Eddie Merlot's - Columbus

Eddie Merlot's - Columbus
Restaurant Cuisine: Seafood, Steakhouse
1570 Polaris Parkway
Columbus, OH 43240
#2
of 1040 restaurants in Columbus
TripZen Score
8.5 / 10 Overall
175% Recommend
8.5Overall9Food
8Food
Activities: Health club, Hot tub, Pool (outdoors)
Check-in / Check-out time: 11am / 3pm
Description:Eddie Merlot's Prime-aged Beef and Seafood starts with U.S.D.A. Prime Beef and the freshest seafood. Eddie Merlot’s has created one of the hottest concepts today; the wine bar provides more than 70 wines by the glass and a very extensive reserve wine collection by the bottle. The bar is stocked ...Read more
A breakfast nook.
Eddie Merlot's - Columbus Map

Traveler Reviews

TripZen Score
8.5 / 10 Overall
175% Recommend
8.5Overall9Food
8Food
Overall
  • EM's is always a good experience.
  • Will return after a great 1st visit!
  • Always a great dining experience -
  • We love this place each time we have gone to dinner the food is cook to perfection.
  • Everything was wonderful!
  • This is a very special place -
  • Great restaurant with good food selection.
  • Valet parking unnecessary.
  • Overall, my wife and I truly enjoyed our experience at Eddie Merlot.
  • This restaurant was amazing all the way around.
  • Our experience was incredible and we will return.
  • The experience at Eddie Merlot's in Columbus was fair.
  • One of the best steakhouses in Columbus!
  • Our dining experience could not have been better.
  • This is the best restaurant we have ever been to.
Food
  • The food was excellent.
  • But fantastic food and over-the-top attentive service.
  • Food was very, very good.
  • Great steak and wine, will be back.
  • Always a great dining experience -
  • Excellent food and great service.
  • The occasion was our 12th wedding anniversary & my husband & I absolutely love Eddie Merlot!
  • We have never had a bad meal there.
  • It was elegant, yet not "stuffy.
  • Food was excellent, as was the service!
  • All in all a great dining experience.
  • This has got to be by far one of the best steaks and meals that I have had.
  • Great service at both the bar and table.
  • a combination of great food, cheerful ambiance, and excellent service!
  • Food was awesome.
  • All other meals N.Y. Strips and sides were outstanding
  • The side portions are too large even for two people.
  • Great restaurant with good food selection.
  • The food was good
  • Food was outstanding, and service top shelf.
  • Food quality is really excellent that originality of each menu.
  • Exceptional food and a huge wine list.
  • Good wine list but The StaFf aren't knowledgable....Eddie's had a good variety of unique appitizers.
  • The dessert course was so slow in coming
  • The food is always great but the thing
  • Overall, my wife and I truly enjoyed our experience at Eddie Merlot.
  • Excellent food and service.
  • Eddie Merlot's is wonderful....Food was superb.
  • Eddie Merlot's food was expertly prepared and served.
  • The food and service were exceptional!
  • The bleu cheese chips appetizer is wonderful -...The salads and desserts are also excellent.
  • The wine and speciaty drink list was great
  • I highly recommend Eddie Merlot's
  • Salads were generous and delicious.
  • The food and service was excellent, as usual.
  • Our steaks were perfect!
  • Food was excellent!
  • The food was fair to good
  • The wine list was very good and fairly priced;...food was above average, but for a truly great steak, try Smith & Wollensky.
  • Our dining experience could not have been better.
  • The food was fabulous....I would definitely recommend the bourbon marinated ribeye....My wife loved her filet as well....The wine was incredible.
  • Food was amazing.
  • My initial dining experience @ Eddie Merlot's was exceptional!
Service
  • But fantastic food and over-the-top attentive service.
  • Server was well above average.
  • Excellent food and great service.
  • The service is impeccable & the food is phenomenal!
  • She emphasized the ambience, quality and taste of the food, and the wonderful, attentive service.
  • Jason was a wonderful server
  • Great service at both the bar and table.
  • a combination of great food, cheerful ambiance, and excellent service!
  • Service was impeccable.
  • Our waiter made the evening Special with his recommendations to the conversations he had with us.
  • Service was outstanding.
  • The services was excellent!
  • The hostess at the front was very plain, no smiles or welcomes, no enthusiasm.
  • as the evening progressed, the service became slower and slower.
  • sets it apart is the attentive service.
  • Excellent food and service.
  • Vittorio Borgia, General Manager is fantastic....Antonio, our waiter, was also superb.
  • The food and service were exceptional!
  • The service can be a bit too attentive at times
  • Our fabulous server, Kerrod, was not only extremely knowledgable and talented (he prepared the filet and the banana's foster at the table) but was friendly and funny.
  • Food & service were all outstanding and these folks know steak!
  • Our server, Kevin, was impeccable!
  • The food and service was excellent, as usual.
  • The staff was very friendly and helpful.
  • the service was only fair.
  • Our waitress (Jenna) was great -
  • Manager was friendly, energetic and very likable.
  • The wait staff was very knowledgeable and attentive....We loved it!
  • I commend the staff for cleaniness, ambience, friendliness & extrodinary food.
Ambience
  • This was a wonderful anniversary dinner location.
  • Great reception/welcome when we arrived;
  • The ambiance was perfect for our romantic evening & celebration!
  • The music was so loud we could not talk to each other or to the waitress.
  • Great service at both the bar and table.
  • a combination of great food, cheerful ambiance, and excellent service!
  • The ambiance and distance from other diners was very good.
  • A nice covered patio off the bar but people were not taking advantage
  • The presentation was equally marvelous.
  • The atmosphere was super and relaxing.
  • This restaurant, with its pretty and rather formal dining room, specializes in aged beef and seafood dishes.
  • The food took a long time, BUT we were so content with the atmosphere, bread and wine, we didn't even notice.
  • The decor was nice and the atmosphere was light.

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