Front Row Bar & Grill

I have plans to update this review sometime in the future when I can actually eat a meal there. But I’m not sure that I’ll be hurrying in.
The service was very slow eventhough there were 4 bartenders working on a Friday night. Two of the girls had some serious attitude, my whole group commented about their behavior.
The drinks were priced pretty well and the whole place was clean.
I like the set up of the bar and they have a cozy outdoor area (essentially in the parking lot) with a tent, space heaters and TV’s. They book great bands– we were there to see the One Hit Wonders. If it weren’t for the Wonders and the beckoning voice of Siren, we probably wouldn’t be there.

Bar service is good during a Browns game, sub-​par other days. Food is decent for a bar, wings are good but drowning in sauce. I’d avoid the hot garlic wings since they just pour hot sauce on top of garlic parmesan flavor, which makes for a gross combo. And definitely drink beer here, the water has a weird after taste and the pop tastes like the lines haven’t been cleaned since 1993.

Very slow and rude service. Food was average, nothing special. My salad was ice berg. And it took a very long time to come to our table. Very dirty water, you can taste it. Good atmosphere for sports and good presentation of food

I was a regular at Contes when I lived down the street from the original location. I refer any and everyone who is looking for Italian as they make the best in Cleveland in my opinion. When I found out they relocated to Front Row I immediately planned to make a trip across town to enjoy one of my favorite meals. I called ahead and they insisted that it was the same exact food that was served at the original location. When seated I didn’t even need a menu because I knew I wanted the Fettuccine Alfredo add chicken. Contes has never been inexpensive so I didn’t expect it to be inexpensive here either despite the bar setting. However it was a surprising $ 13 which was a bit cheaper than Contes if I remember correctly.
I received my salad accompanied by a tiny premade toasted dinner roll. Anyone who frequents Contes knows that the bread is always freshly made but I let it fly. The salad was different as well because the original Contes salad never came with cheese let alone two types. And the dressing taste like normal Italian which must have also been premade. I suspect things may have changed a little because after all this is just a small bar and no longer the authentic little Italian restaurant I used to frequent. It took a while to come out which didn’t bother me either because I know it takes time to make such a good meal. I used to watch the owner prepared the meal straight from her kitchen therefore the wait never bothered me.
Anywho when I received my pasta my boyfriend immediately asked was it a lunch portion and I thought the same but decided not to complain. The noodles were linguini and not fettuccine but that didn’t bother me either. Another change was the fact that the chicken was cut into small square pieces and they were beyond dry. I’m used to a very moist whole piece of chicken or two. The worse part was the fact that the noodles way undercooked and clumped together. The alfredo sauce didn’t even taste the same and there were no roasted garlic cloves. Because I respect the food Contes has produced in the past I decided not to picture the food because it was just that bad. I tried to eat it but I just couldn’t so I told the waiter (who by the way was very nice). She insisted that it was the original Conte family in the back preparing the food and that she would have it fixed. However, I was totally turned off and declined.
I really miss Contes and I hope that one day they return in a different location and serve the same home cooked meals they once produced. I enjoyed going there after a long day at work and enjoying a great meal accompanied by good customer service from the family.

My family came in from Columbus to go to a Browns game, and chose to go here because it was close, and appeared to have a varied menu. We sat at two tables, and showed up about 5:30 p.m. this Thursday. The server told us she was the only one working. There were a few people around the bar, and only one other table eating. My first clue as to how bad this place is should have been the server’s cropped belly shirt and belly piercing and tiny short shorts. My son ordered an appetizer that never came, even after he asked her to bring it out before the meal. Our two orders of nachos had onions and tomatoes that we asked to be left off, and my sons didn’t get their food for an hour. They left without eating or taking any food. The server brought out a small plastic cup after serving all the other drinks in regular cups because she said they were out of cups. What? They weren’t busy! It was hot so we asked the server to turn the overhead fans on. She never did. The nachos were mediocre at best, and the server got an attitude when we told her our other table was not going to eat because they had to leave. I started to order a pizza when we first came in, and the server discouraged me saying that it would take about 45 minutes because they were so busy. Most of the tables were empty! This place is just bad! We rarely complain because both my sons and daughter in law have been working in restaurants for years as food prep, broil cook and servers, so they know how it is. But you could tell this place is poorly managed. My sons joked about the need to call John Taffer because this place is in desperate need of a rescue. Be a bar or a grill, and stop trying to be both.

Great band tonight!!! Bartenders rock!!!
Will be back!!! People here are very friendly and all has smiles on!!:)
Loved the place

Happy to find they serve their menu late. Dropped in after 10 pm.

very inexpensive place to drink. The kitchen closes early but the staff doesnt care if you walk next door to Kickers Pizza and bring food over. They do have indoor cornhole here. The bar is pretty big and I’ve never seen it even half capacity but I’ve also never been here on a weekend. Bartender was very nice and always around for us

On the plus side; Very good wings and potato skins. Decent bar food overall. Prices were fair. Service was good, nice bartender.
The choice of beers on tap could be expanded but I found something I liked. The noise from the TV seemed to bounce and echo around the room. Seemed a bit loud.
Also it could use some better lighting to give it more atmosphere.
But for a neighborhood bar, ya — I’d go back again.

Pros: Indoor cornhole, not very crowded, lots of TVs for game-​watching, good, cheap wings!
Cons: pretty limited on beer selections