The Clubhouse

Son & daughter-​n-​law tooK us here during our recent visit from MI. After being told our wait would be 15 mins at 5:45pm on a Saturday night, we were seated an hour & a half later. (The restaurant has 2 tables for 8; all other tables are for 4 persons. There were 6 of us, so we had to wait for 2– four person tables that were adjacent to each other to clear. Much harder than it sounds apparently.). We ended up order one dish of chicken paprikas and feeding it to our grandson in the lobby –because after waiting for 1 hour & 30 mins — he was starving!
After finally being seated, we ordered Hungarian goulash, beef stroganknoff, Italian peppers & sausage and Chicken paprikas. The beef in the Hungarian goulash resembled dog food. The stroganknoff noodles were like fettuccini; not the egg noodles we expected? The marinara sauce on the Italian dish was pretty poor and the sausage was scarce.
One star for perogies and the IPA on draft. Otherwise — not going back; no; Never!

Let me start off by saying, it’s a bit unclear on why this place is ranked so highly. I see a lot of notes about the chicken paprikash, but before my diet changed, I had it. The individuals who think this is the best chicken paprikash they’ve ever had must not have someone who makes chicken paprikash. It isn’t bad, but it is far from the best. No where near any home cooked paprikash I’ve ever had, and I can give you three places off the top of my head that will blow it away.
Now, MY visit. A Saturday night in Parma isn’t going to be anything special, but the restaurant was pretty empty. The non bar area is exclusively seating people who want Eastern European food, but are too old or lazy to make it themselves. I don’t criticize or judge others for their lifestyles, that’s their business, so do not take this as judgement: Everyone in here was either over 70 years old, or would be classified as obese. It isn’t the place to go for healthful or well balanced meals.
There is no one seating people, rather you walk in and just sit down. The podium for the hostess is covered in their… stuff. Our server, Rosalie, was nice and polite. She was also reasonably (but not overly) helpful in trying to find something on the menu that would fit my dietary needs. I landed on… a potato. Yea, I seriously had a potato for dinner… this is the only option they had for me.
My issues really where the bathroom. This was a three, possibly edging towards a four, until I went into the bathroom. They seem to have tried to remodel it, but gave up 75% through. They could use more frequent visits to follow up on customers not flushing, and a tad more space, or making it a single person. I physically did not fit in the urinal, or at the sink. As in, when I tried to wash my hands, the divider flopped over to the right and I was putting pressure on it trying to get my hands on the sink. The soap was out, and the paper towel dispenser didn’t work.
I know people often don’t think of the restroom as a symbol of the business, but I see it like the kitchen (and often notice this correlation). It is a staple area, used by the staff, that is rarely seen, and rarely mentioned. Not off limits, but not really talked about. If the associates (or management) care, they clean as they go, or they notify that attention is needed. This should be as clean/​well maintained or better than the kitchen, a place customers can’t go… so what does the kitchen look like, and what shortcuts do they take there? Clearly the staff isn’t using soap when they wash their hands.

This place was a warm respite on a wintry night. We were given a choice between 3 of the 6 beers on tap. There were four TVs playing sports and a few people watching and doing play-​by-​play commentary. Mostly harmless. Being vegetarians, we did not partake of the supposedly amazing chicken paprikash. I’d be willing to come back here if you buy me free beer.

Awesome food and kitchen always open till close. Yankee pot roast is my go to every wed

Good food, friendly staff and decent prices. I had the chicken paprikash, it was good, but not the best I have ever had. The onion soup was very tasty, but the soda we had with dinner was flat. My wife had the white pizza and she enjoyed it.

Our first visit here… was great. Heard about the chicken paprikash so tried it… awesome. We also tried the goulash, also excellent. Good food, friendly staff and reasonable prices. What more could you want?

Used to be a fun place to drink but unfortunately now all it is, is a bunch of old fart’s who want to watch sports on tv on a Saturday night and complain if you want to play music on the jukebox. Food is good though.

So my mom decides to treat my family to dinner and we see the sign that says «Oktoberfest Menu» so we decide to eat here. You figure a restaurant that serves pretty decent paprikash couldn’t screw up an Oktoberfest menu so we ordered the wienerschnitzel, which is basically breaded and pan-​fried pork. They bring it out and it looks like a deflated fish fry because they used batter and deep fried the pork! So we cut it in half and took a bite and it was very chewy and overcooked. No problem… Just send it back and get the Wurst plate instead. How can you screw up sausage? The wurst plate comes out and we try the bratwurst and it has the uncanny resemblance of the brats you would make for a cookout with burgers. As for the knockwurst, oversized hot dog. We have been to some pretty decent German restaurants and know what these sausages are supposed to taste like. For $ 16 a plate that is what I expect from an Oktoberfest menu. So we tell the manager how dissapointed we were and she said, «We only serve the very best to our customers, those are Johnsonville.» I rest my case. We still had to pay for our $ 16 hot dogs that we didn’t eat. I will not be eating there anymore. If you want good German fare you might want to go to a German restaurant.

Clubhouse is some of the best food around, but if you don’t want to watch judge Judy or murder she wrote reruns, eat in the restaurant, not the bar… its littered with regulars and professional drinkers… as for food of course try the hot wings and the grubby one burger!

Definitely my favorite place for Chicken Paprikash. The chicken is tender and with dumplings that are not big and doughy. Just got a side salad with it. Small plate size was plenty for me. Yes this is a family style restaurant„ which is fine with me. Restaurant was clean and the waitress friendly.

The bar is dark and dingy like most Cleveland hole In the walls, the restaurant is nothing to write home about, but the food is awesome. Great Eastern European home cooking, with the best chicken paprikash I’ve ever had. Truly a hidden gem to say the least. The five star rating is defiantly for the food, not the atmosphere.

The food was awful! My husband had the chicken paprikash and saod it was not even edible, mind you he’s polish and knows what it should taste like. The Portobello pasta I had was so bad I sent it back. The service was just okay. I can say that we will never return.

I grew up in the Parma area, so I can rag on it all I want.
The ambience here sucks. It’s a crappy suburban diner type place with padded tablecloths and paper napkins wrapped around cheap silverware. But hey, that’s how family restaurants are sometimes and the owners are good people.
That said, the Chicken Paprikash is the best I have ever had next to my Grandma’s and when I made it myself once. The sauce is perfect, chicken juicy, and the dumplings large. Would prefer the dumplings be a little lighter, but who other than my grandmother would spend so much time ensuring their fluffiness? Heavier dumplings are easier and faster to make, so I can’t blame them for their density. The salad is pretty tasty too, for a simple iceberg.
If you have to be in Parma for any reason and like Hungarian or Czech/​Slovak food as much as I do, it’s a must visit… or, at the very least, pick up their huge portions and have dinner at home.

My friend and I were talking about The Clubhouse today. It really does look like a strip club from outside. We both agreed the chicken paprikash was our favorite in the area.

Holy Old People. That was my first thought when I walked in this place. Holy AMAZING CHICKEN PAPRIKASH. That was my last thought walking out of this place.

The Clubhouse is a family restaurant type of place, with an expansive menu of traditional Hungarian dishes and pub grub. Their corned beef is really tasty, as is their chicken paprikash. They have nightly specials like chicken and liver as well. Old people definitely like this place as we were the only people dining who were under 70 (I think everyone would agree that 70 is old). Our waitress was great with the older crowd and has developed a really, really loud voice to accommodate the seniors. I surprised myself and I actually sort of like this place. It is Parma at its best (or worst, depending on how snobby you are).
The dining room is in the back, so don’t get confused when you walk into the bar. There is definitely a slightly creepy dining room most likely filled with old people.