Aurelia - Honest Food & Drink

"I am not happy to write this review because the staff here were wonderful. I had the best waitress that I have ever had. She was attentive but not overbearing and extremely personable and kind. The drinks were delightful, but the food left a lot to be desired. The seafood past was dry and difficult to eat. The chicken sandwich could have used some dressing, and the pork dish was very dry and non tender. If they would just have added a bit of sauce of gravy, it would have made a difference."

"Really great food and service! We had a large group of 12 and everything was spot on! The service was fantastic right down to our back waiter, Sam. We will be back!"

"We made reservations at Aurelia, and our table wasn’t quite ready, which was fine—we were with friends, so the women shopped and the guys had a beer at the bar. They seated us at a table, then asked us to move to a booth because they needed to split up our original table into smaller tables. Our friend asked if we could have a free drink for moving, and our server brought us each a glass of champagne. We later found out that our server was the only one for the evening. She did an amazing job considering the circumstances. We ordered cocktails, then our dinners. I had their version of shrimp and grits (polenta). The flavors were great, but the texture of the polenta was much coarser than I’ve had before. My husband had the roast chicken, which he said was good."

"This is a hard one to rate. Went in for happy hour with a 5::30pm reservation. Happy hour goes from 4-6. There were only two other tables seated at the time we arrived. A couple and a single. No one at the bar. The only employees visible was one server, who is also the hostess and one bartender. She informs us when she came to take our drink that if we wanted anything happy hour, we needed to stand up and order it ourselves from the bar! Perhaps their policy, seemed pointless, especially seeing that they have a sign at their front door offering happy hour without a “bar only” qualifier. Regardless, it was off putting and she refused to serve us anything happy hour. So we placed a “non” happy hour drink order. Mai Tai’s. I will say they were excellent. We both enjoyed our entrees one was a salmon salad and the other the scallops with jasmine rice and broccolini. The scallops were small but tasty and only had 4 on the plate. I have never eaten my dinner and still felt hungry before in my life, so this was the first time I ate it all! Feel like another scallop would have been the right portion seeing they were small. Very tasty however and well prepared. The restaurant filled up and service was slow. The server was doubling as a hostess, drink runner, server. She forgot things, probably because she was terribly overworked! I have to say overall, it was good. The service was a damper and I probably will not return."

"Truly a local gem. We ate at the bar and everyone seemed to know the bar tender and one another and were very friendly. Make a reservation if you want a table, they get very busy! We enjoyed a flat bread, cauliflower and salad. Everything was fresh, tasty and high quality! Service was fast, friendly and attentive. A perfect spot for a bite to eat after the Chagrin Film festival. Upscale, lively and delicious!"