Veritas

$100+

Summer 2023: I’ve never been here before, but generally speaking I like high quality restaurants. The food was quite good, but I was disappointed by four things. 1. The distinct lack of chocolate in the desserts was disappointing. One of the desserts wasn’t really very desserty, but the one I got was excellent. That said, it didn’t have a lot of depth of flavor. 2. The service was mediocre for the price of restaurant, although excellent overall. There was a LOT of time between courses and I felt like it took away substantially from the cadence of the meal. The waitress we had was good, but I felt interrupted once or twice when she returned to the table. I would expect that at a $100/plate restaurant would have unparalleled service compared to places I’ve been at $30-50/plate, but I can say I’ve had significantly better service elsewhere. 3. The dish I paid extra for, the blue crab and corn chowder, was very corn-forward. The crab in the center was very good, on par with the fresh caught crab I had in Baltimore a few weeks ago, but the whole dish was just corn chowder with some really good stuff in the middle. Honestly I was really saddened when they showed me a beautiful crab cake looking thing and poured on a giant pitcher of corn sauce. I would have liked that if the corn sauce were like 1/8 as much volume. 4. And this is a big one for some folks: the server never asked about allergies. I realized this after ordering all four selectable courses. Luckily my allergen (coconut) was only present in one thing ordered by anyone at my table and that person wasn’t me. I’m fine with people eating coconut around me, so it wasn’t an issue, but it could be dangerous or deadly for someone with a serious allergy who would expect to be asked about it at a nice restaurant.

Unreal meal. This is one of our favorite restaurants in Columbus! We used to live above it and now that we’re not downtown we try to still get down there, and the summer menu did not disappoint! Probably one of our favorite menus we’ve had at Veritas. Everything was incredible, if I *had* to choose some standouts it would be the corn chowder (completely disagree with another recent review that said there was “too much” chowder lol), the pork, and the sea bass. But literally everything was delicious and beautifully presented (as always). To me, there is only one other restaurant in Columbus on par with Veritas and that would be the Refectory. If you want a special, unique dinner, you must go to Veritas. Delicious!

New Orleans Supper Club. (Prefix menu + wine pairing) Definitely did not expect the food to be salty for a place, which is meant to be exceptional for fine dining. The visual presentation of the food is the only reason I increased a star. Ended up with a bad stomach that night. (Could have been the wine pairing which compounded to this). Out of the 5 dishes, 3 were overly seasoned. The dessert was really good. Alecia and Alacia were amazing at their job! I got a chance to find where LUIGI was at that night. 😉

I can't remember if I left a review or not but here it is. I went here for my birthday on a whim. My fiancé was surprising me going to Otherworld and we were walking by and saw this place to go eat at. The service was great. Since it was last minute we were not dressed as if we belonged there but casual enough. We didn't feel like we were treated differently like disrespectful. Our waitress, I can't remember her name but she has tattoos and has a peanut allergy. She was amazing, attentive, friendly, and all around amazing. The presentation of the food and the drinks were delicious. It was my first time eating sous vide steak and it was 🤌🏽😘. It melted in my mouth. I hope to become a great chef like all the others in that kitchen. Great team. Great restaurant. I loved it. The decor is good but that's it. I love the placement of the silverware and napkin though.

$100+

One of the best eating experiences I've ever had. Everything was awe inspiringly delicious and the wine pairings complemented the food so well I was left speechless at several points. The chef has managed to pack more flavor in the restrained portions of each dish than most restaurants manage to in entire meals, and somehow still managed to make the ingredients shine. I can't explain how impressed I was by the scallop, which was so flavorful and so very scallop in flavor despite the amazing and rich sauce and foam it came with. I'm definitely coming back.

$100+

$100+

Such a fun experience! The environment is so elegant and cozy and the service was amazing. Highly recommend the fava with pecorino and pistachio, the risotto, the halibut, and of course both desserts were delicious!

Just bite the bullet financially and do a tasting menu here. It hurts the wallet but it's so damn good. We did the Japanese theme they've been doing this month and it was fantastic. Lot of very authentic style dishes offered. I was pleasantly surprised to see that egg custard dish done at such a high level. I'm always impressed to see these people constantly reinvent themselves on so many different styles of cuisine when there's no way they have expertise in all of them. They go so far beyond simply pulling it off. You taste a lot of love and hard hours experimenting. There's really nothing like this place in Columbus and I treasure the couple times a year I get to go. The service is top notch and every meal is something you remember vividly. That king crab rice was wild.

Really great culinary experience overall. Great atmosphere, wonderful service, very interesting and unique dishes. Cocktails were also top notch. Highly recommended for those looking for an adventure and appreciate excellent attention to detail with food and service. My only complaint is menu was kind of tough to read, even more so in low light. Choosing function over form with menus is always a bonus for some. The Sea bass was amazing.