Best Romantic Restaurants in Clintonville

Excellent, grown-up, adult ambiance offers exceptional views of downtown Columbus. Menu featured craft cocktails and small plates. Service was very attentive, friendly, knowledgeable, and professional. Perfect choice for a date night or a special occasion. Suggest you make reservations and definitely consider the "experience" option for seating with prime views of the city. Stories is definitely a "must-do!

Excellent dining experience and definitely plan to enjoy Trattoria Roma again soon. Our table enjoyed the bruschetta, lasagna, carbonara, gluten-free penne, with chicken and bolognese sauce. All excellent! The spinach salad with apples and goat cheese was also very tasty. Our server, Sarah was attentive and provided great customer service.

We came here for wife’s birthday on Sunday evening. It was not busy at that time, but we were well taken care of with complementary glasses of sparkling wine and macarons enough for two. All dishes were very good while you see a nice downtown view. It’s a hidden gem. Highly recommend!

Let me preface this by saying we dined after an OSU game, so it was pretty noisy and busy. Completely understandable in the situation, so keep this in mind when booking! The venue has very modern, sexy vibes. I love that all the booths have their own TV so your party can watch something other than what others watch. The food and drinks are really good. It’s a great place for cocktails (there’s no beer on draft) and there were several bachelorette parties going on while we were there, too. I would recommend for a party or couples night out. Mexican Espresso Martini was perfect. Loved the spicy tuna bites. Would absolutely order those again. I appreciated that the staff was familiar with the new menu for the season and could give great recommendations. We were placed by a big OSU party, so we didn’t get as much attention as I would like, but again…understandable on an OSU football day. The staff was super friendly and apologetic for the placement, so in the end, all good! Food and drinks were out fast, which was so impressive for how busy they were.

Thoughtful menu, excellent ingredients, and beautiful plated. After Leah explained the dishes we couldn’t help but order the chefs tasting menu and every dish was perfection. Great wine selection too and our waitress Leah even knew fun details of the winery and winemaker. The passion for food and craft is evident in every detail. Will be bragging about this meal and returning soon! One of the best picks in Columbus and a must if you appreciate Italian cuisine.