Thyme2

Not impressed. I came here with my spouse to celebrate our anniversary. It was our first time to the restaurant. We made a reservation well in advance but they gave away our table to someone who just walked in off the streets. Due to the unearned high popularity of the place there wasn’t a table for us. We decided to leave and go to the Corkscrew instead. While we didn’t even get a chance to eat here we weren’t impressed with the décor. We really wanted to like it, but the first impression blew it for us.

We picked this place based on Unilocal — so glad we found it. Excellent service and awesome food! We sat at the bar upstairs, but the «basement» was hopping! We will definitely be back.

The fine dining is exquisite but if you prefer the laid back pub atmosphere or a wonderful to go option, the grilled cheese is amazing!

Had a great meal there on Dec 9^th. Great staff, service and Chef John does an outstanding job. Highly recommend! Thanks for great night

Had a birthday dinner and we sat downstairs and had a blast. The rock and roll theme with Beatles memorabilia everywhere was a big plus. The food was hot and delicious and the sever terrific. No complaints, only compliments. When the food and service is wonderful, the price is a minor thing because I don’t mind paying well for an excellent meal.

There are quite a few places in Medina and the surrounding area that have good food and good drinks but Thyme 2 is the only place to get a pub burger with the flavors of a gourmet restaurant. The beer selection isn’t extensive but they carry a selection for craft beer drinkers. Go there and you won’t be upset. I have never eaten in the upstairs dining room but it is expensive compared to the pub menu (available downstairs).

This is a great little place with pretty good food and service. We love Mike the bartender. They have some great bar specials nightly. We’re especially fond of Tuesday martini specials and Thursday BOGO. You can’t beat these prices. Surprising as food is on the high side.

A girlfriend and I went here last night. It was good but it didn’t wow me. We ordered off the pub menu. I ordered the raspberry mojito, which was decent but not anything memorable. For dinner my friends ordered the grilled cheese, which she liked. I ordered the black and blue burger which was also good. The service was pretty slow. I asked for a dessert menu but she never brought one so we just paid and left. Overall, it was good and I would eat here again. But it wasn’t spectacular and it was a little overpriced.

So we visited Thyme 2 today after international fest. I would give 3 and ½ if Unilocal allowed half star ratings.
The Good — food was more than decent. The Mediterranean pizza was yummy, the special which was a chicken sandwich was very good. My salad (once I had dressing) was good. They have beer on tap so that’s always nice!
The not-​so-​good —
1) our waiter seemed to be very unhappy having to be there. It dampens the experience and puts the group in a worse mood. Don’t be a waiter if you can’t at the very least be kind to people who haven’t done anything to deserve your attitude.
2) they cleaned the tables with a very strong smelling disinfectant. Not appetizing at all.
3) over salted French fries. They were good just tone it back a tiny bit.
4) my salad (the mixed green) needs to have more dressing. It tasted like there was a table spoon on there… Maybe.
5) the Mountain Dew tasted like straight syrup.
6) both my glass and one of my compadres glasses were chipped. Probably shouldn’t use glasses that can result in a lawsuit!
Overall the food (mostly) was what saved the experience. I would go back and give them a second chance.

Great atmosphere, awesome burgers, and excellent customer service! If you are within an hour of here, the trip is totally worth it. All mixed drinks were expertly done.

In trying to find a place between work, home, and my out-​of-​town guest’s hotel, Unilocal recommended this place, and we are thankful for Unilocal!My friend is a pescatarian, and I’m an omnivore, and the menu here had enough to please us.
We ate down in the pub, which provided us with the quiet environment to catch up in person while tasting amazing dishes. Our meals started with the house giardiniera — pickled green beans, carrots, and peppers. We shared two appetizers — shrimp lollipops (breaded shrimp in a coconut peanut sauce) and brie en croute. We both had lobster waldorf salad. To top it off, we split a vanilla bean crème brûlée.
The plates were very visually appealing, with a fancy layout even though we were eating in the pub. The food tasted very fresh and well thought out.
The service was great, as our server kept up on our waters and the rest of the staff made sure food came out at just the right times.
My only complaint is that the address shows W Smith Rd, but if you look at the building, it looks so non-​descript. This is because the business is facing its parking lot, which is off of S Court St. If you go into their parking lot — across the street from Castle Noël and next to a yellow house — then you’ll find the restaurant neatly tucked away.
This place is a hidden gem, and I’ll gladly return with my husband for special occasions.

Thyme2 is a cute little gem of a restaurant near beautiful Medina Square. It’s a shame it’s not on the square itself. It’s small, intimate, and has great ambiance. The upstairs is a fine dining restaurant, while the downstairs is a pub.
Everyday they offer a chef’s special appetizer and entrée. We decided to stick with the regular menu for our first visit.
We ordered three appetizers and one entrée, which was plenty. Our server was lovely enough to course our entire meal. Before receiving any appetizers, she brought us delicious bread served with thyme honey butter.
Our first appetizer was melted brie on toast with granola, blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries. Holy cow talk about rich and decadent all the while being savory and sweet. The granola added a nice bit of texture. I love melted brie and eaten with fruit creates a lovely combination. Our second appetizer was the clams casino. I have no idea what was in this dish except bacon. It was great! If you don’t like seafood, I would still recommend this dish – the bacon overpowers the clams. Our last appetizer was the lobster pizza, which was OKAY. I’ve had better. I wouldn’t get it again.
On to the entrée: macadamia crusted grouper served with Chinese black rice and an egg roll. Delicious! The black rice was really fun – nothing I had ever seen or heard of before. I really enjoyed the egg roll, which was filled with peppers. The grouper is apparently their signature dish, so if you can’t decide, this is a safe bet.
Lastly, dessert, which did not disappoint. We had a trio of ice creams: orange creamsicle, chocolate cherry, and raspberry lemonade. The orange creamsicle was my favorite, followed by the raspberry lemonade. The raspberry lemonade ice cream actually tasted like lemonade. I could take or leave the chocolate cherry ice cream. However, it was the most smooth and silky of the three.
Our server, Jordan, was lovely.
If you ever find yourself around the Medina area, you should definitely stop by.

Look, I’ll just come out and admit it. I’m a bit of a food snob. I have boy-​band level intense crushes on some chefs, I take far too many pictures of my food, and I have had at least three dreams about making panna cotta in my life. It’s rare indeed when I find an establishment (especially a fine dining one) where I do not have small factors to nitpick about. But Thyme Squared, located in sleepy adorable Medina, is one of those establishments I have not yet found fault with. It’s a true diamond in the rough, or in this case diamond in the Cleveland suburbs.
This restaurant is large, with a Downton Abbey setup. By that I mean fine dining room upstairs for you upper crust nobles, and a more casual pub downstairs for those who can let their hair down a bit more. I would recommend dressing up and enjoying the fine dining room, because with a chef like the one here you should go big or go home. The room is airy, with nice space to stretch out between the tables. Unlike much fine dining in the Cleveland suburbs, the room here does not feel overly gilded or tacky. The interior decorator chose bold colors to paint the walls, like orange and burnt red, and I like it. A touch I love is the ceiling has black paneling with buttons in it, which resembles a plush cushion from a nice leather chair. It really is an extra touch of class that a restaurant goes to the trouble to «design» their ceiling, instead of leaving up those porous square panels that remind everyone of cubicles or the stuff you’d throw and stick pencils in when bored in the back of social studies class. You know what type of ceilings I’m taking about.
The menu is the perfect Goldilocks length. There’s stuff to please everyone here, with not too many choices to weed through. The menu changes occasionally. I ordered a duck confit appetizer with delicious and slightly sweet pulled duck wrapped in flaky pastry dough, baked till golden, and then plated with some strawberry compote and peppery greens. The plating was visually beautiful, and the meat was perfectly prepared.
For my entrée I had the pork chop with sautéed Brussel sprouts with bacon, cherry jam, and a butternut squash flan. The best descriptor that I have for this dish is sexy and it knows it. The chop was tender, salted perfectly, complimented with the sweeter jam, and rounded out by the substantial sprouts. But the part of the dish that convinced me this restaurant is on a different level than the rest was the savory flan on the plate. That flan was creamy, savory, a different take on a familiar taste, and exciting enough it could have comprised a whole dish instead of just a side to the meat. I’m normally a vegetarian leaning fish eater, so the fact that a pork chop has my mouth watering right now is quite an accomplishment.

Summary:
This establishment exemplifies fine dining without the pretension, and unique ideas without the hype. I would say if you live in Cleveland this restaurant is worth the drive out just to dine here. All aspects of the dining experience, from the atmosphere, to the service, and of course the food are exceptionally good.

We found the Unilocal reviews to be accurate. Thyme 2 is known for creating well considered food presented in a tasteful atmosphere. They delivered on it! Our food was spot on. Also our server was lovely. We will certainly return anytime we visit the quaint little town of Medina, Ohio.

In Medina for a third appearance in litigation I am handling (over a defamation suit regarding two eBay reviews!) I decided to try a new place for dinner. I picked this one based in part on the friendly views of other Unilocal,and my choice was rewarded — it was a nice meal. Good choices of beers (and wines, but beer is what I wanted), a nice soup of the day, good mixed greens, and a fine entrée — macadamia-​crusted grouper with black rice. A bit pricey perhaps but I would certainly put it on my list of places to return.

Best triple grilled cheese sandwich! Crunchy, cheesy, and the tomato soup… so creamy and smokey! And only $ 10.50 Great portion too.

We spent Valentine’s Day 2015 here and it was a great experience. Food was timed perfectly, friendly wait staff, chef visited each table, manager brought a rose to each lady dining… the food was amazing except for the seafood in the diavolo was overcooked. Points for using Ohio City pasta though. The sauces were perfection from the chili lime sauce on the calamari appetizer, the homemade ceaser on the salad, the orange something that accompanied the macadamia crusted grouper to the raspberry on the chocolate dessert we shared.
There are two dining options, downstairs in the pub and upstairs fine dining with two different menus. If you sit in the pub you can order off either menu. If we find ourselves in Medina again I would go back to try a burger at the pub.

All I can say is we love this place. The staff is always friendly and the service is quick. We prefer to sit in the pub area where you can choose from either menu, and the atmosphere is a little more laid back. Good food and drink selection, and our food has always tasted great. We will continue to dine here, one of our favorite places in Medina!

We have been to Thyme2 a number of times and each time it is as good as the last. The overall experience is wonderful — a perfect mix of great food, comfortable, upscale surroundings, a beautiful wine list and a welcoming staff. John and his team are excellent and always exceed our expectations.
Thyme2 holds it’s own against the best in Cleveland, Chicago and elsewhere! Wonderful asset to Medina and all of northeastern Ohio. Our favorite is the Thyme chicken. It is all at once the perfect «comfort food» dish combined with a true gastronomic flair! Beautiful.

Sorry to say I am not a member of the Thyme 2 Fan Club.
This review is based on two visits — one upstairs; one downstairs. Generally we have found the food to be very good, but not outstanding. (During our visits the service was actually better than the food.)
During the most recent visit we sat downstairs at a table where we got blasted with cold air during a very cool evening. We were told there was nothing they could do and that the HVAC system MUST throw that air out at customers to keep the place from getting smoky. There were no other seats where this could have been avoided, we were told by the very nice server. The fish would have been good except that the skin was fried. It both stunk and tasted nasty although the rest of the fish was delicious. (Silly me – I believed the server when she said it was crusted. It wasn’t.)
Is the place good? Sure. Excellent? Uhh, no. Would we return? Yes — if we could not find an alternative.