lucky's cafe

pricey but worth it- the food was delicious and good quality. service was slow but very friendly. would recommend. watch out for weekend brunch; it's busy and there will be a wait for a table.

i knew when the server offered me a smoothie with "locally grown" fruits including bananas that this experience was about to suck. $70 later, my boyfriend and i left distraught, trying to figure out how we spent so much money on the first meal of the day. the food was average, the server was rude and condescending, and i felt like we had to hurry up to make room for the massive amount of people breathing down our necks waiting for their turn to spend a paycheck on an average breakfast. i'm still trying to find those local cleveland winter bananas...

everything was delicious. we had a party of four and each ordered a different item. the seasonal waffle, shipwreck, oatmeal, and the biscuits. we all left stuffed. i will keep them in mind next time i go out for breakfast. just a warning, they do have a policy where you cannot substitute or change the menu item.

our service was ok and the food is ok but the prices are outrageous for the lack of choices on the menu and overall quality. i prefer southside or market garden brewery for brunch.

i had to laugh at bubbly champagne review because i actually worked there a few years ago and the behavior he/she described was actually encouraged... by the owner!!! she is hands down just about the meanest boss one would ever want to to work for. fyi.. they freeze a ton of stuff so it really depend on the day u go if you get fresh biscuits or previously frozen ones. i can't say much for the foh staff as i didn't see much of then but the boh is underpaid, overworked and under appreciated and spoken to like children in detention. if i didn't know all this i would think that the food was solid and tasty but if you have basic knowledge of baking you can do it yourself at home without the attitude..

used to be worth it.... used to love luckys. excellent food for a fair price, and even worth the long wait to get in. ever since getting some national publicity, the prices are exaggerated for what you get. i agree with other reviewers about this. i don't ever eat there anymore. there are other great brunch spots around tremont that charge at least 1/3 less with food that is very good too.

good food but look elsewhere. i tried to make reservations there for mothers day and can't believe a business would operate this way. i called and was told to leave my name and phone number for a call back for a reservation 'request'. i never received a call back. i tried to call again and was told by amber that she was too busy and would only take 'requests' or answer questions from 3-5. i tried to call again today, (because i wasn't sitting by my phone waiting to call lucky's during their free period,) and now get a recording saying 'the person you are calling, can't take your call'.

to top it off i was told by a friend that her reservation request is just a request. lucky's will call the day before mothers day and let her know if they will honor her request , or not.

try the inn on coventry if you want a great breakfast. i thought lucky's was a good second choice but not with the way they run their business.

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i don't get these negative reviews. i go to luckys a lot and no one has ever been rude to me or anyone i was with. and i have never heard anyone else get that treatment either. yes, they don't really do substitutions. so? perhaps this would be more of an issue to me if i had some sort of serious allergy or something. there are other restaurants in this area that have the same policy. why get mad about it? if you are skipping this restaurant based solely on the fact that you can't change the ingredients in the dish you are missing out! bottom line, the food is awesome, and the wait staff are a really nice bunch of people. love this place and i will be back!

such a gem!!. i had the pleasure of dining at lucky's cafe this past weekend for brunch and found the food divine!! lucky's is a charming little spot in tremont that promotes local sources of food. the freshness of their ingredients is obvious within the first bite of one of their delectable dishes. i ordered the weekend special- a brie and asparagus omelet served with duck egg hollandaise, house made bread and hash browns. it was spectacular-comforting and rich, but not overwhelmingly so. a few dashes of their house made hot sauce helped the hash browns to disappear quickly. and their fresh berry jam was such a treat- especially considering my usual indifference toward jams, jellies and the like. i can't wait to return!!!

how much?. i love the tremont area and all it has to offer. however, lucky's is the exception. the only lucky one is the owner who gets people to pay those crazy prices. ok food, crazy high prices. you can certainly find better for much less.

we ate here while visiting cleveland and had a splendid experience. this locally sourced fare is amazing! we were a large group and ordered many different dishes--all were phenomenal! and the service we experienced was pleasantly attentive. we will go back next time we're in town!

fresh. luckys is what fresh is all about. you can taste flavor in the food here as good as any other place. brunch is pricey, but people keep coming so i dont blame her for having prices high.

hip cafe with great food and great coffee / espresso drinks. the pastries look dangerous, breakfast egg sandwich is large and high quality. service and decor have a lot of character.

my lands the portions were big! i'm not one to normally order waffles but this one had me at rhubarb. the perfect balance of the whipped cream, fluffy waffle, rich caramel, and tart compote was outstanding. my husband had the biscuits and gravy and they too were stellar. highly recommend.

tucked away on starkweather avenue in tremont, the space itself long and shotgun straight with a nextdoor garden patio built for al fresco dining when the weather is right, lucky’s café offers a limited menu beginning at nine o’clock in the morning daily, the more intriguing aspect of the restaurant being a collection of baked goods sold for dining-in, or to-go from a counter up front.

focused on local sourcing and scratch production, daily specials often presenting the market’s best ingredients both in the dining room and from the glass cases up front, it was just past 8am on monmday that i entered the empty space to peruse the options, the start of breakfast not to begin for an hour and thus seeing seven items ordered in two courses, the staff nice enough to rewarm as appropriate, though the lack of a microwave means this entails a short wait.

apparently visited by guy fieri in 2009, his suggestions offered boith online and in-store, it was at a small table near the kitchen that i sat to enjoy the selections, a few patrons coming and going for coffee or office orders, free wifi providing entertainment as bites of two cookies proved well-crafted while the blueberry cornbread was unfortunately far too mealy to eat.

receiving hot bread pudding after approximately ten minutes, the hefty wedge of pumpkin brioche punctuated with dried currants amidst custard-soaked cubes beneath a toasty darkened top, suffice it to say that the thinly-sliced sour cream apple pie is another selection worth the wait for warming, a salted caramel brownie presented more like a flourless cake slice topped in nuts and icing while the sweet potato pie rivals the best in the business with a lightly sweetened base juxtaposing the nearly weightless meringue topping.