Eat in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati

Pepp and Dolores

• ★ 4.5
• Italian
• $$$

Pepp and Dolores on Vine Street in OTR is the Italian-American room from the Thunderdome group (the Lanni brothers' Italian-grandparent homage).

Wildweed

• ★ 4.7
• Pasta-forward Italian
• $$$

David Jackman's forager's kitchen on Walnut Street in Over-the-Rhine, with bold pasta and a chef's counter tasting menu; on the NYT Restaurant List 2025.

Abigail Street

• ★ 4.5
• Mediterranean
• $$

Abigail Street on Vine in OTR is Daniel Wright's Cincinnati Mediterranean small-plates room, with lamb meatballs, spanakopita and Greek wines.

Senate

• ★ 4.4
• Gastropub
• $$

Senate on Race Street in OTR is Daniel Wright's Cincinnati gastropub, with craft hot dogs, lobster bisque and duck-fat fries, in OTR since 2010.

Quan Hapa

• ★ 4.3
• Pan-asian
• $$

Quan Hapa on Vine Street in OTR is the Cincinnati Pan-Asian room from Daniel Wright's group, running bao buns, pho, ramen and Korean fried chicken.

The Eagle OTR

• ★ 4.4
• Southern American
• $$

The Eagle on Vine Street in OTR runs the Thunderdome group's fried chicken and southern sides menu in a converted 1894 US Post Office building.

Krueger's Tavern

• ★ 4.3
• Gastropub
• $$

Krueger's Tavern on Vine Street in OTR is the long-running gastropub with a tap-driven beer list, German-leaning bar food and one of the best burgers in OTR.

Bakersfield OTR

• ★ 4.2
• Mexican
• $$

Bakersfield on Vine Street in OTR is Cincinnati's Thunderdome tequila and tacos counter, with house tortillas, margarita flights and a late-night crowd.

Lalo

• ★ 4.4
• Asian Fusion
• $$

Lalo on Main Street in OTR is Cincinnati's Asian-Mexican mash-up, with mapo carnitas, char siu tacos and quesadillas folded around general Tso chicken.

City Bird OTR

• ★ 4.0
• Fried Chicken
• $

City Bird on Vine Street in OTR is Cincinnati's Thunderdome fast-casual chicken flagship, with brined tenders, sandwiches and house hot sauce options.

Taste of Belgium OTR

• ★ 4.3
• Belgian
• $$

Taste of Belgium on Vine Street in OTR is Cincinnati's all-day Belgian bistro, with Liege waffles, mussels, frites and a Reds-game brunch crowd.

Coffee Emporium OTR

• ★ 4.6
• Café
• $

Order Single-origin pour-over and house cold brew

Coffee Emporium on East Central Parkway in Cincinnati's OTR is the city's oldest coffeehouse since 1973, with pour-overs and house-roasted beans.

Allez Bakery

• ★ 4.7
• Bakery
• $

Order Country sourdough loaf

Allez Bakery on Main Street in OTR is the natural-leavened French bread program from Thomas McKenna, with country loaves and viennoiserie in Cincinnati.

Brown Bear Bakery

• ★ 4.6
• Bakery
• $

Order Sticky bun and morning bun

Brown Bear Bakery on East 13th Street in OTR is the local-sourcing American bake shop in Cincinnati, with sticky buns, morning buns, scones and seasonal pies.

Coffee Emporium Roasting Haus

• ★ 4.0
• Coffee roaster
• $$

Coffee Emporium's Roasting Haus on East Central Parkway in OTR is the small-batch Cincinnati roastery half of the city's oldest coffeehouse.

Ghost Baby Wine Cellar

• ★ 4.5
• Wine bar
• $$$

Ghost Baby on Republic Street in OTR is Cincinnati's subterranean cocktail-jazz lounge inside a lagering tunnel, with a natural-wine pour list.

Abigail Street Wine Bar

• ★ 4.5
• Wine bar
• $$$

Abigail Street on Vine Street in OTR runs Cincinnati's Mediterranean wine program, built on Greek and Spanish bottles with small-plate pairings.

Senate Wine Program

• ★ 4.3
• Wine bar
• $$$

Senate on Race Street in OTR runs Cincinnati's gastropub wine program alongside craft hot dogs and lobster bisque, with old and new world pours.

Sundry and Vice

• ★ 4.8
• Cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink Apothecary-style cocktails, bitters and tinctures

Sundry and Vice on West 13th Street in OTR is Cincinnati's apothecary-themed cocktail bar with bitters and one of the city's strongest spirits programs.

MOTR Pub

• ★ 4.5
• Live music bar
• $$$

Drink Craft beer and bourbon flights

MOTR Pub on Main Street in OTR is Cincinnati's live-music bar and the sister venue of the Woodward Theater, with craft beer and free indie shows.

Japp's Since 1879

• ★ 4.6
• Cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink Classic cocktails and old-fashioneds

Japp's on Main Street in OTR is Cincinnati's classic cocktail bar inside the 1879 Japp's Wig Shop building, with old-fashioneds and a stage room.

Cobblestone OTR

• ★ 4.4
• Cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink Seasonal cocktails and natural wine

Cobblestone on Race Street in OTR is Cincinnati's neighborhood cocktail bar with seasonal pours, a rotating taplist and a back jukebox room.

Lost and Found OTR

• ★ 4.3
• Creative cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink Hand-crafted cocktails

Lost and Found on East 14th Street in OTR is Cincinnati's creative cocktail bar and grill, with hand-crafted drinks, rotating menus and a back-bar speakeasy.

The Eagle Bar Annex

• ★ 4.1
• Bourbon and beer bar
• $$$

Drink Bourbon flights, regional craft beer

The Eagle on Vine Street in OTR doubles as a Cincinnati bourbon bar with regional craft beer alongside the Thunderdome fried chicken and Southern sides menu.

Ghost Baby

• ★ 4.7
• Subterranean cocktail bar with live music
• $$$

Drink Craft cocktails and natural wine

Ghost Baby on Republic Street in OTR is Cincinnati's subterranean cocktail bar and jazz lounge inside a 19th-century OTR lagering cellar with live music.

Somerset OTR

• ★ 4.1
• Outdoor cocktail bar
• $$$

Drink Seasonal cocktails and house infusions

Somerset on East McMicken in OTR is Cincinnati's outdoor cocktail bar with rotating seasonal pours and one of the city's largest summer patios.

Chino's Street Food

• ★ 4.5
• Street food
• $

Try Chino-Latino fried rice, Vietnamese street tacos, crab rangoon

Chino's Street Food at Cincinnati's Findlay Market on West Elder Street is Nick Ho's Chino-Latino outdoor stall, with fried rice, Vietnamese tacos.

Pho Lang Thang Counter

• ★ 4.3
• Street food
• $

Try Pho noodle soup and banh mi

Pho Lang Thang at Cincinnati's Findlay Market on Race Street is the standing Vietnamese counter from the Nguyen and Le partners, with pho noodle bowls.

Maverick Chocolate Co

• ★ 4.2
• Street food
• $

Try Single-origin bean-to-bar chocolate squares

Maverick Chocolate at Cincinnati's Findlay Market on Race Street is the bean-to-bar chocolate counter, with single-origin bars and drinking chocolate.

Rhinegeist Brewery

• ★ 4.7
• Brewery
• $$

Rhinegeist on Elm Street in Cincinnati's OTR is the largest craft brewery in Ohio, brewing IPAs, lagers and ciders in an 1895 Moerlein bottling hall.

Mellotone Beer Project

• ★ 4.5
• Brewery
• $$

Mellotone Beer Project on Race Street in OTR is the 2024 Cincinnati brewpub from former Rhinegeist director Dennis Kramer-Wine, inside an 1850 German church.

Northern Row Brewery

• ★ 4.3
• Brewery
• $$

Northern Row on West McMicken in Cincinnati's OTR is the small-batch brewery and distillery in an 1879 saloon, with German lagers and house spirits.

Findlay Market

• ★ 4.8
• Market
• $

Findlay Market on Race Street in Cincinnati's OTR is the 1855 public market, the oldest continuously operating market in Ohio, with 40-plus vendors.

Cincinnati Food Tours

• ★ 4.8

Cincinnati Food Tours' Original Findlay Market tour meets at Findlay Market on Race Street, running a food-tasting walk across the 1855 public market and OTR.

American Legacy Tours

• ★ 4.6

American Legacy Tours walks Over-the-Rhine's brewing history from its Vine Street shop, descending into the lagering tunnels that stored beer beneath the neighbourhood before Prohibition closed the breweries.

American Legacy Tours: The Ultimate Queen City Underground Tour

• ★ 4.4

Queen City Underground from American Legacy Tours meets at the Vine Street shop in OTR, exploring Cincinnati's lagering tunnels beneath the OTR brewery.

Bockfest

• ★ 4.5

Bockfest in Cincinnati's OTR runs the first weekend of March, celebrating the German brewing heritage with parade, bock beer pours and Christian Moerlein.

Cincinnati Chili Week

• ★ 4.0

Cincinnati Chili Week runs late February through early March across the city, with prix-fixe chili plates at Camp Washington, Skyline, Gold Star and indie.

Cincinnati Coffee Festival

• ★ 3.9

The Ohio River Foundation's Cincinnati Coffee Festival brings regional roasters, tea merchants, bakers and chocolatiers into Music Hall on 24 and 25 October 2026, with sampling, brewing demos and a latte art throwdown.

Findlay Market Fall Food Fest

• ★ 3.8

Findlay Market's Fall Food Fest is a tasting walk through the Over-the-Rhine market, with autumn dishes and drinks from a wide range of vendors and live music. The 2026 edition ran on Sunday 27 September, and the market announces each year's date on its events page.

Pho Lang Thang

• ★ 4.6
• Vietnamese
• $

Try Vietnamese pho and banh mi

Pho Lang Thang on Race Street in Cincinnati's Findlay Market OTR is the Vietnamese pho and banh mi counter, with bun bowls and spring rolls.

The Eagle OTR Brunch

• ★ 4.3
• Brunch
• $$

Order Fried chicken and waffles, biscuits with sausage gravy

The Eagle on Vine Street in OTR runs Cincinnati's weekend Southern brunch with fried chicken and waffles, biscuits and gravy and a Reds-game crowd.

Taste of Belgium OTR Brunch

• ★ 4.4
• Brunch
• $$

Order Liege waffle, chicken and waffles, brunch frites

Taste of Belgium on Vine Street in OTR is Cincinnati's all-day Belgian brunch counter, with Liege waffles, chicken and waffles and frites with mussels.

Sundry and Vice Late Night

• ★ 4.8
• Cocktail bar
• $$

Try Cocktails and snacks

Sundry and Vice on West 13th Street in OTR runs Cincinnati's late-night cocktail program until 2:30am, the apothecary-themed bar with bitters and tinctures.

MOTR Pub Late Night

• ★ 4.1
• Fried chicken
• $$

Try Burgers, vegan fried chicken, late kitchen

MOTR Pub on Main Street in OTR runs Cincinnati's late kitchen until 2:30am, with burgers, vegan fried chicken, free live music and a long beer list.

Bakersfield OTR Late Night

• ★ 4.0
• Taqueria
• $$

Try Tacos al pastor, margarita flight

Bakersfield on Vine Street in OTR runs Cincinnati's late-night tacos and margarita counter until 2am Friday and Saturday, the Thunderdome tequila room.

Japp's Since 1879 Late Night

• ★ 4.3
• Cocktail bar
• $$

Try Classic cocktails and snacks

Japp's on Main Street in OTR runs Cincinnati's late-night classic cocktail program until 2:30am, inside the 1879 Japp's Wig Shop building downtown.

Nice Life OTR

• ★ 4.0
• $$

Nice Life OTR is a retro cocktail bar and dance hall on Cincinnati's Main Street with a gold disco ball, a colorblock dance floor and busy weekend nights.

The Woodward Theater

• ★ 4.3
• $$

The Woodward Theater in Over-the-Rhine is a 1913 silent-movie house turned concert hall holding up to 600, the sister venue of MOTR Pub across Main Street.

Longfellow's Other Room

• ★ 4.1
• $$

Longfellow's Other Room is a back bar behind the Longfellow bar in Over-the-Rhine, pouring Ohio's largest rum selection and proper absinthe service.