Forage Public House

This one truly hurts. I went to forage a few Saturdays and had the best experience. The drinks were incredible, the duck fat chicken wings were great, the calamari was good ( needed more of the sauce), the chicken sandwich was incredible. It felt like a fantastic value and taste. Two weeks later I went back and the experience wasn't good. We got there at prime dinner time and sat at the bar. The food took a long time and once it arrived I was well on my way to feeling those beverages. I ordered the short rib and mushroom risotto and it was not good. The rice was crunchy and undercooked. This seemed so off base from the first experience that my partner and I decided we wouldn't hold it again them, everyone is entitled to bad days. We went back a third time last week and unfortunately that is the end for me. The entire experience was consistently disappointing. My cup for a cocktail was consistently sticky and appeared to be unclean, the duck fat wings that were so incredible the first time tasted like they sat in the window for a while, while one half of the wings had still cold sauce poured on top. The most disappointing was the short rib and risotto. I ordered it again to give another chance and my broccoli crowns were still frozen and inedible and the short rib sauce may have been A1 from GFS. Unfortunately it appears that management has very low standards as I saw who appeared to be the only manager hanging out/flirting at the bar but never interacted with patrons and was no where to be found when I sent my food back and asked for the bill.
Apr 10th, 2024

Apr 7th, 2024

We can't thank Forage enough for hosting our after work retirement party. Karim the manager was very accommodating and his staff was excellent. All of the appetizers were great and the party room was a hit. Thanks so much Karim!!
Apr 4th, 2024

One of my favorite dinner spots in NE Ohio. Amazing food every single time. Bartender made amazing mocktails for us & service is normally good too.
Apr 1st, 2024

The atmosphere was cozy and our server was nice. The food was not good. My husband ordered the pork shank ragu - and it desperately needed salt. The pappardelle tasted like chewy nothing. I ordered the butternut squash ravioli - 2 minutes later our waiter came back to tell me they were out of that. So I ordered the Forage Triple Mac and cheese with marinated chicken on the fly. 25 minutes later Mac & cheese with hot fried chicken was delivered to our table. I hate complaining about anything ever and always eat whatever is delivered, but I also cannot eat hot sauce. So I flagged down our server to let them know I ordered marinated chicken and they said they were so sorry. Thats how they rang it in and the kitchen wasnt paying attention. They would fix it. 15 minutes later Mac & cheese with plain fried chicken was delivered. I was starving and didnt have the heart to tell them again that my order was wrong. It like my husbands meal was vastly under salted. There was no real taste or sharpness to the cheese. Forage is a well know Lakewood staple Ive wanted to check out for a long time, but over all I was very disappointed. When the bill came it was just under $100 for a pretzel, 2 drinks, and 2 entrees (which listed *fried* chicken with the Mac, not marinaded) that werent even good was disappointing. The atmosphere and server were nice and thats the only reason Im giving a 2* review. Please done waste your only date night away from the kids here.
Apr 5th, 2024