Cartridge Brewing

I absolutely love this location on your way out of Cincinnati! They give a historic tour of the area as well as the inside of the brewery. The space inside was spacious and looked like it had room for different events. The bar was clean and I enjoyed the wide selection of draft beers-over 20 at this location. My coworker and I got burgers and a couple beers on our way home from a job in Cincy. He reported the next day he thought he had gotten food poisoning from the burger. Even still, I want to come back here and try more beers. Maybe even ride my bike along the Little Miami bike trail and stop for a quick drink! Parking: There’s a shared parking space for apartments and brewery Kid-friendliness: Seemed kid friendly! Lots of activities throughout the week. Trivia sounded fun

UPDATE: Recently gave Cartridge another chance. it was better without the QR Codes. Service was okay. Picked up the first appetizer plate (was supposed to be clean) and the second and 3rd plate had sauces and ketchup on them. So either the table wasn't properly bussed from the guest before or they set it with dirty plates and didn't look close enough. The food was average. The beer was average. Prior review: Was much better before Covid. Not sure if ownership changed or what. Service has taken a huge nosedive and the food went way downhill. Cartridge waisted a huge opportunity for an under serviced area to have a more traditional AND nice dining experience but it’s nothing more than status quo. Get some menus and let people pay with cash. Some don’t like the security risk that comes with a QR code. I really miss the pre Covid food they served. It was true quality and now it’s bar food you can get anywhere. I would give the atmosphere higher stars were it not so loud. You can’t have a nice conversation without yelling.

Beer is great. Kitchen is a problem.

So, Cartridge was my go-to delivery spot since moving in. Food was always on point, so I figured, let's grab dinner there! Big mistake. First, the drinks. Ordered a beer, waited 20 minutes (seriously?!), and it arrived warm and flat. My beer had been sitting unattended at the bar together with a bunch more the whole time warm and flat. Not exactly brewery-fresh, right? Food wasn't much better. Cheese curds were okay, but the fish and chips? Blah. Zero flavor, zero excitement. Major let down from their usual delivery game. Service was inattentive and ineffective. We only saw our server twice and he forgot a side order of fries and didn’t offer doggy bags for the leftovers (which I wouldn’t have anyway taken). And the dining area was not even full at that time! Look, I appreciate the past good experiences (hence the two stars), but this dine-in disaster deserves a big fat 0 stars. Honestly, not sure I'll be back anytime soon. ‍ Edit: as requested by the owner, I sent them an email to discuss my visit further. More than a week later, still no answer. They clearly don’t care about their business. Downgrading to 1 stars.

Good food great service.