The Aperture

The Aperture reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Brian VIP

   Cincinnati17 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We loved our dinner. Aperture keeps elevating its game - a treasure to have in our fair city. Can’t wait to get back.
   

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   karl VIP

   Cincinnati22 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Awesome place! Food was great, lots of flavor! Staff was super attentive and on the ball! Highly recommend!
   

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   Jeff

   Cincinnati4 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Simply fantastic food, some of the best in Cincinnati. This is the level of cooking you find in NY and San Francisco. Starters - AMAZING. Main courses - INCREDIBLE. Don't miss the charred carrots with lamb ragu. The service was also fantastic - super attentive but not overbearing, so knowledgeable about the menu, ingredients etc. and really fun overall. If there was a downside, it was the very limited dessert menu (2 items) and they were both pretty obscure. The white chocolate/raspberry tart was tasty but the smoked creme anglaise an unnecessary distraction. We're lucky to have a restaurant like the Aperture in Cincinnati - can't wait to go back.
   

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   Trang VIP

   Cincinnati53 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Looking forward to our first dinner…decor is not what you would expect…it was very cold inside…loved our leek and carrots… lamb and short ribs were delicious…just disappointed with the desserts…and coffee was lukewarm
   

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   karen VIP

   Cincinnati62 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Service was great. Very energetic environment with interesting minimalist decor. Food was well presented and interesting. To our taste the food was good but not outstanding. Portion size was small, but not unacceptable for small plates. Featured protein in small plates i would characterized as a trace
   

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   Mary

   Cincinnati5 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Amazing, unique dishes, interesting flavor and texture combinations, especially the lamb, lobster pasta and maitake. Great wine and cocktail offerings as well. Waiter was very helpful guiding us to the right choices for both food and drinks. The only thing I didn't love was the white chocolate raspberry dessert with smoked flavor.
   

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   Phil VIP

   Cincinnati32 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   excellent variety on the menu. wine list is fair to good and leans towards too many high priced wines.
   

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   Steve

   Cincinnati14 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on April 19, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 2

   I was very much looking forward to eating here. The food was incredible…I will say that. The timing of the food, however, was very unfortunate. It took 45 minutes between our second and third course and probably another half hour at least until our fourth course with no communication on why there was a delay. Very disappointed. Also, one of the servers clearing the table was snippy with one of our guests and said leave it please (meaning leave the plate on the table, rather than handed to him).. It was the way he said it. They were also out of bread, only had two dessert options, and only had drip coffee. I can’t believe a restaurant with the reputation this has and as pricey as it is, would not have espresso, cappuccino , French press/more options for desserts. Again, I was very impressed with the food, but that doesn’t make up for the other factors. Perhaps it was an off night.
   

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   Sue

   Cincinnati2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on April 16, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Food was creative and delicious. Service excellent. Very hip vibe. They remembered to bring a dessert with a candle for my husband’s birthday. Location perfect for dinner before we went to Cafe Vivace to hear some great jazz!
   

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    Matt

    Indiana4 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on April 16, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5

    Very good and interesting food. I would certainly eat there again. They were able to accommodate my wife's vegetarian diet well. I had one small note that did not affect the food. The bar had multiple choices for Gins but they had no higher end traditional London Dry Gins. All except for one of their Gins were botanical style gins. If they could add a nice London Dry Gin such as Sipsmith that would make the visit above and beyond.
    

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