The Grand Finale
Cincinnati, OH 45246
Phone: (513) 771-5925
- Price:
- $$$
- Best of Citysearch:
- Brunch 2004
- Hours:
- Tue-Thu 11:15am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11:15am-11:30pm, Sun 10:30am-10pm
Editorial Review for The Grand Finale – by Juliana Vice and Lesley Balla
In Short
This old house has several dining rooms that fill fast on the weekends. Antiques grace almost every inch of the place, adding character and charm. Open since 1975, Grand Finale's popularity has never ceased. The upscale menu includes fine-dining favorites like filet mignon paired with shrimp or lobster, rack of lamb and chicken. Patrons choose from crepes filled with crab, scallops or vegetables, all served with liberal doses of creamy sauces.
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Insider Tips
BrunchA traditional brunch spread is served from 10am to 3pm on Sundays. Show up early or prepare to wait up to an hour for a table.
User Reviews for The Grand Finale
07/21/2008 Posted by talm1
Service average ... parking impossible! food...sausage swiming in grease, no real crapes, no omlet stand and no lunch items. Read their menue ahead of time .."buffet"...was not breakfast and lunch...just breafast. Their 'famous' blueberry pancakes arrived cold at the end of the meal...bread pudding the only good thing on the line.... it was Golden Corral (quality) food at twice the price.
Pros: bread pudding
Cons: Too many tables added to the dining area
01/15/2008 Posted by riddlers
This restaurant proves difficult to navigate in many ways. First the parking lot proves difficult if you drive anything larger than a unicycle. My car has never survived the parking lot without getting bumped. When you enter this cozy establishment walking toward the hostess proves cumbersome and tight. Some chairs adorn the passageway to further complicate movement and provide respite for the long wait you'll likely encounter. One cannot sit in this cute establishment without getting jarred. The back room entertained a party of 50 in an area about 15 by 20 feet. This facility in all its quaint fashion is NOT in the least assessable to folks with disabilities (wheel-chair). The owners hang monuments to themselves on the entrance wall in a self-congratulatory manner further enhancing the overly pretentious environment. Employees of great eating establishments know it and don't need to convince anyone with framed outdated reviews, they continually prove it with fabulous meals. The building is divided in two, and the back half seems to be an afterthought with extremely uncomfortable low-quality chairs. After eating there several times it appears as though you get better service in the front half of the building. The staff are always quick and friendly and the management has someone watching over the guests in the front half of the building, more in an obsequious manner than professional. The food here always seems decent, and the ginger chicken is good. The food is well prepared and fresh, but about a seven on a scale of one to ten. Nothing here seems to justify the hype or the pricing - it's similar to paying for a Cadillac and finding you really purchased a Chevrolet. Nothing is wrong with the Chevrolet, but you paid for the Cadillac. The prices are very high for the food provided, and undoubtedly you pay for the Cadillac reputation. Expect to pay approximately $35 a person if you avoid alcohol and keep appetizers to a minimum.
Pros: Friendly staff, decent food
Cons: Pretentious as they come, expensive, inaccessible, LONG waits
