Brothers Lounge

Excellent venue, nice ambiance, however the service was horrible. The waitress was pissed because we brought in a party of 20 even after letting them know. She was pissed because she had more paying customers!!! Would love to come here again with a better staff! Horrible, would not recommend this place at all

Well this is the lowest rating I’ve ever given a restaurant in Cleveland. We were in the wine bar section on a Thursday evening. We were told that we were not regulars and prime seats are reserved for regulars. The restaurant was understaffed and the waitress was rude. The level of unprofessional service was pretty bad. The food was excellent I had a Caesar salad with chicken and got a house cab.
My impression is this is the kind of place that doesn’t welcome new customers or walk ins they don’t recognize.

Pro’s:
They do get some great live music
Food, beer, and drink prices aren’t crazy expensive
Cons:
PARKING is a BITCH
Food isn’t the greatest and portions are small
Too many tables for certain shows. Sometime it gets so packed because there are way too many tables with people just sitting and not eating.
Their cover charges for events are ridiculous for sub par cover bands. If you want to pay $ 8 for a very bad 80’s party band then you will like this place.
Thursday night is supposed to be Jam night with the Bad Boys of Blues. From my experience with jam nights they are supposed to be free forum, no judgement, if someone wants to come and jam let them come, sign the list, and get the person up there. Well that’s not how its done here. They Bad Boys play favorites with regulars. They scratch people off lists if they don’t know you. I understand they are popular and they get the biggest turn out, but if someone comes repeatedly every week for years, don’t you think they can sit a week out so they can let someone else get a chance? Politics of the whole thing suck. Its supposed to be a jam night, but you might as well get there at 5:00 if you want to be first to sign the list, and if its your first time, forget about it, they’ll rush through a song and get you off so their regulars can get up.

2 stars because of the service. Otherwise it is a 1. Great service. Terrible food. I would be emberrased to send the dishes out of the kitchen if I was a chef. Place needs a new chef. They serve denny’s quality food and charge a 5 star restaurant pricing. Seriously. Either improve your food quality and stop screwing people out of their money or get out of business. I have never ate at a place that ruined my mood. Terrible.

I adore the Brothers lounge! But just a couple tweeks; first is clean better; esp. Restroom. Food very good and hopefully clean kitchen. (Sorry…) Next is double check SOUND in wine bar; way loud on a couple occasions; people leaving… (the atmosphere is especially nice in wine bar so keep that lighting low.)

I’ve driven past this place for years. What a mistake! The wine bar is a great place to chill and chat with friends. Really good one man band while we ate and drank. Menu small but super good. Great little known wine selection at vary reasonable markup. I may become a regular here.

Seriously a really cool spot but the food was quite awful. The waitress said a new chef was just hired who changed a lot of the favorite dishes on the menu. I ordered a chicken chowder soup which actually wasn’t too bad– very creamy but I like that. The portobello sandwich was almost inedible due to the amount of salt or vinegar in the sauce. The drinks were sub par and beers listed on tap weren’t even available.

I’m rating strictly on the food.
The burger, supposedly one of their most popular dishes, is not very good. Mine was overcooked while my friend’s wasn’t. So they’re inconsistent. Their portobello sandwich was REALLY bad — I couldn’t eat more than one bite (and I can usually eat everything because I hate wasting food). SO SALTY. The fries, my friends said, were underseasoned. The corn chowder soup was mediocre as well and really heavy. I heard there’s a new cook and was warned by the waitress not to order some dishes because they were not good. We ordered based on her recommendations and it still sucked. I just felt kind of gross after that meal that even the live music and cheap drinks couldn’t redeem it.

Great food. Amazing drink selection. Live entertainment is usually an option too if you want to catch a show.

If you are a fan of live entertainment, you will be a fan of this place.
PROS
*The cool, rocky-​jazzy atmosphere. When you walk into Brothers, you think you are walking into just another hole-​in-​the wall pub. A bunch of bar tops, dim lighting, kind of grungy… all in all, it appears to be nothing special. Then you notice two sets of doors. One opens up to a large, open music hall with a stage made for rocking out. The other door opens up to a cozy little wine bar area. The night we went, we spent the majority of our night in the wine bar listening to the open mic night. So chill, so creative, so coming back for more.
*The music. I am not really a fan of loud, can’t-talk-over-it, kind of music. They do have this here in the back room, but since it’s not my scene, I chose to spend my time in the two other rooms. My favorite was the wine bar where they had open mic night. I was in awe of the musicians that came in as strangers, but meshed together to create beautiful, soulful music.
CONS
*3-​star food. I got three tacos – two fish, one pulled pork. They weren’t terrible, but they weren’t very filling.
BOTTOM LINE
Pick a room and enjoy the atmosphere, music, entertainment and a few drinks!

Very concerned that the waitress referred to Cloud 9, a witbier as a «Belgian IPA.» Very disappointing beer list. Would have liked to get food but the place is so damn small so I guess I’ll go hungry.

Was recently introduced to this bar, which I never took much notice of because of the area.
I learned they serve sushi on Monday nights, and not only do they just serve it, it’s actually GOOD sushi! On the west side we don’t have a lot of options, and am so happy to have learned about this place! Wish they served it more than one day a week. Definitely check it out!

Great place. I definitely recommend it. They usually have a free band and a band for a small cover. Fair price on drinks. Wide selections of beer and wine.

Came for the first time, seems nice and relaxf I l here. Crowd looks good, casual laid back people. I like it here so far. They got a bar and food here along with music and live bands.

We were passing through Cleveland and stayed near this lil gem of a place. Was a Friday night and there was live music in the wine bar and a disco band playing in the back. We chose the wine bar; the music was enjoyable and the suggested wine delicious. They also served Guinness for my husband. Costs were reasonable.
Good atmosphere, filled with locals, good drinks and music. Exactly what’s needed on a road trip. Will definitely go back if we are in the area.

I always find myself coming back here on a regular basis for the beer selection, food, and great music most nights. What other bar in Cleveland can boast three separate bar areas, two different concert venues, a variety of live music nearly every night of the week (with two different shows at a time), and a kitchen that tops the regular bar fare anywhere else?
If you haven’t been to Brothers yet, GO!

I only go to Brother’s Lounge on Monday nights. Monday night is Mojo Generations Big Band. Cover is $ 7, band starts at 8pm, and you can’t beat it for 3 hours of solid big band sounds. Sometimes the back room is so crowded there is only standing room only. Other times there are plenty of seats. You can get there early and order something to eat (the food always looks good, even if I haven’t tried it.). There is a full bar with table service.
Occasionally you will see people get up and dance. I’d love to see more of this on less-​busy evenings.
I highly recommend checking Mojo Mondays out at Brothers. You’ll be sure to have a swinging good time!

I like the location of this place, I grew up a street over on 114^th and attended St. Rose up until second grade. My buddy, we’ll call him MIT to protect his identity from online predators, worked the door for the music venue in the back of this establishment. I’ve seen one, maybe two cool bands, the rest sucked. Bartenders are cool, but their not raking in any serious cash based on looks, it’s all work ethic here buddy. Joking, they’re cool though. Moving along, their food is not half bad great happy hour menu, kinda pricey otherwise, in my opinion.
I noticed them always telling me they don’t have ¾ beers I always asked for. I always switched it up for this reason and same outcome. Needless to say, don’t come here looking for any spectacularly amazing beers, or even some basic ones. They’re slacking in that section. The crowd has never been overly exciting, or special either, come to think of it, I’ll probably never go back here again. Never say never, but I don’t foresee it in my immediate future.
All in all, I’d recommend checking it out for yourselves.

I really like Brother’s. Have been here 3 or 4 times now. It is better when it is less busy, like on a weeknight, because the service is naturally quicker. They always have a variety of live music. With three different bars (front bar, wine bar, back bar where the large stage is), you can always escape to the more quiet one if you want to talk.
My bf always raves about the bar back who works here. Just watch him sometime, he actually is incredible. He is fast as hell and actually rotates the beers in the cooler and front-​faces them. So you can see what beers are there and you know they are actually fresh. Such a basic concept but tell me the last time you saw someone at a bar rotating their stock.
The crowd is typically older than most bars, which is good, in my opinion. However, if you are 21 and just looking to get lit on shots, you might want to pick somewhere else.

Decided to come here while my daughter was at a concert down the road. Well, I should clarify… I never just happen upon a place– I scope/​Yelp it out! After looking into other options, I picked Brothers, mostly becuase of its location to the concert.
I was immediately impressed with their private parking lot & was even more impressed with the interior. I thought the lighting, woodwork and ambiance were wonderful & tasteful. Our service was great, too.
I don’t recall what I ordered because nothing on the menu looks familiar so it must have been a special. I think it was polenta and it was pretty good. I remember not getting much for the price, but liked the atmosphere. There was a nice variety on the menu so I think there is something for everyone.
Connected to the restaurant is the wine bar, which seemed a little more upscale & quiet. We had some apps in the bar & then went to the main venue and listened to some guy talk about Bob Marley. Not a Marley fan, but it was interesting & I am glad I went.
I would recommend this gem to anyone looking for some new entertainment. I will be keeping my eye out on their calendar!