Crop Rocks

I have been a fan of the beet salad and deviled eggs at Crop so it was nice to see those items on the menu at Crop Rocks. The Crop Rocks deviled eggs are THE SHIZZ. Smoked bacon and some type of wasabi/​horseradish filling that is incredible. There were smears of what appeared to be Sriracha and a sweeter soy sauce on the plate… perfect complements. The Magic Carpet Ride that night was curry chicken. Delicious flavors on that plate yowza! Very large space, almost too spacious for the number of tables. I feel like they can add more tables. Our server said we should get our orders in because the kitchen was backed up but then our food literally arrived 5 min later. So I tend to agree with previous posters that there appears to be a lack of communication between the servers and kitchen staff. Great DJs spin vinyl from a huge collection of records. There is a nightclub next door that they keep the door open to so don’t sit at the table in front of the DJ booth unless you want to hear a mixture of DJ and club beats. Service was pretty good.

Food was a bit overpriced. $ 18 for a basic pasta dish?
All the dishes had inventive names which is fun but the menu seemed a bit all over the place: BBQ wings, falafel, burritos, burgers, etc. Seemed puns for dish names drove what they cooked. Also, the pasta was a bit oily and over seasoned.
The décor was meh. They spent a lot on the recording booth and records which look cool but then the chairs and tables are all cheap. Also, the place seemed a bit empty in terms of how many tables they had setup. Kinda felt like I was eating in a warehouse.

The heart of Rock and Roll is in Cleveland. To be more specific, it’s located at 1061 Old River Road.
We headed down to Crop Rocks for a Cleveland Beer Week event Lagunitas was throwing, a Frank Zappa Beer/​Dinner pairing. It couldn’t have been held at a better venue!
I don’t know if I can really speak to the food since every course was a specialty item for the event not offered on the menu, but I can speak to the kitchen’s ability. Our courses included deviled eggs, tobacco calamari, «Cleveland biscuits» and gravy (which were actually pierogies!), crab cake, white peppercorn & cocoa pastrami ruben, and a salted caramel apple dessert. I’m not a fan of pretty much any of these foods (pierogies excluded), but everything was still fantastic in spite of that!
I was really, really impressed with how well the waitstaff pulled everything off and how well orchestrated everything was — especially considering this is something outside of the restaurant’s norm.
Even if the food wasn’t good (which it was), even if the waitstaff were uncoordinated (which they weren’t), I’d probably still give Crop Rocks a 4-​star rating just based on how much I love the idea of having a live DJ spin vinyl while you dine.

Super excited about this new venue in the flats!
We came here to grab some food during a Browns game and were greeted by a long bar (indoor plus outdoor, which will be killer in the summer) and a chill vibe.
The server was super sweet and ready to recommend about 4 different beers to indecisive me, which was fantastic. The draft beers were all around $ 7, so not the cheapest place to drink, but meh… It gets the job done for a downtown location.
We ordered the avocado Cobb salad and the Korean BBQ sandwich. We ended up waiting a pretty long time to get out food even though there weren’t many people in the restaurant. (Maybe the chefs were sad the Browns were losing?) When we finally did get our food, it was just OK. The Cobb salad seemed to be expensive for what you get, And the Korean Sandwich… Again Meh. I was hoping for more texture– crunchy pickles! Nope. Not today. I will say, however, that the fries were super tasty! Yes, I know– they’re French fries, but they were the highlight of my experience.
Anyway, probs won’t be going back to crop rocks until I’ve heard more positive things. I’m more of a cheap beer girl anyway.

Came here just to enjoy drinks. Located right next door to crop stix. I really love the venue! Old music records lining the walls and a DJ booth in the corner playing great 80’s music! Fun place to hang out with friends.

Bland as bland can be, I don’t know how this place will be able to keep up with the other great restaurants in the flats. Also, the décor is horrible. I get they were going for the old school rock and roll dinner feel… But there is a right way to do that and there is a wrong way. What they did was the wrong way. Too expensive and no flavor. Worst combination there is.

Service was awesome everyone was super friendly. Would go back just for the amazing fries

First the good: The location in the east bank is spectacular. You can sit at the bar and watch the boats on river and on a nice day they open the garage doors and you feel like you’re outside. They also have an outdoor bar and a nice patio in the summer. Their beer list is pretty good. The service is also good.
Now, the not so good: I’ve sampled a couple of their cocktails and they have been sugar bombs. Just way too sweet. The food is not that good either. I had the falafel wrap with their smothered fries (sans beef). The falafel was really bad and super dry. The fries were just too smothered with too many sauces so they became quite soggy and you definitely couldn’t taste the potatoes. Can’t remember what the husband had, but he seemed to enjoy it.
Probably wouldn’t go back since there are too many good restaurants in the flats and the surrounding areas.

I was excited to go to this place. Walked in and we were sat at benches made of wood. I don’t know about you, but I do not want to sit on wood. Especially picnic table style. The fries with gravy on them were incredible! I would get them again easily. I got the Mexican style dish. I think it’s the only one on the menu. I tried to get the name but there website is not mobile friendly. So I could not get the name but it was extremely bland. Very disappointing. I do not believe I will be back. I might go for lunch for the fries but certainly not dinner.

One of the new restaurants in the new Flats. The location is great, right near the river. The interior is decorated with rock and roll pictures, albums, etc. We stopped in on a weekday and wanted to sit outside on the patio. There was no waiter service on the patio yet so we had to sit at the outside bar. The bar tender was busy filling drinks for all the people sitting outside so service wasn’t super fast. We got a few beers and ordered the burrito and falafel with salad and fries. The food came out fairly quickly, but both dishes were bland, dry and not interesting. Crop Rocks is a nice place to sit on the patio and have a few drinks, but so are all the other new places in that new complex. Hopefully the food quality improves.

Location, location, location — one of the new breed of restaurants on the East Bank in Cleveland. We stopped by boat, with great parking, and sat in the outside bar. A simply great Marguerita, really great, with a friendly wait and bar staff started the evening.
We loved the bar selection of beers and cocktails and enjoyed the evening. At the bartenders suggestion, we had an awesome appetizer that was the restaurants take on a loaded French fry plate — very good. The menu is as advertised, sandwiches, salads and some interesting large plates. We cut our evening short because our dog waited patiently on the boat.
We will be back to try out the rest of the menu.