Kosar’s Wood Fired Grill

Good bye Mortons hello Kosars. I had the best filet mignon that I’ve ever eaten at kosars. In fact, the steak was so perfectly cooked that I went in the kitchen and shook the chefs hand. The service was excellent (thanks brad) and the food was fabulous. Am definitely going back again.

A strange little place, though it’s not so little — it’s massive, actually, with no windows because, you know… it’s in a casino. We ended up here for my boyfriend’s grandmother’s 80^th birthday.
I guess Kosar’s is a surf & turf place, though «wood-​fired» had me expecting something else (pizzas? I don’t know). The menu is sort of small but expensive, with lots of big-​ticket steak & seafood items. I’m not a huge meat person, so the appetizers appealed most to me, but I was a little embarrassed to go that route. The prices were so high that we joked that Bernie Kosar was trying to make all his money back via high-​priced steaks.
If I had some compelling reason to end up here again, I wouldn’t be upset, but I’m not going to schlep out to the casino for this restaurant. It has a nice vibe, friendly servers, good food (try the lobster mac & cheese!), but it’s overpriced casino fare, plain & simple. I think people are just falling for it because it has a sort of quirky Cleveland twist.

Bad greeting from the start. service was not friendly. food took forever steak was raw. i relize some people like that im not one of them. overpriced.. Not going back

While the pleasant waitstaff and contemporary décor were appreciated, the food suffers from some «diminishing skills» when compared to a very competitive group of steakhouses in the Greater Cleveland area. The steak was a little rubbery and not at the quality level expected of a higher-​end steakhouse. The kitchen did, however, manage to accurately cook the steak at the requested «medium rare plus» (the «plus» is thrown in just as a test). Surveying, but not partaking, in the salad bar ($ 7 with entrée, $ 16 alone), the available options were pretty standard (albeit a little limited) but with some highlights like roasted carrots and anchovies. As for sides, the Brussels Sprouts were bland and could have used more roasting; their taste saved only by the addition of bacon. The Carbonara Mac & Cheese was decent, but (save for an unweildly gob of cheese placed on top of the dish) disappointing lacking in the cheesy decadence throughout that usually accompanies similar steakhouse offerings. Food-​wise, you would do much better for yourself at any of the higher-​end steakhouses downtown or maybe even some a short 15-​minutes away in Independence.

We went to a comedy show at the Hard Rock so decided to eat at Kosar’s to start the night out. It was a good decision because we were seated after just a short wait while the buffet had a line a mile long! The waitress was good and there were other junior wait staff who check on us with more bread or brought our entrée’s out. The prime rib was delicious and seemingly larger than expected. My strip steak on the other hand was cooked medium when I ordered medium rare. We shared a good portion of lobster mac and cheese which was delicious. Also had the fried calamari with asian chili dipping sauce – pretty good! there is a small but acceptable wine/​beer selection but nothing great. While there, we noticed there was a salad bar – would probably try that the next time to go with our steaks.

Had a lovely meal last night! Great bartenders, great table service with Brad, our table of 4 all had steaks, all delicious! Sides of Brussel sprouts, mushrooms and a sweet potato were all great. We also had a fantastic and reasonably priced bottle of wine. Prices are really expensive though.

Went out for our 14 year anniversary. Service was great (thanks Tricia).
So I had a review on here prior to this one and I gave this place 5 stars but I am taking back my 5 star review and giving it 3 stars for just the service we had because for me it was the best part.
To start the night off we made reservations and we were seated at the exact time our reservations were made, made us extremely happy.
We ordered the sausage plate and I didn’t care for any of the specialty sausages that were served and chicken sausage is something that I eat quite often. It could have been the flavor of the sausage that I didn’t like. Hubby didn’t like either but we brought it home and ended up throwing it away.
I added the salad bar with my steak checked it out before I ordered it because it’s not a big salad bar but enough options for a good salad.
***if you get the hot bacon dressing make sure you use it on your salad and not as soup**** it is in the same container as the beef vegetable soup so I brought it back to the table to try and the waitress told me that’s it’s not soup but said its ok because people do that all the time. But it is a salad dressing. My bad… So salad bar was good I tried a little of everything and didn’t like the watermelon radish tomato salad or the bean salad but everything else was fresh and delicious.
So onto our steaks I ordered the the 12 oz New York strip steak medium well and when they brought it out it had a lot of pink in the middle so I had to send it back. They didn’t cook a new steak they threw this one back on the grill (32 dollar steak I can understand why) after the steak was thrown back on the grill they brought it back out and at this point it had the charred meat taste so I tried another bite and just wasn’t happy with flavoring they use to cook the steak or the charred piece of meat. In the meantime I had tried my husbands steak that was cooked to perfection and delicious.
So our waitress was more helpful in making my experience a success so they replaced my steak with a kosar 19 steak which came out perfectly cooked medium well but I would like to say if you are picky about seasoning on a steak either ask them to cook it without or don’t get the steak. I read other reviews and it seems to be a big complaint about the seasoning. We also ordered 2 sides asparagus and a baked potato that the hubby and I split. Potato is huge and asparagus is definitely enough for 2 people to eat.
Being that it was our anniversary I told the waitress what we were celebrating they gave us a complimentary slice of carrot cake. The cake was delicious and I ordered a piece of cheesecake to go and the cheesecake was definitely at the top of list for all time favorites for a piece of cheesecake.
Overall the dining experience was awesome service was great quality of the food I will say was great but seasoning and cooking not so much… for the prices that they charge.

Service was mediocre. While we were waiting to be seated (the hostess station seemed unorganized) I stepped over to the bar to ask for a wine menu. The bartender was talking to 2 folks next to me for several minutes, never acknowledged me, and then he walked away. Our server seemed to force a smile. We didn’t feel like she was interested in serving us. I had the bacon wrapped scallops, I would not order them again. They were dry and the bacon was tough. I also ordered the Kosar’s Shrimp Scampi specifically because it was supposed to be «topped with jumbo lump crab». There was ‘no’ crab in it at all. We shared a bottle of wine. When it was done, no more was offered, and no dessert was offered. It was interesting looking at the Kosar memorabilia in the cabinet up front, but other than that I have no reason to go here again.

This was our fourth visit and our last. Our server was superb, but the food was horrible. Four of us had dinner and it was over $ 200… I am happy to pay for food that is worth it… this was not. My husband’s prime rib was a plate full of lard… my halibut was mediocre at best. We could have used the rolls to break a window. The quality of food at Kosars has severely declined… too bad…

Very attractive restaurant, upscale football theme. Friendly staff. The food was less than good.
The Wild Alaskan Salmon ($ 25) way overcooked and burnt.
The «19» steak ($ 43), the favorite on the menu, endorsed by Bernie Kosar. Basically this is the top recommended item on the menu. My boyfriend is the least pickiest eater I know and he said it tasted like a cigarette. I’m sorry, Kosar. Kitchen needs a little sprucing up.

Beautiful cozy décor but hostess was rude and our waitress was befuddled. She told us not to eat the round rolls if they got cold because they would be like rocks and when I tried to order a steak well done she said they only cooked rare to medium rare. Really? Also there are no salads on the menu but they do have a salad bar? A very strange thing for a high end al a carte restaurant. Food did come out promptly and was excellent. Would probably go back but with much lower expectations. It is not the high end dining experience it is trying to be.

For an upscale restaurant this place really did not impress with the food. The atmosphere and service were fine. Many of our entrées were not even matching the quality of an Applebee’s with the prices being three or more times as much!

The décor and presentation of the food was nice but the the taste of the food wasn’t anything spectacular. Paid a lot of money for an ok dinner and dessert.

Skip it!
My husband and I came here tonight for a special occasion and while the server was great the food was anything but.
The shrimp cocktail appetizer my hubbs got was his highlight and the cheesecake was his second.
Both of us ordered the 6 oz filet — his came as ordered — mine was charred (I asked for medium plus but not medium well — this was dead/​charcoal). I would have taken up the offer to send it back but I wasn’t even asked why I wasn’t eating a filet.
The carbonara Mac n Cheese was cheesy but bland — almost tasted like French onion soup (odd). The sweet potato was good — the size of a football too.
Bread service at the beginning was nice as well.
Bill came and it was shown that my Hubbs had been served the wrong scotch and my steak (remember we both ordered the 6oz) for some reason mine — which I didn’t eat more then 4 bites of and brought home for our dogs… was $ 38 instead of his $ 30!
I would not go back — I would not send anyone there either. Oh and when you have no bathroom in the establishment just only thru the video lottery terminals (swear to god that’s exactly the terminology I was given when I asked lol) you don’t make me want to spend $ 60+ per person again.
Just like the real thing leaves something to be desired in Cleveland.

I had a great experience here. I had a special for the night of Grouper and Cajun Shrimp. It was SOOO GOOD. I also got the salad bar, which was pretty good, but the sea food chowder was the star from that. It was great! We also had lobster mac & cheese and a chocolate ganache. The ganache was TO DIE FOR. I highly recommend.

First time at this restaurant and had the prime rib special, very good, cooked to perfection, excellent value and the waitress Tiffany was very good also, very attentive and professional.

A very beautiful restaurant in the Hardrock casino with a nice private room. A group of us went for my brother’s 21^st birthday and we got great attention from our server and the drinks were nice and strong! Unfortunately, I was sick, so I couldn’t really eat much and there wasn’t a clear soup for me, but everyone else steaks, chops and appetizers looked amazing! My fiancé had the New York strip and it was cooked right to temperature. The baked potato we had was the size of a football! Even the halibut special was gorgeous.
I will defintely be back to actually eat the food and gamble!

Had a great meal for our Anniversary at Kosar’s tonight. The bacon wrapped scallops were excellent, and the bone-​in Ribeye was perfectly prepared and off the hook tender and tasty. The vodka martinis were great, and served with ice crystals the way I like them. Tricia, our server, was very friendly and attentive.
The ambiance was great, and the booths were extremely large, and allowed my wife and I to sit side by side.

My team from work thought that Kosar’s Wood-​Fire Grill would be a great place for our 2014 holiday gathering,
We think we made a great choice. They are on the $$$$ side, but the menu choices and the service was great, and I love the salad bar

Went to make a reservation on OpenTable at two days out, no good times were available. Checked back morning of, and suddenly the whole calendar opened up. I’m left to wonder if there were mass cancellations or if they just save space for their slot VIPs.
Pluses for:
Free parking.
A walk through the casino.
Plenty of people watching.
The restaurant hostess stand appeared to be in chaos. When it became obvious no one greeted us, the manager came up and intervened. We diverted to the bar for drinks.
The bar looked classy and stylish, the seats have a pigskin finish as well as the menus. Nice touch for a football themed restaurant. Sadly, the entire bar area needed a good sweeping, there was crumbs all over the floor. Missing was a bar cocktail menu. Three months open and the bartenders are still waiting for one. So I ask about signature drinks – nothing. The response was that they are a full service bar and can make anything.
One thing they apparently can’t make is a good wine menu. Honestly, this was largely a gas station selection of lower quality wines. Hence why a typical bottle was only $ 25.
We checked back in to get a table as the hostess stand didn’t call anyone out, nor did they have pagers. We could have easily been forgotten at the bar.
Our table was in the middle of the restaurant. Not the greatest location, but there was at least a little space between tables. The server introduced herself, but seemed cold and disengaged. Maybe having a bad day, or just didn’t want to be there. I’m not asking for an entertainer, or a therapist, but some personality wouldn’t hurt.
Back to when I first sat down, I noticed that the napkin was ripped. I alerted the hostess and she went to grab another. In poor form she threw it at a waiter like a Bernie pass to Webster Slaughter. My wife was more ticked than I was, noting that someone had to manually fold the napkin and still had the nerve to put it out for dinner service.
Dinner service appeared to be like a football play on TV being run in slow motion replay. No sense of urgency with anything, other than at the end trying to get rid of us.
Kosar’s menu is small. Your basic cuts of steak, 4 – 5 seafood dishes, very basic apps and a list of sides. They offered bread, but neglected to give us pretzel bread, we only got the sesame roll. So I had to ask for pretzel bread. Very inconsistent.
We ordered a bottle of wine for the table, they delivered a chiller, but the wine bottle itself was stored warm.
Kosar’s food was a big disappointment. Their pretzel bread was soaked in butter, unmanageable with hands. Forced to use a fork, the rib eye steak was poorly seasoned, devoid of taste, just not a good cut of meat. I felt robbed. Their fries were completely inedible. Covered in seasoning so much so that they’d burn the tongue on impact. The manager was nice enough to remove the fries from the bill. Dessert was redeeming, but it takes a lot of work to mess up sweets.
For the guy coming here on a casino comp that dresses in blue jeans and a T-​shirt treating a napkin as a bib (I saw two fancy this style) this has to be amazing. Much better than the strip steaks for $ 4 at their local bar. For all others this is the Dawg Pound of fine dining. Casino steakhouses in this country usually have a reputation for fine dining – lower the expectations at Kosar’s and you’ll be fine.