it was delicious! I highly recommend it. Brian is he manager came by my ask about my experience which was a great change of pace from many of the restaurants I’ve been to. Highly recommend.

Bottomless Brunch is where it’s at! All you can drink Bloody Mary’s, Mimosas, and Miller Light plus an entrée for $ 28! Service and food is delicious.

I’ve had a few different experiences at Adega, and overall my favorite part about this restaurant is the atmosphere. The inside is beautiful, high end and not like many places in Cleveland.
They have an extensive wine list… It actually takes you a good 5 – 10 minutes to get through it. It’s also on a digital menu as well so easy to flip through.
Where this restaurant loses it for me, is the food… I wouldn’t say it’s any better than a lot of my other favorites in the area, but I felt it was pretty over priced. I ordered their scallops and received 5, for $ 36. Yikes… I’m still hungry.
Good place for cocktails or a glass of wine, but I’ll skip the dinner next time.

Menu is a hit or miss. Went here for dinner once (see review by my sister Lin H #LINvFOOD) and was not excited by any of the food we ordered. Recently went for lunch and found 2:3 of the meals to taste alright. The shrimp flat bread and Bloody Mary deal is the only up side. Would rather brunch elsewhere on any day.

Adega is indisputably attractive. With beautifully tall open ceilings, a transparent wine vault, and bold lighting fixtures, it’s a true complement to the architecture of The 9. As its attached to the hotel, Adega certainly attracts a diverse crowd. I hear people often say that Adega is «too fancy» for them, but truly, all are welcome. The food is excellent, and Chef Tancredi even serves up a special pasta dish from his childhood, aptly named Tancredi Sunday Sauce (pictured). It’s a must try!
The serving staff are very friendly and professional. However, they don’t have a physical drink menu, which is confusing. I was surprised when our server brought back an iPad with a confusing interface to navigate. Since I couldn’t figure out how to search for wine by the glass (it defaults to the bottle), I stuck with just ordering a mimosa, since we weren’t in the market for a $ 50+ bottle of wine. Like any popping downtown restaurant (especially because of its prime location!), I recommend making an early lunch visit at 11/11:30, or a late lunch visit around 12:45/1pm. Looking forward to visiting again, but this time, for dinner!

This is my first time here and I am really impressed. I wasn’t sure when I was looking at the menu. But with the suggestions from Melissa I was very pleased. I had the Serrano Ham and Fig salad which was delicious. Then I had the Italian Sausage Papparde. This was a very large portion and filed me up. I’m very happy. I will be back when in the area.

$ 42 bucks for very subpar breakfast which was basically bacon and eggs
We stayed at the hotel and had a voucher for $ 20 off so we decided to eat here. We both ordered the farm fresh eggs breakfast and coffee. Our eggs were cold, the potatoes were dry and tasteless and the bacon was cut so thick that when chewed it had the consistency of rubber.
Do yourself a favor and go somewhere (anywhere) else

Lots of vegetarian options here. But the menu logo is wrong is several spots (a ham appetizer is labeled «vegetarian» but a veggie quinoa bowl is not?)
Unfortunately the food is disappointing. The Nutella pancakes were dry and too big for the plate. The eggs any style were boring. The Adega burger, I’m told, was a weird mix if flavors. And the service was very spotty: friendly but inattentive.

Adega (a-​d-​E-​ga) is located in the 9 complex. The newest hotel in downtown Cleveland and I am pretty sure the fanciest (for now). A friend was in town for business I suggested this place for dinner.
The ambiance is intimate, sexy and romantic all at the same time. Great location for date night or if you want to impress that person you met on the dating app (Tinder, OK Cupid… etc).
Food: The food cost a bit more than I would like but you have to splurge on occasion. I highly recommend the butternut squash soup and the flatbreads (yum!)
Drink: I had a chocolate inspired cocktail and my friend the wine enthusiast had red wine. The cocktail was well crafted and the server was very knowledgeable about the wine selection.
Tip: If you check in on Unilocal you can get 50% off an appetizer… so do it!

**see me eat #LINvFOOD or #lineatingcleveland on IG**
I’m just so underwhelmed with my experience. I guess I took the Chef Tancredi hype too serious, since I thought eating here would be a little more high class tasting. I mean, there were fancy schmany ingredients but nothing to make me go bananzas. Actually I did not care for probably half of the dishes. Flat bread was good but hey… those aren’t hard to make and I can think of a million other places to get a cheaper, drool worthy flat bread.
I’ll probably end up back here since The 9 is a weekend fun spot, but not at my suggestion.

I desperately need to update my review since the last one. After speaking with multiple managers from the previous horrifying experience, they sent us a gift card to come back and give it another shot. The gift card was supposed to have been for the original amount spend $ 140.)
We went on a Friday night again and the crowd was totally different. I don’t know if it was the chillier weather, or what but it was a more tasteful and clothed group (not Jersey Shore like before.) Prior to doing anything, my husband gave our server the gift card and asked him to confirm how much was on it. Well, he came back and there was only $ 25!!! This was a huge slap in the face after all the trouble we went through to get it and we were so irritated. My husband took the issue right to the manager, who had remember speaking with him and was VERY helpful and accommodating to make sure to do right by us and he took care of our meal up to $ 150.
I don’t know what we would have done if that particular manager, Jacob, wasn’t there and hadn’t remembered the whole disaster in the first place. It was refreshing to see such impeccable customer service and we were basically treated like royalty for the rest of the night. Not sure who dropped the ball giving us a mere $ 25 thinking that was going to appease us, but they need to be fired.
The 2^nd time around, the whole experience was 100% better. Our server was polite, professional and attentive and the food was outstanding. I especially loved the pita pillow for an appy and we both got the filet as an entrée.
Job well done for proving you are not what I thought you were, Adega! And special thanks for Jacob for allowing everything to go smoothly and an enjoyable experience.

Adega is located at the lobby level of The Metropolitan at the 9 hotel on the corner of 9^th and Prospect. The 9 itself is an architectural treasure, and once inside, the floor to ceiling windows at the lobby and in the restaurant fame the city very well. At the center of the restaurant is this massive glass tower of a wine cellar which I though was a nice Modern touch.
The food isn’t classic Mediterranean, I’d still say New American with a hint of Mediterranean. I normally hate Brussel sprouts, but those ones I loved. The trout, flatbread toasts, creamy polenta side dish, and the Chicken Francaise were all good eats. The service, atmosphere and quality of the food was top-​notch that day.

I took my friend here and I really wasn’t happy at all.
First off if I am paying $ 36.00 for scallops ala carte I should get more than four.
My reservation was for 10:30pm and the entire time the waitress was rushing us because they close at 11:00pm. If someone is going out to dinner and spending that much it’s because they want to have a good time not feel completely rushed.
I ordered prosecco and the waitress suggested a drink with prosecco in it. So we ordered one instead of two just in case we didn’t like it. My friend was really liking the drink and the waitress came up, literally ripped the drink out of my friends hand, and says I knew you wouldn’t like it. And brought her a glass of prosecco.
Look at my reviews and you will see I’m normally fair. I had a truly unhappy experience I will not be returning to this place on my next trip to Cleveland.

I was excited about this place. It has so much potential but like a lot of places in downtown Cleveland, the administration ruins everything. Sunday wad their first Sunday Funday… there was nobody there and they had nothing from the menu… like they didn’t prepare for it at all.
Lastly, besides not having anything available to eat and not sure if they had enough ingredients for their drinks during their first Sunday «party»… they published the event as «beach casual look». However, the hosts were all wearing Sathurday night club type dresses (early afternoon on Sunday!!) which was totally ridiculous. They also looked at us weird because we were wearing shorts… eehh… beach casual? They totally failed on planing in so many different ways.
If you want to stay upscale you may have to deliver on the simple things first. I hope they get better over time but I see this as another «Tomo Sushi» type situation. Great concept and poor execution.

For all of the hype that The 9 received, I thought this place was going to be better.
We came here at 6pm on a Friday night, with reservation. It didn’t seem to be too busy, then again, it felt like a big space so nothing was too crowded.
The ambiance of the restaurant is great. High ceilings, an impressive wine cellar, and high end décor definitely gives it the high-​end feel of The 9. Unfortunately, the quality of the décor did not match that of the food.
We started off with the pita pillow and dips, which sounds and looks better than it tastes. The pita was oversalted and the 3 dips were nothing to write home about. The waitress brought out a polenta dish, complement of the chef… which looked like a glorified croûton and tasted like stale bread. Chris got the iberico pork, which he said he only semi-​liked. He thought it would have been better if the slices were cut thicker. So far, not so good.
The one redeeming part of my meal was the chicken francaise with brussels and polenta. The flavors of the dish worked well together and I would order this again if I had to come back. But overall, the prices on the menu did not match the quality of the food. For this reason alone, I wouldn’t come back.