Best Live Music Restaurants in Prospect

A friend and I went to Varanese for his 25th birthday. OpenTable had an option to specify if the reservations were for a special occasion and I said yes, for a birthday. We got to the front desk and they brought it up almost immediately, which really surprised my friend, and they seated us at a table with a little "happy birthday" sign on it. The live jazz band even played a snippet of the birthday song and have him a complimentary birthday dessert with a little candle on it. He loved it! Our waitress was great, and we didn't want for anything. The owner of the restaurant was milling around, checking on patrons and just being an overall lovely host. All of the food was delicious. This was pretty much the best American-style cuisine restaurant I have ever been to. It was all very classy, flavorful, fresh, and perfectly cooked. Nothing was overdone or undercooked. It got a little loud on a Friday night at 7pm, but honestly, that's just Frankfort Ave for you on a Friday night lol! It didn't bother me enough to affect my rating though. I would highly recommend this restaurant, especially for special occasions — they really do go all out.

The food at Osteria is always phenomenal! The place is elegant and the service is great.

Our server was amazing! Everything she recommended was spot on and delicious! 😋 Definitely recommend the passion fruit mojitos and the short rib! 💯 It comes out in a can but don’t let it fool you or scare you away! 🤤 The ambiance feels like you are on vacation. I’m from Cincinnati area and hope to make it back again soon! 🇨🇺 The NuLu area is up and coming!

The wait time for less than 5 minutes for out table. The staff was attentive and polite. Chloe suggested and recommended several items on the menu and it was not disappointing. For drinks we had Kentucky martini and a Kentucky lemonade. Both were great! If you don’t like rye whiskey, this is not for you! I loved it. On to the food, appetizer was boom boom shrimp and wontons. The shrimp was tastefully made and you can savor the seasoning. The wontons were good but not as great as the shrimp. We had seafood trio. Flavorful and plenty! Also had the chicken and shrimp pasta. Definitely a lot of food and the taste was phenomenal. Tonight did not disappoint!

Great service. Beautiful restaurant. The food is very inconsistent. Some hits and some misses. Mushroom soup- amazing. Wildly overpriced single hush puppy- also amazing. Ceviche- expensive and bland. Our table was sharing this and we did not finish it. Scallops dish - wonderful and a good portion size/-4 large scallops, but slightly salty! The ribeye- huge but soooo salty. My husband ate it but did say it was too salty. I tried one bite and honestly I would not have eaten it with that much salt on it. Such a shame to ruin a nice steak like that. Brussels sprouts- also incredibly salty- I could not eat. I hope the chef can back off on the salt. This over-salted food was something a lot of local restaurants were doing like 4 or 5 years ago and most places have moved on from this. People want to taste the ingredients!