Cleats-Strongsville

The main bartender (brunette, taller) works her butt off! We like to ride our motorcycles up here for a quick bite and a beer. Service is always good, never had a problem. The bartender deserves an assistant though for how hard she works.
Sandwiches are huge portions and great for the price.
One of the few times we’ve been here, some mozz sticks came out and they were a little well done. I mean I’m not picky so I still would have eaten them (other people probably wouldn’t have) but she immediately looked at them and was like you need a better order than that. That’s a good bartender and potential manager to make sure the customer is satisfied, before they even have a chance to be dissatisfied.

Was in with my family tonight service sucked food was bad I never had ordered a plate of nachos taste so salty no meat nothing for 7.99 rip off fries were grease as heck made my stomach turn had to flag down a different server just to get refills on our drinks I wish the original owners never left Place stinks waste 65.00 never never will i return to cleats !!!

WORST SERVICE EVER … Sunday football on half empty there is no wounder why place stinks had to walk up to the bar 2 xs for refill. I have not EVER not left a tip but today was a day for not leaving anything. Never go back.

Decided to come with grandsons Hockey team for dinner this evening. Our group was rather large and cut some slack on the service due to the 60 or so folks that were here.
Even after cutting slack for the size of the party, the service literally sucked, big time. Food and drink took for ever and cold by the time we got our food. It took an hour for my wife to get her hamburger. The fries were hot, but the burger was cold.
Will not return for anything!

The food is hit or miss the shot of tequila I had was over poured and watered down. Staff are friendly.

Service was friendly but very slow and inattentive. I ordered the fish dinner and I would have asked for lemon wedges but waitress didn’t come over for about 20 minutes. The waitress only had one other table besides us so can’t claim she was too busy. Fish was not tasty and fries had no taste at all. First time there is the last

Met with some old friends on a Saturday, some had beverages and some, beverages and something to eat. I love wings. I ordered a dozen and when they came they were way over cooked. Tough and dry. If these are the world’s best, I would hate to see worst. I’ve read where the food is inconsistent at this location and now I believe it. To top it off when the check came there was an automatic 18 percent gratuity added. Then, when I paid cash they asked if I wanted the change. There’s too many restaurants out there for me to ever go back here.

I came to this Cleat’s location with my wife before a movie the other night. We weren’t expecting much considering it was a bar with some booths scattered around it. Our last experience came at the Cleat’s location in Parma Heights, and quite frankly it was a joke.
We walked in and noticed the setup was completely different to the other Cleat’s we had been to. The atmosphere was very warm and nice. They had some type of trivia game going when we got there, so we had some fun trying to figure out the answers.
The food was very good. We ordered the nacho tower, and it was a heaping plate of nachos with loads of cheese. I was impressed with how much you got for the price. Had to add chicken for 2 bucks though. The rest of our food was good as well. My burger was cooked just right and tasted great. My wife got the buffalo Mac n cheese and enjoyed it.
A very good experience overall. We know this is the Cleat’s we will be going to from now on.

Service was okay but it was obvious the server was new because he didn’t know the menu. Food was okay until I left. It made me so sick all night. Will never go again to eat. The set up inside is cool though for drinks and sport events on tv.

Everytime I give this place a chance, I regret it. If your just going for drinks and to catch a game, this place is sufficient. However, I constantly have issues with the food.
Not only do they go through cooks left and right (which explains why my food is never prepped as on the menu), but every time I stop in there is a new manger as well.
At my most recent visit, I got the steak tacos and the steak was so gross I could not even bite through it. Then, the manager would not even come over to apologize! I will not continue to give this place my business.

This place seems to be very hit or miss on their food quality.
I’ve had some incredibly delicious wings here, and other times they are rubbery or not sauced very well. Fries are average and most other dishes I’ve had also fall on the average range.
But, this restaurant /​bar is a great place to view sporting events as they have a TON of TVs that can be seen from any angle in the place. Nice selection of beers, too.

The wings here were decent, not the best but not the worst. Happy hour beer specials were 3 $ for a 23 oz draft domestic and 2.50 $ for a pint, so pretty good. Pretty much just your average sports bar.

Love this place! Great happy hr and best wings in town. I’ve never been a huge fan of dry rub but the Lake Erie smoke wings will blow your mind! Definitely a great spot after work for a beer or to watch the game.

Been here a few times. Pretty average place… nothing unique about it… never been impressed… never been offended.
I work in the area and Cleats is a perfect «beer after work» place in my opinion. Great place to stop in for a Bud Light or two on your way home… have some drinks with a co-​worker… bitch about your boss. Stuff like that.
Not somewhere I’d bring a date or go out for a «night on the town,» but not a bad place at all.

The food at Cleat’s has gone downhill. Wings are like rubber and everything is greasy. The chilli had so much oil floating on top I thought they had a oil spill. Wish the Cleat’s of old would return!
Can not recommend this place anymore.

Worlds best wings is right!!! I am beyond obsessed with their garlic parm and Erie island smoke wings!!! They have some awesome deals if you know what days to go! Their ribs on Thursday are supposed to be great too! I will be back to find out!

I asked numerous times to lower the bass booming obscene language music,.but the manager never came over and never asked the Cooks to lower it. I will never go back. I’ll just go to the steel yard where they care or even north royalton. Damn cooks were just F@#%ed up and nasty. 12−7−12 @ 6:45pm

Yeah its a bar. They have wings, but never under estimate the power of a good burger. I’m guessing they don’t freeze them before cooking. I built my own, but my friend did the manners burger (sauce and extra bread, like Bob’s big boy). I had a bunch of options, but only three choices (pepper bacon, roasted red peppers, and pepper jack cheese). The «pepper» burger was awesome, lots of grease. The fries are fresh cut and do not look pretty like fast food places. I had malted vinegar and wasn’t afraid to use it. I have previously had the wings, they not bad, but did I mention the burger. Worth a trip if you are close by, not if you’re across town. But they have more locations.

Beers, Wings and ff!!!
YAY!!!
Downside is we didn’t go on a Tue or Wed and it can get a little pricey…
But dang it… Their hot garlic parmesan wings just ROCK my world!!!
Those with a fistful of ff and a Summer Shandy?
Rockstar superhero delish!!!
Nom nom nom…

«Cleat’s — Home of the World’s Best Wings» Are they freaking joking? Don’t waste my time!
Cleat’s boasts about its awesome wings and it’s written on the front of every restaurant. The even call their website

I figured, one of these days, I’ve got to try those wings, you know, since I’m a fan of good chicken wings. And any restaurant that boasts the world’s best wings surely can back it up, RIGHT? WRONG! WTF?
So the wife and I were in Strongsville and I punched up the nearest Cleat’s on my Garmin Nuvii. Sure enough, a Cleat’s was conveniently located right around the corner from where we were.
Looking at Cleat’s menu, I was impressed in that everything ‘sounded’ delicious. But I didn’t want anything but chicken wings because I’ve been thinking about them for months. Cleats offers a wing sampler that comes with like 25 wings, five sauces or rubs, and fries or potato chips. Yippee!, I thought. I would be able to try many of the expectedly delicious sauces and rubs. I figured at least one of the five sauces had to be yummy. WRONG AGAIN!
We drank some delicous Dortmunder Gold, which they had on tap to our delight and watched a soccer game on a huge flat-​screen TV while we waited for our grub. Our server was very attentive and friendly.
Finally, the food arrived. The wings looked really good even though I immediately noticed they weren’t dripping with sauce the way I like. The huge stack of fries in the center of the platter caught my eye! The fries were yummy, not great, but decent. They were home made with part of the potato skin left on and they were flimsy and greasy. I prefer my fries big, tasty and not completely greasy.
Without further adieu, the wings were a total disappointment! They were small and kind of dry. They were not big or plump, as expected. The sauces tasted bad except for the honey mustard. Yes. I said it. I didn’t like four of the five sauces I tried. The sauces we tried were the Lake Erie Dry Rub, Cajun Dry Rub, Mild Barbecue, Honey Mustard and Teriyaki. Did I say I was disappointed? Totally. My wife was not impressed either.
The honey mustard was actually decent, but the wings weren’t very big, which sucked. I would’ve thought the honey mustard was good, but since the wings themselves were crappy in size and texture…
None of the sauces were great. Both of the dry rubs were spicy, but that was all. They didn’t have any real flavor behind them and they tasted the same rofl. The Teriyaki was probably the next worst followed by the mild barbecue, which wasn’t half bad. The most important characteristics of a good chicken wing to me is SIZE, quantity of sauce, flavor of sauce, moisture level of the meat and skin, tenderness of the meat, and heat.
Based on this dining experience, I do not recommend these wings AT ALL. I have yet to try the other dishes on the menu and they did ‘sound’ delicious. I hope to return to try the other items, but I definitely will not waste my time on wings. If I want wings, I’m going to Quaker Stake & Lube or Blue Moose. These other restaurants have excellent wings by my standards.
If we try Cleat’s again, it will be the newly-​opened Parma Heights location instead of the Strongsville location.
If Cleat’s is going to maintain its stance on «Home of the World’s Best Wings», they need to go back to the drawing board and find a new chicken supplier and a new sauce magician. Otherwise, I’m going to look at the sign scratching my head as I drive by on my way to a real chicken wing establishment.