Cincinnati Restaurant Review

Due to the rich cultural heritage of the Queen City, Cincinnati has a wide array of home spun cuisine.  While that word may be a little to fancy to describe some of the restaurants offering food unique to this region, the variety of restaurants in Cincinnati range from upper class Japanese to a run of the mill $1.25 cheese coney.  Whether your new to the area or lived here your whole life, there is always something to satisfy.  Cincinnati is a German town, so many of the unique restaurants to the area tend to revolve around variations of German food.  Since there are so many restaurants in the Cincinnati area, there are also several resources available to those looking to try something new.  Several of the local media publications, as well as fans of eating nice food, have posted Cincinnati restaurant reviews all over the Internet.  Here are some of the better resources you have at your disposal. 

City Search

This site offers user based reviews and a variety of culinary categories.  Using this site, you can eat out at a different restaurant every night, depending on what you feel like having.  You can even get directions and maps to where you're going, which can be useful if it's a place you've never heard of.

10 Best

This site, while like City Search, has a rating system to show you the most popular restaurants in the tri-state area.  These Cincinnati restaurant reviews are written by users of the site, and you can also get photos, maps and a general overview of the establishment before you even step foot in there.

Active Diner

This website features Cincinnati restaurant reviews that are a little on the harsh side.  Many of them are just what a restaurant review should be, something written by a real foodophile.  Even with most of the content being user generated, the majority of people who post to this site tend to know what they're talking about.  This is a great resource to use after you've already selected a restaurant, so you can see just what you might be getting your self into.

Citybeat

Citybeat is the best alternative weekly in Cincinnati, offering restaurant reviews for many of the up and coming places in the city.  They offer a directory of Cincinnati restaurants, along with detailed reviews of the various establishments.  What makes it even better is the writers know what they are talking about, so you know just what to expect when venturing out to a new dining establishment. This is also a great resource for newer places, since they tend to be at the forefront of dining news in the city.

The Enquirer

They don't post quite as much as they used to, but you can still find a number of Cincinnati restaurant reviews on this site.